Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1856, MARCH. 212 JOHN DOUGI-IERTY. JOHN DOUGHERTY. John Dougherty having died in Marshall Township, William Turner administers. Bond, $3,000. His widow was named Catherine. Children: I. FRANKLIN DOUGHERTY, d. in Sept, 1871 ; and his widow, Ann E. Dough-erty, administered. Children: 1. John Y. DOZlg7l/671,2/, md Dec. 25, 1842, Keziah Yount. 2. R~icl2md Doltglzertg/. II. DEBORAH DOUGHERTY. Wi1liam Tatman buys of Vm. J. Norris 160 acres in Sec. 21, T. 53, R. 35, on the Weston and Platte City road, for $5,600. Weston Masonic Lodge, No. 53, buys property on Lot 113, Block 12. Weston, for $1,300. . William Patton having died. Jesse Vineyard and A. H. Cox administered. Bond, $16,000. His will is dated March 11. 1856. Children: 1, Lewis C. Pa.tton; 2, Wm. S. T. Patton; 3, Louisiana Pat- ton; 4, Mary J. Deering; 5, Virg. Beaumont. A PRIL. April 7Geo. B. Mitchell having died, Millard Mitchell ad- ministers. Bond.$1,500. George Coakleys will is probated. It is dated March 3, 1856. He married January 28. 1851, Mrs. Margaret Ford. Children: 1, John- Coakley; 2, Louisa Wells; 3, Geo. R. Coakley; 4, Joseph Coakley; 5. Amanda C. Coakley. April 15Moses Burt having died near Farley, his grandson, Capt. John H. Burt. administers. Bond. $6,000. Moses was the progenitor of all the Burt family of Platte. THE BORDER WAR. April 19Sheri Jones, of Douglas County, Kansas. at- tempted to arrest S. N. Vood, in Lawrence, and, being resisted. calls on certain citizens to help him. They refuse, and, on the 23d, the sheriff returns with United States troops, and the citizens a re arrested. But Jones is shot. an-d severely wounded. April I23Pardee Butler, having returned to Atchison, is tarred and feathered. by a Pro-slavery mob. April 2.3Gove111o1 Shannon asks. and receives, a guard of thirty Federal soldiers, to be stationed at Lawrence. The Sharps ries sent to Lawrence have been removed. .l]I)ll 2.)Maj. Jeff. Buford. of Georgia, with a body of well- armr-l .m1tlwrm-rs. arrives in Kansas. and offers to assist in en- fm--ing the l-rritm-ial laws. Great (-xiten1e11t in Platte over the situation in Kansas. Maj. Jesse Mm-in mills for volunteers. and several hundred re- sprmd. (apt John \allis took a -ompanv to Kansas, which SUI((l a v-ar in the State militia. \allis was born in North ("nrolina July 17. 19-10: he was a son of Gen. Vallis. He served