Crawford land in Cooper County, Missouri
Last updated May 23, 2004
Photos taken during trip by Nancy, Sharon, and Jim on May 12, 2004
The following USGS map shows the relationship of Boonville to the Crawford lands, which are outlined in orange.
Initials used here and in the lists and map below:
JEC or JC - John Edward Crawford
GC - EC - George Crawford - Elizabeth Crawford
JLC - NTC - James L Crawford - Nancy T Crawford
HT - JT - Hetty Thomas - John Thomas
NC - JCh - Nancy Chambers - Joseph Chambers
MR - WR - Margaret Reid - William Reid
JCg - John Crawford [son of George Crawford]
JEC, GC, JLC, HT, NC, and MR are all siblings
The following listing is for land patents obtained by the Crawfords in Cooper County.
Property Thoma-date Acres Patent-date Name
-------- ---------- ----- ----------- ----
NWSE S24 T48 R17 10/16/1832 40 09/30/1835 John Edward Crawford
SWSE S24 T48 R17 11/09/1834 40 06/15/1836 Hetty Thomas
NESE S24 T48 R17 08/16/1836 40 08/10/1841 Hetty Thomas
S1/2SE S19 T48 R16 03/20/1837 80 01/10/1840 John Crawford**
E1/2SE S25 T48 R17 09/15/1821 80 George Crawford & William Reed
NE S25 T48 R17 09/27/1822 160 George Crawford & William Reed
W1/2SE S25 T48 R17 09/27/1822 80 George Crawford & William Reed
SESE S24 T48 R17 08/24/1835 40 11/02/1837 William Reed
E1/2SW S25 T48 R17 12/03/1836 80 01/10/1840 George Crawford
SWSW S25 T48 R17 12/03/1836 40 01/10/1840 George Crawford
W1/2NE S1 T47 R17 81.72 01/10/1840 George Crawford
W1/2SW S30 T48 R16 63 George Crawford
** This must be John Edward Crawford, not George Crawford's son, because
according to W. F. Johnson's book, George's son lived at home until he
was married, which was not until 1848.
Property is in the format: Quadrant Section Township Range
("NWSE", means Northwest quadrant of the Southeast quadrant, whereas
"S1/2SE" means the Southern half of the Southeast quadrant).
The "Thoma Date" and the last four entries are data transcribed by James
F. Thoma and taken from the web at:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~mocooper/Land/Land_Records_T4817.htm.
The rest of the data comes from the GLO land patent site:
http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch/.
The following listing is a summary of deeds found in various Deed Books in the Cooper County Court House in Boonville. It is not complete (e.g. index was not searched for Thomas, Reid, Chambers, Savage, or McCormick).
Property Acres Price Date Book-page Names
-------- ----- ----- ---- --------- -----
W1/2SW S30 T48 R16 $250 01/21/1822 B-p158 GC & EC --> Henry Bonsfield
E1/2SE S4 T47 R17 80 $129 01/07/1831 D-p8 James McCormick <-- Joseph Cathey & Hannah
E** S25 T48 R17 08/13/1832 D-p68 GC & EC and WR & MR
S1/2SE S19 T48 R16 80 $200 10/30/1839 G-p350 JC --> Henry Bonsfield
SENW* S25 T48 R17 1 $20 05/26/1845 K-p262 GC <-- William Gartner & Kissiah
E1/2NE S1 T47 R17 81.72 $400 01/23/1846 2-p117 GC --> JCg
NESE S1 T47 R17 40 $360 01/28/1852 2-p117 JCg <-- George W Baker & Harriet P
E1/2SW S13 T48 R17 80 $250 04/01/1833 ?-p179 JLC <-- Littleton Seat & Elizabeth
NE S23 T48 R17 115.95 $330 03/00/1839 G-p469 James Crawford <-- John Anderson & Eleanor
NE S23 T48 R17 115.95 $1200 10/06/1852 2-p159 JLC & NTC -> Isaac Lionberger
** joint land split up so George gets W1/2SE and the part of
W1/2NE west of the meandering stream, and William gets the rest]
* SE corner of property 43 yards wide
The following USGS map shows sections 24 and 25, township 48N, range 17W
and sections 19 and 30, township 48N, range 16W. The orange boundary lines are only approximations. "Reid Cemetery" is at the orange square. The dirt road actually extends up the ridge to the top; the cemetery is a few feet west of the road by two trees just after it passes a gate after an old barn.
Click here to see a recent, large aerial photo including most of the above map.
Reid Farm looking north taken ~100 yds a little east of south from Reid Cemetery. The graves surround 2 trees: the large (maple?) tree in front of the gray barn, and the spruce tree that sticks up in a line with the corner of the fence, mostly obscured by the big bush. There is a third, shorter tree in the photo between the other two trees; it is actually along a fence separating the cemetery land from the barn area.
