LEACH FAMILY

Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri

Attachments to the Leach Family Story

Leach Taxpayers in Scott County, Kentucky

Following are extractions of Leach taxpayer names from the Scott County, Kentucky, tax records. Photocopies were not made of these entries by the author. ^[1] , ^[2]

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ATTACHMENT B

Fields Taxpayers in Scott County, Kentucky

Material in Attachment B was copied from a report titled:

© Joseph Fields Ancestry,

(abt. 1776-FEBRUARY 1850)

Research report

Draft August 16, 2001

By Gerald S. Lenzen

Scott Co., KY Tax Lists

The Scott County, Kentucky tax lists contain entries for a Joseph Fields from 1808 to 1822. The 1823 tax list does not contain a Joseph Fields. It's possible that Joseph has finally gone to Howard County, Missouri by this date. He had filed a preemption land claim in Howard County for Section 31, Township 49, Range 16, on June 3, 1819. Jacob Baker was given Final Claim Number 1026 and patented it April 1, 1825, as assignee of Joseph Fields. Since the township, range, and section are the same, it's probable this is the same parcel that Jacob Baker registered in the Franklin Land Office May 30, 1822. Research in the tract books may reveal this specific transfer relationship.

However, Joseph Fields does not show up again in the Howard County land records until January 1, 1836. He registered a parcel in Section 23, Township 51, and Range 16. It is located northwest of Fayette, Missouri. The 1819 preemption claim was located south of Franklin, Missouri.

In the Scott County, Kentucky tax lists, there are names listed in the column “In Whose Name Entered.” There are also adjoining columns labeled “Surveyed” and “Patented.” In the latter two columns, there are never any names entered. However, the word Same or Ditto or Do appears in these columns in every instance. This is interpreted to mean that whenever a name is entered in the first column, that same name also applies to the adjacent Surveyed and Patented columns.

1801-1807

A search of the Scott County, Kentucky tax lists from 1801 through 1807 revealed no Joseph Fields. However, there were several others with the Fields surname. [Continue to check tax lists back through 1794. If Fields' are there, check Woodford Co taxes prior to 1792.]

1801

The April 9, 1801 list shows Abraham, Reeson, William, and James Fields. Abraham had 250 acres of 3^rd Rate land. He was located on Eagle Creek on land entered by R. Todd. There was one white male over 21 and two blacks over 16 years of age in the household. He owned three horses and cows. ^[3] Reeson and William Fields each have no other listings than one white male over 21 years of age and 1 horse or cow. ^[4] James Fields has 150 acres of 3^rd Rate land on Eagle Creek, which was entered by M. Pickett. There are two white males over 21 years of age, and four horses and cows. ^[5] No land, personal property, or total valuations are listed.

1802

The surviving 1802 tax list is very hard to read on microfilm. There are no listing dates. It shows Nathan Fields with one white male over 21 years of age and three horses and cows. ^[6] William Fields has one male over 21, and one horse or cow. ^[7] From ditto marks, it appears that both Nathan and William are on a watercourse called I (?) Elk Horn. McConnell & Johnson entered the land. Neither is listed with any acres of land. James Fields has 150 acres of 3^rd Rate land on Eagle Creek that was entered by Martin Pickett. There are two white males over 21, one white male over 16 years of age. He has three horses and cows. ^[8] Abraham Fields is on 250 acres of 3^rd Rate land on Eagle Creek that was also entered by Martin Pickett. He has one white male over 21, two black males over 16, a total of three blacks, and three horses and cows. ^[9]

No land, personal property, or total valuations are listed in 1802.

The 1803 microfilm tax list is also very faint. On March 27, Abraham Fields is listed with one white male above 21 years, two blacks above 16 years, three total blacks, and four horses, mares and cows. Abraham has 250 acres of 3^rd Rate land on Eagle Creek entered by Rob't Todd. ^[10] On the same day, James Fields has two males over 21, one male 16-21 years, and four horses, mares and cows. James has 150 acres of 3^rd Rate land on Eagle Creek entered by Rob't Todd. ^[11]

On June 2, 1803, Reazen Fields had one male over 21 years of age, and four horses, mares and cows. The written entry about four names above his lists N. Elk Horn watercourse on land entered by Israel Christian. However, no ditto marks are visible on the dim sheet. ^[12] June 7, 1803, Kezia Fields had one white male over 21, two white males 16-21 years, and two horses, mares and cows. No ditto marks are visible, but the entry directly above, for Thomas Francis, indicates Eagle Creek on land entered by Rob't Todd. ^[13] Also on June 7^th, William Fields has one white male over 21 years of age, and two horses, mares and cows. No land entries appear. He is listed immediately below Kezia Fields. ^[14]

No land, personal property, or total valuations are listed for any entries in 1803.

1804

Fields tax entries for 1804 were not located. [Study again].

1805

The only name visible for 1805 was Reazen Fields on April 11^th. Reazen had one white male over 21 years, and four horses, mares and cows. The number of acres is not listed. ^[15] No land, personal property, or total valuations are listed. [Study this list again].

1806

May 1, 1806, James Fields had two white males over 21 years, one white male 16-21 years of age, and an unreadable number of Horses, mares and cows. James had 150 acres of 1^st Rate, and 150 acres of 3^rd Rate land on an unreadable watercourse that had been entered by Martin Pickett. ^[16] Reazen and William Field (sic) were listed on June 7^th and 14^th respectively, but their information was unreadable. ^[17] Abraham Field (sic), listed on June 23, 1806, had one white male over 21 years, two blacks above 16 years of age, four total blacks, and seven horses, mares and cows. He had 150 acres of 3^rd Rate land on Eagle Creek entered by Robert Todd. ^[18] No land, personal property, or total valuations are listed.

1807

No Fields listings were found for 1807. [Study again].

1808

Reason Fields was listed on the tax lists on May 7, 1808. He had one white male over 21, one white male 16-21 years of age, and five horses, mares and cows. No other detail was listed. ^[19] On June 11^th, James Fields had one white male over 21 years, and five horses, mares and cows. His 150 acres of 3^rd Rate land was on Eagle Creek and had been entered by Martin Pickett. ^[20] Joseph Fields is entered on the same day as James. This is the first time Joseph appears in the tax records. He has one white male over 21 years of age, and two horses, mares and cows. No other detail is listed for him. ^[21]

On July 29, 1808, Matthew Fields appears on the tax list for the first time. He has one white male over 21 years, and one horse, mare or cow. No other detail is listed. ^[22] Also on July 29^th, Abraham Fields is listed. He has one white male over 21 years, two black males over 16 years, three total blacks, and two horses, mares or cows. His 150 acres of 3^rd Rate land is located on Eagle Creek and was entered by Rob't Todd. ^[23] On July 30^th, Richard Fields had one white male over 21 years of age, and one horse, mare or cow. No other detail is listed for Richard. ^[24]

No land, personal property, or total valuations are listed for 1808.

1809

Even though listed in 1808, Joseph Fields was not on the 1809 Scott County, Kentucky tax lists. ^[25] However, this list is very faint. It's possible he is there, but can not be read. [Check page 8, again].

June 5, 1809, Abraham Fields had one white male over 21, two blacks over 16, six total blacks, and two Horses, mares, or cows. He had 150 acres of 3^rd Rate land on Eagle Creek entered by Rob't Todd. ^[26]

On June 17, 1809, Mathew Fields had one white male over 21, and one horse, mare or cow. He had 150 3^rd Rate acres on Eagle Creek that had been entered by Martin Pickett. ^[27] The same day, James Field [sic] had one white male over 21 years of age, and eight horses, mares and cows. He had 150 3^rd Rate acres on Eagle Creek that had also been entered by Martin Pickett. ^[28]

July 1, 1809, Reason Field [sic] had one white male over 21 years and six horses, mares and cows. No land detail was listed. ^[29]

August 1, 1809, Richard Field [sic] had one white male over 21 years and one horse, mare or cow. His 150 acres of 3^rd Rate land were located on Eagle Creek, and had been entered by Martin Pickett. ^[30]

No land, personal property, or total valuations are listed for 1809.

1810

On June 23, 1810, Reason Fields was listed with one white male over 21, and six horses, mares or cows. No land information was listed. ^[31]

June 16, 1810 shows five entries for Fields. All of them had one white male over 21 years of age. One James Fields had seven horses, mares or cows, and 125 acres of 3^rd Rate land on Eagle Creek that had been entered by M. Pickett. ^[32] A second listing appears to be for the same James Fields. Only land entries are given. He had 40 acres of 2^nd Rate land on Dry Run entered by Asher Emerson. ^[33] Abraham Fields had two blacks over 16 years, six total blacks, and one horse, mare or cow. He had 150 acres of 3^rd Rate land on Eagle Creek entered by Martin Pickett. ^[34] Matthew Fields has 100 acres of 3^rd Rate land on Eagle Creek entered by Martin Pickett. ^[35] Another James Fields listing has one horse, mare or cow, and no land entries. ^[36]

There appears to be no date of listing for Joseph Field (sic) in 1810. His name is the first listed on the top of page sixteen. The bottom entry on page 15 was dated July 25^th. He has one white male over 21 years of age and four horses, mares or cows. No land is detailed. ^[37]

No land, personal property, or total valuations are listed for 1810.

1811

The copies of the tax lists for 1811 are very faint and difficult to read. On page 13, it appears that Joseph Fields has one white male over 21 years of age in the household, and 2 horses, mares or cows. No land information is listed. ^[38] James Fields has one white male over 21 with one horse, mare or cow. ^[39] He also has no land information detailed. There are no listing dates for either man.

Page 14 appears to list a “Fields Jas Jnr” with one white male over 21 and six horses, mares and cows. He has 37 acres of 1^st Rate land entered by Emerson. ^[40] The next listing on the page appears to be for the same person, but for a different parcel. It appears to be 75 acres of 3^rd Rate land on Eagle entered by Pickett. ^[41] Abraham Fields has one white male over 21. The remainder of the category cannot be read for the number of blacks or livestock. It appears he has 56 acres of 3^rd Rate land. The watercourse and entryman cannot be read. ^[42] If other Fields names appear on this sheet, they are too dim to read. ^[43]

No land, personal property, or total valuations are listed for 1811.

1812

All the Fields men have one white male over 21 years of age in 1812. Joseph Fields has three horses, mares and cows. He is on 100 acres of 3^rd Rate land on Eagle Creek. The entry name appears to be Hawkins. ^[44] James Fields has five horses, mares and cows on 37 and 1/34; acres of 2^nd Rate land on Dry Run entered by Johnson. ^[45] The same James seems to have a second parcel of 61 and 2/3 acres on 3^rd Rate land on Eagle Creek entered by Clarke. ^[46] Reason Fields also has five horses, mares or cows. The number of acres of 3^rd Rate land appears to be about 70. It's located on Eagle Creek and was entered by R. Todd. ^[47] Abraham Fields has two blacks over 16 years of age, seven total blacks, and three horses, mares or cows. He has 56 acres of 3^rd Rate land entered by R. Todd. ^[48] Matthew Fields has one horse, mare or cow, and has no land information listed. ^[49]

1813

No tax records were located for this year.

1814

In 1814, all the Fields taxpayers registered one white male over 21 years of age. James Fields lists two separate parcels of land with a male registered with each. This may be in error as the two parcels are combined for the total tax assessment. The first parcel has 37 1/34; acres of 2^nd Rate land on Dry Run entered by Johnson. ^[50] The second parcel is 62 1/12 acres of 3^rd Rate land on Eagle Creek that was entered by C. L. Clarke. The combined total valuation of these two entries was $750. ^[51] Brice Fields appears for the first time in the tax lists. He has one horse, mare or cow, and no land. His tax valuation is $30. ^[52] Joseph Fields has 100 acres of 3^rd Rate land on Eagle Creek entered by Pickett. He also has 2 horses, mares or cows. His valuation is $235. ^[53] Abraham Fields has 56 1/12 acres in the same locality entered by R. Todd. For the first time, his slaves are no longer listed. However, he has four horses, mares or cows. His valuation is $210. ^[54] Reason Fields has 60 acres of 3^rd Rate land on Eagle Creek entered by R. Todd. He has the same number of animals as Abraham. His valuation was $180. ^[55]

1815

The 1815 tax lists are difficult to read. Of those that can be read, each has one white male over 21 years of age. ^[56] Brice Fields has one horse, mare, or cow, and no land listed. His tax valuation can't be read because the corner of the page is blackened. ^[57] Joseph Fields has two horses, mares or cows and 75 acres of 3^rd Rate land. It is located on Eagle Creek and was entered by Pickett. Like Brice, Joseph's tax valuation can't be read because the corner of the page is blackened. ^[58]

Abraham Fields has four horses, mares or cows. Even though he has no acres listed, he is designated as living on Eagle Creek on Pickett's entry. Tax valuation is $270. ^[59] Matthew Fields has no livestock listed. He has 100 acres of 3^rd Rate land on Eagle Creek entered by Pickett. Matthew's valuation is $220. ^[60] There may be several other Fields entries on this page, but they are too obscure to read. ^[61]

1816

In 1816, each of the three Fields men listed had one white male over 21 years. Abraham Fields had no livestock. He had 55 acres on Eagle Creek that had been entered by M. Pickett. Tax valuation is $110. ^[62] James Fields had two horses, mares or cows. He had 88 acres of 3^rd Rate land on Eagle Creek entered by M. Pickett. ^[63] Joseph Fields also had two livestock on 75 acres on the same watercourse. This was of the same class and entry as the others. ^[64] [Need to look for other Fields'].

1817

In 1817, the Fields men were listed in the 77^th Regiment and Anderson's Company. This was another year when all male Fields entries had one white male over 21 years of age. James Fields had one domestic animal and no land listed. His total tax valuation was $35.00. ^[65] Abraham Fields had 50 acres of 3^rd Rate land on Eagle Creek entered by Pickett. He had two domestic animals. Tax valuation was $100.00. ^[66] Casandra Fields [widow of Reason?] had 60 acres on Eagle Creek entered by Pickett. She had no white male over 21 listed, but did have three domestic animals. Total tax valuation was $138.00. ^[67] Joseph Fields had 75 acres on the same watercourse that was entered by Pickett. He had two domestic animals and total valuation of $400.00. ^[68] Brice Fields had two animals but no land. His valuation was $40.00. ^[69] Matthew Fields had one animal, no land, and his tax valuation was $25.00. ^[70]

1818

There were no tax lists available for 1818. [Study again].

1819

Each of the four Fields men on the 1819 tax list had one white male under 21 years of age. Abraham Fields had 50 acres of 3^rd Rate land on Eagle Creek that was surveyed for Todd. Land was valued at $2.00 per acre. He had no domestic animals. His total tax valuation was $112.00. ^[71] James Fields had one animal and no land. His total tax valuation was $45.00. ^[72] Brice Fields had one animal, no land, and was tax valued for $30.00. ^[73] Joseph Fields had 100 acres of 3^rd Rate land on Eagle Creek. Clarks had entered this parcel. The tax rate on land was $2.00 per acre. He had one domestic animal. Total tax value was $150.00. ^[74] [Check pages 24 and 26 for other Fields].

1820

All of the Fields men on this list had a white male over 21 years. Levin Fields shows up for the first time. He had no land, one animal, and total tax value of $60.00. ^[75] Brice Fields had one animal, no land, and total tax value of $30.00. ^[76] Joseph Fields had 100 acres of 3^rd Rate land on Eagle Creek entered by Pickett. This was valued at $3.00 per acre. He had one domestic animal and total tax value of $350.00. ^[77] Abram (sic) Fields had 56 acres of 3^rd Rate land on Eagle Creek that had been entered by Todd. Total tax value was $168.00. ^[78] Matthew Fields had one animal, no land, and tax value of $75.00. ^[79] James Fields had one domestic animal, no land, and was valued at $25.00. ^[80]

1821

Matthew Fields' name is about all that is listed. However, under a category labeled Rates of Covering in Season is the number 76. Under Wholesale and Retail Stores is listed the number 66. It appears that there may have been other information on the original entry sheet but has been erased. ^[81] Levin Fields is listed below John B. Findley with tic marks indicating he had 140 acres of 3^rd Rate land entered under Green. This looks as if the tic marks were a data error. He had one white male over 21 years, and one horse, mare, mule, or jenny. Total tax value was $60.00. ^[82]

Abrm [sic] Fields had 56 acres of 3^rd Rate land on Eagle Creek entered by Todd. It was worth $3.00 per acre. He had one white male over 21 years, no animals, and tax value of $168.00. ^[83] Joseph Fields had 100 acres of 3^rd Rate land on Eagle Creek entered by Pickett. Tax value was $3.00. There was one white male over 21 years and one equine animal. Total tax was $350.00. ^[84] Rev. (?) Brice Fields is listed with many ditto marks in the land area following Joseph Fields. He has one white male over 21, and one animal. Since his total tax was $35.00, it can be assumed that these marks were data entry errors. ^[85]

James Fields is not listed in the tax records in 1821.

In 1822, Matthew Fields is listed with one white male over 21 years, and two equines. He has no land, and no listed tax value. ^[86] James Fields is less endowed than Matthew. He only has one white male over 21 years of age, and no land or animals. He also has no tax value listed. ^[87] Joseph Fields had 100 acres of 3^rd Rate land on Eagle Creek entered by Pickett. Land was valued at $3.00 per acre. His tax value was $350.00. He had six Children Upward of 14 Years and was in the 7^th District. He had one white male over 21 years and one equine. ^[88] Brice Fields had one white male over 21, one equine, and no land. Tax value was $35.00. He had three children upward of 14 years in the 7^th District. ^[89] Levin Fields had one white male over 21, one equine, one child upward of 14 years in the 6^th District, and was assessed at $80.00. ^[90] Abraham Fields had 56 acres of 3^rd Rate land on Eagle Creek returned by Todd. The land was worth $3.00 per acre. Tax value was $168.00, and he had no children upward of 14 years. ^[91]

1823

This year, and in subsequent years, Joseph Fields no longer appears in the Scott County, Kentucky tax lists.

James Fields has 50 acres of 3^rd Rate land on Eagle Creek entered by Pickett. Land was worth $3.00 per acre. He had one white male over 21 years. Tax value was $150.00. ^[92]

Levin Fields had one white male over 21 years and two horses, mules, etc. He was taxed on $100.00 value. ^[93] Matthew Fields had 50 acres of 3^rd Rate land on Eagle Creek entered by Pickett. Land was worth $3.00 per acre. There was one white male over 21 years and two horses on his place. His tax value was $250.00. ^[94] Abraham Fields had 56 acres of 3^rd Rate land on Eagle Creek entered by Todd. ^[95]   Sam'l R. Fields had one white male over 21, one horse, and was taxed on $50.00 value. ^[96] John Fields was the same. ^[97] Brice Fields had one white male over 21, no animals, and no tax. ^[98]

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ATTACHMENT C

William Leach Inventory ^[99]

Entered 7 October 1822

In Obedience to an order from the County Court

at their August Court 1822 appointing the undersigned

Commissioners to appraise in current money the personal

Estate and Slaves if any of the Estate of William Leach dec'd

and report to the court an Inventory after being duly sworn

make the following inventory and report.

Continued (Page 2)

Given under our hands this 7 day of

October 1822

F Bradford }

George Pence } Comm'rs

Adam Pence }

Scott County Ct November Term 1822

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ATTACHMENT D

William Leach Sale Bill ^[100]

dated 26 September 1822

Account of the Sale of the Estate of William Leach

dated 26 September 1822

Attachment D

Willliam Leach Sale Bill

dated 26 September 1822

Account of the Sale of the Estate of William Leach dated 26 September 1822

Continued (from prior page)

Continued (from prior page)

Continued (from Prior page)

Henry Leach }

Scott County Ct. November Term 1822

The foregoing appraisement and sale

Bill of the Estate of William Leach dec'd was this day

produced in Court and ordered to be Recorded

which is done.

Att Elijah Hawkins Clk

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ATTACHMENT E

Fields Land Records In Scott County, Kentucky

1814. The Leach from Emisonitem, indexed on page 148 in Deed Book I, is interesting as James Fields purchased land from Ash and Mary Emison 28 October 1814 for the “…Consideration of Three Hundred and [missing] current money of the United States” ^[101] This tract was “…in the Waters of Dry…” Adjacent land owner was a Mr. Ward. This deed has significant fire damage so a large portion of the right side of the document is missing.

1817. Willis and Ezekiel H. Field sold to John Snell in October 1817. Land description not readable due to fire damage. ^[102]

1817. James Field and Martha his wife sold a parcel to Wm Ward by the entry date of 31 May 1817. ^[103] Date the deed was made is not readable due to fire damage loss. The compensation, location, and number of acres are not visible. Bob McHatton and George Berry, Justices of the Peace, examined Martha Fields separate from her husband and “…she relinquished her [missing] to the within parcel of land voluntarily [missing] without any persuasion or Compulsion.”

1817-1818 (1815?). This is a tantalizing record. More so because of what is missing due to fire damage rather than what can be read. Abraham Fields, and Jane his wife, of Scott County, sell to John Hughes, of Bourbon County, an unreadable number of “…Acres of land lying on the waters of Eagle [ missing] it being a part of a tract of land of one thousand [ missing ] Todd and Mary his wife as Legatees of the [ missing ]…” Monetary transaction is not readable. Gillum (first name missing) and Abraham Fields are listed as adjacent to the parcel being sold. Todd may also have adjacent property. Abraham and Mary Fields had purchased the parcel from Andrew Todd and Mary his wife. ^[104]

The exact date this deed was made and entered can not be determined from the record due to a large portion of the right side of the document being damaged by fire. However, the year of “…Eighteen Hundred and fifteen…” can be read for the year the indenture was made. Since the deed appears in Book D, that includes 1817-1818, it is included here rather than in 1815.

1818. Joseph Fields purchased land from Ash Emison in July 1818. The record following this record in the book was recorded 24 July 1818. ^[105] Emison is from Bourbon County, Kentucky. Monetary compensation was “…the Sum of One Hundred [ missing ]…” This parcel was described as “…a large…big branch which emptied into Eagle…” The number of acres are not visible. As with others, this incomplete record has been partially burned.

1820. James and Catherine Fields sold to Thomas Nutter 2 October 1820. Parcel is “…on the north side of the Lick Branch of Eagle Creek…” Later it is identified as “…this undivided Half of the above Survey the same [ missing ] by S(?) Fields & Charles Mallory…” ^[106] Vallandingham is an adjacent landowner. This is evidently one half of the same parcel sold to Davenport on the same day.

1820. James and Catherine Fields sold to (James?) Davenport 2 October 1820 “…Containing One Hundred [missing] bounded as follows Beginning at a beech [missing] the Lick Branch of Eagle Creek Corner to Thomas (Nutter?)…” Jacob Mulberry and Thomas Nutter are adjacent landowners. “…that said Fields … Conveys His undivided Half of [ missing ] sold by said Fields & Charles Malloryin partnership to [missing]…' Monetary compensation and number of acres not visible because of fire damage to document. ^[107]

1825. Joseph Fields and wife Susannah sold to Matthew Fields 18 September 1825. ^[108] The sale price of this parcel was five hundred dollars for one hundred acres “…on the waters of Eagle Creek…” Deed was recorded 30 September 1825.

1825. Two days later, 20 September 1825, John Stewart purchased 67 acres, 2 roods and 35 poles from what appear to be six Fields family members. However, the deed was not recorded until 10 September 1828. ^[109] The parcel is described as the same one containing one seventh share of William Fields estate as sold by Sophia Fields to John Stewart 9 September 1828. It is located on the bank of Eagle Creek and “Beginning at two white oaks corner to John Hughes…” Sellers and amounts received were Samuel Fields, sixty four dollars and fifty cents; John Fields, fifty five dollars; George Clayton and Rebecca his wife, 5 dollars [should be 55 dollars]; Charles Stanley and Malinda his wife, fifty dollars; John [A?] Leach and Nancy his wife, fifty five dollars; and Kitty Fields, fifty dollars. With Sophia Fields, these appear to be the seven heirs of William Fields, deceased.

How does Joseph Fields relate to the seven apparent heirs of William Fields? Was Joseph a son of William Fields? Had Joseph Fields already departed Kentucky for Missouri after receiving his legacy from William and therefore was not included in the distribution of William Fields estate? Or, is Joseph related collaterally as a nephew or brother to William?

Joseph Fields is first found in Howard County, Missouri, June 3, 1819. He took out a preemption claim from the Federal Government, through the Franklin Land District, for 103.04 acres in Section 31, Township 49, and Range 16. He assigned this claim to Jacob Baker who patented it April 1, 1825, under Final Claim number 1026. This is recorded in the Franklin Missouri Credit Book, Volume 102, Page 56. ^[110] No known relationship exists between Baker and Fields. Preemption claims were usually issued to individuals who had squatted on the land prior to the time it became available for sale from the government. The preemption claim parcel is different from the one purchased by Joseph Fields in Howard County, Missouri, in 1836. That was in Section 23, Township 51, Range 16. ^[111]

The Joseph Fields family is found on the 1820 census for Scott County, Kentucky. ^[112] Living next door is Jas. Fields. ^[113] On the prior census page, about 31 residences away, is Abram Fields. ^[114] The relationship between these three families is not known.

The Joseph Fields family has 2 males under 10, 1 male 16-26, 2 females under 10, and one female 26-45. William C. Fields was born in May 1816 so he may be one of the males under 10 years of age. The Jas. Fields family has 1 male under 10, 1 male 26-45, 3 females under 10, and 1 female 16-26. Abram Fields has 1 male, and 1 female, both over 45 years of age.

It appears as if Joseph had gone to Missouri at least by 1819 and filed the preemption claim. He appears to have returned to Kentucky by the time the 1820 census was conducted. However, the census has some curious numbers on it. Evidently, the census taker entered a number in the wrong column for the adult male in the household because there is one male 16-26 years of age, but none in the 26-45 age category where we would expect to find Joseph Fields. His death record indicated he was born in 1774 or 1776 making him about 46 or 44 years of age in 1820.

1828. Sophia Fields sold a parcel to John Stewart on 9 September 1828 for forty dollars ($40.00). Sophia was one of the heirs of William Fields, deceased. Stewart was conveyed one seventh part of a whole tract which contained sixty seven acres on Eagle Creek. This deed was entered in the Scott County Court 10 September 1828.