Here is something about this Place here in the Picture and A lot about the Naming of Crider Creek, Third Creek Township, Gasconade County, Mo. and connections to the Lower Valley of the Gasconade River....... Borrowed from Findagrave The Original owner of this Homestead and Land with Farm, not knowing How Old that Some of the Buildings are or Houses or Barns - I am working on this and I will not really know anything until after the 8th & 9th of November 2014!! Originally Owned by James Crider and Crider Family: JAMES CRIDER, Born: 1799 and died in 1871..... Buried in the Barbarick Goers Cemetery, near Bland, Mo.... James Crider Birth: 1799 Death: 1871 James was known by many of his contempories and those who knew him well as Jim. It is reported that he was named after his grandfather Jacob. It is reported that he remained well posted on current events which is evidenced by the fact that he named several of his sons after public figures of the time. He and his family were the only descendants of Daniel who remained in the area of Crider Creek Valley in Third Creek Township of Gasconade County. There seems to be no direct evidence that he served in the military. At one point it seems that James had the intention to move westward as he was involved in the effort to lay out the town of Bartonville (which was never completed) on the bank of the Gasconade River. James is referenced as one of the earliest white settlers in Gasconade County. It is believed that he may have come to the area with explorers prior to the time that the Crider family settled in the area. James appears on the petition early in 1819 that was circulated in St. Charles County for the purpose of asking Congress to establish a Post Road that would begin in St. Charles and lead by Clarks fort to Stouts Fort and Clarksville and on the town of Louisana. James made known his intention to purchase land near there in what is now Jefferson Twp. of Osage County, Missouri. But soon he returned to the area of Crider Creek. On 7 October 1825, the Commissioners of Gasconade county gave bond in the sum of $16.00 to James Crider, to execute to him a deed to lot number 57 in what was to be the new town of Bartonville, which became the County Seat until about 1828. After his fathers death in 1842, it was Jim who took over the land that had previously been associated with his father. The land passed to James in the will of his father. It is suggested that much of the food for his family was derived from Jamess hunting efforts along Rockhouse Hollow and the ridges that skirt the hollow from east to west. Amid this area a great deal of deer and other game was available. Also, Crider Creek offered an abundant source of fish for the family. It is believed that the instant James is the same James that is recorded ashaving purchased a Coffee Mill and one pair of irons from the estate of Jacob Hostetters at a sale held in Lower Culver Twp. of St. Charles Co., Missouri on 22 March 1813. (Ref: ftp.rootsweb/pub/usgenweb/mo/stcharles/probate/jhosterr.txt). James and Meekey were the parents of at least nine children, but it is suggested that some additional children may have died infancy and thus are unknown. All of his surviving children grew to maturity in the Crider Creek Valley of the Gasconade River. His three oldest sons volunteered for service with the Union Army during the Civil War. They all were able to return to Missouri with brilliant records of sacrifice and valor as a result of the campaigns of MS. and Tennessee. It is reported that James and Meeky had fifty grandchildren. Now this is Worth Reading above if you want some History about the Area of Crider Creek Valley and Rockhouse Hollow or Sherrill Hollow!! Along with some Pictures of Nubbin Ridge, Third Creek Twp., Gasconade Co., MO.
Posted on: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 22:16:11 +0000
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