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 Lawrence
County, Missouri
History and Genealogy
More than 285 pages of Lawrence County, Missouri history
and genealogy including 117 pages of family biographies plus more than
40 Lawrence County, Missouri communities on 6 different maps
An informative and historical overview of Lawrence
County, Missouri including three separate books on one CD which include 6
historical maps (1851, 1902, 1904, 1913, 1920's and 1929),
plus the full Lawrence County
section from the book: Goodspeed's History of Lawrence County, Missouri
originally published in 1888. An important resource for the study and research
of Lawrence 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 Lawrence County, Missouri
Included here are the West Central Ozarks region of Missouri sections of 6
different historical maps:
A. A rare 1851 map that shows the area of Lawrence County just six years after
Lawrence County was formed.
B. A map of 1902 Lawrence County showing the locations of 20 different
settlements including all of the following: Aurora * Boer Mills * Chesapeake *
Clarkson * Elliott * Forest Home * Halltown * Lawrenceburg * Logan * Marionville
* Miller * Mount Vernon * Phelps * Pierce City * Redoak * Roundgrove * Spencer *
Stotts City * Talpa * Verona
C. A map of 1904 Lawrence County showing the locations of 31 different
settlements including all of the following: Aurora * Bower Mills * Call *
Chesapeake * Clarkson * Freistatt * Gaither * Greys Point * Halltown * Landrum *
Lawrenceburg * Logan * Marionville * McKinley * McNeal * Miller * Mount Vernon *
Olinger * Paris Springs * Phelps * Pierce City * Plew * Redoak * Rescue * Roper
* Roundgrove * Spencer * Stinson * Stotts City * Talpa * Verona
D. A map of 1913 Lawrence County showing the locations of 41 different
settlements including all of the following: Aurora * Bonham Station * Bower
Mills * Chesapeake * Clarkson * Doubling * Elliott * Freistatt * Gaither * Globe
* Greys Point * Halltown * Hoberg * La Russell * Lawrenceburg * Lockart * Logan
* Marionville * McKinley * Miller * Monett * Mount Vernon * Olinger * Opal *
Orange * Paris Springs * Phelps * Peirce City * Plew * Red Oak * Rescue * Roper
* Roundgrove * Skinners * Spencer * Star * Stinson * Stotts City * Talpa *
Verona * Williamson
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: Lawrence County, Missouri in 1913Included here are eight pages concerning Lawrence County 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 1888 Goodspeed's History of
Lawrence County, Missouri. This detailed (288 pages in all!) book has an incredible amount of
historical and genealogical information
about Lawrence County, Missouri from its earliest settlement up to 1888. This is an exact
photo replica of all the pages pertaining to Lawrence County, Missouri including
all of the historical and biographical information.
Here is just some of the information included:
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A description of the natural features of Lawrence County
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Lawrence County Pioneer History
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Establishment of Lawrence County
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Early Settlers of Lawrence County, Missouri
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Early Land Entries in Lawrence County
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Circuit Court Transactions
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Political Record
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Lawrence County Societies and Organizations
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Military Affairs (Civil War history) Movements of Union and Confederate
forces including battles and skirmishes in Lawrence County
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Taxpayers list of 1861-1865 (Eight triple column pages with more than 1500
names!) Also indicates if a Federal or Confederate soldier. An amazingly
valuable list!
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Lawrence County Schools
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Churches and related organizations in Lawrence County
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History of Lawrence County Cities and Towns including: Mount Vernon * Peirce City *
Marionville * Verona * Aurora * Logan * Round Grove * Heatonville * Hall Town
* St. Martha * Kendallville * Freistatt * Paris Springs Spencer * Phelps *
Lawrenceburg * Bower's Mill .
Included is a 117 page Lawrence County biographical section with biographies for each of the
following surnames:
Allen * Andrea * Armstrong * Austin * Bacon * Bailey * Baker * Ball * Baugh *
Beck * Bennett * Berry * Bond * Boucher * Box * Branstetter * Bridges * Brite *
Brown * Bruff * Buchner * Busch * Butler * Carlin * Carson * Cecil * Chandler *
Chapman * Chappell * Charles * Cherry * Clevenger * Cloud * Cochran * Colbert *
Coleman * Colley * Collins * Connel * Conrad * Cook * Coppock * Costley *
Cushing * Dameron * Davenport * Davis * Dayton * Denney * Dinkle * Drake *
Edgington * Elliott * Fairburn * Fenton * Filler * Flamson * Forsythe * French *
Gardner * Gibson * Gillette * Grammer * Gregory * Griffith * Grigg * Guimmey *
Guin * Hafford * Hafley * Hagler * Hargrove * Harley * Hayworth * Heagerty *
Healy * Heisserer * Hemphill * Hewlett * Hill * Hillhouse * Hilpirt * Hobbs *
Hopper * Horstmann * Houghton * Jewett * Johnson * Johnston * Jones * Kelley *
Kendall * Kimbrell * King * Kingery * Kuntz * Landrum * Lanier * Lebow * Lee *
Lehnhard * Lester * Liles * Linzee * Lister * Logan * Lollar * Loy * McCanse *
McCullah * McCune * McDonald * McIntyre * McKinley * McNatt * McNeill * Marbut *
Margason * Martin * Matthews * Means * Miller * Mitchell * Moon * Moore * Morgan
* Morgans * Morris * Mueller * Munday * Myers * Neece * Newman * Nickel * Norton
* Oliver * Orr * Osborn * Palmer * Paris * Patton * Peck * Pfaff * Plumlee *
Poland * Porter * Price * Purdy * Quigley * Rackerby * Ragin * Ragsdale * Raupp
* Rea * Read * Reed * Rendall * Reynolds * Rickman * Roberts * Robinson * Roper
* Rowley * Ruark * Saulsbery * Shelton * Schoen * Shikle * Shipman * Simmons *
Sloan * Smith * Snead * Snyder * Spann * Spencer * Spilman * Spring * Springer *
Stellhorn * Stollman * Sullivan * Sutton * Teel * Tillotson * Todd * Tolbart *
Trotter * Troutwine * Turk * Underwood * Vannice * Vertrees * Wainright * Watson
* Welty * Whaley * Whann * Wheat * Whinrey * White * Wight * Wild * Wilkerson *
Wilks * Williams * Williamson * Wilson * Wood * Woodfill * Woods * Wooldridge *
Wooten * Wormington * Wright * Yeoman * Young *
In addition to those listed above, well over 1500 other family surnames are
made mention of in the text of the book.
Lawrence County is located in the West Central portion of the Missouri Ozarks
and is surrounded by the following counties: Newton County,
Missouri * Jasper County, Missouri *
Dade County, Missouri * Greene County,
Missouri * Christian County, Missouri
* Stone County, Missouri *
Barry County, Missouri
(click on highlighted county names for a complete description)
Each of the three 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 three 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 Lawrence County, Missouri from its first settlement to
1889.
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