Clay County, Missouri History and Genealogy

457 pages of Clay County, Missouri history and genealogy including 236 family biographies plus 6 different maps

An informative and historical overview of Clay County, Missouri including three separate books on CD which include 6 historical maps (1851, 1902, 1904, 1913, 1920's and 1929)showing the locations of 36 settlements; plus the full 1885 Missouri Historical Company "History of Clay County, Missouri" book including 236 biographies. An important resource for the study and research of Clay County, Missouri history and genealogy.

This fascinating and detailed CD contains ALL of the following material in three separate books, ALL on one CD:

Book One of three, all on one CD: Maps of Clay County, Missouri
Included here are the Western Central region of Missouri sections of 6 different historical maps:
A. A rare 1851 map that shows the area of Clay County, Missouri just twenty nine years after Clay County was formed. Locations shown: Barry * Elm Grove * Kendall * Liberty * Randolph *

B. A map of 1902 Clay County, Missouri showing the locations of 16 different settlements including all of the following: Bement * Birmingham * Clay * Excelsior Springs * Harlem * Holt * Kearney * Liberty * Minaville * Missouri City * Mosby * Moscow * Paradise * Randolph * Smithville * Winner *

C. A map of 1904 Clay County, Missouri showing the locations of 23 different settlements including all of the following: Arley * Birmingham * Chandler * Excelsior Springs * Gashland * Harlem * Holt * Kearney * Liberty * Linden * Miltondale * Minaville * Missouri City * Mosby * Moscow * Narona * Nashua * Paradise * Prathersville * Randolph * Smithville * Thornton * Wabash *

D. A map of 1913 Clay County, Missouri showing the locations of 27 different settlements including all of the following: Acme * Barry * Birmingham * Chandler * Claysville * Corum Springs * Excelsior Springs * Excelsior Springs Jct. * Gashland * Greenville * Holt * Kearney * Liberty * Liberty Landing * Linden * Miltondale * Missouri City * Mosby * Moscow * Nashua * North Kansas City * Paradise * Pratherville * Randolph * Smithville * Stockdale * Winner *

E. A map from the 1920's which includes details of where various tourist sites and service stations were located.

F. 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!

Book Two of three, all on one CD: Clay County, Missouri in 1913
Included here are five pages concerning Clay 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!

Book Three of three, all on one CD: The complete 1885 "History of Clay County, Missouri" by the National Historical Company.
This detailed (457 pages in all!) book has an incredible amount of historical and genealogical information about Clay County, Missouri from its earliest settlement up to 1885. This is an exact photo replica of all the pages pertaining to Clay County, Missouri including all of the historical and biographical information. Included are a total of 236 different family biographies.

Here is just some of the information included:

Early History to the Organization of Clay County, Missouri
The Indians in Clay County, Missouri
The French and Spaniards
First Explorations by Americans
First American Settlers in Clay County, Missouri
An Indian Fight
Organization of Clay County, Missouri
History of Clay County, Missouri 1822 to 1830
General Historical Sketch of Clay County, Missouri
First Sessions of Clay County Court
First Circuit Court of Clay County, Missouri
Crimes in Clay County, Missouri
Clay County Roads and Ferries
Valuation of Property in 1829
History of Clay County, Missouri 1830 to 1840
Early Days in Clay County, Missouri
The Deep Snow of 1830-31
Building the First Clay County Court House
Clay County, Missouri in 1836
The Mormon War
History of Clay County, Missouri 1840 to 1844
Great Flood of 1844
Clay County, Missouri in Mexican War
From 1850 to Troubles in Kansas
California Gold Fever
Smithville, Missouri Tragedy of 1854
During Kansas Troubles to 1861
The Civil War in Clay County, Missouri
History of Clay County, Missouri during 1861
The First Federal Troops
The Battle of Blue Mills
During the Year 1862
Parker's Raid on Liberty, Missouri
Enrolled Missouri Militia
During the Year 1863 in Clay County, Missouri
Raid on Missouri City, Missouri
After the Lawrence Raid
The Paw-Paw Militia
During the Year 1864 in Clay County, Missouri
Bushwhacker Raids
Leading Incidents 1865-1885 in Clay County, Missouri
Last of the Bushwhackers
Robbery of Clay County Bank in Liberty, Missouri
Railroads in Clay County, Missouri
The James Brothers ( Jesse James and Frank James )
Clay County, Missouri Schools
William Jewell College of Liberty, Missouri
Liberty Township
Fishing River Township
Platte Township
Biographical
Kearney Township
Washington Township
Gallatin Township
City and Town Histories: Liberty * Missouri City * Excelsior Springs * Prathersville * Smithville * Gosneyville * Kearney * Holt * Greenville * Claysville * Barry * Harlem * Moscow * Arnold's Station * Minaville *
Biographical

Included is a total of 236 Clay County, Missouri family biographies including each of the following surnames:
(more than 1000 other surnames are also mentioned throughout the text and within these biographies): Adams * Adkins * Allcorn * Allen * Anderson * Arnold * Atchison * Baldwin * Ballard * Barbour * Barnes * Beauchamp * Bellew * Bethel * Bevins * Bishop * Blackwood * Boggess * Boregard * Brasfield * Broadhurst * Bronaugh * Burgess * Burris * Buster * Buxton * Byrd * Calhoun * Campbell * Carpenter * Carter * Chrisman * Clardy * Clark * Cockrell * Corbin * Costello * Courtney * Crafton * Crawford * Damon * Davis * Denny * Ditto * Donovan * Dooley * Dougherty * Drew * Duncan * Eastin * Eaton * Elliott * England * Estes * Evans * Ewing * Field * Fish * Flack * Foley * Ford * Fowler * Fraher * Frame * Francis * Funk * Gardner * Garrett * Garth * Gash * Geib * George * Gillespie * Goodwin * Gordon * Gosney * Greason * Greenfield * Groom * Grubbs * Hardwicke * Harmon * Hartel * Hawkins * Henderson * Hodges * Horner * Huffaker * Hughes * Hunter * Hutchings * Isley * Jackson * Jacobs * Jenkins * Jennett * Johnson * Jones * Keller * King * Kraus * LaRue * Leach * Leavell * Lightburne * Lincoln * Lindsey * Logan * Major * Majors * Marsh * McCray * McKee * Means * Meffert * Messick * Milbourn * Miller * Mimms * Mitchell * Moore * Mosby * Mudd * Neal * Neeley * Netherton * Newlee * Newman * Norfleet * Nowlin * Nutter * Oldham * Park * Patterson * Pence * Piburn * Pipes * Porter * Posey * Prather * Price * Reddish * Reed * Rice * Riley * Robb * Robertson * Ross * Rothwell * Russell * Saunders * Schrader * Seymour * Shannon * Shouse * Simmons * Simrall * Smith * Soper * Stogdale * Stone * Stroeter * Summers * Swartz * Swetnam * Teaney * Thatcher * Tillery * Tillman * Timberlake * Todd * Trimble * Trumbo * Vaughn * Wagy * Wallis * Watkins * Whitaker * White * Wilhoit * Williams * Willmott * Wilson * Woods * Wright * Wymore * Yates * Young *

Clay County, Missouri is located in the West Central portion of Missouri and is surrounded by the following counties: Platte County, Missouri * Clinton County, Missouri * Ray County, Missouri * and Jackson County, Missouri (click on highlighted county names for a complete description)

Each of the 3 books 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 will operate on any Pentium or equivalent computer with a CD drive. This CD was designed by, and is available exclusively from Hearthstone Legacy Publications.

The cost for this CD containing all 3 books described above is only $9.95 plus shipping! A large amount of history and genealogy information for very little cost! A truly fascinating view of Clay County, Missouri from its first settlement to 1885.

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