Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1839, JUNE. 31 JUSTICES. 4. For Green Township: 1. Jae. Adamson; 2, Henry Brooks; 3, J. C. Bywaters; 4, J. M. Iulkers0n. 5. For Lee Township: 1, ltobt. Logan; 2, Robt. 1atton; i.. J. H. Spratt; 4, Chas. \ells. 6. For Marshall Township: 1. John B. Bounds; 2, Milton Byram; 3, Thos. Lovelady; 4, John P. Smith. A constable for each township was also elected, and the busi- ness demanded their whole attention. The county court appointed Robt. Patton public ad1ninis- trator for Platte (ount. JULY. July 3Zadock Martin is granted ferry license at the foot of the Falls of Platte. July 15Judge King held his rst term of the But-hanan Cir- cuit Court at Roubidoux. July 17The rst deed led for record in the recordei-s office for Platte County. It is from Church to Hughes. for a lot in \eston. Deeds were seldom made, as no title passed. A p1e~ emption right could not be assigned, but it might be leased. Hence many leases for 99 years are found of record. This month I arrived in Platte. I landed from a steam- boat, with several companions, at Lexington. Ve purchased horses, and rode through Lafayette and Jackson counties to Vestportthen three houses in the woods. Thence we went to Liberty. crossing at Fort Osage. After passing through Barry and Martinsville. we reached Weston. by way of the lower Bee (reek bridge. Between the bridge and Weston. on what was then the Military Reserve, the ruins of a number of cabins. whence trespassers had been driven by the soldiers, were still smoking. Judge King held his second term of circuit court at the tavern of M. D. Faylor in llartinsville. A UGUSl. A ?t(]. 7The county court appointed for Carroll Township the following patrol: 1. Milton Brown; 2. David Carson; 2, A. B. Sherwood; and 4. W. H. Spratt. JOHN DUNC.~ N. The county court appoints Hiram Stephenson administrator of John Duncan. His widow is named Elizabeth. and his Children: 1. Williamson Duncan; 2, Adeline; 3. Tilford; 4. Nelson: 5. Davis; ti, Susan Stephenson; 7, Martha Duncan; 8. Saml: 9. ;Iary. SEPTEMBER. Sept. 2Sol. L. Leonard is appointed county surveyor. Jones H. Owen gives bond of $5.000 as collector. Sept. 3~.Adam (rook is appointed administrator of \i1liam Crook.