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Note: The following is A letter written by Clarence Ordell & Victor Eugene Williams:
My grandfather, Franklin Williams, moved his family to Missouri from Green Co., Kentucky in 1857 & spent the winter in a log cabin belonging to Jason Crail near the New Boston Christian Church. Jason had returned to Kentucky for a time & told my grandfather to move into his cabin if it was unoccupied. My grandfather lived southwest of New Boston, Linn Co., Mo. in 1858. In 1859 he moved to Drake Township in Macon County. Near the Helton cemetery in 1860 he bought a tract of land, north line of section 16, White Township. In February 1864 he bought 120 acres, south line of section 16 for $1.25 per acre, & gave a note bearing 10% interest. He was killed in 1864 during the Civil War. My father, William Ambrose Williams (21 years), was the oldest child (there were 9 children). He paid interest in 1866 & Governor Thomas C. Fletcher issued the deed. My father married in 1870 and moved on the home place & lived there until his death in 1921. I now own this land, only home I ever had. I have the 1st,2nd, & 3rd interest receipts, also some of the tax receipts & the old deed. 1869 tax $5.88, 1877 tax $8.82, & 1879 tax $9.32.
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