There's nothing quite like opening an online book and finding the usual suspects. In this case, it is the assemblage of the Holcomb brothers Enoch, Nathaniel, and Azariah with their brother-in-law James Skaggs and probably their half-brother James Brown. There is an outside chance that brother-in-law Robert Jamison, who died in Jasper County, Missouri in 1848 is also included. All of this information comes from NewtonCounty, Missouri Records, Vol. 1 by Mrs. John Vineyard, which can be found among the books on FamilySearch.
On the surface, this information is about as interesting as watching paint dry, but it indicates that at least Azariah Holcomb and brother Enoch Holcomb were reasonably settled in Newton County, Missouri from 1840 until at least 1848. By 1850, Azariah Holcomb was in McDonald County, Missouri, Enoch Holcomb was in Navarro County, Texas; and brother Nathaniel Holcomb had probably lit out for California. What happened between 1848 and 1850 that prompted them all to leave?
Newton County, Missouri:
1840,
February Term, 2nd day, p. 49:
Committee
to view road to Sennaca Mills by Whitaker Crabtree’s: Azariah Holcomb; James Skaggs
and Isaac H. Hatlman.
February
10, 1840, p. 41:
Petition
by citizens that road from Grand Falls on Shoal Creek to South West Corner of State
be marked out. Court appointed Alfred Oliver, Nathaniel Holcomb, and Andrew
Sparlin to view route and report.
May
Term, 1840, p. 53:
Report
of group appointed to lay out road to Senneca Mills names Whitaker Crabtree’s
land, farms of James G. Crabtree, Simon Price, Campbell Price, James Beamond, A.
Holcome, James Brown, D. Adams, Moses Crow.
p.
55 Simon Price made road overseer near Sennaca Mills; Azariah Holcome, a
Justice of the Peace of Elk River Township, “to allot to said overseer the
hands subject to work on said road.”
May
Term, 1840, p. 56:
Azariah
Holcomb, Esq., a Justice of the Peace, allowed $14.00 for holding inquest on
body of an (un-named) Indian.
Court
Session, February 8, 1841, p. 79:
Nathaniel
Holcomb and Andrew Sparlin, appointed viewers for road from Grand Falls on
Shoal Creek to southwest corner of the State, made report which mentions Vanslyke,
A. Holcomb, N. Holcomb, John F. Wheeler, Matthew Blevins near Cowskin River. Report
made by James Keel, John Mayfield, Ishom H. Harris on road from Neosho to
Wallace’s Mill.
August
Term 1841:
Pursuant
to order of Court made by the Court in August 1841…road from H.G. Joplin’s
farm, Wm. Sherer’s house, Andrew Sparlin’s, Noakes’ Tanyard, Plummer’s cabin on
Swan’s Prairie, Squire Holcomb’s on Buffalo Creek, to A. Oliver’s Mill on Patterson
Creek, to the Cowskin River at Matthew Blevin’s field, Thomas Neil’s, McGee’s,
across Honey Creek…to southwest corner of the county.
August
Term 1841:
Road
viewers “down Buffalo Creek by Jas. Scaggs’ farm” to be Geo. W. Nutting, James
Beamans, Andrew J. Grant.
John
M. Richardson and James Nichols (appointed to survey Newton – Jasper County line)
– made report: “Line crosses Jenkins Creek near Samuel Spence’s dwelling,
leaving said house in Jasper Co…on by Jones Creek, Daniel Spences’s house (in
Newton Co.), Mr. Johnson’s (Turkey Creek), Mr. Hickman’s (a citizen of
Blytheville), Clisby Roberson’s by the southeast corner of his kitchen leaving
his dwelling in Newton Co. by 10 – 12 feel, by Mr. Scott’s, Mr. Jamison,
Bachealon’s prairie, Mr. Fullbright’s, Harris G. Joplin’s, Mr. Cornelius and
Mr. Smith.”
November
Term of Court – 1841, p. 124:
Andrew
J. Grant, George W. Nutting, and James Bean appointed to view the road,
beginning near Bean’s on Buffalo…a small black jack tree near James Beaman’s,
down by house of Daniel Stockton…house of Isaac Hatman…near James Scaggs’, to
be opened and repaired to a width of 20 feet…
May
10, 1842, p. 141:
Nathaniel
Holcomb made overseer to Seneca line.
November
Term – 1842 p. 156:
Overseers
appointed [for roadwork]: - Wm. Severs, Alfred Oliver, Azariah Holcomb
May
1846 – Court Session:
Oliver
M. Hickcox made magistrate of Shoal Creek District; Azariah Holcomb appointed J.
P. in place of Wm. Bradford
April Term of Court – 1847:
Enumerators
of school-aged children –
8.
Azariah Holcomb – Elk River Twp.
Court
Session – February 1848, p. 318:
Road
viewers: John Stafford, Rob’t Pucket
Accounts
allowed: Enoch Holcomb, Thos. Skaggs, Wm. Pickerd
June
Session – 1848
Account
of Enoch Holcomb accepted, for burying Amelia Lea, insane poor person.
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