Samuel E. Etter, Sr.

The town of Etterville, Missouri was named in honor of the Etter family who had lived in the vicinity for many years. A post office, called Etter, was established in 1903 when the Rock Island railroad was built through Saline Township. The post office was renamed Etterville in 1904 and remains to this day.

Samuel Sr. and Rosannah Etter were both natives of Virginia. It is believed the Etter family was in Montgomery Co., Virginia (later part of Wythe Co.) as early as 1787 where they have been found on tax lists. By 1830, Samuel, Rosannah, 6 sons and 1 daughter, were in Anderson Co., East Tennessee.

The children of Samuel Sr. and Rosannah Etter were: DANIEL b. c/1813 m. Mary_____; JOHN b. c/1815; HIRAM b. c/1818 m. Emily A. Dresser; GEORGE b. c/1820 m. Mary A. Cotten; WILLIAM b. c/1821 m. Elizabeth Ann Hinds; EVE b. c/1823 m. (1) Joseph A. Starling (2) Gale Wyrick; and SAMUEL JR. b. 1826 m. (1) Orlena Jane Starling (2) Harriett L._____ (3) Elizabeth Dooley.

Samuel Etter Sr. died before 1850 and Rosannah lived the remainder of her life with her children in Saline township near Mt. Pleasant. The Etters homesteaded in the Pleasant Mount/Mt. Pleasant area in 1835/1836. They lived on or near an old trail across Saline township called ‘the Spring Garden road’, which existed in 1837.

During the Civil War the Etter family declared themselves Southern sympathizers and were assessed fines by the government. With roots in Virginia and East Tennessee, their hearts were with the Confederacy. As far as can be determined, they never owned slaves.

Source: http://members.tripod.com/devere8/id28.htm

Heirs and Estate

1803 , Wythe County, Virginia, USA

The following heirs of Daniel were listed in the Wythe County, Virginia Supreme Court Chancery Record, Book 3, page 138; Catherine and Henry Rader, Peter Etter, Mary and John Rader, John and Christina (Steffey) Etter, SAMUEL and RESINA ETTER, Henry Etter, Elizabeth and Peter Catron, Rebecca and John Bumgardner, Daniel and Mary (Lindemood) Etter, Christine and Michael Brown, Rachael and Henry Kinser and William Etter.

Source: Wythe County, Virginia Administrators, Book 1, page 287-292.

On 13 June 1804 John Etter and John Rader together with Joseph Brown and Andrew Brown signed the appraisal for Daniel's estate (8 beds, 7 head horse, 8 cattle, 23 sheep, 49 hogs, 3 spinning wheels, loom, etc)

Family Data Collection - Births

about Samuel Etter

Name: Samuel Etter

Father: Daniel Etter

Mother: Mary Magdalen

County: Wythe

State: VA

Country: USA

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Family Data Collection - Individual Records

about Samuel Etter

Name: Samuel Etter

Spouse: Rosina

Parents: Daniel Etter, Mary Magdalen

Birth Place: Wythe, VA

Death Place: Miller, MO

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U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900

about Samuel Etter

Name: Samuel Etter

Gender: male

Birth Place: VA

Spouse Name: Rosina ???

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1810 United States Federal Census about Samuel Etter

Name: Samuel Etter

County: Wythe

State: Virginia

Free White Males Under 10: 2

Free White Males 26 to 44: 1

Free White Females Under 10: 1

Free White Females 26 to 44: 1

Number of Household Members Under 16: 3

Number of Household Members Over 25: 2

Number of Household Members: 5

War of 1812 Service Records about Samuel Etter

Name: Samuel Etter

Company: 3 REG'T (JOHNSON'S) E. TENNESSEE MILITIA.

Rank - Induction: PRIVATE

Rank - Discharge: PRIVATE

Roll Box: 67

Roll Exct: 602

1830 United States Federal Census about Samuel Etten

Name: Samuel Etten [Samuel Etter]

Home in 1830: , Anderson, Tennessee

Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1

Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 2

Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1

Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 2

Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59: 1

Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1

Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59: 1

Free White Persons - Under 20: 7

Total Free White Persons: 9

Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 9

1840 United States Federal Census

about Samuel Etter

Name: Samuel Etter

Township: Saline

County: Miller

State: Missouri

Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1

Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 1

Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 2

Free White Persons - Males - 60 thru 69: 1

Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1

Free White Persons - Females - 60 thru 69: 1

Total - All Persons (Free White, Free Colored, Slaves): 7

Persons Employed in Agriculture: 4

Free White Persons - Under 20: 3

Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2

Total Free White Persons: 7

Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 7

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U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907

about Samuel Etter

Name: Samuel Etter

Issue Date: 10 Jan 1840

State of Record: Missouri

Acres: 40

Accession Number: MO2680__.482

Metes and Bounds: No

Land Office: Fayette

Canceled: No

US Reservations: No

Mineral Reservations: No

Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)

Document Number: 10624

Legal Land Description:

Section Twp Range Meridian Counties

 29	      42-N	14-W  	5th PM	Miller

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U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907

about Samuel Etter

Name: Samuel Etter

Issue Date: 1 Apr 1843

State of Record: Missouri

Acres: 80

Accession Number: MO2910__.269

Metes and Bounds: No

Land Office: Fayette

Canceled: No

US Reservations: No

Mineral Reservations: No

Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)

Document Number: 21966

Legal Land Description:

Section Twp Range Meridian Counties

  31  	42-N	14-W	        5thPM	  Miller

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1840 United States Federal Census

about Samuel Etter

Name: Samuel Etter

Township: Saline

County: Miller

State: Missouri

Samuel E. Etter was born in Pennsylvania, probably in or around Lancaster. He was raised by his father and step-mother, Maria Magdalena. The family moved to Wythe County, Va. where he grew up.

     Samuel E. married Rosanna (maiden name unknown) and they had five children while living in Wythe County.  Their third child, Mary Magdalena, is not found on the 1810 cencus records and is presumed to have died prior to that date.  James, the forth child, was not living with the family in Anderson County, Tn. on the 1830 cencus records and his fate is unknown.

     Samuel E. and Rosannah and their seven remaining children moved to Miller County, Mo. soon after 1830.  he had a "still" east of Mt. Pleasant in 1833.  In 1836 he obtained a "land patent" from the federal government for land in Miller County.  During the next several years he bought and additional 270 acres of land, plus several lots in the town of Mt. Pleasant.

       Samuel E. Etter, son of Daniel Etter, grandson of Gerhard Etter was the founding father of all the Etter Surname in the Miller & Morgan Co.s of Missouri.  He was born in Lancaster, Lancaster Co., Pa., and died May 7, 1847 in Mount Pleasant, Miller Co., Mo. and was buried in the , buried in Old Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Eldon, Miller Co., Mo.   He married Rosannah Unknown in 1803.  She was born 1780 in Wythe Co., Va. and died abt. 1860 in Miller Co. Mo., buried in Old Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Eldon, Miller Co., Mo.  {NOTE: The family term for this Cemetery was prefixed by Old, could be the original Cemetery of that name and the current Mount Pleasant Cemetery was built dedicated nearby, or it could be the Older Section of the Entire Cemetery Complex, which many Old Cemeteries have and that is what it is construed to be in this case} 

Children of SAMUEL ETTER and ROSANNAH are:

i. JEMIMA C.4 ETTER1, b. January 14, 1804, Wythe Co., Va.1; d. February 09, 1880, Miller Co., Mo., buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Eldon, Miller Co., Mo.1; m. HIRAM BUCKNER RUSSEL1; b. December 21, 1804; d. April 04, 1885, Probably Missouri, buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Eldon, Miller Co., Mo..

ii. CAIN ETTER1, b. September 19, 1806, Wythe Co., Va.1; d. July 05, 1848, Paducah, McCracken Co., Ky.1; m. JANE UNKNOWN1.

iii. MARY MAGDELENA ETTER1, b. April 18, 1808, Wythe Co., Va.1; d. Bef. 1910.

iv. JAMES ETTER1, b. March 14, 1810, Wythe Co., Va.1; d. Bef. 1830.

v. DANIEL BOONE ETTER1, b. January 01, 1813, Wythe Co., Va.1; d. February 14, 1892, Miller Co., Mo., buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Eldon, Miller Co., Mo.1; m. MARY "POLLY" JANE REED1; b. November 19, 1816, Cole Co., Mo; d. October 17, 1888, Miller Co., Mo., buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Eldon, Miller Co., Mo..

vi. JOHN ETTER1, b. December 01, 1814, Anderson Co., Tn.1; d. June 04, 1868, High Point, Moniteau Co., Mo., buried in Etter-Walker Cemetery, Burris Fork, Moniteau Co., Mo.1; m. NANCY WALKER1, September 1841, Cole Co., Mo; b. May 04, 1819, Tennessee; d. March 15, 1893, Missouri City, Fort Bend, Tx., buried in Etter-Walker Cemetery, Burris Fork, Moniteau Co., Mo..

vii. HIRAM ETTER1, b. Abt. 1817, Anderson Co., Tn.1; d. Aft. 1870, Chetopa, Labette Co., Ks.; m. EMILY A. DRESSER1.

viii. WILLIAM M. ETTER1, b. 1819, Anderson Co., Tn.1; d. September 20, 1895, Miller Co., Mo.; m. ELIZABETH ANN HINDS1, August 05, 1849, Miller Co., Mo.; b. February 07, 1827, Kentucky; d. September 03, 1866, Miller Co., Mo., buried in Spring Garden Cemetery, Spring Garden, Miller Co, Mo..

ix. GEORGE W. ETTER1, b. January 05, 1821, Anderson Co., Tn.1; d. September 28, 1895, Barnett, Morgan Co., Mo., buried Salem Cemetery, Eldon, Miller Co., Mo.1; m. MARY ANN COTTON1, December 17, 1846, Miller Co., Mo.1; b. July 13, 1830, Booneville, Logan Co., Mo.1; d. March 25, 1883, Barnett, Morgan Co., Mo., buried Salem Cemetery, Eldon, Miller Co., Mo.1.

x. EVE ETTER1, b. 1824, Tennessee1; d. February 12, 1912, Miller Co., Mo.1; m. (1) JOSEPH A. STARLING1; m. (2) GALE C. WYRICK1.

xi. SAMUEL BENJAMIN ETTER1, b. May 06, 1826, Tennessee1; d. October 10, 1897, Miller Co., Mo., buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Eldon, Miller Co., Mo.1; m. (1) ORLENA JANE STERLING1, September 02, 1847; b. February 10, 1827; d. January 11, 1862, Miller Co., Mo., buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Eldon, Miller Co., Mo.; m. (2) HARRIET LUCY MCCORTLAND, Abt. 1862; b. September 22, 1842, Kentucky; d. October 19, 1879, Miller Co., Mo., buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Eldon, Miller Co., Mo.; m. (3) ELIZABETH ELLEN DOOLEY, Aft. October 19, 1879; b. July 07, 1845, Miller Co., Mo.; d. July 11, 1897, Miller Co., Mo., buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Eldon, Miller Co., Mo..

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