Other Online Resources for Boone County Research

Good historical or genealogical research requires use of all available resources, “offline” or “online.”  While no list of online resources can be complete, the external links below contain a wealth of information about Boone county and its people. Only reputable and free sites/links are included.  You won't be disappointed with these links. They range from indexes or finding aids that can lead the inquirer to what they are seeking, to fully searchable text and/or images of original documents.  Of course, the posts on this Online Archives web site are your best and most comprehensive source.

Topics include:
Books
Civil War
Government Records
Land Records
Maps
Miscellaneous
Newspapers
Photographs
Place Names
Vital Records

BOOKS

Gazetteer of the State of Missouri: With a Map of the State... edited by Alphonso Wetmore.  St. Louis. 1837.
This gazetteer also contains some great descriptions of early Boone county, along with other counties.

General Ordinances of the Town of Columbia, in Boone County, Missouri.  Columbia, Missouri: Statesman Book and Job Office Print. 1890.

History of Boone County Missouri, by William F. Switzler, Western Historical Company, 1882, 1144 pages.
This wonderful, early history of the county can now be found fully online with both images and fully searchable text.  Hard cover copies of the book, fully indexed, are also available for purchase by contacting the Boone County Historical Society.  Just click on the email link on the top bar of this page and ask for ordering information.

A History of Northeast Missouri, Volume 1,  edited by Walter Williams.
While more inclusive than just Boone county, this book contains much of interest about the general history of Boone county.

The Negroes of Columbia, Missouri: A Concrete Study of the Race Problem, M.A. Thesis by William Wilson Elwang.  University of Missouri: Columbia, Mo. 1904.

CIVIL WAR

Boone County Historical Society's Civil War collection.
Images of original Civil War documents in the Boone County Historical Society's collection are hosted on the Missouri Digital Heritage web site.

GOVERNMENT RECORDS

Missouri Judicial Index Database for Boone County 1815-1833.
Presented by the Missouri State Archives, the Judicial Index database provides an index and short abstract of selected civil, criminal and probate court cases from Missouri counties. For Boone county, the cases currently range from 1815-1833. Through this database researchers are now able to gain insights to daily life through county court records or follow a court case from the county level all the way up to the Supreme Court. At the search page, you can restrict the search to Boone county if you choose to do so.

Missouri State Archives Guide to County and Municipal Records for Boone County.
This link to the Missouri State Archives does not directly access the subject records for Boone County but it does give a comprehensive listing of the Boone County records housed at the State Archives in Jefferson City. This is a great aid in planning research and finding where the records are located.

LAND RECORDS

Land Patents 1831-1969.
The Missouri State Archives web site includes this database of land patents. A patent is the deed created the first time that land is sold by the government to an individual.

Land Patent Search - Bureau of Land Management - General Land Office Records
A patent is the deed created the first time that land is sold by the government to an individual. This site contains much the same information as the Missouri State Archives site above but you will also be able to see an image of the actual patents.

MAPS

1869 Bird's eye view of the city of Columbia, Boone Co., Missouri. Drawn by A. Ruger.
This link takes you to a Library of Congress site with a zoomable, high-resolution image of Albert Ruger's amazing 1869 view of Columbia, showing streets and buildings in wonderful detail.

1930 Plat Book of Boone County, Missouri, by the W. W. Hixson & Co.
Held By University of Missouri - Columbia, Ellis Library Special Collections. Pages are arranged by township, range and section and there is no index of names.

Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps.
The Sanborn Fire Insurance Company published detailed city maps for the fire insurance industry to assess the risk of property losses. This online collection contains 6,798 map pages for 390 Missouri cities from 1880 to 1922 including several in Boone County. The search interface, lack of introductory material, missing internal indexes and omitted legend materials may make initial use difficult, but once you learn to use the maps, the content provided is well worth the effort.

Populated Places in Boone County, MO, As Shown on Topographic Maps
This site lists many Boone county place names, both present and historical, and shows the site location on a topographic map. Very helpful for relating historical sites to present-day locations.

Current Boone County Land Parcels and Aerial Photographs from the Boone County Assessor.
The entire county is covered by these aerial photographs showing all land features, property owners, etc. While not "historical," these images often come in handy in historical and genealogical research in the county. The first time visitor is required to open an account but that only requires a user name and password and no other personal information.

MISCELLANEOUS

Central Missouri Pioneers
The link is to a list of the ancestors whose descendant(s) have qualified for a certificate from the Genealogical Society of Central Missouri.  If you would like additional genealogical information about these central Missouri pioneers, contact the genealogy society through this web page..

Famous Boone Countians, from the Historic Missourians State Historical Society site.
Find biographical sketches and images for such Boone Countians as
Tom Bass, John W. "Blind" Boone, Jane Froman, Vinnie Ream

Land Patents 1831-1969
The Missouri State Archives database includes this database of land patents. A patent is the deed created the first time that land is sold by the government to an individual.


NEWSPAPERS

Note: While most of the newspapers currently online were published in Columbia, they include much news from all of Boone county, and beyond.

[Franklin & Columbia] Missouri Intelligencer, 1819-1835.
This index began as a card file that was compiled over a number of years by State Historical Society of Missouri staff and includes information about people and topics mostly from Franklin (1819-1826, in Howard co.) and Columbia (1826-1835).  Images and text are not available online but articles of interest can be ordered by contacting the State Historical of Missouri.

Columbia Missouri Statesman, 1843-1886.
This index began as a card file that was compiled over a number of years by State Historical Society of Missouri staff and includes information about people and topics mostly from Columbia.  Images and text are not available online but articles of interest can be ordered by contacting the State Historical of Missouri.

Various Columbia Missourian newspapers
This is the Library of Congress Chronicling America site that allows searching of thousands of newspapers across the country. At this search page, you can narrow down your search to the state of Missouri or to the individual newspapers. Great site. Look specifically for:
   [Columbia] University Missourian, 1908-1916
   [Columbia] The Daily Missourian, 1916-1917
   [Columbia] The Evening Missourian, 1917-1920
   The Columbia Evening Missourian, 1920-1922
   [Columbia] The Professional World, 1901-1920? (An African-American community newspaper)

Columbia Missourian, for 1908, 1909, 1929, & 1966-1985.
This Missouri Digital Heritage collection was contributed by the State Historical Society of Missouri and includes images and fully searchable text of the Columbia Missourian daily newspaper for the years 1908, 1909, 1929 and the years from 1966-1985.

Centralia Fireside Guard, 1871-1945
The State Historical Society of Missouri's Digital Newspaper Project includes this newspaper plus some of the above papers from Columbia. It was the State Historical Society of Missouri that collected, and has now digitized many of our wonderful Missouri newspapers.


PHOTOGRAPHS

Photographs from the Early 1900s.
Part of the vast Boone County Historical Society photo collection has been placed with the University of Missouri Digital Library. The link below accesses over 700 high-quality photographs from glass plate negatives taken from before 1910 to 1936. The negatives were selected from the Westhoff Archive at the Boone County Historical Society and were taken by Joe Douglass, Henry Holborn, and Wesley Blackmore. The photographs provide a unique glimpse into the people and culture of Columbia, Boone County and Missouri in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

Early Photographs of Centralia.
Eight photographs of downtown Centralia from ca 1900 from Rootsweb.com.


PLACE NAMES

Boone County Place Names, 1928-1945.
The Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Columbia web site includes the Ramsay Place Names File that was compiled by students of University of Missouri professor of English, Robert L. Ramsay (1880-1953) during the first half of the twentieth century.  The place name file includes all 114 Missouri Counties, and Kansas City.  The link here is for Boone county names.

A Directory of Towns, Villages, and Hamlets Past and Present of Boone County, Missouri
This online list, compiled by Arthur Paul Moser, is another source of Boone county place names.

VITAL RECORDS

Cemetery Records
This Ancestry.com database does not require a subscription fee to use.  It is an online version of part of Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry’s, compilation: Cemetery Records of Boone County, Missouri. Chillicothe, MO, USA: Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry, c1965.  It covers Vol. 2 (Part 1 & 2), 5, 6, 7, 8 (Part 1 & 2) of that publication.  The following cemeteries are included in the database:
Bethel, Church of Christ, Fairview, Harris, Liberty, Little Bonne Femme, Locust Grove, New Salem, Renfro, Robinson, Schooling, Sims, Sturgeon, Taylor, Toalson, Turner, Union (2), and three unnamed cemeteries.

Missouri Birth & Death Records Database, Pre-1910.
This Missouri Digital Heritage Database is an abstract of the birth, stillbirth, and death records recorded before 1909 and that are available on microfilm at the Missouri State Archives.

Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002
This Ancestry.com database does not require a subscription fee to use. Searches may be limited to Boone county.

Missouri Death Certificates, 1910 – 1958.
The award-winning index can be searched by first name and last name, county, and by year and month.  Once a name is selected, a digitized image of the original certificate can be retrieved.  This is an ongoing project of the Missouri State Archives and additional records will be added as they are transcribed and imaged.

When Columbia Tooted The Weather Forecast

by David Sapp Copyright 2010

Before the days when 24-hour weather was available on The Weather Channel and the internet and even your cell phone, weather forecasts were sometimes distributed using whistle codes. Columbia, along with a number of U.S. cities, used a steam whistle not only to signal time but also to forecast the weather. 

Columbia’s first weather whistle started as a public service as far back as 1892 when the E.W. Stephens Publishing Company built their building on the southwest corner of Broadway and Hitt Streets, according to company vice-president F.W. Dearing and superintendent H.H. Crosswhite in a 1927 account.  In June of 1925, the Columbia Water and Light Company continued the practice using the boiler at the power plant on U.S. Highway 40 (now Bus. Loop 70) after the Stephens Publishing Company installed new equipment.(#1) 

The accompanying photograph from an early postcard shows Columbia's first power plant on Hinkson Creek around 1912.

Jack Oliver is one who remembers the old steam-powered weather whistle being used in the late 1940s and early 1950s.  Mr. Oliver, a long time Oakland Gravel Road resident, recently told the writer of the whistle and remembered several of the codes with total recall.

Weather signals were standardized by the U.S. Weather Bureau. As early as 1905, they urged that “persons desiring to . . . sound the whistle signals for the benefit of the public should communicate with the Weather Bureau officials in charge of the climate and crop service of their respective States . . . .” The list of “central stations” which followed included “Columbia, Mo.” though that does not necessarily indicate the system was actually in use in Columbia as early as 1905.(#2)

Officials had a challenge communicating the signal system to a mobile population. In January of 1948, the Water and Light department superintendent D. Elrow Crane told a Missourian reporter “that whistle blasts indicate the following: One long, fair weather; two longs; rain or snow; one short, colder; two shorts, warmer; three shorts, severe cold wave; one long and one short, fair and colder; one long and two shorts, fair and warmer; one long and three shorts, fair with severe cold wave; two longs and two shorts, rain or snow and warmer; two longs and three shorts, rain or snow and severe cold wave.”(#3)

A 1948 Columbia Missourian article asked “Do you listen to the 10 a.m. whistle and do you know what it signifies?”

Answers from various citizens probably were reflective of the general population. Mrs. Robert Burns, housewife, said: “It’s the weather signal. One blast is for fair weather but I don’t know the meaning of the other signals. One of the people at a grocery store told me what the whistle was for.”

Miss Louise Smith, a student at the University, said: “I never heard the whistle. My ears must be conditioned to it. They don’t have weather whistles back home in Arkansas.”

John C. Crighton, Stephens College professor and historian, said: “I hear the whistle occasionally, but don’t make a point of listening to it. The signals mean little to me because I read the forecast in the paper. When I walk out at 10 a.m. I don’t need a whistle to tell me whether it’s raining or not. I’ve been here since 1935 and never found any need for the whistle.”

A Miss Maxine Stancil said: “I’ve been here for two years and never knew about the whistle. Why don’t people make the information available?”

Another University student, John Mead, said: “I’m in class at 10 a.m. three days a week and never hear it then. On other days I haven’t heard it either. The only whistle that I pay any attention to is the one at noon.”

Another housewife, Mrs. Joseph Goeke, said: “I don’t always hear the whistle, especially in the winter when the windows and doors are shut. It’s also hard to hear on the edge of town where I live. Even when I hear it I don’t know what the blasts mean. I wish I did.”(#4)

The idea of discontinuing use of the whistle was being openly discussed as early as the first part of 1949. Another Missourian article reported: “‘If the water and light plant stopped blowing its time and weather whistle, I imagine that we’d get from 150 to 200 calls in a few hours,’ D. Elrow Crane, plant superintendent, said today. Noting that Fulton has discontinued time signaling by whistles, Crane said a lot of Columbians depend upon them—too many to halt the practice now. Crane indicated he has made no survey of the cost of blowing the steam whistle at 7 a.m., 10 a.m.; noon, 1 p.m. and 5 pm. However, he said that Fulton’s cost of a dollar a toot wasn’t far wrong.”

“‘People do not realize it costs money to blow that whistle,’ said Crane. ‘But it’s a service many want and need.’ The halting of the water and light plant whistle at Fulton will save that city $1820 a year, it is estimated.”(#5)

Despite changing technology and known problems with the system, Columbia was slow to discard the weather whistle. David Horner, who began working at the Weather Bureau in 1955, remembers that the whistle was still in use then. Each day, the Weather Bureau would phone the power plant with the forecast and, sharply at 10 a.m., the boiler operator would toot the appropriate signal for all who cared to pay attention. The chief meteorologist at that time was Harold McComb. When James D. McQuigg assumed those responsibilities in 1956, he knew that the days of using a steam-powered whistle to broadcast the weather forecast were over. The whistle went mute after 64 years of service. 

The photograph at right was taken in April 2010 and shows the actual weather whistle preserved inside the Columbia power plant.  When the whistle was taken out of service it was mounted on a display stand on the floor of the plant.  The name plate reveals that it is a WORCESTER FIRE SIGNAL by the UNION WATER METER INC. of WORCESTER MASS.  Research shows that it was a three stage gong whistle consisting of sections that measure 8"x9-3/4", 12"x15" and 12"x25".

ENDNOTES:
1. Columbia Missourian, Mar. 17, 1927, p. 1, col. 6.
2. "Scientific American Reference Book. A Manual for the Office, Household and Shop," by Albert A. Hopkins and A. Russell Bond.
3. Columbia Missourian, Jan. 15, 1948, p. 4, col. 7.
4. Columbia Missourian, Dec. 7, 1948, p. 10, col. 5.
5. Columbia Missourian, Feb. 21, 1949, p. 1, cols. 2&3.

© David Sapp 2010

Nashville and Providence Gained Prominence as Early River Towns

by John C. Crighton, Copyright Boone County Historical Society 1987

From the Boone County Historical Society collection.  A History of Columbia and Boone County, by John C. Crighton, 1987, Chapter 46, pp. 135-137.  Out of print.  Available at the Wilson-Wulff History and Genealogy Library in the Walters-Boone County Historical Museum. 

“. . . And the windows of the heavens were opened.  And rain fell upon the earth forty days and forty nights.”  It must have seemed to the inhabitants of the town of Nashville, in mid-June 1844, that the account in Genesis was being reenacted as they watched the flood waters of the Missouri River inundate the neighboring bottom lands and then sweep away Lamme’s warehouse and Camplin’s tobacco factory which stood on the river bank.(#1)

With the water swirling into the business section of town, desperate efforts were made to save the stocks of goods in the stores.  On Tuesday night, June 18, around 9 o’clock, four Columbians, William Lampton, Cornelius Maupin, Lewis T. Dameron, and John W. Collier, left on horseback for Nashville to help the clerks in the store of Rice G. Woods and Co. get their goods ready for shipment by boat to a safe upriver landing.  About 3 a.m., the Columbians encountered the flooded lowlands north of Nashville.  In the pitch darkness, with no road to guide them, they lost their sense of direction and abandoned their horses to climb to temporary safety in trees.  The next morning, they mounted again and started for dry land about 1,000 yards distant.  When their horses gave out, the men were forced to swim or scramble to safety.  Two reached trees, one a floating log, but the fourth, John Collier, was drowned.(#2)

In the town of Nashville, the water eventually reached a level of eight feet in the streets, homes and stores were carried away, and the whole population was forced to flee.

The site of the settlement, thus abandoned, was a Spanish land grant on the north bank of the Missouri river near where the Bonne Femme enters it, made to Ira P. Nash shortly before Louisiana was ceded to the United States.  Nash, an emigre Virginian, had ingratiated himself with the Spanish authorities and served as deputy to Antoine Soulard, surveyor general of upper Louisiana.  In addition to his own land grant, Nash had located the 680-acre concession to Louis Delisle, Jr., in the same neighborhood.

Nashville was laid out in lots in 1819, and was thus one of the first platted towns in what later became Boone County.  The sale of Nashville lots began on January 1, 1820, at Franklin in Howard County, with Peter Bass, Richard Gentry, and J.M. White acting as sales agents for themselves and the other proprietors.  In their prospectus the agents declared:

Nashville is the nearest and most convenient point on the river to which the extensive and numerous settlement in the Two Mile Prairie and the surrounding country can have access.  It promises to enjoy a large proportion of the trade of the river; and from the convenience of its situation, it will furnish many facilities to the transportation of the vast quantities of surplus produce of an extensive and salubrious soil.  The landing at this town is at all seasons of the year superior to most other places, and certainly inferior to none on the Missouri.(#3)

In the first year of its existence, Nashville had a tobacco warehouse operated by James Harris and Abraham J. Williams, a post office, and several stores and homes.(#4)  During 1823, lot number 285 sold for $53; lot number 248 for $81.  The lot numbers indicate the town was designed on a spacious scale; and the prices suggest that purchasers were convinced that it had a bright future.  But this prospect was clouded when Rocheport, about fifteen miles upriver, was established in 1825.  Rocheport had an excellent boat landing and a rich farming hinterland.  It had the added advantage of being located at a major river crossing.  By 1840, Nashville had a population of several hundred persons.  It was growing but not so fast as Rocheport.  Shortly after came the disastrous flood of 1844.(#5)

It was decided to build a new town as a market center and shipping port for the area on a rocky bluff two miles north of the Nashville site.  Lots in the new community, called Providence, were put on sale by Williams Shields, John H. Field, and Robert S. Barr, town commissioners, on July 13, 1844.

Providence, in the 1850s, was an attractive, bustling, and prosperous village, as the following account given in Paul C. Doherty’s article, “The Columbia-Providence Plank Road,” published in the Missouri Historical Review of October 1962 indicates:

Providence has been described as a charming southern community; picturesque walls and gardens, formal dances, fair women, and a large slave population.  In addition to (John) Parker’s building, the largest of which were the hotel and a port house, Providence also contained four or five stores, another hotel, a blacksmith shop, a cooperate, two or three drug stores, and a saloon.

At this time, there were four sizable towns in Boone County–Columbia, Centralia, Rocheport, and Providence–each seeking its place in the sun and making alliances with each other for mutual advantage.  This town rivalry reflected the competition between two different systems of transportation and communication–by water and by rail.  The actions of the county court played an important role in this power struggle.  On May 10, 1853, the court voted to subscribe $5,000 to assist the construction of a plank road from Columbia to Providence, thus cementing at least temporarily, a commercial alliance between these two communities.  But this favor to Providence was more than offset when, on December 23, 1853, with prior voter approval, the court agreed to purchase $100,000 of the capital stock of the North Missouri Railroad, provided it passed through the county.(#6)  In opposing this action, when the issue was before the people in the spring of 1853, James McConathy charged that the proposed railroad would destroy he trade of the river towns.

The action of the county court, though not deliberately unfriendly to the river settlements; the changing course of the river; the recurrent spring freshets; the disease epidemics that traveled with the boats; the disruption of the pattern of river trade in its Deep South extension during the Civil War; and the competition of the new rail systems–all these combined to determine that the brilliant promise of the river towns, at their beginning, was never fully realized in practice.

ENDNOTES:
1. William F. Switzler, History of Boone County (St. Louis: Western Historical Co., 1882), pp. 345-346..
2. Idem.
3. Ibid., pp. 147-148.
4. Ibid., p. 147.
5. Ibid., p. 347.
6. Boone County Deed Records, Book K, pp. 52, 202.






© Boone County Historical Society 1987





 

The Tavern Played An Important Role In Pioneer Boone County

by John C. Crighton, Copyright Boone County Historical Society 1987

From the Boone County Historical Society collection.  A History of Columbia and Boone County, by John C. Crighton, 1987, Chapter 87, pp. 364-366.  Out of print.  Available at the Wilson-Wulff History and Genealogy Library in the Walters-Boone County Historical Museum.

Taverns played an important role in pioneer Boone County.  In the decades immediately following the War of 1812, when the tide of westward migration was pushing toward the Boon’s Lick region of Central Missouri, a long line of taverns–from the town of St. Charles to Old Franklin in Howard County–was the only evidence of settlement the immigrants encountered.  These taverns were generally about a day’s journey apart and, so judiciously were their sites selected, that eventually towns grew up around a number of them.

Boone County, astride the Boon’s Lick Trail and also situated along the north bank of the Missouri River, had a sizable portion of these early taverns.  Nine and a half miles east of Columbia, on the old Fulton Gravel Road, was Vivion’s Taverns, a stage stop.  Five miles west of Columbia, near present Highway 70, was the Ishmael Van Horn Tavern.  Several miles north of Rocheport was the tavern of Augustus Thrall.  These three hostelries were on the St. Charles-Old Franklin land route.

Rocheport, which was an important boat landing as well as a major point for crossing the Missouri River, had a well-patronized tavern kept by Jesse B. Dale.(#1)  John Parker operated an inn at Providence when it was competing for the role of the county’s most active port of entry for passengers and goods.(#2)

Many of the taverns were originally plain log cabins.  The Van Horn Tavern started as a two-room cabin, the sections separated by a passageway or “dog trot.”  Later a long wing was added, and the central passageway converted into a hall.  [Photo at right shows the Van Horn tavern ca 1914.]

The lobby of the tavern usually had a large fireplace, a bar, and tables for dining.  Sometimes, the dining area adjoined te lobby.  Sleeping rooms were in a wing or upstairs.  Behind the tavern were service buildings–stables, a smokehouse, and toilets.

The first tavern in the Columbia vicinity was established by Richard Gentry, in the fall of 1819, at Smithton, about a half mile west of the present county courthouse.

When in 1821 Columbia–rather than Smithton–was chosen as the county seat, Gentry moved his tavern to the center lot between Seventh and Eighth streets on the south side of Broadway.  Then in 1833 or 1834 he relocated his place of business on Lot No. 220 at the northeast corner of Ninth Street and Broadway.

Gentry’s Tavern was a center of activity in Columbia.  Sessions of the county courts were sometimes held there.  Gentry was a major-general in the Missouri militia, so his inn was the headquarters for civil and military defense.  He was also Columbia’s postmaster, with an appointment from President Andrew Jackson.  The stages which stopped at his door brought the latest news from the outside world.  Visitors or new residents coming to town found the tavern host a valuable source of local information, particularly in regard to public lands available in Central Missouri.  Dinners, balls, parties, and political celebrations were held at the tavern.  Over drinks, businessmen and land speculators made deals; in the street outside, slave auctions were conducted.

Food and drink were abundant at the early taverns, and by our standards were extremely cheap.  The standard price of a meal was twenty-five cents.  The meat was mostly wild game–venison, turkeys, prairie chickens, ducks, and geese.  In the absence of refrigeration, smoked and pickled pork products were served more often than fresh beef.  The menus were short on fruits and vegetables–potatoes, pumpkins, cabbage, and apples being the most frequently available.

In the Daniel Boone Tavern on Jan. 8, 1918, Columbians celebrated Missouri’s centennial at a dinner featuring foods of pioneer days.  The main dishes were baked opossum and young Missouri turkey–substituting for venison and wild turkey.  The rest of the menu, including sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, hominy, corn pones, soda biscuits, gingerbread, apple pie, pumpkin pie, cider, coffee, and milk, was probably authentic.(#3)

The arrival of the stage from St. Charles at its tavern stop on Broadway added a touch of excitement to the monotony of small town life in Columbia.  The driver, having topped Broadway hill, would lash his team to a rapid pace as he drove down Broadway, tooting on his post horn to warn pedestrians and other vehicles out of the way.  Arriving at his stage stop, he would throw his reins to a waiting attendant and stride into the bar for a drink and a few minutes of conversation.

Gentry’s Tavern–though the most famous–was not the only one in Columbia.  Taverns were operated in town during the pre-Civil War period by James Richardson, Samuel Wall, Peter Wright, Minor Neal, Elisha McClelland, Edward Camplin, Thomas Selby, John B. Royall, Alexander McClure, John Van Horn, John D. Van Horn, John T. Hill, George Bright, Samuel Monks, Cornelius Maupin, and E. Murdock.  A number of these people were outstanding citizens of Columbia, indicating that tavernkeeping was a thoroughly respectable occupation.

Peter Wright was a surveyor as well as an innkeeper.  He developed the town plan of Columbia for the original land company.  He was a charter member of the Boone County Court and also one of the first representatives from the county to the state legislature which assembled in St. Charles in 1822.

Edward Camplin–though unable to read or write–was one of Columbia’s most astute businessmen.  He was successful in innkeeping, land speculation, and private banking.  He also bought and sold slaves.  Camplin is remembered chiefly for the fact that he gave $3,000–one of the largest contributions–to the fund for securing the university for Columbia.

Thomas Selby operated a tavern at the southwest corner of Broadway and Eighth Street.  Washington Irving spent the night of Sept. 19, 1832, there.  Selby, like Camplin, engaged in the slave trade–though on a larger scale.(#4)  In 1851, he sold his tavern equipment and furnishings to John Van Horn and John D. Van Horn.  Several years later, he purchased the large two-story frame building at the southeast corner of Eight Street and Walnut–originally built by Alexander Douglass as a residence–and transformed it into a new establishment known as the Planters’ House.(#5)

John B. Royall, brother-in-law of Sterling Price, had migrated with his wife Pamela Price Royall to Columbia in 1840.  A graduate of Hampden-Sidney College, he had practiced law in Virginia.  He opened a tavern on the north side of Broadway in a two-story brick building opposite the present municipal offices.  A sign hung above his door carried the inscription, “Semper Paratus.”(#6)  This was a well-known heraldic motto meaning that the knight displaying it was always ready for a fight.  But Royall undoubtedly intended to convey the idea of 24-hour service in an establishment operated by educated and refined people.

The period before the Civil War was the heyday for Boone County and Columbia taverns.  They were on the main land and water routes to the West.  Hundreds of immigrants were passing through daily.  These were potential customers for food, drink, and shelter.  Columbia, according to a description of the town in 1834, by Elijah P. Lovejoy, editor of the St. Louis Observer, made an effort to satisfy these requirements:

Columbia is the county seat of Boone County . . . It has nine stores, two taverns, four grogshops, and but one meeting house.
Thus you see Bacchus has four temples–and I know not how many domestic altars–and God but one, in Columbia.

There were no state or local prohibition laws.  Liquor could be sold by the drink–or by the barrel.  Imbibing was widespread, privately and publicly.

Capital required for opening a tavern was slight, and operating costs minimal.  Locally bought food, including an abundance of game, was cheap.  The tavern own and his wife usually provided the management.

The development of the transcontinental railway system which bypassed Columbia, the freeing of the blacks, and the depletion of the wild game resources of the West, were factors in bringing about the decline and disappearance of the old tavern.  A new type of public accommodation, the hotel, took its place following the Civil War.

ENDNOTES:
1. William F. Switzler, History of Boone County (St. Louis: Western Historical Co., 1882), p. 1000.
2. Paul C. Doherty, “The Columbia-Providence Plant Road,” Missouri Historical Review; Vol. LVII (Oct. 1962), p. 62.
3. Columbia Daily Tribune, Jan. 7, 1918.
4. Columbia Missouri Statesman, Aug. 22, 1851.
5. Switzler, opus cit., pp. 376-377.
6. Walter B. Stevens, “The Missouri Tavern,” Missouri Historical Review, Vol. LXVIII (Oct. 1973), p. 115.
7. Missouri Intelligencer, July 19, 1824.

© Boone County Historical Society 1987


Commentary:
Crighton’s suggestion that the Boone’s Lick road ran through Columbia, while true in the years after about 1822, neglects to inform that the original route of the trail traversed the county from east to west five to six miles north of Columbia.  That original route, established before Columbia or Smithton existed, lost favor beginning in the 1820s because of the improving services available in the newly formed Columbia.  It also explains the reference to the tavern of Augustus Thrall being “several miles north of Rocheport.”  Thrall’s tavern, dating from probably as early as 1815 or 1816, was on the earlier Boone’s Lick trail.

More recent research into Van Horn’s tavern, which still exists, has shown that it was built all at one time rather than being enlarged from a smaller “two-room cabin.”  The structure, an amazing architectural relic, consists of a two-story, double pen log house with a 10' “dog trot” between the two sides, but it was all built at one time in the winter of 1829-1830.

Other known taverns in Boone county include Robert Hinkson’s tavern (ca 1818-1825), Benjamin Estill’s tavern and John Graham/Grayum’s tavern (both ca 1820).  George Sexton operated a tavern, too, at the intersection of the old Boone’s Lick road and Sexton’s road (on what is now O.B. Brown road).  There were certainly others.

Railroad Construction Was Prime Factor in Location of Centralia

by John C. Crighton, Copyright Boone County Historical Society 1987

From the Boone County Historical Society collection.  A History of Columbia and Boone County, by John C. Crighton, 1987, Chapter 87, pp. 257-258.  Out of print.  Available at the Wilson-Wulff History and Genealogy Library in the Walters-Boone County Historical Museum.

The early settlers in Boone County generally avoided extensive stretches of prairie as sites for their farms or settlements.  Such an area was the approximately sixty-five square miles in the northeast portion of the county bounded by Silver’s Forks Creek on the south, and between Young’s Creek on the east and Long Branch Creek on the west.  The pioneers found here a level or slightly rolling steppe, clothed in tall grass, mainly of the blue-stem variety.  Interspersed with the grasses were many species of wildflowers, blossoming in a pageant of color, in a range of tints from the blue and white of spring through the red of summer to the golds of autumn.  Herds of deer, along with lesser game animals, roamed through the area.  Prairie chickens by the tens of thousands nested at the base of the giant grasses.(#1)
                  
Why was this locality shunned?  A primary reason was that it was off the main avenues of transportation which, in Boone County, were the Missouri River and the Boon’s Lick Trail which passed through Columbia.  The regions (except along the streams which bordered it) lacked timber, indispensable to the pioneers for building their log cabins and fences, and for cooking and heating purposes.  The generally flat lay of the land, the dense interlocking network of tough grass roots, and the inability of sunshine to penetrate through the head-high vegetation to ground level, caused the spring rainwater to stand around until well into the summer.  Thus, the district was a perfect breeding place for mosquitoes–and malaria.  Another disadvantage was the fires which regularly swept over the countryside in autumn cause by lightning, or deliberately set by Indians to drive game or carelessly started by white settlers.(#2) The area was occasionally visited by swarms of grasshoppers so numerous they blotted out the sun and devastated all growing things on which they lighted.

The first white settlement on Boone County’s northeastern prairie was made near Silver’s Fork Creek in 1822, when the families of William Sexton, Thomas Sexton, Rudolph March and Peter Stice–all from Madison County, Kentucky–arrived.  The site they chose on the southern frontier of the prairie had excellent water, timber along the stream course, and abundant game.  Within a few years, a horse-driven grist mill and a sawmill were put into operation.  The small community was known as Duncan’s Mill.(#3)

Two developments were responsible for a more extensive exploitation of the prairie.  The first was the introduction of a plow that would turn over the virgin soil.  This was accomplished by placing a roller cutter in front of the plow blades.(#4) Previously, it had required five yoke of oxen to break the sod with the ordinary plow.  Where this service was performed by a professional prairie breaker, it had cost the farmer $2 per acres, more in many cases than the original price of the land.(#5)  With the use of the roller cutter plow, the opening up of the prairie for farming was made possible.

The other factor was the introduction of the railroad in this locality.  During the early 1850s, two major railroads were being built in Missouri, the Pacific Railroad westward from St. Louis and south of the Missouri River, and the Hannibal and St. Joseph across the northern part of the state.  In 1853, a group of promoters developed plans for another railroad running in a northwesterly direction out of St. Louis, intersecting the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad in the vicinity of present Macon, and proceeding northward to Ottumwa, Iowa.  While the question of the location of the road through the intermediate country was still unsettled, the board of directors (under pressure from one of its most influential members, James S. Rollins) passed a resolution declaring that if the counties of Callaway, Boone, Howard, Randolph, Macon, Adair, and Schuyler would subscribe a total of $500,000 to the capital stock, the road would be located through these counties to Macon and thence north to the Iowa line.  The Boone County Court, after approval of the proposition in a county-wide election, subscribed $100,000, with the proviso that the road should go through the county.  Despite the failure of Howard and Callaway counties to cooperate in the project, the target sum of $500,000 approximately was raised.  But instead of running through the center of Boone, Howard, and Callaway on the probable line of Fulton-Columbia-Fayette, the route was shifted northward to miss the mon-subscribing counties.  A result of the change was that the road made only token compliance with the terms under which Boone County had subscribed to its stock, by cutting across the northeastern tip of the county.(#6)

As the stakes were being driven into the ground along the right of way of what was to become the North Missouri Railroad, astute speculators grasped the enhancement of value which this improvement would bring to the water-logged prairie or “barrens” of the Northeast Boone County.  James S. Rollins, lawyer, legislator, and capitalist; Thomas January, a wholesale grocer of St. Louis (brother-in-law of Boone County’s John Machir); and Middleton G. Singleton, a large-scale rancher and farmer of Northeast Boone County, decided to found a town along the new rail line.  They bought the extensive land holdings which Nathaniel W. Wilson, a Columbia merchant and onetime partner with Robert S. Barr and later Caleb S. Stone, had patented in 1854.  Where the staked line of the railroad intersected the old stagecoach trace from Paris to Jefferson City, they located and platted a town which they named Centralia.  Since Singleton resided in the vicinity of the new town, he acted as agent or trustee for the other two promoters in making sales and signing deeds.  The first lots sold in prices ranging from $20 to $100 a lot.  A number of key streets were named after the town’s founders–Singleton, Rollins, and January being thus honored.(#7)

The early settlers in Centralia, and the surrounding Bourbon township were mainly from Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia, with a sprinkling of Irish who came in to help build the railroad and a few Germans who engaged in small business enterprises.

Centralia grew in the usual fashion of county towns.  The first building was a one-story frame structure in which Tinsley, Elston and Company kept a general store.  The second was the Eldorado Hotel operated by Joe J. Collier.  A blacksmith shop was opened by William H. Wade in 1858; and the North Missouri Railroad and a post office arrived.  By the end of 1858, Centralia had twenty-five dwellings, two stores, and a saloon.  In 1860, Centralia got its second hotel, the Boone House; and Dr. A.F. Sneed opened his office.  During the same period, the first school house was built, with Minnie Conger as teacher.(#8)  This was the general situation on the eve of the Civil War.

ENDNOTES:
1. Donald Christisen, “A Vignette of Missouri’s Native Prairie,” Missouri Historical Review, Vol. LXI, No. 2 (Jan. 1967), pp. 167, 179-180; Centralia Missouri Centennial, 1957, p. 19.
2. Christisen, opus cit., pp. 168, 174.
3. Centralia Missouri Centennial, 1957, p. 19.
4. Interview between R.B. Price, Jr. and John Crighton at the Boone County National Bank, Columbia, Mo., Mar. 21, 1973.
5. Christisen, opus cit., pp. 170-171.
6. W.F. Switzler, History of Boone County (St. Louis: Western Historical Co., 1882), pp. 368-370.
7. Centralia Missouri Centennial, 1957, p. 20.
8. Ibid., p. 21.
  
© Boone County Historical Society1987

Commentary:
This chapter included a photograph of Nathaniel W. Wilson, originally reproduced with the permission of the State Historical Society of Missouri, which is not included in this posting.

1875 Map of Boone County: 600+ Patrons In Alphabetical Order

From the Boone County Historical Society collection. "An Illustrated Historical Atlas of Boone County, Missouri", by Edwards Brothers, 1875. Available at the Wilson-Wulff History and Genealogy Library in the Walters-Boone County Historical Museum.

The 1875 atlas is a beautiful plat book that shows the location and owner of all property in the county outside the towns. Included in the atlas on pages 20, 22, 28 and 30, is a "Partial List of Patrons for the Atlas of Boone County." The list includes the names of over 600 persons in the county along with their post office, the section number of their property, their business, their "nativity" (where they were born), and the year they settled in Boone county.  Patrons sometimes inserted other odd bits about themselves, including if they had a farm for sale and, in a couple of cases, their exact birth date.

The information in the table below has been sorted to place the names in alphabetical order. This can be an aid to the researcher as some of the spellings are slightly different than is common now.

The companion post at  http://boonehistory.blogspot.com/2010/01/blog-post.html shows the names in original order and is useful to see other patrons living close to an individual.

Use the post at  http://boonehistory.blogspot.com/2009/12/1875-map-of-boone-county-showing.html to see the 1875 map of the county and determine the location of a particular section of land.

The complete atlas, along with an every name index, has also been reprinted by the Genealogical Society of Central Missouri and is available for purchase.  For ordering information, go to: http://gscm.missouri.org/publications.html

NAME	POST OFFICE	SEC	TWP, RNG	BUSINESS	NATIVITY	Settl'd in County
Acton, Harrison	Providence	9	T46, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Garrard Co., Ky.	1828
Adair, L.S.	Stephens' Store	21	T49, R11	Farmer	Callaway Co.
Adkins, J.H.	Carrington sta.	21	T47, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Franklin Co., Va.	1858
Allton, J. & F.D.	Columbia	33	T49, R12	Farmers and Stock Raisers	Marion Co., Va.	1866
Anthony, G.M.	Columbia	24	T49, R12	Far., Stock Raiser and Ship'r	Morgan Co.	1862
Anthony, Lewis	Providence	16	T47, R13	Farmer	Boone Co.	1837
Armstrong, J.L.	Hallsville	18	T50, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Fleming Co., Ky.	1845
Arnold, A.H.	Columbia	3	T48, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Bourbon Co., Ky.	1845
Arnold, Geo.	Claysville	6	T45, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Ripley Co., Ind.	1858
Baker, John	Ashland	9	T46, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	St. Louis Co.	1857
Baker, Moses	Sturgeon	13	T51, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser		1839
Baker, R.L.	Rocheport	17	T49, R14&15	Dlr. in Fine Stk. Shp. a spec'y.	Worcester Co., Md.	1868
Baldwin, U.	Rocheport	23	T48, R14&15	Farmer, Teacher, & J.P.	Boone Co.
Ballenger, J.L.	Providence	8	T47, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	South Carolina	1835
Banks, M.R.	Columbia		Columbia	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Sumner Co., Tenn.	1858
Barger, J.G.	Ashland	33	T46, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1828
Barnes, D.H.	Centralia	28	T51, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1822
Barnes, H.	Columbia	5	T47, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1840
Barnes, S.G.	Hallsville	17	T50, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Montgomery Co., Ky.	1853
Barnes, T.J.	Hallsville	16	T50, R12	Farmer and Stock Dealer	Montgomery Co., Ky.	1853
Barrett, J.V.	Columbia	1	T49, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1846
Barth, J.V.	Columbia		Columbia	Merchant	Rhine, Prussia	1864
Barth, Victor	Columbia		Columbia	Merchant	Rhine, Prussia	1866
Bass, R.T.	Ashland	6	T46, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1841
Bass, W.H.	Ashland	26	T47, R12	Dealer in thoro'bred cattle, sh'p and h'gs	Boone Co.	1836
Bateman, M.	Columbia	30	T49, R12	Pres. Agricultural Society. Farmer, Stock Raiser and Dealer. Pres. of Blackfoot Rock Road	Fleming Co., Ky.	1864
Batterton, H.S.	Columbia	2	T49, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1842
Batterton, J.Y.	Sturgeon		T51, R12	County Judge, Farmer and Stock Dealer	Boone Co.	1826
Batterton, W.W.	Columbia		Columbia	County Clerk	Boone Co.	1833
Baumgartner, M.	Millersburg	4	T47, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Bavaria, Germany	1865
Baxter, H.S.	Claysville	5	T45, R12	Farmer	St. Louis Co.	1863
Beattie, W.N.	Columbia	1	T48, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1821
Beazley, H.L.	Columbia	17	T47, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1836
Beazley, Wm. T.	Providence	16	T47, R13	Farmer and Fruit Grower	Boone Co.	1831
Bedford, W.A.	Columbia	19	T49, R12	Farmer and Stock Dealer	Boone Co.	1838
Bennett, J.A.	Providence	28	T47, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1852
Bentley, Daniel	Harrisburg	23	T50, R14	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Bourbon Co., Ky.	1872
Berkheimer, W.L.	Centralia		T51, R11	Atty. at Law, Collector & Real Est. Agt.	Mifflin Co., Pa.	1874
Berry, L.G.	Browns Station	3	T49, R12	Ex-Justice of the Peace. Farmer and Stock Raiser	Clark Co., Ky.	1832
Biggs, Nathaniel	Ashland	33	T47, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	England	1852
Bishop, Levin	Harrisburg	29	T50, R13	Farmer	Worcester Co., Md.	B'n 1779 1829
Black, G.L.	Columbia	22	T47, R12	Minister and Farmer	Boone Co.	1833
Bledsoe, A.J.	Burlington	7	T45, R12	Silversmith	Boone Co.	1849
Blythe, A.T.	Ashland	15	T46, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Callaway Co.	1870
Blythe, Daniel	Claysville	13	T45, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser. Farm of 120 acres of good bottom land for Sale in Macon Co., Mo.	Clark Co., Ky.	1818
Blythe, John	Ashland	34	T46, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Clark Co., Ky.	1837
Boggs, Tyre H.	Columbia		T48, R14&15	Deputy Sheriff	Boone Co.	1855
Booth, J.C.	Harrisburg	19	T50, R13	Farmer and Tobacco Grower	Bedford Co., Va.	1865
Booth, W.J.	Centralia	26	T51, R11	Farmer and Stock Dealer	Washtenaw Co., Mich	1866
Boswell, J.M.	Columbia		Columbia	Merchant	Bedford Co., Va.	1858
Boteler, J.	Burlington	7	T45, R13	Farmer	Fauquier Co., Va.	1870
Boulton, J.A.	Columbia	30	T49, R12	Co. Judge, Farmer and Master of Grange	Mason Co., Ky.	1840
Boulton, J.B.	Columbia	16	T48, R12	Far., Stock Raiser and Tobacco Grower	Mason Co., Ky.	1853
Bowser, T.	Centralia	21	T51, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Preble Co., O.	1866
Boyce, J.J.	Columbia	15	T49, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Warren Co., Ky.	1819
Boyd, L.	Centralia	14	T51, R11	Farmer and Stock Dealer	Henry Co., Ky.	1835
Bradford, Alex.	Columbia	9	T47, R12	Farmer and Trader	Boone Co.	1842
Bradley, J.T.	Browns Station	36	T50, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Scott Co., Ky.	1829
Bratton, Edmon	Hallsville	20	T50, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser. Owns Farm of 160 Acres FOR SALE		1853
Bratton, J.B.	Browns Station	15	T49, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser and Dealer	Bath Co., Va.	1859
Bratton, J.W.	Hallsville	17	T50, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Clark Co., Ky.	1853
Bricker, J.D.	Centralia		T51, R11	Planters' Hotel	Sevier Co., Tenn.	1968
Brink, C.W.	Browns Station	18	T50, R12	Blacks'h and Manf. of Plows and Wagons	Boone Co.	1825
Brink, W.H.	Hallsville	18	T50, R12	Blacksmith and Manufacturer of Plows, wagons &c Middletown, Mo.		1845
Brown, B.J.	Columbia	36	T49, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1848
Brown, E.A.	Rocheport	29	T49, R14&15	Wagon Maker & Blacksmith	Warren Co., Va.	1859
Brown, G.E.	Rocheport	29	T49, R14&15	......."...................."	Warren Co., Va.	1859
Brown, Harrison	Columbia	11	T49, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1838
Brown, Hezekiah	Boydsville, Call'y co.	28	T47, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Wirt Co., West Va.	1829
Brown, J.W.	Carrington Station, Callaway co.	28	T47, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1834
Brown, L.B.	Browns Station	15	T49, R12	Physician and Surgeon	Boone Co.	1827
Brown, L.T.	Columbia	13	T49, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Harrison Co., Ky.	1866
Brown, W.W.	Browns Station	2	T49, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1828
Brushwood, John	Rocheport	35	T48, R14&15	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Fluvanna County, Va.	1824
Brushwood, R.D.	Rocheport	36	T48, R14&15	Farmer	Fluvanna County, Va.	1824
Bruton, J.G.	Sturgeon		T51, R12	Livery Stable	Montgomery Co., Ky.	1852
Bryson, J.R.	Centralia	7	T51, R11	Farmer and Stock Dealer	Madison Co., Ky.	1826 1834
Burgwin, J.	Columbia		Columbia	Justice of the Peace	Orange Co., N.C.	1864
Burke, J.R.	Ashland		T46, R12	Manufacturer	Boone Co.	1836
Burnam, A.E. & Bro.	Browns Station	9	T49, R12	Merchant	Boone Co.
Burnam, E.H.	Columbia	16	T49, R12	Minister and Farmer	Richmond Co., Ky.	1869
Burnam, J.L.	Ashland	15	T46, R12	Stock Dealer	Boone Co.
Burnett, Allen	Ashland	29	T46, R11	Farmer and Carpenter	Boone Co.	1835
Burnett, D.C.	Ashland	7	T46, R11	Farmer and Tobacco Grower	Ross Co., O.	1823
Burnett, R.V.	Ashland	10	T46, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1837
Burnett, R.W.	Carrington Station, Callaway co.	34	T47, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1829
Burnham, J.T.	Dripp'g Spr'gs	21	T50, R13	Farmer, S'k R'r & S. Teacher	Howard Co.	1859
Bush, P.	Hallsville	12	T50, R12	Farmer, Stock Dealer and Trader	Clark Co., Ky.	1851
Butler, John	Harrisburg	17	T50, R13	Farmer and Stock Dealer	Ireland	1856
Butler, Wm.	Claysville	15	T45, R12	Farmer and Carpenter	Bourbon Co., Ky.	1834
Campbell, O.	Millersburg	8	T47, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Ireland	1846
Carlisle, John	Columbia	28	T48, R12	Farmer and Stock Dealer	Guernsey Co., O.	1865
Carpent'r, Mrs. America	Columbia	14	T48, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Shelby Co., Ky.	1853
Carr, J.A.	Harrisburg	25	T51, R14	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Loudon Co., Va.	1855
Carrel, James	Ashland		T46, R12	Blacksmith	Sangamon Co., Ill.	1875
Carter, T.S.	Sturgeon		T51, R12	Editor Sturgeon Leader	Monroe Co., Tenn.	1864
Cartright, W.H.	Columbia	3	T47, R12	Farmer and Stock Dealer	Bourbon Co., Ky.	1855
Caruthers, T.H.	Columbia	19	T49, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Albermarle Co., Va.	1832
Caskie, R.A.	Rocheport		T48, R14&15	Resident	Lynchburg, Va.	1870
Cave, J.A.	Ashland	17	T46, R11	Farmer	Boone Co.	1843
Cavins, J.E.	Hallsville	7	T49, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Randolph Co.	1870
Cayton, T.D.	Harrisburg	13	T50, R14	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boyle Co., Ky.	1847
Challes, A.J.	Woodlandville	8	T49, R14&15	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1823
Chapman, J.L.	Centralia	28	T51, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	New Haven, Conn.	1874
Cheavens,, H.A., M.D.	Ashland		T46, R12	School Commissioner	Philadelphia, Pa.	1853
Christian, T.N.	Ashland	34	T47, R12	Farmer	Boone Co.	1832
Clardy, C.	Claysville	12	T45, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Halifax Co., Va.	1841
Clark, B.H.	Hallsville	18	T50, R12	Physician and Farmer	Howard Co.	1851
Clark, D.W.	Columbia	5	T48, R12	Far. and Breeder of 1st class Trot'g Hor's	Madison Co., Ky.	1836
Clark, J.G.	Columbia	8	T48, R12	Farmer and Stock Dealer	Madison Co., Ky.	1836
Clarkson, J.S.	Columbia		Columbia	Asst. Cashier Ex. Nat. Bank	Fauquier Co., Va.	1841
Clayton, J.S.	Rocheport		T48, R14&15	Proprietor of Star Mills	Franklin Co.	1853
Cochran, R.C.	Rocheport	3	T48, R14&15	Farmer & Stock Dealer	Boone Co.	1851
Cocnran, S.D.	Rocheport	14	T48, R14&15	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1832
Coffey, Robert	Hallsville	18	T50, R12	Farmer	Pettis Co.	1869
Coleman, Geo. W.	Columbia		Columbia	Proprietor Star Restaurant	Wilkes Co., Ga.	1865
Colvin, George	Hallsville	23	T50, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Madison Co., Ky.	1847
Conger Bros. & Hunt	Centralia		T51, R11	Millers	Oswego, N.Y.	Audr'n Co. 1858
Conley, J.C.	Columbia		Columbia	Capitalist	Boone Co.	1832
Connelly, B.	Columbia	6	T47, R13	Farmer and Stock Dealer	Madison Co., Ky.	1825
Connelly, F.	Columbia	6	T47, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Madison Co., Ky.	1827
Cowden, E.	Harrisburg	32	T50, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1847
Crane, J.W.	Columbia	23	T47, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1851
Crenshaw, R.	Claysville	22	T45, R12	Farmer	St. Clair Co.	1863
Crews, Parlee	Millersburg	4	T47, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1832
Crockett, D.K.	Columbia	24	T49, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser and Dealer	Boone Co.	1840
Cromwell, Richard	Columbia		Columbia	Prop. Planters' House	Baltimore Co., Md.	1833
Croswhite, J.H.	Sturgeon		T51, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Bourbon Co., Ky.	1826
Crowwell, J.F.	Columbia	2	T48, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1843
Crump, A.	Burlington	34	T46, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Richmond, Va.	1837
Crump, C.	Burlington	34	T46, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Estill Co., Ky.	1837
Crump, Taylor	Browns Station	9	T49, R12	Farmer and Owner of a Carding Machine	Boone Co.	1848
Curry, John	Providence	25	T47, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Adair Co., Ky.	1854
Dailey, Ed.	Columbia	22	T48, R12	Farmer and Road Master	Yates Co., N.Y.	1853
Davenport, D.W.	Columbia	24	T48, R14&15	Farmer	Boone County	1837
Davis, B.F.	Sturgeon		T51, R12	Physician and Surgeon
Davis, J.B.	Columbia	11	T48, R14&15	School Teacher	Lafayette County	1868
DeJarnette, W.B.	Browns Station	10	T49, R12	Physician and Surgeon	Camden Co.	1865
Denham, J.S.	Rocheport	22	T49, R14&15	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone County	1845
Dennis, Henry	Midway	1	T48, R14&15	Farmer	Boone County	1836
Denny, G.H.	Columbia	33	T49, R12	Farmer and Raiser of Fine Blooded Sheep and Durham Cattle	Ireland	1871
Dever, Hugh	Columbia	36	T49, R12	Farmer, Stock Raiser, Ship'r and Dealer	Rockingham Co., Va.	1848
Dietrick, S.A.	Rocheport		T48, R14&15	Barber	Germany	1853
Dimitt, Wm. S.	Woodlandville	10	T49, R14&15	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Bourbon Co., Ky.	1860
Dimmitt, B.	Columbia		Columbia	Druggist	Clay Co.	1870
Dimmitt, M.	Columbia		Columbia	Druggist	Clay Co.	1874
Dingman, Chauncey	Sturgeon		T51, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Lewis Co., Ky.	1866
Dinwiddie, Wm.	Sturgeon		T51, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Lincoln Co., Ky.	1839
Dodd, T.J.	Providence	4	T47, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1836
Dorsey, J.S.	Columbia		Columbia	Druggist	Nicholas Co., Ky.	1854
Douglas, W.G.	Rocheport	10	T48, R14&15	Farmer and Miller	Boone Co.	1833
Douglass, H.L.	Rocheport	10	T48, R14&15	Farmer and Stock Raiser	St. Louis County	1818
Douglass, Shannon C.	Columbia		Columbia	Atty. at Law and Pros. Atty.	Boone Co.
Duane, R.A.	Guthrie Sta., Call'y Co	9	T46, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Harrison Co.	1869
Duncan, J.H.	Columbia		Columbia	Physician and Surgeon	Boone Co.	1852
Duncan, James M.	Dripp'g Spr'gs	27	T50, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Nelson Co., Va.	1844
Duncan, W.H.	Columbia		Columbia	Physician and Surgeon	Amherst Co., Va.	1830
Dysart, S.J.	Woodlandville	11	T49, R14&15	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone County	1831
Easley, M.	Providence	35	T47, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1828
Easly, S.W.	Centralia		T51, R11	Insurance and Real Estate Agt. & J.P.	Monroe Co. Va.	1868
Easter, Albert	Centralia	7	T51, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Estill Co., Ky.	1873
Edwards, G.W.	Providence	20	T47, R13	Grocery and Saloon	Casey Co., Ky.	1851
Edwards, J.G.	Providence	15	T46, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1836
Edwards, J.M.	Columbia	25	T47, R13	Farmer and Carpenter	Culpepper Co., Va.	1842
Edwards, W.B.	Providence	10	T46, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Bedford Co., Va.	1849
Elkin, W.M.	Hallsville	28	T50, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Clark Co., Ky.	1855
Elliott, G.W.	Rocheport		T48, R14&15	Physician and Surgeon	Boone Co.	1831
Ellis, A.E.	Columbia	23	T47, R12	Farmer and Stock Dealer	St. Louis Co.	1818
Ellis, E.P.	Ashland	5	T46, R11	Farmer & Stock Deal. & Gen. Com. Mer.	St. Louis Co.	1818
Ellis, James M.	Columbia	18	T47, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1821
Ellis, John	Columbia	30	T47, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	St. Louis Co.	1818
Ellis, Peter	Columbia	32	T47, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1826
Emmitt Bros.	Rockbridge	7	T47, R12	Millers	Pike Co., Ohio	1872
Faires, E.G.	Centralia		T51, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Washington Co., O.	1868
Faires, J.V.	Sturgeon		T51, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Belmont Co., O.	1868
Feely, W.	Burlington	27	T46, R13	Merchant at Eureka	Brown Co., O.	1867
Fenley, J.F.	Columbia	17	T49, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Scott Co., Ky.	1838
Ferris, Leslie	Centralia		T51, R11	Hardware Merchant	St. Louis Co.	1873
Findley, W.W.	Burlington	7	T45, R12	Physician	Hawkins Co., Tenn.	1865
Fisher, Michael	Columbia	3	T47, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Hardy Co., Va.	1839
Flagg, D.S.	Centralia		T51, R11	Lumber Dealer	Littleton, Mass.	1866
Forbis, B.A.	Ashland	8	T46, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1849
Forbis, E.W.	Ashland	3?	T46, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Fayette Co., Ky.	1834
Forbis, G.B.	Rocheport	30	T49, R14&15	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Fayette Co., Ky.	1836
Forbis, R.C.	Ashland	12	T46, R12	Teacher and Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1839
Forbis, Wm.	Sturgeon	10	T50, R13	Farmer, Chair and Wagon Maker, and blacksmithing done in the best style	Boone Co.	1825
Frakes, T.F.	Harrisburg	22	T50, R14	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1848
Frazer, W.	Browns Station	1	T49, R12	Miller and Farmer	Fayette Co., Ky.	1838
Frazier, J.K.	Carrington sta.	22	T47, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Scotland	1842
Freeman, J.H.	Ashland	17	T46, R11	Preacher and Farmer	Burke Co., N.C.	1872
Fyfer, J.T.	Columbia		Columbia	Merchant	Quebec, Canada	1856
Garth, H.H.	Rocheport		T48, R14&15	Merchant	Boone Co.	1841
Garth, W.W.	Columbia		Columbia	Circuit Clerk	Boone Co.	1848
Gibbs, F.P.	Rocheport		T48, R14&15	Prop'r of Saloon & Confect'y	Jefferson Co., Ky.	1856
Gillaspy, C.G.	Columbia		Columbia	Deputy Sheriff	Monroe Co.	1861
Gillaspy, J.C.	Columbia		Columbia	Sheriff and Farmer	Robertson Co., Tenn.	1861
Gilvin, J.T.	Harrisburg	3	T50, R14	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Howard Co.	1839
Glasgow, Nathan	Columbia	18	T47, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Madison Co., Ky.	1819
Glenn, R.P.	Stephens store, Callaway co.	21	T49, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Nicholas Co., Ky.	1858
Glenn, Wm.	Rockbridge	30	T47, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Scotland	1854
Goldsberg, H.W.	Harrisburg	35	T51, R14	Farmer and Stock Raiser--Blacksmithing of all kinds done neat and in order.	Pulaski Co., Ky.	1858
Goodding, W.A.	Browns Station	10	T49, R12	Superintendent of the Boone County C.& M. Co. Situated at Brown's Station	Macon Co.	1872
Gordon, J.F.	Columbia		Columbia	Deputy Sheriff	Independence, Mo.	1854
Gordon, Mrs. H.C.	Columbia	7	T48, R12	Wife of D. Gordon, deceased, Farmer and Breeder of cotswool sheep and short horn cattle	Madison Co., Ky.	1826
Gordon, Webster	Columbia	9	T48, R13	Farmer	Boone Co.	1852
Gordon, Wellington	Columbia		Columbia	Lawyer and Farmer
Goslin, J.N.	Columbia	18	T49, R13	Farmer	Boone Co.	1851
Goslin, S.F.	Rocheport	9	T49, R14&15	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Fleming Co., Ky.	1819
Goslin, T.F.	Columbia	9	T49, R13	Farmer & Stock Dealer	Boone Co.	1837
Graham, R.M.	Columbia		Columbia	Retired	Augusta Co., Va.	1822
Grannis, J.W.	Ashland		T46, R12	Merchant	St. Law'ce Co., N.Y.	1873
Grant, Columbus	Columbia	32	T48, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1842
Grant, Leonidas	Columbia	33	T48, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser--Farm of 123 acres for sale	Boone Co.	1845
Gray, T.J. & Nancy J.	Columbia	18	T49, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser. Wife of J.P. Gray, died October 4, 1872.	Bath Co., Va.	1832
Green, E.W.	Claysville	11	T45, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Montgomery Co.	1845
Gregory, W.E.	Rocheport		T48, R14&15	City Hotel	Boone County	1852
Griffin, James	Burlington	12	T45, R13	Farmer	Boone Co.	1836
Grindstaff, B.O.	Providence	16	T47, R13	Farmer and Tobacco Grower	Boone Co.	1844
Grooms, E.A.	Columbia	19	T47, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1849
Grossman, L.	Rocheport		T48, R14&15	Miller, Baker & Confectioner	Germany	1844
Grubb, M.E.	Harrisburg	17	T50, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1831
Guitar, David	Columbia	31	T49, R12	Miller, Far. and Stock Trader	Madison Co., Ky.	1831
Guitar, O.	Columbia		Columbia	Attorney at Law	Madison Co., Ky.	1829
Gulick, G.W.	Sturgeon	20	T51, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Loudon Co., Va.	1857
Haden, Joel H.	Columbia	31	T49, R12	Farmer and Director Blackf't RockRoad	Scott Co., Ky.	1828
Haden, T.R.	Columbia	34	T49, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Scott Co., Ky.	1825
Hagans, N.G.	Burlington	27	T46, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Warren Co., Ky.	1844
Haggard, A.B.	Hallsville	23	T50, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser and Road Com.	Clark Co., Ky.	1859
Haggard, E.E.	Hallsville	20	T50, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Clark Co., Ky.	1859
Haines, JohnW.	Centralia		T51, R11	Principal in Public School	Harrison Co., O.	1875
Hall, D.N.	Hallsville	16	T50, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Albermarle Co., Va.	1835
Hall, J.C.	Hallsville	10	T50, R12	Teacher	Boone Co.	1848
Hall, Mollie	Sturgeon		T49, R12	School Teacher	Boone Co.	1852
Haller, E.C.	Harrisburg		T50, R14	Physician and Surgeon	Wythe Co., Va.	1870
Hamilton, E.A.	Columbia	7	T48, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Pr. William Co., Va.	1846
Hardin, N.	Browns Station	2	T49, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Clark Co., Ky.	1829
Harris, Barnabas	Columbia	30	T47, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1842
Harris, H.A.	Woodlandville	3	T49, R14&15	Farmer & Stk. Tr. of all kinds	Boone Co.	1846
Harris, J.W.	Rocheport	21	T49, R14&15	Owner Premium Farm of Missouri and Stoc Dealer	Madison Co., Ky.	1817
Harris, James	Columbia	14	T47, R12	Ex-Co. Judge and Farmer	Boone Co.	1818
Harris, M.H.	Sturgeon		T51, R12	Post Master and Druggist	Boone Co.	1832
Harris, Peter E.	Columbia	5	T47, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1844
Harris, W.H.	Sturgeon	5	T51, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Madison Co., Ky.	1816
Hart, A.B.	Burlington	8	T45, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Southampton Co. Va	1846
Hart, J.E.	Rocheport	20	T49, R14&15	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Warren Co., Mo.	1867
Hartung, R.	Columbia	18	T48, R12	Brewer of Beer and Ale	Germany	1856
Hatton, S.B.	Harrisburg	21	T50, R13	Farmer and Bridge Builder	Madison Co., Ky.	1817
Hays, Isaac	Midway	2	T48, R14&15	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Wythe Co., Va.	1834
Henderson, W.D.	Midway	6	T48, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Illinois	1818
Henry, J.L.	Columbia	1	T49, R13	Propr'or of Grist & Saw Mill	Washing'n Co., N.Y.	1859
Henry, J.T.	Columbia	21	T49, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Scott Co., Ky.	1834
Hickam, C.B.	Harrisburg	9	T50, R13	Farmer and School Teacher	Boone Co.	1834
Hickam, E.C.	Columbia	35	T48, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Washington Co., Va.	1816
Hickam, J.W.	Columbia	14	T48, R13	Ex-County Judge and Farmer	Washington Co., Va.	1816
Hickam, L.P.	Columbia	2	T47, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1830
Hickam, Silas	Burlington	2	T45, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1831
Hickman, T.B.	Columbia	14	T47, R12	Farmer and Stock Dealer	Boone Co.	1829
Hickman, T.H.	Columbia	11	T47, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1837
Hickman, Thad.	Ashland	2	T46, R12	Breeder of thorough bred short horn cattle	Bourbon Co., Ky.	1862
Hinman, J.E.	Centralia	9	T51, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Jacksonville, Ill.	1869
Hinshaw, A.R.	Burlington	6	T45, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Clinton Co., O.	1865
Hockaday, I.O.	Columbia		Columbia	Cashier Boone Co. Nat. Bank	Callaway Co.	1865
Hodge, Eli	Columbia		Columbia	Co. Collector and Farmer	Montgomery Co., Ky.	1857
Hodge, Wm	Stephens' Store, Callaway County	16	T49, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Montgomery Co., Ky.	1857
Hopper, E.	Sturgeon	23	T50, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1839
Howell, J.F.	Columbia	18	T49, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Warren Co., Ky.	1865
Howland, L.M.	Columbia		Columbia	Prop. Columbia Restaurant	Tompkins Co., N.Y.	1871
Hubbell, John P.	Columbia		Columbia	Prop. Livery Stable	Kentucky	1867
Hulen, A.B.	Hallsville	9	T50, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Estill Co., Ky.	1828
Hulett, F.	Centralia		T51, R11	Merchant	Boone Co.	1845
Hume, Geo.	Columbia	3	T47, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1826
Hume, R.	Columbia		T48, R12	Farmer and Stock Dealer	Boone Co.	1824
Hunt [& Conger Bros.]	Centralia		T51, R11	Millers	Oswego, N.Y.	Audr'n Co. 1858
Hunt, D.W.	Rocheport		T48, R14&15	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1841
Hunt, W.B.	Rocheport	26	T48, R14&15	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone County	1831
Huntington, I.C.	Rocheport	16	T49, R14&15	Farmer & Genl. Stk. Raiser	Westchester Co., N.Y.	1866
Jacobs, J.R.	Columbia	1	T48, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Warren Co.	1852
Jacobs, Junius	Columbia	28	T48, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1849
Jacobs, W.H.	Columbia	8	T48, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Fayette Co., Ky.	1830
Jacobs, W.H.	Columbia	32	T48, R11	Farmer and Stock Dealer	Hampshire Co., Va.	1852
Jacobs,, G.R., Jr.	Columbia	7	T48, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	St. Charles Co., Va.	1853
Jacobs,, G.R., Sr.	Columbia	12	T48, R12	Farmer	Nelson Co., Va.	1852
James, B.A.	Ashland	16	T46, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Adams Co., O.	1875
Jarman, J.F.	Sturgeon		T51, R12	Atty. at Law and Real Est. Agt	Madison Co., Ky.	1858
Johnson, Bingham	Columbia	36	T48, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1857
Johnson, F.M.	Columbia	33	T49, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser and Dealer. Owner of the Johnson Coal Bank	Boone Co.	1834
Johnson, L.C.	Columbia	19	T49, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1843
Johnson, W.S.	Columbia	36	T48, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1847
Johnston, J.S.	Columbia	36	T48, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Bourbon Co., Ky.	1826
Johnston, J.W.	Ashland		T46, R12	[Wiseman & Johnston] Merchants	Established 1866
Jones, G.D.	Ashland	10	T46, R12	Prop. Lime Kiln 3 1-2 miles s e of Ashland	Boone Co.	1831
Jones, H.B.	Columbia	19	T49, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser. Elder in Christian Church	Hall Co., Ga.	1838
Jones, J.T.	Ashland	10	T46, R12	Atty. at Law and Farmer	Boone Co.	1825
Jones, John	Hallsville	16	T50, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Bath Co., Ky.	1858
Jones, P.H.	Hallsville	14	T50, R12	Post Master and Merchant	Howard Co.	1866
Jones, T.M.	Claysville	16	T45, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1832
Judy, P.	Stephens Store, Callaway County	21	T49, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Clark Co., Ky.	1860
Kalmback, G.	Centralia		T51, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Lycoming Co., Pa.	1867
Karmes, John	Hallsville	15	T50, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1838
Keene, Alex.	Columbia	4	T48, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Scott Co., Ky.	1827
Keene, Alfred	Columbia	21	T49, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser and Dealer. Brick-layer and Mechanic	Georgetown, Ky.	1826
Keene, J.W.	Columbia	22	T49, R12	Farmer and Stock Trader	Boone Co.	1840
Keene, R.L.	Columbia	27	T49, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser and Dealer. Owner of Coal Bank 6 miles N.E. of Columbia	Boone Co.	1830
Kemper, J.D.	Columbia	30	T50, R12	Farmer and Stock Dealer	Bourbon Co., Ky.	1829
Kemper, S.P.	Columbia	1	T49, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1843
Kennan, J.A.	Columbia	23	T49, R12	Farmer and Stock Dealer	Boone Co.	1844
King, James	Columbia	34	T49, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1833
King, Nathan	Columbia	8	T47, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Callaway Co.	1865
Kirkman, J.B.	Columbia		Columbia	Marble Works	North Carolina	1867
Kirtley, S.B.	Columbia		Columbia	Booksellers and Stationery	Audrain Co.	1874
Knaup, J.L.	Claysville	18	T45, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Germany	1867
Laforce, W.R.	Columbia	18	T49, R11	School Teacher	Boone Co.	1841
Lang, John	Columbia		Columbia	Contractor	Harrisburg, Ky.	1850
Lang, T.	Columbia		Columbia	Butcher	Harrisburg, Ky.	1850
Larch, E.C.L.	Ashland	13	T47, R12	Apiarian and wholesale dealer in honey and pure Italian bees and Queens. All warranted good	Montgomery Co.	1866
Lemon, W.C.	Columbia	14	T48, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1844
Lenoir, S.D.	Columbia	29	T48, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Halifax Co., Va.	1844
Lenoir, S.E.	Columbia	32	T49, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser and Dealer	Wilkes Co., N.C.	1834
Lewis, A.F.	Providence	23	T47, R13	Farmer and Bricklayer	Rhode Island	1854
Lientz, M.P.	Rocheport	28	T49, R14&15	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Nashville, Tenn.	1819
Lientz, W.A.	Columbia	6	T48, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1848
Little, Wm.	Carrington sta.	28	T47, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Washington Co., Va.	1827
Lohrey, John	Claysville	16	T45, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Germany	1859
Long, J.M.	Harrisburg	14	T50, R14	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Howard Co.	1824
Long, R.	Harrisburg	14	T50, R14	Retired Farmer & Stk. Raiser	Mercer Co., Ky.	1824
Longston, G.T.	Columbia	32	T49, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Bourbon Co., Ky.	1836
Lonsdale, H.B.	Columbia		Columbia	Merchant and Tailor	England	1854
Lowrey, F.M.	Rocheport	14	T48, R14&15	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1827
Lowrey, J.H.	Rocheport	11	T48, R14&15	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone County	1829
Lowry, Richard	Columbia	31	T48, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Hanover Co., Va.	1842
Lowry, Wm.	Columbia	31	T48, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Hanover Co., Va.	1842
Lusk, W.Y.	Columbia	28	T49, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Shelby Co., Ky.	1837
Lyell, R.G.	Harrisburg		T50, R14	Post Master	Rochester, N.Y.	1840
Lyman, Rollin	Rocheport	21	T49, R14&15	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Orange Co., Vt.	1836
Lyman, W.L.	Rocheport	21	T49, R14&15	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1842
Madden, J.C.	Claysville	24	T45, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Jackson Co., Tenn.	1839
Madden, J.S.	Claysville	24	T45, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1845
Mahan, Alla Ann	Columbia	3	T47, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1829
Marks, D.A.	Columbia		Columbia	Dry Goods Merchant
Martin, J.P.	Ashland	9	T46, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Clark Co., Ky.	1834
Martin, J.R.	Columbia	10	T47, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1844
Martin, L.R.	Ashland	9	T46, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1849
Martin, R.S.	Ashland		T46, R12		Boone Co.	1833
Martin,, A., M.D.	Ashland		T46, R12	Phys. and Surg. and Drug'st	Boone Co.	1835
Masterson, C.W.	Hallsville	14	T50, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Montgomery Co., Ky.	1865
Matheny, R.F.	Woodlandville	5	T49, R14&15	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Bourbon Co., Ky.	1842
Maupin, W.C.	Ashland	28	T46, R12	J.P. and Farmer and Stock Raiser	Albermarle Co. Va.	1845
Maupin, W.T.	Columbia		Columbia	Physician	Boone Co.	1839
Maxwell, J.H.H.	Columbia	32	T48, R11	Farmer and Dealer in Stock of all kinds	Boone Co.	1840
Maxwell, S.W.	Rocheport	9	T48, R14&15	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Madison County, Ky.	1833
May[s?] [& Sapp]	Ashland		T46, R12	Sapp & May's Carriage Mfy.
McBaine, J.T.	Providence	20	T47, R13	Far., Stock & Produce Dealer	Boone Co.	1824
McBride, W.R.	Centralia	16	T51, R11	Farmer and Stock Dealer	Boyle Co., Ky.	1855
McCasky, Robt.	Columbia	19	T48, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Hamilton Co., O.	1857
McClure, Wm.	Columbia	7	T47, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Woodford Co., Ky.	1832
McComas, J.M.	Sturgeon		T51, R12	Physician and Surgeon
McConathy, H.	Columbia		Columbia	Prop. Woolen Mill	Trimble Co., Ky.	1843
McGhee, J.H.	Columbia	29	T49, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Wilmington Co., Va.	1824
McGlin, John	Cedar City, Callaway Co.	25	T45, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Ireland	1861
McGuire,, J.E., M.D.	Stephens store, Callaway co.	4	T48, R11	Physician	Boone Co.	1828
McHatton, M.W.	Centralia		T51, R11	Speculator	New Orleans	1875
McKee, J.M.	Rocheport	18	T49, R14&15	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Bourbon Co., Ky.	1871
McKenna, P.H.	Claysville	16	T45, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Jefferson Co., N.Y.	1867
McKim, R.J.	Columbia		Columbia	Prop. Central Hotel	Bourbon Co., Ky.	1854
McKinney, Clay	Stephens store, Callaway co.	20	T49, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Warren Co.	1870
McKinzie, Polly	Columbia	18	T49, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser. Wife of Jas. McKinzie, died Oct. 2, 1874.	Fauquier Co., Va.	1836
McQuitty, Daniel	Rocheport	8	T49, R14&15	Farmer and Stock Raiser	St. Louis, Mo.	1816
Miller Brothers	Rocheport		T48, R14&15	Merchants	Callaway Co.	1855
Minor, E.	Centralia	5	T51, R11	Farmer & Stock Raiser	Bracken Co., Ky.	1873
Mitchel, G.P.	Ashland	27	T46, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Carroll Co., Ky.	1873
Monroe, J.A.	Columbia	8	T49, R11	Proprietor of a number one Grist and Saw Mill. All work done at short notice	Boone Co.	1849
Moseley, Wm.	Columbia	6	T48, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Pr. William Co., Va.	1828
Mosely, J.H.	Columbia	6	T48, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1848
Moss, J.R.	Rocheport		T48, R14&15	Merchant	Howard Co.	1870
Nawser, F.	Columbia	18	T49, R11	First class Blacksmithing done in short order	Switzerland	1873
Nevins, J.D.	Columbia	2	T47, R13	Farmer	Callaway Co.	1867
Newman, C.C.	Columbia		Columbia	Merchant	Platte Co.	1845
Nichols [& Warren] Marble Works	Columbia		Columbia	Marble Works	Lockport, N.Y.	1866
Nichols, E.J.	Columbia	19	T49, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Barren Co., Ky.	1829
Nichols, Eli	Ashland		T46, R12	Merchant	Boone Co.	1836
Nichols, G.M.	Ashland	34	T46, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1838
Nichols, J.F.	Ashland	34	T46, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Fayette Co., Ky.	1825
Nichols, James	Ashland	6	T46, R11	Farmer and Tobacco Grower	Harrison Co., Ky.	1825
Nichols, L.H.	Ashland	34	T46, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1850
Nichols, W.H.	Burlington		T45, R13	Sch'l Teacher, Far. and Ba'r.	Boone Co.	1852
Northcutt, T.M.	Columbia		Columbia	Real Estate Broker	Bourbon Co., Ky.	1854
Old, P.A.	Ashland	25	T46, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Madison Co., Ky.	1816
Old, Wm. T.	Sturgeon		T51, R12	Merchant	Amherst Co., Va. Born 1844	1868
O'Rear, B.F.	Providence	21	T47, R13	School Teacher	Montgomery Co., Ky.	1834
Orear, Jesse	Columbia	20	T49, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser, and Owner of a Coal Bank	Clark Co., Va.	1834
Orme, H.M.	Sturgeon		T51, R12	Prop. Sturgeon Hay Press	St. Louis Co.	1872
Ott, Samuel	Burlington	1	T45, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Rockcastle Co., Ky.	1826
Otto, M.	Sturgeon		T51, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Beaver Co., Pa.	1865
Overall, J.H.	Columbia		Columbia	Attorney at Law	St. Charles Co.	1862
Owen, Wm.	Hallsville	17	T50, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Howard Co.	1864
Owings, J.B.	Woodlandville	2	T49, R14&15	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Warren Co.	1867
Palmer, G.W.	Rocheport	11	T47, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1839
Palmer, L.	Sturgeon		T51, R12	Farmer and Stock Deaelr	Boone Co.	1834
Palmer, Mary A.	Sturgeon		T51, R12	Farmer	Howard Co.	1859
Palmer, Thomas	Sturgeon		T51, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Clark Co., Ky.	1831
Parker, M.P.	Columbia	3	T47, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1853
Parker, T.	Columbia		Columbia	Merchant	Boone Co., Ky.	1875
Parker, W.L.	Columbia	20	T49, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser and Trader	Fayette Co., Ky.	1846
Payne, A.G.	Ashland		T46, R12	Merchant	Boone Co.	1828
Payne, J.W.	Columbia	21	T48, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1836
Peacher, John	Sturgeon		T51, R12	Lumber Merchant and Spec.	Clark Co., Ky.	1855
Peak, T.M.	Ashland	35	T46, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1832
Pearce, O.A.	Harrisburg	8	T50, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Richland Co., O.	1865
Pemberton, H.W.	Stephens store, Callaway co.	16	T48, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser and Undertaker	Clark Co., Ky.	1826
Penter, E.	Ashland		T46, R12	Atty., Notary Public and Real Est. Agt.	Indepen'ce Co., Ark.	1865
Phillippe, J.M.	Harrisburg	29	T50, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Knox Co., Ind.	1840
Phillips, A.	Browns Station	9	T49, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1824
Phillips, H.C.	Columbia	21	T49, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1832
Pipes, C.D.	Rocheport	19	T49, R14&15	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Howard Co.	1852
Pipes, David	Rocheport	19	T49, R14&15	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Washington Co., Ky.	1847
Potts, C.B.	Columbia	17	T49, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Nicholas Co., Ky.	1864
Potts, J.F.	Rocheport	1	T48, R14&15	Farmer and Fruit Grower	Boone Co.	1827
Potts, J.G.	Stephens store, Callaway co.	17	T49, R11	Farm & Deal. in thor. br. cat.	Nicholas Co., Ky.	1856
Potts, W.F.	Rocheport		T48, R14&15	Merchant	Boone County	1843
Prather, J.C.	Columbia	19	T49, R12	Farmer , Stock Raiser and Trader. Director of the Blackfoot Rock road	Pulaski Co., Ky.	1840
Prather, S.H.	Columbia	20	T49, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Pulaski Co., Ky.	1832
Prewitt, R.F.	Columbia		Columbia	Dry Goods Merchant	Boone Co.	1845
Price, R.B.	Columbia		Columbia	Pres. Boone Co. Nat. Bank	Charlotte Co., Va.	1850
Proctor, Gipsen	Providence	10	T47, R13	Farmer	Boone Co.	1854
Proctor, J.E.	Sturgeon	12	T51, R13	Farmer	Howard Co.	1861
Proctor, J.M.	Harrisburg	18	T50, R13	Farmer, Stock Raiser & Tobacco Grower	Boone Co.	1847
Proctor, M.G.	Columbia	24	T47, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1819
Prowell, James	Harrisburg	11	T50, R14	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1857
Prowell, Robert	Harrisburg	7	T50, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser, Fine Stable Horse and Jack	Adair Co., Ky.	1836
Prowell, Wm.	Harrisburg	30	T51, R13	Teacher, Farmer & Stk. R'ser	Boone Co.	1847
Pugh, Edwin	Harrisburg	21	T50, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Belmont Co., O.	1866
Pulliam, Geo. W.R.	Woodlandville	34	T50, R14	P.M. & Farmer and Stk. Rr.	Boone Co.	1840
Quarels, John	Columbia		Columbia	Prop. Livery Stable	Tennessee	1867
Quinn, M.G.	Columbia		Columbia	County Surveyor	Randolph Co.	1867
Quisenberry, C.L.	Hallsville	27	T50, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Clark Co., Ky.	1857
Quisenberry, P.J.	Hallsville	18	T50, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Clark Co., Ky.	1855
Quisenberry, S.C.	Hallsville	23	T50, R12	Farmer and Stock Raser, and Jus. Peace	Clark Co., Ky.	1854
Ravenscraft, W.W.	Columbia	5	T48, R13	Farmer	Harrison Co., Ky.	1855
Reed, John	Hallsville	8	T49, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Washington Co., Ky.	1825
Rees, A.	Browns Station	10	T49, R12	Superintendent of the Boone County C.& M. Co. Situated 8 miles N.E. of Columbia	Monmouthshire W's	1873
Rice, J.J.	Ashland	10	T46, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1836
Rice, J.M.	Ashland	31	T47, R12	Far. Farm for sale 126 acres	Warren Co., Ky.	1821
Rice, W.B.	Columbia	5	T47, R13	Farmer	Boone Co.	1852
Richards, J.F.	Harrisburg	28	T50, R14	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1831
Ridgeway, J.R.	Hallsville	33	T50, R11	Farmer	Boone Co.	1857
Ridgeway, Z.	Hallsville	33	T50, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Clark Co., Ky.	1849
Riggs, J.R.	Youngers' store	28	T50, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1827
Riggs, T.S.	Providence	20	T47, R13	Physician		1867
Roberts, A.M.	Hallsville	5	T50, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Madison Co., Ky.	1826
Roberts, A.P.	Hallsville	15	T50, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1850
Roberts, D.B.	Hallsville	35	T50, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Madison Co., Ky.	1818
Roberts, J.G.	Hallsville	15	T50, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1838
Roberts, J.W.	Centralia	28	T51, R11	Farmer	Madison Co., Ky.	1848
Roberts, N.M.	Hallsville	15	T50, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1847
Roberts, T.M.	Ashland	34	T47, R11	Proprietor of Duley's Grist Mill. All kinds of milling done in short notice and all kinds of sawing done to order.	Boone Co.	1839
Roberts, W.	Rocheport		T48, R14&15	Manufacturer	Howard Co.	1858
Roberts, W.P.	Columbia	6	T48, R13	Farmer	Boone Co.	1849
Roberts, Wm. Frank	Hallsville	14	T50, R12	......."...................."	Boone Co.	1831
Robinson, Charles	Harrisburg	31	T51, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1847
Robinson, J. DeW.	Columbia		Columbia	Attorney at Law	Boone Co.	1834
Robinson, J.E.	Columbia		Columbia	Insurance Agent	Callaway Co	1873
Robinson, R.M.	Rocheport		T48, R14&15	Merchant	Fayette Co., Kent'ky	1853
Robinson, W.M.	Hallsville	14	T50, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1837
Robnett, N.H.	Columbia	31	T48, R11	Feeder of Short Horned Cattle, Cotswool Sheep and Berkshire Swine. First class stock for sale at reasonable rates.	Fayette Co., Ky.	1825
Rollins, James S.	Columbia		Columbia	Capitalist	Madison Co., Ky.	1830
Rowland, D.F.	Harrisburg	30	T50, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1839
Rowland, G.W.	Sturgeon	35	T51, R13	Farmer & Stock Raiser & Propr. of Portable Saw Mill--All Kinds of Sawing done to order	Boone Co.	1838
Rowland, J.T.	Harrisburg	26	T50, R14	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1831
Ruckle, J.B.	Columbia	23	T48, R12	Far., and Breeder of Short Horn Cattle	Fayette Co., Ky.	1851
Ruffner, P.J.	Ashland	15	T46, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Fairfield Co., O.	1832
Rutledge, Samuel	Hallsville	14	T50, R12	Farmer and Stock Dealer	Clark Co., Ky.	1871
Sampson, J.H.	Rocheport	5	T48, R14&15	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Madison Co., Ky.	1838
Sampson, T.W.	Rocheport	33	T49, R14&15	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Madison Co., Ky.	1838
Samuel, J.M.	Columbia		Columbia	Dry Goods Merchant	Boone Co.	1825
Sapp, J.H.	Ashland	16	T46, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Pike Co.	1857
Sapp, R.T.	Ashland		T46, R12	Sapp & May's Carriage Mfy.	Boone Co.	1839
Sapp, W.T.	Ashland	18	T46, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Pike Co.	1825
Sappington, G.D.	Ashland		T46, R12	Merchant	Boone Co.	1846
Sappington, J.L.	Sturgeon		T51, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1850
Sappington, R.E.	Ashland		T46, R12	Merchant	Boone Co.	1828
Saunders, Capt. C.B.	Columbia	32	T49, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	London, England	1870
Schwabe, J.C.	Columbia		Columbia	Constable	Howard Co.	1850
Scott, R.E.	Columbia	21	T48, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Orange Co., N.Y.	1840
Searcy, D.G.	Sturgeon		T51, R12	Dealer in Agricultural Implementsand Blacksmith	Madison Co., Ky.	1826
Searcy, F.M.	Rocheport	21	T48, R14&15	Farmer	Boone County	1823
Searcy, T.B.	Sturgeon	35	T50, R13	Co. Assessor & Farmer	Boone Co.	1838
Sexton, J.T.	Sturgeon		T51, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1833
Seymour, J.H.	Sturgeon	24	T51, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Washington Co., Va.	1831
Seymour, R.B.	Sturgeon	12	T51, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Washington Co., Va.	1831
Shellenger, J.	Columbia		Columbia	Barber	Bavaria, Ger.	1858
Shields, James R.	Columbia		Columbia	Lawyer	Boone Co.	1833
Shipley, D.	Woodlandville	3	T49, R14&15	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Fayette Co., Ky.	1835
Shobe, S.	Stephens' Store, Callaway County	28	T49, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Warren Co.	1856
Short, J.R.	Harrisburg	22	T50, R14	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1827
Sinclair, John	Burlington		T45, R13	Farmer	Adair Co., Ky.	1855
Sitton,, F.G., M.D.	Ashland		T46, R12	Physician	Callaway Co.	1849
Smith, F.M.	Ashland	29	T47, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1840
Smith, F.W.	Rocheport	9	T49, R14&15	Farmer and Dealer in Fine Cattle, Horses, Mules, Sheep, &c.	Boone Co.	1846
Smith, Hiram	Ashland	29	T47, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1819
Smith, J.E.	Ashland	4	T46, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1830
Smith, L.D.	Ashland	17	T46, R11	Farmer and Tobacco Grower	Lenawee Co., Mich.	1858
Smith, O.P.	Sturgeon	25	T51, R13	Farmer, Stock Raiser & Dealer	Boone Co.	1835
Smith, Peter E.	Ashland	19	T47, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Callaway Co.	1827
Smith, R.H.	Columbia		Columbia	Livery Stable and Farmer	Bourbon Co., Ky.	1843
Smith, W.P.	Ashland	4	T46, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1834
Sneed, T.S.	Centralia		T51, R11	Express Agent & Messenger	Franklin Co., Ky.	1853
Spence, J.A.	Rocheport		T48, R14&15	Merchant	Boone Co.	1829
Spence, J.F.	Browns Station	16	T49, R12	Far., Stock Raiser and Me'c.	Boone Co.	1832
Spence, S.B.	Browns Station	11	T49, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser and Trader	Scott Co., Ky.	1824
Spencer, Gilpin	Burlington	26	T46, R13	Farmer and Stock Dealer	Boone Co.	1835
Sryock, John	Sturgeon	23	T50, R13	Farmer, and Blacksmithing done to the best style on short notice	Fayette Co., Ky.	1850
Starke, N.P.	Columbia	29	T48, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1841
Stephens' College	Columbia		Columbia	Established 1855
Stephens, A.F.	Stephens store, Callaway co.	10	T48, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Garrard Co., Ky.	1838
Stephens, Edwin W.	Columbia		Columbia	Editor Herald	Boone Co.	1849
Stephens, Jas.L.	Columbia		Columbia	Capitalist	Garrard Co., Ky.	1819
Sterne, J.I.	Columbia	1	T47, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Harrison Co., Ky.	1858
Stevinson, J.S.	Columbia	14	T49, R12	Ex-Deputy Sheriff. Farmer and Stock Dealer	Clark Co., Ky.	1851
Stevinson, S.M.	Hallsville	23	T50, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Clark Co., Ky.	1952
Stewart, Carter	Columbia	7	T48, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1849
Stewart, J.L.	Ashland		T46, R12	Manufacturer	Lorain Co., O.	1850
Stewart, John	Ashland		T46, R12	Prop. of Grist and Saw Mill	Lawrence Co., O.	1855
Stewart, T.W.	Sturgeon		T51, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Tuscumbia, Ala.	1860
Stone, J.M.	Sturgeon		T51, R12	Confectioner	Boone Co.	1836
Stone, R.P.	Columbia	17	T48, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1844
Stone, T.H.	Columbia	1	T49, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Bourbon Co., Ky.	1830
Strawn, M.	Columbia	28	T49, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Madison Co., Ky.	1831
Sublett, Abraham	Columbia	10	T48, R12	Farmer and Stock Dealer	Lincoln Co., Ky.	1850
Summers, J.H.	Hallsville	9	T50, R11	Farmer & Dealer in fine Stock	Montgomery Co., Ky.	1851
Summers, Wm. T.	Hallsville	9	T50, R12	Farmer and Stock Dealer	Clark Co., Ky.	1853
Sutton, J.T.	Ashland	7	T46, R11	Proprietor of Iron Mine and Fruit Grower	East Tennessee	Calla'y Co. 1819
Switzler, Wm.F.	Columbia		Columbia	Editor Statesman	Fayette Co., Ky.	1841
Thomas, E.S.	Columbia	24	T48, R12	Far., Stock Raiser, hay farm	Boone Co.	1828
Thomas, Frank	Columbia		Columbia	Photographer	Frederick Co., Ind.	1857
Thurston, J.W.	Columbia	6	T49, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Albermarle Co., Va.	1854
Toalson, J.P.	Dripp'g Spr'gs	33	T50, R13	Farmer	Boone Co.	1844
Toalson, John	Sturgeon	4	T50, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1816
Toalson, T.B.	Harrisburg		T50, R14	Physician and Surgeon	Boone Co.	1841
Todd, R.L.	Columbia		Columbia	Cashier Ex. Nat. bank	Boone Co.	1822
Toulson, J.H.	Columbia	26	T49, R13	Farmer	Boone Co.	1846
Toulson, James	Columbia	26	T49, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1818
Trammel, G.W.	Guthrie Sta., Call'y Co	20	T46, R11	Farmer and Tobacco Grower	Halifox Co., Va.	1855
True, W.D.	Rocheport	9	T48, R14&15	Farmer	Jessamine Co., Ky.	1825
Tucker, B.F.	Sturgeon		T51, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1834
Tucker, W.W.	Hallsville	27	T50, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Culpepper Co., Va.	1821
Tumy, Henry	Rocheport		T48, R14&15	Prop'r of Tannery & Manfa'r	Mercer Co., Ky.	1842
Turner, G.W.	Columbia	25	T48, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1838
Turner, J.	Sturgeon	12	T51, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Wayne Co., Ky.	1839
Turner, Jesse	Columbia	28	T48, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1825
Turner, S.B.	Sturgeon	35	T50, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1819
Turner, S.S.	Columbia	26	T48, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser Breeder of Short horn Cattle	Boone Co.	1832
Turner, Wm.	Columbia	29	T49, R11	Farmer and Stock Dealer	Madison Co., Ky.	1830
Turner,, S., Jr.	Columbia		Columbia	Lawyer and Farmer	Boone Co.	1836
Tuttle, G.S.	Providence	20	T47, R13	Merchant	Fairfax Co., Va.	1822
Tuttle, T.G.	Midway	11	T48, R14&15	Farmer & Stock Raiser	Boone County	1831
Tuttle, Thomas	Burlington	11	T45, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Pasquotank Co., N.C.	1864
University, State	Columbia		Columbia	Established 1842
Utt (see Ott)
Vallandigham, J.A.	Columbia	16	T48, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1840
Van Honrn, John	Columbia	22	T48, R13	Supt. of Boone Co. Hospital	Frederick Co., Va.	1820
Vanausdal, W.C.	Claysville	22	T45, R12	Merchant	St. Louis Co.	1851
Vandiver, A.L.	Burlington	1	T45, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Hampshire, Va.	1839
Vanhorn, J.D.	Columbia		Columbia	Livery Stable and Farmer	Boone Co.	1821
Victor, W.L.	Columbia	2	T48, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Nicholas Co., Ky.	1845
Vivion, I.C.	Columbia	21	T48, R11	Farmer and Stock Dealer	Boone Co.	1844
Waddelle, W.E.T.	Rocheport		T48, R14&15	Merchant	Spotsylvania Co., Va.	1853
Wade, John	Columbia	22	T49, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Nelson Co., Ky.	1838
Wade, W.F.	Columbia	22	T49, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Nelson Co., Ky.	1838
Wade, Wm. J.	Sturgeon	34	T51, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1834
Warren & Nichols Marble Works	Columbia		Columbia	Marble Works	Lockport, N.Y.	1866
Warren, S.W.	Providence	8	T47, R13	Farmer and Stock Dealer	Lincoln Co., Ky.	1833
Waters, R.P.	Hallsville	28	T50, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Woodford Co., Ky.	1826
Waters, W.T.	Ashland	2	T46, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1831
Watson, Nimrod	Midway	1	T48, R14&15	Post Master and Farmer	Albermarle Co. Va.	1839
Waugh, J.H.	Columbia		Columbia	Pres. Exchange Nat. bank	Nicholas Co., Ky.	1854
Weldon, J.W.	Hallsville	22	T50, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1834
Weldon, M.A.	Columbia	15	T49, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Clark Co., Ky.	1863
Wells, C.B.	Columbia		Columbia	Dry Goods Merchant
Whilhite, W.R.	Woodlandville	3	T49, R14&15	Representative and Farmer and Dealer in all kinds of Fine Stock	Boone Co.	1830
White, Allen	Columbia	6	T48, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1833
White, J.H.	Columbia	26	T48, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1836
White, T.A.	Ashland	18	T46, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Madison Co., Ky.	Calla'y Co. 1819
White, T.J., M.D.	Columbia	24	T48, R12	Physician & Surgeon, Grad in St. Louis	Boone Co.	1834
Wilcox, F.	Columbia	11	T48, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1835
Wilhite, D.H.	Columbia	18	T49, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Howard Co.	1874
Wilkes, L.B.	Columbia	10	T48, R13	Preacher	Maury Co., Tenn.	1871
Williamson, J.M.	Rocheport	25	T48, R14&15	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1835
Williamson, Joseph	Rocheport	26	T48, R14&15	Farmer	Fluvanna County, Va.	1828
Wilson, B.S	Columbia	19	T49, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Woodford Co., Ky.	1873
Wilson, N.W.	Columbia	26	T48, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Mason Co., Ky.	1825
Wilson, W.S.	Columbia	17	T48, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Sullivan Co., Tenn.	1855
Winn, A.H.	Hallsville	18	T50, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1833
Winn, Alac	Hallsville	7	T50, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1853
Winn, Ewing	Hallsville	7	T50, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1850
Winn, W.H.	Columbia	17	T49, R11	Farmer, Stock Raiser and Fruit Grower. First class Blacksmithing done in short notice.	Boone Co.	1832
Wood, A.J.	Columbia	18	T48, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1843
Wood, J.W.	Columbia	24	T48, R14&15	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1827
Woods, R.C.	Sturgeon	24	T51, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1839
Woods, W.S.	Rocheport		T48, R14&15	Cashier Rocheport S'vg Bank	Boone Co.	1840
Wren, W.T.	Ashland	23	T46, R13	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Boone Co.	1823
Wright, Hail T.	Providence	22	T46, R13	County Judge and Farmer	Boone Co.	1831
Young, A.C.	Columbia	23	T47, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Clark Co., Ky.	1831
Young, Edward	Columbia	30	T47, R11	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Clark Co., Ky.	1831
Young, James	Rocheport	14	T49, R14&15	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Clark Co., Ky.	1867
Zearing, S.D.	Ashland	27	T47, R12	Farmer	Shelby Co., Ky.	1860
Zumwalt, A.	Ashland	1	T45, R12	Farmer and Stock Raiser	Callaway Co.	1837