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William Burford Shook[1, 2]

Male 1808 - 1870  (62 years)


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  • Name William Burford Shook 
    Born 11 Mar 1808  NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Deed 11 Aug 1856  Marshfield, Webster Cty, MO Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Purchase of lot in original town plot 
    Census 1860  Ozark Township, Webster Cty, MO Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Deed 1848-1860  Springfield Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    Land Patents 
    _UID D18DFEB77AB60744BDCE562CE10CCC68BCC8 
    Died 16 Sep 1870  Webster Cty, MO Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I128  Barnett-Farrar-160716
    Last Modified 16 Jul 2016 

    Father Abraham Shook,   b. 1783-1785, NC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Dec 1814, Bedford Cty, TN Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 29 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Clack Burford,   b. 19 Jul 1785, Warren Cty, NC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 1807  NC Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8
    • UID 00F1ADFE35DF404A8B53759774AA547B11E5
    Family ID F78  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Acuff,   b. 28 Oct 1811, TN Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Sep 1891, Webster Cty, MO Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Married 18 Nov 1837  Fayette County, TN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • UID FF82AF0A5EAA734DAEF3B720A0F7EB1C18E1
    Children 
     1. Abraham P Shook,   b. 9 Jul 1835, Memphis, TN Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Nov 1907, Woodward, OK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
     2. William Lafayette Shook,   b. 15 Nov 1840, TN Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Apr 1908, TX Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
     3. Joseph B Shook,   b. 13 Jun 1843, TN Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Jacob Shook,   b. 1846,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. John Shook,   b. Abt 1849,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Benjamin Shook,   b. Abt 1851,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Rebecca Shook,   b. Abt 1854,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Phillip Shook,   b. Abt 1858,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 16 Jul 2016 
    Family ID F49  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Some sources have him as William Buford Shook, but the presence of thefamily history of embedding maiden names and the maiden name of hismother being Burford, I really think that Burford rather than Buford ishis middle name.

  • Sources 
    1. [S32] Ancestry World Tree Project - Ancestry.com (Reliability: 3).
      This file should be used as an additional resource only and has someearly speculation
      Updated: Sat Feb 7 20:57:19 2004
      Contact: Paul Mears
      Home Page: Meares-Rhinehart-Blackburn-Jones of SC/NC/TN athttp://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/e/a/Paul-Mears-SC/index.html

    2. [S78] Ancestry World Tree Project - Ancestry.com (Reliability: 3).
      This file should be used as an additional resource only and has some early speculation
      Updated: Sat Feb 7 20:57:19 2004
      Contact: Paul Mears
      Home Page: Meares-Rhinehart-Blackburn-Jones of SC/NC/TN at http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/e/a/Paul-Mears-SC/index.html

    3. [S21] Webster County Land Records, http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mowebste/marshfield.html (Reliability: 2), 19 Oct 2008.
      Sale of Lots?The sale of town lots by auction took place August 11, 1856,prices ranging from $21 (about the lowest) to $261.50, the highest sumrealized for any one lot. The county seat commissioners reported thesales and settled with the county in November following, the proceedsamounting to $4,385.75. Payment, almost invariably, was made in each caseby secured note for one year. Among the purchasers in Prospect Row wereG. B. Maupin, Neely Pryor, J. P. Thomas, William R. Rogers, WilliamCaple, Louis Gibbons, A. E. Goss, J. T. McKey, Henry King and others.Included in the list of those who became owners of lots in Monticello Roware found the names of P. L. Burford, J. H. Fagg, Charles W. Robinson andD. M. Terry. Mr. Robinson, W. B. Shook, Jacob Vanzant, Daniel George andJ. E. Hollis and others also bought in Mount Vernon Row. In Hermitage RowDenny Turner, J. E. Haymes, D. L. Burford, Leander Cloud and William Huntbecame property owners. The next December the lots left unsold wereordered disposed of at private sale, when many of those already mentionedindicated their faith in the town?s future by purchasing moreextensively. In addition Thomas Wisley, Z. Young, G. P. R. and T. T.Vanzant, Cicero McGinty, R. C. Matthews, Thomas B. Coleman, Henry King,James Triplett, John R. Taggard, John B. Dixon, and others too numerousto mention, invested. For negotiating these private sales the county seatcommissioners received the munificent sum of $20. In November, 1857,other lots were sold, and some of those formerly disposed of were resold,while in December certain ones were declared forfeited, and brought onlya fraction of the original price. In November, 1858, another series offorfeited lots were offered, and bought by Harper Rice, Henry King, C. C.Smith, N. T. Smith, John B. Dixon and P. L. Burford. In February, Julyand October, 1859, September, 1860, March, 1861, and February, 1866,sales were also made, prices, as a rule, being well maintained.

    4. [S12] 1860 Census, http://ftp.rootsweb.ancestry.com/pub/usgenweb/mo/webster/census/1860/pg00082.txt (Reliability: 2), 17 Oct 0008.
      3 536 532 Shook William 52 M Farmer1,000 2,510 NC X
      4 536 532 Shook Mary 48 F Tenn X
      5 536 532 Shook Joseph B 17 M Tenn X
      6 536 532 Shook Jacob 14 M MO X
      7 536 532 Shook John 11 M MO X
      8 536 532 Shook Benjamin 9 M MO X
      9 536 532 Shook Rebecca 6 F MO
      10 536 532 Shook Phillip 2 M MO

    5. [S20] Missouri GenWeb, http://webster.mogenweb.org/landpatents.txt (Reliability: 3), 18 Oct 0008.
      SHOOK William B 3/1/1860 Springfield 27112MO5670__.113
      SHOOK William B 3/1/1860 Springfield 27155MO5670__.153
      SHOOK William B 4/3/1848 Springfield 8178MO5300__.407

    6. [S58] Missouri GenWeb, http://webster.mogenweb.org/landpatents.txt (Reliability: 0), 18 Oct 0008.
      SHOOK William B 3/1/1860 Springfield 27112 MO5670__.113 SHOOK William B 3/1/1860 Springfield 27155 MO5670__.153 SHOOK William B 4/3/1848 Springfield 8178 MO5300__.407

    7. [S4] FamilySearch.org (Reliability: 3), 14 Jan 2007.
      Abraham Shook info b:1785

    8. [S73] FamilySearch.org (Reliability: 3), 14 Jan 2007.
      Abraham Shook info b:1785


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