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Ancestors of Cody Ryan SMITH

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258. Andrew MCLEAN

Ancestral File Number:<AFN> CN9Q-22

259. Mrs. Margreet MCLEAN

Name Prefix:<NPFX> Mrs.
Ancestral File Number:<AFN> CN9Q-37

264. George ALLEN

Ancestral File Number:<AFN> BGLG-MC

265. Rebecca BAKER-LUCANY

Ancestral File Number:<AFN> BGLG-NJ

266. Ebenezer CLAWSON

Ancestral File Number:<AFN> 2J36-LD

267. Lowly Lola FOOTE

Ancestral File Number:<AFN> 4DKN-NW

268. Edwin Temple HICKMAN

Edwin and Elizabeth Hickman by Warren Edwin Hickman, a grandson, as told to his daughter, Leona Hickman Peck. These are memories of Warren Edwin Hickman of his grandfather, Edwin Temple Hickman. Easom's family was quite close in family ties with his father and came down to stay with his father during part of his later years. Edwin Temple would wander down to the garden in his old age. He would sit down and not be able to get up and it was Warren Edwin's (age 10) job to put his arms around the old gentleman and lift him to his feet. Edwin and Elizabeth Hickman settled on good land when they built the home where they spent most of their married life. Edwin built a cabin and breezeway for the children as they were growing up with a main room where they would entertain their friends on Sundays. This gave peace and some quiet to the older couple. At sometime during the growth of the family Elizabeth decided she needed help with the housework and the younger children. Edwin went to town and purchased two black girls in their teens. The plainer of the two girls proved a great help and learned very quickly. The other girl was surly and worried Elizabeth with vicious pranks and destructive acts. One time she cut into a new sack of flour and strewed the kitchen floor with flour. Edwin was patient and gave her time but the family felt that he must thrash her. This did no good, for the next day she found the scissors and cut Elizabeth's best dress in shreds. Edwin had to take her back to town and sell her. The other black girl liked the family and everyone liked her. She married a fine black man on another farm and Edwin built her a cabin close to the house. Shortly after the birth of her first child, a son, her husband was put up for sale. Edwin tried to buy him to keep the family together. The owner wanted $1,000 so Edwin went to town to try to raise the money but came home to a disappointed family because he could not get the loan. Later the black woman married again but this marriage was not always harmonious. The couple had several children that were taken away from the farm by the father even though Edwin wanted to pay them wages because he loved the black children almost as much as his own. His own boys got reprimanded if Edwin caught them doing less work than the black boys. The son by the first marriage refused to go with the black family after the Civil War and stayed with Edwin till he died. The black family moved into town and many times Edwin took food to the family that he could do so little to help. Edwin tried to send all his children to school and the boys to some type of training. He apprenticed Bill Hickman first to a doctor but Bill didn't think that he wanted to be a doctor. Edwin apprenticed him to a Lawyer Burkhardt. Bill stayed at the rooming house of the lawyer's daughter Brennetta Burkhardt. They soon decided to get married. Bill was 17 and Brennetta was in her twenties. Bill brought his bride home and Edwin was so upset with the marriage that he took Bill out to the barn and strapped him. The couple soon left. When Edwin heard that Bill had joined the Mormons he grieved a great deal for everything that had happened between him and his oldest son. In later years Bill made two trips to see his parents and Easom's family, who were living with the old folks. He brought presents for the children and was a shining image in their eyes. He tried to get his parents to go back with him to Utah but they weren't persuaded. --Hope Hilton Papers, Ms 584, Box 1 Folder 1, Special Collections, Marriott Library, University of Utah This is a letter Edwin Temple Hickman wrote to his son, William Adams Hickman, who was then living in Utah Territory. Note that this was written during the great excitement of the California Gold Rush, but Edwin was more interested in the possibilities of gold in Utah: Randolph County, Mo. May the 6th, 1849 Dear Children: I avail myself of the present opportunity of informing you that we are all in good health at present and sincerely hope that you are enjoying the same blessing. We received yours of the 12th of February—and one of a later date. They gave us great satisfaction to hear of your health and posterity. You complain of my not writing to you before this time, the reason was when you wrote to me from Sandhill I expected you would make your promise good and I would once more have the satisfaction of seeing you in this life and I waited in hope of seeing you until it got too late for a letter to pass from me to you, and when the winter broke I expected er long before a letter could pass to you that you would be searching for gold but not in California, report say that there is plenty at the Salt Lake, if so your folks [the Mormons] aren’t smart or they would of kept it dark, report say that two of them brought in forty-five thousand dollars of the gold found at the Salt Lake to barter for goods. I would like to know if gold was plenty at the Lake. I have had no notion of being a Mormon but if I could see a good prospect for gold it would be a great inducement at least for a while. Your brothers D.[*] and Easom has injured themselves by taking the gold fever they have made the necessary preparation, wagon, oxen, etc., etc., to go to California but one that agreed to go with them and bear his part of the expense of the outfit backed out and they had strained every nerve to make their part of the outfit and when he backed out it disappointed them and a great loss they gave a high price for a wagon and sixty dollars a yoke for cattle (they had three yoke) they had him bound in a bond and the last I heard from them they were going to law. You stated in your last letter that Bernetta had written to her father. I doubt whether he got the letter he has married his aunt the Widow Hobbs, and has moved to Howard County and is living in or joining New Franklin. Right here I must give you a good one. I think but you can judge for yourself. You know the old man and me was very thick and confidential by times, so just before he was married he came to see me and told me all about it (for he couldn’t talk of anything else), that the widow had four negros that one was a fine Smith and he intended to put him in a shop at Milton, etc., etc., but behold between the time they agreed to marry and the wedding day she slipped the negros out of her hands privately and it weren’t known for months, then Old George made a sham sale of all his negros to the Dr., it is believed to be a sham sale at any rate or Frederick has got them all. When the old man married he sent word to your mother that he was a perfect happy man nothing lacking how he is now I can’t say, I will leave it with you to Judge. Catharine Burchartt and Squire Benj. Haley married a few weeks past, more big kin folks, there has been a great many deaths and marriages since you was here, the widow Whitenburg is living at Old George’s place at Milton. Health has been very good in this section for the last twelve months, your brother George was well the first of last month and stated in his letter that he intended coming home in July if he didn’t marry, he is in fine health complains of nothing but being too fleshy. O how my children is scattered and still going. Jo starts for Illinois in a few days, my family is getting small, home is a lonesome looking place, nothing flourishing in the way of improvement, but I have plenty bread and meat. I have bacon for sale and could spare one hundred barrels of corn. Write on reception and write every opportunity. I would have been very glad of seeing you once more but it is doubtful whether I ever see you again in this life, kiss the little children for me and tell them I want to see them. M.D.[*] and Easom is living in Adair County. E.T. Hickman --Hope Hilton, Edwin and Elender Webber Hickman, Some Progenitors and Descendents, 3rd ed., 1978, p. 107-109 * Edwin’s sixth oldest child, Martin Dickenson Hickman (born 1823) was known in the family as D. or M.D. While panning gold in Colorado in 1859 with his brothers Thomas J. and Warren D., he was killed by a claim jumper.

Ancestral File Number:<AFN> 22KF-SV

269. Elizabeth ADAMS

ELIZABETH WIFE OF Edwin T. Hickman DIED Dec. 5th 1877. Aged 84 Yrs. 1 Mo. 20 d. The following is a letter written by Elizabeth Adams Hickman in 1867 to her son George Washington Hickman who had converted to Mormonism and was living at Benjamin, Utah Territory. This was after the end of the Civil War, and a reference is made to the slaves having been freed. The letter is filled with a variety of family news. The church that is mentioned is probably a local Methodist church: Adair, Missouri May 2, 1867 Dear Son: It has been a long time since we have had a line from you you may want to know how we are doing since the Blacks left we are doing very well we have a plenty to live on we are in common health at this time health is good here. We have had a cold winter we had colder weather in March than any time in the winter. We received 2 letters from Iowa, one from Jane, one from Easom they bring us distressing news. George your dear Brother J.H. is dead he died on the 7th of April he was sick about 7 weeks. We hoped to live by again but he has left this troublesome world he has gone to rest we ought not to grieve after him believing he is happy. George we are all alone now have no child in the State and our time cannot be long in this world we are getting old, your father is 75. I am 73 soon and let us know how you are do not wait for me to write. It is a hard task for me to write. E.T. & Elizabeth Hickman We had a protracted meeting here in this neighborhood last August there was 39 addition to the Church your father and I was of that number 2 days after the meeting broke up we went to Iowa we went to J.H. first and he went with us all the round we went to Easoms next and then we went to see Rhoda he appeared to enjoy himself. Well I am glad that we went to see him he was much rejoiced that his father had joined the Church. --Hope Hilton, Edwin and Elender Webber Hickman, Some Progenitors and Descendents, 3rd ed., 1978, p. 110-111

Ancestral File Number:<AFN> 22KF-T2

270. George Frederick BURCKHARTT

Designer of Missouri State Seal. Second birth date of '29' Mar 1864. from WFT file.
Sgt. Maj. 3rd Kentucky Mil. War of 1812...Died 2: 29 Mar 1864, New Franklin, Howard co., Missouri

George Burckhardt or Burckhartt
1782 --- 1864
Ruth Dorsey
1780 -- 1846
George was the son of Christopher F. Burckhartt and Elizabeth Hobbs.
George Frederick Burckhartt (b.4 Oct 1782-Fredericktown,MD;d.29 Mar 1864-New Franklin,Hwd,MO)

sp: Ruth Dorsey (b.17 Jul 1780-MD;m.4 Jan 1803;d.3 Sep 1846-Randolph,MO)

Sally Hobbs Burckhartt (b.25 Dec 1803-Elizabethtown,Hardin,KY;d.9 Sep 1854-MO)

sp: Jacob Whittenburg (m.1 Nov 1821)

Christopher Frederick Burckhartt (b.24 Dec 1805-Hardin,KY;d.25 Jan 1875-Jacksonville,Randolph,MO)

sp: Elizabeth Hill (m.21 Dec 1837)

Elizabeth Hobbs Burckhartt (b.2 Mar 1808-KY;d.4 Oct 1815)

Brenetta Waters Burckhartt (b.8 Aug 1810-Hardin,KY;d.27 Dec 1885-Salt Lake City,salt lake,UT)

sp: William Adams Hickman (b.16 Apr 1815-Warren,KY;m.12 Apr 1832;d.21 Aug 1883-Lander,Fremont,WY)

Greenberry Dorsey Burckhartt (b.8 Mar 1813)

sp: Elenor C. Whittenburg (m.14 Jun 1833)

Mary Catherine Burckhartt (b.16 Feb 1817-Huntsville,Randolph,MO)

sp: Benjamin Haley (m.6 Mar 1849)

Nicholas Miller Burckhartt (b.16 Feb 1817-Huntsville,Randolph,MO;d.21 Aug 1831)

Julia Ann Burckhartt (b.7 Apr 1820-MO)

George Hobbs Burckhartt (b.11 Sep 1823-Huntsville,Randolph,MO;d.21 Apr 1890-Huntsville,Randolph,MO)

sp: Amanda McCampbell (m.16 Oct 1849)

sp: Sarah M. Pierce (m.16 May 1848)

Description:Biographical sketch of Judge George Burckhartt, a judge in Huntsville, Missouri, in Randolph County who was born there in 1823 and became a teacher and then lawyer.
The "Mother of Counties"
Howard County was created under an act of the general assembly, approved on January 13, 1816. It was named for Benjamin Howard, first Missouri Territory governor. Howard County was the ninth organized county in the Missouri Territory and was created from the counties of St. Louis and St. Charles.
Although it is much smaller today, when originally organized, Howard County comprised nearly 22,000 square miles - about one-third as large as the present state of Missouri. Obviously, Howard County is not that large today. The following counties (or parts of counties) were at first part of Howard County: Adair; Boone; Caldwell; Carroll; Chariton; Clay; Clinton; Cole; Cooper; Daviess; DeKalb; Gentry; Grundy; Harrison; Henry; Johnson; Lafayette; Linn; Livingston; Macon; Mercer; Moniteau; Morgan; Pettis; Putnam; Randolph; Ray; Saline; Sullivan; Worth; the northern parts of Benton, Miller, and St. Clair; and possibly parts of Audrain, Monroe, and Shelby. Also, the following counties (or parts of counties) in Iowa were at first part of Howard County: Clarke; Decatur; Ringgold; Union; Wayne; parts of Adams and Taylor; and probably parts of Appanoose, Lucas, and Monroe.

The following history of Howard County is from The History of Howard and Cooper Counties, St. Louis: National Historical Company, 1883, pp. 88-99.
INTRODUCTION
History, we are told, "is but a record of the life and career of peoples and nations." The historian, in rescuing from oblivion the life of a nation, or a particular people, should "nothing extenuate, nor set down aught in malice." Myths, however beautiful, are but fanciful; traditions, however pleasing, are uncertain, and legends, though the very essence of poesy and song, are unauthentic. The novelist will take the most fragile thread of romance, and from it weave a fabric of surpassing beauty. But the historian should put his feet upon the solid rock of truth, and turning a deaf ear to the allurements of fancy, he should sift with careful scrutiny, the evidence brought before him, from which he is to give the record of what has been.
Standing down the stream of time, far removed from its source, he must retrace with patience and care, its meanderings, guided by the relics of the past which lie upon its shores, growing fainter, and still more faint and uncertain as he nears its fountain, oftimes concealed in the debris of ages, and the mists of impenetrable darkness. Written records grow less and less explicit, and finally fail altogether as he approaches the beginning of the community, whose lives he is seeking to rescue from the gloom of a rapidly receding past.
Memory, wonderful as are its powers, is yet frequently at fault, and only by a comparison of its many aggregations, can he be satisfied that he is pursuing stable-footed truth in his researches amid the early paths of his subject. It cannot then be unimportant or uninteresting to trace the progress of Howard and Cooper counties, from their crude beginnings to their present proud position among their sister counties. To this end, therefore, we have endeavored to gather the scattered and loosening threads of the past into a compact web of the present, trusting that the harmony and perfectness of the work may speak with no uncertain sound to the future. Records have been traced as far as they have yielded information sought for; the memories of the pioneers have been laid under tribute, and every available source has been called into requisition from which we could obtain reliable material, out of which we could construct a truthful and faithful history of these counties.
The French settled Canada and the northwestern part of the United States, as well as the country about the mouths of the Mississippi river. They came into the upper Mississippi and Missouri valleys in 1764, under the lead of Pierre Laclede Liguest, who held a charter from the French government, giving him the exclusive right of trade with the Indians in all the country as far north as St. Peter's river. Laclede established his colony in St. Louis in 1764, and from this point they immediately began their trading and trapping excursions into the unbroken wilderness. Their method of proceeding was to penetrate into the interior and establish small local posts for trading with the Indians, whence the trappers and hunters were outfitted and sent out into the adjacent woods. In this way, the country west and northwest of St. Louis was traversed and explored at a very early day, as far west as the Rocky mountains. But of the extent of their operations, but little has been recorded; hence, but little is known of the posts established by them.
That these daring Frenchmen had explored that portion of Howard county lying contiguous to the Missouri river, even prior to the year 1800, there can be no doubt; that there existed within the present limits of the county a trading post, for several years before its settlement proper, there can be no doubt. The names of the streams, such as Bonne Femme, Moniteau, etc., attest the fact that they were of French origin, and had been seen and named by the French pioneers.
Levens and Drake, in their condensed but carefully prepared history of Cooper county, say: "While Nash and his companions were in Howard county (1804), they visited Barclay's and Boone's Licks, also a trading post situated about two miles northwest of Old Franklin, kept by a white man by the name of Prewitt. The existence of this trading post, and the fact that 'Barclay's and Boone's Licks' had already received their names from the white persons who visited them, show conclusively that this portion of the country had been explored, even before this, by Americans. But no history mentions this trading post, nor does any give the name of Prewitt; hence, we are unable to determine when he came to the Boone's Lick country, how long he remained, and where he went; he evidently left before the year 1808, as Benjamin Cooper, who moved to Howard county in that year, said there was then no settlement in this part of the state." Boone's Lick, from which this region of country took its name, is situated about eight miles northwest of New Franklin, in Boone's Lick township, on section 4, T. 49, R. 17, on land owned by William N. Marshall. This place was visited by Daniel Boone at an early date, - the time not known. Here he found several salt springs, and as such places were frequented by deer and other game, he not only often hunted in the neighborhood, but, according to John M. Peck, who visited the old hunter at his home in St. Charles county, a few years prior to his death, pitched his camp there for one winter and put up a cabin. Mr. Peck does not give the date. The presumption is that he got his information from the lips of the old hunter himself, and he would further suppose that he camped there between the years 1795 and 1807; nearer the former than the latter date, for the reason that he was at that time younger and more robust, and more inclined to enjoy sylvan sports. The first authentic record we have upon the subject of a settlement, in what is now known as Howard county, dates back to the year 1800 (see first deed, chap. III, this book), when Joseph Marie deeded a tract of land described by survey to Asa Morgan. Joseph Marie settled upon said land in the year 1800, where he made improvements. This land was situated near what is known as "Eagle's Nest," about one mile southwest of where Fort Kincaid was afterwards erected, in what is now Franklin township. In 1800, Charles Dehault Delassus, lieutenant-governor of Upper Louisiana, granted Ira P. Nash a large tract of land in the present limits of Howard county. This land was surveyed on the 26th of January, 1804, and certified to on the 15th day of February, of that year.
The next Americans, of whom we have any definite knowledge, as to the date of their coming to Howard county, were Ira P. Nash, above named, a deputy United States surveyor, Stephen Hancock and Stephen Jackson, who came up the Missouri river in the month of February, 1804. These men located a claim on the public lands of Howard county, nearly opposite to the mouth of the La Mine river. They remained there until the month of March, in the same year, employing their time in surveying, hunting, and fishing; and during that month they returned to their homes, which were situated on the Missouri river, about twenty-five miles above St. Charles.
In July, 1804, Ira P. Nash, in company with William Nash, James H. Whitesides, William Clark, and Daniel Hubbard, again came into what is now Howard county, and surveyed a tract of land near the present site of Old Franklin. On this second trip, Mr. Nash claimed, when he came up the river the February before, he had left a compass in a certain hollow tree, and started out with two-companions to find it, agreeing to meet the remainder of the company the next day at Barclay's Lick, which he did, bringing the compass with him, thus proving, beyond a doubt, that he had visited the country before.
Lewis and Clarke, on their exploring expedition across the Rocky mountains, and down the Columbia river to the Pacific ocean, arrived at the mouth of the Bonne Femme, in Howard county, on the 7th day of June, 1804, and camped for the night. When they arrived at the mouth of the "Big Moniteau creek," they found a point of rocks covered with hieroglyphic paintings, but the large number of rattlesnakes, which they found there, prevented a close examination of the place. Continuing their way up the river, they arrived at the mouth of the Lamine on the 8th of the same month, and on the 9th at Arrow Rock.
When they returned from their journey in 1806, after having successfully accomplished all the objects for which they were sent out, they passed down the Missouri river, and camped, on the 18th of September, in Howard county, opposite to the mouth of the La Mine river. And, as they journeyed down the river on that day, they must have passed the present site of Boonville and Franklin early on the morning of the 19th of September, 1806.
The next evidence we have of any white persons being in the Boone's Lick country, is the following: -
In 1807, Nathan and Daniel M. Boone, sons of old Daniel Boone, who lived with their father in what is now St. Charles county, about twenty-five miles west of the city of St. Charles, on the Femme Osage creek, came up the Missouri river and manufactured salt at Boone's Lick, in Howard county. After they had manufactured a considerable amount, they shipped it down the river to St. Louis, where they sold it. It is thought by many that this was the first instance of salt being manufactured in what was at that time a part of the territory of Louisiana, now the state of Missouri. Though soon after, salt was manufactured in large quantities - "salt licks" being discovered in many parts of the state. Although these were the first white persons who remained for any length of time in the Boone's Lick country, they were not permanent settlers, as they only came to make salt, and left as soon as they had finished.
Previous to the year 1808, every white American who came to the Boone's Lick country, came with the intention of only remaining there a short time. Three parties had entered it while on exploring and surveying expeditions; two parties had been to its fine salt licks to make salt; and no doubt, many of the adventurous settlers living in the eastern part of this state, had often, on their hunting expeditions, pierced the trackless forest to the Boone's Lick country; but, of course, there is no record of these, hence, those expeditions of which there is no record, are placed as being the first to this part of the country, when, in reality, they may not be.
But in 1808, in the spring, one adventurous spirit determined to forsake what happened to him to be the too thickly settled portion of the state, and move farther west to the more pleasant solitudes of the uninhabited forest. In the spring of that year, Colonel Benjamin Cooper and his family, consisting of his wife and five sons, moved to the Boone's Lick country, and located in what is now Howard county, about two miles south west of Boone's Lick, in the Missouri river bottom. Here he built him a cabin, cleared a piece of ground, and commenced arrangements to make a permanent settlement at that place. But he was nor permitted to remain long at his new home. Governor Merriwether Lewis, at that time governor of the territory, issued an order directing him to return below the mouth of the Gasconade river, as he was so far advanced into the Indian country, and so far away from protection, that in case of an Indian war he would be unable to protect him. So he returned to Loutre island, about four miles south of the Gasconade river, where he remained until the year of 1810.
The rich territory, however, was not destined to be left forever to the reign of wild beasts and savage Indians. Aside from the fact that the character of the men of the early days caused them continually to revolt against living in thickly settled communities, they Boone's Lick country presented advantages, which those seeking a home where they could find the richest of lands and the most healthful of climate, could not, and did not, fail to perceive. Its fertile soil promised, with little labor, the most abundant harvests. Its forests were filled with every variety of game, and its streams with all kinds of fish. Is it a wonder, then, that those seeking homes where these things could be found, should select and settle first the rich lands of Cooper and Howard counties, risking all the dangers from the Indians, who lived in great numbers close around them? Two years after the settlement of Benjamin Cooper, and his removal to Loutre island, the first lasting settlement was made in the Boone's Lick country, and this party was but the forerunner of many others, who soon followed, and in little more than one-half of a century, have thickly settled one of the richest and most attractive parts of the state of Missouri.
The names of the parties who settled north of the river, in Howard county, were:
From Madison County, Ky.: - Lieut.-Col. Benjamin Cooper Francis Cooper William Cooper Daniel Cooper John Cooper Capt. Sarshall Cooper Braxton Cooper, Sr. Joseph Cooper Stephen Cooper Braxton Cooper, Jr. Robert CooperJames Hancock Albert Hancock William Berry John Berry Robert Erwin Robert Brown Joseph Wolfskill William Thorp John Thorp Josiah Thorp James Thorp Gilead Rupe James JonesJohn Peak William Wolfskill Adam Woods From Estill County, Ky.: - Amos Ashcraft Otho Ashcraft Jesse Ashcraft James Alexander From Tennessee: - John Ferrell Henry Ferrell Robert Hancock From Virginia: - James Kile From South Carolina: - Gray Bynum From Georgia: - Stephen Jackson From Ste. Genevieve: - Peter Popineau
Previous Residence Unknown: - John Busby, James Anderson, Middletown Anderson, William Anderson. The women belonging to these families did not arrive until the following July or August. We do not pretend to say these men were all of the early settlers who came in 1810. There were perhaps, a few others, but the names we have given embrace nearly the entire number who migrated in the colony with Colonel Benjamin Cooper, in the spring of that year. After their arrival in this "land of promise," they immediately began the erection of their houses, all of which were single or double log cabins, and to prepare for farming by clearing and fencing small "patches" of ground. As a general thing, they settled in and near the Missouri river bottom. They knew that the country was full of Indians, and that these were liable at any time to begin their murderous assaults upon the whites; hence, they located in neighborhoods, where, in case of danger, they could render each other timely aid. that portion of Howard county, which is now embraced in Franklin and Boone's Lick townships, was the first settled.
When the settlers first came to this county, wild game of all kinds was very abundant, and so tame as not to be easily frightened at the approach of white men. This game furnished the settlers which all their meat, and, in fact, with all the provisions they used, for most of the time, they had but little else than meat. There were large numbers of deer, turkeys, elk, and other large animals, and, to use the expression of an old settler, "they could be killed as easily as sheep are now killed in our pastures." They settlers spent most of their time in hunting and fishing, as it was no use to plant crops to be destroyed by wild game. Small game, such as squirrels, rabbits, partridges, etc., swarmed around the homes of the frontiersmen in such numbers that when they did attempt to raise a crop of any kind, in order to save a part of it, they were forced to kill them in large numbers.
Not only were the settlers and their families thus well provided with food by nature, but also their animals were furnished with everything necessary to their well being. The range was so good during the whole year, that their stock lived without being fed by their owners. Even when the ground was covered with snow, the animals, taught by instinct, would in a few minutes paw from under the snow enough grass to last them all day. Their only use of corn, of which they planted very little, was to make bread, and bread, and bread made of corn was the only kind they ever had.
During the two succeeding years (1811 and 1812), quite a number of emigrants had taken up their line of march for the Boone's Lick country. Many of these included families of wealth, culture, and refinement, who left their well furnished homes and life-long friends in the east, to take up their abode among the savages and wild beasts of the western wilderness. Scarcely, however, had they reached their destination, when they heard the dim mutterings which foreshadowed a long and bloody conflict with the Indians, who had been induced by the emissaries of the British government to unite with Great Britain in her attempt to defeat the United States of America.
OLD SETTLERS ERECT FORTS
Being fully convinced that the Indians were making preparations to attack the settlements along the Missouri river, they determined to be ready to receive them properly when they did appear, and to this end, began the erection of three forts in Howard county, bearing the names respectively, of Fort Cooper, Fort Hempstead, and Fort Kincaid. Fort Cooper was located about two miles southwest of Boone's Lick. Fort Kincaid was east southeast, about nine miles distant, and about one mile north of the present Boonville railroad bridge. Fort Hempstead was about one and a half miles north of Fort Kincaid. Each fort was a series of log houses, built together around an enclosure. In each house lived a family, and the stock was corraled, and the property of the settlers secured at night in the enclosure. There were other smaller forts, but the above were the most important. Immediately after the erection of these forts, the pioneers organized themselves into a military company, which Sarshall Cooper as captain; first lieutenant, William McMahon; second lieutenant, John Monroe; ensign, Benjamin Cooper, Jr.
Sergeants - 1st. John McMurray, 2d. Samuel MacHanan, 3d. Adam Woods, 4th. Davis Todd, 5th. John Mathis.
Corporals - 1st. Andrew Smith, 2d. Thomas Vaughan, 3d. James McMahan, 4th. John Busby, 5th. James Barnes, 6th. Jesse Ashcraft.
The above were the officers chosen by their comrades and neighbors, to command the company, which consisted of 112 men, who were able to bear arms. The following list comprises all the men and boys who were in the different forts: -
FORT COOPER James Alexander James Anderson Middleton Anderson William Anderson Gray Bynum John Busby Robert Brown Samuel Brown Benjamin Cooper Sarshall Cooper Frank Cooper William Cooper David Cooper John Cooper Braxton Cooper Joseph Cooper Stephen Cooper Robert Cooper Henly Cooper Patrick Cooper Jesse Cox Solomon Cox John Ferrill Henry Ferrill Edward Good Harmon Gregg William Gregg David Gregg Robert Heath Robert Hancock Abbott Hancock Josiah Higgins Frederick Hyatt Robert Irvine David Jones John Jones Jesse Jones George Jackson Stephen Jackson James Jackson Samuel McMahan Thomas McMahan James McMahan William McMahan John O'Bannon Judiah Osmond Samuel Perry William Read Benoni Sappington John Sappington James Sappington Daniel Tillman John Thorp William Thorp Samuel Turley Stephen Turley Ezekiel Williams Thomas Wasson Joseph Wasson Adam Woods William Wolfskill Joseph Wolfskill William Wolfskill, Jr. FORT HEMPSTEAD George Alcorn James Alcorn William Allen John Arnold Price Arnold Joseph Austin John Austin Robert Austin William Baxter Big Berry John Berry William Berry David Boggs Joseph Boggs Muke Box Joseph Boyers Robert Brown Samuel Brown William Brown Townsend Brown Christopher Brown Christopher Burckhartt Nicholas S. Burckhartt Andrew Carson Lindsay Carson (father of Kit Carson) Moses Carson Charles Canole William Canole Isaac Clark Joseph Cooley James Cooley Ferrin Cooley Braxton Cooper, Jr. James Cockrell Thomas Chandler James Creason John Creason Peter Creason William Creason Daniel Crump Harper Davis James Douglas Daniel Durbin John Elliott Braxton Fugate Hiram Fugate Reuben Fugate Sarshall Fugate Simeon Fugate Reuben Gentry Samuel Gibbs Abner Grooms John Grooms William Grooms Alfred Head Moses Head Robert Hinkson John James James Jones Abner Johnson Noah Katew Joseph McLane William McLane Ewing McLane David McQuitley William Monroe (called Long Gun) Joseph Moody Susan Mullens Thompson Mullens John Peak William Pipes Michael Poage Robert Poage Joseph Poage Christopher Richardson Jesse Richardson James Richardson Silas Richardson John Rupe Henry Simons Reuben Smith Andrew Smith Thomas Smith John Snethan James Snethan Joseph Still John Stinson Nathan Teague Solomon Teters David Teters John Teters Isaac Thornton John Thornton Davis Todd Elisha Todd Jonathan Todd Levi Todd James Turner Philip Turner Jesse Turner Thomas Vaughan Robert Wilds William Wadkins James Whitley Benjamin Young John Yarnell FORT KINCAID Amos Ashcraft Jesse Ashcraft Otho Ashcraft Amos Barnes Aquilla Barnes Abraham Barnes James Barnes John Barnes Shadrach Barnes Robert Barclay Francis Berry Campbell Bolen Delany Bolen William Brazil David Burris Henry Burris Reuben Cornelius Pryor Duncan Stephen Fields John Fields Cornelius Gooch Thomas Gray John Hines Daniel Hubbard Asaph Hubbard Eusebius Hubbard Joseph Jolly David Kincaid Matthew Kincaid John Kincaid John McMurray Adam McCord Daniel Monroe John Monroe John Mathis William Nash John Pursley William Ridgeway William Robertson Edward Robertson Gilead Rupe Enoch Taylor Isaac Taylor William Taylor Enoch Turner Giles Williams Britton Williams Francis Wood Henry Weeden
Life in the forts was not one of idleness and ease. it was one of vigilance and activity for two or three years. The settlers were deprived of many of the comforts and pleasures which are enjoyed by the people of to-day. They had but little labor-saving machinery, and what they had was imperfect and inefficient. School was taught, and religious services were held in the forts. The forts were also supplied with mills and looms. The first cog-wheel horse-mill erected in the county was at Fort Kincaid in 1815; the next one was put at Fort Hempstead. After the Indian troubles were over, people came twenty miles to these mills. The first cloth made in the county (in the forts) was manufactured from a poisonous plant, which was indigenous to the country, and known as the nettle, which was covered with sharp, brittle hairs. This cloth was used for pants and shirts for summer wear. In the winter, buckskin hunting-shirts and pants were worn.
The low flats along the river, creeks and branches were covered with a thick growth of nettles about three feet high, sometimes standing in patches of twenty acres or more. These were permitted to remain standing until they became decayed in the winter, when they were gathered. They were then broken up, spun into long strings, and woven into cloth, from which the garments were made. This would be a very tedious job at the present day, when a lady's dress requires from thirty yards of cloth; but in those old times five or six yards was a much as was ever put into a dress. Little children usually wore a long leathern shirt over their tow shirt. For several years during the early settlement of this country, the men and women wore garments made out of the same kind of material. The first dry goods were sold by Robert Morris, at the forts, in 1815. The number of men, as we have already stated, able to bear arms, was 112, which represented a population of between 500 and 600, who were then living within the present limits of Howard county. A few, perhaps, had returned to their former homes, or had moved further down the river in the direction of Loutre island and St. Louis, upon the eve of the anticipated Indian hostilities, but the great majority of the pioneers, had come to stay, and not a few of these attested their devotion to their new found homes by the sacrifice of their property and their lives to the cupidity and ferocity of savage foes.
Description:Biographical sketch of Judge George Burckhartt, a judge in Huntsville, Missouri, in Randolph County who was born there in 1823 and became a teacher and then lawyer.
Item Type: Citation - BookDate: 1878Volume: 3Pages: 570-571Illustrations: NoLocation: q920.07 U59Subjects: Burckhartt, George H. Item Record: # 110187

Cemetery Information
Barnes, James S. {Rev.} -- 18 Sep 1788 Madison Co., KY-1875, m. Elizabeth Hobbs (d\o Christopher Burckhartt d. 26 Apr 1863); g-dau. Julia Barnes m. Willis Fountain; "Our Old Settlers" NMH 7 Sep 1870 = James Barnes Cem
Burckhartt, Amanda (McCampbell) -- w\o George Hobbs Burckhartt; (d\o Wallace McCampbell); Ref: OFR p. 58
Burckhartt, C. F. {Dr.} -- [c1815]-25 Jan 1875 aged 60y = Eads Chapel Cem
Burckhartt, C. Fred {Dr.} -- [c14 Jan 1854]-19 Oct 1882 aged 28y 9m 5d at Vandalia, brother-in-law of Judge Polson of Huntsville = 20 Oct 1882 Eads Chapel Cem; MDM Friday 20 Oct 1882
Burckhartt, Elizabeth A. -- [c16 Feb 1818]-27 Aug 1879 aged 60y 11m 11d, w\o Dr. C. F. = Eads Chapel Cem
Burckhartt, George Dorsey -- d. 13 Oct 1920 Marceline, aged 66y, [s\o {Judge} George Hobbs & Amanda (McCampbell) Burckhart]; children: (1) Sam of Butte, MT, (2) Rhoades of Higbee, (3) Dorsey of Huntsville, (4) Mrs. William Patton of Huntsville = Huntsville Cem; OB HN 15 Oct 1920
Burckhartt, George Fredrick -- 1782 Frederick,MY-1864 Howard Co.; war of 1812, to Rand. in 1820; [s\o Christopehr Frederick (1756-1827) of Howard, Co.]; m. 1803 Ruth (Dorsey), 9 children: (9) {Judge} George Hobbs; Ref: OFR p. 57, HRM84 p. 451
Burckhartt, George Hobbs {Judge} -- 11 Sep 1823 Rand.-1890; [s\o George Fredrick & Ruth (Dorsey)]; m. 16 Oct 1849 Amanda (McCampbell) children: (1) Maria Jo m. John Adam Heether, (2) Ella m. Eugene Jackson, (3) John (d. 5 Sep 1878], (4) Wallace, (5) Ofon, (6) Guitar, (7) George Dorsey = Huntsville Cem; Ref: OFR p. 58, HRM84 p. 451
Burckhartt, Jennie (prob. Clarkson) -- 21 Jan 1852-27 Jan 1853, prob. w\o Wallace Burckhartt = Eads Chapel Cem; MDM 13 Nov 1885
Burckhartt, John -- d. 5 Sep 1878 from injuries from a accident while coupling cars at Centralia, aged 21y, [eldest s\o of Judge George H. Burckhartt]; MDM Friday 6 Sep 1878, funeral 6 Sep 1878 by Rev. S. Y. Pitts = Huntsville Cem; MDM Saturday 7 Sep 1878
Burckhartt, N. S. -- dec'd, Final Settlement of Estate on 4th Monday in Nov 1870, C.F. Burchartt, Adm'r; NMH 26 Oct 1870

The 1835 Road Petition
The following document might not seem so unusual. A group of neighbors petitioning the county commission to build a road to make transportation easier. However, some of those neighbors included some members of the Hickman family, and the petition provides us with examples of their signatures. In addition to Edwin Temple Hickman, the document was signed by his sons William Adams, James Barton, and Josiah Harvey Hickman. Another signer was George Burckhardt, who being an attorney probably also wrote it, and whose daughter Bernetta eloped with Bill Hickman, causing a major rift in the family that didn't heal for many years. It is not known if the road was constructed, or if it was the same road down which Bill and Bernetta later traveled on their way to Nauvoo after having become Mormons.
Notes for George Frederick Burckhartt : Married Ruth Dorsey 4 Jan 1803 in Elizabeth Town, Ky. They had two known children, George Hobbs and C. F. George was a member of the First General Assembly, 2nd Session of the Missouri Legislature; He designed the Missouri State Seal. He died 24 Mar 1864 and was buried at Old Milton, Randolph County, Mo., on the Burckhartt Farm. Re-interred to Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Howard County, Mo. Tombstone reads “George Frederick Burckhartt, d 3-24-1864"

Ancestral File Number:<AFN> 4DKM-GQ
Designer of Missouri State Seal. Second birth date of '29' Mar 1864. from WFT file.
Sgt. Maj. 3rd Kentucky Mil. War of 1812...Died 2: 29 Mar 1864, New Franklin, Howard co., Missouri

Ancestral File Number:<AFN> 4DKM-GQ

271. Ruth DORSEY

Second date of birth and Place of birth from WFT file of Jul 17, '1786' and 'Md.'. Also has place of death as Huntsville, Randolph co., Mo...Date born 2: 17 Jul 1786, Kentucky or Maryland.
Date born 2: 17 Jul 1785, Kentucky or Maryland
Date born 3: 17 Jul 1786, Kentucky or Maryland
Notes for Ruth Dorsey : She was the daughter of Edward Dorsey. Buried in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Howard County, Mo., Tombstone reads “ Ruth Dorsey Burckhartt w. George F. D 9-2-1846 61 y”

Ancestral File Number:<AFN> 4DKM-HW
Second date of birth and Place of birth from WFT file of Jul 17, '1786' and 'Md.'. Also has place of death as Huntsville,Randolph co., Mo...Date born 2: 17 Jul 1786, Kentucky or Maryland.
Date born2: 17 Jul 1785, Kentucky or Maryland
Date born 3: 17 Jul 1786, Kentucky or Maryland

Ancestral File Number:<AFN> 4DKM-HW

272. James STEWART

Ancestral File Number:<AFN> BC26-4S

273. Harriet GLENN

Ancestral File Number:<AFN> BC26-50

274. Samuel Jones ROLFE

Ancestral File Number:<AFN> 23R3-NH

275. Elizabeth HATHAWAY

Invalid baptism temple code: LIVE.

Invalid baptism temple code: LIVE.

Ancestral File Number:<AFN> 23R3-PN
Invalid baptism temple code: LIVE.

Ancestral File Number:<AFN> 23R3-PN

276. Henry THOMAS

Ancestral File Number:<AFN> 3098-BT

277. Rachel STILLWELL

Invalid seal-to-parents temple code: OKLAN.

Invalid seal-to-parents temple code: OKLAN.

Ancestral File Number:<AFN> 3098-C1
Invalid seal-to-parents temple code: OKLAN.

Ancestral File Number:<AFN> 3098-C1

278. Isaac JONES