Clay-Ray County MO Archives News.....Old Men of Clay County June 22, 1870 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mo/mofiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ronald J. Reid rreid21@cox.net July 26, 2007, 1:16 pm Liberty Weekly Tribune June 22, 1870 Liberty Weekly Tribune; Date: 1870 Jul 22, THE OLD MEN OF CLAY COUNTY. We desire to publish a list of all the old men in Clay county over 60 years of age, and would be glad if our old patriarchs would send us their names, age, where born, how long in Missouri, and Clay county, disfranchised or not, and any other time of early history they may be in possession of. We will publish as fast as received. Send in your names. Liberty Weekly Tribune; Date: 1870 Jul 29, THE OLD MEN OF CLAY COUNTY. We last week requested every citizen in Clay county, over sixty years of age, to send us his name, age, place and date of birth, disfranchised or not, and any prominent circumstances connected with his life. Only a few persons have complied so far. We trust the parties to whom our request was made will comply as soon as practicable. The notices will be useful in the future as matters of reference, &c. We being the publication of notices this week: John Braley, born in Rowan county, North Carolina, in 1794. Emigrated to Clay co., Missouri in 1819, and was in the Creek War with Gen. Jackson. – Disfranchised. David McKee, born in Clark county, Ky., Dec. 15, 1798. Moved to near Claysville, Clay co., MO., in the fall of 1832. Belonged to the Old Whig party. Disfranchised. John E. Harrel, born in Nelson co., Ky., April 15, 1810, and has lived in Clay county 30 years. Disfranchised. William Ross, born in Augusta co., Va., April 6, 1809. Has resided in Clay county 29 years. Disfranchised. Wm. S. Muncy, born in Giles county, Va., Dec. 25th, 1807. Has lived in Clay county fourteen years. Disfranchised. Labun S. Records, born in Ross co., Ohio, May 11th, 1807. Resided in Clay county five years. Disfranchised. Jacob Creek, born in Barren co., Ky., August 16th, 1805. Has lived in Clay county 48 years. Disfranchised. Thomas Corum, was born in North Carolina in 1804, and has resided in Clay county 44 years. Disfranchised. John McAdams, born in Orange co., N.C., Jan., 1804. Lived in Clay twenty- eight years, Not disfranchised. Rice B. Davenport, born in Fayette county, Ky., Jan. 10, 1797. Served in the Black Hawk War, and against the Indians in Iowa, and in the Mormon War. Has lived in Clay county forty-five years. Disfranchised. Charles McGee; born in Wake county, N. Carolina, in 1794; fought in Major Russell’s command in Gen. Andrew Jackson’s army in the British War of 1812. Thinks he is entitled to a pension. Has lived in Clay county fifty-three years. Of course his disfranchised! James Vermillion, was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, May 2nd, 1788. Emigrated to America in 1794 and settled in Rhode Island. Removed to Loudon County, Virginia, in 1810. Served in the War of 1812, was at the battles of Chippewa, Lundy’s Lane and Queenstown Heights. Was taken prisoner at Queenstown Heights. Removed to Missouri in 1849 and settled in Clay County. Was always a Whig and is one yet. Is disfranchised. Elder Francis R. Palmer, was born in Fairfield District, South Carolina, August 30th, 1789. Removed with his father to Sumner County, Tennessee, about the year 1795. Became a member of the Church in 1809. Was in the War of 1812 under Jackson at Pensacola and New Orleans. Was a member of a spy company. Fired on the British on the 23d, December 1814 below New Orleans. Was at the Battle of New Orleans and witnessed the entire charge of the British army. Was at his post of observation between the armies when the action began. Removed to Kentucky in 1816. Became a minister of the Gospel in 1812. Removed to Missouri in 1836 and to Clay County in 1866. So far as political action is concerned was always and still is a Democrat. At his age is still deemed unworthy to vote in a country he helped to save in 1812. Liberty WeeklyTribune; Date: 1870 Aug 05, THE OLD MEN OF CLAY COUNTY. We request every citizen in Clay county, over sixty years of age, to send us his name, age, place and date of birth, disfranchised or not, and any prominent circumstances connected with his life. Only a few persons have complied so far. We trust the parties to whom our request was made will comply as soon as practicable. The notices will be useful in the future as matters of reference, &c. We will continue the publication of notices until completed. JOSEPH T. FIELD, Was born in Madison County, Virginia, on the 17th day of December, 1798. Emigrated with his father to Bourbon county, Kentucky, in the year 1800. – Removed to Clay county, Missouri, in the year 1837, and has resided here ever since. In the old division of parties was a Whig. Not disfranchised. DAVID ROBERTS, Was born in Todd county, Kentucky, on the 10th day of February, 1810. Removed with his father to Liberty, Clay county, Mo., October 22d, 1826, and has resided here ever since. Was always a Whig. Is disfranchised. JACOB P. HYMER, Was born in Montgomery County, Virginia, on the 15th day of August 1798. Emigrated with his father the same year to Garrard county , Kentucky. Removed to Clay county, Missouri, in 1831, and has lived here ever since. Was always a Whig. Is disfranchised. JOHN BERRY, Was born on the 15th day of April, 1797, in Wythe county, Virginia. Emigrated to Lincoln county, Kentucky, in 1819. Removed to Clay county, Missouri, in 1846, and has resided here ever since. Was always a Whig, while there was a Whig party, and since its dissolution has acted with the Democratic party. Not disfranchised. ABIJAH WITHERS, Was born in Fauquier county, Virginia, January 7th, 1799. Removed with his father to Woodford Co, Kentucky, in 1807. Emigrated to Missouri in 1836, and settled in Clay county, and has lived here ever since. Was a Whig until the dissolution of that party, and has since acted with the Democracy. Disfranchised. HIRAM FUGITT, Was born in Garrard county, Kentucky, on the 25th of April 1794. Emigrated to Howard county, Missouri, in 1813. After he came to Howard Co., lived in old Fort Hempstead until 1816. Was in numerous skirmishes with the Indians during that period. Removed to Clay Co., in 1825 and has lived here ever since. Was always a Whig. Is disfranchised. JOHN HOLBERT, Was born in Woodford county, Kentucky, on the 20th of February, 1801. Removed to Clay county, Missouri in 1839, and has lived here ever since. – Was always a Democrat. Is disfranchised. WYATT S. WILLS. Was born in Scott county, Kentucky on the 18th day of May, 1804. Removed to Mississippi in 1829, and to Clay county, Missouri, in 1842, and has resided here ever since. Has always been a democrat. Is disfranchised. Was in the Confederate army during the entire civil war. NATHANIEL E. JOHNSON. Was born in Mason county, Kentucky, on the 21st day of September, 1805. – Emigrated to Clay county, Missouri, in 1848, and has resided here ever since. Was a Whig until the dissolution of the party, and has since acted with the Democracy. Is disfranchised. TIMOTHY R. DALE. Was born in Woodford county, Kentucky, on the 1st day of January 1804. Emigrated to Clay county, Missouri, in 1832. Was elected Surveyor of Clay county in 1835, and held that position continuously until 1868, with the exception of two years. Never was intoxicated in his life, and was never guilty but once of profane swearing. Was always a Whig, and was always esteemed loyal until registration came about and it was thought that he would vote the Democratic ticket. Is disfranchised. JAMES FLEMING. Was born on the 15th day of September, 1792, in Rockingham County, Virginia. His father served in the Revolutionary war and was an officer; served under Washington at Brandywine, Yorktown and in numerous other battles, and was for a part of the time in the cavalry and belonged to the legion commanded by “Light Horse” Harry Lee. Emigrated with his father to Fayette county, Kentucky, in 1805. James Fleming served in the war of 1812 and was in the battle of Tippecanoe and two fights in Canada. Emigrated to Missouri in 1820. Came to Clay Co., July 4th, 1832, and has lived here ever since. Was always a Democrat. Is disfranchised, and supposes it is because the registrars are afraid he will vote the Democratic ticket. JOHN A. FOSTER, Born in Franklin county, Tennessee, in 1809, and moved to Clay county, Mo., in 1831. Was a soldier in the Mexican War, was always a Democrat, has filled the office of Justice of the Peace for many years with satisfaction to the people, and for many ears a consistent member of Christian church. Disfranchised. MILETUS BROWN, Born in Coffee county, Tennessee, in 1812, moved to Chariton, Mo., with his father in 1817, was a soldier in the Mormon war, raised a farmer, always a Democrat. Disfranchised. T.S. DABINY, Born and raised in King William county, Virginia, moved to Missouri in 1837, was always a Whig. Enfranchised. JOSHUA B. GOTHCHER, Born in South Carolina, 1803, moved to Clay county, Mo., in 1831. Was in the Mormon war and for many years has been a consistent member of the Baptist church. Disfranchised. JOHN BROADHURST, Born in Cook county, Tenn., April 13th, 1791, emigrated to Howard county in 1815 and to Clay county in 1823, was in the war of 1812 under Gen. Jackson. Disfranchised. His wife is still living, born 1790. JOHN R. HALL, Was born in Fayette county, Ky., July 27th, 1795, emigrated to Clay Co., in the fall 1827; has been living here ever since. Disfranchised. JOSEPH VIOLET, Was born in Woodford county, Ky., 5th of October, 1805, emigrated to Clay county, Mo., 1829. Disfranchised. JOSHUWA VIOLET, Was born in Woodford county, Ky., 1808; emigrated to Clay co., MO., 1868. Disfranchised. URIEL CAVE, Was born in Boone county Ky., 1790; emigrated to Clay county, Mo., in 1826. Was in the war of 1812 under Gen. Harrison. Disfranchised. JOSEPH COURTNEY, Born in Garrett county, Ky., March 5th, 1803, moved to Clay county, in 1824. Disfranchised. Always loyal. DANIEL HUGHES, Born in Bourbon county, KY., Sept. 28th, 1799, moved to Missouri, 1824, and Clay county, October, 1825. Disfranchised. A subscriber for the Tribune 25 years. W.D. LIGON, Born in Powhattan county, Va., Nov 26th, 1808, moved to Clay county 1831. Disfranchised. KILLION CREEK, Born Dec. 7, 1807, in Barren county, Ky., moved to Lafayette county, Mo., in 1820 and to Clay county in 1821. Disfranchised. MERCER BUSH Born in Clark county, KY., 7th February 1796, moved to Clay county, 1835. In the war of 1812, under Col. Francisco, Gen. Harrison’s command. Disfranchised. BENJ. GRAGG, Born in Cock County, East Tennessee, Dec. 28th, 1791, moved to Missouri, in 1819, and to Clay county in 1822. In war 1812, under Gen. Jackson, in the battle of Hillibytown with the Creek Indians. Disfranchised. Been a Democrat all my life, and my father before me. Liberty Weekly Tribune; Date: 1870 Aug 12, THE OLD MEN OF CLAY COUNTY. We request every citizen in Clay county, over sixty years of age, to send us his name, age, place and date of birth, disfranchised or not, and any prominent circumstances connected with his life. A number of persons have complied so far. We trust the parties to whom our request was made will comply as soon as practicable. The notices will be useful in the future as matters of reference, &c. We will continue the publication of notices until completed. WILLIAM COLLINS I was born in Fayette county, Kentucky, on the 25th day of April 1797. My father served under Gen. Wayne in his campaign against the Indians after St. Clair’s defeat. I emigrated to Clay County, Missouri, in 1828, and have lived here ever since. I have been a member of the old Baptist Church for forty years. I was never intoxicated in my life. In politics, I have always been a Whig. I was never sued by any one. Am disfranchised but do not know the reason why. WILLIAM COLLINS. HENRY PENCE. I was born in Scott county, Kentucky, on the 21st day of May 1800. My father was one of the first settlers of Kentucky, and came out to that State from Virginia about the year 1775. I removed from Kentucky to Clay county Missouri, in the fall of 1825, and settled on the place I now live at. I have always been a Democrat. Am disfranchised. I suppose on suspicion of Democracy, - and that is sufficient to disfranchise a man in Clay county – but at the same time I know no reason why I should be. HENRY PENCE. ANDERSON I. TURPIN. I was born in Montgomery county, Ky., 15th of December, 1804. Came to Missouri in 1854; moved to Kansas in 1860. Was a resident of Olathe, Kansas, when I was arrested by a body of lawless men, tried by a secret Court Marshal, and sentenced to be eaten to death by Negroes – was bitten by Negroes until they thought I would die, was placed in prison, and after five months confinement made my escape and fled to Liberty, Mo. Was and am true union man, but because I do not now love the Negro I am disfranchised. ANDERSON I. TURPIN JOSEPH THORP. I was born in Madison county, Kentucky, on the 13th day of December, 1804. My father – Elder William Thorp – emigrated from Bedford county, Virginia, to Kentucky about the year 1785. In the year 1809, I came with my father to Missouri, and we remained one season on Loutre Island, above St. Charles, and in 1810 passed on up the River to Boone’s-Lick Bottom in what is now Howard county, about eight miles above old Franklin, and there remained until 1824. I was in Cooper’s fort three years after 1812, in consequence of the hostility of the Indians. – There were continued difficulties with the Indians in Howard county during the late war with England. In 1824, removed to Clay county, Mo., here settled and here lived ever since, a period of 46 years. I was one of the Justices of the Clay County Court for the period extending from 1854 to 1858. I have always been a Whig. Am said to be disfranchised by the registrars. JOSEPH THORP. MICHAEL ARTHUR. I was born in Lexington, Fayette county, Kentucky, on the 19th day of May, 1800. My father – John Arthur – was a native of Glasgow, Scotland, and emigrated to America about the year, 1785, and settled in Lexington, Ky. My maternal grand-father, Jesse D. Winn, of Albemarle county, Virginia, was a soldier in the Continental Army under Washington. I emigrated from Kentucky to Clay county, Mo., in the year 1825. I came to Missouri without any money or property whatever, and was not so fortunate as to have been assisted when young. I consider myself the architect of my own fortune. I entered 160 acres of land two and a half miles south west of Liberty – being parcel of the farm now owned by Darwin J. Adkins – in the year 1827. I borrowed the money to do this, $200, from old David McElwee, and before I could pay it off the principal and interest amounted to $500 and upwards. – Since I settled in Clay county, I have given to my children, in the way of advancements, not less than one hundred thousand dollars, and hope that I have enough left to keep me comfortably during the remainder of my life. I have always been a Whig. The registrars disfranchised me. MICHAEL ARTHUR. SAMUEL A. OLIVER. I was born in Jefferson county, Ky., on the 19th day of March, 1810. I emigrated to Ray county, Missouri, in 1830. In 1834, I went up to the Rocky Mountains and spent two years there in hunting and trapping. I removed to Clay county Mo., in 1840, and have lived here ever since. I have always been a Democrat, and my first vote was for Gen. Jackson for president. I am a registered voter. SAMUEL A. OLIVER. JAMES BURNS. I was born on the 23d day of December, 1799, in county of Tipperary, Ireland. I came to America in the year 1832, and finally settled in Clay county, Mo., in 1836, and have lived here ever since. My father – James Burns – was an architect by profession. In May, 1846, I volunteered in Capt. O.P. Moss’ company from Clay county, for service against the Mexicans. I went through Doniphan’s Campaign, and was in the battles of Bracito and Sacramento. I have always been a Democrat, “dyed in the wool.” The registrars disfranchised me for no other cause, in my opinion, under God’s heavens, except that I was a Democrat. JAMES BURNS. JOSEPH LEWIS. I was born in Goochland county, Virginia, on the 15th day of June 1781. Cornwallis encamped one day with his army in sight of my father’s house some weeks before I was born. I am confident my father was a soldier in the Continental army during the Revolution. I emigrated with my father to Mercer county, Ky., in the year 1790. I volunteered in the war of 1812, but the services of my company were not required. I came to Clay county, Mo., in 1835, and have lived here ever since. I have always been a Democrat. I am disfranchised, but do not know wherefore. JOSEPH LEWIS. WILLIAM NALL. I was born in Scott county, Kentucky, on the 18th day of June, 1802. MY father and mother were both from Culpeper county, Virginia. My grand-father – Col. William Nall – was an officer in the American army during the Revolutionary War. My father served as a private in the war of 1812 and was in the battle of the River Raisin. I came to Clay county, Missouri, in 1832, and have lived here ever since. I have always been a Democrat. I applied for registration as a voter, but was rejected, wherefore, I do not know. WILLIAM NALL. ALVAN LIGHTBURNE I was born in Scott county, Kentucky, on Cane Run, on the 13th day of December, 1803. My grand-father was a lieutenant in the Virginia State Navy of the American Revolution, my father was born at Port Royal, Virginia. I came to Clay county, Liberty, Mo., 1st July, 1836, have lived in Liberty ever since, my fathers were Whigs and I have been always a Whig; I applied for registration as a voter, was rejected for reasons I know not. ALVAN LIGHTBURNE. JONATHAN COOK. Was born in Guilford county, North Carolina, in 1803; emigrated to Virginai in 1820, in 1824 cast my first vote for the hero of New Orleans, for the Presidency, emigrated to Missouri in 1844, in 1847 went to Santa Fe in the quarter masters employment; in 1849 went to California, in 1859 came back to Missouri and for the last seven years, a resident of Clay count. Voted the Democratic ticket in Virginia, in North Carolina, in Ohio, in California, and in Missouri, as long as liberty lasted. Disfranchised of course. JONATHAN COOK. SPENCER ANDERSON. Mr. Miller, Sir: I see in your paper a request that all the old men over 60 years would report their names, age, where born, how long a resident of Clay County, or any incident worth notice. My father was born in New Jersey, 1755, and fought through the revolutionary war, was in several of the hardest battles; moved to Kentucky soon after the close of the war. Settled in Franklin county, Ky., where I was born October, 1799. Cast my first vote for Monroe for President in 1820, and voted at every election since until my neighbor disfranchised me, for having too much sympathy for the South. Col. Penick had me brought before him and could find no charge against me, but having sympathy for the South, for that he forced me to give bond and for that I was disfranchised. I moved to Clay county in 1852, with about $25,000 worth of property, which was all taken from me during the late civil war, and now I am left to make a living the best way I can. – I was opposed to secession. My motto was to stick to the Union and fight under the old flag. I always loved the Stars and Stripes. SPENCER ANDERSON. Liberty Weekly Tribune; Date: 1870 Aug 19, THE OLD MEN OF CLAY COUNTY. We request every citizen in Clay county, over sixty years of age, to send us his name, age, place and date of birth, disfranchised or not, and any prominent circumstances connected with his life. A number of persons have complied so far. We trust the parties to whom our request was made will comply as soon as practicable. The notices will be useful in the future as matters of reference, &c. We will continue the publication of notices until completed. JUDGE JAMES T.V. THOMPSON. I was born in Lincoln County, North Carolina, on the 27th day July, 1793. – My father was not old enough to serve in the Revolutionary War. Several of my uncles were soldiers in the Continental army. My father emigrated with his family to Logan county, Kentucky, in 1798. After he cam to Kentucky, my father served under Gen. Jackson against the Indians. I emigrated from Kentucky to Clay co., Mo., in 1826, and have resided here ever since. At that time, the population of the town of Liberty could not have exceeded seventy-five person, and the County was very sparsely settled. Within one year after my arrival here I knew every man in Clay county. In 1828, I was elected one of the justices of the Clay County Court, and remained on the bench for five years thereafter. My associates on the County bench during that period that I now remember were AndrewMellvaine, Elisha Cameron and James Duncan. In 1833, I was elected to the State Senate and served therein continuously until 1842. In 1858, I was again elected to the State Senate and served until the latter part of the year 1861. – The last time I sat in the Senate was in November, 1861, when the General Assembly was convened at Neosho, Newton county, by Gov. Claiborne F. Jackson. I was a delegate to every Democratic State Convention held in Missouri from 1828 to 1861. I was also a member of every County convention held by the Democrats in Clay county during the same period. I was likewise a delegate to every Democratic Congressional convention held in the district of which Clay county was a part during the same period – particularly the famous “Gallatin Convention” in 1852 when Birch and King were rivals. I was a Democratic presidential elector a number of times – particularly in 1844 1848 and 1860. I approved of the “Jackson Resolutions” passed in 1849. I opposed Col. Benton from about the year 1848 until his death. Among my associates in the State Senate, I remember, with particular affection, David Barton, Miles Vernon, N.W. Watkins, Col. Bogy, Col. Rozier, Col. Marmaduke, Benjamin Rives, A.B. Chambers, Benjamin J. Brown, and James Chiles. I may add that I recollect Col. Marmaduke with especial veneration and kindness. I presume that it is needless for me to say that I am and always have been an old- fashioned, state’-rights, Jackson, Democrat. During my residence in Clay County I have been connected with every public enterprise in the county of any moment – the founding of William Jewell College and various schools, the building of our railroad (K.C.&C.R.R.) the organization and development of the Clay Co. Agricultural and Mechanical Association, &c. In 1849, I donated to the Trustees of William Jewell College the grounds whereon the College edifice is erected. I think that I have done my duty in the way of assisting in the development of the resources of clay county – in adding to its material wealth – in making openings for its industrious and active young men – and in increasing the happiness of its people. JAMES T.V. THOMPSON REV. WILLIAM RICE. I was born in Jessamine county, KY., in the year 1790, March 31st. I removed to Clay co., MO., in the fall of 1834, where I have resided ever since. I have been a minister of the gospel fifty-four years – given little attention to politics. Disfranchised W. RICE. JAMES W. WALLER. I was born in Somerset county, Maryland, January 29th, 1800 – raised in Kentucky – moved to Clay county, Mo., 1855. I was always a Democrat. Disfranchised. JAMES W. WALLER. ISAAC WOOD. I was born in Mercer county, Ky., Nov.7, 1806, emigrated to Missouri in the fall of 1834; my father was a Virginian, born in Albermarle county, and was a soldier under Gen. Wayne, and emigrated to Ky. when quite a youth. I served as County Justice for many years. ISAAC WOOD. ELDER HENRY HILL. I was born in the City of Philadelphia, Penn., on the 2nd day of January, 1805. My father, John Hill, jr., was born and raised in the State of Delaware. My grand-father, John Hill, sr., was a soldier in the Continental Army in 1776 and subsequently during the Revolutionary War. My father moved to Kentucky in 1811, and finally became a resident of Woodford county in that State, where in 1823, I became a member of the Regular Baptist Church. I was baptized by the venerable pioneer from Virginai, Elder John Taylor. In 1825 the Church of Clear Creek licentiated me to preach the Gospel, and in 1826, I moved to Clay county, Mo., where I continue to reside. In 1827, I was ordained to the Christian ministry by the well-known elders, William Thorp and John Edwards. Have been a member of Fishing River association ever since and the modertor of that body for over thirty years. I have united in matrimony between three and four hundred persons in Clay county, Mo., besides others in the counties of Clinton, Platte, Jackson and Lafayette, and have been at the organization of nearly all of the churches in upper Missouri. I delivered the first sermon ever preached in the Platte purchase (funeral of John Rupe’s child,) baptized the first converts and organized the first church in the Platte purchase) three miles north west of Weston about 38 or 40 years ago. Elders Jno Edwards, Wm. Thorp and myself constituted the first church in Liberty, Mo. Elder Edwards and myself were chosen joint pastors of said church. Elders Wolverton and Burris have been associate ministers, but all of them have moved to other counties or, are dead. I am still the regular pastor of said church. I have voted aobut 14 times in 44 years – have always been an old line Whig – and am not disfranchised. I have an undying hostility to any amalgamation of Church and State. HENRY HILL. ZACHARIAH THORP. I was born in Madison county, Ky., Jan. 22, 1809. Moved Howard county, Missouri, in 1818, and to Clay county 1824. Served in the Black Hawk War of 1832, under Col Shubael Allen; and in 1833 served as a United States Mounted Ranger. Been a member of old Baptist church since ’54, and been a Democrat all my life. Disfranchised. Z. THORP. BENJ. SOPER. I was born in Montgomery county, Maryland, April 7th, 1796 – emigrated to Kentucky in 1800 – joined the Baptist Church in 1817, of which I have lived a respectable member ever since. – Moved to Clay county, Mo., in 1830, served as Justice of the Peace in this county 24 years. Disfranchised. BENJ. SOPER. GRIFFIN BRYANT. I was born in Woodford county, Ky., 25th day of Dec., 1808; moved to Clay county in 1834, and lived here ever since. Disfranchised. GRIFFIN BRYANT. GEO. B. OWEN. I was born in Powhattan county Virginia, May 29, 1802. Emigrated to Kentucky in 1822, and remained 12 years. Returned to Virginia in’34 and, in ’35, emigrated to Saline co., MO., raised a crop, and next year, moved to Ray co., and bought land. Sold out there in’47 and went to Weston, Platte co. Came to Clay, near Smithville, in ’56, where I at present reside. Was afflicted in ’47, and have not been able to do any work since. Was an Old Line Whig, and voted the whig ticket as long as there was a whig party. Disfranchised, and without a cause. GEO B. OWEN. WILLIAM PIRTLE. I was born in Guilford county North Carolina, on the 6th day of October 1790. Settled in Clay county, Missouri, in 1824, and have lived here ever since. – I have always been a Democrat, and am denied a vote. WILLIAM PIRTLE. BARTLEY ESTES. I was born in Fayette county, Kentucky, on the 31st day of March, 1795. My father was a native of Spottsylvania county, Virginia, and settled in Kentucky at a very early day. My father and my two paternal uncles were soldiers in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. One of my uncles was wounded in seven different parts of his body in one battle. I had two brothers in the war of 1812, and both were in the battle of the River Raisin and there taken prisoners. They escaped the tomahawks of the Indians. – One was subsequently in the battle of the Thames. I came to Clay county, Missouri, about 40 years ago; and have lived here ever since. I have been a free-Mason more than 40 years. I have always been a whig and am disfranchised. Don’t know why I am disfranchised. BARTLEY ESTES. MARTIN FISHER. I was born in Fauquier county, Virginia in the year 1793. I served against the British in the war of 1812, and was at the capture of Fort George, and battles of Chippewa and Williamsburg. – I came to Missouri in 1815, and finally settled in Clay county forty-seven years ago, and have lived here ever since. I have always been a Democrat. Am disfranchised. MARTIN FISHER. Liberty Weekly Tribune; Date: 1870 Aug 19, THE OLD MEN OF CLAY COUNTY. We request every citizen in Clay county, over sixty years of age, to send us his name, age, place and date of birth, disfranchised or not, and any prominent circumstances connected with his life. A number of persons have complied so far. We trust the parties to whom our request was made will comply as soon as practicable. The notices will be useful in the future as matters of reference, &c. We will continue the publication of notices until completed. ANDREW ROBERTSON. I was born in Orange county, North Carolina, on the 22nd day of June, 1796. My father, Hugh Robertson, was a soldier in the Continental army during the greater part of the Revolutionary War. He was under Gen. Greene in the battle of Guilford. My uncle, Andrew Wilson, was in the same battle. My father was also at Yorktown and witnessed the surrender of Cornwallis. My father emigrated to Wilson county, Tennessee, in 1798. I was raised in Wilson county, within two miles of the “Hermitage”. I was at the “Hermitage” during Jackson’s life many a time, and saw him at church and cam-meetings over and over again. I was in the war of 1812, and was a corporal in Capt. Jno. Wade’s company, Ralston’s regiment, Caroll’s Brigade, of Tennessee Militia. I was in the battle of New Orleans and was on the left wing of the American Army and saw the entire advance of the British army. The British advanced in most imposing order and without a break in their ranks until after our fire was delivered. The recollection of their scarlet uniforms and martial bearing is as fresh to me as yesterday. I emigrated to Clay county, Missouri, in the fall of 1820, and have lived here ever since. There were but few settlers in Clay county then, and among the principal ones were the following, viz.: Col. John Thornton, Col. Shubael Allen, Maj. Jno. Bartleson, Andrew Bartleson, John Dean, Thomas Campbell, Henry Estes, Peter Estes, Thomas Estes, James Hyatt, Samuel Hyatt, Richard Hill, James Gilmore, Robert Gilmore, Ennis Vaughan, Eppe Tillery, Col. Martin Palmer, John Wilson, Squire Hutchison, Samuel Tilford, Edmund Munday, William Lainhart, Eldridge Potter, Thomas Hixon, Edward Piburne, Hugh Brown, Hugh Brown, jr., Joseph Brown, and David M. Bevins. In 1822, I helped to lay-off the town of Liberty, and cleared the public square of timber. I laid-off the first public road in Clay county. That road commenced on the south side of the public square in Liberty and extended south-west to the ford on Big Shoal Creek where the upper Kansas City road no crosses the same. I assisted in building the first female Seminary in Clay county. The house built is the one in Liberty where Wm. H. Lane now lives. I contributed $100 to that purpose and my friends, Cols. Jno. Thornton and Shubael Allen each contributed the like sum. This was about the yare 1838. I represented Clay county in the Legislature two years. – This was about 1830, or a little later. I do not remember the date. I think I was in some way connected with most of the public enterprises in Clay county from 1820 to 1861. I have been a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church since 1819. I have not bee intoxicated since I was a man and have not sworn a profane oath in 51 years. I have raised seven children. I owned many Negroes and never separated a man from his wife or a woman from her husband. I was a Democrat until Jackson vetoed the National Bank measure, and after that I was always a Whig. In 1861, I opposed secession conscientiously, and have never been desirous of seeing the Union disintegrated. When the civil war actually commences, under all the circumstances, I could not sympathise with those who wished the absolute coercion and conquest of the south, and the enfranchisement of the slaves. I am disfranchised but not as I think justly. ANDREW ROBERTSON. EDWARD J. TURNER. I was born in Spottsylvania county, Virginia, April 8th 1810; my father moved with me into Fayette county, Kentucky, at the age of about 18 months, where I lived about 10 years; I then moved to Bartholomew county, Indiana, where I lived 15 years, and then to Caldwell county, Mo., in the fall of the year that the Mormons went from this county, to that. The next October I came to this county, where I have lived ever since. I always voted the Whig ticket as long as the whites were permitted to vote. I have never applied for registration, nor voted since the war, and never will, until the Radicals consider me as good as a Negro. E.J. TURNER. DAVID M. BIVENS. I was born in Madison county, Ky., in 1805. My parents came to Kentucky from Virginia, in 1803. My grandfather, David Moore, served in the army under Washington in the struggle for independence. I came to Clay county, in 1821, and settled the place John H. Williams now lives on. When I first came, Liberty was a briar and paw-paw patch. I have aided in all public improvements. I built the U.S. Arsenal at Baxter’s Landing. Before the war and under Democratic rule I owned about 5000 acres of land and had a vote, and paid $300 taxes. Since the war I have given my children 2250 acres of land, and have $25,000 less of other property and now under Radical rule, pay $1,200 tx, and am disfranchised. I have always been a conservative Union man. My sons are also disfranchised, because they say Bivens can’t raise a loyal boy. DAVID M. BIVENS. JOHN S. HUSTON I was born in New Market, Shenandoah county, Virginia, Oct. 14th, 1805. Am a Democrat for which I take to myself no credit whatever, except to having followed in the footsteps of my forefathers, as the counties of Shenandoah, Rockingham and Page, up to the time I left for Missouri, which was in 1829, had failed to produce any thing else politically. Have never violated any law of my State, or of the United States and all my acts were fully indorsed in our declaration of rights. In 1863 it became necessary that I should prove my loyalty before the authorities at Washington. I did so by as good and loyal men as there are in this State, yet that ever to be remembered and infamous Bill Penick, of St. Joseph, who was at that time as far above his superiors, in his own estimation, as are the Negroes above their masters at the present time, took the matter in his own hands. I was put under bond and thrown into prison. Am disfranchised. And so expect to remain until the radical party, like the “Kilkenny cats, shall have been used up, all but their tails, which will be looked upon by all true southern men with satisfaction until time is no more. I have resided in Clay county 16 years. JOHN S. HUSTON JOSEPH COURTNEY I was born in Garrard co., Ky., on the 5th day of March 1803. In the year 1824, I emigrated to Clay county, Mo., where I remained until 1828 when I returned to Kentucky. In 1839, I again came to Clay county, and have resided here ever since. These trips from and to Kentucky were made by land. I was born a Whig. My father, John Courtney, was a native of Pennsylvania, and emigrated thence and settled in Kentucky at a very early day. He was a soldier in the Continental army during the Revolutionary struggle, and served also in the early Indian wars. MY first recollection of him is that he was a whig, and he died one. My father-in-law, Robert Burnsides, was also a soldier in the Continental army and an Indian fighter. I can neither read nor write. Though the Lord has favored me, yet when I was married I was so poor that I had to cut off the tail of my shirt in order to patch the back of it. I am now a fair liver. I am disfranchised without cause. JOSEPH COURTNEY. REV. DAVID COULTER. I was born in Sussex county, Delaware, on the 10th day of November, 1808. I am, on both the paternal and maternal line, of Scotch-Irish ancestry. My grand-parents came to America just prior to the Revolution. I received my collegiate education at Lafayette College, Penn., and my theological training at Princeton, New Jersey. I came to Missouri in 1841, and settled in Callaway county. I moved to Clay county in 1866. I became a member of the Presbyterian Church in 1825, and was ordained a minister of that church in 1843. I have been engaged in preaching the Gospel ever since I was licensed to preach in 1841. The first vote I ever cast was for Gen. Jackson for president. I voted for Mr. Clay in 1844. I have now nothing to do with politics. DAVID COULTER. NICHOLAS MICHALUCINE. I was born in Castiglione in Tuscany, Italy, on the 14th day of December 1797. My family had lived at Castiglione from time immemorial. I came to America in 1832, and settled in Clay county, MO., in 1839, and have lived here ever since. I obtained my final papers (in naturalization) about twenty years ago. I have always been a Democrat. During the civil war, I was strictly loyal to the United States. I am disfranchised, but for what cause I know not. NICHOLAS MICHALUCINE. EDWARD PICKETT. I was born in Orange county, North Carolina, on the 18th day of February, 1804. I am of Revolutionary stock. My grand-father, Edward Pickett, served in the Continental army the greater part of the war, and was at the battle of Guilford under Gen. Greene. My maternal grand-father was also in the Continental army. I came to Clay county, Mo., in the fall of 1829, and have lived here ever since. I have always been a Democrat. I am disfranchised. I have been a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church about 25 years. EDWARD PICKETT. THE OLD MEN OF CLAY COUNTY Liberty Weekly Tribune; Date: 1870 Sep 02 We request every citizen in Clay county, over sixty years of age, to send us his name, age, place and date of birth, disfranchised or not, and any prominent circumstances connected with his life. JOHN BAXTER. I was born in Hawkins county, East Tennessee, on the 26th day of November, 1802. My father, Stephen Baxter, was a native of Culpeper county, Virginia. My father was born in 1777. I have no traditions connected with the Revolutionary War. My father served against the Creek Indians under Gen. Jno. Cocke and was at the battle of Hillabee Town. I came to Howard co., Mo., in October, 1817. I came to Clay Co., to live, finally, in 1825 – though I had been here several years before – and have lived her ever since. I have been elected Sheriff of Clay county four times. I have always been a Whig in politics. I was opposed to secession and the disintegration of the government. I am a registered voter and no one questions my right to be so. I have been connected with the commission business on the Missouri River for 19 years past. I can remember distinctly seeing the first steam boat that ascended the Missouri River. It was in 1819, and I think it was named the Enterprise. The peculiarity of it was that the escape-pipe was in the form of an immense snake that projected over the bow of the boat. JOHN BAXTER LITTLEBERRY ESTES. I was born in Cabell county, Virginia, on the 17th day of June 1803. I am of pure, old Virginia stock, - a fact of which I am exceedingly proud. My ancestors emigrated from England to Virginia more than 120 years before my birth. My grandfather Joel Estes, was a Revolutionary soldier and served in the Continental army. My people live to be very old. My maternal grandfather, Jeremiah Ward, died about the year 1812, in Cabell co., Va., at the age of 114 years. I came to Clay county, Missouri, in the year 1823, and have lived here ever since. I have always been a Democrat. I am disfranchised. I have been a member of the old Baptist Church about twenty-five years. LITTLEBERRY ESTES. JAMES R. JOHNSON. I was born in the State of Georgia in -------- county on the 4th day of April, 1796. I was in the war of 1812 and served under Harrison at the battle of Tippecanoe. I came to Clay county, Mo., in the year 1840, and have lived here ever since. I never belonged to any particular political party and always voted for those whom I thought to be the best me. I am not now a member of any political party. I am not disfranchised. My father was a soldier in the Continental army during the Revolution. JAMES R. JOHNSON. ALFRED M. RILEY, Was born in Fayette county, Kentucky, in 1806. He and his whole family came to Clay county, Mo., in 1827. His grand-parents moved from Maryland to Kentucky in 1792. Has been a member of the church 40 years – of the Baptist church, the first ten years of that time, and of the Christian church the remainder. Has lived at the place he now resides on ever since he came to the county. Has always been a farmer and trader. Has always made every thing secondary to Christianity. Has been a Whig all his life, and accepts Democracy as a dernier resort. Has nine children now living and has raised eleven to be grown. Lives near Mt. Gilead church: has been an elder of it twenty-eight years. The church edifice (Mt. Gilead) was built twenty years ago and more, and he assisted in the erection of it. ALFRED M. RILEY JAMES C. HOLLAND. I was born in Cocke county, Tennessee, on the 20th day of May, 1794. My father was from Wythe county, Virginia. My maternal grand-father was killed by the Indians, at his house in Virginia. My ancestors were among the first settlers in Tennessee and had a great deal of trouble with the Indians. My uncle, Thomas Holland, was a soldier in the Continental army. I was in the war of 1812 in Gen. Cocke’s command and served against the Creek Indians. I came to Platte county, Mo., in 1854, and lived there three years. I moved to Clay county, Mo., in 1858, and have lived here ever since. I have always been a Democrat. The registrars disfranchised me. I think I am fairly entitled to be registered as a voter. JAMES C. HOLLAND CASTILIAN C. TRABUE. I was born in Powhatan county, Virginia, on the 27th day of March, 1805. My paternal ancestors were Huguenots, and emigrated from France at the time of the revocation of the edict of Nantes. I have no traditions of the Revolution. I emigrated with my father to Kentucky in 1806. I came to Clay county, Mo., in 1858, and have lived here ever since. I have always been a Whig in politics. The registrars disfranchised me, though I am under the law entitled to registration. CASTILIAN C. TRABUE. REV. JESSE BIRD. I was born in Pendleton county, Virginia, on the 24the day of May, 1809. My paternal ancestors were from Holland; my maternal ancestors from England. I have no family traditions connected with the Revolution. My ancestors, then in Virginia, were frontier-men, and in close proximity to the Indians, and I suppose they were not in the Revolutionary struggle. The death of my maternal grand-father was tragical. He was at the time of his death living at Ft. Redstone, Fayette county, Penn. In the summer of 1775, he and some ten or twelve companions were at work in a field near the fort. They were suddenly attacked by the Indians, and all killed except Jno. Hardin and one other, who escaped. Hardin saw an Indian kill my grand-father, cut out his heart, and, sticking it on the point of a knife, flourish it mockingly above his head. In the very act of doing this Hardin shot the Indian dead. I emigrated to Hardin county, Ky., in 1819. I became a member of the Methodist church in 1822; and was licensed to preach in 1829. I have baptized and received into the church as many as three thousand persons. I suppose I have united in marriage as many as two hundred couples. I emigrated to Missouri in 1857 and have lived since in N.W. Missouri, and now reside in Clay county. I am a member of the Missouri conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. I was never in any war. Several of my older brothers were in the war of 1812. I never meddled in politics, but was in opinion always a Whig. I am disfranchised. No consideration could induce me to swear that I did not sympathise with my friends in the South during the Civil War. I was arrested and committed to the jail of Buchanan county, Mo., in 1866, for a brief time, because I preached the Gospel without taking the “oath of loyalty.” JESSE BIRD JOSEPH GIROS. I was born in Alsace in France on the 11th day of November, 1802. My father was a soldier in the French army under Napoleon I, and served in the Peninsular War. I came to America in 1852, and settled that year in Clay county, Mo., and have lived here since. I am not yet naturalized. I have had nothing to do with politics in this county. JOSEPH GIROS. GEORGE M. PRYOR. I was born in Henry county, Kentucky, on the 20th day of February, 1804. My father was a native of Goochland county, Va., and emigrated to Kentucky in 1790. My maternal uncle – John Curd, now, if living, in Logan county, KY., - was a soldier in the Continental army and was wounded. My father died when I was so young that I was unable to retain in memory any facts connected with the Revolution. I came to Clay county, Mo., in 1835, and have lived here ever since. I have always been a Democrat. I am a voter. GEORGE M. PRYOR. WILLIAM V. HODGES. I was born in Orange county, Virginia, on the 18th day of January, 1805. My grand-father, Francis Hodges, was a soldier in the Continental army under Washington and was at Brandywine and Yorktown. I emigrated with my mother to Fayette county KY., in 1805. I came to Clay county, MO., in 1826, and have lived here ever since. I served in the Heatherly, blackhawk and Mormon wars. I served 12 months in the militia in Clay county in the late civil war. I have raised twelve children. I have been a member of the old Baptist church 34 years. I have always been a Whig. In my old age my Negroes that I bought with my own money have been taken from me. I raised my children so that they did not do any stealing during the civil war. WILLIAM V. HODGES JAMES CARSON. I was born on the 29th day of November 1795, in Jessamine county, Ky. I have no memories connected with the Revolution. I came to Clay county, Mo., in 1839, and have lived here ever since. I have been always a Democrat. Am disfranchised by the registrars, but not by law, JAMES CARSON JAMES M. KELLER. I was born in Jessamine county, Ky., on the 12th day of October, 1808. My father was from the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia. My grand father John Keller, was also a Virginian, and was a soldier four years of the Revolutionary war under Washington. My father served in the war of 1812, and was at the battle of the River Raisin. I came to Clay county, Mo., in 1841, and have lived here ever since. I have always been a Democrat, and am disfranchised. JAMES M. KELLER EDWARD C. TILLMAN. I was born in Chatham county, North Carolina, on the 18th day of July, 1807. My grand-father, Joshua Tillman, served as a soldier in the Continental army. I am of English extraction. I have resided in Clay county, Mo., since 1842. I have always been a Whig. Am disfranchised. EDWARD C. TILLMAN JAMES CHANSLOR. I was born in Mason county, Ky., on the 13th day of November, 1800. My father was a native of Pennsylvania and my mother of Maryland. My grand father Philip Chanslor, was a private in the Continental army during the entire Revolutionary war. I came to Clay county, Mo., in 1835, and have resided here ever since. I have always been a whig. The Registrars disfranchised me. JAMES CHANSLOR. JOHN H. PRICE. I was born in Fayette county, Ky., on the 13th day of September, 1809. My father was a native of Virginia, and emigrated to Kentucky in 1781. My father was under Wayne in his campaign against the Indians after St. Clair’s defeat. He was also under St. Clair when he was defeated. I do not know whether my grand-fathers were in the Revolutionary war or not, - my father was too young. I have lived in Clay county, Mo., since 1844. I have always been a Whig. I am a voter. JOHN H. PRICE THOMAS HARRINGTON. I was born in Bedford county, North Carolina, in the year 1790. I moved with my family to Kentucky in 1795, and to Tennessee in 1810. Returned to Kentucky in 1815. I moved to Howard county, Mo., in 1817. I came to Clay county, Mo., in 1820 – settled on the farm I now live on – and have resided here ever since. I belong to no religious society and have been in no wars. I have not voted since 1864. I cast my vote for McLellan for President. THOMAS HARRINGTON JOHN McCORKLE. I was born in Augusta County, Virginai, six miles from Staunton, on the 2d day of March, 1798. My father was a Virginian and served through the entire Revolutionary War in the American Army. He was at Yorktown, and saw Cornwallis’ sword handed to Gen. Lincoln. I emigrated to Kentucky in 1800. I came to Missouri in 1816, and settled on the Cuivre in what is now Lincoln county. I came to Clay county in 1824 and have lived here ever since. I have always been a Democrat. I am disfranchised. JOHN McCORKLE. ROBERT WALKER. I was born in Estill county, Kentucky, on the 3d day of January 1802. My father was a native of Virginai, and emigrated to Kentucky many years before I was born. I came to Clay county, Mo., 1829, and have lived here ever since. I was in the Heatherly and Mormon wars. I have always been a Democrat. I am giving this narration August 1st, 1870, and it reminds me of old times when our elections were held on the 1st Monday and Tuesday in August, and every white man was free – told to the world who voted for, without hiding it in a ballot – and the Negroes sold water-melons and ginger-cakes. I am disfranchised, but don’t know what for. ROBERT WALKER. JAMES WALKER. I was born in Fauquier county, Virginia on the 1st day of March 1797. My father, Solomon Walker, entered the Continental army at the beginning of the Revolutionary war, and served three years. He then re-enlisted and served out the residue of the war. I have heard him say that he was in the battles of Bunker’s Hill, Brandywine, Trenton, and at the siege of Yorktown. I can not now name all the battles and skirmishes he was in. He saw the surrender at Yorktown, and was detailed to guard the prisoners taken there. I had two maternal uncles who also served during the Revolutionary war – one in the army and one in the navy. I was out a short time in the war of 1812, in the Virginia militia, to resist the British when they threatened to land at the Belle Plains on the Northern Neck bellow Fredericksburg. I removed from Virginia and settled in Clay county, Mo., in 1848, and have resided here ever since. I have always been a Democrat. I have served my county seventy and three years and am now esteemed unworthy of saying at the polls who ought to rule it. JAMES WALKER. AMOS GROOM. I was born in Bourbon county,KY., on the 5th day of February, 1803. I moved to Clay county, Missouri in 1827. Born a Democrat. Have not voted for 20 years. Josiah Vaughan killed a deer on the public square since I moved to Clay county. AMOS GROOM. WILLIAM JEFFRIES. I was born Fauquier county, Va., on the 14th day of September, 1809, and moved to Clay county, Mo., in 1850. My father served in the Revolutionary war and the war of 1812. I am a Democrat “dyed in the wool.” Disfranchised. WM JEFFRIES. JAMES H. BENSON. I was born in Sussex county, Delaware, February 8th, 1803; removed to Maryland, and from there to Ohio in 1835, and to Indiana in 1853, thence to Clay county, MO., in 1868. Not disfranchised. JAMES H. BENSON FOUNTAIN WALLER. I was born in 1798, in Fauquier county, Virginia; emigrated to Kentucky in 1831, and thence to Missouri in 1834; settled in Clay county, and been a farmer all my life. I have never taken any part in any war, and have always voted Democratic. Disfranchised. FOUNTAIN WALLER. JOS. GROOM. I was born in Clark county, KY., July 22, 1787, and moved to Clay county, about 45 years ago. I was in the Black Hawk war, and been always a Democrat. I have never made an effort to vote since the war. JOS. GROOM ADAM PENCE. I was born in Scott county, Kentucky, in the year 1803. My father was one of the first settlers of Kentucky, and came out to that State from Virginia about the year 1775. I removed from Kentucky, to Clay county, Missouri, in the fall of 1825. I have always been a Democrat. Am disfranchised, I suppose on suspicion of Democracy; and that is sufficient to disfranchise a man in Clay county, but at the same time I know no reason why I should be. ADAM PENCE. CHARLES WARREN. I was born July 31, 1793, in Bourbon county, KY., served in the war of 1812, under Captain Davis, guarding the prisoners at Newport, Ky. Emigrated to Clay county, Mo., in 1827, lived here ever since, and been a member of the Regular Baptist church over 40 years. Been registered twice as a qualified voter – first time I voted first when the poles were opened – second time my name was erased from the voters list. I know not for what. I am a “Democrat all over.” CHARLES WARREN THE OLD MEN OF CLAY COUNTY Liberty Weekly Tribune; Date: 1870 Sep 23 We request every citizen in Clay county, over sixty years of age, to send us his name, age, place and date of birth, disfranchised or not, and any prominent circumstances connected with his life. M.M. ROBANETT I was born in Bourbon county, KY., in 1809; moved to Illinois 1818, and in 1868 moved to Clay county, Mo. A Jackson Democrat opposed to secession. M.M. ROBANETT. JAMES F. SCOTT. I was born in Harrison county, Ky., January 27th, 1798. I removed from there to Clay county, Mo., in the year 1854. My father was a revolutionary soldier for five years without compensation, other than the heritage of liberty left his children. I was always a Whig while there was a party. I am now a Democrat. I have been disfranchised without any cause known to myself – other than being a Democrat. JAMES F. SCOTT. LEONARD BRASFIELD, JR. I was born in Prince William county, Virginia, (a few miles north west of what is since known as the Bull Run Battle ground.) on the first day of June, in the year 1800. I was left an orphan boy in 1816, and traveled to Kentucky with an orphan brother in 1818. I removed from Woodford county, Ky., to Clay county Missouri, in the fall of 1830. I have paid tax and worked roads forty years in Clay county. I don’t owe at this time any man a dollar. I formerly voted the Whig ticket, but I am now disfranchised. LEONARD BRASFIELD, JR. ELISHA MAJORS. I was born in Birk county, North Carolina, in 1804; moved to Kentucky in 1813, moved to Missouri in 1837, and settled in the north east corner of Clay county, and I am now living on the same farm I first settled. I am a Democrat, and believe in the Government as our fathers made it, and for no other cause than that I know of I am now disfranchised. ELISHA MAJORS. VICTOR M. TULEY. I was born in Jefferson county, Ky., December 31st, 1807. Moved Howard county Mo., 1842, and to Clay county in 1845. My father was in the war of 1812, under Harrison, and in the battles of Tippecanoe and River Raisin. – Been a Democrat all my life. Have raised 8 children. Disfranchised. VICTOR M. TULEY. WILLIAM NORTHERN. I was born in Wilkes county, North Carolin, in 1795 I moved to Kentucky in 1810, and to Clay county, Mo., in 1855. My grand-father was a soldier in the Continental army. In politics, I have ever been a Whig, but act at present with the Democratic party. I am disfranchised and without cause. WILLIAM NORTHERN. REUBEN SEARCY. I was born June the 30th, 1799, in South Carolina, Union District, moved to Kentucky in 1814, and to Missouri in 1850. I united with the Baptist church in 1819, and was ordained a minister of the gospel in 1840. I have always voted the Democratic ticket. My first vote I cast for General Jackson. REUBEN SEARCY. BENJAMIN RICKETTS. Mr. R.H. Miller; - In reply to your public solicitation, I make the following statements; I was born in Jessamine county Kentucky, July 29th, 1801. I was raised to farming, and have followed it ever since. I emigrated to Missouri in 1831 – settled in clay county, where I now live; always made it a point, to do good in preference to harm. – Have served the community with whom I have lived in various petty civil offices; part of which was Trustee of Common Schools, thirty odd years; Justice of the Peace ten years, Justice of the County Court four years. I have always been a Whig in politics; cast my first vote for President for Henry Clay. I am a voter at present. BENJAMIN RICKETTS. EBENEZER TITUS. I was born in Augusta county, Virginia, on the 11 April 1782. My forefathers were a stiff necked, and rebellious people when their rights and liberties were invaded. They fought against Great Britain 7 years for their independence, in which my uncle, George Mathews, was conspicuous. – He was in office during the war, taken prisoner but in what battle I know not. After the war was over he emigrated to the State of Georgia, was there elected Governor, and held that office when that State ratified the Constitution of the United States and signed his name to it. My father emigrated to Kentucky in 1782. He built the first water mill that was ever built in Madison county. About this time he joined the separate Baptists – continued with them until 1800, when the union took place between the regular and separate Baptist, which took place at the big meeting house in Madison county, KY. I was present and heard the terms of union agreed upon. Shortly after the union took place, about 700 of the separate Baptists withdrew from the union. – A great many of them embraced the doctrine of Arius and Scocineus. My father continued in the union and from the time he first embraced religion, his time was partly spent in beseeching and praying the people where God in his providence cast his lot, to be reconciled to God, and to seek the Lord while he might be found, and to call upon him while he was near. He died in Howard county, Mo., on the 23d of April, 1838. I joined the United Baptist in 1818; have been both Clerk and Deacon until the infirmity of old age forbid. In 1824 I emigrated to Missouri, lived in Howard Co., 18 years; then moved to Ray county in 1842 – lived there until 1869, when I lost my beloved and ever affectionately remembered companion. I then divided my household and kitchen furniture and part of my land between my children. I now live with my son-in-law John McCorkle and my daughter Elizabeth. If the illustrious dead participate with the concerns of this world, I invoke the shade of my venerable departed father and uncle to look down with scrutiny on the conduct of their disfranchised son and nephew, and see if he ever has departed from rectitude, which was their good pleasure to instill into his youthful mind, or if he ever hesitated to support, defend and protect the Government which they fought 7 years to establish. I was an old line Whig, but shall henceforth vote with the Democrats if permitted. EBENEZER TITUS. ALEXANDER HARDWICK. I was born April 16th, 1803, in Hallifax county, Va., moved to Missouri in 1823, and to Clay county in 1824, and have been a citizen ever since. I help to cut out the first State road through Clay county. I am now 67 years old, but not allowed to vote. ALEXANDER HARDWICK. FREDERICK MILLER. I was born in Stokes county, N.C., July 6th, 1787; moved to Clay county, in the spring of 1837; and have lived in Clay county 33 years. I was a volunteer in the war of 1812, and my father before me was a soldier under General Washington in the revolutionary war, and fought for our liberty. I am now 83 years old and not allowed to vote. FREDERICK MILLER. EMSLEY CRAVENS. I was born in Randolph county, N.C., September 17th, 1801; moved to Missouri in 1822. I served in the Mormon war. I am disfranchised. EMSLEY CRAVENS. GEORGE B. FINLEY. I was born in Guilford county, N.C., May 15th, 1792. I was a volunteer in 1812. I moved to Clay county, Mo., in 1831, and have lived here ever since. Disfranchised. GEORGE B. FINLEY JOHN PARSONS. I was born in Wilkes county, N.C., November 17th, 1792; moved to Tennessee when young. I served a campaign under Gen. Jackson against the Creek Indians in 1812. I moved to Missouri in 1834, and settled in Clay county. I have always been a Democrat and am one yet. Disfranchised. JOHN PARSONS. CHARLES SAMPLES. I was born in Russel county, Va., November 19th, 1792, moved to Kentucky, in the spring of 1815, and in the fall of 1840, moved to Missouri. I am now 78 years old, and have been a citizen of Missouri for 30 years, but not allowed a vote. CHARLES SAMPLES. JOHN CROSSET. Mr. Editor: - I was born in North Carolina, Orange county, and came to Missouri about 1830, and settled in this county on William Creek. I assisted in building the first Old School Presbyterian church in this county. I have been a member of that church 30 years. I have always been a Democrat. The first vote that I ever cast was for the re-election of Andrew Jackson for President. I was a lieutenant in Capt. Cummins’ company under Gen. Doniphan in the Mormon difficulty. I am 64 years of age, and never have had a lawsuit or even on arbritration. My father was raised in Ireland, and knew something of a despotic government. – He learned us, his boys, to love this government – our glorious old Constitution was the next thing with me to my Bible; never knowingly violated one law, or one clause of the Constitution. I never have been called on the second time for a tax. Disfranchised. JOHN CROSSET. REV. DANIEL PATTON. My parents were Scotch-Irish, born, raised and married in Ireland; where they had 5 children. My father was a Presbyterian, O.S., was in the Irish rebellion, in the days of Robert Emmett; two of his grand-fathers were in the battle of the Boine, in 1690, under King William. My father was a devout Christian, and lover of civil and religious liberty. I, his eight son, was born in Wilkes county, North Carolina, January 8th, 1799. Eight years after my birth, my father and family removed to Bedford county, Tennessee, where he died in 1815. I made a public profession of religion in the 20th year of my age, under the preaching of Cumberland Presbyterian ministers. Shortly afterwards, I entered into the work of the ministry in the C.P. church. Rev. R.D. King and myself, formed, and traveled, the first circuit in south Alabama formed by Cumberland Presbyterians, shortly after the Creek Indian war. Much of our traveling was done on the Indian trails. I removed to this State, (Missouri) in the fall of 1826, a poor man, as to earthly substances; having a wife and 2 children. Settled in 1 mile of where Richmond, Ray county, now stands, helped husk corn which grew where the Court House now stands. I believe I preached the first sermon ever preached in Richmond and the first in Carrolton. I removed to Clay county, Mo., where I still reside, in the fall of 1844, being strongly urged to do so by the C. Presbyterians of the county. So far as politics are concerned, I read, and thought, formed my own opinions, and always tried to act, in accordance with the fundamental principles of our government. I never meddled with politics in the Pulpit. I passed through the scathing wicked war, gotten up by wicked men, which has well neigh destroyed “the best Government in the world.” I acted in elections as a voter, and voted the Whig ticket. I have not tried to vote since the base requirement of the qualifying Oath. If in principle, and fact, I was ever entitled to vote, I am so entitled yet. Therefore, knowing the character of the men who have usurped authority to sit in judgment on me I never go to the polls. I am now nearly 72 years old, have been preaching 50 years. I would make any sacrifice a good man could make to see my county reinstated to its former happy state. This at your service respectfully. DANIEL PATTON. OLD MEN OF CLAY COUNTY Liberty Weekly Tribune; Date: 1870 Sep 30 We request every citizen in Clay county, over sixty years of age, to send us his name, age, place and date of birth, disfranchised or not, and any prominent circumstances connected with his life. ALEXANDER BRECKENRIDGE DUNCAN. I was born January 13th, 1807, in Bourbon county, Kentucky, 4 miles due south of Paris; moved with my father in 1825 to Missouri, and have been a citizen of Clay county ever since. Have been a member of the Christian Church 32 years, have been elder at Smithville Church for 26 years; my family are all member of the Christian Church. I served in the Heatherly War, and in the Blackhawk War under Col. Shubael Allen. I served as Justice of the Peace 6 years, and have paid taxes in Clay county 42 years. My grandfather was captain in the revolutionary war, and I had 5 uncles in the war of 1812. I have always been a Whig and am disfranchised for doing nothing but what they made me do – that was, giving a two thousand dollar bond. ALEXANDER B. DUNCAN. REV. JOHN S. MAJOR I was born in Culpepper county, Va., the 26th of March, 1788. In 1799 my father moved to Franklin county, KY., where he resided until 1850, when I moved to Clay county and settled on the farm on which I now reside. I have been a minister of the gospel for more than a half century. I was a Maj. Q.M. under Gen. Harrison in the war of 1812. I always voted with the Whig party and have not attempted to vote since the war. JOHN S. MAJOR A.L. DARBY I was born in Caswell county, North Carolina, on the 28th day of February, 1808. Both of my grand-fathers served under Gen. Washington in the Revolutionary war. I emigrated to Clay county, Mo., in the spring of 1830, therefore have been in Clay county upawards of forty years, and have voted the Democratic ticket all my life, but am now disfranchised, they said for the want of time to hear me after, keeping me until twelve o’clock at night, telling me all the time it should be fixed so I could vote. A.L. DARBY TILMAN H. WEST. I was born in Logan county, Ky., May 8th, 1810. My father, James West, was born in Chatham county, N.C., and came with his parents to Kentucky, in the fall of 1790, then aged 18 years, and improved and settled a place on Red River, Logan county, where he died in 1844. My mother was born and raised in Pendleton District, S.C. I removed to Missouri in the spring of 1847; have lived in Pleasant Hill, Mo., Randolph, clay county, at Kansas city, Mo., and now and for the last eleven years at Harlem. I voted the Whig ticket while it was a party. I voted for Fillmore in 1856, and Bell and Everett in 1860. I have not applied for registration nor do I expect to under the present dispensation of political affairs. TILMAN H. WEST. THE OLD MEN OF CLAY COUNTY Liberty Weekly Tribune; Date: 1870 Oct 14 We request every citizen in Clay county, over sixty years of age, to send us his name, age, place and date of birth, disfranchised or not, and any prominent circumstances connected with his life. JOHN McCORMICK. I was born in Bourbon county, Ky., in 1804; moved to Andrew county, MO., in 1854; from there to DeKalb county in 1855, and to Clay county in 1869. I have always been a State rights Democrat; never voted any other ticket, and am of course disfranchised. JOHN McCORMICK. J.M. WILKERSON. I was born in Clark county, KYU., August 9th, 1808, and moved to Clay county, MO., in 1828, and been a citizen ever since. I was in the Mormon war. I have never applied for registration. J.M. WILKERSON PATTON McGAUGH. I was born in Williamson county, Tenn., in the year 1800; and have lived in Missouri fifty years, and in Clay county thirteen years. I have always been loyal; always voted the Democratic Ticket. Disfranchised. PATTON McGAUGH. JOHN HOWDESHELL. MISSOURI CITY, OCT. 5 R.H. MILLER, Esq., I was born in Lincoln county, KY., November 6th, 1796. My father and family emigrated to St. Charles county, Missouri in 1811, and settled in what is now called Lincoln county, MO. The first 4 years we lived in a fort and during the summer season we had many skirmishes with the Indians. I have rode many nights all night notifying other settlers when there was danger. My father was with St. Clair at his defeat. I came to Clay county in 1828, and settled where I now live, or near the place. I have been a farmer and democrat all my life, and am disfranchised for what cause I do not know. Your’s Truly, JOHN HOWDESHELL. JAMES DAGLEY. I was born in Sevier county, Tennessee, in 1796. I emigrated to Missouri in 1816, and settled Howard County. I removed thence to Clay county, in February 1822. I voted for Simon Cockerell, the first representative of Clay county in the General Assembly. I also voted for John Harris, the first Sheriff of the county. In 1826, I was a candidate for the Sheriffalty of this county. Col. Shubael Allen, John Thorp, William Alley, and Thornton Straughan were candidates at the same time for that office. Col. Allen was elected. Mr. Straughan was next in number of vote received and I was third. I assessed the property of the county in the years 1835, ’38, ’39, and ’40. When I came to Clay county, Liberty was not located. I assisted in building the first Court- house. It was partially built by subscription, and the county subsequently refunded the money subscribed. I helped to build the first church erected in the county. I have assisted in the building of all the school-houses in the district of the county where I have lived. My father, James Dagley, Sr., was an American soldier in the Revolutionary war. He served five years, five months and seventeen days. He belonged to Col. (afterward General,) Wayne’s regiment, and was in the battle of Brandywine, and many other of the principal battles of the Revolution. He often stated to me that during his period of service, his strong desire was to live until he could see peace permanently mad with the British. He had his wish for his death occurred June 24th, 1816. I had two brothers in the war of 1812. It devolved upon me to take care of our father, who was then very old and infirm, else I should have then served against the British myself. I have ever been a Democrat, firmly believing that the principles of the Democratic party are sufficient, if followed, to secure the glory and success of the great American Republic. I never disobeyed any law of my country. I never made an attempt to register as a voter. I was some years a resident of Clinton county, MO., and a Justice of the County Court of that County. JAMES DAGLEY. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mo/clay/newspapers/oldmenof43gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mofiles/ File size: 77.3 Kb