William McClung Paxton Papers, 1850-1913

<P>William Paxton was born in Mason County, Kentucky, and married Mary Forman in 1840. They settled in Platte City, Platte County, Missouri, where he served as notary, examiner, attorney, and judge. He authored <I>Annals of Platte County, Missouri</I> in 1897.</P>

<P>This collection contains a variety of records from various aspects of Paxton's career in Platte City, Missouri, including four volumes of accounts from his general store in Platte City (1850-1854); three volumes of specimen letters &quot;from each of the correspondents of W.M. Paxton,&quot; arranged in alphabetical order in January 1877, but dating from the 1860s and 1870s; a scrapbook of daily weather reports for Platte County, clipped from the <I>Platte County Argus</I> (1905-1913); and a record book of collections brought before the Platte County Circuit Court, judgments, executions, and commissions (1860-1871), apparently kept by Paxton in his capacity as an attorney. In addition, the collection contains genealogical material, including a genealogical index and a number of wills, abstracts, court papers, etc. of the Paxton family.</P>

<P>22 boxes; 9 volumes</P>

<P>Cite as: William McClung Paxton Papers, Missouri Historical Society Archives, St. Louis.</P>

<P>威廉·帕克斯顿出生于肯塔基州梅森县，并于1840年与玛丽·福尔曼结婚。他们在密苏里州普拉特县的普拉特城定居，帕克斯顿曾担任公证员、检查员、律师和法官。他在1897年著述了《密苏里州普拉特县编年史》。</P><P>本数据集囊括了帕克斯顿在普拉特城职业生涯的诸多记录，包括其1850年至1854年间普拉特城总店的四卷账簿；1877年1月按字母顺序排列的、来自W.M.帕克斯顿各通信人的三卷样函，其日期可追溯至19世纪60年代和70年代；一份1905年至1913年间从《普拉特县论坛》剪报的普拉特县每日天气报告剪贴簿；以及一份记录簿，记录了呈交给普拉特县巡回法庭的征集、判决、执行和委员会的记录（1860-1871年），据信由帕克斯顿在其律师身份下保存。此外，该数据集还包含家谱资料，包括家谱索引以及帕克斯顿家族的遗嘱、摘要、法庭文件等。</P><P>22盒；9卷</P><P>引用格式：威廉·麦克卢格·帕克斯顿档案，密苏里历史学会档案馆，圣路易斯。</P>