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_ The follow1ng sample pages are taken from various publications of the Missouri 1,
Historical Records Survey. They are thus presented to bring before the public the l
nature of the work done by the Survey. t
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County Inventory Books W
The Survey is publishing an Inventory book of the Countv Archives of each County W
in the State. These books contain much valuable information on county history and ;
public records. Each book has - H
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1. A brief history of the county: (SEE PAGE 5, which is a sample page taken W
from INVENTORY OF THE COUNTY ARCHIVES OF MISSOURI, JASPER COUNTY).
2. An essay on county government: (SEE PAGES 19 and 22, INVENTORY OF THE
) COUNTY ARCHIVES OF MISSOURI, HENRY COUNTY). ‘
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l 3. A discussion of the duties and functions of each county office (SEE INCE [
I 67, INVENTORY OF THE COUNTY ARCHIVES OF MISSOURI, FETTIS COUNTY). )
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i 4. An account of the housing and care of public records (SEE PEGES 100 and M
f 101, INVENTORY OF THE COUNTY ARCHIVES OF MISSOURI, MARION COUNTY). (1 '
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I 5. A county township map (SEE PAGE 5, INVENTORY OF THE COUNTY ARCHIVES OF P
! MISSOURI, NJRION COUNTY). ‘
g 6. Pen sketches of important public buildings (SEE SAMPLE RAGE FROM THE J
, i INVENTORY OF THE COUNTY ARCHIVES OF MISSOURI, MARION COUNTY). I
I 7. A list of records kept in each county office (SEE PAGE 118, INVENTORY OF T
i THE COUNTY ARCHIVES OF MISSOURI, PETTIS COUNTY). ' 1
Church Publications .‘
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Histories are being prepared of all churches (both active and defunct) in the fl
[ state, representing every denomination. This information is being published by ‘
i districts, associations, synods, or dioceses. (SEE SAMPLE PAGES 13 and 22, which are ‘
i taken from INVENTORY OF THE CHURCH ARCHIVES OF MISSOURI: TEBO BAPTIST ASSOCIATION).
{ Minutes of old historic church organizations have been transcribed and
5 preserved (SEE SAMPLE PAGE 4 taken from BETHEL CHURCH MINUTES). *
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! Miscellaneous Publications ;
The Survey has published a guide to manuscript depository collections in the f
state (SEE SAMPLE PAGES 9, 10, and 11, taken from GUIDE TO DEPOSITORIES OF MANUSCRIPT .5
COLLECTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES: MISSOURI). . T
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i Historical Sketch - Early History (First entry, p. 115)
Early History '
‘ Indian Ownership 2
The Osage Indians claimed the region that embraced what is now j
Jasper County, although their tribal villages were located to the 1
north along the Osage and Missouri Rivers.9 The Federal government 1
purchased this territory and made a treaty with the Indians in 1808, ;
whereby a sum of $1,200 in cash and $1,500 in merchandise was paid
to the Osages for their claims to possession of the region.10 They 1
made a second quitclaim on June 2, 1825 and were awarded an annuity 4
} of $7,000 payable in money, merchandise, provisions, or domestic !
animals.11 They were then moved to Indian Territory and assigned to '
an area designated as the Osage Nation. A number of them returned in l
1 1857 but were promptly driven back to their own territory.12 A new i
i treaty was made on ‘January 11, 1839 under which their annuity was 1
increased to $12,000 in money with an additional $8,000 to be paid 4
L either in goods or money as the President of the United States might 1
I direct.13 ‘1
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' 1 First White Settlers 3
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E Thacker Vivien, a native of Kentucky, and his family became L
E Jasper County's first permanent white settlers in 1851. The location g
g on which they built their cabin, on the bank of what is now known as fl
: Center Creek, later became the site of the town of Sarcoxie. The i
E Vivions were joined during the next year by John M. Fullerton and his 1
i family. Shortly thereafter Abraham Onstott arrived from North Carolina fl
! with a party of friends and established himself on Center Creek south 1
i of the present site of Carthage. Among this group were Tryson Gibson 1
g and his sons, William and John, and Isaac Seela and his family.14 1
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% Lack of mail communication with the outside world made the iso- i
E lation of the first settlers almost complete, as the nearest post i
3 office was at Little Piney, 150 miles away. A post office was opened 1
g at the Vivion cabin about 1833.15 Blythoville post office was estab- ;
; ‘lished on *January 17, 1841 at the home of John C. Cox, who had settled 3
E with the Reverend Joplin at the present site of Joplin.16 Supplies 1
E were brought from St. Louis and Boonville by means of ox-drawn ,
1 WW
E 9. ward L. Schrdntz, Jasper County, Missouri, 33.223 Civil Egg, 1
g 1925, Carthage, Missouri, 1 vol., p. 1x. 3
i 10. United States Statutes at Large, 1845--, thhington, D.C., \ 1
g marital—7'7“" pp. 1'67 T’r . 5
- g 11. Ibid., pp. 240 ff. [
E 12. Sehrantz, op. 323., pp. xiii f. - 3
3 15. 7 Stat. L.—576 rr. C?
1 14. H. L-uCo-Hard, Encyclopedia BSEEIEMEEMEEEEE: 1901, w
} New York, Louisville, St. Louis, 6 vo1s., vol. 5, p. 417. :‘i
2 15. F. A. North, History of Jasper County, Missouri, 1885, Des Moines, 5
_ g Iowa, 1 vol., pp. 154-3nd 661. . i
' 1 16. Joel T. Livingston, History's: Jasper County, Missouri, 1912, 1
1 Chicago, New York, an San Francisco, . vo 5., vol. 1, p. 142. W
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‘ (First entry, p. 52) 1

- 2. GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION ‘1
Primarily, the county is an agent of the State, established for ‘1

the convenience and welfare of the people; secondarily, it is an area

' of lecal self-govermuent.1 It is a subdivision of the State in which
\ . some of the powers of State government are exercised by local function- ‘ i:

. arise for county purposes. Its property and funds belong to the State

; 1 and are acquired frOm the people for the use of the people. The 1 1

.. General Assembly has the legislative power and determines the local 1‘

uses to thich county funds are applied.2 The county's holdings are ‘

subject to the Will of the legislature which has full power to direct 3

the manner in which the property is used for the benefit of the county.3 1

‘ Local political subdivisions of the county such as: road,4 school,5 !
drainage,6 and levec7 districts are public corporations organized as 1

, separate legal entities under legislative enactments. They may sue and

be sued and enter into necessary contracts.8 However, the county court i

controls and Irenages all county property under authority of the ,1

statutes.9 1

y The county is an important recording agency for such documents as 1

deeds, mortgages, assignments, plats, and surveys.10 It is a unit of 11

judicial administration for it is the sphere in which the probate {:3

court,11 circuit court,12 juvenile court,13 and justices of the peace14 ‘1

. function. It is also an area of financial administration. This is 1
nominally a function of the county court-.15 but the actual Work of 1

assessing and collecting taxes is performed by officers chosen by 11

popular vote.16 111

1 W»M—~M~~—m 1

1 1. fitate_g§.£g1. Choutgg1.1. Leffingwell,‘eg'g1., 54 Mb. 472. 1

2. State 5:33.131. it: £111.3- Police Comaifas’ipg x. it. Louis 291111113 ' 1

'1 Court, 54:110. 570. 1

5. Ibid. 1

4.. 31.1—- 1905, pp. 282 1’., sec. 1; 11.5. 1929, see. 8061. 1?

5. n.L. 1874, Adjourned Session, p. 148, sec. 1; R.S. 1929, 1

secs. 9194 and 9271. 1

" 6. 111.14. 1879, pp. 133 1'13, secs. 1-4; 11.8. 1929, see. 10743. 1
7. R.S. 1889, secs. 6669 and 6670; 9.5. 1929, sees. 10902 and 10958. 1

8. 1.10rri_s_o_r_1 1. Morey, 146 Mo. 543; @33531. 9315151111. 11%

River Drainage District‘, 291 1-10. 72; School Districtpi‘gakland . 1
3. School Distric_t_p_fn_._l_op1j£, 102 SM. 909, 2d ser., 340 M0. 779. 11

9. R.S. 18535, p. 157, sec. 5; R.S. 1929, see. 2078. ‘

10. Mir. 39.919.333.11: 9191., 46 Me. 472.

1 i ll. ELL. 1877, p. 229, secs. 1 and 2; 11.8. 1.929, secs. 2045 md 2046. 1
1 12. M.L. 1855, p. 155, sec. 8; Genet. 1875, art. VI, secs. 1 and 22-26.

1 13. M.L. 1905, pp. 213 f., secs. 1—3; M.L. 1911, pp. 177-180, secs. 1 1

' 1 and 2; 111.11. 1913, pp. 148-152, sees. 1—7; ELL. 1917, p. 197, 1:
» 1 sec. 2; 2.3. 1929, secs. 11137 and 14168. 1
1 14. 11.8. 1855, p. 548, secs. 1-3; R.S. 1889, secs. 4328 and 6122; 1,

1 2.3. 1929, see. 8411. 1

1 15. R.S. 1855, p. 540, secs. 1-5; R.S. 1929, secs. 9874 and 12111. 1

1 16. R.S. 1835, p. 531, sec. 1, p. 556, sec. 1; R-S- 1929, 8608- 9749. ‘ 1

1 9885, and 9884. 1

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 { CHART 0F GOVERM’ENT OF PENRY COUNTY, 194:0 i‘
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CIRCUIT ELECTORATE COUNTY EECTOR,TE 3
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Circuit Circuit Probate County _ ; ‘
‘ Judge Clerk Judge Clerk Sheriff C°r°ner 3 i
' 6 years 4 years 4 years 4 years 4 years 4 years E ‘
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. ’ County Court I. - -- ' .. - ' fi ‘ i
Prosecuting Recorder of n . }
Attorney _..__ Deeds 3 Judges Tzoasurer .__- .. -J Collector : t :1
2 years 4 years _ ‘ years ' _ 1 ' ‘
‘ «-«—~- Presxdlng Judge '— — - - ~ — ~ - —
4 years ‘
Public 2 Associate Judges uperintendent , I
Administrator 2 years of Schools ‘ SZI‘VZJgr S”
4 ears 5 4 years y a s l ‘
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FARM BWAU \ So . 1 p- wa BOARD OF I
Neither elective Secgiity Deputy State Highway Effie; EQUALIZATION f
nor appuntxveagency. Commission Commissioner Commission Terildeter- 6 members , r
An organization 0f 4 members of Health 4 members mined b - 1
farmers authorized by 4 years 3 years 4 years C t C yrt Composed of the 1
Statute, cooperating H oun y ou following officers . ‘
with State Agricul— m serving ex officio: ‘
tural College in w Members of County
improving farm condi- 0 Established by Constitution, made elective by Statute. Court, Sheriff,
tions. Organization CU Established and made elective by Statute. Surveyor, and the
elects its own offi— [:1 Appointed by County Court. County Clerk who is
cers. Allotted funds E Appointed by State Social Security Commission. secretary of the
I‘ by County Court. - — -- Ex officio. board.

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. (First entry, p. 74) 1
_ 1. COUNTY COURT 111
111
The county court was one of great antiquity in England. It was not a 1
court of record but held pleas of debt or damages under the value of 40 1
shillings. Influenced by the general system and the common or unwritten 1
, law of England, as it existed in 1607, it was transplanted to America when 1
the English colonists settled in this country.1 The county court in the 1
, Missouri counties is a body politic. It is primarily an administrative body 1
rather than a judicial tribunal. This court corresponds to what is known I
in some states as the board of commissioners or county board of supervisors.2 1
The county court was established on January 4, 1815, and took over the 1
administrative jurisdiction of the new court of common pleas which was 1
abolished by the act creating the court.3 The circuit courts acquired this 1
- jurisdiction when the county courts were abolished in 1816, but the county 1
courts regained this power when they were reestablished in 1820, with added 1
probate duties.4 The county courts were relieved of their probate jurisdic~ 1
tion in 1825, when probate courts were reestablished.5 The probate court 1
was again abolished under the act of 1827, and its jurisdiction was revested 1
in the county court.5 The county court was established in Pettis County in 1
1833, and the Governor appointed James Ramey, Elijah Taylor, and William A. 1
Miller as judges.7 1
The county court retained probate jurisdiction in this county until 1
V 1870, when a court of common pleas with probate jurisdiction was established 3
1 by a special legislative act.8 Every Miss0uri county court, under the con— 1
stitution of 1875, was made a constitutional court of record with power to 1
1 transact all county and other business as prescribed by law.9 Since the h
l adoption of that constitution, the legislature has no pOWer to limit the 1
1 authority conferred on the county court.10 Pursuant to this constitutional
1 authority, the legislature passed an enabling act in 1877, which becanm cf— 1
i 1 fective on April 1, 1878, and created a uniform system of county courts. 3
1 Another act transferring probate jurisdiction in all counties to the probate '1
1 court was enacted at the same session.1l :
I H
1 The first county courts were composed of justices of the peace, any 1
. three of whom constituted a qu0num.12 Under an enabling act authorized by 1
1 the first constitution, the court in 1820 was made up of three judges, who 1
________._._______._..._.___.__........_...___,._._._._____ 1
1 1. Corpus Juris, 1914-55, New York, 70 vols., vol. 12, p. 177, and vol. 1
'I"“5, "p". “6'73“". 11
1 2. W. L. Bradshaw, The Missouri County Court, 1931, Columbia, Mo., 6 vols., 1
1 vol. 6, pp. 7 anfis. 1
1 3. M.T.L., 1815, pp. 345 ff. 1
g 4. '1v‘l..."T"L‘,‘l"I“8 6, p. 449, sec. 15; 13”,}: Egg, p. 684, sec. 10. 1
5. "its: lséprp. 268 ff. 1
6. 15.13., 1827, pp. 125 ff. 1
7. hill, Tee‘s") pp. 351 ff. 1,
; 8. 11.13., T576, p. 206. 11
; 9. tomawlsvs, Art. VI, sec. 36. £1
1 10. State ex rel. McElroy, Missouri Supreme Court Reports, 1821-1938, 1
1 Columbia, Mm, 542 volsMU vol. 3"“09,"““p. 5’95.” ...“... ...—.... 1
1 ll. M.L.,,1877,_pp. 226 ff.~ 1
1 12. 11.2.11... 1815, pp. 345 ff. 1
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_ 3. HOUSING, CARE, AND ACCESSIBILITY OF RECORDS , E
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The official records listed in this inventory are kept in offices E
and vaults in the marion County Courthouse at Palmyra and the court- E
1 house at Hannibal. Construction of the courthouses was authorized by E
i an election held January 25, 1900. Bonds amounting to $100,000 were E
7 issued and the money was appropriated in equal amounts for each court— E
_ house. The contract for the construction of both buildin§s was awarded E
E to F. W. Menke, Stone and Lime Company, Quincy, Illinois. The court- E
. . house in Palmyra is 113 by 79 feet and is constructed of brick. It is E
not 100 percent fireproof and only about three-fourths of the vaults E
‘ are considered fireproof. Materials were purchased in 1937 by the 6
county court for the construction of shelves in the basement vaults. E
Members of the Historical Records Survey installed the shelves and
arranged the records thereon. E
The Hannibal courthouse is a two-story, stone building with out— E
side dimensions of 124 by 80 feet. It is 90 percent fireproof and, E
E with the exception of the vault used by the assessor and collector, E
i the vaults are 100 percent fireproof. The courthouse site cost $4,260.2 E
The old courthouse was declared vacated on July 12, 1901 and all offices E
~ were moved to the new courthouse.5 E
i
e The charts on pages 101 and 102 show the location, condition, E
‘ arrangement, and accessibility of all records for each county office. a
The charts on pages 105-105 show all record depositories, a complete E
list of all offices or bodies using each one, the size of the depository; fl
amount and type of shelf and filing space, and the conditions of light E
and ventilation. E
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The floor plans of the courthouses, found on pages 106-111 show E
the location of every county office or body except the board of equali- E
zation, highway commission, public administrator, and the coroner. The E
. first two bodies hold their meetings in the county clerk‘s vault which U
is equipped with tables and chairs and makes an excellent meeting place. E
The public administrator and the coroner transact all county business h
from their residences or privato business offices and therefore have no E
office space in either courthouse. E
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The absence of records from the sheriff's vault in Palmyra is due E
' to the sheriff maintaining his residence in Hannibal and keeping all of E
. his current records in his Hannibal office. He uses his office at E
' Palmyra whenever his duties necessitate his presence there, but the E
udjoiningevault is unused. The collector maintains an office in each E
. courthouse and has a deputy collector in Palmyra. Collection records E
for Mason and Miller Townships are kept in Hannibal and the balance are E
in Palmyra. The coroner keeps no records. The public administrator's E
, . records are considered as his personal property and therefore are not E
. invenmoried. Records of most county offices are open to the public E
E during office hours. Some records, such as the collector's income tax E
,’ book and the confidential papers of the sheriff and prosecuting attorney, E
' p I are by their very nature private and are never open to public inspection. E
', l 1. County Court Record, vol. R, pp. 8-10, 14-16, and 85, see entry 2. E
V 2. Hannibal Evening Courier-Post, June 30, 1958. E
3. County Court Record, vol. R, pp. 211 f. E

 ‘ LOCATION OF LfiiRION COUNTY RECORDS BY OFFICES
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- 3 Condition Arran ement Accessibility :
E Location Of Records Percent; of Reccrds of Resords of Records
3 Ccunty County Clerk's Vault (P) 54“ ' Good = Fair , Good
I Court Vault NO- 1 (P) 45.3 Fair Fair Fair
Vault NO. 2 (F) 0.7 Fair Fair Poor
County County Clerk's Vault (F) 31.3‘ ’ Good Fair” 3 GOO
Clerk Vault NO. l ‘ (F) 57.8 Fair Fair Fair
Vault NO. 2 ‘r‘ 10.9 Fair Fair“ Pcor
x Recorder of Recorder‘s Vault F 63'. Good Fair 00- :
Deeds Vgult NO. 2 (P) 37. Fair Fair Poor 5
> Circuit Cifi‘fiitifif‘fiault P ' . Good Fair Good 3
’ Court Vault NO. 2 (P) 23. Fair Poor
C' '1: Circuit Clerk's-Vault P 31. Good ‘ Falr 3 Go; i
0:”? Vault No. l (1-?) 2- Fair 1 Fair ! Fair ‘ %
._._:r._.._..__._.___ ; VE-IMLE... P 67 - Fair Fair I P0 or 3 1
Court of Court of Common . ‘
Common Pleas Pleas Clerk's Vault (H) 100' GCOd GOCd Good g
‘ Probate Vault (P) 61, Good Fair ”TM Fair .
Probate Vault NC. 1 (p) 0.5 Fair Fair Fair
00““ Probate Vault” H) 38.5 Good Fair Fair 1
Public _ T
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. Vault NO. l (f 40. Fair ' Fair air
Shem“ Sheriff's Office' (H) 60. Good Fair 3 Fair 3
Prosecutin Prosecutin Attorne 's - i “-
tt crne* g Off” ce g y (H) 100 ' GO Gd _ 1 F. if..- ’ Fun.
Assessor l Vault Ni" 2 (P) 15' Fair 3 Fair FOOT
________ _§_s_sggsor's Vault (H2 85- 3 cod ‘ ir r
Board of 3
Equalization rCounty Clerk's Vault (F) 100- 3 Good 3 Fair 3 Good .3
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;} of the association; but this request was rejected and the church was fl
3‘ declared to be disorderly because it had arraigned Rev. W. P. C. d
3% Caldwell for trial because he had joined a Masonic Lodge-44 A resolu— q
5: tion was passed requesting the churches to recognize no baptism as 1
' valid Which was not administered by regular ministers of the Baptist ,
p: denomination.45 . H
g; Elder Wm. White was appointed as the first associational mission- #
3} ary in 1857, and his salary was set at $20.00 a month. The £0110Wing L
i7 year he summarized his services as follows: Labored five months and l
’5 25 days - preached 110 sermons -20 conversions — baptized 10 - organ- d
3‘ ized two churches - received for services $108.80, collecting $15.20 1
it of the same upon the field“;6 i
3: The association early took a definite stand against the use of 1
ii intoxicating liquors. The Committee on Temperance in 1857 submitted
‘f the following report which was adopted: ‘
c§ "We belieVe an individual unfit for membership in the I

{. churches who will stoop to the degrading business of dram l
3 shop keeping, and that tiers is as much sin in dram buying .
g and drinking as there is in dram selling, and while whisky I
: may be good for snake bites and sick horses, it is far

E better to let the horses die and depend on the physician to

5 cure the sick than to fill the State prison with convicts

: and the poor house with paupers and crowd the infernal

1 regions A with so many thousands of drunkards, for the

i Scriptures say 'no drunkard shall inherit the kingdom of

f heaven'."47

: In 1858 the association adopted a report recommending it be made

i an offense for church members to make, buy, sell, or use intoxicating

' i liquors.48 ;

‘ The association recommended the organization of Sunday Schools in h
V; the churches in 1858, and that the condition of the some he reported q
E in the annual church letters.49 In 1868, the Sunday School Committee h
, reported as folchs: “We believe that God approves the work of the I
{ Sunday School and recommend that every member of the church he urged

7 to attend, andnthat the pastors be urged to take an active part in the i
I; Sunday School. 50 A District Sunday School Convention was organized H
t in the same year as an auxiliary of the association.51 A d
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a; 47. Ibid., pp. 50 f. m
‘ 48. Ibid., p. 60. 1
f 49. Ibid., pp. 66 f.

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»3 Services are held at infrequent intervals. The location of the first . fl
:5 church in Henry County is marked by a small monument erected in 1920 H
1» by the Udolphia Miller Dorman Chapter, Daughters of the American Q
“ Revolution. 6
_ ? See: National Historical 00., History of Henry and St. Clair H
3‘ Counties, p. 424. Emma K. Dorman, "BordiE‘EEE?Eh“*CTEEEBh"fiEli§ —__—~ 1
,; Democrat, 1921. A. Loyd Collins, "Historical Scrapbook of the Tebo i
.9 Baptist Association" 1937 (unpublished). Maple and Rider, Missouri h
7 Baptist Biography, Vol. 4, pp. 28 - 32. A. Loyd Collins, "My 1
7 Old", Clinton Dcily;22mpcrat, May 30, 1938. ‘ H
. -5 Minutes. None available, except the first volume, 1839 - l
5: 1850 (about) which is in possession of the Missouri State Historical l
{j Society at Columbia, Mo. Deeds records: Henry County, Recorder's W
3, office, Clinton, Deeds Record, Vol. G., p. 454. T
2. TEBO BAPTIST CHURCH, 1840--. Leesville, (Clinton R. R. #3)
Leesville Township, Henry County. 3;
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i Organized in 1840, through the efforts of Elder Daniel I
‘; Briggs, Tebo Church is the oldest congregation within the present f
; limits of Henry County. Charter members were: Daniel Briggs and t
1; wife, Caroline Butler, William Butler, John Anderson: Mary Putnam, ?
3 Robert Briggs and Zachariah Fewell. The first building, a rude h
;g log cabin, was erected near Leesville, on Tebo Creek, from which u
jE the church derives its name. This building also served as a school 4
3: house, and the first school in Leesville Township was taught here 3
’ by Robert Briggs in 1851. A second building, of frame construction, '
fi‘ was erected in 1855 on a site conveyed by Themes Briggs on October 21, i
é. 1854. Tebo Church was of the Primitive Baptist faith, until 1865, 1
f: when the congregation called Elder William A. Gray, a missionary 1
fl baptist, as pastor, and joined the cho Baptist Association as a 1
1 missionary church. In 1876 a division arose in the church over the
.* matter of secret orders. The pastor, Rev. Thomas Briggs was a
3: member of the Masonic Lodge. His brother, James L. Briggs, was 3
' ;’ opposed to Masonry. The "anti-masons" withdrew from the church, i
a: formed their own congregation, with Rev. James Briggs as pastor, and i
T‘ built their own building about fifty yards from the other church. This I
i‘ church joined the Osage Baptist Association. In 1887, after the death 1
f’ of Rev. James Briggs, the two groups united, and consolidated the two i
‘: buildings into the present church, a plain American rural type, "T" !
1 shaped one and one half story frame