BlockCole Township
The complete chapter on this township from A Sketch of the History of Benton County, Missouri, published 1876. 445 words, covering 4 settlements. Source changes inside the text are labelled at the exact paragraph where the next book begins.
Contents
2 sectionsThe section headings the book prints inside this chapter. Each one jumps to where it begins.
The modern record here
4 settlementsWhat the federal record holds for each settlement inside this township: wildfires and storm reports since the 1950s, mineral workings, and museum specimens collected nearby. These are counted within a few miles of each settlement, so neighbours share them and the columns are deliberately not added up. Every row links to the settlement's own page, where each figure is broken out.
| Settlement | Fires | Storm reports | Mines and quarries | Specimens |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edmonson | 69 | 9 | 20 | - |
| Hilda | 34 | - | 29 | - |
| Lakeview Heights | 92 | 1 | 2 | - |
| Zora | 93 | 17 | - | - |
Settlements in this township
4 placesEvery populated place the Geographic Names Information System records inside this township's Census boundary. None of the 4 is named in the chapter: they were founded later or were never more than a post office.
The chapter
445 wordsReproduced complete and unedited from A Sketch of the History of Benton County, Missouri, published 1876. The text is machine-read from scans, so expect recognition errors: misspelled names, dropped words, and stray characters. Nothing has been corrected, because correcting a proper name invents one. The headings below are the books' own; source changes are labelled in place.
Cole Township
All the County south of Williams, and east of the range line, between Ranges 21 and 22, was organized into one Township, and called Cole, after Capt. Stephen Cole, one of the first settlers of Cooper County. This Township then comprised all of what is now Cole, all of Union, the east side of Pristoe, and the north-east corner of Hickory County.
John K. Howard and Jesse F. Royston were the first Justices of the Peace, and Logan Kays the first Constable. The first election was held at John H. Howard's house. The elections were afterwards held at the same place when Mr. Terry lived there, and later at the houses of Wm. Kays and Henry A. Dawson. Wm. Kays, Joseph Walton, and Jesse F. Royston were the first Judges of Election. Billington Johnson was the first Road Overseer.
Lindsay
Adamson Cornwall, Stephen A. Howser and Zachariah Fewell were the first Justices of the Peace, and Hugh C. Donaghe first Constable. The first election was held at the house of John Isbell, near the spring on the south side of John Failer's Farm. John Graham, Mannen Duren and Zachariah Fewell were judges* The elections were afterwards hold at Ringo & Jopling's store, and at the house of Markham Fristoe, a mile north of Warsaw. Andy Bryant and Eobert Pogue were the first Eoad Overseers.
Named for Judge Joseph C. Montgomery, who was then on the County Court bench, comprised all of what is Tom and Alexander Townships, the west side of Fristoe, and the north-west corner of Hickory County, running out beyond Quincy. The part in Hickory was cut off from Benton County Feb. 14, 1845.
John Rippetoe was the first Justice, and James Morton, afterwards noted for being kidnapped by the Turks, was the first constable. The elections were held at the house of George Alexander until Alexander Township was cut off, when they were held at the houses of Judge Montgomeiy, Turk and Cruce. George Alexander, Thomas F. Wright and Samuel Judy were the first Judges of Election. John Roberts and Nathan Breshears were the first Road Overseers.
That part of what is now Camden County, which is south of the Osage, and west of Big Niangua, attached to Benton County for civil and military purposes, was organized by the County Court in May, 1835, into a Township called Niangua. It was cut off from Benton County Jan. 29, 1841.
The first election was held at the house of William Broadwater, and afterwards there and at the house of Pollard Wisdom. Henry Bollinger, Pollard Wisdom and Washington Young were the first Judges of Election, and James Jones and John Stark the first Road Overseers.
Provenance
Text from A Sketch of the History of Benton County, Missouri, published 1876, in the public domain in the United States and digitised by the Internet Archive. The settlements listed against this township are matched by point-in-polygon test of each Geographic Names Information System coordinate against the Census Bureau's county subdivision boundary, not by name.