. Historical, pictorial and biographical record, of Chariton County, Missouri. )enses, he furnishing his ownhorse. TOBACCO GROWING. Tobacco growing in Chariton county virtually dates from 1833,when Judge John M. Feazle, of Virginia, came to Chariton and postedwritten notices throughout the town promising to purchase all thetobacco the farmers could raise for three years at ^2.^i) jier little tol)acco had previously l)een grown in the county, butsince that date Chariton has ))een one of the banner tol)acco ofrowinofcounties of the State. FIRST COURTS. The first circuit coiut ever h
. Historical, pictorial and biographical record, of Chariton County, Missouri. )enses, he furnishing his ownhorse. TOBACCO GROWING. Tobacco growing in Chariton county virtually dates from 1833,when Judge John M. Feazle, of Virginia, came to Chariton and postedwritten notices throughout the town promising to purchase all thetobacco the farmers could raise for three years at ^2.^i) jier little tol)acco had previously l)een grown in the county, butsince that date Chariton has ))een one of the banner tol)acco ofrowinofcounties of the State. FIRST COURTS. The first circuit coiut ever held in the county met in the town ofChariton, February 20, 1821, and was presided over by Circuit JudgeDavid Todd. Edward B. Cal)ell received the appointment of clerkand John Moore that of sherifi. The first trial by jury was a caseentitled John Gaither et al vs. Uriah F. Ileufiman, a civil action. > 1-1 o a:«K HHK H m H ;^ D o u ?; •^ o ):? H ?• hH 5 K -c^ CJ .^ <; o ?^ ^ <^ ?^ p ?*si o i;: « ^ ,H s) <; t^ ^ ^ •S-i <u •utler being the last survivor, who died in1868 at the age of l-i jcars. Major Daniel Ash])y, James Earicksonand J
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