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Welcome to Carroll County, Missouri Part of Genealogy Trails
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Welcome to Carroll County, Missouri Part of Genealogy Trails
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Hi my name is Linda and I am the coordinator for Carroll County, Missouri. I have done extensive research in this county myself as several of my families that I am researching came from Carroll County. I live in Oklahoma so I cannot do personal research, but will aide and assist in however possible. Please send me any information you would like to have posted. Data will be added as it is transcribed or contributed. It would be appreciated if all obits are sent thru word pad form, and all other records contain as much info as possible, including book and page numbers on marriage licenses, land records etc. One of the founding families of Carroll County was the family of John and Rebecca (Shinn) Standley who arrived in Carroll County during 1819. In fact this family donated land for the town of Carrollton to be built on. The present day coursthouse square is built on that land. I myself will be submitting alot of marriage records, death and cemetery records on all related families from my ancestry files. Some were sent to me by other researchers of these same families. Any pictures that I have posted to my site I have been given permission to use by the one who sent it to me. As I find time I am also transcribing Missouri death records, military records, and birth records that are found in various genealogy sources. Copies of obits have been sent to me by several other researchers as well, also I have found online sources for current obits in the Carroll County area. Among the families I will be adding info on are the Standley/Stanley, Shinn, Trotter, Ashby, Addis,Wagy, Winfrey, Hanavan, Kerr and Helm families. If I have posted anything on this site that may have been duplicated by other researchers I was not made aware of it. Since I have been researching for nearly 20 years I have obtained some information that others have not found or included. Please email me
. Linda This site is only for documented information not family trees. Please remit source of information. Any family trees sent will not be posted, just send me links for your own web family history pages.
Established: Jan. 2, 1833
Parent County: Ray
County
Seat: Carrollton
Named After: Charles Carroll of Carrollton
Charles Carroll was a Congressman
for the State of Maryland.. He was born September 19, 1737 at
Annapolis, Maryland and to a wealthy Roman Catholic family,
in fact probably the wealthiest of all of the
colonists. Charles Carroll was also noted as one of the
signers of the Declaration of Independance, even though he was not in
Congress at the time it was adapted. He was also the last living
signer of the Declaration of Independance. This is his signature as
shown on the Declaration of Independence. 
It
might also be of interest to know that he was the only signer of the
Declaration of Indepence that was of the Catholic faith, and if the
Colonists had lost the revolution he would have lost
millions. He
died on November 14, 1832 and was the only remaining signer of the
Declartion of Independence. He is portrayed in the movie "National
Treasuer" in which it states he was a freemason. However, this may
not be a truthful statement as those of the Catholic religion were not
allowed to be members, unless he was a member on the QT so to
say.
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CARROLL COUNTY Is situated on the North bank of the Missouri River, in the north central part of the State. The general character of the country is undulating or rolling, not very fertile, with a good supply of timber land, for all practical purposes. Almost every variety of location, bluff or valley, timber or prairie, can be found in the county, and many beautiful locations for large stock farms, for which the climate and location render this county peculiarly adapted. The soil is generally favorable to the cultivation of all kinds of grain, grasses, fruit, and root crops that flourish in this latitude. Stone coal is abundant; lead ore has been found in various localities, also some pieces of iron ore; but no systematic mining has been done. Excellent quarries suitable for grindstones, also good building stone, are abundant. There are in the county several mounds rising from one to four hundred and fifty feet about the level of the surrounding country. Bogart's is the highest, the Stokes' Potato Hill Mound, etc. Out of Bogart's Mound, (situated a little way north of the center of the county), is an oil spring, from which the people of that vicinity have taken oil for lubrication purposes for years. We anticipate that the Petroleum fever will be prevalent there at an early day, and should not be surprised if a valuable oil spring would there be developed. Lead ore has been found in several portions of the county, but no mines have been opened. The Source is: P.M. Pinckard, The Missouri
handbook, St. Louis, 1865, 162 pgs. |
Recently I wrote a story about my love of history and family, as
it pertains to me that I would like to share with all, unlike some I will not
say you can't use it without permission, as I know others probably feel the
same. I truly am a family historian and a lover of history and will always
share with others what I have found that they may need. Hope you
like my story.
A Genealogist's Story
Genealogy is my pastime, I will not stray
It causes me to
bend over and look at
half-buried tombstones or wade thru tall grass.
It
leads me to old courthouses
to go thru lots of loose pages in
boxes.
It helps me obtain ancestral knowledge.
It leads me along
paths of census records
and trace the paths taken of old.
Even
though I walk through the shadows of
research libraries and hours
online,
I will not fear discouragement.
For there is a strong urge within
me.
Curosity and motivation comforts me.
The countless papers that I must
store,
the programs that I shall prepare.
I work well into the night to
share with others, what I have found.
Surely birth, marriage, and death
dates will
follow me all the days of my life.
I surely will follow the
ships back
to the roots of my fore-fathers.
My family must live in the
house
of a family-history seeker
for the remainder of my days,
untill
my paths are followed by others.
Linda (Dyer) Craig
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