Joseph & Drusilla (Musick)Walton
Son of William & Mary (Hunt) Walton
Joseph Walton b:1794 in North Carolina
Drusilla Musick b: 1793 in Kentucky
Married: about 1813 in St. Louis, Missouri
Missouri History: St. Louis, Missouri: Henry Walton took up a bay horse
on the road from St. Louis to St. Charles. Joseph Walton &
Tincher Trusty
valued the horse at $25. November 23, 1816 (JP) Thomas Musick.
1830 census Joseph Walton living in San Ferdinand, St. Louis, Missouri
1840 census Joseph Walton Living in Pulaski County, Missouri
1850 census Joseph Walton 56 born North Carolina & Drusilla 57 born Kentucky, living in Texas County, Missouri
1860 census Joseph Walton 65 born North Carolina & Drusilla 66 born Kentucky, living in Texas County, Missouri.
The first known Walton's in Texas County and or Pulaski County,
Missouri was Joseph Walton & William Walton's children. From
Pioneer History of Texas
County Washington Walton purchased a Sawmill from Truesdale in 1828.
Information was recorded in Mary Walton's (mother of Joseph &
William) will probated 1838 in St. Louis, Missouri that Joseph &
William's children were
living in Pulaski County, Mo. Texas County, was not formed until 1846.
Joseph Walton was the first Representative of Texas County serving from 1846-1848. Information from Missouri State Achieves.
Joseph Walton was a farmer with business interests in south-central
Missouri's lumber production. He became one of Texas County's first
state legislators.
Joseph and his wife, Drusilla (Musick), had seven children.
Joseph was born 1794, eighth son and youngest of eleven children of
Revolutionary War soldier William Walton and his wife, Mary Hunt,
formerly
of Virginia. The boy, his brothers and sisters grew up and were
educated at home and in primitive schools of the time in Virginia,
North Carolina,
Kentucky and Missouri Territory.
Early in the nineteenth century, the Walton family settled in a rural
area of northwest of St. Louis, former capital of Spanish Upper
Louisiana.
President Thomas Jefferson's 1804 Louisiana Purchase and touched off a
tidal wave of American migrants, sweeping across the Mississippi River
to seek new
beginnings in a place where abundant open land was to be had at reasonable prices.
Joseph Walton was married about 1813, to Drusilla Musick, daughter of
reverend Thomas Roy Musick and his wife, Polly Neville, then
residing in
Barren County, Kentucky. Drusilla's father, a preacher, has been
credited with founding Fee Fee Church-first Baptist church west of
the Mississippi.
Drusilla and Joseph's children, Mary Hunt Walton, Lewis Hunt
Walton and David Hawkins Walton , William, Caroline, Joseph Alexander
and Francis Marion
were born were born in St. Ferdinand Township of St. Louis County and came to what ultimately became Texas County.
Whether others accompanied them at this time or at another time, some played significant roles in their move West.
Washington G. Walton and his sister, Mary, nephew and niece of Joseph,
were among those others. They were the children of Joseph's deceased
older
brother, William Walton Jr. and his wife, Nancy Griffith. In 1828,
Washington purchased Truesdale's pioneer sawmill, seven miles north of
Houston in what became Texas County.
Mary Walton, usually called "Polly" was married at Fee Fee Baptist
Church by Reverend Musick on September 18, 1827 to Wilson A.
Bell, an ambitious and
accomplished young man who would establish a landmark sawmill in virgin forest of the Ozark foothills.
Three other nieces of Joseph Walton, daughters of his youngest sister,
the late Elizabeth (Walton) Lunsford, were in Gasconade County. They
were
Narcissa Lunsford, wife of Archibald McDonald; John Baldridge's wife,
Mary, and Malinda Lunsford, who was married on March 13, 1825 to
Colonel Daniel
Waldo. When Gasconade was formed, November 25, 1820, Waldo became its
first sheriff. For nearly eight years thereafter, court sessions were
held in the
Waldo home at Hermann, Missouri. In 1836 Narcissa and Archibald
McDonald entered an 80-acre tract in Pulaski County. McDonald, however,
died just
three years later. Executor & Administratrix was his widow,
Narcissa. They had six children, James, Elizabeth Harbison, Margaret,
Archibald, Malinda
and Samuel P. McDonald, all of Pulaski County (1844). Baldridge's
sawmill was six miles below the one bought by Washington Walton
from a pioneer named
Truesdale. Baldridge sold it in the 30's and moved on.
Joseph Walton's family may have been living in Franklin or Crawford
County as creation of Missouri's counties continued after achieving
statehood.
(Pulaski County was formed January 19, 1833, from Crawford. A group of
Walton's settled in the area two or three years later. A couple
of David
Walton's children were born there or in Wright County, created in 1841,
before organization of Texas County, February 13, 1845, from Wright and
Shannon Counties. The new jurisdiction was to be called Ashley but was
changed to Texas before final approval. The Courthouse at Houston, seat
of
Texas County, burned in 1903 with all records, except Probate matters.
There have been efforts to reconstruct some records. -REP)
The region's topography consisted of rolling hills and shallow valleys
blanketed with virgin forests of pine and oak trees against a
background on
the horizon of the sharp peaks of the Ozark Mountains.
The Walton's lost no time in locating home sites.
On December 23, 1833 (MoLDO, Jackson 2:178:22; US-GLO, Patent
Cert.#1717), Joseph Walton appeared at the land District Office at
Jackson (Cape
Girardeau County). He paid $50 for 40 acres ($1.25 per acre) northeast
of Arthur's Creek, in Section 6 of Roubidoux Township (Township
31 North Range
9 West) Arthur's Creek is a tributary of Piney River.
Earlier, on October 14th (MoLDO), Jackson 2:177:15; US-GLO, Patent
Cert. #1642), Joseph's oldest son, Lewis Walton, acquired 40 acres of
his own in
Section 4 of the same township.
Joseph's son, David, however, was to young-at 14 years of age-to be buying land.
On December 10, 1836 (Pulaski Deeds H: 356-358), Wilson A. Bell
purchased properties of both Joseph and Lewis H. Walton for the site of
his sawmill.
Pristine forests of the area supplied pine and other varieties of
timber which the mill converted into lumber. In June, 1841 (MoLDO,
Jackson,
6:437:5; Us-GLO, Patent Cert. #8177, Wilson doubled size of his
property by buying more than 80 acres in Section 15 of the same
township. At the time,
Bell was considering sale of the Walton's previous interest to one John E.N. Williams.
These pine woods, covering rolling hills and shallow valleys of the
Piney River valley, had been known to Spanish explorers and French
hunters and
trappers for half-a-century. It was not, however, until America
ingenuity and capital came along to develop the lumber industry in the
region.
At one time, Texas County could boast of having ten sawmills within its
boundaries. Timber, logging and milling of lumber into a marketable
product
became a way of life. It was almost inevitable that neat lumber would
become an ingredient of bartering, a substitute for lack of real money
in the
frontier community.
The operator of the sawmill, 41 year old Wislon Bell died suddenly
December 7, 1841. He was survived by his 35 year old wife, Polly, and
five children,
George, Lewis, Mary Ann, Warren and Roseltha Irvine Bell.
Administration of the Bell estate took years as succeeding
counties, Wright and Texas, took up
the process (Missouri Republican, March 4, 1842; Jefferson City Inquirer, February 23, 1843)
A year or so later, Bell's widow was married to John Stephens. On
November 29, 1844 (Texas Deeds A:17), she was referred to as
"Mary Stephens" by
her mother, Nancy (Griffin) Walton, who was residing in Texas
County. Mrs. Walton deeded her slave boy, Dave, to heirs of Wilson Bell.
Joseph Walton and his son, David-now 25 years of age, witnessed the
conveyance, which was the only time David's name appeared in a deed of
record.
Joseph Walton and his son replaced their former lands with new entries.
In the fall of 1837, Lewis Walton bought another 40 acres in
Section 32 of
T32NR11W (MoLDO, Jackson 3:492:12)
While his father acquired another 40 acres in Section 9, T31NR9W (MoLDO, Jackson 3:498:12; US-GLO, Patent Cert. # 2658).
Meantime, Joseph Walton helped to settle Bell's estate. He and his
wife, Drusilla, provided documents verifying sale of mill property to
John
Williams (Texas County Deeds H: 356-358).
Joseph Walton was elected to represent Texas County in the Missouri
legislature, soon after organization of the county. He served
from 1846 to
1848, when he was succeeded by C.H. Frost, who had been Recorder of Deeds in the new county.
Virtually every young man in the community worked for a sawmill at one
time or another. After replacing their original entries, however, the
Bells and
Walton's turned to farming.
By mid-century, three of Joseph and Drusilla's five sons, Lewis, David and William, were married.
Walton's own household included his wife, Drusilla, their 17 year old
daughter, Caroline; son William Walton with his 20 year old wife,
Matilda,
and the young couple's three month old son, James. 1860 census Texas
county Lewis Hunt Walton (named for his grandmothers family) was born
in 1814.
As a young man, he moved west with his family and was married about
1835 at Waynesville, seat of newly established Pulaski County. A
farmer, he and his
wife, Louisa, had three children, George, born 1836; Ellen (1843) and
Mary Louisa (1846) (Texas County Census 1840:210:15 & 1850:1b
[#17]: 36-40).
Lewis Walton died in January 1856, at his home near Plato, across the
road from his parent's house in Roubidoux Township. On January
14th (Texas
County Deeds 8:15-16), Widow Louisa Walton purchased William Moore's
40-acre land entry in Section 31, Township 32 North Range 11 West
(US-GLO,
Patent (#10429). Two years later, she sold this land to Z.M.P.
Burkhart for $ 300. Only two teenage daughters remained home with their
mother in 1860 Texas
County Census . From a document found at the Missouri State Archieves
Lewis married Eliza Burkhart daughter of Joshua & Nancy (McDonald)
Burkhart.
David H. Walton, a sawmill worker and farmer, and his wife, Susanna
"Annie" (Knight), had eight children, Martha, Joseph, Caroline, John,
Nancy, Mary,
Louisa Roseltha, who was born April 24, 1857, and Franz Siegel Walton.
Annie's father, Jonathan Knight (Texas County Census 1850: lived
nearby with other members of his family. Annie had another son
Francis Marion
Walton born 1869.
Children
1.. Martha Drusilla WALTON b: 1842 in Texas County, Missouri
2.. Joseph T. WALTON b: 23 Dec 1846 in Waynesville, Pulaski County, Missouri
3.. Caroline WALTON b: 1846 in Texas County, Missouri
4.. John David WALTON b: March 20, 1849 in Texas County, Missouri
5.. Nancy WALTON b: August 22, 1851 in Texas County, Missouri
6.. Mary Ann WALTON b: April 16, 1854 in Texas County, Missouri
7.. Louisa Roseltha WALTON b: April 24, 1857 in Turley, Texas County, Missouri
8.. Franz Siegle WALTON b: April 2, 1862 in Turley, Texas County, Missouri
9.. Francis Marion WALTON b: 8 Feb 1869 in Turley, Texas County, Missouri
Joseph Alexander & Francis Marion Walton (Texas County Census 1850: Listed in census as Alexander & Marian.
Drusilla and Joseph's youngest sons, as well as the late Washington
Walton's sons, Wilson and William (Texas County Census 1850: were
working as laborers
at the sawmill and boarding on mill property.
Joseph Alexander also later became a farmer. Joseph married Elizabeth
Smith 1st in Texas County, Missouri and she died in childbirth near Mt.
Vernon, Missouri.
He married 2nd November 15, 1855 by Jas. A. McDonald in Texas County,
Missouri, and he and his wife, Elizabeth Caroline Harbison .
Bureau of Land Management - General Land Office Records
Joseph & James Walton Texas County, Missouri
Patentee Name,
State,
County,
Issue
Date,
Land Office
, Doc.
Nr.
Accession/
Serial Nr.
-WALTON, JOSEPH, MO, Texas, 12/30/1835, Jackson, 1717 MO0600__.123
-WALTON, JOSEPH, MO, Texas, 1/20/1837, Jackson, 2658 MO0610__.334
-WALTON, JAMES H, MO, Texas, 11/7/1837, Jackson, 4171, MO3440__.274
-WALTON, JAMES H., MO, Texas, 8/1/1838, Jackson, 5519 MO3470__.059
-WALTON, LEWIS H, MO, Texas, 1/9/1841, Springfield, 12 MO5150__.006
-WALTON, LEWIS H, MO, Texas, 12/30/1835, Jackson, 1642 MO0600__.051
-WALTON, LOUISA, MO, Texas, 6/1/1860, Springfield, 28386 MO5690__.489
Joseph & Drusilla Walton - Grantor
R.Y. Smily - Grantee
Texas County, Missouri - Index of Deeds
Book B page 139
September 8, 1854
This? witnesseth that Joseph Walton of Texas County and State of
Missouri do hereby for and in consideration for the sum of Fifty
Dollars bargained and
sold to R.Y. Smily all my right title claim and interest in and to a
certain tract as found of land lying in Texas County State of Mo. The
North East
quarter, North West quarter Section No. 9 Township No. 31 North Range
No. 9 West, also a part or section of the South East quarter of South
West Section
No. 4 Township No. 31 North Range No. nine West all that part or
partian of the above named tracts as asparres of land lying South
of Arthur Creek, we
Joseph Walton and Drusilla Walton his wife do sell our rights, title
claim and interest to said name R.Y. Smily of the above named tracts as
parcel of
land.
In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our
seal This 8th day of September in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and fifty -four
Joseph Walton
Drusilla Walton
September the 8th 1857 This day humbly appeared before the undersigned Justice of the Peace
Joseph Walton and Drusilla Walton known to he the persons who have
assigned to the above deed and acknowledged the above to be their act
& deed-
Joseph Walton - Grantor
James Walton- Grantee
Texas County Missouri -Index of Deeds
Book A Page 73
June 16, 1847
Know all men by these present that I Joseph Walton of Texas County and
State of Missouri, for and in consideration of the sum of one
hundred dollars paid
in hand the receipt where of is hereby acknowledged do bargain grant
sea and convey to James Walton of the county of St. Louis and state
afore said all
my right title and claim to all lands deeded to me by James Lynn and
wife lying in the county of Texas and state aforescuor, situation at
the mouth of
Arthur's Creek, to the said James Walton his heirs & ?
In testimony where of I have here unto set my hand and seal this 16th June, 1847
Joseph Walton (Seal)
Cortnip
John Stephens
File a 16th June 1847
Recorded 30th June 1847
J.R. Garover Clk.
Joseph Walton - Grantor
John E.N. Williams - Grantee
Texas County, Missouri - Index of Deeds
August 10, 1843
Book H page 356, 357 & 358
Know all men by these present that whereas Wilson A. Bell on the 10th
day of December A.D. 1836 purchased from Joseph Walton all that
portion of the
North East quarter of the North West quarter of Section No. Nine (9)
Township Thirty-one (31) North Range Nine (9) West which entered by the
said
Joseph Walton at the Land office at Jackson Missouri as shown by
receiving receipt dated the 18th day of January 1836, No. Twenty-six
hundred and
fifty-eight (2658) and the South East quarter of Section No. four (4)
Township thirty-one (31) North No. Range Nine (9) which was entered by
Lewis
Hunt Walton at the Land office at Jackson, Missouri as shown by
receivers receipt dated October the 14th, 1833, No. Sixteen hundred and
Forty two
(1642) and which was duly conveyed to, and the proper right-vested in
the said Joseph Walton by the said Lewis H. Walton before the above
date hereof
lying and being North East of Arthur's Creek. And whereas the said
Joseph Walton excended and delivered to the said Wilson A. Bell a bond
to make him
the said Bell, his heirs executes, administrators, or assignees, a
right thereto when the purchase money for the same should be fully
paid, bearing
date the 10th, day of December A.D. 1836, And the said Joseph Walton having received the full payment therefore from
the said Wilson A. Bell, who deceased on or about the 7th day of
December A.D. 1841 in and during the said Bells life time, and never
having completed
the right-to the said Wilson A. Bell in and to the promises before
described during his the said Bells lifetime. And whereas the said
Wilson A. Bell sold
said before described promises unto John E.N. Williams, as appears from
a bond executed by the said Bell bearing date the fifteenth day of May
A.D.
1840, the said Williams binding him the said Bell his heirs,
executioner, Administrators to make him the said John E.N. Williams a
good and sufficient
right- thereto when the payment of the purchase money therefore was
fully completed & sufficiently accrued the provisions of which said
bond, was not
complied within and during the life of the said Bell. And whereas the
said John E.N.Williams filed his petition as the law directs in the
Wright County
Court praying that the conflict before mentioned, between the said Bell
(now deceased) and Williams might be executed, specifically, and the
said Court
having considered, that said contract aught to be as executed, hath
ordered adjnyed and decreed that the said Joseph Walton make excente
and deliver
unto the said John E.N.Williams a deed to end for the promises
aforesaid in full discharge of the bond aforemind between the said
Walton and Bell
deceased, owing to infants, married women, persons of unsound mind and
persons absent from the Minted States the term of five years after this
disabilities are removed to appear and file this bill in chemcery to
set aside said order for friend or otherwise and Drusilla Walton his
wife. Now
therefore I Joseph Walton of the County of Wright and State of Missouri
in full discharge of the bond aforesaid between myself and the said
Wilson A.
Bell deceased, and for and in consideration of the sum of four hundred
& fifty Dollars to me paid by the said Bell during his life time it
being the
purchase money for the premises herein and before mentioned and
described the receipt of which I do hereby acknowledge and also in
compliance with the
order of the Wright County Court aforesaid, hath granted, released,
assigned set over and confirmed, and doth by then presents, grant,
release, assign,
set over convey and confirm unto John E.N. Williams of the County and
State aforesaid his heirs executors, administrators or assigns
all and singular
all the right-title claim and interest, which I now have or may
hereafter had and to all that portion of the North East quarter of the
North West
quarter of the section No. Nine (9) and the South East quarter of
the South West quarter of the Section No. four (4) Township thirty-one
(32) North
Range Nine (9) west lying and being North East of Arthur's Creek, to
have and to hold unto him the said John E.N. Williams, his heirs
executors
administrators or assigns to and for his and their own propose and
behoof and benefit forever. And I the said Joseph Walton and
Drusilla Walton his
wife doth for our selves our heirs executors and administrators or
assigns covenant to and with the said John E.N. Williams his heirs
executors
administrators or assigns, that until the unsealing and delivery of
this presents that we were possessed of a good and indefeasible right
on
fee-simple on and to the premises aforesaid, that we have good right to
all and dispose of the same as aforesaid, that the same is free from
all in
cumbrances except as herein before stated, and that we will and they
have forever warrant and defend the same unto him the said John E.N.
Williams his
heirs and legal representatives against the claim or claims of
ourselves our heirs and all or any person or persons whom-soever, and I
the said Drusilla
Walton wife of the said Joseph doth here for and in consideration of
the other facts herein stated relinquish assign and set over to the
said
Williams, all my right of dower in and to the premises aforesaid, In
testimony whereof I the said Joseph Walton and Drusilla Walton his wife
have
hereto set our hands & seals this 10th day of August A.D. 1843
Joseph Walton (seal)
Drusilla X Walton (seal) Her Mark
Test J.N. B. Dodson
State of Missouri County of Wright
Be it remembered that on this 25th day of August A.D. 1843 before me
H.H. Wilcox an acting Justice of the Peace within and for Brown
Township in the
County of Wright & State aforesaid came Joseph Walton and his wife
who are personally known to me to be the persons whose names are above
subscribed to
the fore going deed as having executed the same, and acknowledged the
said deed or instrument to be their act and deed for the purposes there
in
mentioned. And Drusilla wife of the said Joseph Walton was by me made
acquainted with the conditions and provisions of the fore going deed,
and
was by me examined separate and apart from her husband, who
acknowledged the excess of the same above deed or instrument to be her
act and deed without
any fear or corrosion from her husband for the purposes therein
mentioned and relinquishes her right of dower in the lands and
tenements-lte in
mentioned, given under my hand the date above written.
H.H. Wilcox J.P.
August. 17th 1874
Filed for record at 10 Clock AM
JS Steffens Clerk
Joseph Walton - Grantor
C.H. Frost - Grantee
September 7, 1847
Texas County, Missouri - Index of Deeds
Book A page 75-76
This indenture made and entered into by and between Joseph Walton,
administrator of the estate of John Baldridge, deceased, of the first
part
and, (unable to make out), of the second part all of the county of
Texas and State of Missouri, witnesses that where as the said John
Baldridge deceased,
died possessed of certain real estate lying and being in said county of
Texas and hereafter described and where as an order was made by
the county
court of Texas county at its March term Ad 1847for the sale of said
real estate, according to law, and whereas the Joseph Walton
administrator as
aforesaid did cause the notice required by law to be published in a
newspaper printed in this state, to wit, the Springfield Advertiser for
the
space of six weeks and now and whereas, the said administrator did
cause the said real estate to be appraised by three disinterested
householders,
residents of said county on the 26th day of June AD 1847 and whereas
the said Joseph Walton at the June term of the Texas county court 1847
was by
said court authorized to sell said real estate at private sale, after
the same being duly appraised at not less than two-thirds of its
appraised value
and which said real estate was appraised to be the value of three
hundred dollars by said appraisers therefore this indenture witnesseth
that I ,
Joseph Walton administrator of the estate of the said John
Baldridge deceased for and in consideration of the sum of Two Hundred
dollars to me in
hand paid by the said Cyrus H. Frost party of the second part to
these presents, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged and
confessed, have
granted, bargained and sold and by these presents do hereby grant
bargain and sell unto the said Cyrus H. Frost and his heirs the
following real
estate lying and being in the county of Texas and described
as following to wit, one hundred and eighty three and 20/100 acres,
in township 32 in
range 8 west, being and lying in the Licking settlement in said county
containing one hundred and eighty three and 20/100 acres more or less.
To have and to hold the above described premises unto him the said
C.H.Frost, his heirs and assignees together with all the temento and
appertences there unto belonging or otherwise appertaining forever. And
I do freely for the said John Baldridge deceased transfer assign over
unto the
C.H. Frost all rights, all interest, which the said John Baldridge
deceased had in and to said above described premises free from the
claim or claims of
all and every person or persons claiming said real estate by through or under him the said John Baldridge deceased.
In testimony where of I the said Joseph Walton administrator as
afford said of the estate of John Baldridge deceased have hereinto set
my hand and seal
this seventh day of September AD 1847.
Sig: Joseph Walton
Administrator of the estate of John Baldridge deceased
Certified by the county clerk of Texas County Court 7th day of September AD 1847
Texas County , Missouri Court Record on file at the Houston, Texas County, Missouri courthouse:
Joseph Walton- Grantor James Walton- Grantee Texas County, Mo.
-Index of Deeds Book A Page 73 June 16, 1847
Know all men by these present that I, Joseph Walton of Texas County and
State of Missouri, for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred
dollars said in hand the receipt where of is hereby acknowledged do bargain, grant,sea and convey to James Walton of the county of St. Louis and
State
afore said all my right title and claim to all lands deeded to me by
James Lynn and wife lying in the county of Texas and State oforescuor,
situation
at the mouth of Arthurs Creek, to the said James Walton , his heirs
& ?. In testimony where of I have here unto set my hand and seal
this 16th June, 1847.
Joseph Walton (seal) Cortnip: John Stephens
File a 16th June 1847 Recorded 30th June 1847 J.R.Garover Clk.
** Note** Cortnip: John Stephens married Mary (Walton) Bell daughter of William R. & Nancy (Griffith) Walton.
1.. Lewis Hunt WALTON born 1814 in St. Louis, Missouri died between 1850-1860 in Texas County, Missouri.
Married: Eliza Burckhartt (from the probate record in St. Louis, Missouri) Census records list her as Louise
2. David H. Walton b: 1819 in St. Louis, Missouri died December 23, 1861 in Rolla, Phelps County, Missouri.
Married: Susanna (Annie) KNIGHT born February 2, 1826 in Kentucky Married: March 17, 1841 in Wright County, Missouri
marriage performed by Presley Martin an Ordained Minister.
Annie married second: John G. Hawkins & was married only a month when he died.
3. Mary Hunt Walton born February 16, 1823 in St. Louis, Missouri Death: 1853 in Missouri
Marriage: Selman Hobbs BURCKHARTT b: March 29, 1813 in Near St. Louis,
Missouri Married: March 29, 1839 in Missouri
4.William Walton born 1828 in Missouri
Married: Matilda
5. Joseph Alexander Walton born 1831 in Missouri
Marriage: Caroline HARBISON Married: November 15, 1855 in Texas
County, Missouri by Jas. A. McDonald J.P. Recorded by: C.H. Frost
6. Caroline Walton born 1833 in Missouri
7. Francis Marion Walton born 1834 in Missouri
Court Record: Texas County, Missouri Texas County Appraisers January 10, 1859
The undersigned D.H. Walton & Francis M. Walton appraisers,
appointed & sworn, justly, fairly and impartially certain
hogs taken up as strays of
Matthew Shepard of Roubidoux township in Texas County, certify that we
have visited the said strays and find them to be eight hogs of
the following
description.
1- a white sow with a black list around his mark in the right ear with
an-half crop and a crop & split and under bit off the left ear. She
has 6
pigs not marked.
1- black barrow with the same mark as the sow and do appraise strays at
the sum of six dollars given under our hands this 10th day of January
1859.
David H. Walton Francis M. Walton
Subscribed & sworn on the 10th day of Jan. 1859
Jam. A. McDonald J.P.
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