http://dee-burris.dreamwidth.org/ Shakin' the Family Tree - Dreamwidth Studios Sun, 26 Jun 2011 22:36:51 GMT LiveJournal / Dreamwidth Studios dee_burris personal http://www.dreamwidth.org/userpic/856437/913346 http://dee-burris.dreamwidth.org/ 60 100 http://dee-burris.dreamwidth.org/75152.html Sun, 26 Jun 2011 22:36:51 GMT http://dee-burris.dreamwidth.org/75152.html This is just fascinating to me - that the records still exist.<br /><br />I looked back in the blog and saw that I had not provided the survey documents for the land they owned in Louisiana Territory - Ste. Genevieve District, it was at the time.<br /><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y69/sharpchick/Family%20photos/Historic%20Documents/?action=view&amp;current=LandsurveyforJohnCallaway.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y69/sharpchick/Family%20photos/Historic%20Documents/LandsurveyforJohnCallaway.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></img></a><br /><br />Even more fascinating to me was their neighbor directly to the north - Jonathan Owsley.<br /><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y69/sharpchick/Family%20photos/Historic%20Documents/?action=view&amp;current=Surveynarrativepage3.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y69/sharpchick/Family%20photos/Historic%20Documents/Surveynarrativepage3.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></img></a><br /><br />He witnessed their marriage.<br /><br />And they named their second son, Jonathan Owsley Callaway.<br /><br />Maybe there were Owsleys on Amy's side of the family.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=dee_burris&ditemid=75152" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments http://dee-burris.dreamwidth.org/75152.html land record missouri lousiana territory callaway owsley public 2