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.