James P (Pleasant) McCubbin Jr and Mary Parthenia "Polly" Cook were married on 4 Oct 1813 in Kentucky
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Taken from: Family history in Miller County dates from 1830's by Clyde Lee Jenkins
Barbara Wright's documentation - March 9, 1972 Eldon, MO.Advertiser, Miller County,
Kentucky Historical Files

James McCubbin who married Mary Parthenia Cook [in Green County, Kentucky on 4 November 1813 by Rev. William Matthews, Baptist preacher in the Brush Creek Baptist Church, consent by William Cook, father; record located in Marriage Book A, page 90, Green County Clerk's Office, Green County, Kentucky] followed his sister Sarah and brother John , into Missouri.
In the late autumn of 1830 they arrived in the Little Richwoods; country, and in the Spring of 1837, at a favorable place near the Brushy Fork Creek, immediately opened the wilderness by clearing a small patch of hickory land. Having stirred the soil enough with a pole-plow pulled by a yoke of oxen, James, Mary and the children took several pokes of maize toted in a wagon box from Kentucky, and planted their first crop. First, living under a lean-to constructed of pole and brush, they enjoyed few conveniences, but after dog-days, good weather having assured a bountiful harvest, a large cellar was dug and covered, a smokehouse erected, and a large log dwelling raised. Now, firmly established, the McCubbin improvement with coming of married sons, and other members of the clan nearby, would become a settlement, and a place for holding social activities, especially church services.

James and his sons: Zachariah W. and William C., daughters: Margaret, Mary, Elizabeth E., Cynthian, and Sarepta B., were eight of the first ten members establishing The United Baptist Church of Jesus Christ at Little Richwoods in 1840.
James McCubbin died in 1841 from injuries suffered in an accident. A stern, devout man, few pioneers contributed more toward development of the area, and the enlightment of the inhabitants' minds. Upon his death, he yet owned 140 acres of land situated "In the State of Kentucky, County of Green, and on the road leading from Glasgow to Elizabeth and near Green River, it being the place I moved off when I left that country." His Kentucky neighbors included Joshua Lee, Moses Parker and Elijah Gumm.
The children of of James and Mary Parthena, besides those mentioned above included: Catherine, James B., Julia Ann, Emily N., Joseph D., John T., and Lydia J. B.

Catherine married William Hawkins; Sarepta B married Presley Hawkins; Elizabeth E., married William DeGraffenreid; Cynthia married first John Snelling, second Joseph Ellison and third Tscharner DeGraffenreid. Lydia J. B. married first John J. McComb, second Absalom Evans; Julia Ann married Willis G. Burks; Emily N. married Samuel Payne; Margaret married Willis V. Burks; John T. married Lucy Mariah Watkins; James B. married Justin Read; Mary married Thomas Ellison; William C. married Margaret Watkins; Zachariah W married Susannah M. DeGraffenreid; Joseph D married Mary Jane Russell.
[Contributed by Carolyn Scott]
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Miller Co, Missouri - Will Book Transcriptions (Prior to 1870)
Name: McCubbin, James
Bequest: land in Green Co KY on which he lived; mentioned Zachariah McCubbin, remainder of estate to wife, Polly, during her widowhood; after her death to be sold to benefit children yet single. Named children: William C. McCubbin, Zachariah W. McCubbin, Katharine Hawkins, Polly, Syntha Ann, Sarepta, Elizabeth E., James B., Julia Ann, Emily N., Joseph D., John T., Lydia J. and Margaret McCubbin
Executors: William and Zachariah McCubbin
Date Written: 18 May 1841
Witnessed: John McCubbin and Evan L. Short
Date Proved: 9 Oct. 1841
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1840 U.S. FED CENSUS of Glaze, Miller, Missouri
James McCubbins/McCubbin
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 3
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 1
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 4
Free White Persons - Under 20: 10
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 5
Total Free White Persons: 16
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 16

1850 U.S. Fed Census of Missouri, Miller Co, District 13 (Sep 30, 1850)
McCubbin, Mary 58, b. NC (Probably a widow)
Children: Emily 20; Margaret 16; John 13; Lydia 13 (all children b. in KY)
Cyretha Snellings 30 b. KY (Daughter of James & Mary McCubbin)
John Snellings 4, b. MO (Son of John Snelling & Cynthia McCubbin)
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"Pioneer Families of Miller County, Missouri", "A Journey to the Past"
Written and Edited by Peggy Smith Hake, St. Elizabeth, MO
(First Printing: 1990, Second Printing: 2000)
James McCubbin, son of James and Mary (Cook) McCubbin and with the same lineage as John above) came to Miller County in the fall of 1836. He and his wife, Mary Parthena (Cook), settled near the Brushy Fork creek in the Little Richwoods northwest of present day Iberia. Their homeplace became the McCubbin Settlement when their married children settled around them. James died in 1841 from an accident and his wife and children continued to farm the rich soil establishing a permanent residence in Richwood township.

John and James McCubbin, sons of James and Mary (Cook), came to Miller County, Missouri before 1840 settling near the Brushy Ford creek in the Little Richwoods. James, his wife Mary Parthena (Cook), and their children helped to establish the United Baptist Church of Jesus Christ in the Little Richwoods of Miller County in 1840. Their two sons, Zachariah and William C. McCubbin, were early-day, circuit riding Baptist preachers in Central Missouri.

In the 1840s and 1850s, a few families resided in the community that later would become known as Watkins. Situated in southern Miller County, Richwoods Township, these pioneer families (Bass, Livingston, McCubbin, Meyers, Watkins) were instrumental in organizing the small village of Watkins, named for the Watkins family.
When the gold-rush fever struck in 1849, William Shelton Watkins was like many other men of his time and found himself prospecting for gold in California. It was said that he did pretty well for himself and soon left his gold-diggings to return back east.
About 1854, Watkins once again was headed west on another prospecting spree. He stopped in Miller County to visit his aunt, Margaret (Watkins) McCubbin and she persuaded him to stay and homestead. He bought about 240 acres in the area and donated about 20 acres to start a public school. He helped build the school, made of logs, and it became known as Hickory Point
Today, only the church (and perhaps William Shelton Watkins' buried gold) is all that remain of the Watkins community.
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