1879 land indenture

 

FamilySearch. Metcalfe, KY. 7 Oct 1879.

The record above shows John A. Hubbard and his wife Maggie entered into a land indenture with Alex Bond for $64.50 on shares in the land owned by John's mother Nancy Dowell Hubbard in October 1879. She was living on the land at the time. It looks like this was part of another transaction, where John had bought out the other shareholders in the land.

After completing the sale, John and Maggie moved from Kentucky to Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, where they appear in the 1880 US Census.

1880 US Census. Saint Joseph, MO.

Google Maps. Edmonton, KY to Saint Joseph, MO.

It seems a little odd that John would move the family to the Missouri-Kansas border in 1879, but looking at the census, John's father James W. Hubbard had relocated to Saint Joseph prior to 1870, where he had started a new family (more on that later).

I'll have more on the Hubbards and their move to Missouri, while I also continue to test the DNA theory that John A. Hubbard was the father of Mary Alice Cain.