Hi, I have just spent a multitude of hours searching for my GGParents listing on Ancestry.com's Federal Census site without locating them. I'm positive they were in Lake City in 1900. What I didn't find was an enumeration district actually listed as including Jonesboro or Lake City and am wondering if there were problems with some of the Craighead County Census data of 1900. I have checked District #14: Gilkerson & Greenfield Townships after checking District #121:" Jonesboro Township, excl. of Jonesboro City" which is where I thought I'd most likely find them. Under the Craighead listings, there is no mention of Jonesboro City itself, which also puzzles me. I hope someone can clear up my unusual findings. Thanks, Kate McGee __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com

Good Saturday Evening All! Wondering, was a census taken between 1860-70 for Arkansas? And if so, does anyone know what year and what counties this was done in? Thanks and Peace, Dena Jordan

Try www.geocities.com/Area51/Lair/3680/cw/cw-ar.html Donnie De Loney

www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/ is also a good site. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 2:53 PM Subject: [AGS] Civil war info > Does anyone know the best way to find info on someone who fought and died in > the Civil War. I don't know what side he was on or where he is buried. I > think I remember somewhere in AR they have records of people who lived in AR > and fought in the war. > > My relative is Alexander Rosebum/Rosenbum died in Civil War between > 1860-1863. He lived in Hempstead County when he left for the war. Any help > would be appreciated!! > > Thanks, > > Sandy > [email protected] > > > ==== AGS Mailing List ==== > ARKANSAS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY > 2002 FALL SEMINAR and BOOK FAIR > Friday, October 11, and Saturday, October 12, 2002 > Holiday Inn Airport-East, Little Rock, Arkansas > I-440, Exit 3 (Airport Exit) > For details see: http://www.rootsweb.com/~args/ >

You might try www.Arkansasresearch.com Desmond Walls Allen did a books on Civil War veterans in AR. I think she has worked on both Union and Rebel books, so you should check her books first. You might try a library, if you don't want to order the book, because that is where I found them first. Jettie Henley Parrish ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 2:53 PM Subject: [AGS] Civil war info > Does anyone know the best way to find info on someone who fought and died in > the Civil War.

A good place to start is the National Park Service: http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ You can search by name, unit, state, etc. The site has been up and down some, but keep trying it later. Steven Phillips

Does anyone know the best way to find info on someone who fought and died in the Civil War. I don't know what side he was on or where he is buried. I think I remember somewhere in AR they have records of people who lived in AR and fought in the war. My relative is Alexander Rosebum/Rosenbum died in Civil War between 1860-1863. He lived in Hempstead County when he left for the war. Any help would be appreciated!! Thanks, Sandy [email protected]

The index shown below is the index to the recently published book entitled News Paper Accounts of the Civil War on the Western Frontier (including western Arkansas and the Indian Terriotry) and was compiled by extracting Newspapers accounts of the Civil War from the Fort Smith, Arkansas New Era Newspaper. The dates included are October 8, 1863 to February 27, 1864. For more information, please e-mail me at the following address [email protected] 1 101st Regiment Illinois Volunteers 19 10th Regiment Kansas Volunteers 19 11th Regiment Kansas Volunteers 19 11th U S Colored Troops 41 12th Kansas Volunteer Infantry 48 12th Regiment Kansas Volunteers 19 12th Regiment Kansas Volunteers, Infantry 68 13th Kansas Infantry 26 13th Regiment Kansas Volunteers 19 14th Kansas Cavalry 26, 43, 57, 69 14th Regiment Kansas Volunteer Cavalry 69 14th Regiment Kansas Volunteers 19 18th Iowa 25 18th Iowa Infantry 37, 47, 70 18th Regiment Iowa Volunteers 52 1st Arkansas Infantry 2, 4, 12, 16, 25, 31, 37, 38, 66 1st Arkansas Volunteer Infantry 17 1st Colored Kansas Volunteers 45 1st Kansas Colored Infantry 26 1st Kansas Colored Volunteers 44 1st Reg’t Arkansas Infantry 1 1st Regiment Arkansas Cavalry 19 1st Regiment Arkansas Volunteers 19 1st Regiment Colorado Volunteers 19 1st Regiment Indian Home Guards 19 1st Regiment Nebraska Volunteers 19 2 27th Missouri Volunteers 40 2nd Arkansas Cavalry 38, 41 2nd Colorado 10 2nd Kansas 14, 44 2nd Kansas Battery 26 2nd Kansas Cavalry 2, 16, 36, 38, 40, 44 2nd Kansas Colored Infantry 26, 47 2nd Kansas Colored Regiment 14 2nd Regiment Arkansas Cavalry 20 2nd Regiment Colorado Volunteers 19 2nd Regiment Indian Home Guards 19, 40 2nd Regiment Kansas Cavalry 19 2nd Regiment Nebraska Cavalry 19 3 3rd Arkansas Cavalry 12 3rd Cavalry Wisconsin Volunteers 35, 36 3rd Regiment Colorado Volunteers 19 3rd Regiment Indian Home Guards 19 3rd Regiment Wisconsin Cavalry 19 3rd Wisconsin Cavalry 14, 15, 26, 40 6 6th Kansas Cavalry 26, 33, 44, 51 6th Regiment Kansas Cavalry 19 7 7th Regiment Iowa Cavalry 19 A A UNION OFFICER HUNG 18 Abraham’s Soldiers 18 Adair, Private 68 Adams, M S 21 Adams, Major 14 Adcock, Dr. R M 66 AFFAIRS IN NORTHERN TEXAS 42 Aide- de-Camp 40 Aide-de-Camp 40 Anderson, Major T J 14, 40 Anderson, Mary Ann 33 Anderson, T H 34 Anderson, T J 41 Apache Indians 68 Archer, Edwin 10 Arkansas River 2, 14, 22, 38, 39, 55 Army of the Cumblerland 9 Army of the Frontier 14 ARRIVAL OF GENERAL BLUNT 12 ARRIVAL OF MAJOR GENERAL S R CURTIS 50 Assistant Adjutant General 41 Assistant Commissary of Musters 40 Assistant Provost Marshal 35 Assistant Provost Marshals 46 Atkinson, J C 14 Atkinson, Miss Mary E 43 Austin, John 6, 17, 56 Ayers, E D 54 B Bacher, Fritz 53 Back Bone Mountain, Sebastian County 11 Barber Shop 36 BARBER WANTED 36 Barker, Captain 44 Barnes, Lucien J 50 Bates, G E 38 Battle of Pea Ridge 22 Battle of Prairie Grove 15, 23, 25 Battle of San Jacinto 43 Baxter, Elisha 54 Belle Point Lodge, No. 20, F A M 52 Belle Point, Lodge, No. 20 F A M 52 Bennett & Farnsworth’s 20 Bennett, Dr. J E 44 Berry, J R 54 Birnie, Charles A., Senior 27 Black Republicans 24 Bliss, C C 54 Blunt, General 14, 38 Blunt, James G 26 Blunt, Major General 12, 15, 23, 24, 41 Blunt, Major General James G 12 Boggy Depot 12, 57 Bonham, Texas 44, 62 Boreing, Lieutenant James M 47 Bostick, Griffith & Pennywit Store 18 Bostick’s Hotel, Van Buren 20 Bowen, Colonel 65 Boyd, Lieutenant Marcus 18 Bragg’s Army 9 Bratton, Alex 38 Bright’s Building, Garrison Avenue 66 Brown, Daniel 53 Brunk, George 56 Burnett House, Cincinnati 15 Bushong, James 56 Bushwhacker 16 Bushwhackers 16, 62, 69 Bush-whackers 13, 16 Bushwhacking 8, 16, 49 Bush-whacking 13 C Calkins, E A 51 Calkins, Major 14 Calkins, Major E A 15, 35, 36, 40, 46 Cameron, Captain 38 Canned Fruits 11 Carroll County 32 Cassville, Missouri 38 Cedar Creek Township 56, 57 Chase, Charles 47 Choctaw People 52 Christmas Day 36 City of Fort Smith 18 City of Van Buren 17, 55, 57 Civil Government 8 Clark County 32 Clark, George 57 Clark, Miss Sarah 27 Clay & Brother 18 Clay & Brother, Artists 18 Cloud, Colonel 9 Cloud, Colonel W F 2, 3 Colbert’s Mills 57 Coleman, George 18 Coleman, Zill 53 Collins, William 68 Colonel Phillips 57 Colored Wards 44 Columbia County 32 Columbus 22 Commissioner for Crawford County 5 Commissioner of Sebastian County 5 Company B 2nd California Volunteers Cavalry 68 Confederacy 13, 57 Confederate Army 31 Confederate Currency 59 Confederate Dollar 45 Confederate Force 14 Confederate Lines 47 Confederate Money 58 Confederate Notes 45 Congress of the United States 5 Congressional Districts 5 Conscripting and Enrolling Officer 65 Conscripts 32 Conway County 28, 32 Coons, C B 43 Coons, Rev. George W 43 Cooper, General 14 Copperhead 66 Copperheads 7 Corps d’Afrique 19 Cosmopolitan Saloon 37 Counties of Western Arkansas 9 County of Crawford 17 Cravens, Joseph 56 Crawford County 5, 6, 7, 11, 29, 53, 56, 69 Crawford County Commissioner 17 CRAWFORD COUNTY MASS MEETING 4 Crawford, Colonel 14 Crawford, Colonel S J 51 Cross Hollows 57 Cross, S K 40 Crump, Colonel Philip 43 Cummins, John 38 Curtis, Major General Samuel R 61 Curtiss, General 15 D Dardanelle 12, 18, 28, 38, 39, 49 Dardanelle, Ark., 28 Davis, Jeff 31 DEATH OF DR. ROBINSON 26 Dell, V 2, 48, 50 Dell, Valentine 2 DeMoss’ Regiment 29th Texas Cavalry 36 Denger, Mrs. R 33 Department of Arkansas 69 Department of Headquarters 19 Department of Kansas 50 Dickerson, Ben 11 Dickerson, L B 37 District f the Frontier 70 District Inspector 40 District of Frontier 69 District of the Frontier 20, 35, 39, 40, 45, 47, 50, 51, 52, 69, 70 District Provost Marshal 15, 35, 40, 41, 45, 46, 68 Dokesville Lodge, F A M, Choctaw Nation 52 Donelson 22 Dyer, Benjamin 56 E East, M A 2 Eckols, H 53 Edwards, Colonel 68 Edwards, Colonel John 33, 47, 52 ERNICH & LENDER 37 Ernich, E 37 EXPIDITION AGAINST THE REBS 9 F Fayetteville 11 Federal Army 8, 14, 15, 23, 31, 38, 43 Federal Flag 1 FEDERAL FLAG AT VAN BUREN 1 Federal Lines 38 Federal Nationality 1, 14 Federal Occupation 23 Federal Officer 37 Federal Troops 18, 61 Federal Union 9, 15, 34, 43, 54 FENCING SCHOOL 37 FIGHT IN POLK COUNTY 44 Fishing Creek 22 Florida War 43 Fort Arbuckle 43 Fort Henry 22 Fort Scott 14, 39 Fort Smith 16, 24, 55 FORT SMITH MALE AND FEMALE ACADEMY 47 Fort Smith New Era 30, 52 Fort Sumner, New Mexico 68 Fort Washita 44 Foster, C G 2, 4 Franklin County 56 Free Constitution 53 Free State 3, 6, 7, 68 French, J Carey 40 Fresh Oysters 11 FROM CHARLESTON 10 FROM THE POTOMAC 9 FROM WALDRON 36, 65 Frontier Post 55 Frost, John 37 G Garder, Captain 38 Gardner, Captain 36 Garrison Avenue 18, 37, 53 Garrison Avenue, Fort Smith 20 Garver, Wm 52 General Convention 6 General Government 7 General Hindman 32 General Hospital 44 General Steele 55 General Thayer 55, 69 Georgia Militia 9 Gerster, Anton 40 Gibson, Major 36, 37 GRAND MASS MEETING OF UNCONDTIONAL UNION MEN OF WESTERN ARKANSAS 6 Grant, General 9 Gray, J H 17 GREAT BARGAINS AT PRIVATE SALE 53 Greene, O D 20 Gregg, J 17 Gregg, James 56 Griffith, Sam L 50 Guerrilla 16, 70 Guerrilla Warfare 13 Guerrillas 25, 36, 38, 44 H Hall, Jacob 44 Hamer, Captain R W 40 Hamilton, F A 57 Harper, C A 4, 6, 17, 29, 30, 54 Harper, Colonel C A 56 Harrell, Josiah 6, 17, 56 Hart, Captain M D 42 Hayman, H C 56 Hays, Lieutenant J E 48 Head Quarters, District of the Frontier 33 Headquarters Department of Arkansas 60, 64 Headquarters Department of the Missouri 19 HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF THE FRONTIER 16 Headquarters District on the Frontier 20 Hindman, General 23 Hindman’s Army 23 Holloman, H L 2 HONOR TO CAPTAIN M D HART AND LIEUTENANT HAYS 42 Hopkins, Major 14 Horn, M 53 HOW THE REBELS ENFORCE THE CONSCRIPTION 41 HOW TO PROLONG LIFE 27 Hubbard, George H 40 Hubbard, Surgeon George H 20 Humber, Louisa 33 I INCREASING LOYALTY OF THE PEOPLE OF ARK 31 Independence County 32 Independent Home Guard Companies 49 Indian Goods 14 Indians 62 INTERESTING FROM TEXAS 62 Iron-Clads 2 Island No. 10 22 J James, Charles 28 Jasper Township 56, 57 Jefferson County 32 Jenny Lind 38 Johnson County 2, 28, 56 Johnson, Colonel J M 2, 15, 31 Johnson, Colonel James M 4, 5, 8, 17 Johnson, J M 8 Johnson, James M 31 Jordan, J C 54 Judge Advocate 40 Judson, Colonel William R 51 Judson, Colonel Wm R 46 Jumpers’ Battalion of Seminoles 57 K Keitsville 12 Kimball, Brigadier General Nathan 61 Kimball, Nathan 65 Knowles, Lieutenant Horatio 47 L Lafayette Township 56, 57 Lane, M 37 LANE’S STRING BAND 36 Laurant, Captain C G 20, 40 Law and Order in Arkansas 6 Leavenworth 50 Lender, R D 37, 49 Lentz, J M 41 Livery and Feed Stable 20 Long, Isaac 28 Longstreet’s Corps 9 LOYALTY ON THE FRONTIER 37 Lytal, Mrs. Sarah 70 M Mack, George 33 Madison County 4, 8, 15, 29, 30 Manlove, George 20 March from Missouri to Helena 15 Marean, J P 53, 57 Mason, E D 61 Mass Meeting at Fort Smith 9 MASS MEETING AT VAN BUREN 53 MASS MEETING HELD AT DARDANELLE, ARK. 28 Massachusetts 27 May, W N 28 Mayers, Mrs. Jane B 33 Maysville, Ky. 43 McCullough, General Henry 42 McDonald, A 50 McGee, A 28, 29 McGrew, Finely 68 McLivery, Miss Matilda 33 McLivery, Miss Matty 33 McNeil, Brigadier General John 17, 26, 34 McNeil, General 14 McNeil, John 20, 35, 40 Mculloch, General Henry 63 Meade, General 10 Meadows, G W 57 Meadows, John R 56 Meadows, Wm J 56 Member of Congress 17 Memphis 22 Mentzer, Captain 36 Mexican War 43 Mexico 28, 57 Miles, J L 40 Military Commander 47 Military Governor 30 Miller, George E 57 Milor, Captain V V 49 Milor, Judge C 4, 70 Milor, Lula 70 Milor, V V 2, 29, 30 Moer, Captain S H 40 Montgomery County 32 Moonlight, Lieutenant 26 Mt. Ida 16 Mulberry Street 37 MURDER 68 Murphy, E 49 Murphy, Isaac 29, 30, 31, 49, 54 Murphy, Judge Isaac 30 N Nance, Levi 43 Nance, Mary 43 National Council 31 Navajo Indians 68 Naval Academy of Sweden 37 New and Popular Music 36 New Era 33, 66, 67 New York 18 Newland, G W 53, 56 Newland, George W 33 Newman, Captain W H 12 Norwood, R 56 O Oath of Allegiance 31 OATH OF ALLEGIANCE 68 of 2nd Kansas Cavalry 18 Office Commissary Subsistence, Fort Smith, Ark. 20 Old Pap 22, 57 Ordnance Circular No. 13 19 Overwhelming force of Choctaws 62 Owen, W F 53, 56, 57 P Pape, H 2 Parish, L D 28, 29 Patrol Guard 36 Paymaster’s Trains 14 Pea Ridge 22 Penwell, Dr. 63 People of Arkansas 8 People of Western Arkansas 2, 4 Perkins, Richard 56 Perry County 28, 31, 32 Phelps, Calvin 56 Phillips County 32, 49 Pike County 32 Pike, Albert 27, 28 Pneumonia 45 Pope County 28 Port Hudson 18 Pounds, Thomas W 56 Prentiss, Dr. J L 45 Presbyterian Church 33, 50, 53 President Lincoln 55 President’s Proclamation 6, 7, 54 PRICE SKEDADDLED 57 Price, Marmaduke & Company 25 Printer at Fort Smith 10 Proclamation Oath 69 Proclamation of the President 64 PROPOSAL FOR FURNISHING FRESH BEEF 20 PROSPECT OF THE FARMERS- BUSH-WHACKING 13 Provisional Governor 29 Provisional Governor of the State of Arkansas 28, 29 Provost Guard 42 Provost Marshal 12, 15, 51, 52, 54, 58, 63, 67 Provost Marshal at Fort Smith 12 Provost Marshal’s Office 33 PROVOST MARSHAL’S ORDERS 34 Provost Marshals 35, 52 Provost Office 12 Q Quantrile 12, 39 Quantrile's Men 63 R Race Track Prairie 25 Rebel Captain 48 Rebel Currency 45 Rebel Indians 24 Rebel Militia 65 Rebels 23, 57, 63 Rebs 42, 66 Rector Mansion 44 Rector, Elias 25 Red River 42, 44, 65 Refugees 63 Refugees from Texas 42, 62 Registering Loyal Citizens 64 Releford, Mrs. 33 Rentzel, Casper 37 REVIEW OF TROOPS 25 Reynolds, Wm 29 Richardson, Lieutenant George H 10 Richland Township 56, 57 Right of Suffrage 6 Ritchie, Daniel A 56 Roanoke Island 22 Robinson, Dr. 16 Robinson, J M 36 Rogers, Burt A 37 Rolla 57 Root, Dr. 65 Rosewood Piano 53 Ross, Captain John 69 Rounds, Franklin 43 Rowland, Dr. J S C 45 Rupe, David P 38 Rupe, Mr. 38 S Sangster, James 56 Schaurte, Lieutenant Colonel F W 40 Schullyville 44 Scott County 28, 65 Searle, Colonel 29, 66 Searle, E J 2 Sebastian County 4, 6, 11, 17, 29, 32, 38, 50, 55 Secesh Convention 14 Serle, E J 12 Shelby’s 2 Shibley, H 53 Silber, S 36 Sills, Will 56 Singleton, A J 2 Sisson, G W 3, 4, 50, 53 Slavery 3, 6, 8, 49, 67 Sleeper, Major 14 Small Pox 44, 45 Smith, Captain G W R 16 Smoot, J R 2 Snider, J 2 Sokalski, George O 70 Sparks, Jim 67 Speier & Schane 37 Springer, Francis 52 Springer, Rev. Francis 18 Springfield, Missouri 42, 57 St. Charles Hotel 44 Stage Coaches 20 Stage Line 20 Stars and Stripes 50 State Convention 3, 4, 5, 17, 54 State Government 3 Statute Books 64 Steamer Leon 50 Steele and Cooper 9 Steele, Fredrick 69 Steele, Major General F 70 Stephens, James Franklin 41 Stephens, Lieutenant J B 41 Stephens, Maggie 41 Stephenson, James G 53, 56, 57 Stevenson, J G 17 Stevenson, James G 6 Stewart, Jesse 56 Stockton, J B 58 Stomberg, Wm 13 Stout, Wm 28 STRENGTH AND WHEREABOUTS OF COOPER’S ARMY 12 Sugar Loaf Mountain 62 Sulpher Springs 44 Surgeon, 2nd Kansas Cavalry 26 Sutlers 14 Sutton Mansion 44 Swift, C P 43 Swindell, Dr. R D 4 Swindell, R D 2 Syphilis 45 Syphilitic Virus 45 T Tappan, Lieutenant 14 Tatum, Joseph T 17, 40 Taylor, Zach 2 Tennesseeans 9 Tenney, A D 45 Texas 22, 28, 43, 63 Thayer, Bigadier General John M 50 Thayer, J M 51, 52 Thayer, John M 70 Thayer, W T 43 THE COSMOPOLITAN 11 THE FARMING INTEREST 61 THE REBEL MARAUDER 16 THE SITUATION OF ARKANSAS 14 The Telegraph 10, 11 THE WEATHER 39 THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE 8 Tholen, Captain 14 Town of Fort Smith 69 Tracy, Mary E 11 Tracy, Walter C 11 Tracy, William C 33 Tracy, Wm C 11 Traitors 7 Treasury Department 46 Turner, Jesse 8, 55 Turner, Judge 6, 7 U U S Army 37 U S GENERAL HOSPITAL, FORT SMITH 44 U S Soldier 49 U S Superintendent of Indian Affairs 25 Uncle Samuel’s Disbursing Agent 44 Unconditional 2 Unconditional Union 8, 66, 69 Unconditional Union Man 30 UNCONDITIONAL UNION MASS MEETING 2 Unconditional Union Mass Meeting held at Fort Smith 29 Unconditional Union Men 3, 4, 7, 30 Union Army 23, 63 Union Army of General Boren 63 Union Associations 3 UNION MASS MEETING OF SEBASTIAN COUNTY 4 Union Men 25 Union Men of Arkansas 30 UNION MEN OF THE SOUTH 21 Union Men of Western Arkansas 29 Union Prisoners in Richmond 10 United States District Court, for the State of Arkansas 55 United States Military 34 Upper Township 17 V Van Buren 8, 14, 17, 20, 25, 33, 39, 61, 63, 64, 69 Van Buren Township 56, 57 Van Dorn 22 Vanderpool, Captain 16 Vicksburg 60 VOTE IN CRAWFORD COUNTY 17 W Waldron 16, 18, 27, 37, 38, 63 Walker, E T 52 Walker, Moses 51 Walker, William 38 Walnut Street 37 War Department 19, 45, 58, 69 Ward, Mary E 18 Warm Meals 11 Washington Street 11 Water Street 20 Weed, Major T J 40 Western Arkansas 3, 7, 15, 23, 31, 34 Wheeler, John F 67 Wheeler, Mrs. Jerry M 33 Wheeler, Thomas 56 Whicher, 2nd Lieutenant J S 40 White, Colonel R J T 53 White, Dr. L C 4, 6, 56 White, L C 6, 17 White, R J T 54 Whiteford, Captain John 3, 37 Whiteford, J 2 Whitten, Wm S 51, 52, 70 Wier, J H 2 Willets, Major 57 Williams, D W 2 Williams, Fitz 24 Williamson, G W 29 Wilson, Rev. William 52 Wilson, Rev. Wm 33 Winfrey, Alex E 57 Wolfe, F H 2, 50 Wortham, J W 17 Y Yankee Notions 37, 53 Yell County 28, 56 Yonley, T D W 54 Fran Alverson Warren e-mail: [email protected] 479-369-2703 http://www.crawfordcountyarkansas.net/

Hello List, I'll have the 1900 Census for about 3 more weeks, if anyone would like a lookup (free) e-mail me at [email protected] Elyce

Is there anyone who has access to Ancestry.com who could look for a marriage record in Arkansas? Mahala Suggs to a Mr. Dickinson , before 1895. Thank you, Wanda

Hi, we have many records in our family's history about this area around Ft. Smith. One family member was bushwhacked right in his own garden in front of his wife and children. Another was conscripted into the Union Army. These were men from the Nidiffer/Nidever/Neideffer family. This family of Nidiffer went on into OK at the time the territory opened up. Good report Fran, Gwen

My brother missed being drafted to Nam by the luck of the draw, but I remember all of us waiting for the newspaper to come out, with the draft list. We might as well have all been in a jail, awaiting the sentence ! Sandy Scofield [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fran Warren" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 2:22 PM Subject: [AGS] Fort Smith New Era (Newspaper) The New Era Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas January 16, 1864 HOW THE REBELS ENFORCE THE CONSCRIPTION- A Mississippian communicates the following to the Memphis Bulletin: “Each conscript band has a set of negro hounds attached to it. The conscripters come up to a mn’s house, and announce that the incumbent, young or old, shall go with them to headquarters. They take no denial. The headquarters are at Grenada. The conscripters announce to the head conscript officer that they have such a person (calling him by name), and before the luckless man can have an opportunity to say a word, they are ordered to take him to the guard house. There the unfortunate remains for two or three days, until a sufficient number are obtained, and they are sent off to the conscript camp, where they are placed under such surveillance that escape is next to impossible. They are denied all opportunity now to go and see their families, or even take sufficient clothing. They are unceremoniously dragged off, and never permitted to have an opportunity to show that they were unfairly dealt with. Some instances are recorded where persons have refused to go with the conscripters, and they were generally shot down on their own premises. Fran Alverson Warren e-mail: [email protected] 479-369-2703 http://www.crawfordcountyarkansas.net/ ==== AGS Mailing List ==== Please do not forward or cross post messages to this list or from this list without the permission of the original author.

The New Era Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas January 16, 1864 HOW THE REBELS ENFORCE THE CONSCRIPTION- A Mississippian communicates the following to the Memphis Bulletin: “Each conscript band has a set of negro hounds attached to it. The conscripters come up to a mn’s house, and announce that the incumbent, young or old, shall go with them to headquarters. They take no denial. The headquarters are at Grenada. The conscripters announce to the head conscript officer that they have such a person (calling him by name), and before the luckless man can have an opportunity to say a word, they are ordered to take him to the guard house. There the unfortunate remains for two or three days, until a sufficient number are obtained, and they are sent off to the conscript camp, where they are placed under such surveillance that escape is next to impossible. They are denied all opportunity now to go and see their families, or even take sufficient clothing. They are unceremoniously dragged off, and never permitted to have an opportunity to show that they were unfairly dealt with. Some instances are recorded where persons have refused to go with the conscripters, and they were generally shot down on their own premises. Fran Alverson Warren e-mail: [email protected] 479-369-2703 http://www.crawfordcountyarkansas.net/

The following was transcribed from the "New Era" Newspaper of Fort Smith, Sebastian County: November 14, 1863 PROSPECT OF THE FARMERS- BUSH-WHACKING The town is full of refugees from the country, of whom a large number is supported by the Government. This is deplorable, not so much on the expense of feeding them, as from the injury to the community at large is receiving by the almost total suspension of farming operations. The cause of all this is bush-whacking. No family, known to entertain Union feelings, is safe out of the reach of U S Troops. The recent advance of the rebels encouraged this abominable, fiendish set of men to extend their operations nearer to town than ever. Since the hasty flight of the rebels these fiends have also become less bold in the immediate vicinity of this place. But there is still so great a feeling of insecurity among the country people, that they are very little disposed to work in good earnest and prepare another years’ crop. Many families also had their houses burnt, after having been robbed of everything, and have come to town in most pitiable circumstances. The inauguration of the guerrilla warfare, is one of the deepest stains of infamy to be charged to this hellish Confederacy; for, while it decides nothing eventually, it inflicts infinitely more suffering, and especially on the helpless, than an open and regular system of warfare. Good judges estimated the amount of grain raised this year in Arkansas sufficient to bread the people for two years. Owing to the presence of large forces in the State, and the great waste and destruction caused by the rebels, we may consider ourselves fortunate if the supply holds out till next harvest. But, if we don’t sow now, we can have no harvest next year, when there will be ten times more applications for rations than now, and the suffering among the people must necessarily be great. The only remedy is, to clean out the bush-whackers, and give them no mercy wherever and whenever found; and then, and not until then, may we look for a revival of prosperity. Fran Alverson Warren e-mail: [email protected] 479-369-2703 http://www.crawfordcountyarkansas.net/

Hi: I am forwarding a message from Iris Carter Jones, the legislative analyst for the CA Genealogical Alliance. This is for the California researchers on this list or those who plan to do research in California. It concerns the closure of the Califoria birth and death indexes. Note that it concerns INDEXES - not the birth and death records which already have their own rules of access. Regards, Nan Wolf [email protected] -------------Forwarded Message----------------- From: Iris Jones, INTERNET:[email protected] To: Master List 3, INTERNET:[email protected] Date: 8/18/02 1:02 PM RE: ALERT - SB1614 - AUGUST 17, 2002 ALERT AND REPORT ON SB1614 - AUGUST 17, 2002 Once again, I apologize. But our efforts to stop SB1614 have been an ongoing effort, requiring hours daily of negotiations and communication with the author's people, the Governor's people, Dept of Health's staff, other opposition leaders, legislators who agree with us and those who still 'don't get it.' The news, the offers and counter offers sometimes change daily. Amendments in writing [Always get it in writing.] seem to never be available until the eleventh hour [The night before the next hearing]. The hearings more often than not have been canceled or changed at the last minute, not allowing time for me to contact our members. To make a long story short, the last set of amendments to the bill, five pages, [which were not what we had been verbally offered], became available late Wednesday night, for the hearing scheduled at 9:00 a.m. Friday morning. I will attempt to be brief [this is not an ideal version of my great American novel]. Under the present law it requires birth and death information deemed confidential to be indexed, but remain confidential. This will still be required, and may be made available to 'any government agency, local registrar and county recorder, when requested. . [they] may not sell or release the indices or any portion of its contents to any other person except as necessary for official government business and shall not post the indices or any portion thereof on the Internet.' 'The State Registrar shall prepare and maintain separate non-comprehensive indices of all California birth and death records for public release.' Birth indices will include first, middle, and last name, sex, date of birth, and place of birth. The death indices will include first, middle and last name, sex, date of birth, place of birth, place of death, date of death, and the father's 'last' name. You will have to sign a affidavit of intent under penalty of perjury. Not only will the MOTHER'S GIVEN OR MAIDEN NAME NOT BE INCLUDED ON THE BIRTH OR DEATH RECORDS, the FATHER'S NAME IS NOT LISTED TO APPEAR ON THE BIRTH RECORDS. As I see it, their 'non-comprehensive' index virtually becomes useless. Last requires an index that would allow, under a long list of restrictions [including not to be posted on the Internet] for the purpose of preventing fraud, may be purchased by financial institutions and government agencies [this is aimed at the opposition by the bankers and financial institutions] and will include the mother and father's surnames. These were the amendments in brief. The public indices will be available for purchase some time in the future. The one good thing that has occurred since the bill was first written, is that the indices already sold will not be affected, the BILL IS NOT RETROACTIVE. But all future indexes will NOT include the mother's or father's name on the birth index and not the mother's name or social security number on the death index. Even with these amendments no opposition groups changed their minds. But at the Hearing on the 16th three additional amendments were offered [not yet in writing, I cannot quote them]. But when the author's aide offered to allow 'controlled' Internet access to the 'non-comprehensive' indices, the Family History Library and Federation of Genealogical Societies opted to withdraw their opposition. They feel that it was wiser to save a portion of the indexes rather than lose them all. The African American Genealogical Society of Northern California also withdrew their opposition. I believe that the California Bankers Associations did too. I did not withdraw the California State Genealogical Alliance or the Genealogical & Historical Council of Sacramento Valley's opposition. President Sheila Benedict who is still in Maryland, agreed that we should continue to oppose. Considering our Mission Statement, it has been our premise that as representatives of the genealogical & historical community, it is our duty to represent the entire membership including, individual,hobbyists, professionals, adoptees and our member organizations. Even with the amendments that were offered and voted on Friday, opposition to the bill remains. As researchers, we all know how difficult it is to find mother's maiden names. Once they are removed from these indexes they will be lost to researchers, adoptees, children and grandchildren of adoptees, and children and grandchildren of those with amended birth certificates. Consider also, in light of the many single mothers, married mothers who maintain only their maiden names, or couples who never marry, these names, too, will not appear in any indexes for research by future genealogists, family health historians or for the general public. With the withdrawal of the F.G.S. and F.H.L., legislators may not realize that they do not represent the genealogical community of California. Let us make sure the legislators do. PRESIDENTS OR BOARD MEMBERS WRITE YOUR LETTER STATING YOUR ORGANIZATIONS FORMAL OPPOSITION ON SB1614 AND THAT YOU WANT TO BE ADDED TO THE LIST OF OPPONENTS. Send a copy to your district representative, the Committee Chair, the Committee Council, the author and the Governor. I will include the committee member list below. Regional Directors should do the same for their regions. NUMBERS ARE THE ONLY THING THAT WILL MAKE THEM TAKE NOTICE. Let them know that it is not just the umbrella organizations like the CSGA or the Council that oppose this, it is the GENEALOGISTS OF CALIFORNIA that oppose it. Be sure that the members of the Assembly Appropriations know we are out here and opposed to SB1614. INDIVIDUALS SHOULD WRITE THEIR LETTERS OF OPPOSITION to their district representative. If you can call or make personal contact as a constituent this will help make them aware of our opposition. If you have friends in high places, contact them, ask for their help. It is obvious that the Governor and the author are bent on seeing this bill pass in spite of the fact that it will do nothing to prevent identity theft. The only chance we have now is to make OUR VOICE HEARD AND OUR NUMBERS COUNT. We need to convince the members of the committee and those on the floor of the Assembly, who could if the bill passes the Committee, hear it for a vote as early as Thursday, know how IMPORTANT PRESERVING OUR PUBLIC RECORDS FOR HISTORICAL AND HEALTH REASONS TO THE PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA. The Assembly Appropriations Committee Hearing is scheduled for 9:00 a.m. Wednesday, August 21, 2002, 9 a.m. in Room 4202. ----Iris Carter Jones, Legislative Network, 17 August 2002. ***ASSEMBLY APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE CONTACT INFORMATION: California State Assembly Appropriations Committee State Capitol, Room 2114 Sacramento, CA 95814 Phone: (916) 319-2081/Fax: (916) 319-2181 Darrell Steinberg, Chair D-9th District State Capitol P.O. Box 942849 Sacramento, CA 94249-0001 Phone: (916) 319-2009/Fax: (916) 319-2109 E-mail: [email protected] Patricia Bates, Vice-Chair R-73rd District State Capitol, Room 6031 Sacramento, CA 95814 Phone: (916) 319-2073/Fax: (916) 319-2173 E-mail: [email protected] Abel Maldonado R-33rd District State Capitol, Room 4015 Sacramento, CA 95814 Phone: (916) 319-2033/Fax: (916) 319-2133 E-mail: [email protected] Charlene Zettel R-75th District State Capitol, Room 5164 Sacramento, CA 95814 Phone: (916) 319-2075/Fax: (916) 319-2175 Email: [email protected] Roy Ashburn R- 32nd District State Capitol, Room 4167 Sacramento, CA 95814 Phone: (916) 319-2032/Fax: (916) 319-2132 E-mail: [email protected] Robert Pacheco R- 60th District State Capitol, Room 4177 Sacramento, CA 95814 Phone: (916) 319-2060/Fax: (916) 319-2160 E-mail: [email protected] Lynn Daucher R - 72nd District State Capitol, Room 2111 Sacramento, CA 95814 Phone: (916) 319-2072/Fax: (916) 319-2172 E-mail: [email protected] George Runner R - 36th District State Capitol, Room 6027 Sacramento, CA 95814 Phone: (916) 319-2036/Fax: (916) 319-2136 E-mail: [email protected] Carl Washington D - 52nd District State Capitol P.O. 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As a special thank you to everyone for their encouragement and kind words during the past few years while compiling the series of books entitled Obituraries, Death Notices and News Items Extracted from the Van Buren Press, I have put the extractions for January 11, 1896 to May 30, 1896 in their entirety on line on my personal website. The list of names included in these extractions can be viewed below and to view the extractions, go to the link at the bottom of my e-mail, click on Newspaper books and scroll to the bottom of the page and click on "1896". Enjoy!! 1 13th Arkansas 19 A A PRIZED RELIC 31 Adair, Gano 10 Adams, Mrs. S M 1 Allen, Captain John 25, 30 Allen, John 20 Allen, Percy 31 Alma Cemetery 1, 21 Alma Leader 23 Anderson, J R 10 ANOTHER ROBBERY AND DOUBLE MURDER NEAR UNIONTOWN- INT EH INDIAN TERRITORY 7 Austin, Mrs. George 21 B Bacon, Henry 2, 3, 20, 22 Barker Township 3, 20 Barnes, J C 6 Barrier, Mrs. 21 Battle of Pea Ridge 20 Battle of Shiloh 19 Baxter, Jinks 10 Benson, J F 5 Benson, Myrtie 5 Bland, Richard L 32 Board of Health 18 Bolling, W R 22 Boone, W E 13 Bostick, W C 22 Botts, Lew 15 Boyd, H J 20 Braggs, Indian Territory 10, 21 Branson, J H 19 Britt, Henry 31 Brodie, Dave 30 Buck Gang 14, 22 Buck, Rufus 14, 22 BURGLARY AT RUDY 5 Bushong, Dr. J S 31 Byers, T T 9 C Camp McIntosh, U C V 25, 30 Cathey, Dr. 32 Cherokee Bill 13, 14, 16 CHEROKEE BILL EXECUTED 14 Cherokee Citizenship Association 8 Cherokee Claimants 13 Cherokee Law 22 Cherokee Nation 11, 14 Chewee, Jack 10 Chewie, Jack 11 Clegg, Lizzie E 32 Clegg, Miss Mary 26 Coffin Nails 21 Collins, Wm 7 Columbian Club 23 Comstock, Randolph 7 Comstock, Tom 7, 10 Confederates in Crawford County 16 Confederates of Crawford County 16 Cook Gang 16 Cooper, Fred E 15 Cornelius, Mrs. N F 15, 30 Cornelius, N F 23 Crockett, Mrs. James 8 Crowley, George 2 D Daughters of the Confederacy 21, 25, 26 DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY 32 Davis, Ed 14 Davis, Louie 14, 22 Davis, Lucky 14, 22 Decherd, Ben 18, 26, 31 DECORATION DAY NOTES 30 Deputy Marshal LaForce 5 Dibrell, Dr. 1 Drake, Edwin L 23 Drake, Mrs. Hattie 23 Drennen, Colonel John 28 Duckworth, Pulaski 17 Dutch Mills, Washington County 8 DuVal, Ben T 13 DuVal, Captain William 13 E Ewing, Tom 9 F Fairview Cemetery 25 Federal Grand Jury 9 Flowers, Rev. G W 29 Floyd, Charles 1, 5 Fort Gibson, Indian Territory 6, 31 Fort Smith Hospital 19 Foster, Josiah 15 G Garrett, Wallace 1 GEORGE WARD HANGS 2 Glass, Mack 7, 9 Goldsby, Crawford 14 Grand River Bridge 31 Graves of Confederate Heroes 25 H Haile, Mrs. Hugh 7 Hale, H B 20 Hameister, Carl 15, 21 Hameister, H M 15 Harvey, T L 9 Hawkins, Robert 11 Henry, Tip 17 Hill, Joe M 25 Hill, Joseph M 29 Hinkle, Ed 15 Holden, J S 23 Hollis, Dick 8 Hollis, Mrs. Catherine 8 Hood, Tank 12 Huckleberry, A H 23 Huckleberry, Judge J H 23 I Indian Agent 13 Indian Territory 7, 10, 12, 18, 20, 23 Indian Territory Department Encampment, G A R 19 Isaacs, Webber 11 J Jackson, Sid 24 JAIL DELIVERY 23 Johnson, R B 5 Jones, J T 20 Jones, Jack 9 July, Naomi 14, 22 K Kansas & Arkansas Valley Railroad 14 Keating, Lawrence 15 Kerr, F G 31 Kester, Josiah 5 KILLING AT BRAGGS, I T 20 Kimbrough, J A 20 King, Colonel J P 16 Kissie, J D 17 L Ladies’ Columbian Club of Van Buren 27 Lasley, Jim 8 Lasley, Judge 9 Lasley, Lacy 7 Lawson, George 22 Little, Rex 8 Lloyd, Rich 21 Lockhart, Andy 8 Lucky, Buz 5 M Madden, Thomas R 21 Madden, Tom 22 Maddox, George T 20 Marshal Crump 13 Marshal, W H 9 Mary Lee Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy 32 McAlester, Indian Territory 20 McGee, Captain Tom 30 McIntosh, General 20 McKenny, Mrs. M E 9 McLaughlin Lake 11 McLean, Frank 25 McNeely, Colonel James A 19 McWilliams, Sam 16 Melton, Ernest 14 Merrill, W T 31 Meyer, Mrs. H A 25, 32 Miles, O L 25 Miles, Oscar L 29 Miller, Dan 6 Miller, Lucy 6 Miller, Mose 21 Miller, Wm 18 Montague, Charles 31 Montague, Mrs. C C 13 Moore, General D W 26, 29 Morgan, Barnes 6 Morgan, Mrs. Mary L 6 Morgan, Sammie 6 Mosteller, George 30 Muldrow Register 23 Muskogee Court 10 N Natural Dam 8, 19 Neal, Francis M 19 Nicodemus, J W 23 Nicodemus, Will 10 NO MORE SMALL POX AT VINITA 18 O O’Bryan, Arnold 18 O’Kane, Will 20 Oklahoma District 5 Old Settlers 13 Old Settlers Association 13 Osage Council 7 Osage Indian 6 P Paine, Dr. F M 1 Point Gun Club 11 Q Queen City Band 26, 32 Queen City Cornet Band 25, 30 R Randolph, Ben 6 Randolph, Mrs. Ben 6 Redland, Indian Territory 1, 19 Reed, J F 1 Reed, Mrs. Harmon 1 Roberts, Charley 31 Roberts, R S 31 Robertson, Mrs. J J 12 Rogers, John 13 Rushing, W H 16 S Sallisaw Star 21 Salvation Army 23 Sampson, Sam 14, 22 Scantlin, Lee 24 Sheriff of Sequoyah District 10 Shibley Switch 21 SHOCKING TRAGEDY 17 Simcoe, John 16 Simpson, Hugh 5, 20 Simpson, Walter 5 Small Pox 16, 19 SMALL POX 18 Smallpox 15 Smets, C J 10 Smith, A J 17 Smith, Alvis 18, 31 Smith, Jack 17 Smith, Mrs. Elizabeth 18 Spoon, W 13 Stevens, Hiram 22 Stevenson, Hiram 10 Stewart, Ed 30 T Tall, Alexander 6 Teague, Mrs. W R 6 Texas Confederate Battery 30 Tinney, Watt 8 TURNER HANGS 11 Turner, Jesse Jr. 31 Turner, Mrs. Judge 26 Turner, Pruitt 11, 21 TWO MORE KILLED 10 U U S Marshal Nix 5 U S Supreme Court 5 V Van Buren Foundry 23 Vann, Joe 9 Verdigris Kid 11, 16 Veterans of Camp McIntosh, U C V 26 Vickery, John 6 Vickery, Lillie 6 Vickery, May 6 Vinita, Indian Territory 15, 16, 18 W Wallace, T L 13 Ward, George 2, 20 Washington Monument 27 Washington, Martha 27 Watts, Mrs. W J 8 West, Mrs. 3 Wilkey, Ed 22 Wilkie, Ed 14 Williams, Rev. A H 2, 12, 26 Wood, George R 18 Wood, Harry 10 Woolum, Will 30 Fran Alverson Warren e-mail: [email protected] 479-369-2703 http://www.crawfordcountyarkansas.net/

Please change my email address from [email protected] to [email protected] effective immediately. Thank you Jane Hicks Researching Hicks, Hix, Crow, Dodd, Jacobs, Davis, Duke, and many more. States of Arkansas, Mississippi, Georgia, Oklahoma, and Texas, etc.

To all the people who sent me a message. Thank you all for your kindness I have printed all your msgs off as I dont yet know how to save them. I would like to reply but as they only have a name on them and not e-mail addresses I dont know how to reply. The ones who were of particularly invaluable help (when I contact a friend to explain how to make use of the information as I really dont know how to use a computer internet and have only been doing Family History classes for 8 weeks) were the names of: Sharon at Bakerfield Ca, Becky (death cert info). Jettie Parish, John Bartos(your information looks very helpful) and Nan and George Wolf thank you for tracing the death date and other info. It would be wonderful to find out something for my father about his long lost family. He was born in 1912 in north of England, his parents were very young and apparently unmarried. His father went to war, they were going to get married and then his mother caught the fatal influenza virus that swept the world and killed millions in 1918. His mother died 3 days before his 6th birthday and was buried on his actual birthday of 9 July 1912. His father placed him with his mothers half sister to be brought up with her family (my dad calls her "my Saviour" and says but for her he may have been put in workhouse). When he was 10 his father John Reay emigrated to USA, leaving Great Lumley my dad's home village and sailing from Liverpool England on the ship Celtic in 1922. His father was then aged 33, his birthdate was 9 October 1889. He continued to send the family who looked after dad letters and photographs, one of which showed his new wife, her mother and a baby son aged 7 mo! nths. On the photo it said the name of Mrs Heffer or Hoffer or Hoffon this may have been his new wife's maiden name. I think this was the mid 1920's. He wanted my dad to be sent out to join them but the family in Lumley did not want to let him go because they loved him. My dad is now in his 91st year, he may still have living half brothers and sisters in USA. We have that picture and cutting of his Uncle Joseph Ray who lived in Arkansas area in 1924 and that is all the clues we have. Dad thinks he heard tales of at least 2 other brothers in USA. There was also a brother William killed very young early in first world war and a sister Susan who lived in North of England. Unfortunately as Dad never knew any of these relatives and does not know where his father was born in England I am at a dead end at present. Thanks a lot for your help. Trish [email protected] England

ARKANSAS Prior Birth Index Volume 1 Find your ancestor's birth certificate that has not been available before!!!!!!!!! ORDER NOW, an advance copy of the new and never published index of Arkansas birth certificates prior to 1902, published by the Arkansas Genealogical Society. Two exciting items in researching Arkansas genealogy are available, one in book form and one on CD-ROM. These are indexes of persons born prior to 1902. The book is hard bound, containing 571 pages of data compiled from the original birth certificates from the Bureau of Vital Statistics, Little Rock, AR. The CD is searchable by child's name, county of birth, and mother's maiden name. It will work on computers that have Windows 98, Version 2 and above. Even though Arkansas law had required a birth certificate since February 1, 1914, many people did not have one. Beginning in 1942 they were allowed to file applications for a delayed birth certificate. There was never an accurate index to the certificates thus they were not accessible to the public. In 1995 Arkansas law allowed people doing genealogical research to have access to birth records if they were 100 years old. The Arkansas Genealogical Society approached the Arkansas Health Department and was successful in finding volunteers to index the "Priors." This is the result of the three years of effort and is a comprehensive index of every name in the first binder that is 100 years old. Of the nearly 30,000 names in the index, the oldest one is dated 1849. The volunteers have begun the indexing of the second binder in 1942 which will be published in the near future, along with the 100 year old certificates of binder one. There is more data on the certificate than is listed in the indexes. For instances, the name, age, residence, occupation and place of birth of the parents is on the certificate. The birth order of the child, number of the children living at the time of the birth, twin or multiple births and the number of children born to this mother at this time are also listed. Some certificates are handwritten with signatures of parents and others are typed. All were mailed to the individual, after they were processed, which could be in any state. The spelling of the names was entered as it appeared on the original. If there are siblings listed in the index, get a copy of all of them as the information is not identical. This is a gold mine for genealogical research for Arkansas families. The price of the CD is $30.00 and for the book $60.00. This includes shipping and handling. The book is available now and the CD will be available by the end of August. Please allow 2 to 4 weeks for delivery. To Order: complete this form and send with check or money order to: Arkansas Genealogical Society P. O. Box 908, Hot Springs, AR 71902-0908. Mail to: ___________________________________________________________ Address: __________________________________________________________ City, State and ZIP: _________________________________________________ Book: ________________ CD_____________

I would first start by checking the 1860 Arkansas Census Index for the surname "Green or Greene"; then 1860 Texas Census Index. Maybe there is someone out there that has access to these census indexes. Danny