Madison-Laclede County MO Archives Court.....Mansfield, John  1892
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wanda gant gant@blomand.net January 18, 2009, 4:56 am

Source: Chancery Court Minutes, Sept. 8, 1892, Microfilm Roll 5, Pp. 535+.
Written: 1892
Recorded: September 1892

There was a Missouri inquest result in 1866 showing that John Mansfield's wife, 
Sarah, did indeed stab him to death.

Case 1: Sequatchie County,   Chancery Court Minutes, Sept. 8, 1892, Microfilm 
Roll 5, pp. 535+. Case of  W.H. and A. L. Mansfield vs. James Mansfield, Rhoda 
Rollins, Mima J. Lytle, Betty Rogers, John Mansfield, Robert Mansfield, Nancy 
Loyd, Rachel Renfroe, Ruth Brewit, Susy Minnic, Norman Mansfield, Sallie Clark, 
Mary King, Willie Brooks, John Carlton, Elizabeth Grounds, Nancy Brewitt, 
Robert Mansfield Jr., Nancy Dunn, Martha Green.  That John Mansfield in 1858 
sold land on Brush Creek to William Heard. That the deed has since been lost. 
Heard sold the land to W.H. and A.L. Mansfield. That John Mansfield, the 
father, grandfather, and ancestor of the above defendants, is dead, leaving 
them as his only heirs. All have been served with process returnable to the 
July rules.  Court orders a deed made to W.H. and A.L. Mansfield. 

Court Case #2. Madison County,  Missouri , Probate Records, Microfilm Roll C-
12058. partial abstract included here. John Mansfield, deceased. Estate sale 
held March 6, 1866. Buyers at estate sale included Sarah Mansfield, Elizabeth 
Carlton, Sarah Clark, Gemima Clark, Nancy Mansfield, Susan Davenport, Thomas 
Clark, Lark Carlton, Norman Mansfield, Lucy Mansfield.  April 7, 1873, Warren 
County,  TN .: R.A. Mansfield and Elizabeth Rogers (formerly Elizabeth 
Mansfield), heirs of John Mansfield deceased, appoint Norman Mansfield of 
Madison County,  Missouri ., their attorney re estate of John Mansfield. Signed 
also by W.S. Rogers. John J. Lowery, wit.  April 28, 1873: receipt from W.S. 
Rogers and spouse Elizabeth for $25 from L.W. Revelle, admin.,  for claim as 
distributee of the estate of John Mansfield dec., by Norman Mansfield, 
attorney. Final settlement of the estate of John Mansfield, dec., January, 
1871: payments to heirs N. Mansfield, Louisa Brake, Susan Davenport, Thomas J. 
Mansfield, Thomas Clark and wife, Nancy A. Mansfield, Rachel Mansfield, John 
Mansfield, James Mansfield, Robert Mansfield, Elizabeth ---, Rhoda Brooks. 
Later list names John's heirs as Susan (now Mrs. Menecke), Rachel Renfro 
(spouse of William R. Renfro of Knob Lick, Missouri ), James Mansfield, John 
Mansfield, Sarah Clark (spouse of Thomas Clark), Katie Carlton (spouse of Lark 
Carlton, she deceased, leaving Elizabeth Brevett spouse of Jos. Brevett and 
Nancy Grounds spouse of George Grounds), Jeff Mansfield, Nancy Mansfield. Other 
items not in court case #2: Deed Book K339, June, 1866, Thomas Jefferson 
Mansfield and Sarah Ann his wife, of Madison County,  Missouri, as child of 
John Mansfield dec.  Deed Book O395: Thomas F. Clark and Sarah E. Clark his 
spouse formerly Sarah Mansfield, petition against Sarah, widow of John 
Mansfield dec. Robert Mansfield also petitions. Deed Book M442: Jan., 1870 
Thomas Clark and Sarah Ann Clark , Sarah "child of the late John Mansfield", of 
Madison County,  Missouri . Deed Book N146:Dec. 1870, John J.S. Carlton and 
Sarah Jane Carlton and Josia Bruett and Elizabeth his spouse formerly Elizabeth 
Carlton, child of Catherine Carlton, formerly Catherine Mansfield, daughter of 
the late John Mansfield, all of Madison County,  .  Cemetery records show Sarah 
A. Mansfield, daughter of John and Nancy Crissop, b. April 4, 1836, d. April 
12, 1881. She married Pleasant Crissop on June 26, 1860, in Madison County,   
and married John Mansfield there on Jan. 10, 1864, indicating that Gemima 
(Russell) Mansfield had died.  There are various other deeds concerning this 
court case, which /i willsend later by snail mail. residence  records show 
Robert Mansfield in Madison Co. in 1850 and John Mansfield there in 1860, both 
previously of Bledsoe County,  TN . Thomas Jefferson Mansfield got a grant 
there in August, 1860. John Mansfield and spouse Cela were also there in 1860, 
as was Larkin and Catherine Carlton. In 1869-1872 Thomas Jefferson Mansfield 
was in Sequatchie County,  TN , Dist. 8, but by 1880 was back in Madison 
County,  Missouri . A note in the SOUTHERN STANDARD in 1886 states that Rev. 
Jeff Mansfield of Smartts Station preached near Altamont. An 1888 note in the 
paper states that Miss Rhoda Mansfield of Smartts Station visited Robert A. 
Mansfield at Viola. 



Additional Comments:
Seeking information on any of these descendants. Please send to Wanda Gant, 562 
Gant Hollow Lane, McMinnville, TN 37110. I am one of the descendants of Betty 
Mansfield Rogers.

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