Saturday, January 30, 2010

Haletown, Vernon County, Missouri

Well, it's been a while since my last blog post. I still don't have much new information to share on the Anderson family history.

I have found some newspaper articles at news.google.com that relate to the book "History of Vernon County" that cover Jesse Anderson, his father-in-law Luke Hale, and his two brother-in-laws James Skaggs, and John Hale.

Luke Hale was a Methodist preacher, and Jesse and John were the first two residents of Haletown. They have the large stone in storage that covered the spring and has several "H"'s engraved into it. It would be interesting to see that stone, and know that our family did that! Amazing.

At the end of one of the articles, there is a question as to a Nancy Skaggs relative. That Nancy Skaggs would have been James Skaggs' sister. His wife just happened to be a Nancy also (there were an awful lot of Nancys and Sarahs!).

The articles also mention A.G. Hale, and an A.G. Anderson. So, I am also currently trying to locate these residents, and see where/if/how they relate. One of my distant cousins has provided some information on A.G. Hale. : ) As always, they help so much!

The only other new tidbit of information was (Clinton) Edward's wife Sarah (Lucas) Anderson on the list of rejected Guion Miller Roll Applications. She filed under her family.

I find it especially interesting that all these family members were rejected, but have applied and appealed, and tried to get registered with the Cherokee Nation. It will be VERY interesting to find aunt Nancy who was registered, and see how this all fits together.
Happy hunting!