Beniah, Mary Ann, and Oliver White of Jasper County, Missouri

In a previous post, you saw that in the 1850 census, Beniah N., Mary Ann, and Oliver P. White didn't seem to fit into the households where they were enumerated.

A sense of not meshing with other Henry White descendants continues into the 1860's. They are the only Henry White descendants I know of who lived in Jasper County, Missouri, at some distance from Henry County, Missouri. (Can their location have anything to do with their neighbors in Jasper County, the Nelson's? Since Beniah's middle name is Nelson, neighbors and associates with that name raise hopes.) 

Map of Jasper County, Missouri from Familysearch

A timeline for Beniah N., Mary A., and Oliver White shows:

• 9 August 1857--Mary Ann White married Joel Bailey in Henry County, Missouri.

• 24 November 1857--B. N. White sold land to Joel Bailey in Henry County, Missouri. 

• 25 May 1859--Beniah N. White created a bond, borrowing $250 from the Jasper County, Missouri road and canal fund, payable in one year at 10% interest. He was in partnership with Robert W. and James McFarland.

• 28 May 1860--Joel and Mary Ann Bailey created a bond, borrowing $500 from Jasper County, Missouri for the use of swamp land, payable in one year at 10% interest. They were in partnership with Robert W. and James McFarland.

• 1860--Mary A. and Joel Bailey were enumerated in North Fork Township, Jasper County, Missouri. Oliver P. White was living in their household. 

• 18 January 1867--Beniah White and the McFarland' s were notified in Jasper County's Carthage Weekly Banner that they were being sued for nonpayment of the 1859 bond.

• 21 January 1867--Jasper County filed a lawsuit against Joel and Mary Ann Bailey for nonpayment of the 1860 bond.

• 21 March 1868--Jasper County seized the Bailey's land for nonpayment of bond.

• 30 March 1874--Beniah's son, John Henry White, was born in Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri. 

Joel and Mary Ann White Bailey survived the War, but the financial impact of this judgment against them must have been catastrophic. If compounded annually, the interest alone was hundreds of dollars. I can't locate the Bailey's after this event. Hopefully, something will shed some light on their later whereabouts.

With their placement order in the 1856 lawsuit plaintiff list, their enumeration in the 1850 Henry County, Missouri Census as "strays", and their interaction later at some distance from Henry County in Jasper County, Missouri, it seems that Beniah Nelson, Mary Ann and Oliver P. White could very well have been siblings, the children of Christian/ Christopher F. White.