Lot
990 
(Missouri Territory) "Rossville M.T., 2d Febry 1817", manuscript postmark with matching "Paid 37½" rating on 1817 folded letter addressed to the Circuit Court of Livingston County Kentucky, the enclosed deposition given by Stephen Norris regarding details of a purchase of Negro slaves from a half breed Indian "who lived in the Cherokee Town on white river in this Territory…"; file folds and soiling, F.-V.F., ex-Alexander. Estimate $750 - 1,000.
ONE OF ONLY TWO RECORDED ROSSVILLE, MISSOURI TERRITORIAL USAGES KNOWN.
An early pioneer named John Ross operated a ferry across the Mississippi River a short distance south of Cairo, Illinois. The area was known as Ross Point with the name later being changed to Rossville. It was first located in New Madrid County and transferred to Mississippi County when that county was formed at a later date.
Realized: $700