Hi Everyone I have posted some new photo's to the site in our Gallery . http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ar/county/greene/greenecountyinpics.htm Enjoy Tina Easley Come Take A Trip In History ! Greene County , Arkansas Website http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ar/county/greene/
Becky: You reference is to Pulaski County, Arkansas County Records - Declaration of Intent for Nov. 25, 1881 for Karl F. A. Weise. You may order a copy of this records - such as it is - from us for $10.00. Attach a copy of this email to your payment and send it to the address below. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Russell P. Baker, CA Archival Manager Arkansas History Commission and State Archives One Capitol Mall Little Rock, AR 72201 501-682-6900 www.ark-ives.com russell.baker@arkansas.gov This electronic message transmission contains information from the Arkansas History Commission and State Archives and may be confidential or privileged. The information is intended to be for the use of the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. If you have received this electronic transmission in error, please notify us by telephone (501-682-6900) immediately. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -----Original Message----- From: Becky Roberts [mailto:pilotsmom@classicnet.net] Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 8:56 AM To: AGS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [AGS] Naturalization records Hello, I found the following on Ancestry.com and was wondering if anyone knew where in Little Rock, do I go to in order to get a copy of this? Name: Karl F. A. Weise Year: 1881 Place: Arkansas Source Publication Code: 9280 Primary Immigrant: Weise, Karl F A Annotation: Limited to 75 copies. Source Bibliography: UNITED STATES, WORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION. Index to Naturalization Records in Arkansas, 1809-1906. (Immigration and Naturalization Records Indexing Project Service Division.) Little Rock, Ark.: U.S.W.P.A., 1942. 6 unpaginated, 111p. Page: 108 Thanks, Becky Roberts Pilotsmom@classicnet.net "I only work on Genealogy on days that end in "Y"." - Author Unknown ==== 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.
Hello, I found the following on Ancestry.com and was wondering if anyone knew where in Little Rock, do I go to in order to get a copy of this? Name: Karl F. A. Weise Year: 1881 Place: Arkansas Source Publication Code: 9280 Primary Immigrant: Weise, Karl F A Annotation: Limited to 75 copies. Source Bibliography: UNITED STATES, WORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION. Index to Naturalization Records in Arkansas, 1809-1906. (Immigration and Naturalization Records Indexing Project Service Division.) Little Rock, Ark.: U.S.W.P.A., 1942. 6 unpaginated, 111p. Page: 108 Thanks, Becky Roberts Pilotsmom@classicnet.net "I only work on Genealogy on days that end in "Y"." - Author Unknown
I am sure thuis message would be interesting but this message will not come up for me . Also the others you send do not come up. What can I do? Thank you. ewhurry@yahoo.com.----- Original Message ----- From: <AGS-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <AGS-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 4:00 AM Subject: AGS-D Digest V04 #158
Dear V. Thank you so much for taking the time to explain and share. Everything you have said makes a lot of sense. I appreciate the ideas. Now to the research!! Can I ask, how did you find the John R. Hudson record? Did you do it off the www.glorecords.blm.gov site? I found where I could check the lands with the next or previous file #, but was having difficulty finding geographical neighbors. I'm going to send for the land case file too. Again, thanks for your imput, I appreciate this forum and the sharing of experiences and ideas...Thank You! :) Shantell ________________________________________________________________ Juno Platinum $9.95. Juno SpeedBand $14.95. Sign up for Juno Today at http://www.juno.com! Look for special offers at Best Buy stores.
In Yell Co. Ark, A woman owned land, because she was an only child of that father, and he left the land to her. That was in the late 1800's, its another way a woman got land in her name. So if Elizabeth's father was in the area, he may have got some land and signed it over to her, if her father wasn't in the area, you might want to check who they knew (friends) or other family members in the area, someone else may have helped her get the land, and knew her and not him. -----Original Message----- From: Ken l Ford [mailto:ksford2@juno.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 9:15 PM To: AGS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [AGS] Land patents Hi everyone, thanks for all the ideas and suggestions! My couple (Mathew and Elizabeth Summerville/Sommerville) were about 25 when the land was purchased, and Mathew seemed to be an upstanding citizen, as I have found records that he was granted guardianship over a child during that time. Mathew was later taken by the Union army, held in prison, where he died. He is buried at Jefferson Barracks. In all the records he is listed as "citizen from Lawrence County". At the time of his death, in 1864, he was 39. Age and frailty doesn't *seem* to be a reason not to own land, but.... Please keep throwing out suggestions, I welcome things to keep my brain going. Thanks! :) Shantell Ford ________________________________________________________________ Speed up your surfing with Juno SpeedBand. Now includes pop-up blocker! Only $14.95/ month - visit http://www.juno.com/surf to sign up today! ==== 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 qualifications to apply and receive a land patent varies according to what Act the land patent is purchased under. The 1856 land patents for Elizabeth Summerville were issued under The Cash Act of 1820. This Act authorized land to sell for a minimum of $1.25/acre at the minimum of 80-acre size tracts. The land surveyed would be offered at a two-week public sale and the land was to be sold in quarter sections to the highest bidder. Land not sold at this public sale was to be offered for private sale in amounts not less than 160 acres. The sale was to be paid in cash at the time of sale (Cash Act). Sometimes settlers would not wait for the land to be surveyed and then made available for sale. The settler(s) would take residence on any available and unclaimed land. Then once the land was surveyed and made ready for sale the settlers had first right to purchase 160 acres and were given 21 months to pay. Now, this is as of the time period of 1856: prior to that, settlers could have that land bought out from under them. The Preemption Act of 1842 changed that. With the disclaimer that there were ways to skirt the law in any number of loopholes, it could be Mathew/Madison Summerville already had made settlement on land. I am not sure if in 1856 the same standard of the 1862 Homestead Act applied where you were not supposed to be qualified for a land patent if you owned land in another territory/area or if you already owned 160 acres but that is certainly something to take into consideration. Russells speculations sound very reasonable that Summerville might still have owned land in Tennessee that had not yet been sold. If there were a narrow window for Elizabeth to purchase the land of their desire and they/she had to act fast, then Elizabeth might have more easily qualified. I am not sure how her release of dower on the [presumed] land in Tennessee would have affected her property ownership status for the land patent however. But I am probably overworking the issue. Also what I am suggesting is that not all the land around the land that Elizabeth purchased was necessarily public domain. Land patents were the first sale of land from the government to the first owner of that land. Subsequent selling and buying of the land-patent land would have generated the land deed records/transactions and would have been recorded in the county where the land was. If you have not already done so, you might want to check land deeds in the same twp/area of Elizabeths land patent to see if you can find land that Mathew had already purchased. I would watch the John R. Hudson dude that purchased a land patent adjacent to Elizabeths land patent. I noticed in the 1850 census that John R. Hudson lived next door to the Summervilles in 1850 and that John R. Hudson had Tennessee ties also, interesting. Since you have reasonably considered that Mathew/Madison was competent, I think you might want to consider the most likely explanation about the possible conflict of his (1) not having sold his land (yet) in Tennessee, or (2) he already had the maximum amount of land he could have (in Lawrence Co, Arkansas) that disqualified his buying more. I wonder if the land became available for purchase while Mathew was on a trip back to Tennessee to finish selling his land there (tying up loose ends.) Elizabeth had to have access to the apprx $100 to buy her 80 acres at the time of sale. I wonder if they/she had family nearby to help in this purchase. You may find it worthwhile to obtain the land-entry case file for this land patent. It could also be that Mathew was also applying for a land patent but missed out at the public sale. You alluded to the possible Native American status of Mathew: I would not think that that would be as likely the reason why he did not buy that land because he was fairly recent to Arkansas from Tennessee. I would venture he would have more likely have hidden his Indian blood. Further, the Indian trek through the south to the Indian Territory of Oklahoma had long-since ended (ca1836 I believe). Just a thought. I wonder what the land-entry case file would reveal. Good luck. V. -------------- Original message -------------- > Hi everyone, thanks for all the ideas and suggestions! My couple > (Mathew and Elizabeth Summerville/Sommerville) were about 25 when the > land was purchased, and Mathew seemed to be an upstanding citizen, as I > have found records that he was granted guardianship over a child during > that time. Mathew was later taken by the Union army, held in prison, > where he died. He is buried at Jefferson Barracks. In all the > records he is listed as "citizen from Lawrence County". At the time of > his death, in 1864, he was 39. Age and frailty doesn't *seem* to be a > reason not to own land, but.... > > Please keep throwing out suggestions, I welcome things to keep my brain > going. > > Thanks! > :) Shantell Ford > > ________________________________________________________________ > Speed up your surfing with Juno SpeedBand. > Now includes pop-up blocker! > Only $14.95/ month - visit http://www.juno.com/surf to sign up today! > > > ==== 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. >
Hi everyone, thanks for all the ideas and suggestions! My couple (Mathew and Elizabeth Summerville/Sommerville) were about 25 when the land was purchased, and Mathew seemed to be an upstanding citizen, as I have found records that he was granted guardianship over a child during that time. Mathew was later taken by the Union army, held in prison, where he died. He is buried at Jefferson Barracks. In all the records he is listed as "citizen from Lawrence County". At the time of his death, in 1864, he was 39. Age and frailty doesn't *seem* to be a reason not to own land, but.... Please keep throwing out suggestions, I welcome things to keep my brain going. Thanks! :) Shantell Ford ________________________________________________________________ Speed up your surfing with Juno SpeedBand. Now includes pop-up blocker! Only $14.95/ month - visit http://www.juno.com/surf to sign up today!
I don't know what the rules were in Arkansas, but in Missouri, my g-g-grandfather applied for (and received) land grants in his name, and also his wife and two of their children. I just assumed this was to simply get more land. Penny Gardner
My Great Grandmother received an Arkansas Land Grant in her name. At the time she applied the Great Grandfather was still alive but by the time she received the Land Grant he was deceased. This may also be another reason of why women names were on Land Grants. Tonia
I have seen several land grants in the name of women with living husbands. It might be that the husband has unpaid debts in an other state or has taken bankruptcy. He might also be mentally incompetent. He could also be a convicted felon. Hope this helps. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Russell P. Baker, CA Archival Manager Arkansas History Commission and State Archives One Capitol Mall Little Rock, AR 72201 501-682-6900 www.ark-ives.com russell.baker@arkansas.gov This electronic message transmission contains information from the Arkansas History Commission and State Archives and may be confidential or privileged. The information is intended to be for the use of the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. If you have received this electronic transmission in error, please notify us by telephone (501-682-6900) immediately. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -----Original Message----- From: Ken l Ford [mailto:ksford2@juno.com] Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 8:13 PM To: AGS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [AGS] land patents Hi everyone, can anyone offer any possible reasons why, in the 1850s, 2 land patents would be purchased in the woman's name of a married couple? They were living together. This is only family rumor, so I'm very interested in other reasons, but, if he was native American....was it still illegal in the 1850s in AR for Native Americans to own land? Thanks for the help and opinions! Sincerely, Shantell Ford ________________________________________________________________ Speed up your surfing with Juno SpeedBand. Now includes pop-up blocker! Only $14.95/ month - visit http://www.juno.com/surf to sign up today! ==== 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.
Hi, Russell and all, Is it also possible that a couple put the land in the woman's name in case something would happen to the husband? That way she already owned the property, and more men were killed in wars and conflicts than women. Just a theory - we had this same situation with some ancestors in South Dakota. It is something of a puzzle. Kathy Biesheuvel
Hi everyone, can anyone offer any possible reasons why, in the 1850s, 2 land patents would be purchased in the woman's name of a married couple? They were living together. This is only family rumor, so I'm very interested in other reasons, but, if he was native American....was it still illegal in the 1850s in AR for Native Americans to own land? Thanks for the help and opinions! Sincerely, Shantell Ford ________________________________________________________________ Speed up your surfing with Juno SpeedBand. Now includes pop-up blocker! Only $14.95/ month - visit http://www.juno.com/surf to sign up today!
How can I find out who Alfred Childs purchased his land from? He was a black man who lived in Clay Township, Bradley County, Arkansas. On the 1870 census, it has him as owning $100 worth of land, he lived between C.C. Childs who owned a lot of land and Mike Green, who was a farm labor, and owned none. Any guidance would be appreciated. Dena
Dena: The more important question is what is the legal description of the land. In other words what is its section, township, and range. Unfortunately, the courthouse for Clay County burned in the 1880s. Most if not all records were destroyed. His name does not appear in the original land entry records for Clay County. Sorry. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Russell P. Baker, CA Archival Manager Arkansas History Commission and State Archives One Capitol Mall Little Rock, AR 72201 501-682-6900 www.ark-ives.com russell.baker@arkansas.gov This electronic message transmission contains information from the Arkansas History Commission and State Archives and may be confidential or privileged. The information is intended to be for the use of the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. If you have received this electronic transmission in error, please notify us by telephone (501-682-6900) immediately. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -----Original Message----- From: JUNEIRENE@aol.com [mailto:JUNEIRENE@aol.com] Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 9:20 AM To: AGS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [AGS] Land Records How can I find out who Alfred Childs purchased his land from? He was a black man who lived in Clay Township, Bradley County, Arkansas. On the 1870 census, it has him as owning $100 worth of land, he lived between C.C. Childs who owned a lot of land and Mike Green, who was a farm labor, and owned none. Any guidance would be appreciated. Dena ==== 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.
this is the ONLY Magnolia Todd in the 1880 census...and the age is close enough.... 1880 Census Place: District 51, Ellis, Texas Source: FHL Film 1255301 National Archives Film T9-1301 Page 526C Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace W. A. TODD Self M M W 28 GA Occ: Farmer Fa: NC Mo: GA Mary TODD Wife F M W 26 AL Occ: Keeping House Fa: AL Mo: AL Magnolia TODD Dau F S W 7 AL Fa: GA Mo: AL Ezra TODD Son M S W 5 TX Fa: GA Mo: AL Agnes TODD Dau F S W 3 TX Fa: GA Mo: AL Ernest TODD Son M S W 1 TX Fa: GA Mo: AL ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Bob Curtis" <BobCPhoto@wcnet.net> Reply-To: <BobCPhoto@wcnet.net> To: AGS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [AGS] Seeking Information Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 16:54:44 -0500 Ldies & Gentlemen: I am new to this .list. In one of my searches for information I came across your e-mail address. My mother's family was from the northwest corner of Arkansas generally. The Family name of my Grandmother was Todd. Her third husband's (?) last name and my mothers maiden name was Lowman. My grandmother's name before she married was Magnolia (Nolie) Elizabeth Todd. She died around 1964 in Farmington, Arkasas and is burried in the Farmington cemetary under the name of Magnolia Elizabeth Lowman. I am trying to trace her family background and haven't had much success. Any suggestions? I would appreciate any suggestions which you might offer. I am a member of Ancestry.com. You can contact me at the e-mail address listed above. Respectfully, Bob Curtis, _______________________________________________________ _________ Sent via the WebMail system at wcnet.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. Betty Brown
Bob, I found them in the 1910 census.....If you have the census subscription at Ancestry you can find them, too...I will keep looking for Nolie in earlier censuses..She ought to be in the 1880 but I have not found her yet....Wasson must be the name of her former husband and she may be married to him in the 1900 census... James Lowman 53 Estimated birth year: 1856 Birthplace: Ohio Home in 1910: CENTER TWP, WASHINGTON, Arkansas Race: White Gender: Male Series: T624 Roll: 67 Part: 1 Page: 45B Year: 1910 Nolia 39 Allen D. 7 Mabel 6 Maudie 4 William L. Wasson 13 ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Bob Curtis" <BobCPhoto@wcnet.net> Reply-To: <BobCPhoto@wcnet.net> To: AGS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [AGS] Seeking Information Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 16:54:44 -0500 Ldies & Gentlemen: I am new to this .list. In one of my searches for information I came across your e-mail address. My mother's family was from the northwest corner of Arkansas generally. The Family name of my Grandmother was Todd. Her third husband's (?) last name and my mothers maiden name was Lowman. My grandmother's name before she married was Magnolia (Nolie) Elizabeth Todd. She died around 1964 in Farmington, Arkasas and is burried in the Farmington cemetary under the name of Magnolia Elizabeth Lowman. I am trying to trace her family background and haven't had much success. Any suggestions? I would appreciate any suggestions which you might offer. I am a member of Ancestry.com. You can contact me at the e-mail address listed above. Respectfully, Bob Curtis, _______________________________________________________ _________ Sent via the WebMail system at wcnet.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. Betty Brown
Ldies & Gentlemen: I am new to this .list. In one of my searches for information I came across your e-mail address. My mother's family was from the northwest corner of Arkansas generally. The Family name of my Grandmother was Todd. Her third husband's (?) last name and my mothers maiden name was Lowman. My grandmother's name before she married was Magnolia (Nolie) Elizabeth Todd. She died around 1964 in Farmington, Arkasas and is burried in the Farmington cemetary under the name of Magnolia Elizabeth Lowman. I am trying to trace her family background and haven't had much success. Any suggestions? I would appreciate any suggestions which you might offer. I am a member of Ancestry.com. You can contact me at the e-mail address listed above. Respectfully, Bob Curtis, _______________________________________________________ _________ Sent via the WebMail system at wcnet.net
Tried to get any of these web site and could not get any of them copied and paste them and it says no web page how else is there to get them? Bonnie On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 09:00 , AGS-D-request@rootsweb.com sent: >AGS-D Digest Volume 04 : Issue 153 > >Today's Topics: > #1 Fw: New Information ["Tina Easley" tina@grnco.net>] > #2 Re: New Information ["Tina Easley" tina@grnco.net>] > >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. > >______________________________
Also Pennant Winners 1910 http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ar/county/greene/pennantwinners1910.htm Joe Chiozza 1937 http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ar/county/greene/joechiozza.htm Sorry about that . Tina Easley Come Take A Trip In History ! Greene County , Arkansas Website http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ar/county/greene/ ----- Original Message ----- From: Tina Easley To: Tina Easley ; connie pearl ; JDWPruett@aol.com ; Ron Farrell ; Dwolff3@aol.com ; ARGREENE-L@rootsweb.com ; Daddy an Mom Morton ; The Boone's ; Charles Batten ; Dale Foresythe ; AGS-L@rootsweb.com ; Bettye ; Francis Morris ; efrancis@flash.net ; Stella Thornburg ; Stoerkel, Sherry A ; Z. A. Webb ; loanna.cornelison@gsa.gov ; MrsTroupe@aol.com ; Sherry Greene ; Brant Johns ; Ginacybil@aol.com ; Mariepatty2@aol.com ; pvincent ; Tljbarnes@aol.com ; jss ; Johnnie S Pace ; ARCRAIGH-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 4:43 PM Subject: Fw: New Information Hi Everyone I have added some more new information to the site , look for the latest dates to see info. Obits, Other States and Counties http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ar/county/greene/oldobitsotherstates.htm Jay Gould http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ar/county/greene/jaygould1886.htm Arkansas Postmasters http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ar/county/greene/arkansaspostmasters.htm Circuit Riders http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ar/county/greene/circuiriderspreacherst.htm Arkansas Land Purchase 1903 http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ar/county/greene/arbigla03.htm Arkansas Bounty Land 1826 http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ar/county/greene/arbountyla26.htm Homesteaders Can Get Land $10.00 Down 1933 http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ar/county/greene/arkansashomestead33.htm Arkansas Noatis 1857 http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ar/county/greene/arkansasnoatis1857.htm Delaplaine Newell Store http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ar/county/greene/delaplanewellstorei.htm Paragould Curfew Law 1909 http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ar/county/greene/paragoulcurfew09.htm Civil War Letters http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ar/county/greene/civilwarletters.htm Maybe you find something you can use in your researches. Enjoy! Tina Easley Come Take A Trip In History ! Greene County , Arkansas Website http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ar/county/greene/