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From: Arleigh Birchler <>
Subject: [MO-CW] Cass County, 1850 to 1865
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 16:00:44 -0800 (PST)




Jackson Benton McFerrin was murdered on Feb. 7, 1863

Ann McFerrin

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From: Arleigh Birchler <>
Date: Saturday, October 16, 2004 4:54 pm
Subject: [CompanyDee] Re: [MusickPorter] Cass County, 1850 to 1865

> Norma Jean,
>
> I think the McFerrin home was near the county line between Cass
> and Bates Counties. Sugar Creek Township seems to run from page
> 22 to 74 in the 1860 census. Burton Litton McFerrin and Nancy Orr
> are on page 22. Page 21 was probably left blank. Jackson Benton
> McFerrin and Elizabeth Jane Porter are on page 37. The Lotspeich
> Farm is on page 53. Page 22 appears to be Rock Ford Post Office.
> Page 37 appears to be Austin Post Office. Page 53 is Wadesburgh
> Post Office. There are also a lot of pages for Dayton Post Office.
>
> The shoot-out between Quantrill and the First Iowa Cavalry at the
> Lotspeich Farm was July 9-11, 1862. I've been told Samuel Benton
> McFerrin enlisted after the murder of his father, Jackson Benton
> McFerrin. He was in the 8th Battalion Confederate Infantry. The
> first battle I know they were in was Prairie Grove, Arkansas,
> which was December 7, 1862. The census was done on June 25, 1860.
> So it seems that Jackson Benton McFerrin was murdered between
> June 1860 and December 1862. It is tempting to think that it
> happened about the time of the fight at the Lotspeich Farm.
>
> James W Porter and his son, Burton Maxfield Porter, are on page
> 73, which also appears to be Austin Post Office. Except for names
> I know, it is hard to be certain how to read the script. I will
> have to see if I can find a town or village named Austin in Cass
> County. Since there are 40 lines per page, but some pages leave a
> few lines blank, I would guess that there were about two thousand
> people in Sugar Creek Township.
>
> It might be interesting to try to match names from Sugar Creek in
> 1860 with the 8th Battalion and Quantrill's Raiders. Right now, I
> think I will get some supper.
>
> Arleigh
>
> Bill & Norma Johnston <> wrote:
> Cass county was first called Van Buren until 1949, then changed to
> Cass. Bates county also has a large history book containing the
> names of Porter & McFerren. Bates was also part of Jackson Co.
>
> Norma
>
>


Arleigh Birchler, BSN, MDiv
69 Gray Ghost St
Benson NC 27504

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