Caldwell County MO Archives History .....CIVIL WAR STORIES AND OLD TRAILS AND FORDS 
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CIVIL WAR STORIES AND OLD TRAILS AND FORDS
	Narrator:  W.M. Guffey

     During the Civil War, Mr. Guffey's father, S.R. Guffey who lived in the 
New York settlement, served in Capt. Noblett's company of Caldwell county 
militiamen.  He did not, however, always agree with Noblitt's actions.  It was 
surmised by several people including the Weldon family itself that Captain 
Noblitt was connected with the killing of Humphrey Weldon who lied north of 
Breckenridge in the Weldon settlement of Southern sympathizers.  The Weldon 
family was very sizeable and began to make talk of revenge on Capt. Noblitt.  
Consequently, he rarely went to Breckenridge, and never alone, and always 
slept even at home with a brace of loaded revolvers at his bed.  (For further 
facts on Capt. Noblett, see the county history, as well as the narrative given 
by his daughter, Mrs. Harrell.)
     In early days, when there were no bridges, it was absolutely necessary to 
know where there was a safe place to cross a creek.  Mr. Guffey lived near 
several well known fords.  There were two fords over Shoal Creek, the ford at 
Haun's Mill, and not far off - the ford known as the Mormontown ford, both 
well known Mormon sites.  There was a ford on Cottonwood creek near Hawk's 
mill, and one at Filson's Mill.  There was a ford over Otter creek north of 
Alf Edwards' place.  When the Guffey family went to Kingston, they used the 
road by the Puckett farm and crossed over the James ford on Shoal creek.  
These fords determined largely the roads used by the early settlers.
     Interview  1934.


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