Notes for Thomas H. Bittick
Census 1: 1850, Osage Co., MO, Dist. 66, pg. 416B #42: Thomas age 10 born MO 1840
Census-2: July 10, 1860, Maries Co., MO Jefferson Twp., pg. 577 #535: (next to John R.) Thom. age 20 born MO 1840 married within the year
Census-3: 1870, Wood-Richland, Texas Co., MO #120--Thomas A. Biddick age 30 born MO
Census-4: 1880, Douglas Co, MO, Clinton Twp., #71 Bittick, Thomas; Head; age 38 Married; MO MO MO farmer
Census-5: 1900, Clinton Twp, Douglas Co., MO #202--Bittick, Thomas; Head born May 1840 age 60 Married 40 yrs MO MO TN farmer
Census-6: 1910, Douglas Co, MO, Clinton Twp; #207 Bittick, Thomas; Head; age 70 Married once, 49 yrs; MO MO TN farmer
May 5, 1840 (or March 5), Thomas H. Bittick is born in Gasconade County, Missouri [see Heirlooms-John R. & Cyntha Bittick Bible, Births]
1850, Osage County, Missouri with parents [census]
June 21, 1860, Maries County, Missouri, Thomas H. Bittick marries Lucy C. Thompson
1860, Maries County, Missouri, Jefferson Township [census]
August 31, 1862 to October 26, 1862, served in Company L, 28th Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia Infantry, Linn, Missouri [see Other Documents: Thomas H. Bittick Pension Claim File]
April 30, 1864 to November 17, 1864, served in Company I, 28th Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia Infantry, Linn, Missouri [see Other Documents: Thomas H. Bittick Pension Claim File]
1870, Texas County, Missouri, Wood-Richland Townships (later became part of Douglas County) [census]
June 30, 1879, Thomas H.--Douglas County Homestead Entry; Townships 26-N &27-N; Range 11-W; 170.49 acres
1880, Douglas County, Missouri, Clinton Township [census]
1900, Douglas County, Missouri, Clinton Township [census]
September 6, 1904, applied for Civil War pension, App #1324396, rejected October 4, 1904 [see Other Documents: Thomas H. Bittick Pension Claim File]
1910, Douglas County, Missouri, Clinton Township [census]
October 18, 1916, Thomas died Topaz, Douglas County, Missouri. [see Other Documents: Thomas H. Bittick Death Certificate]
Burial: Bittick Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Douglas County, Missouri [see Tombstones-Thomas H. Bittick]
See Photographs: Thomas H. & Lucy C. (Thompson) Bittick, Robert F. & Mary 'Polly' (Bittick) Beesley/Beasley, Drucilla (Bittick) Wheeler, and Milton Taylor & Nancy Elizabeth (Sims) Bittick
Also see Photographs: Thomas H. Bittick--photo included in his pension claim file
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1850 Osage Co, MO Dist 66
42/42 John Bittick 36 M Farmer $300 real estate MO
Cyntha 26 F TN
Thomas 10 M MO
Polly 7 F MO
Francis 5 M MO
Milton 2 M MO
Eliza Walace 16 F MO
31-Edward S. Reed, 34-Jerimiah Sparks Crain, 35 William Hutcheson, 36-James A. Wallace, 37-William Reed, 38-Daniel Reed, 39-William Watson or Matson, 40-Richard Watson or Matson, 41-John Watson or Matson, 43-William D. Lame, 44-Thomas Shockly
1860 Maries Co, MO Jefferson Twp, Paydown Post Office, July 10, 1860, p. 73
#533/528 Elisha Rogers 48 Farmer $2165/$600 VA
Susannah 43 Unknown
John 20 Farmer MO
Sarah 18 MO
William 14 MO
James 11 MO
Richard 8 MO
Rachel 6 MO
Mary 2? MO
Alfred 2/12 MO
#534/528 John _. Biticks (indexed as John S.) 47 Farmer $800/600 MO
Cynthia 35 TN
Polly 17 MO
Francis 14 MO
Milton 12 MO
James 8 MO
#535/529 Thom. Biticks 20 Farmer /$45 MO married within the year
Lucy 17 MO
also on this page: Samual Hawkins, George W. Cofer, Elisha Rogers, John Biticks, Thom. Biticks, John Johnson, Isaac Johnson
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1870 Wood-Richland Townships, Texas Co, Missouri [later Douglas Co], p. 18,
#120/120 BIDDICK Thomas A.30 MO Farmer $320 value of personal estate
Lucy C. (Thompson)27 MO housekeeper
Walter 9 MO
Willis 7 MO
John A. 6 MO
James W. 7/12 MO
also on this page: Robert F. Beesley, Thomas Johnson, Solomon Haws, Sam Haws, Pascal McMinn, Robert McCrury
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1880 ED#30 Clinton Twp. Douglas County, Missouri
71/71 Bittick, Thomas, 38, married, farming, able to read & write, MO MO MO
Loucy C., 36, wife, married, keeping house, able to read, unable to write MO KY TN
Walter E., 18, son, single, works on farm, able to read & write, MO MO MO
1880 census Ancestry.com Image 8 of 53, ED#30 Clinton Twp. Douglas County, Missouri
83/83 Bittick, Willis E.[?], 16, son, single, works on farm, able to read & writeMO MO MO
John A., 14, son, single, farming, able to read & write MO MO MO
James W., 11, son, single, work on farm, able to read, unable to write MO MO MO
Isaac G.[?], 1/12 July, son, single MO MO MO
Wood, Henry, 70, father, widowed, blacksmith [Henry William Wood, father of Joel Wood #84, this entry is probably a mistake]
84/84 Wood, Joel, 35, married, farming
#68-John R. & Cyntha Bittick, #69-James Henry & Permelia Bittick, #70 Milton Taylor Bittick & family, #71-Thomas H. Bittick & family
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1900 Douglas Co, Missouri, Clinton Twp., June 19, 1900, p. 11B,
#202/202 Bittick, Thomas, head May 1840, 60, married 40 yrs. MO MO TN Farmer
Lucy _[?], wife, Dec 1842, 57, married 40 years, 6 born/4 living MO KY TN
Isaak, son, July 1879, 20, single, MO MO MO farm laborer
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1910 Clinton Twp, Douglas Co, Missouri, May 11, 1910, p. 11A
#206/207 Bittick, Thomas Head M 70 M1 49 MO MO TN farmer
Lucy C. wife F 67 M1 49 MO KY VA no children listed
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Pioneer Times, Vol. 6, No. 1, p26:
Militia
An Act of the General Assembly of the State of Missouri passed on March 9, 1863 provided the means for the payment and support of the Enrolled Militia forces of the state.(1)
§ 10. Each and every person liable to do and perform military service contained with the following classes, shall be exempt from such service during the year on the annual payment of a commutation tax in consideration of such exemption equal to ten dollars each, and one per cent upon the assessed value of his property. First, all persons who have refused, or who may hereafter refuse, for any cause, to perform military service. The commutation tax, in this section provided, shall be assessed and collected on assessment rolls, to be made out for each county by such military officers as may be assigned to that duty, and such commutation tax shall be collected and paid to the State Treasury as part of said fund, as provided in the next section.
Before the act became effective, it was amended to require the payment of thirty dollars instead of ten as provided in the original act. (2) The amendment was approved on March 23, 1863.
Under Section 11 of the original act, a copy of the assessment roll from each county was to be transmitted to the Auditor of Public Accounts. Compliance with this section of the law was apparently very good as assessments for almost all counties exist for both 1863 and 1864. (3). The rolls form a part of Record Group 6, Records of the Office of State Auditor and may be consulted at the Missouri State Archives, 1001 Industrial Drive, Jefferson City, Missouri 65101.
The information contained on the rolls, of course, varies from county to county, but when properly completed includes the following: name of the individual, age, township (many times only the county is noted), assessed value of real property, amount of tax, and in some counties, the reason the person is liable. Some of the reasons given in the latter category include: “left to join the rebel army, returned from the rebel army, refused to serve, preferred paying tax to service, rebel sympathizer,” etc.
Although we have tried to use the spellings of the clerk who made the record, there are some instances where we may have misread the record. Also, it should be remembered that some names may have been misspelled by the clerk or the designated military officer. In using this information, every possible spelling should be checked.
The following assessment list is a continuation of the series initiated in the Spring 1981 (Volume 5, Number 2) issue of PIONEER TIMES. We hope to continue this series until all counties have been printed.
(1) Laws of Missouri, 1863, page 28.
(2) Ibid., pages 29-30.
(3) For 1863, assessment rolls are available for all counties EXCEPT: Barry, Barton, Bates, Butler, Carter, Cass, Cedar, Dent, Douglas, Dunklin, Franklin, Howell, Jasper, Johnson, Laclede, McDonald, Miller, Newton, Oregon, Ozark, Pemiscot, Reynolds, Ripley, Shannon, Stoddard, Taney, Texas, Vernon, Wayne, Webster and Wright. For 1864, all counties EXCEPT: Barton, Butler, Carter, Cass, Cedar, Dallas, Douglas, Dunklin, Franklin, Howell, Jasper, McDonald, New Madrid, Newton, Nodaway, Oregon, Ozark, Pemiscot, Ripley, Shannon, Stone, Taney, Vernon and Wright are represented.
Assessment List: Maries County, Missouri - 1863:
Bittick, Thomas, age 14 [c1844], Jefferson Township, Tax: $30.00
[Pioneer Times, Vol 6, No. 1, January 1982, p27]
[could this be Thomas H. Bittick, md Lucy Thompson, age is off about 3+ yrs?]
Assessment List: Maries County, Missouri - 1864:
Bittick, Franklin, no age, no township, Tax: $30.00
[Pioneer Times, Vol 6, No. 1, January 1982, p28]
[could this be Francis C.W. Bittick?]
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Bureau of Land Management--Eastern States, General Land Office, (www.glorecords.blm.gov), "Electronic."
Patent DescriptionMO5880__.224
Cancelled: NDocument Nr. : 3818Misc. Document Nr. : 5174
Patentee Name: BITTICK, THOMAS
Warrantee Name:
Authority: May 20, 1862: Homestead Entry (12 Stat. 392)
Signature Present: Y
Signature Date: 06/30/1879 Metes/Bounds: N
Survey Date: Subsurface Reserved: N
Land Office: SPRINGFIELD
Comments:
Legal Land Descriptions
Nr.Aliquot PartsSec/BlkTownshipRangeFract. Sect.MeridianAcresCounties
1SWSE31/27-N11-WN5TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN 0DOUGLAS
22NW6/26-N11-WN5TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN 0DOUGLAS
3W½2NE6/26-N11-WN5TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN 170.49DOUGLAS
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[see Other Documents: Thomas H. Bittick Pension Claim File]
[He is indexed as Thomas N. Bittick in Civil War Pension Index, ancestry.com]
Thomas H. Bittick in Douglas Co, Missouri applied for a Civil War Pension, September 13, 1904, Application #1324396. Thomas served in Company L, 28th Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia Infantry from August 31, 1862 to October 26, 1862, and in Company I from April 30, 1864 to November 17, 1864. Application was rejected October 4, 1904, on the grounds that Companies I and L, 28th Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia were never mustered into the service of the United States
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Missouri State Archives Death Certificate Database
http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/
[see Other Documents, Death Certificates--Thomas H. Bittick]
Thomas Bittick
Place of Death: Topaz, Bryan Twp, Douglas Co, Missouri
Male White Married
Date of Birth: May 5, 1840
Age 76 years, 5 months, 13 days
Occupation: Farmer
Place of birth: Mo
Father: John R. Bittick, born Mo
Mother: Cyntha Wallace, born Tennessee
Date of Death: Oct 18, 1916
Physician attended Oct 13, 1916 to Oct 17, 1916 last seen alive on Oct 17, 1916 S. M. True, Prior, Mo
Cause of death: Cerebral Hemorrhage causing paralysis of left side; duration 7 days
Burial: Bittick Graveyard Oct 19, 1916; undertaker: John Dooms, Topaz, Mo
Informant: W. E. Bittick, Lamar, Ark [son, Willis Ellis Bittick]
Filed Oct 19, 1916
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