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 Bates 
County, Missouri History and GenealogyMore than 680 pages of 
Bates County, Missouri history 
and genealogy 
including more than 600 family biographies plus 60 Bates County, Missouri communities on 
8 different mapsAn informative and 
historical overview of Bates County, Missouri including three separate books on 
CD which include 8 historical maps (1851, 1883, 1899, 1902, 1904, 1913, 1920's 
and 1929) showing the locations of 60 Bates County, Missouri settlements; 
plus the full 1883 History of 
Bates County, Missouri book by the National Historical Company including more 
than 600 Bates County, Missouri family biographies.  An important resource 
for the study and research of Bates County, Missouri genealogy and history 
(including the Civil War)Fully 
searchable - find any name or location instantly!This fascinating and detailed CD contains ALL of the following material in 
three 
separate    sections, ALL on one CD: Section One of three, ALL on one CD: Maps of Bates 
County, MissouriIncluded here are the west central region of Missouri sections of 8 
different historical maps:
 A. A rare 1851 map that shows the area of Bates County, Missouri only 10 years 
after Bates County was created. Locations shown: Batesville * Chouteau's Store * 
Little Osage * Pleasant Gap *
 B. A map of 1883 Bates County, Missouri showing the locations of 27 different 
settlements including all of the following: Adrain (Adrian) * Altona * Burdett * 
Butler * Coleville * Cornland * Cove City * Cresenthill (Cresent Hill) * Hudson 
* Hume * Johnstown * Lone Oak * Marvel * Mulberry * New Home * Papinville * 
Parkerville * Pleasant Gap * Prairie City * Rich Hill * Rockville * Rosier * 
Sprague * Vinton * Virginia * Walnut Creek * West Point *  
  (A 1886 map of Bates County, Missouri can be viewed here:
Bates County, Missouri 1886 Map C. A map of 1899 Bates County, Missouri showing the locations of 44 different 
settlements including all of the following: Adrian * Altona * Amoret * Amsterdam 
* Athol * Ballard * Bedford * Brayton * Burdett * Butler * Dana * Elkhart * 
Feely * Foster * Hendrix * Horton * Hume * Johnstown * Keith * Loneoak (Lone 
Oak) * Mayesburg * Merwin * Mokan * Monteith * Mulberry * New Home * Nyhart * 
Ovid * Papinsville * Passaic * Peru * Pleasant Gap * Prairie City * Reavley * 
Reynard * Rich Hill * Rockville * Rucker * Sprague * Spruce * Vinton * Virginia 
* Ward * Worland * D. A map of 1902 Bates County, Missouri showing the locations of 34 different 
settlements including all of the following: Adrian * Altona * Amoret * Amsterdam 
* Ballard * Brayton * Burdett * Butler * Cornland (Athol Station) * Dana * 
Elkhart * Feely * Foster * Horton * Hume * Johnstown * Loneoak (Lone Oak) * 
Mayesburg * Merwin * Monteith * Mulberry * Newhome (New Home) * Papinsville * 
Passaic * Pleasantgap (Pleasant Gap) * Prairie City * Richill (Rich Hill) * 
Rockville * Rucker * Shobe * Sprague * Spruce * Vinton * Worland * E. A map of 1904 Bates County, Missouri showing the locations of 30 different 
settlements including all of the following: Aaron * Adrian * Altona * Amoret * 
Amsterdam * Ballard * Burdett * Butler * Culver * Foster * Hume * Johnstown * 
Mayesburg * Merwin * Mulberry * Newhome (New Home) * Nyhart * Papinsville * 
Passaic * Peru * Pleasantgap (Pleasant Gap) * Prairie City * Reavley * Rich Hill 
* Rockville * Sprague * Spruce * Vinton * Virginia * Worland * F. A map of 1913 Bates County, Missouri showing the locations of 35 different 
settlements including all of the following: Adrian * Altona * Amoret * Amsterdam 
* Athol * Ballard * Burdett * Butler * Cresent Hill * Culver * Dana * Elkhart * 
Foster * Hudson City * Hume * Johnstown * Mayesburgh * Merwin * Monteith 
Junction * Mulberry * New Home * Nyhart * Papinville (Papinsville) * Pasaic 
(Passaic) * Peru * Pleasant Gap * Prairie City * Reynard * Rich Hill * Rockville 
* Rosier * Sprague * Vinton * West Point * Worland * G. A map from the 1920's which includes details of where various tourist 
sites and service stations were located.  H. A 1929 map from the Missouri Department of Transportation. You will be 
amazed at how many of the major routes were only dirt or gravel!  Section Two of three, ALL on one CD: Bates County, 
Missouri in 1913Included here are six pages concerning Bates County, Missouri from the 1913 
edition of The Missouri Red Book and contains about every imaginable statistic 
you could want for this time period. Some of the facts contained are the number 
of farms and their acreages, number of cows, horses, mules, pigs, sheep, goats, 
poultry, colonies of bees, how many farms had mortgages and how many were free 
of debt, the amount of butter produced, the number of bushels of apples, 
peaches, pears, etc. harvested, the number of quarts of blackberries harvested, 
the number of schools and teachers, plus hundreds of other detailed statistics. 
A wealth of information!
 Section Three of three, ALL on one CD: The complete 1883 
History of 
Bates County, Missouri by The National Historical CompanyThis detailed (over 680 pages in all) book has an incredible amount of 
historical and genealogical information about Bates County, Missouri from its earliest settlement up to 
1883. This is an exact photo replica of all the pages pertaining to Bates 
County, Missouri including all of the historical and family biographical information. 
Included are a total of more than 600 different Bates County, Missouri family 
biographies.
 
 
  Partial index to contents (this is only a small portion of the topics 
  covered in this book):  
History of Bates County, MissouriOrganization of Bates CountyCustoms of Early Days in Bates CountyFirst Settlement of Bates CountyEarly Settlers and Settlement in Bates CountyButler AcademyWalton’s Opera House in ButlerBusiness Directory of ButlerRailroads in Rich Hill, MissouriBates County Public Buildings - Courts  - RecordsBates County Bench and BarCrimes, Accidents and Incidents in Bates CountyIncidents of the Civil War in Bates CountyBates County NewspapersPublic Schools of Bates CountyLaying of Bates County Court House CornerstonePolitical and Financial RecordsIndependent Order of Odd FellowsHistory of Railroad Building in Bates CountyDirectory of Bates County OfficialsTornadoes in Bates CountyBates County Emigrants to CaliforniaBates County Township Histories: Boone Township * Charlotte Township * Deepwater Township * Deer Creek * Elkhart Township * Grand River Township * Homer Township * Howard Township * Hudson Township * Lone Oak Township * Mingo Township * Mound Township * Mount Pleasant Township * New Home Township * Osage Township * Pleasant Gap Township * Prairie Township * Rockville Township * Shawnee Township * Spruce Township * Summit Township * Walnut Township * West Boone Township * West Point TownshipBates County Cities, Towns and Villages: Adrian * Altona * Burdett * Butler * Coleville * Cove City * Crescent Hill * Harmony Mission * Hudson City * Hume * Johnston * Lone Oak * Marvel * Maysburg * Mulberry * New Home * Papinville * Parkersville * Pleasant Gap * Prairie City * Rich Hill * Rockville * Rosier * Sprague * Vinton * Virginia * Walnut * West PointIndex to Bates County, Missouri Family Biographies (more than 600 biographies) Included is a total of more than 600 Bates County, Missouri family biographies including each of the following 
family surnames:(more than 1000 other family surnames are also mentioned throughout the text and within 
these family biographies): 
To a view a sample 
biography, click here Abbott * Abernathy * Adams * Alexander * Allen * Allison * 
Anderson * Andrews * Argenbright * Asbury * Austin * Avery * Badgett * Bailey * 
Ballard * Bard * Barker * Barr * Barron * Barrows * Bartlett * Baskerville * 
Bateman * Beach * Beegle * Belcher * Belisle * Bell * Bennett * Berry * Bever * 
Bird * Black * Blount * Boreing * Borland * Bosley * Boswell * Botkin * Bottom * 
Boulware * Bowden * Boyd * Boyer * Boyts * Braden * Bradley * Bricker * Brixner 
* Broaddus * Brodie * Brooks * Brown * Browning * Brumbach * Brundige * Bryant * 
Buchner * Buck * Buckeridge * Bullock * Burnes * Burns * Burrows * Butler * 
Campbell * Cantrell * Capps * Carleton * Carman * Carnes * Carter * Catron * 
Chambers * Champion * Chapin * Chastain * Cheverton * Childs * Chorette * 
Chrisman * Christy * Church * Clark * Cloud * Coates * Cole * Compton * Concklin 
* Cook * Coulter * Cowan * Cowles * Cox * Crabb * Crabtree * Craig * Crawford * 
Crumly * Cuppy * Curry * Daniel * Daniels * Davidson * Davis * Deacon * Decker * 
Deerwester * DeJarnatt * DeLung * Dever * Dickey * Dore * Douglas * Douglass * 
Drennan * Duke * Duncan * Dunham * Durand * Durrett * Eakin * Edwards * Eichler 
* Eldridge * Elledge * Elliott * Embree * Evans * Everingham * Ewin * Falor * 
Farmer * Fawcett * Fay * Field * Fitzjerrell * Flesher * Fletcher * Flint * 
Forbes * Forquer * France * Francisco * Frank * Franklin * Frederick * Frizell * 
Fry * Fudge * Fulkerson * Fulton * Gibbs * Gilbert * Gilbreath * Gilmore * Gird 
* Goodrick * Gorrell * Goslin * Gosney * Gotshall * Graham * Gregg * Groves * 
Haas * Hackett * Hale * Hall * Hamilton * Hammer * Hammers * Handly * Hanes * 
Hanks * Hannah * Harbert * Hardesty * Hardin * Hardinger * Harman * Harper * 
Harrison * Hart * Hartwell * Hawkins * Haworth * Haynes * Hays * Hedden * 
Hegnauer * Henderson * Henry * Hensley * Herndon * Herrell * Herrmann * Hess * 
Heylmun * Hibbs * Hickman * Higgins * Hill * Hinton * Hirni * Hirschi * Hoagland 
* Hodges * Hoffman * Hogan * Holcomb * Holderman * Hollenback * Hook * Howerton 
* Huckeby * Hudelson * Hudson * Huff * Huffman * Hukel * Hulett * Humphrey * 
Hurly * Hutchinson * Innis * Irish * Jackson * Jarvis * Jay * Jenkins * Jeter * 
Johannes * Johnson * Jones * Kauffer * Keaton * Keep * Keirsey * Kellogg * 
Kelsey * Kepner * Kimble * Kions * Kirkpatrick * Klostermyer * Knisley * Knorp * 
La Tourrette * Lakey * Lamb * Lamon * Lampkin * Lane * Langdon * Langsford * 
Lashbrooke * Laskey * Laughlin * Lee * Leech * Lefker * Lentz * Leslie * Levy * 
Lindsay * Little * Livingston * Logue * Lowry * Ludwick * Lyle * Magill * Mains 
* Maltbie * Manley * Mann * Manners * Martin * Massie * Matchett * Maupin * 
Maxwell * Mayes * Maynard * McAninch * McBride * McClintic * McComb * McConnell 
* McCool * McCormack * McCory * McCraw * McCutchen * McElroy * McFarland * 
McGaughey * McGrew * McHenry * McKee * McKibben * McKim * McNeil * McNutt * 
McReynolds * Mead * Meak * Meek * Meeker * Messersmith * Messinger * Miller * 
Millering * Mills * Mitchell * Moler * Moore * Morgan * Morrell * Morris * 
Morrison * Moudy * Murphy * Myers * Naylor * Neptune * Newberry * Newsome * 
Newton * Nichols * Nickerson * Noland * Norman * North * Orcutt * Orear * Owen * 
Pace * Page * Pardee * Park * Parker * Parkinson * Pattison * Patty * Pearson * 
Peck * Perreck * Piepmeier * Pierce * Pitchford * Poage * Porter * Poer * Pratt 
* Price * Pulliam * Putnam * Pyle * Rafter * Rand * Randall * Rankin * Ray * 
Redmon * Reeder * Reese * Renick * Requa * Reynolds * Rhodes * Richardson * Rief 
* Risley * Ritchey * Robinson * Robords * Rogers * Rubel * Ruble * Rudy * Sallee 
* Sanderson * Sartain * Satterlee * Schwechheimer * Scott * Scudder * Sears * 
Settle * Shafer * Shannon * Sharpless * Shelton * Shepherd * Sheppard * Shore * 
Showalter * Shubert * Sick * Silvers * Simpson * Sims * Skaggs * Smith * 
Snodgrass * Speer * Spencer * Stafford * Staley * Standish * Stanley * Starke * 
Stealey * Steele * Stevens * Stewart * Stonebraker * Stubblefield * Sturtevant * 
Sullens * Sullivan * Swinney * Talbot * Taylor * Teeter * Thomas * Thompson * 
Tilson * Tinsley * Toler * Trimble * Trowbridge * Tucker * Tygard * Vance * 
Varnes * Vickers * Wade * Wainscott * Walley * Walls * Walton * Warderman * 
Warford * Wasson * Weathers * Webb * Weddle * Welch * Wernott * West * Wheeler * 
Whinery * White * Wilhite * Williams * Willoughby * Wilson * Wise * Wiseman * 
Wix * Wolfe * Wood * Woodfin * Woodhouse * Woods * Wright * Wyard * Wyatt * 
Yoakam * Zeal *
 Bates County, Missouri is located in the west central portion of the state of 
Missouri 
and is surrounded by the following counties: Vernon County, Missouri * 
Cass County, Missouri * 
Henry County, Missouri * St. Clair County, Missouri * Linn County, Kansas * and 
Miami County, Kansas. (click on highlighted county names for a complete description)  Each of the three sections on this CD is in Adobe Acrobat pdf format 
and requires the free Acrobat Reader program to view. You probably already have 
this program on your computer but if not, a free copy of the program is included 
on the CD. Each of the books is designed to look just like a regular book and is 
bookmarked to move easily and quickly from one section another.  This CD was 
designed by, and is available exclusively from Hearthstone Legacy Publications.
 
Fully searchable - find any name or location instantly! The cost for this CD containing all three sections described above is 
only $9.95 plus shipping, or only $6.95 as a digital download! A large amount of history and genealogy information 
for very little cost! A truly fascinating view of  Bates County, Missouri 
from its first settlement to 1883. Includes considerable information concerning 
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