Joseph T. Tucker II (1777 - 1833)

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Biography

First Assessor of Perry County

Burial

Burial:

Date: 25 JUL 1833

Place: Old Catholic Cemetery, Sycamore Ln., Perry, Missouri, USA

Joseph was born about 1777. He was the son of Joseph Tucker and Frances Drury. He passed away in 1833.

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Raw text from Notes from Robert Vale Hennessy Sr

37. Joseph TUCKER b. ca 1777 Maryland of Joseph and Frances For Joseph's family see MCF, p. 369. How do we know he was born in Maryland? "Peter TUCKER being sworn, said that Joseph TUCKER, Jr. did prior to 20 Dec 1803 inhabit & cultivate said tract; and that he was head of a family .. that his brother Joseph Jr. sold to claimant the said tract and that his brother Joseph, Jr. had obtained a limited concesstion to settle 350 arpens, his family consisting of himself and eight children. Granted to Simon DUVAL 23 June 1806..." 25 March 1804 Joseph and Helen were baptismal sponsors for their nephew, Peter TUCKER, of Peter & Christine, in Ste. Genevieve Dist., Missouri Territory. Joseph and Eleanor TUCKER returned to Kentucky in 1805, where they lived in the Rolling Fork Settlement for about 12 years, but eventually they returned to Missouri. 5 April 1805 "Joseph TUCKER, Jr. for and in consideration of the sum of two horse creatures sells unto Nicholas and Isidore MOORE all his right, title and claim to a certain improvement he has made in Ste. Genevieve District, Louisiana, the improvement made prior to 20 Dec. 1803, the lands having been granted by the laws, usages and customs of the Spanish government..." Recorded 16 Dec. 1805. (Deed Bk. A, p. 56 Ste. Genevieve Co., MO) ? Survey #2170? 131 b, No. 2 Isidore MOORE ____ ___ for Joseph TUCKER (Junr.) concessions ~~ FENWICK 1805. 19th October 1805 Received of H. FENWICK two concessions granted to Joseph TUCKER (Junr.) by Pierre DeLASSUS DELUZIERS. The one for three hundred fifty acres and the other for two hundred acres of land for which concessions ___ note a deed of conveyance given to me by the said Joseph TUCKER. Isidore MOORE Ste. Genevieve (C3636, Roll 7, Folder 95) Survey #956 [Page contains a plat map of Joseph TUCKER, Junr.] WHO HAS THE ACTUAL SURVEY? Territory of Louisiana District of St. Genevieve 18 December 1805 Surveyed for Joseph TUCKER Jun. by Virtue of Page 243 Robert Vale Hennessy Sr Notes Concession a tract of land lying on both sides of Saline and the s. fork containing four hundred and sixty-nine acres beginning at a pile of stones on Peter TUCKER'S line and running N. 35 degrees E. 469 poles to a post oak thence __ N. 55 degrees 160 poles to a pile of stones & slate. Thence at 35 degrees E 1169 poles to a stake & ___ stones fixed for a Corner. Thence 55 degrees E. 160 poles to the beginning including his improvements. James MOORE & Clement KNOTT ) Chain carriers John HAWKINS, Surveyor 469 arpens on the south fork of the Saline Received for Record St. Louis Feb. 26th 1806 Antoine Soulard, Surveyor of St. Louis [Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City, MO, Papers of Original Claimants [Plat of Survey (59b); Concession (59a) American State Papers Citations, 2:659] 6 May 1806 - Joseph TUCKER purchased 150 acres on the Rolling Fork in Washington Co., KY from Charles EWING for £40 adjoining Benjamin GIBBS survey. Deed Bk. C, p. 224 ("Washington Co., Kentucky Deed Abstracts 1803-1811, Vol. 2, Sanders, Faye Sea, 1992, p. 33) 6 June 1808 Indenture between Charles EWING, Sr. and Martin EVERHART, both of Wash. Co., KY, for £18 - land in Wash. Co. on Rolling Fork bounded by Joseph TUCKER and Nicholas DURAN cont. 35 acres. Charles EWING by Thos. KNOTT, his attorney in fact. Wit.: none Deed Bk. C, p. 404 (Sanders, p. 71) Joseph TUCKER and "Hellena" SIMMS are listed in Father Nerinckx's Kentucky register in 1806 and 1809. Their daughter, Elizabeth, is listed immediately after them in 1809.... 1810 Fed. Census Washington Co., KY, GRS CD 150, 1st Edition TUCKER, Joseph # 327 30010-11010-01 Who are these other TUCKERS? TUCKER, James # 327 10100-00100-00 TUCKER, John # 327 00010-00100-00 TUCKER, Matthew # 327 10010-20010-00 TUCKER, Truman # 327 00100-30200-00 24 Aug. 1811 Indenture between Benjamin GIBBS & wife, Mary, and John SHUCK, all of Wash. Co., KY, witnessed by Joseph TUCKER, John BLAND, John HANDLEY, Jonathan X ROULLEY. Bk. D, p. 100. ("Deeds, 1811-1814," Sanders, p. 15) 24 Aug. 1811 Indenture between Benjamin GIBBS & wife, Mary of Wash. Co., KY, and Joel CROW of Cumberland Co., KY for one cent conveying 500 acres. Witnessed by Joseph TUCKER, John BLAND, John HANDLEY, Jonathan X ROULLEY, Joshua X JARBOE. Bk. D, p. 148. ("Deeds, 1811-1814," Sanders, p. 22) In July 1816 Father Felix DeANDREIS and eleven other missionaries from the Congregation of the Missions, arrived in Baltimore. They were led to Kentucky by John Baptist MORANVILLE, a young man who had recently arrived from France. Along with Bishop FLAGET and two others, and with a Mr. TUCKER (probably Joseph TUCKER, Jr.) the party set out for St. Louis on 1 October 1817. Enroute to the Barrens, the group stopped at several of the old Illinois settlements. ("Perry county, Missouri A Religious Haven," O'Rourke, pp. 29-30) 1 Dec. 1817 ~ Deed Joseph TUCKER and Eleanor This indenture is made this first day of December in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and seventeen between Joseph TUCKER and Eleanor, his wife, of the county of Washington and the State of Kentucky of the one part and Sylvester CISSELL of the said county of the other part witnesseth that he the said Joseph TUCKER for and in consideration of the sum of three hundred pounds to him in hand paid the receipt whereof the oath hereby acknowledged ___ granted and bargain and sell unto the said Sylvester CISSELL, his heirs and assigns forever, the full quantity of ___ and hundred and fifty acres of land situated lying and being in the said county and on the waters of the Rolling Fork and bounded as follows to wit: beginning at a hickory and two dogwoods in the south line of Benjamin GIBBS survey of 757?/2 degrees thence running with his line south sixty seven degrees east two hundred and two poles to a black oak his south east corner starting near a clay lick; thence south one hundred and eleven poles to a hickory and white oak, thence north sixty-seven degrees west, two hundred and thirty-two paces to a hickory and Spanish oak on the north bank of a drain, thence north one hundred and eleven poles to the beginning; Together with all improvements privileges profits hereditament and/or pertinences to the same belonging as in anywise appertaining to have and to hold the above one hundred and fifth acres with appurtances to the said CISSELL his heirs and assigns forever, and the said Joseph TUCKER for himself his heirs executors and administrators ___ further covenant, grant and agree to and with the said CISSELL his heirs and assigns by these presents that he the said Joseph TUCKER will ___ before mentioned land with its appurtenances unto the said Sylvester CISSELL, his heirs assigns against the claim or claims of all and every person or persons whatsoever shall and will warrant and forever defend in witness Page 244 Robert Vale Hennessy Sr Notes whereof he the said Joseph TUCKER hereunto set his hand and seal the day and year above mentioned in the records and Eleanor his wife entertained in the 3rd line from the top of the first page before signed Joseph TUCKER ((seal)) Eleanor TUCKER ((seal)) Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of John HUGHES, Jr. CWC. Washington Co., KY I John HUGHES, Jr. clerk, pro tempore, of the county court of the county aforesaid do hereby certify on the day of the date hereof this indenture was acknowledged before me in my office by the within named Joseph TUCKER and Eleanor his wife, she being first privately examined as the law directs and relinquishing her rights to dower to be therein act and deed and therefore admitted to record. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 13th day of December 1817. John Hughes, Clerk. Washington County Deed Book E., p. 450 & 451. Recorded by Patricia Bishop Obrist from a copy of the original from Washington Co., KY Court, Springfield, KY July 2002. On 1 Aug. 1818 when Joseph returned to Missouri his brothers and sister conveyed to him their interest in the land grant of their father, Joseph TUCKER, dec'd., for the sum of $600.00. This 640 acre tract was confirmed 19 Oct. 1827 and was recorded 5 Jan. 1838 by the heirs of Joseph TUCKER. (Deed Bk. 2, pp. 331-3,? Perry Co., MO. Perry Co. est. in 1821!! ] Deed Joseph TUCKER and Eleanor This indenture is made this first day of December in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and seventeen between Joseph TUCKER and Eleanor, his wife, of the county of Washington and the State of Kentucky of the one part and Sylvester CISSELL of the said county of the other part witnesseth that he the said Joseph TUCKER for and in consideration of the sum of three hundred pounds to him in hand paid the receipt whereof the oath hereby acknowledged ___ granted and bargain... Washington County Deed Book E., p. 450 & 451 (need 451) ################################################################################### Editing Joseph Jr. Feb. 13, 2003 Received of H. FENWICK two concessions granted to Joseph TUCKER (Junr.) by Pierre DeLASSUS DELUZIERS. The one for three hundred fifty acres and the other for two hundred acres of land for which concessions ___ note a deed of conveyance given to me by the said Joseph TUCKER. Isidore MOORE Ste. Genevieve 19th October 1805 Re: land concession (C3636, Roll 7, Folder 96) * * * * * September 24, 1819 Received of Joseph MANNING the administrator of Thomas SIMES deceased three dollars for selling the property to pay property tax received by me. Joseph TUCKER [ This would be Joseph TUCKER, Junior.] (WHMC C3636, Roll 71, Folder 1348) * * * * * * * County of St. Genevieve Circuit Court July Term 1819 On petition it is ordered by the court that a public highway or road be reviewed marked and laid out according to law from Maddinsborough on the Mississippi over the nearest and best ground To St. Genevieve so far on that route as the county line extends and than Joseph TUCKER, Jr., William FLYNN, Robert BROWN, Bernard BROWN, and James BOR___, Sr. are appointed commissioners to carry the same into effect and that they make return of their proceedings in our next term. Extract from the orders of Court. Thomas OLIVER, Clerk. (WHMC C3636, Roll 71, Folder 1348) ################################################################################## 1 Aug. 1818 - Joseph TUCKER'S heirs conveyed land to their brother, Joseph Jr., ( probably listed in birth order): Peter, Thomas, Mary, Nicholas, James, William, John, and Francis. [Michael, dec'd.] (Deed Bk. C, p. 71, Ste. Genevieve Co, MO) Joseph may be the Joseph TUCKER who paid $10.00 for a tavern license in Ste. Genevieve during the July term of Court in 1819. (Jackson, MO "Herald" from MCF, p. 371) September the 24 1819 Received of Joseph MANNING the administrator of Thomas JAMES deceased thre dollars for selling the propety of say Reieiv by me. Joseph TUCKER (C3636, Roll ___, Folder___ ) Page 245 Robert Vale Hennessy Sr Notes 1821 When Perry County was organized it was divided into three townships; Cinque Homme was one of them. The three judges of the first election in that township, sometimes called 'commissioners', were: Thomas RINEY, Joseph TUCKER, and Aquilla HAGAN. ("History of Southeast Missouri," p. 345.) 8 May 1821 Commissioners to superintend the building of the Court House and the goal were Robert T. BROWN, Joseph TUCKER, Sr., and Thomas RINEY. ("Heritage, Vol. 16, 1998, p. 2") Joseph was the assessor of Cinque Hommes Twp. in 1821 and served as the first assessor of Perry County from 1821 to 1825. In 1821 he reeived $51.00 from the state treasure for his services as assessor. He became a town commissioner of Perryville in 1831. The minutes of the county court record that in 1821 he was paid five dollars for supplying a copy of "Guyer's Digest of the Laws of Missouri," for the use of the clerk's office. 1822 Plantiff, State of Missouri, Defendants: Francis TUCKER, Joseph TUCKER, Joseph $ BROWN. Type case: Assault & battery. Perry County Circuit Court, Case #30. Ruling: in favor of plantiff. Fine: $57.00 custody sheriff until judgement performed. ("Heritage," Vol. 14, p. 137) 1823 Ordered by the court that Joseph TUCKER, Senr. be appointed assessor of Perry County for the year 1823. Also the court appointed Jo. TUCKER, Senr. and Frederick C. HASE Commissioners of School lands in Cinque Homme Township. ?Order Bk, ? p. 58. Saturday, July 19th 1823 - Ordered that Joseph TUCKER, Senr. be allowed twenty days for assessing all taxable property belonging to the inhabitants and non residents of Perry County being situate within said County and tht he be allowed two dollars per day and one dollar and fifty cents for stationary to be paid out of the State Treasury. p. 60 (Ibid.) (PCHS 'Heritage,' April 1985, p.43) 1824 Grand Jury of Perry Co, included among others: Michael HAGAN, Richard S. DORSEY, Lewis MOORE, Joseph T. TUCKER, John DUVALL. (Perry Co, "Heritage") If this is our Joseph Jr. what is his middle name? Does it appear on any deeds? 1830 Fed. Census, Perry Co., MO, p 398: TUCKER, Joseph 00001001 - 01010001 Joseph & Eleanor age 50-60 Slaves: 1 male 10-26 1 female 10-26 N., William, born 31 Dec. 1832, bapt. 3 Feb. 1832, son of Louis & Mary, servants of Joseph TUCKER, Sr. # 828. (Callier, p. 26) 2 May 1831 the county court authorized the incorporation of Perryville, with Joseph TUCKER and Thomas RINEY as town commissioners. (MCF, p. 4) In the "Weekly Perryville Union," of 21 December 1877 Joseph TUCKER was named in an article titled, "Old Times". He died 25 July 1833 probably of cholera. After the death of Joseph TUCKER, his sons: Charles, Peter J. and Joseph III and their wives conveyed 240 acres in survey 855, T35N R10E to Edward WALSH and Apolnerius TUCKER, both of St. Louis Co., MO and to Valerio FAINA and Guy T. ELDER of Perry Co., MO 8 Aug. 1833. (Perry Co., Deed Bk. 1, p. 372) Later on 30 March 1835, Apolnerius TUCKER of St. Louis Co., MO and Valerio and Matilda FAINA conveyed land to Guy T. ELDER of Perry Co., MO. Recorded 5 Jan. 1838, Deed Bk. 2, pp. 336-8, Perry Co., MO. (Documents transcribed by Patricia Bishop Obrist from copies at the Perry Co., MO court, October 1, 2003.) What was the cause of death of Joseph Tucker and Eleanor Simms Tucker. They died within two days of each other, in July, 1833. That would seem like some disease. I suspect it was cholera or malaria. pbo. Applies to: Joseph Tucker Jr.143.

• Timothy O'Rourke. Maryland Catholics on the Frontier. p.369