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TO THE MAN WHO WAS SEARCHING FOR TILLEYs: Will you please contact me. I might have some information for you. Phyllis

This article appeared in the Grant County Museum's periodical Grass Roots. Permission to retype and submit on-line granted today, 4-20-2000 by phone from Mr. Elwin Goolsby, director. Hope this helps someone. P. J. Cowling "FROM ALABAMA TO ARKANSAS An 1841 Journey EDITOR'S NOTE: In 1841 Elder Joab Pratt left Bibb County, Alabama, with other families in a wagon train headed for Arkansas.The Pratts settled in Saline County Territory that later became Grant County. Pratt's Ferry, later known as Prattsville, bears their name today. Pratt also served as postmaster of Lost Creek Post Office in 1846. The following article regarding this journey originally appeared in the BIBB EAGLE in February, 1978, and was presented to the museum by Robert L. Crowson, a member of the Museum Guild and a former resident of Grant County. In the early days, if things got very bad economically, folks were likely to hitch up and move on and things were extraordinarily bad in 1841. Many of the first settlers of Bibb county had been soldiers under General Andrew Jackson, and some of them first saw their future homesites while serving in the indian territory that was to become the state of Alabama. But by 1837, General Jackson had become President Jackson, and quarrel with the National Bank kicked off a panic which eventually dislodged many people from the very land which his wartime victories had opened up for them. Collapse of the commodities markets followed on the heels of financial panic, and many farmers found themselves strapped. So wagon trains began to form and move westward, leaving the land in many cases for creditors, tax collectors, and others to fight over. Stretched to the west was always new land for a fresh start in those days. In the fall of 1841 such a wagon train left Bibb County bound for Arkansas Territory and that new chance. One of its organizers was Elder Joab Pratt, one of the most energetic early Baptist preachers ever to ride horseback over the ridges of Bibb County. A son of Richard and Rebecca (Beavers) Pratt, early settlers of the River Bend Community, he was ordained at Enon Baptist Church in the early 1820's and could serve as the very model of the indefatigable preacher on horseback. His pastoral circuit by 1840 included Mt. Moriah and Haysop Churches in Bibb County and extended as far as Gilgal Church in Tuscaloosa County. When economic disaster stuck in 1841, Elder Pratt gathered stricken families from his several congregations and set out. Only sketchy facts are known about the treck to Arkansas, but the wagons headed southwest instead of northwest toward Arkansas as U. S. 82 does today. Possibly they followed the old salt trail which early settlers used to use when going to Louisiana for salt. In any case, they did go to mid-Louisiana and then headed north. Pushing up through Louisiana, they came to the end of any sort of road at a point just below the Arkansas border. This point in Union Parish, Louisiana, is still known locally as Alabama Landing. From there, the emigrants and the slaves they had brought along with them had to hack their way through what is now Union County, Arkansas. As they went, they noted that the soil was extraordinarily rich. But their destination was Saline Territory many miles to the north, and they continued their slow progress until they reached there by which time it was probably early spring and time to clear for their first crop. In Saline Territory they founded the Philadelphia Baptist Church. This old church is still in existence, and some of the stones in its cemetery are marked with the names Mayfield, Pumphrey, McDaniel, Pratt, and Cobb, all traceable to early Bibb County. The community which grew up near Philadelphia Church is known as Prattsville, now in Grant County. John Pratt, younger brother of Elder Joab Pratt, and his wife, the former Louisa Pumphrey, were leading citizens of the Prattsville Community. In the cemetery of old Philadelphia Church stand the markers of Berryman McDaniel (1788-1858) and his wife Sarah (1797-1845), former members of Mt. Moriah Church in Bibb County. Nearby are buried a number of their children: daughter Louisa and her husband, Nathan Pumphrey, a brother of Louisa Pumphrey Pratt; son Jordan McDaniel and his wife, the former Mary Shuttlesworth; son David McDaniel and his wife, the former Tabitha Ann Mayfield, all from Bibb County originally. Bibb County records show that Nathan Pumphrey and Louisa McDaniel were married there by Elder Joab Pratt on 28 August 1834, long before the group thought of going to Arkansas. David McDaniel and Tabby Mayfield were married in 1844 in Arkansas. The names of their first three sons in order of their births reveal perhaps the relative rank of certain household heroes. First there was Joab Pratt McDaniel, born 1846; second, Andrew Jackson McDaniel, born 1851; and third, William Archibald McDaniel, born 1854 and named for his grandfather Archibald Mayfield who died in Alabama before 1835. Elder Joab Pratt and some of the other families liked the land they had passed through on the way up from the Louisiana border, and by 1845 a number of them had moved southward and settled in Union County. Elder Pratt never forsook his calling, and it is a family tradition among the Union County Pratts that he preached the first sermon ever preached in the frontier town of ElDorado. The early Baptist congregation there met in the courthouse in bad weather and in the open when the weather was good. Today their descendants meet in the magnificent building which houses the First Baptist Church of ElDorado. Always the circuit rider, Elder Pratt traveled all over Union County churches, some of them now extinct, show Elder Pratt as a presbyter or first pastor or sometimes both. Old Springhill Baptist Church, later known as Caledonia for the community in which it was located, appears to have been a center for former Bibb County folks. Elder Pratt was its first pastor and continued in service there for a number of years. The old part of the Caledonia Baptist Cemetery contains the markers of Andrew Jackson Mayfield (1815-1859) and his wife, Rachel Cobb (1815-1885) who were married in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, on 9 September 1841, just before the wagon train left. A. J. Mayfield's brother, Elisha Mayfield, who stayed in Alabama, is buried at Old Union Baptist Church near Keeton's Corner in the Talladega National Forest. Rachel's sister Rebecca, who married Rev. Daniel Ward of Bibb County, is buried in the Ward family plot at Antioch Baptist Church in Bibb County. A. J. Elisha and Tabby Mayfield (of the Philadelphia Cemetery group) were children of Archibald and Tabitha Mayfield of Sardis Baptist Church just over the line in Tuscaloosa County. Their sister, Adaline Mayfield, married John H. Ward, ancestor of the Wards of Bethel Baptist Church and Brent in Bibb County. A number of others who made the move to Arkansas left relatives in Bibb county, but contact between the families appears to have failed to survive the passing years. Elder Pratt himself was one of several children, and his brothers, Absolom and Hopkins Pratt, have many descendants in Bibb County. The Elder's wife, Frances Vernon was a daughter of Obadiah Vernon, many of whose descendants live in Bibb county, especially around Vernontown. All of the children of Elder Pratt and his wife went to Arkansas except daughters Adeline and Maria who were married to Jesse Miller and John C. Goodson, respectively. Adeline Miller died immediately after the birth of her only child, Joab Pratt Miller, in 1837. By the time the wagon train left, Jesse Miller was remarried to Edith Kornegay, and they remained in Alabama, but Ezekiel and Mary Miller, Jesse's parents, went to Arkansas. John C. and Maria (Pratt) Goodson raised a large family in Alabama, but by 1870 they, too, had moved with their children to Union County, Arkansas, where Goodson descendants are numerous today."

I have been looking for records on my grandfather General Leander Dees (Lee) he was supposed to have been hung in arkansas in approx 1917/18 the last known residence was Swain Newton county. Do you have ANY records that covers anything like this. Thank You Helen (Dees) Heflin cinti, Ohio thunderth@aol.com

Sam P. Johnson, born 29April1820 in Tennessee; died May 5,1885 in Lincoln County, Ar. I am looking for the name of his first wife. His second wife was Virginia Epps. I have searched census records of 1850/60 in both states. Thanks, Ann Nowell.

To Joy & other Williams hunters, I have not even begun to search my Williams side, but here are some names and dates that I have from grave markers near Cherry Valley Arkansas. James Wesley Williams Jan 8,1873-Dec 25, 1939 He married a ? woman had children, she died. He married her sister, Lunie Cedonie Williams and had more childdren b.Sept 13, 1877 d.Mar 25 1940 Children of James W. Williams were Viola Williams b.Apr 11 1902 d.Mar26, 1978 Vadie Zett Rayline Bessie Luen Williams (male) Charlie Ward was a half brother to Viola Williams. Not sure how Andy B. Williams ( went by Uncle Rayburn) b. Jan 1898 d.Sept 11,1924 Married Pearl ? had at least 1 daughter Viola Williams b. Aug 27 1922 d.Oct 6 1922 Here are some other Williams that I have no idea if they are related or not but were in the same cemetery Myrtle E williams Feb 14 1902- Sept 24 1981 Clarence I. Williams Feb 2 1888- Mar 15 1970 PFC 311 GD & Fire Co. QMC WW1 Ronald Terrell Williams May 18 1940 Nov 22 1950 son of Clearance & Mrytle Williams Janet Doris Williams Sept 12 1934- June 29 1936 Allie Latta Williams 1865 Aug 1940 WP Bill 1866 -1930 Hope these help someone.

As I have reached such a dead end in trying to find my g-grandfather and mother: Asbury Allison Mann 1858 place unknown d. abt. 1901 in AR. Susan Nancy Lee Deer 1860 (unknown) d. abt 1914-1916 AR. I wanted to ask is there any way to find a death certificate for these people when the date of death is not known for sure? Is there a source on the net where I could find these people ( where buried etc. when I don't know for sure what county or the date of death?) Any help- at all- is so appreciated Margrett McCorkle

Joy, there were Nesbitts in Mammoth Spring, Fulton County, in the early 1900's through probably the 60's. My aunt lived there and had a Mrs.(?) Nesbitt as a friend. I believe she was active in the Methodist Church there. That might be a place to look. If I get back there this summer, I could investigate a little further. Catherine AGS-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > AGS-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 161 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [AGS] U. S. Census (fwd) [jan.davenport@att.net (by way of J] > #2 [AGS] Martin & Bostian [RAMoor@webtv.net (by way of Jan Da] > #3 [AGS] Callaway Family [LovieandDodge@aol.com (by way of J] > #4 [AGS] Craighead County funeral hom ["Jackie Holloway" <justatwig76@hot] > #5 Re: [AGS] U. S. Census (fwd) [<iame@uswest.net> (by way of Jan D] > #6 [AGS] 1910 census Saline Co., AR ["Pat Anthony" <redpata@hypertech.n] > #7 [AGS] Williams Family ["Joy L. Snow" <joylsnow@fidnet.com] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from AGS-D, send a message to > > AGS-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [AGS] U. S. Census (fwd) > Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 16:28:01 -0500 > From: jan.davenport@att.net (by way of Jan Davenport <jan.davenport@att.net>) > To: AGS-L@rootsweb.com > > ---------------------- Forwarded Message: --------------------- > From: RDoncarlos@aol.com > To: AGS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: {not a subscriber} Fwd: [AGS] U. S. Census > Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 07:05:10 -0700 (PDT) > > --part1_a3.4d1591f.262dc567_boundary > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > In a message dated 04/14/2000 09:22:56 AM Central Daylight Time, > russell.baker@mail.state.ar.us writes: > > Ok...........I didn't think there was a 1900 Ark. Census?? Does anyone have > access to it that could do a lookup or two? Is is online anywhere? > Rita > > --the answers to many > of your research questions about Arkansas families can be found in U. S. > Census records, especially those for 1900, 1910, and 1920. Since Arkansas > kept no birth or death records before 1914 these records are even more > valuable. Did you know that the 1900 census gives the month and year of > birth of each individual in Arkansas, as well as the place of birth of the > individual's place of birth, his fathers place of birth, and his mother's > place of birth? It also give the number of years of marriage of each couple > and the number of children each woman has given birth to and the number > alive. 1910 and 1920 censuses give much the same information, but not month > and year of birth, just age. Census records from 1850 - 1880 also contain > valuable information. Always do your census research and then try other > records. Ask at your local Mormon Family History Center (library) about > getting U. S. Census records on interlibrary loan. Try them, you may like > them. > 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 > > --part1_a3.4d1591f.262dc567_boundary-- > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [AGS] Martin & Bostian > Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 16:30:29 -0500 > From: RAMoor@webtv.net (by way of Jan Davenport <jan.davenport@att.net>) > To: AGS-L@rootsweb.com > > Hi all, > > I'm in a bit of a spot here. I would like a marriage look up on: > MARTIN, Edgar A. > & > BOSTIAN, Dora A. > They would have been married around 1910 & around the Faulkner, Lonoke, > Prairie, Pulaski Co. area. > > Thank you > Richard Moore > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [AGS] Callaway Family > Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 16:30:44 -0500 > From: LovieandDodge@aol.com (by way of Jan Davenport <jan.davenport@att.net>) > To: AGS-L@rootsweb.com > > My name is Ann Davis. I am searching for information on the Callaway Family > of Arkadelphia, AR. My great grandfather was Asa Beall Callaway. I believe > his father was John Lawson Callaway...but I am not sure. Thank you for any > help you can give. Ann dAvis > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [AGS] Craighead County funeral homes > Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 16:34:10 -0500 > From: "Jackie Holloway" <justatwig76@hotmail.com> (by way of Jan Davenport <jan.davenport@att.net>) > To: AGS-L@rootsweb.com > > Can anyone tell me what funeral homes were in Nettleton Arkansas in the > early 1900s? Or late 1800s? I am MOSTLY interested in 1916-1925. But the > couple also had children die in 1888-1900. I am hoping to go to Jonesboro > (where Nettleton was) and go "funeral home hopping". Can anyone help? > > Jackie > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: [AGS] U. S. Census (fwd) > Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 19:58:42 -0500 > From: <iame@uswest.net> (by way of Jan Davenport <jan.davenport@att.net>) > To: AGS-L@rootsweb.com > > Census goes to 1920. In 2002 the 1930 will be available. > I can do up to 1920 for you now if you wish. > > " > > ---------------------- Forwarded Message: --------------------- > > From: RDoncarlos@aol.com > > > > In a message dated 04/14/2000 09:22:56 AM Central Daylight Time, > > russell.baker@mail.state.ar.us writes: > > > > Ok...........I didn't think there was a 1900 Ark. Census?? Does anyone have > > access to it that could do a lookup or two? Is is online anywhere? > > Rita > > > > -- > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [AGS] 1910 census Saline Co., AR > Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 20:48:53 -0500 > From: "Pat Anthony" <redpata@hypertech.net> (by way of Jan Davenport <jan.davenport@att.net>) > To: AGS-L@rootsweb.com > > Do you do census lookups for individuals on the list? > If you do, I need a lookup for my grandfather, Charley D. Session > in Saline Co., AR. His wife, Etelka, and they probably had > two children then, Beatrice & Edna. My father, Henry, wasn't > born until 1912. My grandfather died in 1919. I hope it has on > there where Charley was born and where his father & mother were > born. > Thank you, > Pat Anthony > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [AGS] Williams Family > Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 20:49:26 -0500 > From: "Joy L. Snow" <joylsnow@fidnet.com> (by way of Jan Davenport <jan.davenport@att.net>) > To: AGS-L@rootsweb.com > > I am searching for Allen M. Williams son of William Williams 1810 > Winchester, Franklin Co., Tn. 1882 Wright Co., Mo. Allen, born abt 1852 > Wright Co., Mo., married to Sarah Starnes Aug. 14, 1873 in Laclede Co., Mo. > Their children: David 1876, Laura 1880 and Emily C.E. born Feb. 4, 1885 all > in Laclede Co., Mo. > > Also Thomas L. Or T. Williams, brother of Allen M. Williams, born > about 1850 in Wright Co., Mo. Married about 1869 to Nancy Nesbitt dau. of > Robert Nesbitt and Hannah E. Jackson Nesbitt. Their children: James R. > born 1870, Oliver C. 1871, Hannah A. 1873, Zill 1877 and Amanda C. Williams > born 1879 all in Laclede Co., Mo. > > Both of these families removed from Missouri to arkansas about > 1880-1895, this is where I lost track of them. Any help would be > appreciated. Willing to Exchange Williams information. > > Joy L.. Snow

Can you look up in the 1920 census for any of the following Lonnie Green Otto Green Viola Green married to Lonnie Green J.A. Green & Jennie Green "Charlie" Thomas Edgar Green These are names that my family says were related, but don't know how. Any help with these Cross County, Arkansas reletives would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Wanda AGS-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > AGS-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 161 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [AGS] U. S. Census (fwd) [jan.davenport@att.net (by way of J] > #2 [AGS] Martin & Bostian [RAMoor@webtv.net (by way of Jan Da] > #3 [AGS] Callaway Family [LovieandDodge@aol.com (by way of J] > #4 [AGS] Craighead County funeral hom ["Jackie Holloway" <justatwig76@hot] > #5 Re: [AGS] U. S. Census (fwd) [<iame@uswest.net> (by way of Jan D] > #6 [AGS] 1910 census Saline Co., AR ["Pat Anthony" <redpata@hypertech.n] > #7 [AGS] Williams Family ["Joy L. Snow" <joylsnow@fidnet.com] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from AGS-D, send a message to > > AGS-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [AGS] U. S. Census (fwd) > Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 16:28:01 -0500 > From: jan.davenport@att.net (by way of Jan Davenport <jan.davenport@att.net>) > To: AGS-L@rootsweb.com > > ---------------------- Forwarded Message: --------------------- > From: RDoncarlos@aol.com > To: AGS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: {not a subscriber} Fwd: [AGS] U. S. Census > Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 07:05:10 -0700 (PDT) > > --part1_a3.4d1591f.262dc567_boundary > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > In a message dated 04/14/2000 09:22:56 AM Central Daylight Time, > russell.baker@mail.state.ar.us writes: > > Ok...........I didn't think there was a 1900 Ark. Census?? Does anyone have > access to it that could do a lookup or two? Is is online anywhere? > Rita > > --the answers to many > of your research questions about Arkansas families can be found in U. S. > Census records, especially those for 1900, 1910, and 1920. Since Arkansas > kept no birth or death records before 1914 these records are even more > valuable. Did you know that the 1900 census gives the month and year of > birth of each individual in Arkansas, as well as the place of birth of the > individual's place of birth, his fathers place of birth, and his mother's > place of birth? It also give the number of years of marriage of each couple > and the number of children each woman has given birth to and the number > alive. 1910 and 1920 censuses give much the same information, but not month > and year of birth, just age. Census records from 1850 - 1880 also contain > valuable information. Always do your census research and then try other > records. Ask at your local Mormon Family History Center (library) about > getting U. S. Census records on interlibrary loan. Try them, you may like > them. > 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 > > --part1_a3.4d1591f.262dc567_boundary-- > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [AGS] Martin & Bostian > Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 16:30:29 -0500 > From: RAMoor@webtv.net (by way of Jan Davenport <jan.davenport@att.net>) > To: AGS-L@rootsweb.com > > Hi all, > > I'm in a bit of a spot here. I would like a marriage look up on: > MARTIN, Edgar A. > & > BOSTIAN, Dora A. > They would have been married around 1910 & around the Faulkner, Lonoke, > Prairie, Pulaski Co. area. > > Thank you > Richard Moore > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [AGS] Callaway Family > Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 16:30:44 -0500 > From: LovieandDodge@aol.com (by way of Jan Davenport <jan.davenport@att.net>) > To: AGS-L@rootsweb.com > > My name is Ann Davis. I am searching for information on the Callaway Family > of Arkadelphia, AR. My great grandfather was Asa Beall Callaway. I believe > his father was John Lawson Callaway...but I am not sure. Thank you for any > help you can give. Ann dAvis > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [AGS] Craighead County funeral homes > Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 16:34:10 -0500 > From: "Jackie Holloway" <justatwig76@hotmail.com> (by way of Jan Davenport <jan.davenport@att.net>) > To: AGS-L@rootsweb.com > > Can anyone tell me what funeral homes were in Nettleton Arkansas in the > early 1900s? Or late 1800s? I am MOSTLY interested in 1916-1925. But the > couple also had children die in 1888-1900. I am hoping to go to Jonesboro > (where Nettleton was) and go "funeral home hopping". Can anyone help? > > Jackie > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: [AGS] U. S. Census (fwd) > Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 19:58:42 -0500 > From: <iame@uswest.net> (by way of Jan Davenport <jan.davenport@att.net>) > To: AGS-L@rootsweb.com > > Census goes to 1920. In 2002 the 1930 will be available. > I can do up to 1920 for you now if you wish. > > " > > ---------------------- Forwarded Message: --------------------- > > From: RDoncarlos@aol.com > > > > In a message dated 04/14/2000 09:22:56 AM Central Daylight Time, > > russell.baker@mail.state.ar.us writes: > > > > Ok...........I didn't think there was a 1900 Ark. Census?? Does anyone have > > access to it that could do a lookup or two? Is is online anywhere? > > Rita > > > > -- > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [AGS] 1910 census Saline Co., AR > Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 20:48:53 -0500 > From: "Pat Anthony" <redpata@hypertech.net> (by way of Jan Davenport <jan.davenport@att.net>) > To: AGS-L@rootsweb.com > > Do you do census lookups for individuals on the list? > If you do, I need a lookup for my grandfather, Charley D. Session > in Saline Co., AR. His wife, Etelka, and they probably had > two children then, Beatrice & Edna. My father, Henry, wasn't > born until 1912. My grandfather died in 1919. I hope it has on > there where Charley was born and where his father & mother were > born. > Thank you, > Pat Anthony > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [AGS] Williams Family > Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 20:49:26 -0500 > From: "Joy L. Snow" <joylsnow@fidnet.com> (by way of Jan Davenport <jan.davenport@att.net>) > To: AGS-L@rootsweb.com > > I am searching for Allen M. Williams son of William Williams 1810 > Winchester, Franklin Co., Tn. 1882 Wright Co., Mo. Allen, born abt 1852 > Wright Co., Mo., married to Sarah Starnes Aug. 14, 1873 in Laclede Co., Mo. > Their children: David 1876, Laura 1880 and Emily C.E. born Feb. 4, 1885 all > in Laclede Co., Mo. > > Also Thomas L. Or T. Williams, brother of Allen M. Williams, born > about 1850 in Wright Co., Mo. Married about 1869 to Nancy Nesbitt dau. of > Robert Nesbitt and Hannah E. Jackson Nesbitt. Their children: James R. > born 1870, Oliver C. 1871, Hannah A. 1873, Zill 1877 and Amanda C. Williams > born 1879 all in Laclede Co., Mo. > > Both of these families removed from Missouri to arkansas about > 1880-1895, this is where I lost track of them. Any help would be > appreciated. Willing to Exchange Williams information. > > Joy L.. Snow

>From the Benton Courier, Saline County Arkansas Sunday 4-9-2000 the following article in part: "Professor among those marking graves FAYETTEVILLE (AP) On April 9, 1865, after substantial losses, General Robert E. Lee surrendered his troops to Union commander Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, Va. One hundred and thirty five years later, a University of Arkansas professor is still working to put Confederate soldiers to rest. For more than a decade, William A. Myers, assistant department head of chemical engineering, has worked with the Maj. Fontaine Earl Camp of the Sons of Confederate Veterans to identify and mark the graves of Confederate Army soldiers. Their work centers on Washington, Madison and Benton counties. 'At the rate we're going, it will take the next 200 years just to complete northwest Arkansas,' Myers said. 'We put out about a dozen stones per year, and there's at least A COUPLE THOUSAND CONFEDERATE VETERANS BURIED IN THIS AREA'..............................(caps mine) Thank you professor Myers and Earl Camp. P. J. Cowling

Can you please help me to find out about Louis James Mckee. He served with the USA army during WWWII as a Powder Monkey in the Pacific and was based in Sydney untill the end of the war. Then he returned to Wilmot Arkansas. I have pictures of him then. His parents were farmers and i think his father's name was James Mckee. We would love to hear of him thou it's been over 50 years now and he may not still be alive it's important to us to know about him and our roots. He married Jean Isabell Mumford (no longer alive) in Sydney and they had 2 boys, Louis Junior Mckee born 3rd Jan 1945 and Ross Arthur Mckee 1946. His sister was keeping in touch with my mother for some time after James returned to the USA but we haven't heard anything more for over 40 years or so, if you can help it would be great to find out more. thank you Ross Mckee email geanie&pacific.com.au

I am searching for Allen M. Williams son of William Williams 1810 Winchester, Franklin Co., Tn. 1882 Wright Co., Mo. Allen, born abt 1852 Wright Co., Mo., married to Sarah Starnes Aug. 14, 1873 in Laclede Co., Mo. Their children: David 1876, Laura 1880 and Emily C.E. born Feb. 4, 1885 all in Laclede Co., Mo. Also Thomas L. Or T. Williams, brother of Allen M. Williams, born about 1850 in Wright Co., Mo. Married about 1869 to Nancy Nesbitt dau. of Robert Nesbitt and Hannah E. Jackson Nesbitt. Their children: James R. born 1870, Oliver C. 1871, Hannah A. 1873, Zill 1877 and Amanda C. Williams born 1879 all in Laclede Co., Mo. Both of these families removed from Missouri to arkansas about 1880-1895, this is where I lost track of them. Any help would be appreciated. Willing to Exchange Williams information. Joy L.. Snow

Do you do census lookups for individuals on the list? If you do, I need a lookup for my grandfather, Charley D. Session in Saline Co., AR. His wife, Etelka, and they probably had two children then, Beatrice & Edna. My father, Henry, wasn't born until 1912. My grandfather died in 1919. I hope it has on there where Charley was born and where his father & mother were born. Thank you, Pat Anthony

Census goes to 1920. In 2002 the 1930 will be available. I can do up to 1920 for you now if you wish. " > ---------------------- Forwarded Message: --------------------- > From: RDoncarlos@aol.com > > In a message dated 04/14/2000 09:22:56 AM Central Daylight Time, > russell.baker@mail.state.ar.us writes: > > Ok...........I didn't think there was a 1900 Ark. Census?? Does anyone have > access to it that could do a lookup or two? Is is online anywhere? > Rita > > --

Can anyone tell me what funeral homes were in Nettleton Arkansas in the early 1900s? Or late 1800s? I am MOSTLY interested in 1916-1925. But the couple also had children die in 1888-1900. I am hoping to go to Jonesboro (where Nettleton was) and go "funeral home hopping". Can anyone help? Jackie ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

My name is Ann Davis. I am searching for information on the Callaway Family of Arkadelphia, AR. My great grandfather was Asa Beall Callaway. I believe his father was John Lawson Callaway...but I am not sure. Thank you for any help you can give. Ann dAvis

Hi all, I'm in a bit of a spot here. I would like a marriage look up on: MARTIN, Edgar A. & BOSTIAN, Dora A. They would have been married around 1910 & around the Faulkner, Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski Co. area. Thank you Richard Moore

---------------------- Forwarded Message: --------------------- From: RDoncarlos@aol.com To: AGS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: {not a subscriber} Fwd: [AGS] U. S. Census Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 07:05:10 -0700 (PDT) --part1_a3.4d1591f.262dc567_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 04/14/2000 09:22:56 AM Central Daylight Time, russell.baker@mail.state.ar.us writes: Ok...........I didn't think there was a 1900 Ark. Census?? Does anyone have access to it that could do a lookup or two? Is is online anywhere? Rita --the answers to many of your research questions about Arkansas families can be found in U. S. Census records, especially those for 1900, 1910, and 1920. Since Arkansas kept no birth or death records before 1914 these records are even more valuable. Did you know that the 1900 census gives the month and year of birth of each individual in Arkansas, as well as the place of birth of the individual's place of birth, his fathers place of birth, and his mother's place of birth? It also give the number of years of marriage of each couple and the number of children each woman has given birth to and the number alive. 1910 and 1920 censuses give much the same information, but not month and year of birth, just age. Census records from 1850 - 1880 also contain valuable information. Always do your census research and then try other records. Ask at your local Mormon Family History Center (library) about getting U. S. Census records on interlibrary loan. Try them, you may like them. 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 --part1_a3.4d1591f.262dc567_boundary--

I have recently found the Probate records for Simpson Brinsfield.....1916 anyone researching this line can contact me at hbbibb@cwis.net His parents were Rev. George Washington Brinsfield and Charity Skipper Brinsfield Wife......Elvira Redding...... Betty J.

Looking for more information on: David Landron Elam b. 7 May 1855 Clara Massey b. 1863 They had a son Walter Frank Elam b. 15 Nov. 1879 Bruno, Ark. I am having difficulty finding any information on this family..... My grandfather was Walter and we don't know if he had any siblings and if his parents died in Bruno, Ark. In the 1880 census Marion County, Hampton Township, Arkansas (100-101) Landrum (David Landron) Elam is listed with a wife Clara and infant son Walter 7/12 November birth. I do understand that the Marion county courthouse burned about 1887, do you know if any information was retained elsewhere? Any leads would be helpful.