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• Jacob Chism was born in Virginia. It is the conclusion of mostresearchers
  that the place of birth was probably in Halifax County, Virginia sincemany
  of the family were living in the Halifax/Pittsylvania/Henry Countyareas at
  this time.  Around 1798, Jacob's family migrated to South CentralKentucky
  where they settled on Mill Creek near what is today Thompkinsville,Monroe
  County, Kentucky.  At that time, the land was found in Barren County,
  Kentucky.  In 1802, Jacob was married to Priscilla Howard by theReverend
  John Mulkey.  They became landowners and farmers.  Jacob and Priscilla
  were devoted members of Mill Creek Baptist Church (now called the Old
  Mulkey Meeting House).  Jacob received a special calling to theministry
  and was ordained a Minister of the Gospel.  In 1819 (see land recordsof
  Cooper County Missouri), Jacob sold his properties and interests in
  Kentucky and migrated to the wilderness of Ccentral Missouri.  It is
  thought that other relatives, friends, and church members from South
  Central Kentucky accompanied Jacob and Priscilla on this venture.There
  is no doubt their journey included a trip up the Missouri River fromSt.
  Louis.  They landed and took up residentce near Boone, Cooper County,
  Missouri.  They were residing in Cooper County at the time ofstatehood
  for Missouri.  They were landowners and farmers.  Jacob continued his
  calling in the ministery  of the Privitive Baptist Church.  He was
  instrumental to the founding of many Baptist Churches in this part of
  Missouri.  He also delt in the sale of land.  In 1835 (see landrecords of
  Morgan County Missouri), Jacob purchased land located about three and
  one-half miles southwesst of Versailles, the county seat of MorganCounty
  Missouri.  Jacob and Priscilla, along with many of their children,
  established homes in this county becoming some of the earliest
  pioneers in  this part of Missouri.  They built a beautiful plantation
  home.  They were substantial landowners and they owned many slaves.They
  were cultured folk and people of faith which contributed  greatly tothe
  Ante Bellum Society of Morgan County Missouri.  At the time of death,
  Jacob and Priscilla were buried, as was the custom, in a family plot
  located on their homestead.  This burial plot is now destroyed.  In1979,
  The Chism Family Association erected a monument in the VersaillesCemetery
  commerating and honoring this pioneer couple of Missouri.
  
  Source:
  Record:  Marriage, Register of Kentucky State Historical Society, Vol.22,
  1924
  Record:  Land Grant #11492, for land in Morgan Co Mo. DescriptionSection
  2, T42, R17.
  Record:  Membership of Pisgah Baptist Church, Cooper Co. Mo., 1819
  Record:  Bible, Mrs. H. L. Sanders, Bozeman, Montana
  Record:  Bible, Mrs. Hood George, Tipton, Mo.
  Record:  Will, Recorded in the Morgan Co. Courthouse, Versailles, Mo.Book
  1, Page 35
  Family Information:  Mrs. Mary Young Brown, Versailles, Mo.
  Family Information:  Mrs. T. C. Chism, Blue Springs, Mo.
  Record:  Federal Census, Morgan County, Mill Creek Township, 1850, Mo.
  Record:  Federal Census, Cooper County, 1830, Mo.
  Family Information:  Mrs. H. L. Sandrs, Bozeman, Montana
  Reference:  Book, "The Times of Long Ago, Barren County, Kentucky" by
  Franklin Gorin, Published by John P. Morton & Co, Louisville,
  Kentucky 1929, Chapter VII, page 24
  Book:
  Family:
  Record:
  
  FEDERAL CENSUS, MORGAN COUNTY, MISOURI, MILL CREEK
  TOWNSHIP, 1850
  
  #574 Longdon Chism 30 M Tennessee (?)
  Jacob Crith Chism         28  M  Missouri
  Priscilla Chism           67  F  South Carolina
  J. C. Letchworth          26  M  Missouri
  Joseph Howard Letchworth  20  M  Missouri
  
  FEDERAL CENSUS, COOPER COUNTY, 1830
  
  Page 42        Male  40-50  1     1780-1790  Jacob
  30-40        1790-1800
  20-30  1     1800-1810  Howard
  15-20  1     1810-1815  Michael
  10-15  3     1815-1820  Logan, Hardin, Stephen
  5-10  1     1820-1825  Jacob Crith
  0-05        1825-1830
  Female  40-50  1     1780-1790  Priscilla
  30-40        1790-1800
  20-30        1800-1810
  15-20  1     1810-1815  Sarah
  10-15        1815-1820
  5-10  1     1820-1825  Priscilla Jane
  0-05  1     1825-1830  Elizabeth
  
  Source:
  Family Information submitted by Mrs. H. L. Sanders, Bozeman, Montana
  
  Reference:  Book:  THE TIMES OF LONG AGO, BARREN COUNTY, KENTUCKY
  by Franklin Gorin, published by John P. Morton & Co,
  Louisville, Kentucky 1929, Chapter VII, The History of
  the First Pioneers of this Country with Biew that you,
  their descendants, may know their customs, their
  hardships and their habits.
  
  Page 24:  "Not being able, at this late day to distinguish thesettlements
  made upon Peter's and other creeks and on Big Barren River, we givethem
  collectively.  They were made by Dr. A. D. Roberts, the Carvers, the
  Elmores, Goodmans, Beavers, Richard Fulcher, Fishers, Richard Bailey,
  Bewleys, the Whitneys, Tinsleys, Uriah McClelland, Isaac and EramusTracy,
  James Frazier, Youngs, Middletons, Beams, James Barton, Brooms, George
  Bush, Sanders, Francis', Reuben Franklin, Bratchers, Bridges, Tomlins,
  McGinness', Capt. Jacob Peck, the Woods, Asa Ellis, Col. WilliamEllis,
  Clifton Rodes, Leonard H. Maury, the Smiths and Obadiah Wade."
  
  "Among the earliest settlers in that part of Monroe County taken offof
  Barren County, were Thomas Combs, Col. Hugh Brown, Col. SamuelCarpenter,
  Jacob Goodman, Col. James Flippin, Thomas Flippin, Esq., Col. JamesChism,
  Rev. John Longdon, Rev. John Mulkey, Rev. Jacob Chism, Samuel Marrs,
  Nathan Breed, William Howard, Thomas Means, Rev. Philip Mulkey, Capt.
  George Bushong, Henry Bushong, John G. Bailey, Ben Gist, DanielHestand,
  Richard Bray, Jacob Lough (Low), Welcome Martin, Benjamin Halsell,John
  Martin, his twin brother William Martin, Franklin Hill, William Maxey,
  grandfather of Sam Bell Maxey, now a member of the U. S. Senate from
  Texas, Joseph Hall, Buck Andrews, Col. David Hardin, _____ Kays,Joseph
  Wooten, Edward Purcell, the father of our Dr. Purcell, Samuel andJames
  Wilson, the McPhersons, Howard Mercer, Gideon Mayfield."
  
• Jacob Chism was born in Virginia. It is the conclusion of mostresearchers
  that the place of birth was probably in Halifax County, Virginia sincemany
  of the family were living in the Halifax/Pittsylvania/Henry Countyareas at
  this time.  Around 1798, Jacob's family migrated to South CentralKentucky
  where they settled on Mill Creek near what is today Thompkinsville,Monroe
  County, Kentucky.  At that time, the land was found in Barren County,
  Kentucky.  In 1802, Jacob was married to Priscilla Howard by theReverend
  John Mulkey.  They became landowners and farmers.  Jacob and Priscilla
  were devoted members of Mill Creek Baptist Church (now called the Old
  Mulkey Meeting House).  Jacob received a special calling to theministry
  and was ordained a Minister of the Gospel.  In 1819 (see land recordsof
  Cooper County Missouri), Jacob sold his properties and interests in
  Kentucky and migrated to the wilderness of Ccentral Missouri.  It is
  thought that other relatives, friends, and church members from South
  Central Kentucky accompanied Jacob and Priscilla on this venture.There
  is no doubt their journey included a trip up the Missouri River fromSt.
  Louis.  They landed and took up residentce near Boone, Cooper County,
  Missouri.  They were residing in Cooper County at the time ofstatehood
  for Missouri.  They were landowners and farmers.  Jacob continued his
  calling in the ministery  of the Privitive Baptist Church.  He was
  instrumental to the founding of many Baptist Churches in this part of
  Missouri.  He also delt in the sale of land.  In 1835 (see landrecords of
  Morgan County Missouri), Jacob purchased land located about three and
  one-half miles southwesst of Versailles, the county seat of MorganCounty
  Missouri.  Jacob and Priscilla, along with many of their children,
  established homes in this county becoming some of the earliest
  pioneers in  this part of Missouri.  They built a beautiful plantation
  home.  They were substantial landowners and they owned many slaves.They
  were cultured folk and people of faith which contributed  greatly tothe
  Ante Bellum Society of Morgan County Missouri.  At the time of death,
  Jacob and Priscilla were buried, as was the custom, in a family plot
  located on their homestead.  This burial plot is now destroyed.  In1979,
  The Chism Family Association erected a monument in the VersaillesCemetery
  commerating and honoring this pioneer couple of Missouri.
  
  Source:
  Record:  Marriage, Register of Kentucky State Historical Society, Vol.22,
  1924
  Record:  Land Grant #11492, for land in Morgan Co Mo. DescriptionSection
  2, T42, R17.
  Record:  Membership of Pisgah Baptist Church, Cooper Co. Mo., 1819
  Record:  Bible, Mrs. H. L. Sanders, Bozeman, Montana
  Record:  Bible, Mrs. Hood George, Tipton, Mo.
  Record:  Will, Recorded in the Morgan Co. Courthouse, Versailles, Mo.Book
  1, Page 35
  Family Information:  Mrs. Mary Young Brown, Versailles, Mo.
  Family Information:  Mrs. T. C. Chism, Blue Springs, Mo.
  Record:  Federal Census, Morgan County, Mill Creek Township, 1850, Mo.
  Record:  Federal Census, Cooper County, 1830, Mo.
  Family Information:  Mrs. H. L. Sandrs, Bozeman, Montana
  Reference:  Book, "The Times of Long Ago, Barren County, Kentucky" by
  Franklin Gorin, Published by John P. Morton & Co, Louisville,
  Kentucky 1929, Chapter VII, page 24
  Book:
  Family:
  Record:
  
  FEDERAL CENSUS, MORGAN COUNTY, MISOURI, MILL CREEK
  TOWNSHIP, 1850
  
  #574 Longdon Chism 30 M Tennessee (?)
  Jacob Crith Chism         28  M  Missouri
  Priscilla Chism           67  F  South Carolina
  J. C. Letchworth          26  M  Missouri
  Joseph Howard Letchworth  20  M  Missouri
  
  FEDERAL CENSUS, COOPER COUNTY, 1830
  
  Page 42        Male  40-50  1     1780-1790  Jacob
  30-40        1790-1800
  20-30  1     1800-1810  Howard
  15-20  1     1810-1815  Michael
  10-15  3     1815-1820  Logan, Hardin, Stephen
  5-10  1     1820-1825  Jacob Crith
  0-05        1825-1830
  Female  40-50  1     1780-1790  Priscilla
  30-40        1790-1800
  20-30        1800-1810
  15-20  1     1810-1815  Sarah
  10-15        1815-1820
  5-10  1     1820-1825  Priscilla Jane
  0-05  1     1825-1830  Elizabeth
  
  Source:
  Family Information submitted by Mrs. H. L. Sanders, Bozeman, Montana
  
  Reference:  Book:  THE TIMES OF LONG AGO, BARREN COUNTY, KENTUCKY
  by Franklin Gorin, published by John P. Morton & Co,
  Louisville, Kentucky 1929, Chapter VII, The History of
  the First Pioneers of this Country with Biew that you,
  their descendants, may know their customs, their
  hardships and their habits.
  
  Page 24:  "Not being able, at this late day to distinguish thesettlements
  made upon Peter's and other creeks and on Big Barren River, we givethem
  collectively.  They were made by Dr. A. D. Roberts, the Carvers, the
  Elmores, Goodmans, Beavers, Richard Fulcher, Fishers, Richard Bailey,
  Bewleys, the Whitneys, Tinsleys, Uriah McClelland, Isaac and EramusTracy,
  James Frazier, Youngs, Middletons, Beams, James Barton, Brooms, George
  Bush, Sanders, Francis', Reuben Franklin, Bratchers, Bridges, Tomlins,
  McGinness', Capt. Jacob Peck, the Woods, Asa Ellis, Col. WilliamEllis,
  Clifton Rodes, Leonard H. Maury, the Smiths and Obadiah Wade."
  
  "Among the earliest settlers in that part of Monroe County taken offof
  Barren County, were Thomas Combs, Col. Hugh Brown, Col. SamuelCarpenter,
  Jacob Goodman, Col. James Flippin, Thomas Flippin, Esq., Col. JamesChism,
  Rev. John Longdon, Rev. John Mulkey, Rev. Jacob Chism, Samuel Marrs,
  Nathan Breed, William Howard, Thomas Means, Rev. Philip Mulkey, Capt.
  George Bushong, Henry Bushong, John G. Bailey, Ben Gist, DanielHestand,
  Richard Bray, Jacob Lough (Low), Welcome Martin, Benjamin Halsell,John
  Martin, his twin brother William Martin, Franklin Hill, William Maxey,
  grandfather of Sam Bell Maxey, now a member of the U. S. Senate from
  Texas, Joseph Hall, Buck Andrews, Col. David Hardin, _____ Kays,Joseph
  Wooten, Edward Purcell, the father of our Dr. Purcell, Samuel andJames
  Wilson, the McPhersons, Howard Mercer, Gideon Mayfield."