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Subject: FYI: Mabel Bridge's "James W. Davis" notes.
Date: 18 Jun 2002 13:49:50 -0600

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Davis, Greenwood Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1696 Message Board Post: During her retirement, Mabel Bridges (4/6/1891 - 4/18/1976), using a card file, gathered notes on the earliest of the pioneers in Fremont county. I'm copying the following from Mabel's notes: 1.--In Lingenfelter's list of early settlers. 2.--1850: Federal Census, Fremont county, Iowa James W. Davis.....42.....b. VA Elizabeth...............33..........IND Rosa.....................11..........IND William..................10..........IND Sarah......................8..........IND Mary.......................6..........IND Martha....................4..........IND Delilah....................2...........IND 3.--1851: ORDERED to serve as petit juror at second term of District Court.--Minutes, April 8, 1851 4.--1852: Fremont county Census: "Sidney township" James W. Davis.....3m.....6f 5.--1852: Allowed $2.00 for services as judge of elections.--Greenwood, Dec. 21, 1852. N.B.: It has just occurred to me, that Mabel, and Pauline Winkler, must have found not only the minutes for the Board of County Commissioners (1849 - 1851?) during their search in the basement of the courthouse, but also the records of the County Judge (1852 - ca. 1861). Thomas Greenwood served two terms as County Judge. This means that all of these records should be available, because I know I have seen the first book of the Board of Supervisors, who have been running the county ever since the system of County Judges was replaced.--W.F. 6.--1853: Land entry by James Davis for the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section 10 township 67 range 41, dated May 30, 1853. 7.--1853: J.W. Davis ORDERED to serve as grand juror until August 1, 1853.--Greenwood, September 2, 1852. 8.--1854: Fremont county Census: "Sidney township" James W. Davis....3m....6f....1 voter....no militia...no aliens 9.--1856: Iowa State Census; Fremont county, "Sidney township" James W. Davis.....49......b. VA.....6 years in the State Elizabeth...............35..........IND....6 Rosey...................16..........IND.....6 William C...............14.........IND.....6 Sarah Jane.............13.........IND.....6 Mary Ann................10.........IND....6 Elmyra.....................8.........IND.....6 Delilah.....................7..........IND....6 Riley........................5.........Iowa....5 Joseph.....................0.........Iowa....0