Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1862, MARCH 325 COUNTY FINANCES were marched out of town with the United States flag from the court-house trailing in the mud. Col. Catherwood, with part of his command, reached here the next morning at daybreak; but Parker and his prisoners were gone." March 22 - Defense warrants are worth 75 cents. APRIL April 1 - Slaves are daily escaping - being enticed away and helped by the soldiers. A State law allows a $100 reward to be paid by the master, for returning a runaway. Organzied parties entice a slave away, and confederates capture him and claim the reward. OFFICERS OUSTED April 7 - All state officers that refuse to take the oath are displaced. Bryant, sheriff, refused to swear allegiance, and Grame W. Wood, coroner, succeeded. Remington, circuit clerk, likewise refused, and G. W. Belt was appointed to his place. R. P. Clark, for like reasons, was superseded by S. A. Gilbert as probate judge. Battle of Shiloh April 23 - Merryman & Paxton form a law partnership. April 24 - Robert Ross having died William Turner 1. Elizabeth Ann Cook 2. Maria B. Myers 3. Samuel Ross 4. David Ross 5. James 6. Robert 7. Mary 8. William April 6 - BENJAMIN F. KIMSEY having died, Thomas Kimsey administers. Francis Brown Samuel Brown Mary A. Kimsey MAY COUNTY FINANCES Expenditures in Detail