One of the things I have always wondered about is why Andrew J. Clark and family moved to Missouri in 1867 after so many years in Texas? I found some newspaper documents that might hold a clue. Maybe. In the Dallas Herald on November 10, 1866 p. 4 appears a Sheriff's notice to A.J. Clark on an uncollected debt of $38 plus interest.
In the Dallas Herald of October 26, 1867 p. 3 appears an official notice to the Sheriff of Dallas County to demand the appearance of A.J. Clark on the subject of an unpaid debt of $1,170 with an interest of 10 % annually since August 1860. That was a lot of money in 1867 in post-Confederate Texas. Did he leave Texas due to unpaid debts? I don't know, but it is never a good thing when the Sheriff is looking for you.
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