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The Arkansas Family Historian

Arkansas Genealogical Society

Volume 38, Number 3 September 2000 Arkansas Genealogical Society

Officers and Directors

President Lynda Suffridge (2001) 3801 Caraway Ct., North Little Rock, AR 72116 Vice President Mary Reid Warner (2002) 18 Fastota Ln., Hot Springs, AR 71909 Treasurer Bobbie Jones McLane (2000) 222 McMahan Dr., Hot Springs, AR 71913 Rec. Sec. Dorathy Boulden (2000) 913 Arkansas, El Dorado, AR 71730 Historian Jan Eddleman (2002) 1807 Sunshine Mine Rd., Hackett, AR 72937 Herald Wensil Marsh Clark (2001) 1211 Biscayne Dr., Little Rock, AR 72221 Ed Sanders (2002) 10 Choctaw Dr., Searcy, AR 72143-5906 Janet Bailey Bryant (2000) 1209 S. Long, Stuttgart, AR 72160 Russell P. Baker (2000) 6525 Magnolia, Mabelvale, AR 72103 Louise Mitchell (2002). PO Box 129, Brinkley, AR 72021-0129 Jan Hearn Davenport (2002) 1 Cinnamon Rd., North Little Rock, AR 72120 Tom Dillard (2000) 12 Normandy Rd., Little Rock, AR 72207 Rhonda S. Norris (2002) . 805 East 5th St., Russellville, AR 72801 Glenn A. Railsback, 1II (2000)PO Box 7226, Pine Bluff, AR 71611-7226 Rebecca D. Huskey (2000) 1054 Ozment Bluff, Wilmar, AR 71675-9007 Susan Gardner Boyle (2001) 57 Plantation Acres Dr., Little Rock, AR 72210 Arliss Ray (2001) 500 Pakis Rd. No. 2B, Hot Springs, AR 71913 Jann Woodard (2001) 12008 Ginger Ln., Benton, AR 72015 Alvin Black PO Box 1103, Mount Ida, AR 71957 (term ending)

Editor Margaret Harrison Hubbard 1411 Shady Grove Rd., Hot Springs, AR 71901

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Editor Membership Margaret Harrison Hubbard Membership is by calendar year and may Publication Information be entered at any time of the year. (Late subscribers will receive the year's back The Arkansas Family Historian, the official issues of the Arkansas Family Historian.) publication of Arkansas Genealogical Individual membership is currently $20.00 Society, Inc., is published four times a year: per year). March, June, September and December. Commercial advertising is not accepted Queries ISSN 0571-0472 Members of AGS are invited to submit one fifty-word Arkansas related query each year. See the Query Section for details. Editorial Policy AGS welcomes contributions of family records, public record transcriptions and Book Reviews other information of interest to those Authors and publishers who wish to have interested in family history and genealogy reviews or notices of their work published in genera and in Arkansas specifically. in the Arkansas Family Historian are invited Responsibility for the accuracy of to submit a copy of the work with ordering information and for opinions, omissions information and price, if applicable. and/or factual errors is that of the CONTENTS contributor. President's Page 130 Box 908 133 Manuscript Submissions Fort Smith Rifles 135 Submitters of articles and material for History of Walters Chapel 136 possible publication in the AFH are Obituanes-1859, 1861 144 requested to send typewritten or Stranger than Fiction - 145 mechanically generated manuscripts on Year Old Mystery white 8 Y, x 11 inch paper, double-spaced, Solved 145 one-inch margins on all sides, with all Miller County Early Marriages 147 pages numbered. The sources from which Buckstown to Orion - The the material was obtained, specific Story of an Irish-Arkansas statements of facts, or statistical Family (continued) 148 information MUST be documented; that is, Arkansas Barbers, 1884-1885 156 the specific, detailed source description Olive Hill Cemetery, Saline Co. 158 must be listed either within the body of the Arkansas Queries 164 text or as notes. Previous publication of Book Reviews & Notices 168 material in any form must be brought to Index 170 the attention of AGS. AGS encourages AGS Book Store 182 submissions on IBM compatible computer disks in Word for Windows or ASCII format, accompanied by a hard copy of the material.

Arkansas Family Historian. Volume 38, No.3, September, 2000 129 President's Page______-- ____

In a recent ·Sally Forth" cartoon from the [email protected] about your research Arkansas Democrat Gazette, Sally and Ted questions and also about events sponsored were discussing a family tree his dad had by your societies. sent. Ted commented that it linked him fmnly to the past but Sally observed that it The chair of the Certificates of Arkansas also linked them fmnly to the future. Ancestry Committee, Jan Eddleman, reports that applications continue to come As our family history has a past and a in which she indexes and then sends to be future, so does a genealogical society. It has microfilmed by the Arkansas History been my honor to serve for the past two Commission where they are preserved and years as president of the Arkansas available for research. Do you have YOUR Genealogical Society. Thank you for electing Certificate of Arkansas Ancestry? me to this position. Having been a life member for 21 years and on the Board of All the officers, board members and Directors for nearly 20 years, I have had the committee chairs have done outstanding opportunity to get to know many fme people jobs this year. Many thanks to our who have served on the Board through the Treasurer, Bobbie Jones McLane, for the years. These 22 board member are the ones outstanding job she has done. Dorathy who do the work that keeps your society Boulden, our dedicated secretary who one of the finest in the nation. They comes from El Dorado to the Board represent cities, towns and counties from meetings, deserves a big thanks for all over the state. When you see them at the recording the business of our meetings. Fall Seminar on October 20 & 21, 2000, Thanks also to Mary Reid Warner, Vice thank them for their work. President, who has worked hard this year and last to bring us outstanding Seminars. Our quarterly editor, Marge HUbbard, has done an outstanding job this year in Susan Boyle who chairs the Priors Indexing producing some of the best Arkansas Project, has not only coordinated the Family Historians ever. When thanked for volunteers but also has done data entry, doing such a fine jo b, she said that the proofing and dealt with a major computer membership and the board had sent her a disaster. Thanks, Susan for your dedication lot of great material to use in the quarterly and hard work. She is also looking for more this year. It all comes back to YOU, the volunteers to do data entry. member. If you participate by sending material for publication, your family history The Board of Directors is working to serve will be preserved and shared. you, but you have to let us know you are there. Are YOU interested in serving on the Our newsletter editor, Susan Boyle, is eager Board of Directors? The future of any to publish information about ALL the organization depends on its members, and genealogical societies around the state of you need to continue to support the society Arkansas. It is up to YOU to send by becoming a member, encouraging others information to her about your local society with Arkansas roots to join AGS, sharing and about special genealogical or historical information you have learned about events in your area. Arkansas ancestors and attending the Fall Seminar and bring a friend with you! Our Technology Committee Chair, Jan Davenport encourages you to visit our Resources continue to be produced that website at http://www.rootsweb.com/-args make our searches easier and easier. and to subscribe to the AGS Mailing List at Behind each of these wonderful, easy to Use AGS-l::©rootsweb.com and to post products, there are usually a lot of people information to the Arkansas Genealogical working quietly and diligently. When Society Internet Mailing List at describing the land records project (see Notice) to scan the Plat Maps and Field

130 ArkaIlSas Family Historian, Volume 38,Number 3, September, 2000 Survey Notes, one speaker said, "How do In your eagerness to fill out all the blanks you eat an elephant? One bite at a time'" in your family charts, keep in mind that This is what ADS is doing with the Priors you want correct and documented , Indexing Project. We currently have about information. The citation and analysls twelve dedicated people working carefully at guide for all genealogical research is indexing a mountain of old birth certificates Evidence! Citation & Analysis for the Family that will be of great benefit to the Historian by Elizabeth Shown Mills. Every genealogical community, Recently a letter genealogist should hav~ this book :rnd learn was referred to me where SOmeOne had to use it. Just as the title says, this book written the Health Department requesting helps you learn how to cite sources and an early birth record. They were referred to how to analyze those sources. ADS. Unfortunately, we are not far enough Information found on the Internet, in a along with the project to even check the book, or passed down in a family story index. We e.'q)erienced a major data loss a needs to be researched and documented if couple of months ago when what seems to possible, Make the legacy you are leaving in have been a Y2K virus struck and even our the research you are doing on your family backups were lost. We lost about five worthwhile. Do it right! Use the Internet, months worth of entries. What do you do? CD's, books, and family stories as tools to You go back and do them over. How do you locate original records to document the move a mountain? One shovel full at a information about your ancestor, time. If you haven't registered for the ADS 2000 Are you thinking of publishing your Fall Seminar, do sO nowl You don't want to genealogy materials on a web page ,on the miss this wonderful opportunity to learn Internet? You need to take a look at the new research strategies, shop genealogy Guidelines for Publishing Web Pages On the vendors, and visit with friends who love internet recommended by the National genealogy as much as you do! Genealogical Society in May 2000. Check this list at their website This is my last time to write as President of WWV/,ngsgenealogy,org or in the ADS. Thank you for allowing me to serve July/August 2000 issue of the NOS these past two years, It has been an honor Newsmagazine on page 199, NDS feels that that I have enjoyed. I wish you all the very publishing information on the Internet is best success with your research. similar to publishing in print and ethical researchers observe the rules of copyright, Lynda Childers Suffridge documentation and citation. P.S. As electronic media has eased the search for oUr ancestors, we need to keep in mind the golden rule of research: Documentation! Documentation! Documentation! If you fmd material that The brand new ADS Resource Directory will gives no documentation, try to document it. be for sale at the seminar, If you won't be If you receive material that is documented, attending the seminar, you can order one check the original sources to see if it is today by mail. See the order form in the correctly documented! Just because it is back of this quarterly, in print does not make it infallible. Every time someone abstracts or transcribes a What miracles the computer age have record there is a chance for error, Was their wrought in genealOgical research! Daily we interpretation of the handwriting correct? learn of new resources that are available on Did they understand the meaning of the the Internet or on CD Rom. In August, document? Did they record all the Charlie Daniels, Commissioner of State impcrtant information in the document Lands, invited representatives from correctly? Even the clerk who recorded the agencies and societies that had an mterest information originally could make an error, in land records to see a demonstratlOn of Try to locate more than one document or the CD Rom set produced by the Arkansas b;tter yet, aU the documents you can, that State Land Office. As president of ADS, I refer to the event you are documenting. was invited to attend.

Arkansas Family Historian, Volume 38, No, 3, September, 2000 131 The twelve CD's come boxed and are titled Lowell Price of leRoy, Kan., and Miss Eva GLO PUT MAPS AND FIELD SURVEY p, Perrin oflmboden NOTES ON CD ROM.. This set contains Byron Claywn of Una and Miss Gertrude survey notes and plats begun in 1815 of Cypert of Oak Flat what would become the state of Arkansas, Charlie Wadkins of Bear Creek and Miss This was part of land purchased from Vada Milem of Snowball at Snowball. France in 1803, The original volumes have J, C. Ward and Miss Flossie Gates at Watts begun to deteriorate badly, Microflhn copies are available at the Arkansas History Arkansas Gazette, September 16, 1912: Commission. The CD sets will be Deaths: distributed to all state agencies, all public· libraries, county courthouses and Mrs, Alice Dearmore near Van BUren universities, Individuals may purchase a J. B. Hancock at Wynne set for personal use for $25,00 from Charlie Miss Alice Hammons at Vaden Daniels, Commissioner of State Lands, 109 Jack Ross at Curtis State Capitol, Little Rock, AR 7220 r. Phone Mrs. Maria Morgan at Monticello is 501-324-9222. E-mail: Mrs. Hugh Moss at Deane [email protected] Website: Henry Downs at Belleville www.. state.ar.us/land/land.html John Ames at Hope Louis Greenlee near Upland LCS Mrs. H. F. Mayfield at Strong Mrs. Mose Smith at Bates C, Coswell at Wickes Mrs. l. W. Drake at Paragould

Submitted by Jann Woodard to the AGS­ Marriages: List: Jack Scroggins and Miss Dora Johnston at Mena Arkansas Gazette; September 12, 1912 Grant Gille,.pie and Miss Josie Anderson at Deaths: Magazine Mrs. E, E. Baber at Walnut Ridge Joe Price and Miss Lizzie Edwards at Mrs, S, S. Burnett at Leslie Magazine Mrs. Lumas HOlliday at Belcher Hodge Barnard and Miss Laura Sisk at Robert Lane near Nashville Stringer S, G. SprueJ near Lewisville Tom Yandell and Miss Frances Chapell at John Parr near Camden Stringer Orville Garland Cox and Miss Johnnie Marriages: Wilmoth Reid at Booneville Bester Myers and Miss Lois Price at Tyro Ernest Goodwin and Miss Florence Holmes Lester Wells of Sallisaw, OK, and Miss at El Dorado Blanche Wells at Van Buren Dr. C. M. McAllister and Miss Mary B. Leslie Burke and Miss Caroline Dickerson Snoddy near Monticello atHutig Robert C. Davis of Antoine and Miss Irene Lee Ferguson and Miss Karl Givens at Moore at Arkadelphia Gravelridge Tom Pratt and Miss Bessie Beggers at Joy Harry Rasco of DeWitt and Miss Bonnie George Oyler and Miss Betty Cook at Burnett of Heber Springs Gravette

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NOTICE: Seminars In meeting duly assembled on 8 July 2000, the Board of Directors of Arkansas Arkansas Genealogical Society's annual Genealogical Society, Inc., voted unanimously to amend· its Constitution and Fall Seminar and Book Fair will be held By-Laws in the following particulars: Friday, October 20. and Saturday, Constitution Article IV, Government, October 21,2000, at Holiday Inn­ Subsection (b) is hereby amended by Airport East, Little Rock, AR. Use the deleting the office of Herald in subsection registration form in this issue to be in (4). By-Laws Article lX, Duties of Officers is attendance at this event. hereby amended by deleting the duties of Herald in subsection (3) and creating in its Federation of Genealogical Societies place the office of Second Vice President, (FGS), PO Box 200940, Austin, TX whose duties include, but are not lim.ited 78720-0940 has announced a national to, assisting in the arranging and conducting of the annual meeting and family history conference, A World Of seminar held by the society; and such other Records, to be held 6-9 September, duties as the Board of Directors may deem 2000, in the Salt Palace Convention beneficial from time to time. Center, Salt Lake City, UT. Write them for registration form and further This action will be submitted for ratification information. at the 2000 annual meeting and seminar. Reunions Threet Family Reunion is scheduled for The Standridge National Reunion will 14 Oct. 2000 in the Sheridan, AR, be held in Hot Springs, AR, Oct. 6-7, Recreation Center. For more info 2000. Much of the program will be contact Dan Threet at 501-847·2021 devoted to Standridge and related family research. For more information, Cleanlng Headstones contact Russell P. Baker. 6525 Magnolia, Mabelvale, AR 72103; email: Submitted by De bra Blackard, 350 Hillside Russell. [email protected] Dr., Lamar, AR 72846 Tammie Dillon, Education Coordinator for ThePritchett/ McF erran/ Ledbetter / the Arkansas Historic Preservation Wilburn family reunion is scheduled for Program, has developed a cemetery manual Saturday, Oct. 21, 2000, fromlO:OO entitled, GRAVE CONCERNS. It is only $5 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the National Guard and is a wonderful resource on many topics Armory in Charleston, Arkansas. All related to cemeteries, inclUding a chapter interested allied families are invited. on basic cleaning techniques. For more For more information contact Susie information about this manual contact the McFerran Eacret (501-785-0485, AHPP, 1500 Tower Building, 323 Center Delbert Ervin (501-965-2969), Sheila Street, Little Rock, AR 72201. E-Mail: [email protected] Peck (501-963-3940), or Jim McFerran (903-838-6942) for more details. Lynette StraIlgstad, nationally known gravestone conservation specialist and Parker and Allied Families have restoration artisan warns that use of bleach scheduled their reunion for October 13- and other corrosive cleaners can age soft 15, 2000, at Sequoyah State Park, tombstones by fifty years with each use. Wagoner, OK. Contact JayEtta Blaesing, PO Box 54, Alden, MI 49612 Don't use anything harder than the stone for details. itself for cleaning purposes.

Arkansas Family Historian, Volume 33, No.3, September, 2000 Daly, John T., Battle of Corinth, MS, Oct Wire brushes scratch away at the surface 1862 of the stone and will cause an old and soft Grinstead, H. L., Colonel, Battle of Jenklns material to wear away quickly. Feny, Grant Co., AR, 30 My 1864 Sandblasting and high-pressure McCollum, Hugh, Lieutenant, no data spraying removes part of the surface of the given. stone and makes the inscription less sharp and legible. Bleach reacts with marble and If you research in Ouachita Co., AR, you limestone to cause deterioration of the should know that much of the 15th Ark. Inf. stone. Any harsh chemicals can cause CSA {Gee) was recruited in Ouachita Co. discoloration and flaking of the stone. There were about 2,000 men from this county who served in this and other units The safest choice for cleaning tombstones during the contlict. There were three is a plastic bristled brush and plain water. regiments of infantry identified as the 15th , Marble and limestone markers should be so they have to be distinguished by stating cleaned with water only or household the name of the regimental commander ammonia. Use one cup to four cups of (colonel Or lieutenant colonel). water. Be sure to rinse thoroughly after cleaning. Sandstone should be cleaned with News report published as Masonic Lodge 97 water only. . Years Old, 1941, and reprinted in Sesquicentennial Scrapbook Edition of the Lichen and other mossy growths should Ouachita County Historical Quarterly, 1986, be removed before etching of the stone Officisl Journal, Ouachita County occurs. Swimming pool disinfectant, Historical Society, 926 Washington st. SW, Calcium hypochlorite, can be used to Camden, AR 71701 remove biological growth. Dissolve one pound dry to four gallons of warm water. A "Popsicle" stick (never a metal instrument) may be used to clean out the recesses on tombstones. If the stone is old and soft, use a cotton swab or a soft toothbrush.

This information was obtalned from Strangstad's, A GRAVEYARD PRESERVATION PRIMER, 1995.

Masonic Deaths in Civil War

Contributed by Ed Sanders to the AGS List on the Internet:

Deaths of five Masons killed during the Civil War were reported, with the place and date of death, in a newspaper published in Camden, AR, in 1941, as follows:

Coffman, James A., Evansport, VA, 21 Dec 1861 Hodnettt, H. T., Pocahontas, AR, 28 Jan 1862

134 Arkansas Family Historian, Volume 38,Number 3, September, 2000 ______.Fort Smith Rifles CO. A, Third Arkansas Infantry, CSA Joseph Griffin Officers: A.Hudgins Captain: J. H. Sparks Dow Harper 1" Lieut., Joseph Walton Jesse Harper 2nd Lieut., Stephen McDonald S. Harper 3rd Lieut, George Morley D. Holderly Sergeants T. O. Harris Commissary Sergeant, Louis Navra S. A. Hodges 1st. Duty Sergeant, H. Kuper John Hinkle Shea J. Harris Corporals John Haggarty ____~Morris John Keeley Mississippi Robinson J. Kannady Henry Triesch W. J. Largen Hugh Lane John M. Lucey Drummers Meyer Levy C. (Niel) Reed John Matherson Joe Willard McNue Prlvates R. Parks Hugh Brown A Page Henry Brown H. E. Ramsey James Brown Gus Ray C. F. Bocquin W.C. Richmond Isiah Bruce John Robinson William Breen John Sullivan G. W. Caldwell J. L. Sadler John Cline James Shackleford O. Compagnion Bernard Terbieton Roben Donaldson G.Thomas James Dodson John C. Wheeler ___ Duncan R. Woodson Henry C. Dunne A. Yager J. G. Emmert Eberhart Oak Hill was the only battle in which James Fitzwilliams this company participated. The John Fischer company suffered severely in the fifth, John Griffm its loss being seven killed and Norman Gleeson seventeen wounded. H. Goodcheau Caldwell, J. Kannady, J. Harris, S. A. The killed were: First Lieutenant Hodges, G. Thomas, J. Willard, C. Reed. Joseph Walton, J. C. Emmert, D. Holderly, R. Woodson, L. D. Harper, Source: Files at the Arkansas History Meyer Levy, H. Goodcheau. The Commission wounded were: Sergeant T. O. Harris, B. Terbieton, W. C. Richmond, A. Yager, I. Bruce, H. C. Dunne, A. Page, H. L. Ray, R. Parks, S. Harper, G. W.

Arkansas Fnmily Historian, Volume 38, Number 3, September, 2000 l35 HISTORY OF WALTER'S CHAPEL, __ Submitted by Nancy Felts Dunlap, 4 Lily Court, Little Rock, AR 72223 they would have followed a crude road we~tward. If traveling by water, they came to the Arkansas River via the Mississippi Early History of Walnut Plains River, then probably to the Wbite River to Arrowheads found in fields near Walter's Des Arc or DeValls Bluff. The Booe, Horton, Chapel suggest that before the pioneers Nichols, and Bogard families were among anived Indians either lived here or that the the first to settle Walter's Chapel. area w~s frequented by tribal hunting parties. Prior to 1859 the name of th,S Early Walnut Plains residents went to Des community was "Walnut Plains" probably Arc for trade and for departure via the due to the existence of native walnut trees. White River. These horse and wagon trips Located at the edge of the woods and required overnight lodging at Des Arc. D. adjoining the Grand Prairie, this area would D. Ross, Miss M. J. Robinson and Mr. J, A. have been a hunter's paradise. Files located Jennings were a few of the names recorded at the Arkansas History Commission on by the Des Arc Citizen as staying at the. Des The Works Project Administration Federal Arc Hotel during a two month time penod Writers' Project for Prairie County record (September 28, 1859 through November 23, that some writers place Indian villages in 1859). Prairie County when DeSoto anived. On November 10, 1808, a treaty WaS signed at Donation of Land for Church and Cemetery Ft. Clark, Missouri and the Osage tribe Initially, Thomas B. Walter was a maJor. ceded to the U.S. their lands in the territory landowner in the adjoining section (Sec non obtained by the Louisiana Purchase made 18, Range 3 North, 6 West) in what is now in 1803 and relinquished their land north Prairie County. By 1857 he had also of the Arkansas River and west from the purchased much of Section 13, Range 3 Mississippi River. This would have included North, 7 West, Walter's Chapel's geographic "Walnut Plains" the first name for the location. He died after selling his Prairie Walter's Chapel area. County properties. Monroe County Probate Records Court dated 4/11/1859 state, "John H. Bulls bought the E 1/2 13, 3n7w First Landowners (320 acres) except 3 acres in a square near Between 1830 and 1850 few people lived in west line NE where a new church is in the area; however, a significant number process of erection, from Thomas B. Walter came in the ·1850's having obtained land during Walter's lifetime and took title through military bounty land grants, the re­ bond... " This log Church would have been issue of land given to the State for one of the fIrst churches built in what is railroads, or outright purchase since land now Lonoke CountY. Research indicates was cheap ($2.50 an acre). William B. that the Reverend John W. Hudson Stanton and Elisha Cleveland were the probably delivered the first sermon at community's earliest landowners (1822). Walter's Chapel. Together they owned the eastern half of Section 13, 3 North, 7 West which is the Thomas B. Walter's tombstones now lies geographic location of Walter's Chapel broken, flat against the ground near a Church and Cemetery. Elisha Cleveland large, old cedar tree in the front part of the received his 160 acres through Military old cemetery. Thomas B. Walter or his Bounty Land Warrant 1117861, Act of 1812. daughter {who is buried next to him) WaS probably the first buried at Walter's Chapel Earlv settlers to this area carne from the (circa 1859). Their tombstones are the Car~linas, Mississippi, Kentucky, and oldest ones in the cemetery. Thomas Tennessee. As WaS the custom of the time Walter's tombstone indicates that he was they moved to the area in groups composed 57 years old at the time of his death and of famIly and neighbors. After crossing the Father of Waters, the great Mississippi, that he was a Mason. At the bottom of his

136 Arkansas Family Historian, Volume 38,Nwnber 3. September, 2000 tombstone is the notation "Julie Hyde, Reeves, James M. Williamson, and J. C. Napoleon" (which is probably a reference to Cummins. Napoleon, Arkansas which was located at the mouth of the Arkansas River on the Prairie County Agricultural Societv Meeting Mississippi). In 1859 the Prairie County Agricultural Society met at the newly erected Wainut Thomas H. Walter is also buried at Walter's Plains Lodge. Those present included C. A. Chapel (born 09-05-1846, died 12-11-1870) Skillern, B. M. Barnes, C. C. Danley, S. R. and may be the "Thomas B," who was listed Brown, Jesse C. Bogard (of the Walter's with Sarah A., Walter's wife, in the Monroe Chapel Community). George A. Melver, W. County Census of 1860. W. Walr, J. E. Gatewood, J. W. Martin, L. D. Harshaw, Russ Evans and George W. Upon Thomas B. Walter's death, the church Vaden. was named in his honor. The name of the community gradually changed from Walnut Involvement in the Civil War Plains to Walter's ChapeL While no battles took place at Walter's Chapel, the effects of the War Between the Pre-Civil War Social Gatherings States were felt nevertheless. 'Walter's Prior to the Civil War, Walter's Chapel was Chapel'S men left their farms and an established community with residents volunteered to fight for the Confederacy. sufficient in number to hold social Battles were fought at nearby Ashley gatherings. The June 29, 1859, Des Arc Station and Brownsville. Many of the Citizen contained an article about a free injured were taken to Hickory Plains (north barbecue held at Walter's Chapel on of Walter's Chapel) for medical attention. Independence Day. Patrons of the Des Arc Two soldiers succumbed to injuries enroute Citizen and the Brownsville Eclw were to Hickory Plains and are buried invited to attend, The Des Arc Citizen approximately two miles north of Walter's reports the follOwing in its July 18, 1859, Chapel. issue; "A large number of people from various parts of Prairie County attended the One interesting story relates to J. L. (Jake) assemblage. A. McNeil, Esq. read the Bogard, who was killed by bushwhackers Declaration of Independence, and an on December 8, 1863. His large tombstone address was read by R. S. Gantt, Esquire. is inscribed: "Oh God, may thy judgment The barbecue was splendidly gotten up and prove severe upon those who murdered the all speak in the highest praise of the goodly beloved One that lies here:" He was 43 years people in the vicinity who prepared the of age. The story goes that J. L. "Jake" eatables for the occasion. The ladies were Bogard was a confederate that made a present in large numbers and the evening decision to remain home. Confederate was devoted to dancing and other troops were passing through on their way to amusements. III meet the Federal troops for a prisoner exchange. They stopped at Bogard's home Walter's Chapel's First Masonic Lodge for a meal. A lavish feast was put before The number of persons living in this area them. Jake then engaged a prisoner in a prior to the Civil War can probably best be conversation that got out of hand. Jake was judged by the size of its community'S civil 50 infuriated he spat in the man's face. The organizations. Walnut Plains had a Chapter prisoner, unable to defend himself, replied of the Blue Mason (Lodge No. 137) as early to the msult, "I'll remember you." The as 1859. Charter members were Willie military party eventually moved on. On Nichols, Worshipful Master; T. C. December 8, 1863 Jake had been to Williamson, S. W.; J. H. Bulls, J. W.; A. G. Brownsville. The prisoner hid himself and Cummins, Treasurer; W. T. Beacham his weapon until Jake's return. Jake was Secretary; Samuel Kennedy, S. D.; John shot and tied to his horse. The horse was Cummins, J. D.; and H. M. Westmoreland, then given the road. The ne.'I:t morning the Tyler. Master Masons were listed as; J. B. family was alarmed to see Jake's horse at Blanton, D. D. Ross, S. J. Kennedy, J. C. the gate. They found Jake shot dead. They Cannon, L. W. Hutson, B. T. Hill, Q.A. had no idea who was responsible for the deed.

Arkansas Family Historian, Volume 38. Number 3, September, 2000 137 The Walter's Chapel Home Guard is believed that this lodge met above The Home Guards of Prairie County, Thomas Walter's Church. Masonic Lodge Arkansas (1861-1862) compiled by James Proceedings after the war record that many Logan Morgan notes that a special term of lodges were "burned" or "destroyed". It is the County Court of Prairie County met at possible that the Walter's Chapel facility Brownsville on June 24, 1861, to provide was not totally destroyed. One theory is for companies of "Home Guards' in the that most of the snucture was dismantled townships of Prairie County. At the same and used for other purposes. During the time, A. J. Thomas, William C. Hazen, and War many homes in Des Arc were B. C. Totten, who had been appointed dismantled and taken to DeValls Bluff, commissioners for war fmances in Prairie home of a large Union encampment. County on April 22, 1861, were authorized to obtain arms and ammunition for the Walter's Chapel after the War various companies of home guards. Considering that the Walter's Chapel According to the report of A. J, Thomas, community was not on a railroad or a body Commissioner, 71 shotguns, 36 rifles, 6 of water, the fact that Walter's Chapel kegs of powder, 20 bags of buckshot, 99 survived in any form after the War is a pounds of lead and 10,000 caps were tribute to \;he pioneer stock of its people. bought in Memphis by R. E, Dunlap for the Life was very difficult after the War. use of the Prairie County home guards in Resources were depleted and taxes were July 1861. Center Township Home Guards high; however, a living could still be 'eked" were organized at Walter's Chapel on July ou t of the family farm. Walter's Chapel was 15, 1861, with the following men: John H. still a place of prominence and a Justice of Bulls, Captain; John R. McNeill, 1'" the Peace lived in the community. A story Lieutenant; and Willie Nichols, 2nd from the files of the Works Projects Lieutenant. Other members were M. A. (M. Administration, Writer's Project for Prairie L.) Bogard, Issac D. Booe, John A. County, confirms the existence ofa stage Cummins, B. F. Dinwiddle, Samuel house at Walter's Chapel after the War. Harrison, A, B. Hudson, Lewis W. Hudson, This story relates when an rider on a stage Julius Nichols, Samuel Perry, C. J. ride from DeValls Bluff disclosed that he Shepherd, A. J, (John) Steel, and Ed had never taken the "Oath to the United Stratton. States" the individual was taken to 'Walter's Chapel' to be administered the A second organization of the Home Guards oath that very night. took place in 1862. The following were ordered to organize at Walter's Chapel on Second Walter's Chapel Baptist Church May 10, 1862: A. G. Cummins, John No newsprint in the era after the Civil War Hardin, Canada Howell, R. C. Hudson, can be found to document the actual Needham Kennedy, and Samuel Kennedy. construction date of the existing Walter's Chapel Baptist Church, which replaced the Destruction of First Masonic Lodge flrst church that was under construction at The Grand Lodge of Arkansas Masonic the time of Thomas B. Walter's death. Proceedings in November, 1867 (available at Records at the Masonic Temple in Little the Masonic Temple, Little Rock) relates the Rock verify that this two-story replacement following with regard to Walnut Plains was in existence by November of 1870, Masonic Lodge, No. 137: "Brother Willie Originally, the Walter's Chapel Baptist Nichols, W. M" returns the charter without Church (now called Trinity Chapel) was a books, jewels or list of members. He states two-story structure with windows on the that he was Worshipful Master in 1861, north and south side. Two doors on the since which time there has been no front facing west and two doors in the rear. election; that upon the occupation of the Entry to the second floor Masonic Lodge country by the U.S. troops, during the Hall was gained through an external rebellion, the soldiers destroyed the hall, staircase on the southwest side of the clothing, furniture, etc. There not being a building. The second floor had no windows sufficient number of members to reorganize with the exception of an approximate 2' the lodge, they surrender their charter," It round circular window On the front side

138 Arkansas Family Historian, Volume 3S,Number 3. September, 2000 that contained the Masonic Emblem. A F. Richards. The last organization to meet concrete porch with a gabled roof was in the Masonic Lodge hall was probably the added circa 1924 and the original two front Woodman's Lodge. Reverend Pharr, a doors were replaced with one center double former minister at the Walter's Chapel door. The Church had a modest interior Methodist Church was a member. with a ralsed platfonn upon which a podium and two small columns rested. Lonoke County Formed Lamps placed On these two columns In 1873 Lonoke County was created from provided light for the minister to read from portions of Pulaski and the eastern part of the Bible. Prairie County including the Walter's Chapel area. The Prairie County line runs E. H. English Masonic Lodge (the second just east of the Walter's Chapel Masonic Lodge at Walter's Chapen Co=unity. Records at the Masonic Temple in Little Rock indicate that Walter's Chapel was re­ Harrison, Sparks, and Martin Families issued another Charter in 1870. Designated Mr. William Harrison and his wife Eliza S. as Chapter #237, the E. H. English Lodge Judd left Virginia around 1833. After the with Jurisdiction at Wattensaw, County of birth of the (lrst son, Samuel, the family Lonoke at Walter's Chapel, the Lodge had moved to Tennessee where they had 13 the following officers: W. H. Kirksey, Grand more children: Benjamin Wesley, Thomas, Master; David R. Ross, Senior Warden; and Mary Francis, William Henry, George E., R .H. Morehead, Junior Warden. The Martha C., Hugh Erastus, Charles M., Ana charter members included James D. (Ava), Joseph, James E., Amanda S. and Alexander, Issac D. Booe, John M. Barrett, Virginia C. (Jane). William Harrison and his Anderson Barrett, James G. Cummins, family moved to Prairie County between Samuel M. Gray, Levi Guess, Lewis W. 1853-1857. A portion of the Harrison clan Hutson, Samuel F. Harrison, Gus W. Hill, lived by the Walter's Chapel Community John G. Hammond, Henry Ingram, Jackson and many are buried in the Walter's Chapel J. Jenkins, William Johnson, John W. Cemetery. Kemp, Joseph D. Miller, Edward R. McPherson, Thomas R. Ray. David S. Ray, At least five of the twelve children of David William Ray, Thomas C. Rogers, William W. and Mary Little Sparks (originally from Smith, Daniel Sparks, Richard F. Thurman, Rowan County, North Carolina) settled in and J. Welch. Prairie County. They were Minus Lafayette, William, David, Daniel, and Juliana (or The Prairie County Democrat reports in its Julia). David and his family were probably August 24, 1872, issue that the. "A. E. the first to arrive circa 1854. Daniel arrived English Lodge meets at Walters Chapel with last sometime after 1860. Daniel, who had R. H. Morehead, Worshipful Master and C. become a minister by this time, and Mary A. Richards, R. S.·. Tull, his wife, resided at Old Bethel for a time. They lat~r moved to the Walter's Other Earlv Civic Organizations which used Chapel Co=unity. They are buried at the the Masonic Lodge Hall Walter's Chapel Cemetery with at least 20 The G. A. Dannelly Temperance Refonn others from the Sparks family. Council #30 met at the Lodge with the follOwing members: R. H. Morehead, Henry Mr. Samuel Martin carne to the area on a Nichols, L D. Booe, J. R. Moore. J. G. train in November of 1888 and lived at the Hammond, George Ray, and John W. Anderson Barrett horne near this Woollen as well as their wives. According to community. The Anderson Barretts the Lonoke Weekly Democrat, March 10, settlement became known as Barrettsville. 1873, a Grange of the Patrons of Me. Barrett had come before the Civil War Husbandry was organized at Walter's from McNary, Tennessee. Three of his Chapel. Officers were Mr. Dick, T. B. Ray, L sisters also came and married here. Their D. Booe, J. D. Cummins, W. A. Morgan, D. married names were Mrs. Mary Guess, Mrs. A. Richards, L. W. Hutson, W. H, Kirksey, Jim Mayfield, and Mrs. Sallie Pirtle. His J. H. Hackney, Mrs. C. A. Richards, Mrs. R. brother, Kindred, settled at Farrs Run H. Morehead, Mrs. T. B. Ray, and Miss N. Creek community of Walter's ChapeL

Arkansas Family Historian, Volume 38, Number 3, September, 2000 139 Anderson Barrett and many of his relatives membership with 78 members in 1950 and are buried at the Walter's Chapel Cemetery. 40 in 1951 as families left their small, unprofitable family farms for jobs in town. Walter's Chapel Baptist Church Affiliations By 1874 the Walter's Chapel Baptist The Walter's Chapel Church (a/k/a Walnut Church was a member of the Caroline Plains Church) continued to hold Sunday Baptist Association. The church had no mOrning services and attempted Sunday pastor; but sent C. C. Boyd, W. H. Pritchard night services at least once. In 1962 the and J. G. Cummins as delegates to the Church was accepted into the Grand Prairie Association's fall meeting. Seventy-seven Association. Services continued until the members were reported. At the 1881 loss of membership finally caused the Caroline Baptist Association meeting held closure of the Church in 1972. at Liberty North in White County "Walnut Plains" was represented with L. W. Hutson, Pastors at Walter's Chapel not previously John Morris, Pastor, and W. R. Richards mentioned include; John Morris, R. F. and reported 36 total members. Minutes of Routh, G. White, J. C. Watkins, M. N. the Caroline Baptist Association September Davis, John King, Brother Kerr, H. Y. 5, 1885, meeting with the Lonoke Morris, Brother Richardson, Clovis Edge, Association reflect that W. B. Burnett and John Ingle, William Cleveland Rowe, M. W. Davis represented Walnut Plains. William Adolphus Rochell, Brother Amos Roland Boothe, Brother Veri Johnson, The October 1886, Caroline Association Ursley Livesay, Joe Johnson, Richard meeting found Walnut Plains with R. F. Parris, Richard GriffIn, Clifton Keaton, Roy Routh as pastor and W. B. Burnett. H. L. Matlock, and Brother Edward Moody who Hutson, and W. H. Richards as messengers. Was the last minister. In October 1888, J. C. Watkins and M. N. Davis were listed as ordained Ministers, the Stores/Business at Walter's Chapel Pastor as G. White, O. W. Owens and J. T. Other than the family farm, Walter's Chapel Smith were listed as messengers and first business was a gristmill followed by a membership was reported as 64. By blacksmith shop. Later, the community was Octo ber of 1889 the Association listed home to a sawmill, a cotton gin, at least one Walnut Plains with a debt of $3.95, J. King general store and a barbershop. as Pastor, J. T. Smith, Clerk, and 83 Additionally, at least one physician and one members. Walnut Plains was not dentist practiced at or near Walter's represented at the 1890 Association Chapel. Dr. J. D. Miller (b. July 28, 1823, meeting held at Centre Hill Church, White d. June 17, 1889) and Dr. W. C. Ray (b. County; however, the Church reported 37 Oct. 23, 1834, d. May 24, 1908) are buried members. In October 1891 Walnut Plains in the Walter's Chapel Cemetery. was represented with Brothers J. T. Smith, J. D. Watkins, 1. W. Hudson, O. U. Owens, Walter's Chapel Post Office and J. T. Smith who reported the Church Off and on from 1860-1910 the community membership as 47. The Post Office for had a post office although sometimes the Walter's Chapel Church was listed as delivery of mall was. only a weekly event. On Barrettsville . one occasion the Post Office at Walter's Chapel closed because the person who Baptist Church - Additional carried the mail moved. The lack of mail Information I Affiliations service prompted one prominent Walter's In October 1921 the Church voted to seek Chapel resident, R. H. Morehead, to move admittance into the Lonoke Association and to town as he was Secretary of the State's was accepted. In March of 1925 the Lonoke Agricultural Wheel and required his mail on Association met at Walter's Chapel. In a more timely basis. Ferdinand Gates and I. August 1942 a Sunday school was D. Booe were two of Walter's Chapel's mail organized and the Church began a period of carriers. Mail carriers of this era growth. By 1944 the church had 98 "subcontracted" from contractors who members. After achieving its peak received government contracts. membership in the forties, the Baptist Church began a steady decline in

[40 Arkansas Family Historian, Voiume 38.Number 3, September, 2000 For a time the Barrettsville Post Office A rough-hewn one-room schoolhouse was served Walter's Chapel. Mr. Onastus located on the north side of the old Kilpatrick Uzzell operated a post office at Methodist Church. Next to it was a place for Uzzell approximately 1.S miles east of the children to tie up their horses while Walter's Chapel on Red Oak Ranch Road. they attended school. Although this was a In keeping with the custom of the time, Mr. small SChool. the students put on school Uzzell had a combination post office / "plays." This school went to the sixth grade general store that was located on the and had one teacher. If not from the Lonoke/Prairie line. A row of mailboxes immediate area, the teacher would board lined the road beside the Uzzell Store as with a family in the community. mail was not delivered door to door. In addition to running the post office, Mr. By 1920 the State School Board Uzzell also carried mail by horseback to successfully managed to get the Arkansas Hickory Plains. Legislature to commit more state dollars to education and thus ushered in an era in Walter's Chapel Methodist Church which many new school buildings in Reverend Daniel Sparks who had Arkansas were built. The Department of ministered at Old Bethel approximately Education hired architects to develop plans three miles northeast of Hazen probably for one, two, three and four room preached his last years at a rough-hewn schoolhouses with emphasis on natural Methodist Church at Walter's Chapel. This lighting, ventilation and heating. In 1923 primitive Methodist Church served the two and 1/2 acres of land (beginning 70 community for many years until yards North of the SW comer of the North construction of a new Methodist Church in 1/2 of the SE 1/4, Section 13, T 3N, 7W) 1913. For a time both occupied the were deeded to the Walter's Chapel School northwestern part of the existing District by Annie A. White, who by this time intersection, across the road from the was a widow. Mr. Nichols, Mr. Jennings, existing Church location (southeastern part Mr. Booe and Mr. Hulen were instrumental of intersection). George H. and Annie A. in getting the school district to build the White deeded land for the Methodist community's "modern" three-room Church to the Walter's Chapel M. E. schoolhouse in 1924. Walter's Chapel's Church, South in 1913. Trustees of the schoolhouse deviated from the model three­ Church as recorded on the warranty deed room schoolhouse blueprint as there was were L. Q. Booe. T. A. Ray and T. H. no indoor plumbing, consequently, no Mayfield. indoor bathrooms. Directors of this School District (#14) were T. A. Nichols, C. C. Reverend Pharr was one of Walter's Jennings, and D, V. Booe. Chapel's most beloved' Methodist Ministers. He is buried in the Walter's Chapel For a time the school was known as the Cemetery beside two of his children: five "Chapel Hill School". Baseball was very month old Little Mamie Bane and 25 year popular and Walter's Chapel had a team. old Jeff D. The Methodist Church (as The school also had a boys' and girls' recorded by Mayme Lois Raborn in her basketball team and played schools such as "History of Zion") was one of five (5) Brown Grove, Woodlawn, and Cross Roads. churches on the Hickory Plains Circuit. The other four (4) churches were Hamilton, Miscellaneous School Notes Zion, Shiloh. and Roger's Chapel. These five A raised stage with a retractable curtain churches shared the same pastor, usually a was located in the northeast comer of the preacher who had yet to be ordained. A three-room schoolhouse. "Actors' entered May, 1960 tornado completely demolished from one of two entrances accessible the Methodist Church as well as the through a narrow hall on the north and majority of the large oak trees in both east sides. Desks accommodated two Church yards as well as those in the old students; the back of each seat provided a school yard and a few in the cemetery. "desk top" for the student sitting behind. Children bought their lunches from home. Old One-Room Schoolhouse; "Modern" Cold biscuits and molasses would have Three-Room Schoolhouse been considered as "lunch staples." Before

Arkansas Family Historian, Volwne 38, Number 3, September, 2000 141 automobiles were commonly available, this "Decoration Day" in 1920. Today none three-room schoolhouse could remaln displaced over time as families left accommodate a teacher who required the area, caretakers changed, and boarding. memories faded. Absent attention from family, many tombstones have succumbed Last Civic Organizations to Meet at to time and elements. Walter's Chapel An Epsworth League and a Chapter of the Many ministers are buried at Walters Eastern Star met for a time at Walter's Chapel including: Rev. Daniel Sparks, Rev. ChapeL With the dismantling of the Wade Pharr, Rev. H. Y. Morris, Rev. William Mason's second floor above the Baptist Cleveland Rowe, Rev. Adolphus Rochell, Church and the 1947 consolidation of the Rev. Corbett Mask and Rev. Edward Moody. Walter'. Chapel School with the Carlisle Walter's Chapel is the final resting place of Public School District, community events Morris E. "Lee" Britt and Virgie L. Oliver shifted to the schoolhouse. Wired for Britt, parents of Maurice L. "Footsie" Britt, electricity in 1949, the old schoolhouse was Arkansas's first Republican Lieutenant host to many Saturday Night "Cake Walks" Governor, a college football hero and a which were enjoyed by young and old. A Medal of Honor winner who lost an arm in Home Demonstration Club and a 4-H Club World War 11. He was the Nation's second also met in the old schoolhouse. Due to most highly decorated World War 11 soldier foundation damage reSUlting from the May next to Audie Murphy. Upon his death in 1960 tornado, the building was dismantled. 1995 Footsie was buried at National The "new portion" of the Walter's Chapel Cemetery in Little Rock. Cemetery sets on the ground previously occupied by the three-room schoolhouse. A Apnual Decoraticn Dav lone school pump remains in the new An 80 year tradition is observance of the cemetery as testimony to an earlier time first Sunday in Mayas Decoration Day. when the schoolhouse yard was filled with Research from the Arkansas History playing children. Commission's WorkS Project Administration (WPA) files for Lonoke and Prairie Counties Notable Wedding at Walter's ChaPEl prepared in 1939-1940 indicate that as Recorded in the Federal Writers' Project, many as 500 people once came to put Works Progress Administration, State of flowers on graves, spread a blanket and Arkansas, History of Lonoke County file have "dinner on the ground.' A special was a reference to one wedding performed afternoon program at the Church followed. at the Walter's Chapel. Former Governor The tradition has changed somewhat in George W. Donaghey worked for George that now it is not limited to Sunday. Hartje who tanned near the Walter's Chapel Visitors bringing flowers and paying their Community in 1875. Here he met Miss respect to loved ones begin arriving at the Levenia Wallace who lived a little south of cemetery on Friday. On Saturday a steady the Walter's Chapel settlement. Later, he stream of visitors come from sunup to returned and they were married in the old sundown. The majority of visitors still come chapel. Governor Donaghey was Governor early Sunday afternoon of the State of Arkansas when the current state capital was built and led education Walter's Chapel Baptist Church reform. Modifications The outside appearance of the Church Interments at Walter's Chapel Cemetery changed significantly when the second floor In 1939 Walter's Chapel was listed as the of the building (formerly used as a Masonic largest cemetery in Lonoke County with an Lodge) was dismantled circa 1947-48. The estimated 2,500 burials. Reportedly, the Church was wired for electricity on August tombstones in the older section of Walter's 15, 1949. Lamps were replaced with eight Chapel represent oniy one-third of those bare electric light bulbs suspended from the estimated as buried there. An unknown high ceiling. Another construction project . number of stones marked grave sites for circa 1960 enclosed the outside staircase, many years. Each stone was painted white which formerly provided access to the in honor of Walter's Chapel's first second floor E. H. English Masonic Lodge

142 Arkansas Family Historian, Voiume 38,Number 3, September, 2000 Hall. At the same time the supporting A separate account was established at First structure for the outside staircase was State Bank at Carlisle to finance tombstone removed from the southwest corner of the leveling, postage for mail outs, and future interior of the Church and a small attic projects that the membership may vote access was made in the southeast comer of upon. Donations to this fund may be made the building. Chandeliers, ceiling tile, to: Nancy Felts Dunlap, c/o Walter's Chapel paneling, and linoleum were added circa Cemetery Project, 581 Walter's Chapel 1961. The pulpit remains in its original Road, Carlisle, Arkansas 72024. condition. The original pews have been stored. Mailing List Those persons interested in the Church, Renovation Project (August/December Cemetery and upcoming projects or events, 1999] may have their name added to the Walter's Visitors to the Walter's Chapel Baptist Chapel mailing list by writing to the Church today will see the latest renovations Walte!' s Chapel Cemetery Project, 581 to the Walter's Chapel Church. Members of Walter's Chapel Road, Carlisle, AR 72024. the Trinity Chapel meeting at Walter's Chapel renovated the Church (August. December 1999). The Chapel now has new WEB SITE Please visit the Walter's Chapel white vinyl siding. Due to deterioration, the Web Site on the Internet old gabled porch roof was removed. A at:http://www.qeocities.comlwalterschaoel steeple was designed, constructed and placed on top of the Church in October, 1999. Interior modifications include carpeting and a bathroom. One hundred new seats were recently added.

First Service of Trinity Chapel Meeting at Walters Chapel .After a hiatus of 27 years, the old Baptist Church at Walter's Chapel was revived for Sunday services. Filling the pulpit of this historic Church on October 3rd was Reverend James (Jim) Byrum, pastor of Trinity Chapel meeting at Walter's ChapeL His wife, Carolyn, is Church organist. Attendance at their ftrst service on Octo ber 3, 1999, was 44. A Children's Christmas Program was presented on December 12th with 62' in attendance.

National Register of Historic Places Nomination By Apru2000 the Walter's Chapel Cemetery will be submitted for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places.

Donations A fund account exists at First State Bank of Carlisle mowing of the Walter's Chapel Cemetery. Donations may be made to: Walter's Chapel Cemetery, cf 0 Millie Malnar, Treasurer, 462 McCallie Loop, Carlisle, AR 72024.

Arkansas Family Historian, Volume 38, Number 3, September, 2000 143 Obituaries - 1859, 1861 ______

From the Arkansas, Memphis and Ouachita Ouachita Conference and former editor of Christian Advocate the Memphis Christian Advocate. (This was a Methodist pUblication and Sister Cobb was born Nov. 6, 1829; '" unfortunately there are almost no files that married to the Rev. James E. Cobb Sept. 6, have survived.) 1847.... Sister Cobb has left a broken­ hearted husband, three little children, and Submitted by Russell P. Baker, 6525 a vast number of friends scattered over Magnolia, Mabelvale, AR 72103 several states ...

Died, In Prairie county, Ark., on the 25th of W. C. Haislip January, Thomas Wilson Brevard, infant St. Louis Advocate please copy son of G. W. and Sarah J. Cochran, aged 3 July 11, 1861 months and 19 days .... Bro. Watson: It becomes my palnful duty to John E. Hudson announce' to you the death of Rev. Pleasant Prairie county, Ark., Jan. 30, 1869. Brummett, who died at his residence in Bradley county, Arkansas, on the 56'" day Samuel Henry, son of Archer and of April, 1859, aged about 40 years.Bro. Brummett was a local minister of the Mary A. Hayes, was born March 26"', 1858: Ouachita ConferenGe .... He has left a large departed this life April 22d 1861. ... family and many friends." Jefferson county, Ark., April 19, 1859 J. E. Caldwell Princeton, Ark., June 1st, 1861

Died, February 9, 1859, at Columbus, Ark., of pneumonia, Mrs. S. A. Cobb, consort of Rev. James E. Cobb of the

144 Arkansas Family Historian. Volume 3n.Number 3, September. 2000 "STRANGER THAN FICTION"! ______14S-YEAR-OLD MYSTERY SOLVED

By Russell P. Baker, 6525 Magnolia, killed in 1865 in Cherokee Co. (Georgia Mabelvale, AR 72103,2000 and] that [Charles' son] John Perry Edwards had tracked his killer [down[ 25 A good genealogical researchm is a years later." persistent genealogical researcher. 'Seek and yea shall find.• This is the abstract from the Times - DemocroJ: of Elmore County, Alabama, for, On September 9, 1865, shortly after the July 16, 1891: " [Our correspondent] from end of the Civil War, fifty - one year old Central [Community] tells of the capture, in Charles Edwards, a citizen of Cherokee Texas, of [G. W.] Pearce, through the County, Georgia, was involved in an instrumentality of J. P. Edwards, of altercation with a neighbor, George W Central, whose father [ Charles Edwards] Pearce/Pierce that resulted in his death. Pearce murdered twenty - five years ago Perhaps because he immediately fled the ... (After the criroej Pearce fled to Texas county, Pearce was indicated for murder by where he acquired property, married, raised a Cherokee CountY grand jury in March of a family, stood high and represented his the next year. However, by that time, his constituency in public councils frequently. whereabouts were unknown and he seemed Recently Mr. Edwards, who has been forever beyond the reach of the law. silently looking for [Pearce] for these many Because of stress follOwing Charles' death, years, located his father's murderer in his family fractured and members scattered Johnson County, Te=s, and had him across the South. Two sons, William J. and arrested under requisition papers from the John P. Edwards, left Georgia and settled Goveroor of Georgia. Pierce was taken to near their grandfather, Alfred E. Edwards, Cherokee County, Georgia, the scene of his in Elmore County, Alabama. Many of the criroe, where he will be tried next remaining members of the family, including September ... No one knew of (Edward's] his widow, Nancy Cook Baker Edwards, patient search until the fugitive was and his son, Zachariah G. Edwards, settled arrested. Mr. Edwards is the only bonded in westero Arkansas, near their former constable in Elmore County, and this work neIghbors the Bates Family, who left entitles him to be ranked as a first class Georgia before the War. For almost a detective .' quarter of a century, the Pearce indicbnent gathered dust in the courthouse at Canton, Tom, as flabbergasted as 1 by this belated while the memory of his criroe, along with news, quickly made a trip to Canton, so many other facts about the Edwards Georgia, the county seat of Cherokee Family, slowly faded from livmg memory. County, where he found the original indictment in the Superior Court Minute Fortunately, this sad story, a story that Book. Unfortunately, it contained very little teaches a very important lesson for every information. However, since he is a very family historian and genealogist, did not persistent and through researcher, he end here. It all began when Mr. W. Tom visited the local county library. Here he Edwards of New Republic, New Jersey, an found an article in the Canton, Georgia avid Edwards researcher. received a new Cherokee Advance for September 25, 1891, book for Christmas in 1999. It contained that is every genealogist's dream. It states abstracts of newspaper articles from Elmore in part: "George Pierce [or Pearce] acquitted County, Alabama, newspapers. This is the ... The case of the State vs. George W. county in which Tom's branch of the Pierce, charged with the murder of Chas. Edwardsfarnily lived and where two of Edwards in September 1865, was ended Charles's sons settled. "I got [the book]", last Tuesday evening ... a verdict of Tom says, "to see what the sons of [Dr. acquittal being returned. This was the most Thomas Edwards and Charles Edwards], intensely interesting and exciting case ever were up to in [this countyl. To my surprise I tried in our courts '" by reason of the discovered that Charles [Edwards] has been killing baving occurred during the e.'!:Citing

Arkansas Family Historian, Volume 38, Number 3, September, 2000 145 times about the close of the last war, and County, Georgia on December 13, 1832. the arrest not having been made until 26 They moved to Cherokee County shortly years afterwards, although Capt. Pierce had afterwards, where they became the parents been living openly and above board in of: Thomas J., James A., Mary A., William Texas, an honored, respected and J., Rachel L, Robert S" John P., Zachariah influential citizen for many years ... The G., Rhoda C., Sarah E., Nancy J., and evidence introduced was a surprise to Charles C. Many descendants of Charles many, inasmuch as the State failed to make Edwards still live rn Arkansas. For out as clear a case as it was supposed additional information on this family, would be. No positive evidence was contact the author at 6525 Magnolia Dr., introduced and the prosecution only had Mabelvale, Arkansas 72103. Pearce circumstantial evidence to rely on ... As we returned to Texas and his wife received a gather the facts, it seems that about four Texas Confederate Pension from Johnston o'clock one very warm evening ill County. September 1865 [September 9] Charles Edwards, about 65 years. [see note below] of age came to Pierce's house driving a sheep. When he reached [it] he stopped and called Pierce out to the gate. After talking awhile about a cow and mule trade· previously made between then, they got into a dispute and difficulty, when both feU in a rocky place in a ditch on the roadside. When Edwards got up a wound or scratch above his right ear was bleeding. After washing his face and head and froding no other hurts about him, he walked home, some 3,4 of a mile. That night about 9 o'clock he died from what was supposed to be the effect of the wound above mentioned, Pierce left Cherokee [County] that night and some years afterwards it was learned that he was in Texas, but it was not until this spring that this matter was brought to [Cherokee County] Sheriff Kirtchen's attention, He went to Texas so as to bring Pierce to Cherokee for trial ... Edwards was an old man but stout and active for one his age, although much fatigued that hot evening from driving sheep. While not put in evidence by counsel, it was intimated ... that Mr. Edwards, if not a [outright Federal supporter during the War he] was a sympathetic to the Union side. He did not go to war, but it is said some of his sons [William J., Robert S., and John P, Edwards] made good soldiers on the Confederate side.' Pearce, on the other hand, was a Civil War hero, who served in several Confederate umts during the War. This service, according to the article, seems to be the main cause for his acquittal.

Comments: Charles Edwards was born June 8, 1814, in Chesterfield County, SC, the son of Alfred E. and Polly Slay. He married Nancy Cook Baker in Cobb

146 Arkansas Family Historian, Volume 38,Numbc'l' 3, Seplember, 2000 ______Miller County- Early Marriage Records

Submitted by Bobbie Jones McLane and Davis, Calloway to Rachel Andrews. 11 Jan. Mr. R. C.Tollettt who found this in the 1838, by Bradford C. Fowler, p. 167 Texas State Library some years ago: Brooks, Thomas and Nancy L. Timner (?), The George T. Wright Collection - Miller Co. 26 Nov 1837, by Benj. F. Lynn, Judge of Records - Territory of Arkansas Miller Co., p. 182 County of Miller - Courthouse at Jonesboro July 20,1835 - March 17, 1838 French, Thomas and Nancy Robinson, 2 University of Texas at Austin, Texas Sept. 1830, by N. G. Crittenden, Judge, (Includes records as early as l833?, but willingness to marriage certified by Joseph very difficult to read) French and Edy French, p. 13 (pages 7 .through 12 missing) Cliff, Carter L. to Abby Garland 19 Dec 135 at the home of John Emberdous in Miller Cathey, Thomas and Susan Cernal by Co., Territory of Arkansas by John H. Carr, William F. Wright, JP, 2 Sept. 1830, p. 13 ME, page 36. Baker, Colbert and Ann Thompson, 24 Peters, Stephen to Margaret Williams, both Sept. 1830, by William F. Wright, JP, p. 13 of Miller Co. Sulphur Fork Prairies, 14 Oct 1837 by Wm. L. Duke, p. 137 Boon, Willis M. and Polly Ann Fisher, 15 Feb 1833, by Samuel Worthington, JP, p. Fulton, Samuel M. and Nancy McCurley, 29 Dec. 14, 837 by Benj. F. Lynn, Judge of Miller Co., p. 137 Read, John and Hester Collom, 22 June 1832, by Jonas L. Beloate, MG, p. 32 Williams, Sylvester to Elizabeth Riley on 10 Aug., 1837, by Bradford C. Fowler, page Gamer, Bushnal and Sally Cernal,' 17 156 March 1833, by James Clark, Dep. Clk., p. 83 Kitchens, Samuel and Jane Smith in Royston Twp., Miller Co., 19 Dec. 1837 by Hopkins. James E. and Rebecca Gragg, 2 A. J. Fowler, p. 156 Feb. 1834. Witnesses: MIlton Estill, Richard Harper, Samuel Gragg and John Gragg, p. Anthony, Jonathan to Maryann Washburn 93 _day of Nov. 1837, by Dempsey Brown, JP,p.167

Arkansas family Historian, Volume 38, Number 3, September. 2000 147 Buckstown to Orion - The Story of an Irish-Arkansas Family__

By William D. Lindsey, 519 Ridgeway Dr., Little brought him, and possibly other interconnected Rack, AR 72205 Irish families, there?19 (Continued from June, 2000) j've found no deed or court records of Valentine Irish labor, rather than the labor of valuable Ryan in Clarke Co.--no records at all of his slaves, was commonly used to build levees and presence there. in fact, other than the dig dralnage ditches in the antebellum South declaration of intent and his daughter's marriage because such work took a heavy toll on human record. However, a variety of other records allow life. Marshy land bred mosquitoes that carried us tD pinpoint fairly precisely where his family yellow fever and malaria. Historians of New must have lived in their brief sojourn in Orleans claim that the city would be more Irish Mississippi. On the same day that Valentine than Boston today, had so many of its Irish Ryan made his declaration of intent, a John immigrants nOt died as a result of the fevers Dempsey also made a declaration in Clarke Co. they contracted doing this kind of work. On (Circuit Ct. Minutes, p. 387). Dempsey's Canal Blvd. in New Orleans, the Irish Heritage declaration states that he was also a native of Society constructed a monument several years Ireland and arrived at New Orleans on or about ago to commemorate the nameless 19th-century Christmas day, 1852--on the same date on ditch diggers buried in mass graves in the city. which Valentine Ryan arrived. Was Dempsey a friend or relative of Valentine Ryan's? He An astute observer of Southern life, Frederick appears to have been roughly a contemporary of Law Olmsted, speaks of the exploitation oflrish Valentine Ryan's, judging by the age of his labor in the antebellum South.12 Olmsted notes spouse; Dempsey gave bond on 29 Sept. 1853 that slaves were too valuable to do some of the with Thomas W. Dinis to marry Lucinda dangerous work commonly assigned to CovingtDn (aged 38: see below) in Clarke Co. Irishmen: when Olmsted interviewed a (Marriage Bk. A, 1853-65, p. 19). The return is steamboat mate at Claiborne, Alabama, for dated 2 Oct. 1853, showing that the marriage instance, the man observed that Irishmen were was solemnized by N. Shotes (?), j.p.. (Actually, given the task of stacking cotton bales on in the original record, both the license and steamboats, because "the n ...... --s are worth too return are dated 1853, while the bond is dated much to be used here; if the Paddies are 1854; evidently 1853 is correct.) The 1853 knocked overboard, or get their backs broke, marriage record suggests to me that Valentine nobody loses anything!"" During his New Ryan may have gone to Clarke Co. by 1853. very Orleans sojourn, Olmsted notes that slaves soon after his arrival in New Orleans. If so, he themselves sometimes referred to other slaves may have come to New Orleans having already doing hard labor as Irishmen." planned to go to Mississippi to work immediately after his arrival. . If Valentine Ryan went to Mississippi tD work as a laborer to earn money to buy farmland, it is Lucinda Covington, spouse of John Dempsey, also possible that he worked laying railroad was in the household of Nancy Covington in tracks. The railroad came to Clarke Co. in Clarke Co. on the 1850 census.'. Nancy 1850." According to Joe Robert and Mary Covington is aged 72, b. in South CaroJina; Margaret Mallard, the Mobile and Ohio RR, Lucinda is aged 35, b, in Georgia. Also in the which passed through Enterprise in Clarke Co. household is a Sarah, aged 6 f b, in Mississippi. on its way tD Macon from Mobile. laid track If this is Lucinda's daughter, then perhaps she throUgh Clarke Co. at this time. to had been previously married to a son of Nancv Covington who had died by 1850. On this - According to another Clarke Co. historian, Jim census, Nancy is enumerated eight families Dawson. the Mobile and Ohio Railroad came to away from Hugh Atkinson, in whose house Shubula in Clarke Co. late in 1854 and was Robert A. Sumrall, who married Valentine extended tD Quitman by March 15, 1855, and to Ryan's daughter Margaret, was living in 1850. !!:nterprise by Oct. 3, 1855." This caused Hugh Atkinson was Robert A. SumraU's broth~r­ Shubuta to thrive. with shops and roundabouts in-law, married to Roberes sister Harriett.'2l Also being built, and Shubuta became a populous between Lucinda Covington and Hugh Atkinson trade center. LS This information is of great on the 1850 census were two other Sumrall interest. sincel as wiU be seen below, it appears households, those of Margaret and Moses that Valentine Ryan settled at Shubuta. Was It Sumrall (families 484 and 485). the chance to work laying railroad track that

148 Arkansas Family Historian. Volume 38,Number 3, September, 2000 Since John Dempsey and Valentine Ryan's Atkinson and Thomas and Robert Sumrall were daugh ter Margaret both married into families of also buyers. this neighborhood, it is apparent that these two Irishmen settled in the vicinity of twp. I, range There appears to have been some kinship 16, sections 17-19. Land records of the Sumrall connection between the Trotter and Sumrall families indicate that this is where those families family, since the October 1851 petition of are to be found in the early 1850s. 22 These land William B. Trotter for division of the estate of descriptions place the Sumralls along the Nancy Trotter names Robert A. Sumrall as an Chickasawhay River just east of a community on estate appraiser, and William B. Trotter gives present-day maps of Clarke Co. called Sumrall. bond with Isham Moody, who was guardian of This is in the south-central portion of Clarke Co. Robert A. Sumrall, hus band of Margaret Ryan on highway 45, which Nns between Quitman (Clarke Co. Probate Minutes 5, pp. 30-1). and Shubuta. Sumrall is just north of Shubuta, about 39 miles south of Meridian and 90 miles 1 have found records of another family in north of Mobile. According to local historian J. Shubuta in the 18603, but I cannot yet say D. Mason, Who is presently writing a history of whether they have any connection to Valentine Shubuta, the Sumralls are a noted family in the Ryan. In fact, since I can't fmd them on any vicinity of Shubuta and the Hepzibah area about federal cen31lS, I don!t even know if they were 5 miles west of Shubuta.23 Irish-born. This family, the family of John D. and Margaret Ryan, bought a store in the town The Sumrall family already had strong ties, . of Shubuta from Gates Brothers. J.D. Ryan is including marriage ties, to various Irish enumerated on the 1866 Mississippi state immigrant families who were either living in this census in Clarke Co., with 1/0/0/l/000000m region when Valentine Ryan settled there, or and I/O/O/I/OOOOOf and no slaves. Two houses who arrived around the same time he did. away is the family of A.H. Ryan, with Margaret Ryan's husband Robert A. Sumrall had 2/0/1/0/1/00000m and 1/0/0/1/000000fand an aunt Mary Sumrall who married Patrick 6 slaves. This census also shows an L. lor is the Brogan, an Irish immigrant born in Co. Meath, initial J.?) Dempsey, a male with no wife or Ireland.2• Census information about this children and 2 slaves, living not far fro.m these couple's children indicates that their marriage two families.27Is this the John Dempsey who occurred about 1837, possibly in Jasper Co., came to America with Valentine Ryan? If so, where the couple lived and are buried." Jasper Lucinda Covington Dempsey may have died by is contiguous to Clarke Co. on the west. If this date. Valentine Ryan did not settle in Mississippi to work as a laborerj then might he have come to When immigrants came to America in the 19th work as a fannhand for a compatriot such as century, they often made declarations of intent Brogan, who appears to have had a valuable to become U.S. citizens in order set into motion farm by the 1850s? naturali.zation procedures that would enable them to clalm federal homestead land. Though I Another possible connection of the Sumralls to haven't found fmal naturalization papers for an Irish family appears in the estate of John Valentine Ryan or a homestead claim med by Willford in Clarke Co. in 1836, which shows an him, it seems very likely that he Went to A, Ryan as a creditor (Probate Ct. Record B, Mississippi with the long-range goal of buying or 1839-44, p. lSI). This is of interest, since claiming American fann land, since, by 1859, he Elizabeth, sister of Robert A. Sumrall, maIried "­ appears in Arkansas records obtaining land in John Willford, perhaps son of this John. that state. I discovered this when, having exhausted Clarke Co., Mississippi, records, I The 7 June 1847 probate record of the inventory turned my attention to Arkansas records in my of Alexander Trotter's estate in Clarke Co. search to understand Valentine Ryan's life and contains the names of several members of the that of his family alter they arrived in America. family, as well as several Irishmen (Probate Ct. Record 3, 1844-8, p. 310). Among those owing My fIrst discovery in Arkansas was that notes to the estate were ,Jeremiah Hennessey Valentine Ryan owned land in Jefferson Co. by and Nicholas O'Brien, as well as Robert A. 186 1, when he begins m appear on that county's SLlmraU's brother-in-law Hugh Atkinson, and tax list Ip. II 0) for three tracts of land he had Robert A. Sumrall's uncles Thomas and Robert bought from the federal government in 1859-60, A, Sumrall, Sr. The record of Trotter's estate valued at $876, The tax list shows him with one sale, which was held 6 Jan 1848, shows a Dr. poll and a horse valued at $50, as well as 4 D. H. Ryan buying a mule from the estate mules valued at $70, for a total of $996. The (Probate ct. Record 4, 1848-50, p. 12),26 Hugh 1861 tsx list notes that Valentine Ryan had

Arkansas Family Historian, Volume 38, Number 3, September, 2000 149 been taxed for this property in 1860 as well, but office in Little Rock 211.27 acres in Jefferson I haven't found that record. (later Grant) Co., AR, the NW';", sect. 7, twp. 3S, RllW, and the NEVo twp. 3S RI2W. The When I discovered this tax listing, I was puzzled: certificate for the land (1111614) says that Robert there is not a single deed recorded in Jefferson A. Sumrall was of Jefferson Co., Arkansas, when Co, for this or any other land purchased by he bought this land. Valentine Ryan. Nor could I fllld any listing of a land purchase from the federal land office--that Valentine Verene's land-entry case file for the is, until I typed the coordinates for the land into land he purchased in 1859 also has a the Bureau of Land Management's General Land declaration made in Pulaski Co., Arkansas, on omce website on the Internet. I knew the 23 Jan. 1871 saying that Valentine Verene had coordinates, since both the tax list and the lived on the land since Sept. 1871 {sic] and had estate records of Valentine Ryan's son Patrick 30 acres in cultivation and a dwelling house on show that the lWld eventually passed from it, but that the duplicate certif'lCate had been father to son, and the latter records identify the destroyed. An affidavit to support this claim was various tracts. which match those in the tax list. given by Solomon Miller on 23 Sept. 1871. This clar:illcation of the land's ownership may have When I typed in the coordinates for this land, I been fIled because Valentine RyWl and wife discovered something curious. Rather than Bridget, who were aged and possibly infirm by giving me the name Valentine Ryan, the search 1871, evidently turned their farm over to son engine told me that this land had been Patrick by the 1870s. As will be seen below, by purchased by one Valentine Verene. This 1880, Valentine Ryan is listed on the census in explained why I had not been able to fllld the household of son Patrick, Bridget Tobin Valentine Ryan as the purchaser of the Jefferson Ryan having died on 19 Nov. 1873 at Orion, Co., Arkansas, land for which he was taxed by Grant Co., Arkansas. The duplicate certificate 1860 and 1861. The land had somehow gotten for this land was not issued until 10 Sept. 1897, misrecorded as a purchase by one Valentine after Valentine Ryan and son Patrick had both Verene, who is obviously Valentine Ryan, since died, as well as Patrick's. wife Delilah Rinehart the land matches the tracts for which he was RyWl, who died on 7 June 1896 at Orion, taxed, Wld there is not a single other mention of Arkansas. Before her death, Delilah Rinehart a Valentine Verene in Jefferson Co. records. Ryan had recorded a deed of partition on 26 Having found that the buyer of the land was March 1895, that deed noting that half of the listed in the federal land records as Valentine land she inherited from husband Patrick Verene, I checked the tract book for Jefferson belonged to Patrick Ryan's sister Catherine Ryan Co., and found that this source, too, lists him as Batchelor. as an inheritance from her father the owner of the three tracts of land. (Grant Co. DB M, p. 392). The 1897 duplicate certificate for this land was evidently issued to Once I had made this discovery, I tracked the secure the inheritance of Catherine Ryan land purchase itself, obtaining the IWld-entry Batchelor. case files from the National Archives. File 11765 shows that Valentine Verene bought 172'h acres Valentine Ryan was not the only Irishman tc buy from the U.S. land office in Little Rock on 19 land in twp. 38, RllW in Jefferson Co. in 1859. September 1859. The land was lots 1 and :2 in On 1 June 1859, Patrick HWligWl of Jefferson the N'h of NWv.., sect. 6, twp. 3S, RIIW, Co. patented 160 acres in Jefferson Co, in sect. Jefferson Co. Valentine Verene applied for the 4, twp. 38, RIIW. Could he possibly be related land and received a patent for it on 19 tc the John Haligan, 46, a farmer born in September, making his payment of $21.53 the Ireland, is in Drew Co. on the 1850 census in same day and signing by mark. A certificate was Smith twp., dwel. 402, with his family; or are issued the following day. The application for the these separate families? John Haligan had been land says that Valentine Verene was of Drew in Mississippi in 1834-7, per his children's Co .• Arkansas. at the time, which indicates that, birth places. sometime after Margaret Ryan's 22 Oct. 1856 marriage in Clarke Co., Mississippi, and before [t's difficult to understand how Valentine Ryan's September, 1858, Valentine Ryan had moved his federal land purchases might have been family to Arkansas, settilng first in the recorded in the name of Valentine Verene. A southeastern portion of the state in Drew Co.2. possible explanation is illiteracy: the 1860-70 (but not 1880) census listings indicate that both Robert A. Sumrall and wife Margaret Ryan Valentine Ryan and wife Bridget were illiterate, Sumrall evidently accompanied Valentine Ryan's and as we have seen, he signed his federal land family to Arkansas, since, on 2 July 1860, applications by mark. But it may also have been Robert A. Sumrall bought from the U.S. land the case that English was not his native

150 Arkansas Family Historian, Volume 38,Number 3. September, 2000 language. and that difficulty with the language maps have allowed me to pinpoint the location of complicated his attempt to understand the land the farm just northeast of the community of papers when he signed them. Orion in Grant Co. in extreme northeastern Grant Co. As will be .een below, Patrick Ryan's Irish was the flrst. and often sale, language of obituary notes that he lived near the Orion large numbers of those living in the Walsh church; other records show that the land on Mountain region of Co. Kilkenny in the early which he lived was part of the land Valentine part of the 19th century. L.M. Cullen thinks that Ryan bought from the federal government, the cultural continuity of the region, indicated in beginning in 1859. The church itself had been its rather stable social structure and the inbred established in 1860 in the Henry community, character of its marriages, accounts for the fact but was not located at its present site until that the region was the most Irish-speaking part 1872.ll of the county well into the 19th century.29 As I worked to ftll in gaps in my Arkansas Mairin Nic Eoin confnms Cullen's fmdings: records for Valentine Ryan, I also located him on according to Nic Eoin, the southern region of Co. the 1860 census at Rock Springs post office in Kilkenny was the most stable part of the county Barraque twp., Jefferson CO.3. The census gives socially when the 19th century began, and thus both Valentine and wife Bridget's ages as 50, remained the most Irish-speaking area of the and states that Valen tine Ryan was a laborer, county into the 19th century."" An 1815 with real estate valued at $300 and personal observer of the region, a Mr. Atkinson, noted property at $100. All members oftbe family are that prosperous pig breeders and dairymen of listed as Irish-born. In the household are son the Walsh Mountains could not speak a single Patin, 13, and daughter Catharina, 10. Patin is word of English in 1815.31 Maps accompanying the diminutive form of Pat, the -in suffix being Nic Eain's essay show that the southwestern used as a term of affection in Irish. The census portion of the county had Irish speakers lists both Valentine and Bridget as illiterate. numbering up to 40% in 1851 and up to 15% in Note that Valentine's age on this census 189 J.32 That Valentine Ryan and his family corresponds with hi. tombstone date of birth, came to America speaking Irish as their flrst while Bridget's doe. not. The children's ages are language may be conflrmed by the census roughly COrrect, but not precise. reports of Catherine Ryan Batchelor's children, who consistently reported Irish as their mother's The fact that this census lists Valentine Ryan as native tongne on those censuses which solicited a laborer makes me wonder whether he was at such information. In her old age, my this time working as a farmhand on a grandmother Hattie BatChelor Simpson, neighboring farm--perhaps that of W.A. Catherine's youngest daughter, often expressed Slaughter, his next-door neighbor, who appears remorse that her mother's pronounced Irish to have peen a man of substance. Note that two accent had been an embarassment to her in her families away is the family of L. Dison, another youth: she had pleaded with her mother not to laborer. Several families from him is the family say "nivver-' for "'never" and "kivver'" for Ii cover," of J.W. Dison, also a laborer. Were all these men and not to pronounce II' Jesus" as "Jaysus," workers on nearby farms? The ties to the Dison family remained strong over time, since Having discovered that Valentine Ryan's federal members of this family were close friends of my land purchases were recorded in the name grandmother Hattie Batchelor Simpson. I Valentine Verene, I found another purchase on 4 haven't found Rock Springs on maps of Apr. 1860. The application says that Valentine Jefferson Co., Put, since Redfleld is in Barraque Verene filed on that day to buy the W'h NEv.. twp., I think that Valentine Ryan must have and lot 5 of NW, sect. 6, twp. 3S, RII Win settled immediately on the farm that became his Jefferson Co., 119.66 acres, for use as a farm family farm in the northwest portion of Jefferson adjoining one he already owned. The application Co., later to become the northeast corner of also says that Valentine Verene's farm had five Grant Co. acres under cultivation. The same day Valentine Verene paid $14.96 for the land (me 13024). The I haven't identifled the attraction of Jefferson Co. application lists Valentine Verene as of Jefferson for Valentine Ryan, but a possible attraction Co .. and i. again signed by mark may have been that the county had, for Arkansas. a sizeable Catholic community. The Township and range maps of Jefferson Co. show county seat, Pine Bluff, had been a French that :hIS ~and was in the northwest Corner of the settlement; the CarhoHe presence dates from the county, West of the present-day town of Redfield. French period.J5 As Jefferson Co. naturalization When Grant Co. was formed in 1869. Valentine records indicate, in the 19th centutY, various Ryan's farm feU into that county. The range E:uropean Catholic immigrants moved to the

Arkansas Family HistOlian, Volume 38, Number 3, September. 2000 151 vicinity of Pine Bluff, perhaps attracted by the Irish colony, and another group who came to presence of a Catholic community that would Little Rock in 1848-1850, those Irish immigran ts not have been available in many other areas of who did come into the state in the 19th century AR. Goodspeed's for Jefferson Co. says that a tended to come as individual families. Lucey Catholic church was built at Plum Bayou in thinks that a considerable number of such 1852 by I'r. Patrick McGowan, who had built St. families chose Arkansas as home in the latter Joseph's in Pine Bluff the year before. He came part of the 18008,37 to Jefferson Co. in 1850. Plum Bayou is not far from where Valentine Ryan settled. Because Pine To rerum to the records I found as I continued Bluff is an inland port on the Arkansas River my search for traces of Valentine Ryan in (and in the past, an important port), and was Arkansas: he appears again in the Jefferson Co. connected to New Orleans via steamboat tax list in 1862, taxed for the same tracts for passage on the Arkansas and Mississippi Rivers, which he had been taxed previously, except that it was relatively easy for Catholic immigrants, lot 2 is now no longer included in his including quite a few Irish, to find their way to landholdings (p. 98). The land is again valued at the area. $876, and Valentine Ryan IS also taxed for a horse and three mules. Though Valentine Ryan and his wife and children are buried in a Baptist cemetery in There is no Jefferson Co. tax list for 1863-4, Grant Co., I think that at least the parental when the county seat, Pine Bluff, became the generation--Valentine and Bridget Tobin Ryan-­ center of a battle between Confederate and remained Catholic throughout their lives. The Federal troops, with the latter occupying the gravestones of both have symbols that are more town for some months. In 1865, though there is typical of a Catholic than a Baptist cemetery, a tax list for the county, Valentine Ryan's name Valentine Ryan's having a cross with lHS at its does not appear on it for some reason. center, and Bridget Tobin Ryan's having a crucifIX. From family stories, I know that their In 1866, Valentine Ryan appears once again on daughter Catherine did join the nearest church-­ the Jefferson Co. tax list for the same tracts of Orion Missionary Baptist.... as she came of age, land he owned in 1862, except that the 119 and her brother Patrick may also have done so. acres in lot 5 have now become 66 acres, the Unfortunately, the early minutes of this church other 53 apparently having been given to his son burned in a fire in the fIrst part of the 20th Patrick, who appears on the tax list for the fIrst century, making it impossible to ascertain with time in 1868 owning lot 5 (p. 98). The 1867 tax certainty the membership of the Orion church in list for Jefferson Co. is also missing (due to its formative years. Reconstruction?). In 1868, Valentine Ryan has only 172 acres in the same location as his As I have sought to understand the reasons previous landholdings--presumably, lot 1 from Valentine Ryan came to central Arkansas in the previous tax lists (p. 89). His son Patrick late 1850s, I have run across fascinating appears on the tax list for the fl1'st time this information about an Irish colony that preceded year, with lots 3, 4, and 5 in the same location, him there. In December 1850, a group of Irish along with land in section 7, Same twp. and immigrants primarily from Counties Wexford range. It appearS that Valentine Ryan had given and Wicklow were brought to Little Rock by Rev. some land to his son, and sold the rest to others) Thomas Hoare at the instigation of the bishop of though I've found no deeds for the sale. I have Little Rock, Andrew Byrne, who wished to bring not searched for Valentine Ryan on Jefferson Co. Catholic colonies to the state to increase its tax lists after 1868. Catholic population. As did Valentine Ryan, the colony entered the Uuited States through the I have found only sparse records for the end of port of New Orleans. Unfortunately, few Valentlne Ryan's life. He appears on the 1870 arrangements were made for the immigrants' census in Grant Co.; Arkansas. Simpson twp., sustenance when they arrived~ so they Sandy Springs post office (p. 235). On this dispersed, some families going to St. Louis, census, the census taker has recorded wildly others to Waterford t Iowa, and still others to wrong information: Valentine Ryan is 57 years of RefUgio Co., Texas. Those families that remained agej a fanner born in Georgia; his wife)s name is in Arkansas tended to settle in Fort Smith." I given as Elizabeth, and she is 47 years of age, have no evidence that Valentine Ryan was and born in Tennessee. The age of neither influenced to move to Arkansas by the presence corresponds with information on their of this colony in the state, but news of Arkansas tombstones, and their Irish birth is disguised. could well have come to him through those who Was the mlsinformation deliberate? Or bad a knew of this Irish colony. In fact, according to neighbor given the census taker the historian J.M. Lucey, with the exception of this information? The 1870 census lists Valentine

152 Arkansas Family Historian, Volume 38,Number 3, September, 2000 Ryan as a U.S. citizen, but. as I have noted, I peace, married the couple; the marriage was have not found any final naturalization papers recorded on 14 Nov, 1856.39 for him. According to a rather murky story that has In a 28 Aug. 1996 letter to me, Dr. John L. passed down in my family, when Margaret Ryan Ferguson, director of the Arkansas History Sumrall died in 1862 at the young age of 24, she Commission, tell8 me that in 1870, Sandy left several small children. At her death, her Springs was in section 26, twp. 6S, range 15W of younger sister Catherine Iwho would have been Grant Co. This places Sandy Springs in only 13 years old at the time) decided to marry Tennessee twp. near Leola, rather than in Robert A. Sumrall so that the children would not Simpson twp. in northeastern Grant Co.-­ be without a mother. Another child was born to perhaps another slip of the census taker who Catherine Ryan and Robert A. Sumrall, but, as recorded the 1870 census information about the family story has it, Robert Sumrall was cruel Valentine Ryan. to his young wife, and she left him and later married George R. Batchelor, I have not been After Bridget Tobin Ryan's death in 1873, able to confrrm any details of this story, and Valen tine Ryan seems to have handed over his have not found a marriage record. As I have land entirely to son Patrick and to have moved noted above, it appears that Robert A. and into his son's house. The 1879 Grant Co. Margaret Ryan Sumrall accompanied the Ryan Personal Tax Book shows Valentine Ryan being family to Arkansas, where Robert A. SumraIl assessed for no property, which indicates that bought land in Jefferson Co. in 1860. Margaret he was relying on his son for support. This tax evidently died in Arkansas, since she is buried book enumerates Valentine Ryan beside his son in Orion cemetery; her tombstone does not have Patrick. The 1880 census reinforces the idea . her married name. By American custom, this that Valentine Ryan moved into son Patrick's might suggest marital unhappiness; but it house after the death of Bridget: here, Valentine should be noted that Irish custom at the time Ryan is listed in Patrick Ryan's household, aged often had married women buried with 64 and Irish-born,'. tombstones giving their maiden, and not married, names. The final record I have found for Valentine Ryan is an abstract of a 30 June 1888 deed of his son If Robert A. Sumrall did marry his wife's sister, Patrick to William Farrell for the land of Patrick's the marriage would seem not to have been a long father Valentine Ryan; the deed notes that one, since the 1880 census indicates that he Patrick Ryan was selling the land as one of the had married a woman named MaryJ. by 1874 three heirs of Valen tine Ryan, the other two and had returned to Mississippi, where the obviously being his sister Catherine and the couple had children born in 1875 and 1878, By family of their sister Margaret Ryan Sumrall. 1880. he had moved to Rusk Co" Texas, settling beside his sister Susan and her husband On the same day (30 June 1888), George R. Horatio Parks, who changed his name to John Batchelor and wife Catherine Ryan Batchelor Brown after having settled in Te.'

A few notes about Valentine and Bridget Tobin After having located the marriage of Margaret Ryan's children: as I noted previously, on 22 Ryan and Robert A, Sumrall in Clarke Co., Oct. 1856, their daughter Margaret married Mississippi, I did a census search for William Robert A. Sumrallln Clarke Co., Mississippi. and Amanda Harper. I found them on the 1870 Robert Sumrall giving bond with his brother and 1880 census at Ellisville in Jones Co., John. On the same day, S. Bass, ajustice of the Mississippi, with a girl named Elizabeth Sumrall

Arkansas Family Historian, Volume 38, Number 3, September, 2000 153 in tbe housebold.41 These two census listings :22. Robert A. Sumrall had land grants in Ciarke indicate that Margaret Elizabeth Sumrall (as Co. from the state of Mississippi in the following other records indicate her full na.m.e to have places: Twp. I, Range 16, Sec. 17 (Bk. K-l, p., been) was born 1858-60 in either Mississippi or 552); Twp. 1, Range 156, Sec. 18 (Bk. K-!, p. Arkansas. The birth dates suggest that, if Robert 550; Twp. , Range 165, Sec. 19 (ibid., p. 55S( Harper's infonnatiQn is correct. she would have and Twp. 2, Range 15, Sec. 7 (Bk. G-l, p. 406). been given te William and Amanda Harper about In the same vicinity, Hiram Sumrall, Thomas Sumrall, Levi Sumrall, Jacob Sumrail, and 1865-67--that is, some 3-5 years aiter the death Moses Sumrail, Sr. and Jr., had land grants (see of her mother. This indicates that, if Catherine H . H. Daniels, History of Clarke Co., .liS (RR 2 Ryan did marry Robert Sumrall, the mamage Box 337, Bay Springs, MS 39422; n.d.), p. 52, hsd ended by this time. Thst appears te be 53,57; LDS film 1036383. confirmed by the birth date of Catherine Ryan 23. Information shared with me by email on 16 Batchelor's first known child by George R. Sept. 1998 by J. D. Mason, 376 E. North St., PO Batchelor, who was born in 1870. Box 5, Shubuta, MS 39360-0005; (601-687- 1610. End Notes: 24. The tombstenes of Patrick Brogan and wife Mary are in the Catholic cemetery, Paulding, 12. See The Cotton Kingdom: A Selection, ed. Jasper Co., MS; see H. H. Daniel, History Of David Freeman Hawke (Indianapolis: Bobbs­ Jasper Co., Mississippi: Cemetery Rerords, 1834- Merrill, 971: reprint of 1861 original). 1910, Index of Wills and Land GI"Il1'I:tS (n.p.,n.d.: 13. Ibid., p. 100; see also p. 70, where Olmsted LDS fUm 1035383, item 7). Daniel says Ip.97) tells a Southerner that he himself hires Irishmen that James Brogan had a land grand in 1846 in on his farm in New York, and that they cost him Paulding Co. less te hire than Southernors pay to hire siaves. Patrick Brogan is on the 1860 census in Jasper 14. Ibid., p. 107. Co., MS, Claiborne post office, p. 519 (dwal. IS. See Joe Robert and Mary Margaret Mafiard, !048/fam. 1055), aged 64, b. Ireiand. a flarm.er • A brief History of Enterprise, Clarke Co., with $10,000 real property and $8500 personal . Mississippi:' (10 May 1996), on Internet website Wife Mary is 54, b. SC. !n the household are of Frank Buckley at Netpathway.com. children P.O., 21. G. W., 19, J. G., IS, A.D., 13, 16. Ibid. and R.A. 8. All are born MS, and the first three 17. History of Shubuta Methodist Church are sons, the iast two daughters. (Meridian, MS: Lauderdale Co. Hist. Soc., I).d.), Also in Claiborne inti 1860 was a whole p. 1. community of Irish, including James Ryan, 33, 18. Ibid., p. 3. b. Ireiand, Jiving in the home of John Carr, a 19. In researching other of my ftunily lines, I've farmer, 33, b. lreiand (p. 4423); and Patrick found corroborating evidence of the extent te Brogan (next door), 27, a fanner with wife which Irish labor was used to iay railroad track Catherine and daughters M.A. and Margaret in the South at this time: on the 1870 census, (Patrick b. Ireland). Patrick is of an age te be a my great-grandfather Mannen Clements is son of Patrick Brogan, b. 1796. enumerated in Tuscaloosa Co., Alabama, as 25. In the cemetery in which Patrick Brogan and overseer of a group of Irishmen iaying track wife Mary Sumrail Brogan are buried through the county in that year (pct. 15, (St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery, Paulding, MS), Kennandale post office). I have, in face, found on tembstenes indicate the following Irish counties other Kilkenny family with ties to Mullinavat of origin for those buried in the cemetery. living in Clarke Co. Limerick (O'Flinn), Down (Rooney), Kilkenny 20. P. 171/B, fam. 481/dwel. 483. (Kirby, Skehan, Walsh), and Cork (Harrington, 21. See James H. Hines, The Families of McQuellen). Sumerville, SomeruaiU, Summerall) Su.mereil, 26. See Jean Strickiand and Patricia R. SummerilZ, Su.mmerlin, Sumlin, SUmrall and Edwards, (PO Box 5147, Moss Point, MS 39563; Sumrill (PO Box 25002, Houston, TX 77005; 1994), p, 342. 1981), p. 19. See also the petition of Harrison 27. The LDS IGI lists a marriage for a Fannie and Robert A. Sumrall, administrators of Moses RYan to A. Barber, 7 Dec. 1884. Clarke Co" MS. Sumrall, grandfather of Harriett and Robert A., C;'uld she be one of these Shubuta Ryan to seil the slaves of Moses Sumrail after his families? decease, 1" Monday in Dec., 1848; Clarke Co. 28. According te Byrd Gibbens, Strangers in the Probate Court Minutes, vol. 3,1846-51, p. 192- AR Delta: Ethnic Groups and Mirwrities, in J enme 3. This names the children of Moses' son Jesse, Whayne and Williard B. Gatewood, The who inc,uded Harriett and Robdert iI. (The Arlca71Sas Delta, Land of Paradox (Fayetteville; Robert A. Sumrall for this petition was a brother Univ. of AR, 1993), p. 159, members of the of Moses.) On Jesse Sumrail, see also McEvoy family settled in the Arkansas Delta. Goodspeed's Biographical and Historical [Note that Drew Co. is a Delta county.) Memoirs of Mississippi (Chicago: Goodspeed, 29. Kilkenny-History and Society, p. 279. 1891), pp. 867-8). Cullen also notes that the "closed character of

;54 Arkansas Family Historjan, Volume .38~~umber J, September, ::WOO the region: kept significant numbers of Twp. (p. 2356, fum. I 16/dweL 117). This may be Protestants from .ertling in it: (pp. 279-80). the William Gleason who patented land in Grant 30. "Irish Language and Literature in County Co. at the U. S, Land Office in Little Rock on 4 Kilkenny in the Nineteenth Century" in Oct 1886 in the NW1/4 of Sect. 6, Twp. 4 S, R. ! Kilke11Jty-History and Society, p. 466. S, 40 acres (#3186). Goodspeed's Biographical 31. Ibid. and Historical Memoirs of Pulaski, Jefferson, 32. Ibid., p. 565. Lonoke, Faulkner, Grant, Saline, Perry, Garland 33. See Chestene Bruce, 'Orion MBC Birthday and Hot Springs Counties (Chicago: Goodspeed, Celebration: Redfield Update (1 Apr. 1998), p. 8, 1889) has a biography of a Lawrence D. Gleason, which provides a brief history of the church. A 'proprietor of the leading restaurant of Little picture of the 1872 building i. in the article. Rock', who was born in lreland and came to the 34. P. 739, dwe./fam.244; 18 Sept. U.S. when 8, being reared in Cleveland. In 1870 35. For a description of the Pine Bluff Catholic he came to Little Rock, having lived in Nashville, church in the 18605, see Col. George John Chattanooga, Humsville and Memphis before Ryan's account in 'Pine Bluff a Century Ago,' that. His restaurant was at Markham and Jefferson Co. Hist. Q., 5, 2, {1974], pp. 38-45, Louisiana. In 1858, he married Mary McCabe, which reproduces an 8 Feb. 1885 letter of Col. and both were members of Sr. Andrews Catholic Ryan's describing a trip he made from New Church. Orleans to Pine Bluff in May 1861. 39. Clarke Co. Marriages, 1856, p. 188. 36. On this colony, see Jim Rees, A FareweU to 40. Pct. 3,fam. 45/dweI.52. lnformation about Famine (Dublin: Criterion, 1994). Horatio Parks, a/ k/ a John Brown, and Susan 37. J.M. Lucey, 'History of Immigration to Sumrall in Beverly Fogarty, "Horatio Parks', Arkansas: Publications of Arkansas Hist. Assn. Rusk Co. History, ed. Rusk Co. Hist. 3 (1911), 217. Commission (Dallas: Taylor 1982),m p. 333. 38. Grant Co" Simpson Twp., ED 100, p. 232, fam./dwei.39. On the 1880 census, a William (Continued December, 2000) Gleason, a farmer aged 60, b. Ireland, is also enumerated on the Grant Co. census in Simpson

Arkansas Family HistOrian, V()lume 38, Number J, September, 2000 155 Arkansas Barbers 1884-85______Listed in Polk's State Gazetteer and Business Directory

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Arkansas Family Historian, Volume 38, Number 3, September,.2000 157 Olive Hill Cemetery______Saline County, Arkansas

Submitted by Russell P. Baker, 6525 Best, Inf. ChesterWayne,-b. Oct; 31,1939, d .. Magnolia, Mabelvale, AR 72103 Nov. 12, 1939 Boliss, Kimberly Ann, b.?, d. Mar. 30, 1966 This cemetery is located on Chicot Rd. just Brewer, Emmett, b. Dec. 25, 1896, d. Oct. I, across the Saline Co. line, south of the 1957 Little Rock City Limits. This inventory was Brewer,Julia, b.Jan.9, 1880, d. Jan. 15, done by the late R. L. Kumpe in 1982. The 1951 cemetery is located next to the Olive Hill Brewer, Laurie J., b. Oct. 9, 1881, d. Nov. 16, Missionary Baptist Church. 1953 Brewer, LesterT., b. Sep. 25,1905, d. Mar. Akins, William Hoyt,b. May 13,1914, d. Mar. 31, 1961 27, 1967 Brewer, Thomas M., b. Sep. 1, 1867, d. Mar. 1, Baines, Mel 1927 Ballentine, Viola Brewer, b. Feb. 28, 1907, d. Brewer, William Jul. 31, 1964 Brewer, W. R., b. May 10, 1858, d. Jul. 27, Barth, Edna, b. Sep. 15, 1915,d.Aug. 16, 1932 1917 Bunch, Ella A., b. Jul. 17, 1865, d. Jun. 12, Barth, Edna Ross, b. Aug. II, 1892, d. Mar. 1920 24, 1971 Bunch, Granville, b. Jul. 17, 1901, d. Jan. 5, Barth, Frank Joseph, b. Dec. 3, 1890, d. Nov. 1977 11, 1980 Bunch, H. H., b. Aug. 21, 1909, d. Mar. 9, Barth,Leonard, b. 1917, d. 1919 1925 Barth, Vernon, b. 1915, d. 1917 Bunch, Pearlie L., b. Apr. 21, 1912, d. Nov. 3, Bauer, Anna R. 1977 Bauer, Auther Bunch, Wesley Oneal, b. Oct. 14, 1934, d. Bauer, Catherine Ethel, b. Apr. 12, 1893, d. Dec. 3, 1934 Nov. 8, 1911 Bunton, Darren Wayne, b. Jan. 25, 1978, d. Bauer, Cordelia Amelia, b. Feb. 15, 1871, d. Jan. 20, 1979 Jan. 19, 1906 Burns, Annie O. Evans, b. Nov. 3, 1875, d. Bauer, Elmer E., b. Mar. 21, 1909, d. Feb. 16, Mar. 14, 1919 1911 Carlton, Bruce, b. ?d. Oct. 21, 1981,75 years Bauer, Jacob Franklin, b. May 14, 1891, d. Causey, William Buford, b.?, d. Nov. 16, 1979 Aug. 27, 1910 Chenault, John William, b. 1940, d. 1954 Bauer, John T., b. Mar. 11, 1914, d. Jan. 30, Collins, Lyfres Henry, b.?, d. Feb. 25, 1969,60 1945 years Bauer, Mary F., b. Nov. 8, 1886, d. Mar. 27, Cook, Infant Randall, d. Mar. 28, 1963 1965 Couch,Bettie, b.Apr, 9, 1897,d.Jun. 2, 1897 Bauer, Ruben Willie, b.?, d. 1967 Couch, Mary Frances, b. Mar. 15, 1871, d. Jul Bauer, William, b. Sep. 11, 1871, d. May 24, 3, 1941 1941 Couch, Pinckney, b. May 27, 1898, d. May, Bauer, William, Sr. 1900 Baxley, Dorothy Brewer, b.?, d. Apr. 10, 1966 Couch, Thomas Allen, b. Mar. 10, 1870, d. Bedwell, Benjamin, b. May 22, 1885, d. Mar. Jan. 16, 1940 5, 1953 Cowing, H. O. Bedwell, Jennie, b. Jun. 22, 1920, d. Feb. 22, Cowing, Stanley C., b.?, d. May 13, 1954,62 1978 Yrs. Bedwell, Luciel, b. Sep. 5, 1923, d. May 10, Cowing, Viola, b. Oct. 4, 1898, d. Jan 14, 1940 1978 Bedwell, Sarah L., b. Mar. 8, 1890, d. Oct. 22, Crabtree, Helen M., b. Nov. 5, 1931, d. Feb. 1977 18, 1978 Beene, Jerry T., b.?, d. Apr. 3,1946 Craig, Mary, b. Feb. 28, 1823, d. Sep. 28, Beene, Mary, b. 1897?, d. ? 1868 Beene, Patty

l58 Arkansas Family HIstorian. Volume 38\Numbcr 3, September~ 2000 Cretian, Everett, b. Sep. 20,1916, d. Ju121, Green, Theodore E., b. Mar. 18, 1892, d. Aug. 1927 18, 1892 Crook, James E., b. Dec. 31, 1878, d. Mar. 2, Green, W. H., b. Dec. 25, 1880, d. Nov. 4, 1928 1892 Crook, Samuel, b. Ju130, 1847, d. Ju16, 1879 Grissom, A. W., b. Aug. 28, 1901, d. May 23, Crouch, Larry Dale, b. Apr. 26, 1955, d. Jan. 1934 15, 1979 Grissom, Collie W., b. Jun. 10, 1896, d. Mar. Crouch, William, b.? d. May 31, 1977, 18 Yrs. 5, 1958 Dare, Sarah E., b. 1860, d. 1941 Grissom, Edgar Ellis Davis, Nancy b. Apr. 8, 1863, d. Oct. 7, Grissom, Jeanie 1949 Grissom, Lula Carr, b. Sep. 30, 1866, d. OCt. DeLeuil, two babies 14, 1893 Dickson, Ed E., b. Nov. 11, 1891, d. Aug. 5, Grissom, Ovel, b. Nov. 30, 1907, d. Feb. 1908 1961 Grissom, Wade, b. 1861, d. Apr. 17,1920 Dickson, Howard F., b. Nov. 18, 1914, d. May Grogan, Helen Lesley 21, 1951 Grogan, James N., b. Sep. 16, 1860, d. Jun. Easter, Barker Gardner, b.?, d. Jan. 15, 1972 30, 1930 Easter, Mrs. Gardner Grogan, John A., b. Jul 12, 1894, d. Aug. 10, Easter, Leonard H. 1918 Elkins, Edgar, b.Jun. 10, 1914,d. Feb. 14, Grogan, Lex Marion, b.?, d. May 22,1975 1918 Grogan, Mattie Pritchard, b. Jun. 16, 1885, d. Elkins, Mattie Fulmore Aug. 20, 1950 Etberidge, Ophelia Grogan, Sadie Wilder, b. Jan. 17, 1889, d. May , Farrell, John J., b. Apr. 3, 1894, d. Nov. 17, 8, 1931 1957 Grogan, Stella Lesley, b. Mar. 10, 1904, d. Farrell, Nannie, b. Sep. 8, 1905, d. Sep. 20, May 5,1975 1973 Grogan, Thomas H., b. Aug. 18, 1885, d. Jul Felty, Rildy. b. Feb. 4, 1897, d. Oct. 30, 1944 5, 1953 Fisher, R. W. (Billy), b. Jan. 10, 1906, d. Mar. Grogan, Tom &; Sadie's six babies 24, 1965 Grogan, Viola Orendorff, b. Dec. 28, 1900, d. Ford, Shirley Jean, b.?, d. Sep. 12, 1944 Apr. 25, 1927 Friedrich, ?, b. Jan. 12, 1828, d. May 22, 1903 Hale, Curtis French, Charles S., b. May 6, 1869, d. Jan. Hale, Estes, b. Dec. 12, 1857, d. Mar. 14, 25, 1939 1928 French, Margaret Jo, b. Mar. 6, 1879 , d. Mar. Hale , Ferdie 12, 1928 Hale, Forney, b. Nov. 10, 1900, d. Jan. 27, French, Willie Lee, b. May 26, 1907, d. Sep. I, 1975 1928 Hale, Pearle, b. Sep. 30, 1907, d. Jul25, 1964 Fulmore, Eliza, b. 1821, d. 1889 Hale, Ida Mae, b. Dec. 7, 1876, d. Nov. 1, 1968 Fulmore, Francis L., b. Mar. 17,1862, d. Nov .. Hale, Leona E., b. Jun. 6, 1916,d. Dec. 22, 22, 1921 1917 Fulmore, Glida, b. Mar. 7, 1900, d. Jun. 18, Hale, Shelby 1901 Hale, Thomas O. Fulmore, S. H., b. Apr. 25, 1856, d. Nov. 22, Harris, Charles F., b. May 11, 1941, d. Aug. 1921 12, 1980 Gauntt, Cora Earlene, b. Mar. 15, 1930, d. Harris, Russell W., b. Jan. 29, 1943, d. Sep. Jun. 22, 1930 28, 1967 Gooch, Mollie Augusta, b. May 2, 1882, d.? Harris, Infant Thomas C., b.? d. Jan. 14, 1965 Gooch, Robert E. Lee, b. Jun. 5, 1874, d. Jan. Hart, Frances Wade, b. 1864, d. 1931 30, 1949 Hart, James M., b. 1854, d. 1927 Graves, Mary C., b. Aug. 3, 1921, d. Dec. 21, Hayes, Grandmaugh Elizabeth, . Oct. 11, 1921 1806, d. Feb. 20, 1892 Green, Baby, b. Nov. 6,1890 Henderson, Bessie Perkins, b. Jan. 16, 1890, Green, Emmitt, b. Nov. 1, 1889, d. Jun. 22, d. Aug. 7, 1965 1890 Henderson, George C., b. Ja."l. 28, 1884, d. Green, Reedie, b. Sep. 9, 1896, d. Nov. 16, Dec. 17, 1971 1904

Arkansas FamilY Historian, Volume 38, Number J, September, 2000 159 Henry, Harold Franklin, b. Jan. 7,1921, d. Lozar, Fred C., b. May 11, 1865, d. Apr. 27, Apr. 18, 1975 1913 Hicks, In!. Gary Wayne, b.?, d. 1935 L<>zar, Lorena, b.?, d. Dec. 1, 1908 Hicks, James H., b. Dec. 27, 1898, d. Mar. 18, Lozar, Nora, b. Jun. 23, 1877, d. Oct. 6, 1907 1952 L<>zar, Oscar, b.?, d. Sep. 12, 1898 Hoiland,Baby Lozar, Roy G. Holland, Jennie Pritchard, b. 1881, d. 1908 Lozar, Willie, b.1876, d. 1958 Hom, lGzziah, b.?, d. Sep. 7, 1886 Locier?,Rocie, b. 1899,d. 1913 Johnson, Louie, b. Jan. 24,1795, d. Mar. 2, Maher, lnf. Bobby, b.?, d. Jan. 20, 1945 1895 Maher, Steve, b. Nov. 20,1872, d. Dec. 17, Jones, George W., b.? d. Mar. 4, 1973,67 Yrs. 1947 Jones, Helen Loetcher, b. Dec. 22, 1907, d. Marks, Ella J., b. Mar. 10, 1904, d. Jun. 17, Jun. 1,1968 1905 Keesee,William, b.?, d. Sep. 26, 1959 Mashburn, Elizabeth, b. Nov. 6, 1861, d. May Kling, Aberhart Philip, b. Dec. 1, 1895, d. Nov. 15, 1891 I, 1965 Mashburn, M. Elizabeth, b. May 30, 1875, d. Kling, Baby, b.?, d. 1914 Dec. 22, 1914 Kling, Clara E., b. Nov. 15, 1889, d. Aug. 25, Mashburn, Yancy Berry, b. Jan. 19, 1855, d. 1915 Oct. 7, 1910 Kling, Emma E., b. Oct. 2, 1858, d. Jun. 1, Matthews, Lucille, b.?, d. Mar. 28, 1976 1948 McBride, Alice, b.?, d. Jut 5, 1917 Klng, lnf. Emma Katherine, b.?, d. Jun. 12, McBride, Beulah 1922 McBride, Charles, b. Dec. 6, 1869, d. May 31, Kling, Frederine Joanne, b.?, d. Apr. 13, 1940 1955 Kling, Gottlieb W., b. Apr. II, 1848, d. Mar. McBride, James E., b.?, d. Dec. 1, 1960 19, 1929 McBride, Jewell, b.?, d. Sep. 8,1916 Kling, key Roberta, b. Oct. 18, 1902, d. May 3, McBride, Mildred, b.?, d. May 3,1904 1975 McBride, Roy Lee, b.?, d. Jan. 23, 1965 Kling, Wesley Ray, b. Jan. 12, 1934, d. Jut McBride, William E., b.?, d. Aug. 17, 1924 21,1935 Miller, Aaron, b. Mar. 14, 1850, d. Oct. 29, Kumpe, Christopher C., b. Dec. 20, 1881, d. 1928 Dec. 4, 1961 Miller, Ruth Jones, b. Mar. 3, 1857, d. Apr. Kumpe, Effie Pritchard, b. Feb. 6, 1885, d. 22, 1931 Jun. 13, 1971 Moore, Dora, b. 1894, d. 1932 Kumpe, James Junior, b. Jun. 9, 1927, d. Moore, Infant, b.?,. 1947 Mar. 5,1928 Moore, John Wm., b. 1882, d. 1951 Lasater, Benjamin Virgil, b. 1889, d., 1980 Myhand, Henry F., b. 1910, d. 1981 Lasater, Cecil Grogan, b. 1891, d. 1931 Orick, Daniel, b. 1867, d. 1929 Lasaster, Roy Ben, b. 1913, d. 1915 Orick, Elizabeth, b. May 3, 1815, d. Mar. 7, League, Hattie M., b. Dec. 30, 1898, d. Oct. 1899 17, 1958 Orick, Inf. Helen Irene, b.?, d. Feb. 24, 1893 League, Homer, b. Feb. 21, 1900, d. Oct. 10, Orick, James S., b. Feb. 5, 1813, d. Mar. 16, 1951 1886 League, Thomas E., b. Apr. 6, 1886, . Mar. 4, Orick, John J., b. Feb. 10, 1862, d. May 25, . 1961 1934 Lee, Ella Mae, b. 1888, d. 1960 Outlaw, Ernest L., b. Sep. 9, 1952, d. Jun. 15, Lee Joe W. (Bud) 1981 Lee, Joseph Walter Patton,Inf. Steve Michael, b.?, d. Mar. 8, Lewellen, Baby 1961, 10 Mo. Lewellen, Cora F., b. 1877, d. 1956 Pennington, A., b. Nov. 1,1884, d. Aug. 1, Lewellen, Joseph, b. Ju/. 24, 1864. d. Apr. 19, 1909 1910 Perkins, Bob Le"'ellen, Mattie Perkins, Clinton, b.?, d. Jan. 27, 1918 Lewellen, ThomasJ., b. 1895, d. 1919 Perkins, Lloyd C., b. Sep. 2, 1895, d. Jan. 9, Lewellen, Vernie May 1958 Lazar, Ellen, b.?, d. Nov. 27, 1897 Perkins, Pearl M., b. Oct. 12, 1895, d. 1978 Lazar, Emma L?, b. 1880, d. 1911

160 Arkansas Family Historiall, Volume 38.7'lumber 3. September. lOOO Powers, Bertha J. Lottie, b. Nov. 18, 1883, d. Red, Harley H. James Jr., b. Aug. I, 1940, d. Jan. 26, 1942 Aug. 16, 1940 Pritchard, Adalaid S., b. Aug. 6, 1879, d. Apr. Red, Herman McCoy, b. Mar. 22, 1909, d. Aug. 12, 1953 18, 1973 Pritchard, Amanda, b. Jan. 24, 1843,.d. Aug. Red, lana Ray 11, 1919 Red, James Russell [Jimmy), b. Jul 7, 1944, d. Pritchard, Baby Andrew, b.?, d. 1908 Apr. 29, 1977 Pritchard, Baby Girl Red, John E., b. Apr. 16, 1875, d. May 18, Pritchard, Belle 1946 Pritchard, Bertie, b. Dec. 1, 1893, d. Jan. 16, Red, Laura 1895 Red, Lillian Crook, b. 1911, d. 1979 Pritchard, Casper Red, Mary Etta, b. Mar. 1, 1872, d. Aug. 1, Pritchard, Charles J. Jr., b. Nov. 12, 1913, d. 1936 Feb. 24,1979 Red, Rillie C., b. Feb. 22, 1900, d. Jul. 2, 1900 Pritchard, Charley Jordan, b. 1879, d. 1953 Red, Thomas G., b. Aug. 20, 1907, d.Gct. 11, Pritchard, Clay, b. Jun. 13, 1896, d. Jun 13, 1917 1896 Red, Walter B., b. Oct. 6, 1878, d. Sep. 6, 941 Pritchard, Clifton J., b. Apr. 29, 1904, d. Jun. Red, W. T., b.?, d. Apr. 10,1913 30, 1910 Rhimer, Grandfather Pritchard, Cora Lee, b.1909, d.1937 Roberts, Georgia, b. Mar. 28, 1825, d. 1928 Pritchard, Dora Mae, b. Apr. 11, 1870, d. Sep. Rogers, Ever, b. 1903, d. 1906 10, 1876 Ross, C. A., b. Oct. 28,1887, d. Oct. 18, 1971 Pritchard, Earnest B., b. Aug. 19, 1886, d. Ross, Florence B., b. Oct. 9, 1918, d. Jul19, Aug. 3, 1887 1920 Pritchard, Earnest W., b.?, d. Apr. 25,1909 Ross, Freddie Lee, b. Jul17, 1907, d. Jan. 22, Pritchard, Flora, b. 1906, d. 1907 1908 Pritchard, George T., b. 1892, d. 1893 Ross, James C., b. 1849, d. 1912 Pritchard, Horace E., b.1894, d. 1899 Ross, Lou Smi:h, b. 1863, d. 1901 Pritchard, James A., b. Nov. 12, 1850, d. May, Ross, Robert L., b.?, d. Dec. 23, 1960? 1885 Ross, W. A., b. Jan. 13, 1882, d. Dec. 7, 1944 Pritchard, Jolm F., b. Mar. 9, 1853, d. May 31, Rowland, Baby 1887 Rowland, Georgia P., b.?, d. Aug. 1957 :Pritchard, John Henry, b. 1915, d. 1918 Rowland, Hal Pritchard, Louis A., b. 1898, d. 1937 Ryan, Callie Walls, b. Oct. 10, 1873. d. Feb. 8, Pritchard, Martha E., b. Mar. 21, 1858, d. Jan. 1915 23, 1914 Ryan, Jennie, b. Apr. 10, 1914, d. Oct. 30, Pritchard, Martin A., b. Jan. 8, 1878, d .. Mar. 1923 8, 1948 Sanders, Della Marie, b. Oct. 4,1914, d. Oct. Pritchard, Nannie, b.?, d. Dec. 30, 1921 . 22, 1931 Pritchard, Rev. Thomas J., b. Jun. 29, 1839, Sanders, D. Gertrude, b. Aug. 6, 1892, d. Apr. d. Sep. 11, 1904 4, 1934 Reaves, Baby, b.?, d. Jan. 20, 1939 Sanders, HenryN., b. 1888, d. 1938 Red, A. G., b. 1844,d. 1882 Sanders, J. Edward, b. Mar. 6, 1891, d. Jan. Red, Art.'1ur, b. Feb. 27, 1883, d. May 14, 25, 1930 1962 Sanders, Laura, b. 1847, d. 1897 Red, Babies Sanders, M. N., b.?, d. Jan. 7, 1926 Red, Charles, b. Jan. 12, 1913, d. Feb. 2, Sanders, Mary Ann, b. Apr. 30, 1849, d. Dec. 1965 . 23, 1937 ' Red, Clay, b. Jan. 10, 1909, d. Mar. 9, 1940 Sanders, John Thomas, b. Nov. 20, 1850, d. Red, Dora Mae, b. Oct. 17, 1880, d. Apr. 6, Jul. 19, 1906 1911 Sanders, Joseph Riley, b. Sep. 7, 1890, d, Red, Earnest E., b. Jun. 16, 1898, d. Sep. 20, Jun. 4, 1891 1960 Sanders, Sam N., b. Apr. 14, 1887, d. Oct. 20, Red, Mrs. E. M., b. Oct. 18, 1847, d. Sep. 29, 1924 1924 Sanders, Infant William T., b.?, d. Oct. 1, 1875 Red, Gussie Grissom Seidwitz, Doshie, b. Apr. 9, 1879, d. Jan. 12, 1914

l\rkansas Family Historian, Volume 38, Number 3, September, 2000 161 Siegler, Earnest J., b. Jun. 24, 1874, d. May Ulmer, Robert L., b. Apr. 16, 1866, d. Jul. 10, 15, 1946 1957 Siegler, Myrtle Mashburn, b. 1880, d. 1965 Ulmer, Verna Irene, b.?, d. Oct., 1911 Smith, Clara Sanders, b. 1895, d, 1960 Vea:z.ey, Guy M., b. 1903, d. 1954 Smith, Lee Roy, b. 1881, d. 1963 Vea:z.ey, Ruth Hill, b. 1906, d. 1954 Smith, Lory Jean, b.?,d. Aug. 4,1962 Voyles, Mary Kate, b.?, d. Aug. 11, 1981,39 Smith, Robert Wayne., b.?, d. Nov, 21, 1961 Yrs,. Smith, Sherry Ann, b.?, d. Aug. 22, 1971,8 Waits, Lathon W., b. Mar. 1, 1894, d. Nov. 30, Yrs. 1957 Smith, Sophia Walls, Adelia A., b. Jan. 29, 1874, d. Oct. 15, Speck, Clarence 1951 Squires, Agnes Walls, Emma A., b. Sep. 14, 1894, d. Mar. 18, Squires, Baby, b.? d. Sep. 3, 1949 1897 Squires, Bessie May, b. Aug. 4, 1888, d. Aug. Walls, John A., b. Sep. 15, 1866, d. Dec. 25, 1, 1939 1934 Squires, Bettie Sanders Walls, Laura A., b. Jan. 29, 1905, d. May 18, Squires, Charles E., b. Jul. 10, 1886, d. May 1908 17,1968 Walls, Lizzy Wilkerson, b. 1835, d. 1884 Squires, Donald E., b. Sep. 29, 1910, d. Oct. Walls, Mary, b. 1873, c. 1883 7, 1910 Walls, Mattye, b. Jul 23, 1899, d. Nov. 11, Squires, Elizabeth 1914 Squires, Ernaline, b. 1854, d. Sep. 20, 1924 Warner, Benjamen E., b. 1872, d. 1951 Squires, Florence Warner, Ernest H., b.?, d. May 12, 1973,73 Squires, James Arthur, b. Dec. 27, 1881, d. Yrs. Feb. 4, 1952 Warner, George W., b. Sep. 6, 1869, d. Aug. Squires, James C., b. Dec. 5, 1850, d. Jun. 10, 24, 1944 1937 Warner, Lura Ellen, b. Mar. 3, 1880, d. Jun Squires, Joe ,1940 Squires, Joseph C., b. Jul 13, 1921, d. Jul. 16, Warner, Mabel!., b. 1882, d. 1971 1927 Warner, Maudie E., 24 Yrs. Squires, Laura C., b. Nov. 15, 1886, d. Oct. 6, Warner, Minnie G., b.?, d. Aug. 16, 1907 1932 Warner, Roberta May, b. May 30, 1880, d. Squires, William H., b. 1883, d. 1964 Mar. 12, 1963 Stickney, Stella A., b. Dec. 13, 1908, d. Apr. 2. Warrick, Charles 1962 Warrick. Lee, b. Apr. 5, 1891, d. Oct. 13, 1953 Stringfellow, Frank, b.?, d. Dec. 5, 1942,74 Warrick, Vera E., b. Aug. 1, 1896, d. Jan. 13, Yrs. 1953 Strong, Florence A., b. Mar. 4, 1911, d. Feb. Wells, J. Alva, b. 1873, d. 1948 13, 1965 Wells, Mary E., b. 1881, d. 1963 Tarleton, Grandma Wetzel, Lydia Mae, b. Nov. 7, 1866, d. Aug. 25, Tarleton, Rev. T. J., b. Jan. 1,1845, d. Mar. 2, 1944 1923? Wetzel, Myrtis M., b. Mar. 19, 1925, d. Apr. Tarleton, Mollie, b. Jul. 29, 1847,. d. Feb. 8, 11, 1965 1917 White, Elizabeth, b.?, d. 1907 Tatum, Elbert M., b. Aug. 29, 1894, d. Oct. 20, White, George 1950 Wilder, Elizabeth, b. Feb. 22, 1865, d. Jul 18, Thompson, James B., b. Jul. 4, 843, d. Nov. 1927 17,1926 Wilder, Elizabeth Thompson, Pearle, b. Feb. 28, 1853, d. Jan. Wilder, H. J., b. May 21, 1887, d. Dec. 11, 29, 1919 1913 Thornton, Carolyn J. Red Stanley, b. Jan. 12, Wilder, R. L., b. Aug. 8, 1864, d. Aug. 8, 1930 1938,d, Jun. 30, 1967 Williams, Joseph E., b. Jun 10, 1903, d. Jun. Traweek, Ethel, b. 1888, d. 958 25, 1903 Traweek, Tom, b. 878, d. 1958 Williams, Rufus B., b. May 25, 1907, d. Feb. Ulmer, Bertha, b.?, d. Sep. 16, 1915 22, 1909 Ulmer, Lillie Mae, b. Jun. 16, 1880, d. Oct. 28, Wimpy, B. F., b. May 17, 1862, d. Jan. 16, 1911 1937

162 Arkansas Family Historian. Volume 38,Number 3, September, lOOO Woodson, Bertie, b. Oct. 1, 1893, d. Mar. 28, 1906 Woodson, R. M., b. 1850, d. 1916 Woodson, Mrs. R. M., b. 1855, d. 1921 Yarberry, Alton, b.?, d. Dec. 6, 1974,72 Yrs. Yarberry, Connie P., b. Jul 8, 1893, d. Feb. 26, 1936 Yarberry, Ell2abeth, b.?, d. Sep. 23, 1972, 76 Yrs. Yarberry, Fannie G., b.?, d. Feb. 17_, 49 Yrs. Yarberry, George J., b. Dec. 5, 1974, d. Aug. 11, 1979 Yarberry, George Washington, b. Sep. 2, 1892, d.Jun. 22,1977 Yarberry, J. Oscar, b. Apr. 10, 1888, d. Dec. 19, 1949 Yarberry, J. Oscar Jr., b. Oct. 31, 1933, d. Jun. 26, 1955 Yarberry, Mary Yarberry, Willie T., b.?, d. Oct. 23, 1962,50 Yrs. Yarberry, W. M. (Bill Yarberry, Zora Elizabeth, b. Sep. 17 1907, d. Nov. 24, 1953 Yarberry, Baby

Arkansas Family Historian. Volume 38, Number 3, September, 2000 163 Arkansas Queries______

General guidelines for submitting queries: Francis Co., sons of George L. and Endora Christepher Reed. Endora d. 1 Queries are limited to members only Apr. 1910 and is buried in St. Francis Please submit no more than one qu"ery per Co. Unable to locate references to calendar year George, James or John any time after Keep the query to approximately fifty words Neatness counts! If possible, type, double 1910. Eugene White, 837 N.E. Yucca spaced. Otherwise, print legibly leaving a Ave., Redmond, OR 97756·8787 space between each line. Capitalize surnames Ballard Looking for a picture of Leona Remember the 4 W's: Singleton Ballard Roberson and her I) Who· Give complete names of interest mother, Georgeann Gilbert Singleton. 2) What· What do you want? Keep it short They were from Oden and Pencil Bluff, ¥ld to the point AR. Donna Ballard, 1916 Crabtree, 3) Where· Locality in ARKANSAS Porterville, CA 93257 4) When· Give a time period Petray Seek info on family of Daniel D. Since we always work with a large backlog Petray; daughter Julia Ann Petray and of queries, we strive to print them in the her husband David Phillips of Coal Hill, order in which they were received. It may AR. Daniel was b. 1806 Cabarrus Co., be several months, however, before your NC; Julia Ann b. 1834. They moved query appears. We do Use all queries received in a calendar year by the end of from NC to AR, cI834-35. Name also that year. We continue to receive queries spelled Petria, Petrea, Petre, Petree.Mrs. with no name and address included. If the Billie Muzny, 626 Gu1!crest Dr., San query gets separated from the envelope, we Antonio, TX 78239-2514 cannot use it. It simplifies the work of the all·volunteer staff of this publication if you King, Bishop Searching for family of send your query with your membership fee Benjamine King from Davidson and to Arkansas Genealogical Society, P. O. Box Rutherford Cos. TN; Bishop family from 908, Hot Springs, AR 71902·0908. Jefferson Co., AL, moved to Yell Co., AR, 1879·1880s. Elizabeth Buchanon wife of Harris Bishop; son Newton ' Goodman, Manis, Mayes, Couch These ancestors lived in Washington H::nery or P.R. Bishop m. Angelina Co., AR, area from 1858 to 1915. King. raised a family in Bellville, AR JoAnne Cole, 3.Hummingbird Road, Angelina d. c189S? Will share info; Covington, LA 70433 records go back 1400 AD; have some pictures. Anna Bishop Guedry, 11305 Young, Johnson, Weatherspoon Seek Batson Prairie Rd., Batson, TX 77519 info on Alfred Eugene Young, Aug. 10, 1907 - April, 1980; Marie Johnson Smith, Payne, Goshin/Coshin Seek Young, May 9, 1908-Dec. 1985; Joseph info on these lines that were in Weatherspoon, Sept. 26,1 914·Feb. Arkansas, most likely Monroe or Lee 26,1993; Casey McDonald Cos., during the 1860s through 1900s. 5t Weatherspoon, wife of Joseph. Casie Edith D.Smith, 13275 East 131 St., Weatherspoon, 3050 S.L. Henry, No. Broken Arrow, OK 74011 email: 40, West Memphis, AR 72301 eedeseeess{a).yahoo.com

Reed Seeking info on James E. Reed, b. Phillips, Jesse Walter migrated to Fort 1878, and John A. Reed, b. 1879. St. Douglas, Johnson Co., AR, in 85. His father was' John Tulley Phillips of

164 Arkansas Family Historian, Volume 3S,Numbcr 3, September, 2000 Person Co., NC, b. c1775. He was Ferguson Seek info on David T. married to Nancy Cuper and Susan Ferguson who resided in King River Farmer in Person Co. Seek name and Twp. Carroll Co., AR. He was b. Dec. family history of John's father. Robert 1816 GA, and d. sometime after 1900 A. Phillips, 51 Doblez Cir., Hot in Carroll Co. Need his parents and any Springs, AR 71909-5109 other info. Dolores E. Elliott, 6281 SE Deering Court, Milwaukie, OLR Harper Seek info on Henry Harper, b. 97222 cl814 GA,d. cl964, m. Emily P. McHenry in Union Co., AR, on 30 Aug Reed Looking for info on the Reed 1860. In 1850 census for Union Co. family of Washington Co., AR, wife was Elizabeth R., age 26. Elizabeth especially John Reed, b.1741 Ire., who d. 2 July 1855; buried in Lapile was father of William who m. Margaret Cemetery. Barbara Sanders, PO Box Robertson; and Joseph who m. Mary 682, Gatesville, TX 76528-0682 ·Polly" King. Sharon Baehr, 22902 Colombard Lane No.1, Diamond Bar, McDonald Seek info on Jesse Marion CA91765 McDonald, b. 15 Feb 1879, Mt. Pleasant, AR, d. 1968, Jasper, TX. Crawford Robert Crawford and his Parents were William McDonald and family lived in AR in early 1800s, Martha E. Plunk. Jeanette Pitman, perhaps 1810-1830. Two of his sons, RR 5 Box 353, Jasper, TX 75951- one of them James J., came from AR 9255 into Texas in the 1840s. Any info will be helpful. William P. Harrington, PO Lane Seek information on Clarence Box 61051, San Angelo, TX 7906 Lane, b. AR, March 1877. Parents names are unknown but his father was Morris Searching for parents of Robert also b. AR. Helen Lane, 648 S. Azusa Henry Morris, b. 1835, Little Rock?; Ave. No. 23, Azusa, CA 91702 father b. England, mother in MS; father was a minister. Robert left AR c1852-54 Sparrow, Cato, Johnson, Ward, on Oregon trail to California, d. 107 Haralson, Parker, Hollingshead, Arroyo Grande, CA. Kathleen Maher, Dillard, Davidson, Taylor, Rison, 910 E Ocean View Ave., Monrovia, Clifton, Adamson, Lewis, S. Phillips, CA 91016-2471 T. B. Hanley, Dunn First 8 were in Pulaski, Faulkner, White, Search Cos. Harrrington Seek descendants , 1840-1900; others in Marion, Perry, documents, family history of this family Pulaski, Phillips and Independence Cos. in Jefferson and Arkansas Cos., 1814-? 1800-3900. Most from TN, NC, VA, IN Major John, Major Bartley, Alfred, and MD. Jane Sparrow Wiley, PO Box Mary, Nancy, Eliza and Allen. Descend 242, Heber Springs, AR 72543 from Allen. Who.moved to TX in 1848. Letty Harrington, 5902 Flowergate, Rogers, Elbert Hartwell, b. 1832 Spring, TX 77373 Morgan Co., AL; wife Elizabeth Jane Yerby, b. 1842, Tuscaloosa, AL. McDoweil Looking for relatives of Wiley Children: Elbert H., Caroline, Mack, McDowell, born Wyle Jake Dodson in Robert, Asa, b. 1873, John Humbolt, Hogeye, AR, in 1891 to Dora Dodson, Elizabeth, Henry D. and Ritter. Settled daughter of Wesley Dodson. Dora had in Pine Bluff in 1880s from two daughters, Estelle and Virginia, one Birmingham, AL. Edna Rogers Ulrich, other son Roosevelt. Wiley's father was PO Box 170, Garrison, MN 56450 Ellery McDowell. Wesley was b. VA; Dora b. Mountain/Valley Twp.,

Arkansas Family Historian, Volume 38, Number 3, September, 2000 165 Washington Co. Virginia McDowell Breshers, 1800 E. Wilshire, Cowan Looking for Marvel Valero Cowan, b. Oklahoma City, OK 7311 30 Nov. 1829 TN, m. Mary H. McCall, 1870; lived Crosshollows, AR, Benton Co. He as son of Robert Cowan and Elizabeth Colville Gilliam/Gillem/GDlam/Gillum Seek Cowan of Benton Co. Marvel served in Civil info on ANY Gillams living in Benton War, D. Elisabeth Woods, 108 Winthrop Co. 1800-1860. Hougherry Gillam is Harbor South, Montgomery, TX 77356- shown in Texas death records as being 8463 b. c 1856. He went by name of Hugh Berry or Hough Berry. Ken . Froshour/Freshour, Henry, b, 1789 PA, m. Cunningham, 10150 E. Harvard Ave. Jane R. Finley, 1821, AL, d. 1869 No. D 530, Denver, CO 80231 Washington Co. AR. Children: Dempsey, d. 1884 AR; Ruth Ann (Ray), d. 1862 AR; Riddle Pemecy Moore Riddle lived in Dorcas, Mary Jane (Huffman), Nancy, Martha Barbary. Who were parents of Clarksville, Johnson Co., AR, from Henry? Who as 80-90 wife living with Henry 18_? until her death 10 Dec. 1922. in 1840? Need any info. Linda Gomlicker, Did her husband Willis Marion Riddle 15753 N. 102" St., Scottsdale, 'AZ 8259 also live and die there? Children: Green Lee, Marion and Rebecca Basham also Snyder, Emery, Qualls, Reed, Chapmond, lived Johnson Co. Need descendants. Shipman Researching these lines in AR Carolyn Singer, 13925 SOJ1J1tag Rd., and will share info. PaulIne Kouvlas, PO Grass Valley, CA 95945 Box 6604, San Jose, CA 95150

Dillahunty Seek any info on this Walker, Perry John Walker, b. 1828 KY, d. 1894, Monroe, AR. Looking for father of family at Norwoodville or Samuel John and last name of his wife Amanda, Savage Dillahunty or Baker Dillahunty listed in 1870 Census, AR, Jackson Twp., of Sevier Co., AR. Jean Home, 3219 Cypress, PO, p.3, dw. 127; John, 42, KY, Jenny. Ridgeway, Greenwood, AR wife #3 Amanda, 26, TN. Also marriage 72936 license. William Perry, b. 1833, GA, d. 8 Oct 1877, Holly Grove, Monroe Co., AR. Md. Shelley Seek info on Thomas Shelley, Looking for name of his father, etc. and info b. Sept 1829 TN, d. 1902 Washinton on his wife Mary Jane Edwards. Ann Cobb, Co., AR, m. 1) Cordelia 1. _; ro. 2) 11106 Rocky Valley Dr., Little Rock, AR Mary "Polly" Bullard; m. 3) Mary E. 72212-3130 Love. Nora I.aikam, 09 W. Sierra No. YoW1g Seek info on Youn,g family, c18S0, 108, Fesno, CA 93704·1037 who lived in/around Waldo, Stephens, Willisville, Nevada City, Arkadelphia, AR; Burdell Seek info on William D. any relatives of Jeremiah (Jerry) Burdell, b'. England 12 Jan 1838, d. Leak/Leake Young and Minnie Drake Little Rock, AR, 17 Mar 1917; and son Young. Parents of Luther Creason Young, John J. Burdell, b. New York, NY, 27 Eugene Hadley Young, and Delmus Delfin Nov. 1859, d. Little Rock, AR, 15 Aug Young. H. Wayne Young, 1028 Mirror 1930. John's wife Hariett (Hattie) Lake Ln., Cordova, TN 38018 Webster d. Little Rock 15 Feb 1940. Robert R. Edwards, 300 Lakerldge AdamSOll, Willey Carie A. Adamson, b. 1877 GA, m. Riley Wallace Qualls, 1895, Dr., Russellville, AR 72802-9276 Story, Montgomery Co., AR. Need info on her parents Also Sarah Elizabeth "Betsy' Clingan, Bridges in Clark Co.; Halsell, Willey, b. 1835 Dickson Co., TN, m. 1858 West in Hot Spring Co.; Young, Johnson Co., AR. Her parents are T. Chambers in Drew Co.; Johnson in Ashley Wasrun,gton Willey and Elizabeth Hamble. Co. Ron Bullock, 1127 Sea Village Dr., Tammy Sanders, 9535 State Rt. 146E, Cardiff, CA 92007-1435 Dongola, IL 62926

166 Arkansas Family Historian, Volume 38.Numoer 3, September, 2000 Harrison were parents of King B. McAlister Need info on families of David Flowers, b. 1854, Sevier Co., AR. All and Michael McAlister. David b. 1790? three d. in Hot Springs, Sarah 1891, VA/NC, m. Dicey Nall 1822. Migration· King B. 1898 and Susan 1899. Buried Maury Co., TN, Holmes Co., MS, Van Buren Greenwood Cemetery. Charles & Betty Co., AR. Michael b. 1793 KY, m. Hannah? Migration AL, MS, Van Buren Co., AR, Weaver, 1203 Church, Bastrop, TX Limestone Co., TX Both had children born 78602 in MS in 1830s, and each named children David and MichaeL Michael had daughter Abl'llham/Abl'llm/Abl'llms, Caesar, b. named Dicey. J. A. McAlister, 1458 AR 1888 SC; Claricy, wife, b. 1840, LA; Hwy 31 South, Lonoke, AR 72086 daughters Nancy, b. 1865, Mary b. 1870 AR; son Henry, b. 1866, daughter, Ritchey/Richey, Lee Seek info on parents Anner, b. 1871 TX. Stepsons Anthony of Ester Lee Ritchey/Richey, b. 1 May 1886 Sankes, b. 1853, Richmond, b. 1858, in Coal Hill, Johnson Co., AR, daughter of Joe, b. 1860, Miles, b. 1865, AR. Della/Delia Gray and John P. Ritchey, both from AR. Cindy Poulain, PO Box 578, MW Caesar owned property and he and City, SD 57745 family resided Sulphur Twp., Miller Co., c1880. He worked for James Blanton, a Raines, Clifton looking for info on CSA soldier, from 1868-1869. I have families of William H. H. Raines and Caesar's property tax records and James Riley Clifton from the Blanton's general store ledger. Sharon Tuckerman, AR, area aboutl890-l900. Henderson Nichols, 3233 Storer Ave., Verlen L. Reeves, 1161 Evans Ave., Oakland, CA 94619; [email protected] Napa, CA 95659 or [email protected]

Flowers, Glass Seek maiden names of ** Sarah Flowers and Susan Glass, sisters, both b. TN, Sarah 1816, Susan 1827. Sarah m. Harrison D. Flowers, Susan m. James Glass. Sarah and

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Bobbie Jones McLane, Russell P. Hi:rtory of the American Baptist Baker, Jan Eddleman, , Wensil Marsh Association, Dr. Robert Ashcraft, Clark, , Susan Gardner Boyle general editor, 698 pages, illustrations, maps, photographs, footnotes, and Index to Obituaries and Death index (2000). Published by the Baptist Reports Appearing in the Arkansas Sunday School Committee, 4605 North Democrat-Gazette, by Oscar G. State Line Avenue, Texarkana, TX Russell. 506 Loop Road, North Little 75504. Contact the publisher for a Rock, AR 72120-2216. These are the price quote. This nicely presented latest books Mr. Russell has sent for hardbound work contains the history of review in the Arkansas Family a nationwide religious organization Historian. The volume covering the known as the American Baptist entire year of 1917 has 7,968 entries Association, a majority of whose and includes an every name index for member churches, known as locations in Arkansas and locations "Missionary or Landmark Baptists", are other than Arkansas. Soft-bound cover, located in ,Arkansas, Texas, and $34.00, hard bound cover $45.00. This Oklahoma. Other centers of volume also contains information about denominational activity include Florida national draft law in May 1917. There and California. While much of this work were political problems and activities is devoted to organizational affairs, it which lead to deaths. Natural disasters does contain histories of many caused deaths in Arkansas as well as individual churches and local out of state. Military deaths are associations, as well as numerous included as well as a calendar for 1917. biographies of denominational officials, pastors, missionaries, and other leaders The year 1918 is a series of indexing from throughout the country. It is a death notices covering that entire year, useful companion to Dr. Ashcraft's well arid is in three volumes. Book One received 1994 work entitled, Pioneer covers the surnames A through K; Book Faith The History of MisSionary Baptist Two, L through Z; and Book Three is an Associations and Churches in Arkansas every name index in two sections, from 1818 to 1920. For those with roots Arkansas locations and locations other among Landmark Baptists in these than Arkansas. This volume consists of areas, this new book is a useful page by page review of casualty lists, reference tool. [RPB] published almost daily. Mr. Russell states that it took hundreds of hours A little before A little after. The Rev. and over 18 months to compile this William "Bucky" Hunt 1793 - 1868 of record. Often, the microflIm was of poor South Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee quality and hard to read. The volume is His Children and Grandchildren and His priced at $99.00 for hard-bound and Texas Descendants by Ruby Tidwell $69.00 for soft-bound. Hranicky, Roy E. Hranicky, and Lola Tidwell Curlee, 1998. 549 pages, The latest volume completed is for the photographs, photocopies, abstracts, period covering July I to December 31, charts, and an index. Price $40.00, 1999. This volume is priced at $34.00 plus postage. Order from Mrs. Ruby hard-bound, and $21.00 soft-bound. Tidwell Hranicky, 2706 Breshire Dr., These volumes are wonderful for family Corpus Christi, TX 78414. This historians. Contact Mr. Russell for a list beautiful hardback book contains of his other publications. [WMC] infonnation on fourteen Hunt brothers

163 Arkansas Family Historian, Voiume 3&1:-1umbe: 3, September, 2000 and sisters, parents as yet unknown, Grenham, Genealogical Publishing Co., Jesse, Uriah, Esli, Mary, Thomas, Inc., 1001 N. Calvert St., Baltimore, MD William, Asenath, Joel, Peter, Elizabeth, 21201, paper, $19.95, 374 pages. Moses, John, Benjamin, and Phoebe, Grenham has expanded his book all born between 1755 - 1776, evidently greatly in this edition, adding nearly in or near Bedford County, VA. It one hundred pages to the excellent first focuses on the descendants of Hunt edition. The first edition lacked brother, William, especially those of his references to LDS sources, which are so son, the Rev. William "Bucky" Hunt, a important to North Americans trying to pioneer Baptist preacher in GA and TN. research in Irish records. Grenham has Over the years, this branch of the remedied that omission nicely in this family lived in Habersham County, GA, edition with indications of when LDS Autauga County, AL, and Monroe film exists and in some cases providing County, TN. Later many family the LDS film numbers. Otherwise, the members moved to 'IX. It is set in easy format is much the same, with sections to read type and is packed with family covering civil records, census records, photographs, abstracts of county and church records, land records, wills, the census records, etc. A full name index Genealogical Office, emigration, the is inclUded. An excellent genealogical Registry of Deeds, newspapers and study of this family. [RPB] directories. Part 3, The Reference Guide, includes sources for various Kershner Kinfolk, volume 17, isssues occupations, a list of sources for each 1-4 bound together, W. E. Kershner, county, and a list of available Roman Editor, published by the Kershner Catholic Registers by county and parish Family Association, 1149 Fox Run with Catholic parish maps for each Drive, Charlotte, NC 28212-7125, 117 county. As an organized and detailed pages plus indexes, probably $14.00, guide to Irish records, this book is paper, plastic spiral binding. This is the invaluable to the researcher. [SGB] annual journal of the Kershner Family Association. Each issue contains a list of the association's publications, which include The Kershner Families of Maryland, 1 731-1977 and History of the Kershner Family, as well as back issues of the journal. Each issue also contains current births and deaths of Kershner family members, a "Descendants of_" article, an historical article providing excellent background information on the times, places and migrations of the Kershner family, transcriptions of church or cemetery records, queries, and a complete index. This journal is organized, well written, easy to read and attractive. Documentation is spotty, but there is the occasional excellent list of references. This journal would prove of value to anyone with Kershners in his family tree. [SGB]

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Arolstrong AnnaR., 166 Edward, 162 A Autber,l66 II Ashcraft Catherine Ethel, 166 Aber Dr. Robert, 178 Cordelia Amelia, 166 Ashley Station, 139 Elmer E., 166 J. D" 162 Abraham! Abram! Abrams Atkinson Jacob Franklin, 166 Anner, 177 Hugh,I54 John T., 166 Caesar, 177 Mary F., 166 Henry, 177 B II Ruben Willie, 166 Abraham! AgramI Abrams WiIliam,166 Claricy, 177 Baber William, Sr., 166 Adorns, 162 Mrs, E. E., 132 Baxley Dorothy Brewer, 166 -----> 162 Baehr Frank, 162 Sharon, 175 Beacham Adamson Baines W, T., 139 Carrie A., 176 Mel,166 Beckhart Akins Baker Jacob, 162 William HOyt, 166 Colbert, 151 Bedwell AL Nancy Cook:, 150 Benjamin, 166 Mobile, 154 Russell P., 134, 148, 149, Jennie, 166 Alabama 166, 178 Lucie1, 166 Claiborne, 153 Baldwin Sarah L., 166 Elmore COWlty, 149 J. B., 162 Beene Alexander Ballard Jerty T., 166 Henry, 162 Donna, 173 Mary, 166 Ames Ballard Roberson Patty, 166 John, 132 Leona Singleton, 173 Beggers Anderson Ballentine Bessie, 133 Jarrett, 162 Viola Brewer, 166 Beloate John, 162 Barnard Jonas L., 151 Josie, 132 Hodge, 133 Berosel Andrews Barnes J. W., 162 Rachel,l51 B. M., 139 Berty Anthony Barret Charles, 162 Jonathan, 151 John M, 141 H, J., 162 AR Barrett Best Bellville, 174 Anderson, 141, 142 Chester Wayne, 166 Grant Co., 155 Kindred, 142 Bishop Jolmson Co., 174 Barrettsville, 142, 143, 144 F. T., 162 Ouachita Co" 135 Barth Harris, 173 Rock Springs, 157 Edna, 166 HenerylP. H., 173 Ark. Edna Rnss, 166 Blackard Jefferson county, 148 Frank Joseph, 166 Debra, 134 Prairie coWlty, 148 Leonard, 166 Blaesing Princeton, 148 Vernon, 166 layEtta, 134 Arkansas Bass Blanton Bradley county, 148 S., 159 J. B" 139 Drew Co., 155 Batchelor James, 177 Jefferson Co., 155 Catherine Ryan, 156, 158, Blount Napoleon, 139 159 C. V.,162 Pulaski Co., 155 George R., 159 Bocquin Arkansas River, 138, 139 Bates C. F., 136 Arledge W. H., 162 Bogard T. F" 162 Bauer J. L. "Jake" 140 Jesse C., 139

170 Arkansas F"miiy Historian, Volume 38.Number 3, September, 2000 M. A. (M.L.?), 140 Bryant Cathey Boliss C. P., 162 Thomas, 151 Kimberly Ann, 166 Buchanan Causey Booe, 145 D.A., 162 William Buford, 166 D. V, 145 Buchanon Cede /. D., 142, 144 Elizabeth, 173 S. M., 162 Isaac, 140 Bullard Cernal Isaac D., 141 Mary "Polly", 175 Sally, 151 L. Q., 144 Bullock Susan, 151 Boon Ron, 176 Chapel Hill School, 145 Willis M., 151 Bulls Chapell Boothe John H., 138, 140 Frances, 133 Brother Amos Roland, 143 Buncb ChenaUlt Boulden EllaA-,166 JohnWillimn,I66 Dorathy, 130 Granville, 166 Chickasawhay River, 154 Boyd, 143 H. H., 166 Clapton C. C, 143 John,162 David, 162 Boyle PeacHe L., 166 Clark Susan, 130 Wesley 0, 166 A, 162 Susan Gardner, 178 WesleyOnea!, 166 James, 151 Breen Bunton Wensil Marsh, 178 WiHimn,136 Darren Wayne, 166 Clayton Breshers Burdell Byron, 132 Virginia McDowell, 175 John J., 176 Cleveland Brewer William D .• 176 Elisha, 138 Emmett, 166 Burke Cliff Julia, 166 Leslie, 132 Carter L., 151 Laurie J., 166 Bumes Clifton Lester T., 166 __,162 James Riley, 177 Thomas M., 166 Burnett Cline W. R, 166 Bonnie, 132 John, 136 William, 166 Mrs. S. S., 132 Clinton Briggs W.8., 143 Benjamin, 162 C. W., [62 Burnham Cobb Britt C P., 162 Ann,176 Maurice L. "Footsie", \46 Burns Mrs. S. A, 148 Morris E. "Lee", 146 Annie O. Evans, 166 Rev. James A., 148 Virgie L. Oliver, \46 Burris Rev. James E., 148 Brogan K. S., 162 Cochran Patrick. 154 Byrne G. W., 148 Brooks Andrew, 157 Thomas Wilson Bevard, 148 Thomas, 151 Byrum Cochran, Brown Rev. James (Jim), 146 Sarah J., 148 Dempsey, lSI Coffinan Henry, 136, 162 c James A., 135 Hugh, l36 Cole James, 136 Caldwell JoAnne, 173 John, 159 G. W., 136 Judge, 162 S. R, 139 J. E., \48 Collins Samuel,162 Cannon Lyfres Henry, 166 Brown Grove, 145 J.C,!39 Collom Brownless Carlisle, 145 Hester, 151 S. A., 162 Carlton Compagnion Brownsville, 139 Bruce, 166 0.,136 Bruce Carpenter Cook 151ah, 136 W. L., 162 !'letty, 133 Brummet Carr James, 162 Rev. P [easanl, 148 John H., 151 Randall, 166

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172 Arkansas Family Historian, Volume 38,Number 3, September, 2000 Chas., 150 Rlldy, 167 G Dr. Thomas, 149 Ferguson II J. P., 149 David T., 174 Gad1in James A., 150 Dr. John L., 158 D. c., 163 John P., 149, 150 Lee, 132 Gaines John Perry, 149 Fernald J. W., 163 Lizzie, \32 James, 163 Gains Mary A., 150 Fike Walter, 163 Mary Jane, 176 George, 163 Gantt Nancy Cook Baker, 149 Finley R. S., 139 Rachel I., 150 Jane R., 176 Garland Rhoda c., 150 Fischer Abby L., 151 Robert R., 176 John, 136 Garner Robert S., 150 Fisher Bushnal, 151 Sarah E., 150 Polly Ann, 151 Garrett Thomas J., 150 R. W. (Billy), 167 Benjamin, 163 W. Tom, 149 Fitzwilliams G. W., 163 William 1., 149, 150 James, 136 Gates Zachariah G., 149, 150 Fletcher Ferdinand, 144 Elkins --, 163 Flossie, \3 2 Edgar, 167 Flowers Gatewood Mattie Fulmore, 167 Harrison D., 177 J. E., 139 Elliott King B., 177 Gaunt Dolores E., 174 Sarah,177 Cpra Earlene, 167 Emberdous Ford Georgia John, 151 Shirley Jean, 167 Cherokee Co., 149 Emmert Fowler Cobb Co., 150 J. G., 136 A. J., 151 Gillam English Bradford C., 151 HughlHough Berry, 175 A. E., 141 French Hugherry, 175 E. H., 141 Charles S., 167 Gillespie Erby Edy, 151 Grant, 132 Alexander, 163 Joseph, 151 Givens Ervin MargaretJo, 167 Miss Karl, 132 Delbert, 134 Thomas, 151 Glass Estill Willie Lee, 167 James, 177 Milton, 151 Frencher Susan, 177 Etheridge John, 163 Gleeson Ophelia, 167 Friedrich Norman, 136 Eubank ?, 167 Glover T. J., 163 FroshourlFreshour J. N., 163 Eunigs Dempsey, 176 Gomlicker Frank, 163 Dorcas, 176 Linida, 176 Evans Henry, 176 Gooch Russ, 139 Mary Jane, 176 Mollie Augusta, 167 Mattha Barbary, 176 Rpbert E. Lee, 167 Nancy, 176 F Goodcheau II Ruth Ann, 176 H., 136 Farmer Fulmore Goodwin Susan, 174 Eliza, 167 Ernest, 133 Farrell Francis L., 167 Gragg John J., 167 Glida, 167 John,151 Nannie, 167 S. H., 167 Rebecca, 151 William, 158 Fulton Samuel, 151 Farris Samuel M., 151 Graves J. D., 163 Mary c., 167 Farrs Run Creek, 142 Gray Felty Della/Delia, 177

Arkansas Family Historian, Volume 38, Number 3, September, 2000 173 Samuel, 141 Forney, 168 J. W., 163 Great Ida Mae, 168 James E., 142 Alexander, 163 Leona E., 168 Joseph, 142 Green Pearle, 168 Martha C, 142 Baby, 167 Shelby, 168 Mary Francis, 142 Emmitt, 167 Thomas 0., 168 Samuel, 140, 142 James, 163 HaUgan Samuel F., 141 Reedie, 167 John, 156 Thomas, 142 Theodore E., 167 Hall Virginia C. (Jane), 142 W.H., 167 Cal,163 William, 142 Greenlee David,163 William Heary, 142 Louis, 132 Hamble Harmson Grenbam Elizabeth, 176 Charles M., 142 John, 179 Hammond Harshaw Griffin J. G., 142 L. D., 139 John, 136 John G., 141 Hart Joseph, 136 Hammons Frances Wade, 168 Richard, 143 MIss Alice, 132 James M., 168 Grinstead Hancock Hartje H. L., 135 J. B., 132 George, 145 Grissom Hanigan Hayes A. W., 167 Patrick, 156 Archer, 148 Collie W., 167 Hardin Gramdmaugh Elizabeth, 168 Edgar Ellis, 167 John, 140 Mary A., 148 Jeanie, 167 Harper Samuel Henry, 148 Luila Carr, 167 Amanda, 159 Hazen, 144 Ovel, 167 Dow, 136 William C., 140 Wade, 167 Elizabeth R., 174 Hem Grogan Hoary, 174 Charles, 163 Helen Lesley, 167 Jesse, 136 Hendenlon James N., 167 Richard, 151 Bessie Perkins, 168 Lex Marion, 167 Robert, 159 George C., 168 Mattie Pritchard, 168 S.,136 Wm.,163 Sadie, 168 William, 159 Hennessey Sadie Wilder, 168 Hanington Jeremiah, 154 Stella Lesley; 168 Alfred, 175 Henry Thomas H., 168 Allen, 175 Harold Franklin, 168 Tom, 168 Eliza, 175 Hepzibah, 154 Viola. Orendorff, 168 Letty, 175 Hickory Plains, 139, 144 Grogan, Major Bartley, 175 Hicks John A., 167 Major John, 175 Gary Wayne, 168 Guedry Mary, 175 James H., 168 Anna Bishop, 174 Nancy, 175 Hiflin Guess William P, 175 K. T., 163 Levi, 141 Harris Hill Mrs. Mary, 142 B. F., 163 B. T., 139 Charles F., 168 Gus W., 141 H J., 136 Hinkle I Joseph, 163 John, 136 Hackney Russell W., 168 Hoare J. H., 142 T.O.,136 Rev. Thomas, 157 Haggarty Thomas C., 168 Hodges John, 136 Harrison S. A., 136 Haislip Amanda S., 142 Hodnett W. C, 148 Ana (Ava), 142 H. T., 135 Hale Benjamin Wesley, 142 Hoffslaler Curtis, 168 George E., 142 Frank, 163 Ferdie, 168 Hugh Erastus, 142 Holderly

174 A.. rkansas Family Hjstorian, VOlume JiL\lumber;, September, :!OOO D., 136 Emma Katherine, 168 Holland II J., 143 Iennie Pritchard, 168 Ingle James, 163 Holliday John. 143 John,143 Mrs. Lumas, 132 Ingram Mary "Polly", 175 Holmes Henry, 141 Kirkpatrick Florence, 133 Ireland J. L., 163 Hook Co. Kilkenny, 156 Kirksey James, 163 Meath,l54 W. H., 141, 142 Hopkins Kinchen 1. M., 163 Sheriff, 150 James E., 151 J II Kitchens Hom Samue~ 151 Kizziah, 168 Iackson Kling Home Henry, 163 Aberhart Philip, 168. Jean, 175 P. J., 163 Baby, 168 Howell Jenkins Clara E., 168 CllIlada, 140 Jackson I., 141 Emma E., 168 Hranicky Jennings Frederioe Joanne, 168 Roy E., 178 C. C., 145 Gottlieb W.• 168 Ruby Tidwell, 178 I. A., 138 lcey Roberta, 168 Hubbard Johnson Wesley Ray, 168 Margaret Harrison, 129 Brother Veri, 143 Kouvalas Marge, 130 Joe, 143 Pauline, 176 Hudgins !..cuie, 168 Kumpe A., 136 William, 141 Christopher C., 168 Hudson Johnston Effie Pritchard, 168 . A. B., 140 Dora, 132 James Junior, 168 John E., 148 Jones R. L., 166 John W., 138 George W., 168 Hlen Leetcher, 168 Lewis W., 140 L R. c., 140 Judd II Eliza S., 142 Hughs Laikam J. W., 163 Nora, 175 Hulen K II Lane Mr., 145 Clarence, 174 Hunt Kannady Helen, 174 Aseoath, \79 J., 136 Hugh, 136 Benjamin, 179 Keaton Robert, 132 Elizabeth, 179 Clifton, 143 Largen Esli, 179 Keeley W. J., 136 Jesse, 179 John,136 Lasaster Joel, 179 Keesee Roy Ben, 168 John, 179 William, 168 Lasater Mary, 179 Kemp Benjamin Virgil, 168 Moses, \79 John W., 141 Cecil Grogan, 168 Peter, 179 Kennedy League Phoebe, 179 Needham, 140 Hattie M., 168 Rev. William "Bucky", 178 S. D., 139 Homer, 168 Thomas, 179 S. J., 139 Thomas E., 168 Uriah, 179 Samuel, 140 Lee Huson Kerr, 143 Ella Mae, 168 L. W., 139 Brother, 143 Joe W. (Bud), 168 Hutson Kershner Joseph Walter, 168 L. W., 142, 143 W. E., 179 Leroy Lewis W., 141 King Frank, 163 Hyde Angelina. 173 Levy Julie, 139 Benjamin., 173 Meyer, 136

Arkansas Family Historian, Volume 38, Number 3, September, 2000 175 LewelJen Mashburn, 169 McLane Baby, 168 M, Elizabeth, 169 Bobbie Jones, 130, 151, 178 Cora F., 168 Yancy BelTY, 169 McNair Joseph, 168 Mask Willis, 164 Manie,168 Rev, Corbett, 145 McNeely Thomas 1., 169 Mason Gus, 164 Vernie May, 169 J, D., 154 McNeil Lindsey Matherson A., Esq., 139 William D., 153 John, 136 McNeill Little Rock, 140, 141 Mathew John R, 140 Livesay Heary, 164 McNue Ursley, 143 Matlock _,136 Imer Roy, 143 McPberson Verna Irene, 171 Matthews Edward R, 141 Loc35to Lucille, 169 Melver Fnmk, 164 Mayfield George A., 139 Lonoke County, 138, 141, 142, Mrs, H. F., 132 Mershon 145 Mrs, Jim, 142 E, P. H., 164 Looms T, H., 144 Metheny T. R" 164 McAlister D. W., 164 Love Hannah, 176 Milem Mry E" 175 1. A., 177 Vada, 132 Loving Michael, 176 Miller H. A., 164 McAllister Aaron, 169 Lozar Dr. C. M., 133 Dr. J. D., 143 Ellen, 169 McBride E, R, 164 Emma 0,169 Alice, 169 Joseph D., 141 Fred C, 169 Beulah, 169 Ruth Jones, ! 69 Lorena, 169 Charles, S Solomon, 156 Nora, 169 James E" 169 Miller Co. Oscar, 169 Jewell, 169 Royston Twp., 151 Roy G., 169 Mildred, [69 Milts Willie, 169 Roy Lee, 169 Elizabeth Shown, 13 1 Lozier William E,. 169 Mississippi Rorie, 169 McCall Clarke Co., 155 Lucey Mary H.. 176 Mississippi River, 138 1. M., 158 McCollum Missouri John M" 136 Hugh, 135 Ft. Clark, 138 Lynn McCurley Mitchell Benj,F.,151 Nancy, 151 B. F., 164 McDonald Monroe COWlty, 138 ---,164 Moody AI II 2nd Lt. Stephen, 136 Brother Edward, 143 Maher Jesse Marion, 174 Isham, 154 Bobby, 169 M,,164 Louis, 164 Kathleen, 175 Reuben, 164 Moore Steve, 169 William, 174 Dora, 169 Mallard McDowell Infimt, 169 Joe Robert, 153 Eilary, 175 Irene, 133 Mary Margaret, 153 Wiley, 175 J. R., 142 Malnar McFerran John Wm., 169 Millie, 146 Jim, 134 SamueJ,164 Marks McGowan, 157 Willis, 164 Ella J., 169 Patrick, 157 Morehead Martin McHenry Mrs. R. H., 142 1. W., 139 Emily p" 174 R. H., 141, 144 McKenny R W" 164 Morgan Samuel,142 1, 164 James Logan, 140

176 Arkansas Family Historian. VoJume 38,Number 3, S~prember, 2000 Mrs. Maria, 132 Outlaw David,173 W. A., 142 Ernest L., 169 Jesse Walter, 174 Morley Owens John Tulley, 174 3rd Lt. George, 136 O. W., 143 Robert A., 174 Morris, 175 Oyler S.,174 -,136 George, 133 W. E., 164 H. Y., 143 Pierce __,164 John, 143 P Rev. H. Y., 145 II Capt., 150 George W., 150 Robert Henry, 175 Page Warren, 164 Morton A.,136 PierceiPearce James, 164 Parks George, 150 Moss E., 136 Pirtle Mrs. Hugh, 132 Horatio, 159 Mrs. Sallie, 142 MS Susan, 159 Pittman Meridian, 154 Parr Jeanette, 174 Murphy John, 132 Plunk Audie, 146 Parris Martha E., 174 Muzny Richard, 143 Potter Mrs. Billie, 173 Patterson Thomas, 164 Myers A., 164 Pou1ain Bester, 132 J. A., 164 Cindy, 177 Myhand Patton Powers Henry F., 169 Steve Michael, 169 Bertha J. Lottie, 169 Payne Praitie County, 138, 139, 141 N A. A., 164 Home Guards of, 140 II Pearce Pratt Nail G. W., 149 Tom, 133 Dicey, 176 PearceiPierce Price Navra George W., 149 Joe, 132 Louis, 136 Peck Lois, 132 New Orleans, 153, 157, 158, 160 Sheila, 134 Lowell, 132 Nic Eoin Penk Pritchard, 168, 169 Mairin, 156 Ham, 164 Amanda, 169 Nichols Pennington Andrew, 169 Henry, 142 A., 169 Baby Girl, 169 Julius, 140 Perkins Belle, 169 Sharon Henderson, 177 Bob, 169 Bertie, 169 T. A., 145 Clinton, 169 Casper, 169 Willie, 139, 140 Lloyd C., 169 Charles J. Jr., 169 Norris Pearl M., 169 Charley Jordan, 169 Joseph, 164 Perrin Clay, 169 Eva P .. See Clifton J., 169 Perry 0 Cora Lee, 169 II Samuel, 140 Dora Mae, 170 William, 176 Oak Hill Earnest B., 170 Peters Battle, 136 Earnest W., 170 Stephen, 151 O'Brien Flora, 170 Petray Nicholas, 154 George T., 170 Daniel, 173 Old Bethel, 144 Horace E., 170 Julia Ann, 173 Olmsted James A., 170 Pharr Frederick Law, 153 John F., 170 Orick Jeff, 144 Minnie Bane, 144 JohnHenry, 170 Daniel, 169 Louis A., 170 Rev., 144 Elizabeth, 169 Martha E., 170 Rev. Wade, 145 Helen Irene, 169 Martin A., 170 Reverend, 142 James S., 169 Nannie, 170 John J., 169 Phillips

Arkansas Family Historian, Volume 38, Number 3, September, 2000 177 Rev. Thomas J., 170 Lillian Crook, 170 John, 136 W. H., 143 Mary Etta, 170 Miss M. J., 138 Pritchard, Mm. E. M., 170 Mississippi, 136 Adalaid S., 169 Rillie C., 170 Nancy, 151 Pryor Thomas C., 170 Simeon, 164 ---,164 W. T., 170 Rochell Puryea Walter 8., 170 Rev. Adolphus, 145 James, 164 rederick William Adolphus, 143 Adam,163 Rogers Reed Asa,174 Q II __,164 Caroline, 174 Qualls C. (Niel), 136 Elbert H., 174 Riley Wallace, 176 Endora, 173 Elbert Hartwell, 174 George L., 173 Elizabeth, 174 James E., 173 Ever, 170 R II Jolm, 174 Henry D., 174 John A., 173 John Rumbolt, 174 Raborn Joseph, 175 Mack, 174 Mayme Lois, 144 Ricbard, 164 Rilter.174 Ragland William, 174 Robert, 174 Levi, 164 Reeves Thomas C, 141 Raines Verlen L., 177 Ross William H. H., 177 Reid C. A., 170 Ramsey Johnnie Wilmoth, 133 D.D., 138, 139 H. E., 136 Reiet David D., 141 Randall A. E., 164 Florence B., 170 G. L., 164 Rhimer Freddie Lee, 170 Rasco Grandfather, 170 Jack, 132 Harry, 132 Richards James C., 170 Ray C. A., 142 Lou Smith, 170 David S., 141 D. A., 142 Robert L., 170 Dr. W. C., 143 Miss N. F., 142 W. A .. 170 George, 142 Mm. C. A., 142 Roussel Gus, 136 W.H.,143 C. N., 164 John, 164 Ricbardson Routh Mm. T. B., 142 Brother, 143 R. F., 143 T. A., 144 Richmond Rowe T. B., 142 W. C., 136 Rev. William Cleveland, 145 Thomas R., 141 Riddle Williain Cleveland, 143 William, 141 Green Lee, 175 Rowland Read Marion, 175 Baby, 170 John, 151 Pernecy Moore, 175 Georgia P., 170 Reaves Rebecca Basham, 175 Hal, 170 Baby, 170 Willis Marion, 175 Royston Red Riley Grandison D.; 177 A. G., 170 Elizabeth, 151 Rucker Arthur, 170 Ritchey Paul, 164 Babies, 170 John P., 177 Ryab Charles, 170 RitcheylRichey Catharina, 157 Clay, 170 Ester Lee, 177 Ryan Dora Mae, 170 Roach A., 154 Eamest E., 170 Thos, 164 Bridget, 156 Gussie Grissom, 170 Roberts Bridget Tobin, 156, 157, 159 Harley H. James Jr., 170 Georgi~ 170 Callie Walls, 170 Herman McCoy, 170 Robertson Catherine, 159 lana Ray. See Margaret, 175 Delilah Rinehart, I S6 J.mes Russell (Jimmy), 170 Robinson Elizabeth, 158 John E., 170 __,164 J. D., 154 Laura, 170

178 Arkansas Family Historian, Volume 38,Nwnber 3, September, 2000 Jennie, 170 Shepherd Agnes, 171 John D., 154 C. J., 140 Baby, 171 Margaret, 154,159 Shotes Bessie May, 171 Patin, 157 N.,153 Bettie Sanders, 171 Patrick, 155, 156, 157, 158 Shubuta, 154 Charles E., 171 Valentine, 153, 155, 156, 157, Siegler Elizabeth, 171 158, 159 Earnest J., 171 Ernaline, 171 Velentine, 155 Myrtle Mashburn, 171 Florence, 171 Simpson James Arthur, 171 5 Hattie Batchelor, 156, 157, James C., 171 I) 159 Joe, 171 Sadler Singer Joseph C., 171 J. L., 136 Carolyn, 175 Laura C., 171 Samuel, 164 Singleton William H., 171 C. M., 164 Georgeann Gilbert, 173 Stanton S., 164 Sisk William B., 13 8 Sanders Laua, 133 Steel Barbara, 174 Skiling A. J. (John), 140 D. Gertrude, 170 James, 165 Stickney Della Marie, 170 Skillern Stella A., 171 Ed, 135 C. A., 139 Stockings __,165 Henry N., 170 Slaughter J. Edward, 170 W. A., 157 Sttangstad James, 164 Slay Lynette, 135 John Thomas, 171 Polly, 150 Stratton Joseph Riley, 171 Smith 'Ed, 140 Laura, 170 B. F., 165 Stringfellow M. N., 170 C. G., [65 Frank, 171 Mary Ann, 170 Clara Sanders, 171 Strong Sam N., 171 Edith D., 174 Florence A., 171 Tammy, 176 J. L., 165 Sufliidge William T., 171 J. M., 165 Lynda Childers, 13 1 Sankes J. T., 143, 156, 158, 174 Sullivan Anthony, 177 Jane, 151 John, 136 SC Lee Roy, 171 Sulphur Fork Prairies, 151 Chesterfield Co., 150 Lory Jean, 171 Sumrall Schoolcraft Mrs. Mose, 132 Elizabeth, 154, 159 Henry Rowe, 177 Robert Wayne, 171 Harriett, 154 Scroggins Sherry Ann, 171 Margaret, 154 Jack, 132 Sophia, 171 Margaret Elizabeth, 159 Seidel William W., 141 Margaret Ryan, 155, 158, 159 Herman, 165 Snoddy Mary, 154 Seidwitz Mary B., 133 Moses, 154 Doshie, 171 Sparks Robert, 154 Robert A., 154, 155, 159 Sengel Capt. J. H., 136 Chas, 165 Daniel, 141, 142 Thomas, 154 Shackleford David, 142 Symas Charles, 165 James, 136 Juliana (Julia), 142 Syms Shankes Mary Little, 142 Joe, 177 Minus Lafayette, 142 Wm., 165 Miles, 177 Rev. Damiel, 145 Richmond, 177 Rev. Daniel, 144 T Shaver William, 142 II T. J., 165 Speck Tally Shea Clarence, 171 Wm., 165 , 136 Spruel Tarleton Shelley S. G., 132 Grandma, 171 Thomas, 175 Squires Mollie, 171

Arkansas Family Historian, Volume 38, Number 3, September, 2000 179 Rev. T.J., 171 V Emest H., 171 Tate ~ George W., 171 C., 165 Vaden Lura Ellen, 172 Tatum George W., 139 Mabel I., 172 Elbert M., 171 Vea:u:.y Mary Reid, 130 Taylor Guy M., 171 Maudie E., 172 John, 165 Ruth Hill, 171 Minnie G., 172 Tennessee Verene Roberta May, 172 McNary, 142 Valentine, 155, 156 Warrick Terbieton Voyles Charles, 172 Bemard, 136 Mary Kate, 171 Lee, 172 Territory of Arkansas Vera E., 172 Miller Co., 151 Washburn Texas II W il Maryann, 151 Austin, 151 Washington Thomas Wade George, 165 A.J., 140 P.,165 Watkins G., 136 Wadkins J. C., 143 Henry, 165 Charlie, 132 Wattensaw, 141 . Wagner Thompson Wear Ann,151 Louis, 165 Beverly. 165 James B., 171 Wair Weatherspoon Pearle, 171 W. W.,139 Casey McDonald, 173 Thomton Wails Casie, 173 CarolynJ. Red Satanley, 171 Lathon W., 171 Joseph, 173 Threet Walker Weaver Dan, 134 Amanda, 176 Charles & Betty, 177 Thunnan D. T., 165 F. W., 165 Richard F., 141 John, 176 Webster Tironer (?) Wallace Harriett (Hattie), 176 NancyL., lSI Miss Leverna, 145 Wm., 165 Toilet Walls Welch Mr. R. C., 151 Adelia A., 171 J.,141 Totten Emma A., 171 Wells B. C., 140 JahnA., 171 Blanche, 132 Traweek Laura A., 171 Edward, 165 Ethel, 171 Lizzy Wilkerson, 171 J. Alva, 172 Tom, 171 Mary, 171 Lester, 132 Triesch Mattye,171 Mary E., 172 Henry, 136 Walnut Plains, 138, 139,140, Westmoreland Ttinity Chapel, 141 143 H. M., 139 Trotter Waist Wetzel Alexander, 154 W. G., 165 Lydia Mae, 172 Nancy, 154 Walter Myrtis, 172 William BI, 154 Sarah, 139 Weyland Tull Thomas, 140 D. R., 165 Mary, 142 Thomas B., 138, 139, 141 Wheeler Thomas H., 139 John C, 136 Walter's Chapel, 138, 139, 144, White 'I U 145 II Annie A., 144 Walter's Chapel., 139 Elizabeth, 172 Ulmer Walton Bertha, 171 Eugene, 173 lSI Lt. Joseph, 136 G., 143 Lillie Mae, 171 Wan George, 172 Robert L., 171 Wesiey, 165 Ulrich George H., 144 Ward White County, 143 Edna Rogers, 174 J. C., 132 Uzzell, 144 White River, 138 Warner Whitten Onastus Klilpatrick, 144 13enjamen 171

ISO Arkansas ramily Historian, Volume 38,Number 3, September, 2000 J. W., 165 R. c., 165 Yarberry Wilder Wimpy Alton, 172 Elizabeth, 172 B. F., 172 Baby, 172 H.I.,I72 Wolf Connie P., 172 R.L.,I72 Henry, 165 Elizabeth, 172 Wiley Woodlawn, 145 Fannie G., 172 Jane Sparrow, 174 Woods George 1., 172 Willard D. Elisabeth, 176 George Washington, 172 Joe, 136 Woodson J. Oscar, 172 Willey Bertie, 172 J. Oscar Jr., 172 Sarah Elizabeth "Betsy", 176 Mrs. R. M., 172 Mary, 172 T.Washington, 176 R,I36 Willie T., 172 Willford R.M., In Yarberry, John, 154 Woollen Zora Elizabeth, 172 Williams John W., 142 Yerby J. R., 165 Worthington Elizabeth Jane, 174 J. W., 165 Samuel, 151 Young James, 165 Wright Delmus Delfin, 176 Joseph E., 172 George T., 151 Eugene, 173 L. A., 165 William F., 151 Eugene Hadley, 176 Margaret, 15 I H. Wayne, 176 N. B., 165 Jeremiah (Jerry) LeaklLeake, Y Rufus B., 172 II 176 Sylvester, lSI Yaerger Luther Creason, 176 Williamson Valentine, 165 Marie Johnson, 173 J.ames M., 139 Yager Minnie Drake, 176 T. C., 139 A., 136 Yowell J. L., 165 Wilson Yandell Andrew, 165 Tom, 133

Arkansas Family Historian, Volume 38, Number 3, September, 2000 181 DATES OF ORGANIZATION OF ARKANSAS COUNTIES

fl€NTON 1836

UNICN la29 1848

* Formed as Dorsey county. Chanqed to Cleveland in 1885. COUNTIES WITH INCOMPLETE RECORDS County Date of fi re Comments County Date of fire Comments ASHLEY 1921 *# MADISON 1902 *# BAXTER 1890 * 11ARION 1887 *"ff BENTON 1865 *# MISSISSIPPI 1865 *# CARROLL 1.369 # NEWTON 1866 if CLAY 1881 , 1893 OUATHIA 1875 «" CLEVELAND 1875 * PERRY 1881 *r CRAIGHEAD 1878 *# PIKE 1895 # CRAWFORD 1877 # POINSETT 1873 ,# DESHA 1865 *# POLK 1883 *4« FRANKLIN 1863 *# PRAIllIE 1853 «d FULTON 1870 *# ST. FRANCIS 1874 *~# GARLAND 1905 * SCOTT 1883 ," GRANT 1877 SEARCY 1864 * c, GREEN 1876 # SEBASTIAN 1882 .~ ~ IZARD 1889 # SHARP 1880 LIFLE RIVER 1882 *# VAN BUREN 1863 *-!d LOG,l,N 1878 YELL 1865 *:;

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