Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1841, JAN. 42 OFFICERS OFFICERS Lilburn Boggs And'w Johnson D. R. Atchison W. C. Remington P. H. Burnett Jones H. Owen D. A. Sutton Jesse Morin F. Marshall Jas. Kuykendall D. P. Lewis M. M. Hughes BUSINESS MEN W. B. Almond A. E. Cannon S. L. Leonard W. M. Paxton Jas. S. Thomas C. P. Brown W. M. Macy Frederick Marshall I. W. Gibson Adkins & White Black & Dickson Branham & McCausland G. W. Dougherty M. D. Faylor Ferguys & Ranson Hope & Irwin G. P. Dorriss Johnston & Lewis Stephen Johnston Jas. H. Johnson (postmaster) Perry Keith W. R. Kelly John D. Murray W. H. Spratt J. H. Spratt Shad. Taylor G. W. Samuel Platte City Mills (Martin & Co.) Sherwood & Martin N. J. Alexander George Aull Peter Blanjour Abel Gilbert H. N. Hailey Ben Holladay Bela M. Hughes W. A. Newman W. G. Noble C. A. & E. W. Perry G. P. Post J. M. & E. W. Railey D. P. Wallingford W. S. Murphy C. R. Wentworth Ben Wood Jerry Woods JANUARY Jan. 6 - They county court appropriated $3,000 to build a jail on Lots 7 and 8, Block 23, and appointed Jesse Morin commissioner to report a plan, to let out the contract. Jan. 21 - Since the sales of 16th sections, deeds for land are filed. The first is from Crook to Patton, for part of the N. W. 1/4 of Sec. 16, T. 53, R. 35. FEBRUARY Feb. 4 - Joseph Loan and family settle three miles east of Platte City. MARCH The Legislature having formed Platte County into the 12th Judicial Circuit, the governor appoints Gen. D. R. Atchison circuit judge. He therupon removes from Liberty to Platte City, which is his home until the war.