Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1838, AUG. 25 C(i)LI"I ORGANIZED. were: Judge Jas. T. V. Thonnpson. of (1la, and Cornelius Gil- liam, of the attached part; of (Jliuton. The representatives were: D. R. Atchison and Jas. M. Hughes, of Clay, a11d Jesse Morin, of Platte. T. V. Boggs was chosen governor. NOVEMBER. .m. 1.)ll1e Legislature co11ened at Jellerson (fit 5. l)l]CE.[BE[. THE COL.TY Ul{UANlZll). I)ce. Jllhe act to orga11i/.e Platte and Bucllauan counties approved. The north line of Platte was to be ru11 west from the old boundary of the State, so as to embrace 400 square miles; and to this end the governor was to appoint a su1e)o1. He was also to appoint three county justices and a. sheriff. The county court was to meet the second Monday in March, 1839, and was authorized to appoint a county clerk, a treasurer, and an assessor. . The county was attached to the First Judicial Circuit (Judge A. A. King), and to the Twelfth Senatorial District. Circuit courts were to meet tl1e first Mondays i11 April, Au- gust. and December, and the judge to appoint a circuit clerk. The Falls of Platte was to be the temporary seat of justice. and S. D. Lucas. of Jackson. John H. Morehead. of Ray. and San1l Hadley. of (}la. were appointed commissioners to select a permanent seat of justice. One representative was gra11ted to Platte. THE MORM().S. In the fall of 18:28 (jlovernor Boggs called for a. contingent from Clay and Platte to aid in suppressing the Mormons of Caldwell (ount. Three companies were raised in Platte, by Major John Boulware. The) hastened to the scene of war, but m(le1 had been restored. and the battalion returned. and were (liS(llllg((l. 1839. SIVRVEY OF THE (()[."lY. The governor appointed Matthew )1. Hughes as s11reyor, to run the line between Platte and liuclmnan. so as to include 400 square miles. Mr. Hughes. assisted by James Braseld. repaired to the southeast corner of the proposed county. and meandered the east bank of the Missouri River to a pojnt at which a. line run- ning east to the Clinton (ounty line would include exactly 400 square miles. Na islands of the Blissouri were embraced in this sure; nor did Applegate. in his subsequent surve)". include any island. Vheu the count) was sectionized by .-pple,r:ate. in 1940.