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What people are saying - Write a reviewUser Review - Flag as inappropriate A treasure for those looking for information about their relatives from Missouri who were part of that great state's history. The name of my great grandfather Capt. James "Jim" Crow appears on Pg. 489. Related books
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Common terms and phrasesAdair county afterwards appointed Audrain county bank Baptist Bates Boon's Lick Boone county building built Callaway county Captain Catholic Chariton county Charles county church circuit citizens City Civil Clark College Colonel Columbia Confederate county court county seat courthouse creek Democrat district early east Edina elected Episcopal erected farm Father Federal Fulton George governor Hannibal held Howard county hundred Indians Jackson James John Joseph Judge Kansas Kentucky Kirksville land legislature Lewis county Linn county lived located Louis Louisiana Macon Marion county Methodist Mexico miles mill Mississippi river Missouri river Monroe county Montgomery North Missouri Northeast Missouri organized Palmyra pastor Pike county pioneer population Porter prairie Presbyterian present president Railroad Ralls Ralls county Randolph road Salt river Samuel Schuyler county settled settlement settlers Shelby slaves southern territory Thomas town township troops Union Virginia vote William Popular passagesPage 252 - The proceeds of all lands that have been or hereafter may be granted by the United States to this... Page 507 - ... it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven; a land which the Lord thy God careth for; the eyes of the Lord thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year. Page 507 - ... the Lord thy God chasteneth thee. Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways and to fear him. For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills; a land of wheat and barley and vines and fig trees and pomegranates; a land of oil olive and honey... Page 641 - Harris camped and possibly find his men ready formed to meet us, my heart kept getting higher and higher until it felt to me that it was in my throat. I would have given anything then to have been back in Illinois, but I had not the moral courage to halt and consider what to do ; I kept right on. Page 133 - But sturdy and staunch he stands; And the little toy soldier is red with rust, And his musket moulds in his hands. Time was when the little toy dog was new, And the soldier was passing fair; And that was the time when our Little Boy Blue Kissed them and put them there. "Now, don't you go till I come... Page 641 - My heart resumed its place. It occurred to me at once that Harris had been as much afraid of me as I had been of him. This was a view of the question I had never taken before, but it was one I never forgot afterward. From that event to the close of the war I never experienced trepidation upon confronting an enemy, though I always felt more or less anxiety. Page 41 - In Books lies the soul of the whole Past Time ; the articulate audible voice of the Past, when the body and material substance of it has altogether vanished like a dream. Page 252 - The general assembly shall take measures for the improvement of such lands as have been, or hereafter may be granted by the United States to this state for the support of a seminary of learning... Page 18 - And they shall have full power to pass such laws as may be necessary to oblige the owners of slaves to treat them with humanity; to provide for them necessary clothing and provisions; to abstain from all injuries to them, extending to life or limb... Page 13 - Desires for the Furtherance of so noble a Work, which may, by the Providence of Almighty God, hereafter tend to the Glory of his Divine Majesty, in propagating of Christian Religion to such People, as yet live in Darkness and miserable Ignorance of the true Knowledge and Worship of God, and may in time bring the Infidels and Savages, living in those Parts, to human Civility, and to a settled and quiet Government; DO, by these our Letters Patents, graciously accept of, and agree to, their humble and... References from web pagesIOWNER OF PROPERTY Bibliographic information
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