WRIGHT HOLLAND (son of William and Mary Short Holland)
Contributed by Linda Lawson
Notes for Wright Holland from GENWEB GLO Records
[They are all in Webster Co. MO.]
Patentee Name State Issue Date Doc. Nr. Accession or Serial #.
HOLLAND, WRIGHT MO 07/01/1852 11178 MO5370__.153
HOLLAND, WRIGHT MO 05/15/1857 19063 MO5500__.125
HOLLAND, WRIGHT MO 05/01/1868 29734 MO5730__.174
HOLLAND, WRIGHT MO 05/10/1870 30165 MO5740__.080
From Goodspeed History - Pioneers:
WRIGHT HOLLAND, who came from Tennessee in 1843, died April 16, 1879. He was instrumental in having the county seat located at Marshfield, and was commissioner for its survey. In 1863 he was appointed sheriff by Gov. Gamble, and later was elected sheriff and collector.
From Goodspeed History - Marshfield
Original Lots.-On May 28, 1856, the court instructed WRIGHT HOLLAND to lay off the county seat on a square in the southeast corner of the ten acres apportioned; west and north of that a tract of four acres for a public square; three north and south streets, sixty feet wide, of which the two outside were to lead through the square, and the center one to lead up to and in front of the public square; and three east and west streets, bearing the same relation to the square, lots to be laid off oblong, about sixty feet facing the square, with a depth of 120 feet. At this time the commissioner was instructed to donate ten acres to the Pacific Railroad Company, and to advertise in the Springfield Advertiser the auction of lots at Marshfield on August 11, 1856. Prospect Row, Hermitage Row, Mount Vernou Row, were the names given to the streets on which lots were offered, and the court fixed the price of such lots at from $20 to $40.
Survey.-The survey of the town was commenced June 23, 1856, by Richard H. Pitts, surveyor; C. W. Robinson and James Smith, chainmen, and G. W. Thompson, assistant chain-man. The sixty acres on the northwest quarter of Section 10, Township 30, Range 18, were donated by William T. Burford and B. F. T. Burford & Co. for the purposes of the county seat of Webster. The survey was completed July 29, and acknowledged by WRIGHT HOLLAND, county seat commissioner, for himself and Constantine F. Dryden, the preacher (whose connection with the business is not made clear), W. T. Burford and B. F. Burford & Co.
From Goodspeed History - Land Buyers
Early Land Buyers.- ...Homesteads were erected on Section 19, by W. H. HOLLAND in 1867, Reuben Vermillion in 1865, Pleasant Harvey in 1867, William Province and John Joker in 1869.