James Dinwiddie

  General Notes:

James Dinwiddie Settled in Howard County, Missouri about 1818.

1830 Cooper County, MO Census:

2 male 0-4 b. 1826-1830 John and James
2 male 10-14 b. 1816-1820 Benjamin & Samuel
1 male 30-39 b. 1791-1800
1 female 0-4 b. 1826-1830 Jane
1 female 5-9 b. 1821-1825 Margaret
1 female 30-39 b. 1791-1800

  Research Notes:

James Dinwiddie witness Elijah Hook will.

The State of Missouri Cooper Co. January the fifth day in the year of our Lord one thousand eighteen hundred and thirty three, the last will and testament of Elijah Hook after first commending my sole to the protection of the all wise God, I want Absolom Miller, my brother in law to be my executor of my estate.
I want my estate sold and equally divided between my son John Hook, Jefferson (unreadable - Carroll?) and Joseph (unreadable - Carroll?) after my sun John Hook taking his chois of horse or mare of my stock.

Elijah Hook, his mark
Signed and Seald in the presence of us the day and year above ritten - George Cathay, RB Harris, Hugh Morrison, CS Bidstrup, James Dinwiddie.
State of Mo, Pettis County - Be it remembered that upon the 16th day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty three before Amos Fristoe clerk protem post of the County Court of Pettis County aforesaid came George Cathay, Hugh Morrison, and Reuben Harris, three subscribing witnesses to the foregoing last will and testament of Elijah Hooks deceased and made oath that the said testator signed and published the same as his last will and testament and that he was of sound and disposing mind at the time of so doing, that they subscribed the names thereunto in the presence of each other. Given under my hand and seal of office at office this 16th day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three. A Fristoe, Clerk Protem
(This is the first will filed in Pettis County)

Cooper County, Missouri, Book of Strays - Book B
From November 1828 to December 1833
From the
Western Historical Manuscript Collection
23 Ellis Library
University of Missouri-Columbia
Columbia, Missouri 65201-5149
Entry:
27 Nov 1832
Black cow taken up by James Dinwiddie in han (?) Township and appraised by William Tater and Stubblefield Morrison.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Travel: Barren County, KY. to Howard County, Mo., 1818, Howard County, Missouri. William Dinwiddie the III and James Dinwiddie both traveled together from Virginia to Howard County, MO

• Travel: Morgan County, Mo, 1820, Florence, Morgan County, Missouri. He moved is family 3 miles north of Florance, Mo,

James married Margaret "Frances" "Peggy" Long on 14 Apr 1811 in Warren County Mo. (Margaret "Frances" "Peggy" Long was born in 1786 in Allen County, Kentucky, died in 1860 in Florence, Morgan County, Missouri and was buried in Finley - Dinwiddie Cemetery Morgan County, Florance, Mo.)