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- They Came To Missouri
Descendants of Henry Childers of Virginia and Kentucky
Robert Childers, Jr. and his nephew, William Pryor Childers, were probably the first of that name to settle in Scotland County, Missouri. In Adams County, IL. 20 August 1834, Robert Childers made an affidavit for Lewis Buskirk, who was applying for a Revolutionary War pension. In 1837 in Dark County, MO, Robert Childers was on Grand Jury duty. On the 1850 census, Robert's daughter Martha was listed as having been born in Missouri in 1836. These dates show the areas and years where the Robert Childers family resided.
Robert had gone on a trip through Illinois with his friend and church brother, William Conrad, just to see the country. He liked it and the group of Baptists in Adams County where his relatives had settled. He did not like the infighting, which at that time plagued the Williamstown, Kentucky Baptist Church. For this reason, when he returned from the trip to Illinois he made preparations to move his family there. Once arrived, however, he found the infighting had taken hold of the church in Adams County, so he again moved on, this time to Missouri and the area that is now Scotland County.
Robert Childers, Jr. was born 1789 in Campbell (now Grant) County, Kentucky. His parents were Robert and Nancy (Pryor) Childers who had a farm on Grassy Creek. Later, Robert Jr., too, owned land on Grassy Creek. He married 24 January 1818 in Pendleton (now Grant) County, Kentucky to Sarah Ann Landrum, daughter of John and Mary (Collins) Landrum. residents of Pendleton/Grant County. Sarah, or Sally as she was called, was born 1800 in Louisa County, Virginia and came to Kentucky with her parents about 1810. (http://www.childers-childress.com/spanningpart3.html) [2]
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Abt 1798 - 1850 (~ 52 years)
