LAND PURCHASES FROM THE U.S.A.

FROM THE EARLIEST THROUGH 1854

IN THE AREA THAT BECAME VERNON COUNTY, MISSOURI

NAME           DATE OF FIRST LAND PURCHASE

 ADAMS, JOSHUA 12/16/1850

ARMSTRONG, JAMES 11/15/1854

AUSTIN, DANIEL 05/01/1854

AUSTIN, DANIEL H 07/01/1848

AUSTIN, JOSIAH M 03/01/1848

AUSTIN, SAMUEL 07/15/1854

AVERA, JOSEPH P 04/15/1853

BACON, JAMES L 05/01/1845

BAKER, AUGUSTUS 08/01/1849

BALL, CECIL D 07/01/1845

BARNES, AMOS 08/01/1849

BARNES, FREDERICK 09/01/1847

BARNES, JAMES 04/15/1853

BARNS, ROBERT 09/15/1854

BARTLETT, JAMES 05/15/1852

BARTLETT, WILLIAM 03/01/1848

BATES, THOMAS L 02/01/1851

BAUGH, BENJAMIN 05/01/1854

BAXTER, JOHN J 08/03/1848

BEARD, JACKSON 02/01/1851

BEGLEY, JOHN 07/15/1854

BLOOMFIELD, DAVID 08/01/1849

BOYD, MICHAEL 07/15/1854

BROWN, FREDERICK 05/15/1852

BROWN, JOHN 12/01/1853

BRYAN, GRACE 02/15/1854

BURGIN, JOHN 04/15/1853

BURGIN, WILLIAM 04/15/1853

BURTON, ALEXANDER 07/15/1854

CATON, HUGH M 11/15/1854

CATON, LUCINDA M 02/01/1851

CATON, NOAH 11/15/1854

CATON, THOMAS J 07/15/1854

CEPHAS, DIANA 08/01/1849

CEPHAS, MICHAEL D 08/01/1849

CHAMBERS, FELIX S 11/15/1854

CHAPEL, LUCIUS 08/01/1849

CHARLES, GEORGE W 02/15/1854

CHARLES, SIMON 03/01/1848

CHOUTEAU, EDWARD L 03/01/1848

CLAYPOOL, DAVID 08/03/1848

COLIN, PETER 07/01/1848

CONNER, JOHN N 07/15/1854

CORKER, HILRY W 07/15/1854

COUNER, JAMES 04/03/1848

COUNER, JOHN 04/03/1848

COVINGTON, JOHN M 05/01/1854

COX, ELIAKIM 02/01/1851

COX, MARTIN 12/15/1854

CROLEY, HENRY 12/01/1848

CRUISE, DAVID 07/01/1848

DEAN, ELIAS 07/01/1845

DENNIS, LEE 12/15/1854

DEVILLE, AUGUSTUS 02/15/1851

DICKERSON, HUMPHREY 11/01/1853

DICKISON, HUMPHREY 03/01/1848

DODGE, JONATHAN E 03/01/1848

DODGE, LEONARD 07/01/1845

DODGE, NATHANIEL B 07/01/1845

DODGE, SAMUEL N 03/01/1848

DODGE, THOMAS S 02/01/1851

DOHERTY, JOHN 11/01/1848

DOUGLASS, GEORGE 05/01/1845

DOUGLASS, JOSEPH 07/01/1845

DRAKE, DAVID R 03/01/1848

DRAKE, JESSE W 03/01/1848

DUNCAN, BENJAMIN O 01/01/1849

DUNCAN, ELIZABETH O 04/03/1848

DUNCAN, PETER 03/01/1848

DUNCAN, THOMAS 08/03/1848

EARNEST, JOHN R 01/01/1849

ECKBLADT, PETER 08/01/1849

ELLIS, WILLIAM J 11/15/1854

ENGLISH, CALVIN H 11/01/1848

ENGLISH, CALVIN H 11/01/1848

FRYAR, ROBERT A 05/01/1854

GAMMONS, DAVID 11/01/1852

GAMMONS, JOHN 04/03/1848

GANTER, NICHOLAS 05/15/1852

GIBSON, ANDREW J 02/15/1854

GIBSON, CHARLES T 07/01/1848

GILBERT, CATHERINE 12/01/1849

GILBERT, CYNTHIA 12/01/1849

GILBERT, LOUISA 12/01/1849

GILMORE, JOHN R 05/01/1854

GIRAND, MICHAEL 09/10/1844

GIRRARD, ANDREW 05/01/1845

GODFREY, NATHAN 05/01/1854

GRACE, ELKANAH 12/01/1853

GRACE, JAMES 12/01/1853

GRAY, JESSE 09/15/1854

GREEN, HENRY L 02/15/1854

HAGERTY, WILLIAM H 01/01/1849

HALE, ARCHIBALD G 07/01/1848

HALE, JOHN R 09/15/1854

HALL, ROBERT R 07/15/1854

HALLEY, ANSELM 10/02/1854

HATFIELD, ZACHARIAH 09/15/1854

HAYTER, ANDREW J 03/01/1848

HEREFORD, JAMES 05/10/1853

HEREFORD, WILLIAM H 05/10/1853

HERYFORD, WILLIAM 08/01/1849

HORNER, WILLIAM C 12/01/1849

HOWELL, BENJAMIN F 07/15/1854

HOWELL, JAMES F 11/15/1854

HOWELL, JOHN L 07/15/1854

HUNTER, ABRAHAM F 09/15/1854

HUTCHINGS, SARAH 12/01/1849

JENT, HENRY 11/01/1848

JOB, ABRAHAM 04/01/1850

JOB, WILLIAM J 04/15/1853

JOBE, ABRAHAM 08/01/1849

JOHNSON, DANIEL 07/01/1848

JOHNSON, JOHN 11/01/1848

JONES, ANDERSON 08/03/1848

JONES, ISAAC H 01/01/1849

JONES, LEWIS C 11/15/1854

JOURNEY, ANGUS L 05/01/1854

JOYCE, PETER F 02/05/1853

KENDALL, HENRY 08/03/1848

LADY, JOSEPH 07/01/1845

LADY, WILLIAM 05/10/1853

LAMBERT, MARY J 02/15/1851

LAMONS, ISAAC 12/15/1854

LIPE, EVAN 09/15/1854

LOGAN, HUGH 02/15/1854

LOGAN, JAMES B 08/01/1849

LOGAN, WILLIAM 07/01/1848

LORING, SAMUEL H 0/02/1854

MANDLEY, JACK G 12/01/1853

MANLEY, JACKA G 09/15/1854

MANLEY, JOHN G 09/15/1854

MCCOOL, JAMES 10/02/1854

MCKENZIE, NELSON G 07/01/1845

MCKILL, JAMES 04/03/1848

MELTON, ELIZA J 02/01/1851

MERREY, ELIJAH 11/15/1854

MIERS, JOHN 07/15/1854

MILLENDER, CHARLES 02/15/1854

MILLER, JACOB 04/15/1853

MILLER, WILLIAM R 02/01/1851

MILLS, GILES A 11/15/1854

MINICK, HENRY 05/01/1854

MODREL, MARTIN L 03/01/1848

MODREL, WILLIAM 03/01/1848

MOOR, IVER G 11/01/1848

MOORE, JAMES 07/15/1854

MOORE, JAMES H 11/15/1854

MORRIS, CHASTINE L 05/15/1852

MULLINS, MARCUS D 11/01/1849

NELSON, ALBERT F 07/01/1848

NELSON, SUSAN P 04/15/1853

NIPP, JOSEPH 07/15/1854

NUGENT, CYRUS 07/01/1848

NUGENT, LINCEFIELD 07/01/1848

OHLER, HENRY 05/01/1854

OSBORN, ENOCH 05/15/1852

PACKARD, AMYNANDER 11/15/1854

PACKARD, HORATIO 06/01/1845

PACKARD, JOSIAH B 09/10/1844

PACKARD, PHINEAS 06/01/1845

PACKARD, WILLIAM B 09/10/1844

PAPIN, PIERRE M 03/01/1848

PARCEL, JOHN M 11/15/1854

PAULSELL, NEWTON 07/15/1854

PAYNE, PHILEMON 06/01/1845

PIPER, BENJAMIN 06/01/1845

PLUMMER, MASON 11/15/1854

PLUMMER, TILLMAN H 11/15/1854

POWERS, JOHN 08/01/1849

PRICE, NANCY 05/01/1854

PRIOR, ELIJAH 05/15/1852

PRIOR, WILLIAM 05/15/1852

PROFITT, WILLIAM 01/01/1849

PRYOR, ELIJAH 05/15/1852

PRYOR, JONATHAN 07/01/1848

PRYOR, NATHAN 07/01/1848

PRYOR, RICHARD 05/01/1854

PRYOR, WILLIAM 03/01/1848

PUCKETT, ANDERSON W 11/15/1854

PUCKETT, THOMAS 11/15/1854

QUAY, ROBERT 03/01/1848

RANGJAL, ANTHONY A 11/15/1854

READER, AUSTIN 03/01/1848

REDFIELD, ABRAHAM 03/01/1848

REED, SAMUEL 03/01/1848

REED, SOLOMON 12/01/1849

REED, WILLIAM A 07/01/1848

RHEA, EZEKIEL 03/01/1848

RHEA, EZEKIEL 12/01/1849

ROBBERTS, JOHN 07/15/1854

ROBERTS, JAMES R 04/15/1853

ROBERTS, NELSON 05/10/1853

ROBERTSON, JOHN 12/01/1849

SCOTT, JOHN 05/01/1854

SCRUGGS, JAMES F 07/01/1848

SHERMAN, PARKASON 03/01/1848

SHIVERION, FREDERICK 07/15/1854

SKAGGS, JAMES 09/15/1854

SMITH, JOHN 10/02/1854

SMITH, JOHN G 08/01/1849

SMITH, THOMAS M 10/02/1854

SMITH, WILLIAM D 07/15/1854

SMITH, WILLIAM W 05/01/1845

SNELSON, JAMES 05/15/1852

SON, JOHN F 09/10/1844

STAPP, JOSEPH 10/02/1854

STRATTON, GABRIEL M 07/01/1848

STRICKLAND, THOMAS 09/15/1854

STRIEN, WILLIAM P 11/01/1849

SUMMERS, ALLEN 08/01/1849

SUMMERS, FOUNTAIN H 07/15/1854

SUMMERS, GRANVILLE R 05/15/1852

SUMMERS, HARRIS 02/15/1854

SUMMERS, HUGH 08/01/1849

SUMMERS, MOSES 08/01/1849

SUMMERS, THOMAS 02/15/1854

SUMMERS, WESLEY 09/10/1844

SUMMERS, WILLIAM L 05/15/1852

SWISS, JOSEPH 03/01/1848

TEEL, PETER 12/01/1853

TOWNSEL, ANDREW 11/01/1848

TOWNSEND, ANDREW 04/01/1850

TUDOR, ALFRED B 03/01/1848

VAILL, RICHARD S 05/01/1845

VAN BLARCUM, JOHN 07/01/1848

WAGNON, JOHN 04/03/1848

WALDO, DAVID 06/01/1845

WALDO, WILLIAM 05/01/1845

WALLACE, BENJAMIN F 03/01/1848

WEDDLE, ELIAS 11/01/1848

WEDDLE, ELIZABETH 05/15/1852

WELCH, LEVI 02/15/1854

WELSH, NANCY 04/15/1853

WENTWORTH, JOHN H 08/03/1848

WEYAND, ENOCH S 08/01/1849

WEYAND, PETER 07/01/1845

WHITE, JAMES 02/15/1854

WHITE, JOHN 01/01/1850

WHITE, WILLIAM 12/16/1850

WILSON, JAMES 09/10/1844

WISEMAN, SARAH 11/15/1854

WITHERS, WILLIAM 09/15/1854

WOODRUFF, ALEXANDER 07/01/1848

WOODRUFF, MARCUS P 07/01/1848

WOODRUFF, OGDEN 07/01/1848

WOODS, ALFRED L 08/03/1848

WRIGHT, HARDIN 05/15/1852

WRIGHT, JOHN 02/10/1852

WRIGHT, WILLIAM W 07/01/1848

Only the earliest purchase listed in this time frame is given for each person. Some people made many purchases over many years.