John R. LEGG ²

  Burial Notes:

The following inscription, without dates, appears on his grave marker:
"Capt John R. Legg - Co F 43 En Mo Mil"

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census: 1830, McMinn County, Tennessee.

Household of Samuel Legg: Presumed to be one of the males age 5-10.

2. Census: 1840, Cole County, Missouri. ⁹

Household of Samuel Legg: Presumed to be one of the males age 15-20.

3. Deed: 1848, Cole County, Missouri. ¹⁰

Dated 11 Feb 1848, Filed 4 Nov 1854, Bk K: 458
Samuel Legg and Sarah Legg his wife of Cole County to John R. Legg of Cole County; $125 for the W1/2 of the NE1/4 and the E1/2 of the NE1/4 of the NW1/4 of Sec. 21, Twp. 44, Range 13, containing 100 acres.

4. Census: 1850, Cole County, Missouri. ³

Household of Samuel Legg: John Legg, age 24, male, white, born in Tennessee

5. Deed: 1853, Moniteau County, Missouri. ¹¹

Dated 9 Sep 1853, Filed 18 Dec 1855, Bk D:744
John M. Robertson and Mary his wife to John R. Legg; $850 for (1) the SE1/4 of Sec. 26, Twp. 44, Range 16, excepting 13 acres off of the north end of the west half of said land, about 147 acres, and (2) the NW1/4 of the NE1/4 of Sec. 35, Twp. 44, Range 16, about 40 acres.

6. Deed: 1855, Moniteau County, Missouri. ¹¹

Dated 12 Feb 1855, Filed 18 Dec 1855, Bk D:745
John R. Legg and Martha W. Legg his wife of Cole Co., MO to George W. Robertson of Moniteau Co., MO; $850 for (1) the SE1/4 of Sec. 26 except 13 acres off of the north end of the west half and (2) the NW1/4 of the NE1/4 of Sec. 35, all in Twp. 44, Range 16, about 187 acres.

7. Deed: 1855, Cole County, Missouri. ¹²

Dated 17 Mar 1855, Filed 5 Mar 1857, Bk L:572
John R. Legg and Martha his wife of Cole County to Jacob Amos of Moniteau County; $200 for the W1/2 of the NE1/4 of Sec. 26, Twp. 43, Range 14, containing 80 acres. [There appears to be some additional acreage conveyed, perhaps 7 acres, which is described with reference to the South Fork of Moreau Creek.]

8. Census: 1860, Moniteau County, Missouri. ⁴

Dwelling 587
John R. Legg, age 36, male, farmer, $150 personal property, born in Tennessee.
M. A.(?) Legg, age 29, female, born in Missouri.
S. M. Legg, age 5, male, born in Missouri.
Eliza J. Legg, age 3, female, born in Missouri.
Sarah F. Legg, age 6/12, born in MIssouri.

9. Election: 1862, Moniteau County, Missouri. ¹³

John R. Legg was elected State Representative.

10. Deed: 1864, Moniteau County, Missouri. ¹⁴

Dated 27 Feb 1864, Filed 16 Jul 1666; Bk J:189
John R. Legg and Martha W. Legg his wife of Moniteau Co., MO to John C. Bell of Moniteau; $75 for the E1/2 of the NE1/4 of the SW1/4 of Sec. 25, Twp. 43, Range 15, about 20 acres.

[Other deeds involving John R. Legg as Grantee that were not reviewed appear at Bk F:60, Bk O:53 and Bk N:18.]

11. Military Service: 1864, Moniteau County, Missouri. ¹⁵

John R. Legg was a Captain in the Provisional Companies Enrolled Missouri Militia organized in Moniteau County in 1864.

12. Election: 1866, Moniteau County, Missouri. ¹⁶

John R. Legg was re-elected State Representative.

13. Census: 1870, Moniteau County, Missouri. ⁵

Dwelling 163, Family 163
Legg, J.(?) R., age 45, male, white, farmer, $3500 real property, $1200 personal property, born in Tennessee.
Legg, M., age 37, female, white, keeping house, born in Missouri.
Legg, S. M., age 15, male, white, born in Missouri, attended school.
Legg, J., age 13, female, white, born in Missouri, attended school.
Legg, S. E., age 10, female, white, born in Missouri, attended school.
Legg, Geo., age 3, male, white, born in Missouri, attended school.

14. Organizations: 1878, Moniteau County, Missouri. ¹⁷

John R. Legg was a V. P. in the County Temperance Union organized in April 1878.

15. Census: 1880, Moniteau County, Missouri. ^{6 7}

Dwelling 168, Family 176, Burris Fork
Legg, John R., white, male, age 54, widowed, farmer, born in Tennessee, father born in Maryland, mother born in Kentucky.
Legg, Samuel M., white, male, age 34, son, single, laborer on farm, born in Missouri, father born in Tennessee, mother born in Missouri.
Legg, Eliza J., white, female, age 22, daughter, single, keeping house, born in Missouri, father born in Tennessee, mother born in Missouri.
Legg, Sarah F., white, female, age 20, daughter, single, born in Missouri, father born in Tennessee, mother born in Missouri.
Legg, George L., white, male, age 12, son, single, at home, born in Missouri, father born in Tennessee, mother born in Missouri.
Legg, Thomas B. or E., white, male, age 9, son, single, born in Missouri, father born in Tennessee, mother born in Missouri.

[Thomas' name is very difficult to read. However, the records viewable at familysearch.org confirm this reading. Note, however, familysearch.org thought the surname was spelled Lagg.]

John married Martha RICHARDSON on 12 May 1853 in Moniteau County, Missouri.² (Martha RICHARDSON was born in 1831-1833 in Missouri ^{4 5} and died before 1880 in Moniteau County, Missouri ^{6 7}.)