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Where They Lived

Missouri Ozarks — Ancestral locations of the Rayfield & Robinson families

What's Pinned

Des Arc, Iron County Home of William Lewis & J.W. Robinson · blacksmith shop, grocery
Mountain View Cemetery William "Uncle Billy" Lewis & Abigail Johnson Lewis
William Lewis Land Grant 160 acres · Sec. 10 & 15, T36N R3E · Iron County · 1859
Pilot Knob Union Oath of Allegiance 1863 · Battle of Pilot Knob 1864
Annapolis, Iron County Birthplace of Katie Lewis Robinson, 1878
Rayfield Homestead — Sinking Creek Reynolds County · lower fields submerged; homestead on higher ground, now Clearwater Conservation Area
Buffington Cemetery John Carter Rayfield Sr. & Polly Mann Rayfield · still accessible
Perry Twp., St. Francois County Absalom Robinson · J.W. Robinson born here, 1880
Pin locations reflect available historical records and are approximate. Land grant coordinates show township centers. The lower Buffington Community fields were submerged when the dam closed in 1948; the homestead structures sat on higher ground and are now part of the Clearwater Conservation Area.

The Rayfield Family

A personal family history project · Missouri Ozarks

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Some photographs on this site have been digitally restored to improve clarity. Originals are preserved in the family research archive.