Hi List members, My letter to the Grand Lodge F&A Masons, Little Rock, was answered. There was not a lot on information, but some is certainly welcomed, right? They informed me that a fire destroyed records in 1919. And that the Grand Lodge is limited to very little information on a Masonic Brother. Possible information is date of birth, birth place, date of degrees, possible date of death, and lodge number. The information I received gave full name, date of birth, date of death, Lodge and Number (Brinkley 295), and three other dates. EA 6/11/1946 FC 8/26/1946 MM 10/14/1946 I do not know what the EA, FC, or MM stand far. Can someone help me out on this? Thanks, Joyce

For land records try typing Bureau of Land Management Records in any search engine (I don't know the address). You can order Arkansas land records directly and/or view what are available for the surname you're researching.

>I am trying to find info on the daniel family. The >oldest name i know is billy andrew daniel Where? When? tootncmon

continued: May 20 - The Cal Pemberton Place is now, as far as the eye can see, covered with water. In a clump of trees, covering perhaps ten acres, were 150 to 200 head of cattle and stock on the opposite bank. The banks are caving badly, and houses that were 200 yards from the river have caved in. From this point one can look up Old River, and where a few weeks ago was the garden spot of the valley, today all that greets the eyes is a raging, surging flood without a living soul to sentinel its desolation. To the east on the Lake Place there is perhaps 150 acres out on which a large number of stock and cattle are taking care of themselves. The water is up to the second story of the gin house and as we turn a bend in the river, Maj. Adams', the Perkins Place, can be seen. Here the river forgets its course, and from there on down looking to the right or left before or behind is a writhing surging sea. On the Perkins' Place the houses are all under water. The river is washing over the banks at a high rate of speed, and hundreds of acres will be washed so badly as to ruin them. Surely this is the most distressing point seen so far. At Eagle Landing the first point where the rescuing began, skiffs were sent out and I went ashore. There has been much suffering at this point, as the water has been over its banks here for several days. In little homes these people, together with their chickens, geese and turkeys, have been cooped up expecting hourly for the caving banks to hurl them into eternity. Silas F. Field who has 400 acres in cultivation, was found here and with his family and others were taken aboard. Mr. Fields is a large loser and estimates his loss at between $5,000 and $6,000, as everything is ruined. The levees are broken, fences gone and the place badly washed, and twenty head of mules are out in the road. He is fearful he will lose them. At this place there was a good deal of suffering, and as the skiff I was in came in sight of a partly submerged home there was general rejoicing for the water was all around them, and they were fearful of being washed into the flood at any moment. Tears of joy came to the eyes of those thus saved, and prayers were offered up for their deliverance. Everything of value was left to the mercy of the flood, and the imprisoned women and children were quickly transferred to the Adams, where they were well taken care by the officers and crew of the boat. The names of those taken aboard here are: W.E. Griffin and wife and three children; Silas F. Field and daughter, Zeredah; Mrs. A.F. Field and two children, George McCreight and three children and 100 negroes and their families. This is a picnic for the negroes as they are aboard without provisions or anything to sleep on. Capt. S.W. Wiggins, a large planter, reports his entire place under water and his place badly washing, and fences gone. He has his stock and cattle in and around his barn, which he has leveed up two feet. He says he can stand two inches more rise. Mr. Manning, the manager on the Waring Place, states that the stock and cattle are now belly deep in the water, and he fears he will lose them. The tenants on the place are all on the roofs of the houses, and rescuers have been sent out to bring them on board. Much suffering is reported as the negroes have been exposed since last night. Three houses were lost at Eagles on account of the skiff sent out getting lost from the boat. One of the skiffs came to a cabin occupied by a white family, and asked if they wanted to come out. There were seven in the family, and all occupied one room and a kitchen. They had the skiff for one hour, and after getting on their Sunday clothes, it commenced raining. They were afraid of wetting their good clothes, and as the skiff could wait no longer, they were left. The Waring farm is entirely under water, and where we now are, we are seven miles from the river.. The skiffs sent out have taken fourteen negroes from the house tops. The Dan Rose Place is partly underwater but there is land enough to keep the people from suffering. J.H. Laster's place, at Standfield, is the only place so far that is not overflowed, only a small portion being covered. The river here is rising hourly, and unless there is ten inches more water he is all right. On the T.M. George Place, three persons were drowned yesterday evening. Their names are: Laura Johnson, Mandy Berry and her baby, all colored. The unfortunate women were coming from their cabin in a skiff with four others when passing through a crevasse the skiff became unmanageable and was capsized. The scene was frightful, as the husbands of both the drowned women were in the boat and saw them go down and rise no more, powerless to render them any aid whatever. Their bodies have not been recovered. At Sanders' Landing there were fifty negroes on a little piece of ground. We landed here and took aboard the entire party and their plunder. The entire place is under water. At George's Landing 180 negroes were taken out of their precarious homes, together with their plunder. At Fletcher's only five or six got aboard. This whole country is ruined, and Mr. T.M. George informs me his whole place is ruined. Every foot of his fine farm is under water from one to ten feet, and his store and gin house are floating away. Mr. George will lose $8,000 or $10,000 by the floods, besides the damage caused by washouts. The steamer Adams will moved his stock in the morning. On account of the strong and treacherous current, the Adams will tie up at Red Bluff for the night, from where I will go into Redfield, the nearest telegraph station, to get this sent. The high places around Red Bluff are covered with refugees and bright came fires make them look like so many fireflies tonight. There is much suffering among those camped out, as they have had to leave their homes without a moment's delay, and have none of the necessaries with which to pass the night comfortably. Many narrow escapes from drowning are reported. The negroes now on board will have to get off at Red Bluff and the suffering among them will be great tonight as it is very cold. They will be given rations enough to keep them alive for a few days. Z.T. Pennington, of Archard's , reports he saw a frame box house floating down the current yesterday, and on the house, holding on for dear life, were two women and when opposite Archard's the house struck a tree and was broken to pieces. It was impossible to render them any aid, for no skiff could live in such a whirlpool. As the house struck the tree the two women gave an unearthly yell and the flood swallowed them. They were seen by several other parties, but it was impossible to find out who they were. It is impossible to ascertain the full list of fatalities, but it has been great. Ferd Hamilton has been on this river since 1856, and he informs me he has never seen such a flood as is now raging. In the morning the work of rescue will recommence below here, where thousands of men, women and children are spending the night on the roofs of their once happy homes. Too much praise cannot be bestowed upon Capt. Wood and the officers of the boat and George Steinmeyer for the effective way in which they have handled the relief expedition. Capt. Wood has been ably seconded by Capt. L.P. Drake, who having been in this task for the past eleven years, knows everybody on the river, and where they live, and to their efforts the 400 souls now on board will offer up fervent prayers of thanksgiving. Mr. J.A. Wallis, of White Bluff, wires Capt. Drake, under this date, to bring a boat down at once, as the people are all afloat and are on the point of starvation. It must be critical, as he winds up his dispatch with these words: "Come at once, for God's sake." The Adams will leave at daylight for there, and it is hoped will be in time to prevent any more suffering. The End ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

Greeting, My efforts to locate kin in Arkansas has reached the wall and I need to use one of my "Lifelines", so I'm going ask you for help. I'm not going to win $64,000 if you help, but it might get me started again. P. H. GLOVER, a Baptist Pastor at the Macedonia Baptist Church, in Greenbrier, Faulkner County, Arkansas. He servered as it's pastor in 1895. He married W. T. RICHIE and Maggie J. THOMPSON [the former Margaret J. TURNER] April 1, 1894. He buried Martha Ann TURNER [the former Martha Ann THOMPSON of McNairy County, TN.} He married Vines TURNER to Mattie E. HALL August 1, 1900. He most likely, attended the funeral of Vines March 16, 1902. Rev. P. H. GLOVER has been closely involved in the lives of my TURNERs for a period of about ten years [1890-1900]. There must be information available in church records in Faulkner County. I know that Vines TURNER, in his association with Rev. P.H. GLOVER, was Pastor at twelve churches and organized three. There is a brother Rev. H. P. GLOVER, and a brother-in-law Rev. Oliver J. CANTREL, and so much Baptist history here. The names of all of the above are involved. My research is directed to the TURNERs but I have lots of information about Baptists. I might be able to help you... Thanks for reading my epistle. Gene Turner Corpus Christi, TX.

Hi, I am looking for ANY Waterfield or Austin family members you may have in your own data base, specifically any individuals who may have lived in Arkansas during the period 1840-1900. I have hit the proverbial "wall" with respect to my great-grandparents, Andrew McKager Waterfield (b.1839 KY) and Ellen Austin (b.1861 IL), and need something, anything, to get going again. Thank you for your time and effort. Patrick Sullivan Pmssfga11@aol.com

The Conway County Library will be closed from now until the end of May. The staff will be cleaning and moving books. They will also be moving back into the basement and getting the addition set up. The grand re-opening is scheduled for the first week in June. If you are planning a research trip to Conway County, you might want to keep this in mind. Euna

Oops! To get old maps of AR counties this address. Correction: The Highway Dept. address should be: www.ahtd.state.ar.us/maps.htm not "mps". Sorry about that. Thanks for all of you that caught the mistake. These maps will take come time to download. Russell P. Baker, CA Archival Manager Arkansas History Commission and State Archives One Capitol Mall Little Rock, AR 72201 501-682-6900 russell.baker@mail.state.ar.us

Thanks, Russell! I think an "a" got deleted from that url, but I found it at: http://www.ahtd.state.ar.us/maps.htm Not too hard to figure out that it is maps, not mps. Thanks for the link! Ray Shoemaker>Attention Arkansas researchers: >The website of the Arkansas Highway Department has copies of the >famous 1936 county maps of Arkansas that show rural communities and >townships. A must of Arkansas researchers. Here is the address: >www.ahtd.state.ar.us/mps.htm.

Attention Arkansas researchers: The website of the Arkansas Highway Department has copies of the famous 1936 county maps of Arkansas that show rural communities and townships. A must of Arkansas researchers. Here is the address: www.ahtd.state.ar.us/mps.htm. Russell P. Baker, CA Archival Manager Arkansas History Commission and State Archives One Capitol Mall Little Rock, AR 72201 501-682-6900 russell.baker@mail.state.ar.us

To grady russell who is in Turkey I only know Newton County items, but would like to connect with you because you are in Turkey and I was there for 2 years. Please connect with me Lila Villines Jourdan frontierengineer@netscape.net ____________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.

I am trying to find info on the daniel family. The oldest name i know is billy andrew daniel

I have a Claud Cooper born October 11, 1902 in Madison County,Arkansas died May 19, 1991 in Pea Ridge,Arkansas married a Doris Skelton. Sue MUSOLF,POGATSCHNICK,FROATS,JARNAGAN,ANTRIM,SKELTON,SHACKELFORD ICQ NUMBER IS 12878029

At this location of the Arkansas Highway Department lists 1936 Historical Maps of all counties in Arkansas - within these maps are townships. Large file - takes a while to download, but worth it. http://www.ahtd.state.ar.us/maps.htm Good luck P. J. Cowling In a message dated 04/23/2000 1:59:59 PM Central Daylight Time, dmcintyre@arkansas.net writes: << Does anyone know where "Fenton Township" is/was? It was somewhere in Hot Springs County, AR in 1910. Does anyone know of a chair factory that was located there or very nearby during that same era? What cemetery(s) is/are there? Thank you. >>

-----Original Message----- From: patriciastaley [mailto:patriciastaley@netzero.net] Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2000 9:28 AM To: AGS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Staley Family Sorry! I believe that I need to re-post my query regarding Harrison Staley. I am looking for the Staley line in general and in Drew and Pulaski County Arkansas particularly. Looking for information on the family of Harrison and Lucinda Staley living in Pulaski Co. Ark. in the 1920 census. Lucinda died 9 Jan 1922 in Little Rock, Ark. Their known children were Ernest M. 1864 married Nannie (?) Herrin, Lewis 1865, Sarah J. married (?) Presnell, Josephine 18 70 or 1873 married John Turner, Ida 1872, Maudie 1876, Charles D 1878 married Mary Warren, James W 1880 married Pauline Mc Daniel, John 1883. This family came from Indianna. I will share any information that I have on Harrison Staley's sibblings and parents. Thank you! Pat Staley _____________________________________________ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html

Does anyone know where "Fenton Township" is/was? It was somewhere in Hot Springs County, AR in 1910. Does anyone know of a chair factory that was located there or very nearby during that same era? What cemetery(s) is/are there? Thank you.

Will the lady who asked for a census lookup on Thomas Williams married to Sarah A children Samuel and Florence contact me.I have your information but I keep getting return mail. Your initials are LB.

I am looking into information about a lot of different things. I am researching old pictures from my small town in Crawford County its name is Chester. I am also looking for any information on my Great-Grandfather his name was James Edward Miller and he died around 1934 I know that he was buried in Yoestown Cemetary but there is no listing for him nor is there a tombstone. My grandmother was very young then and any informaion that I could have gotten from her I can no longer aquire because she has had a stroke. My Great-Grandmothers name was Sherlottie Doll Armentrout. I know very little about her also. I have to say that I am not sure weather I will ever find the site I orginally found all of you at I am very new to the internet and I am still going in circles. I know I have family who was born in Rushville,Illinois but either I do not know how to find them or they are simply not there. Any advice on how to search the internet for info? I know this is long I apoligize THANKYOU ALL VERY MUCH!

I am looking into information about a lot of different things. I am researching old pictures from my small town in Crawford County its name is Chester. I am also looking for any information on my Great-Grandfather his name was James Edward Miller and he died around 1934 I know that he was buried in Yoestown Cemetary but there is no listing for him nor is there a tombstone. My grandmother was very young then and any informaion that I could have gotten from her I can no longer aquire because she has had a stroke. My Great-Grandmothers name was Sherlottie Doll Armentrout. I know very little about her also. I have to say that I am not sure weather I will ever find the site I orginally found all of you at I am very new to the internet and I am still going in circles. I know I have family who was born in Rushville,Illinois but either I do not know how to find them or they are simply not there. Any advice on how to search the internet for info? I know this is long I apoligize THANKYOU ALL VERY MUCH!

Guess I am not real bright, but I know there are some land records in Carroll County that I would like to get copies of. The time period is 1840-50. I can't figure out how to order copies of these transactions or even if I can at all. I am in Turkey so my research is limited to what I can get through the mail and the internet. Thanks. ===== Grady Russell __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send online invitations with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com