Early Settlements, Montserrat Township, Johnson County, Missouri

>From "History of Johnson County, Missouri," by Ewing Cockrell,
Historical Publishing Company, Topeka, Cleveland, 1918.

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One of the first settlers in what is now Montserrat township was John
Mayes.  He was a Pennsylvanian, born in that State December 19, 1791,
and in early life removed with his parents, to Virginia and later to
Kentucky.  He settled at what is now Montserrat town in 1835.  No im-
provements had been made in this section of the country up to that time
and even the county had not been organized.  He remained here about
three years, during which time this county was organized and the county
seat located at Warrensburg.  In 1838 he went to Warrensburg, where he
operated a wool-carding machine for a time, and also conducted a hotel.
In 1840 he returned to Montserrat township, where he spent the remaind-
er of his life and died March 4, 1881.  County Judge J. B. Mayes and A.
S. Mayes, both deceased, were his sons, and Mayor William J. Mayes and
President F. A. Mayes, of the Commercial Bank, are grandsons.  He was
one of the substantial citizens of that section of the county which now
comprises Montserrat township and had much to do with the development 
of this part of the county.  William Gaut was also an early settler in
the vicinity of Montserrat.  He became a large landowner and took a 
prominent part in early day politics.

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