A) A Sketch or memorandom of Old Mr Thomas Capps the first capps ever none So fare back as my knowlage extends old Thomas Capps had 8 (9) children 4 Boys & 4 (5) Gerles Jenny the oldist I think maried henry Clark Polly maried Joshuay wombls Pheby married Jacob quick Anny married Samuel Percifield mimey maried Charles hubbord I forgot her William the olds Boy married Rachal Smith Jacob maried Sarah Sanders  Samson my father married Esther Smith Willes married Elizabeth yaden William had 8 children 5 boys & 3 girls Syer the oldest I cant remember hwo he married he moved from east tennessee in early days to kentucky and died in kentucky Joab and David

B) Bouth moved from Tennessee to Schuyler County missouri and in time of the rebbelion war thay went to councel bluff and died Kinny John as he was Generaly called he remained near the old homested and died thar in union co tenn hiram the youngest Son lived with his father & mother and I think all three Died on the old home sted on Black fox creek Rachel the oldest daughter Seh married Jacob yadon thay lived in the hickry vally one mile of whare the writer was born one mile west of Capps ford on clinch river Jan 29 1814 Esther married Nathan mcDowel he was highley educated master of the english languag he Died A war prisner in camp morten indiana report Say thay feds Starved him to death because he wouldent take the Devels iron clad oath rebeca She married John mcDowel

C) A brother to Nathan mcDowel thay married sisters John moved to mo Jackson Co I suppose thay are bouth dead liza nathan and Johns mother was A sister to Johns and nathan wives She married James mcDowel nathans father thay Died in tennesee those includs uncle Williams family now comes uncle Jacobs family he had eleven children 6 boys and 5 girls Biddy the oldest Biddy maried Tom paterson Liddy married John Rice A colonel Leah married henry bullard  Mary married Bob Stublefield Rachal married malin Spires he and She Died in west prary in Lincoln Co Mo next the boys Benjaman married zelphia hains thay moved to Springfield Mo and died John married betcy cook thay are bouth dead John Dide in alabama Betsy Died in illinoys pike co Bill married peggy yaden Bill Died on ningua river camdon co mo his wife maried Mc cauy moved off

D) Daniel maried nancy wagoner she Died in Lincoln Co Mo he married A Gain he married A miss butler thay Started to origon he died on the rout Isaac married mimey hubbord A daughter of preacher David hubord thay went to Californa Supose bouth dead Jacob the preacher married A miss cook Sister to John wife his brother Jake moved in miller co Mo on the osage river close tuscumby and Died not long after the war now comes in Samsons family Samson he maried Esther Smith him and Billey married Sisters rachel and Esther Smith Samson my father had 10 children 5 boys 5 girles Sarah the oldest married William lay thay raised A larg family and bouth Died in union co tenn Peggy She married Prock yaden in tennesee thay moved to Schiler Co mo thay raised A larg familey of children and bouth Died Schuyler mistake

E) in adarh co in sted of Schuyler co peggys and my mother died at the Same place and was burried at the Same grave yard Jane She first married Vance Evens had 2 children he died in tenn union co Jane  then married hue Vance and thay moved with her and my father to Lincoln Co Mo whare  myne and her father Died he was buried at Jerry Becks family Grave yard I have A Son buried by his Side both named Samson hugh vance and Jane moved to Wisconsin and About the commencement of the late war thay move near Burlington Iowa hugh take Sick and thay Started to move to mo hugh got So bad thay had to Stop at ft Madison Jane came back to missouri Settled on Niangua river camdon Co Mo and died thare Eidieth She married gilbert percifield thay moved to Brown Co Indiana Rebecca maried

F) (Syuer (Squire) Moore) in tennesee thay moved to houred Co Mo and died in houerd or linn next the boys William the oldest married anny Cabage in Tennessee moved first to Lincoln Co Mo from mo to Keokuk Co iowa he raised A larg family mostly Girles his wife died close the commeseing of the war and he Died Soon after the close of the rebellion thay died and was buried close iowa Keokuk Co iowa hiram married Elizabeth Sweete in tennesee moved to Lincoln C Mo he moved Lincoln Co to adrh Co Mo then moved to Grant co Wisconsin then back to Mo and the to arcansaw near Vanburen and was living thare in time of the war the rebbles at the time was A little the strongest hiram was the onley fed of our family him and his Son was on the Dodg came in out of the brush for A little grub while thay ware taken thar snack A Scout of rebes

G) run in on them and commensed Shooting them Shot 2 or 3 balls in hiram and 16 in his Son killed him on the Spot wounded hiram badly he finely Died from the wounds near Vanburen ark Jacob married Betsey Bell in Lincoln Co Mo thay raised 6 girles and one boy Jacob died About the close of the war Betsey Died close the beginning of the war thay Died and was buried in Schuyler Co Mo Samson Anderson Jr married Susen Evens in Lincoln Co Mo he moved to Claark Co Mo and was thar in time of the war Old Jahawker Jim lain Camed at his place and Stole his cattle and corn burned up his fence and made anderson Board Several his thieves till General Price made the old thief Get on double quick he brok anderson up So he came back to Mo

H) in time of the war Anderson and his wife died A few year after the war closed anderson and wife bouth was buried at the Squire Jones Grave yard in west pararie near farevewe church Lincoln Co Mo anderson was taken Sick January the 9 1873 died the 19 of January 1873 Sick 10 Days I Stood over him till he breths his last Now comes in my Self the youngest of the of fathers familey and the onley one living out of the foure brothers famileys I am in my 81th year of age my Name is David Kenney Capps I was Born in Easte Tennessee Granger Co now union Co carpet bag Chang cince the war one mile W of capps ford on clinch river I Came to missouri with my father when I was 11 yeares old we Settled in Lincoln Co on quivre rive at what was the called the hackbury Botom father Died thar about 1832

I) Willes Capps the youngist of fathers Brothers brothers he married Betesy yaden in Tennessee he moved to Missouri with my father he went back twice to Tennessee the people raise A joke on uncle Sed he could borrow meal on the road promas to pay on return uncle willis finely moved out on Niangua river in camdon Co Mo I Sould him my place I came back to Lincoln Co Mo uncle willis Died thare him and his wife and was burried at the moulder Grave yard or the cave pump grave yard the grave yarde was close the cave pump post offic  moulder keept the post offis he used the cave for A milk house thare was A noble Spring run through the cave it was A vary larg cave Sister Jane was buried at that Grave yard and Sevrel of the capps and conection was buried thare I have give a Sketch of the four brothers familys may 19 1891 I am 80 years old