Roger wrote: I am looking for burial info for a Louisa Mygatt/Migot in Ashley County. She died in 1884. She was living with daughter Amanda and husband William Jones in 1880 Egypt census ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Roger or anyone for that matter, Can you tell me anything about this William JONES in Egypt Twp Ashley Co., in 1880? Parents names, where was he from, etc? My GG-grandfather was in that Twp in 1860 but gone by 1870 and dead before 1880. He was Travis Jones, b. 1808 GA, last lived in Attala Co., MS before arriving in Egypt Twp, Ashley, Co........and he and his family was living in HH of Francis McMurray FLEMING. There is a Mary JONES living in HH of Mark Monroe FLEMING ( brother to Francis)......... Does anyone know if there is a connection between Travis, Mary and Roger's William JONES??? Thanks, ~Sue~

I am looking for burial info for a Louisa Mygatt/Migot in Ashley County. She died in 1884. She was living with daughter Amanda and husband William Jones in 1880 Egypt census. Any info would be most appreciated. Roger M. Pace Shamrock, Texas

Can anyone help me with information on Samuel W. Lowry (22 Apr 1848 - 14 Dec 1924) or his wife Mattie Ford (abt 1854 - bet 1891/1893)? Tom Reddin

Thurs. Apr 29, 1971 Unknown Newspaper Clipping Mrs. Vera Pierce Mrs. Vera Pierce, aged 73 of Crossett, died Sunday, April 25, 1971. She has lived here 17 years. Survivors include a son, D. C. Pierce of Crossett; two daughters, Mrs Duffie Walsh of Crossett and Mrs. James Reid of Texas; Three brothers, Walter St. John of Dallas, Troy St. John of Crossett and Curtis St. John of Hermitage; a sister, Mrs. Henry Williams of Crossett; five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Funeral was at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Jones Funeral Chapel. Burial was at Crossroads Cemetery.

Dear friends, For about two years we have been working an on extensive website with history of Primitive Baptist Churches, county by county, in over thirty states, across the northern, eastern and western tier of our country. Some of these states have only sketchy information, others (such as Illinois and Iowa) are quite detailed, with lists of surnames of members which have been taken from our database of members, which now has nearly 40,000 entries. About half of these names are for Illinois. To view our website, go to the following URL: http://www.carthage.lib.il.us/community/churches/primbap/pbl.html To go directly to the pages we are just beginning for Arkansas, go to http://www.carthage.lib.il.us/community/churches/primbap/FamHist-Arkansas .html We would be grateful for any assistance anyone can give us as we try to preserve our heritage, by obtaining and preserving old church records, association minutes, historical sketches, biographical sketches of ministers, photos, etc. We have very limited staff, volunteer, but will do our best to respond as time permits. Sincerely, Elder Robert Webb The Primitive Baptist Library 416 Main Street Carthage, IL 62321 ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com

website of interest for county formation maps and census maps www.segenealogy.com/arkansas/ar_maps.htm floridamom

Can anyone tell me if there was a newspaper in Drew County in 1880, and if so, are any copies still in existence or filmed? I'm seeking an obituary for Nancy O. Tabor, mother of Nancy Adelia Harvill, wife of William B. Harvill. I'm trying to prove that she was the mother of my Mary Tabor Harvill of Ashley County. Thanks in advance for any help. Alice in KY

Has anyone seen any record of the death of Buckner Davis Christmas in Ashley County AR? He was born in NC in 1819 and died before 1860. Ginger

Am looking for Thomas F Wright in Arkansas before 1880. He fought with the 3rd MO Cal Reg. Can anyone help Generation No. 1 1. THOMAS F WRIGHT (ARRON) was born May 1838 in Tennessee, and died January 20, 1906 in Arkansas, Ouachita Co. He married ANNIE A About 1868 in Arkanas. She was born June 1847 in Mississippi, and died About 1910 in Arkansas, Ouachita Co. Children of THOMAS WRIGHT and ANNIE are: i. MATTIE3 WRIGHT, b. October 1868. ii. MINNIE E WRIGHT, b. July 1872, Arkansas, Ouachita Co; d. September 18, 1911, Arkanas, Jefferson Co. Generation No. 2 MINNIE E WRIGHT (THOMAS F, ARRON) was born July 1872 in Arkansas, Ouachita Co, and died September 18, 1911 in Arkanas, Jefferson Co. She married WILLIAM THOMAS NICHOLS February 23, 1902 in Arkansas, Ouachita Co, son of WILLIAM NICHOLS and SARAH BLACK. He was born October 19, 1873 in Arkansas, Drew Co, and died June 07, 1912 in Arkanas, Jefferson Co. Children of MINNIE WRIGHT and WILLIAM NICHOLS are: i. MYRTLE4 NICHOLS, b. February 24, 1903, (?)Arkansas; d. Aft. 1950, (?)Arkansas; m. HARRY L TONEY, About 1916, (?)Arkansas. ii. OLIVE EDNA NICHOLS, b. July 03, 1907, Arkanas, Jefferson Co; d. July 14, 1974, Arkanas, Drew Co, Monticello; m. Bef. 1929; m. (2) ZEB C HAYNES, April 23, 1937. iii. JEREMIAH MICHAH NICHOLS, b. May 05, 1909, Arkanas, Jefferson Co; d. September 20, 1946, Arkanas, Jefferson Co; m. LYNVIA ELIZABETH FINLAYSON, November 23, 1929, Arkanas, Drew Co; b. November 03, 1910, Arkanas, Drew Co; d. December 10, 1998, Arkansas, Drew Co. iv. VERNA NICHOLS, b. September 17, 1910, Pine Bluff, Nevin Township, Jefferson Co, Arkansas; d. January 14, 1911, Pine Bluff, Nevin Township, Jefferson Co, Arkansas. Floridamom@mchsi.com *************************************** Visit www.segenealogy.com for FREE Arkansas Census and County Formation Maps

Thanks Lawrence for that excellent discussion of the various terms used in documents. I've been a very active researcher for 37+ years and learned some new things! Dolores in CA -- Note: Every outgoing E-mail message is scanned using the latest antivirus updates.

a.a.s.=died in the year of his/her age (anno aetitis suae) ( 86 y/o died in year 86) d.s.p.=died without issue (Child)(decessit sine prole legitima) d.s.p.l.=died without legitimate issue (decessit sine prole mascula supesita) d.s.p.m.s.= died without surviving male issue (decessit sine prolem asculasupersita) d.s.p.s =died without surviving issue (decessit sine prole supersita) d.unm=died unmarriedd.v.p. died in the lifetime of his father (decessit vita patris) d.v.m.=died in the lifetime of his mother (decessit vita matris) Et al=and others (et alia) Inst= present month (instans) Liber=book or volume Nepos= grandson Nunc=Nuncapative will, an oral will, written by a witness Ob=he/she died (obit) Relict=widow or widower (relicta/relictus) Sic=so, or thus, exact copy as written Testes=witnesses Utl =late (ultimo) Ux or vs=wife (uxor) Viz= namely (videlicet) How To Read A 200-Year-Old Document and Other FAQs In reading newspapers, books and magazines from the 18th Century you will invarably notice that an "f" is apparently used where there should be an "s." For instance, the word "vessel" is printed as "veffel," the word "same" appears as "fame" and "castle" becomes "caftle." Because of the confusion encountered by readers new to 18th Century documents, we have asked three individuals knowledgeable in the history of typography to render their views on the subject. Their explanations follow: "The Long S is a legitimate form of "S." See the American Heritage Dictionary "S" entries. The Long S is similar to a lowercase f but the horizontal stroke does not go through the top of the letter. The long s still survives in German (or at least it was available when I studied German). German has an uppercase S, a lowercase long f and a lowercase s. "The Rules Are: "Regular uppercase S; "Terminal lowercase s and medial s under certain conditions; initial long f and medial long f." "Examples: "In the 1791 Bradford edition of Thomas Paine's Common Sense, the Introduction reads: "Perhaps the fentiments contained in the following pages are not yet fufficiently fathionable to procure them general favor...." "You will note that both fentiments and pages end with a normal lowercase "s" and both fentiments & fufficiently have an initial lowercase long f." - Richard Irby The typographic script "s" is an analogue of the handwritten letter, a sort of double loop, and used in the middle of the word. PrintersSsetSthe graphic version of the handwritten letter, which differs from the "f" in having a very minimal cross-stroke. They (the "s" and the "f") are not the same. To be precise, the script "s" was used in all positions except the last. Thus the word "success" would have begun with a script s, the penultimate letter would have been a script s, but the final letter would have been what we consider a normal "s". - Philip A. Metzger Special Collections Librarian The symbol ("s") was not an "f" although it looked like one. The long s letter can better be described as an "f" without the crossline traveling through the vertical line. The crossline only extends to the right of the vertical line. Also, the long s was never used at the end of a word or to denote the possessive or to pluralize. Since handwriting was considered an art form, the placement of the long s depended on what the "clark" felt would be visually pleasing to his audience. In a hand-written document, the top of the long s looked like the lower case fS." - Lawrence Davis

This came to be by a family cousin, who is most knowledgeable is history and Genealogy. He leads the head of my list for respect as a genealogist and can be found at <BEDSOLE-L@ROOTSWEB.COM>. He prints many many historical and family facts. The fact that a HILL and SMITH were named in this has a familiar ring of the HILL and SMITH connection of SE Arkansas. Since JD is in Alabama and alot of our people came from Georgia through Alabama, can there be a connection? Sweet A Case Of Discrimination How about this. A black man is accused of being black ??? .............JD [JBeds@aol.com] JOE H. SMITH, ATTORNEY, AS A COLORED MAN. Perhaps no more laughable incident ever occurred in the courts of this county than the case in which the attorney was charged by the opposite attorney of being a Colored Man and for that reason not allowed to testify in court. This was a case being tried before SAMUEL SHARPNACK of Clay Township, a justice of the peace. CAPTAIN WILLIAM HILL of Magnolia fame, appeared for the defendant and JOE H. SMITH for the plaintiff. When SMITH undertook to testify, himself, concerning a certain account book, he was at once objected to by CAPTAIN HILL on the grounds that section 2388 of the Code of 1851 read: But an Indian, Negro, mulatto or black person shall not be allowed to give evidence in any case wherein a white person is a party. "Now," remarked Captain HILL, "look at SMITH and determine if my objection is not well taken." The Court sustained the objection, whereupon a scene occurred in which books flew in the air and all was not tranquil, for the complexion of Attorney JOE H. SMITH was not unlike that of Gen. JOHN A. LOGAN, dark and swarthy, though he was a full-blooded Caucasian. It should be stated that this was just before the reconstruction acts of the United States, after the Civil War, and the state constitution had not voted and passed upon the rights of the Negro race, by Amendment No. 15, which allows a colored man the same rights as are accorded to his white brother.

Mine are both. Martha Matilda Bond was the wife of Dr. Buckner Davis Christmas and the daughter of Mary Roberson Withers and her granddaughter in law was Effie Stanley. Ginger ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dan & Alice Lee wrote: > There are several references to Withers and Stanley families in the book > "Excerpts from the Ashley County Eagle, Arkansas, 1889-1914." Who were > yours? > > Alice in KY > > Ginger Christmas-Beattie wrote: > > >I am Ginger L, Christmas-Beattie and am researching my Christmas family in the > >Hamburg area. The other names would be Withers and Stanley. Does anyone have > >information on the Christmas lines in the area? > > > >Ginger > > > > > >============================== > >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Thank you My lines are related the the Withers lines. Ginger ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Terri Lee Wolfe wrote: > Rebecca DeArmond Huskey's BEYOND BARTHOLOMEW has some Withers history. The > OLD TIMES NOT FORGOTTEN Drew Co., AR history has some, too. They came from > Henry Co., AL to Ashley & Drew Counties around Longview. There are quite a > few buried in the Prairie Chapel Cemetery 6 miles west of Lacey, AR in Drew > Co. The Pughs all descend from a Withers, too. > Hope this helps some. > > Might not be of any connection, but there are a bunch of Chrismas people > from Cominto Community in Drew Co. and near Dermott, AR in Chicot Co. > BETH > > At 06:07 AM 8/26/02 -0700, you wrote: > > >I am Ginger L, Christmas-Beattie and am researching my Christmas family in the > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Rebecca DeArmond Huskey's BEYOND BARTHOLOMEW has some Withers history. The OLD TIMES NOT FORGOTTEN Drew Co., AR history has some, too. They came from Henry Co., AL to Ashley & Drew Counties around Longview. There are quite a few buried in the Prairie Chapel Cemetery 6 miles west of Lacey, AR in Drew Co. The Pughs all descend from a Withers, too. Hope this helps some. Might not be of any connection, but there are a bunch of Chrismas people from Cominto Community in Drew Co. and near Dermott, AR in Chicot Co. BETH At 06:07 AM 8/26/02 -0700, you wrote: >I am Ginger L, Christmas-Beattie and am researching my Christmas family in the

There are several references to Withers and Stanley families in the book "Excerpts from the Ashley County Eagle, Arkansas, 1889-1914." Who were yours? Alice in KY Ginger Christmas-Beattie wrote: >I am Ginger L, Christmas-Beattie and am researching my Christmas family in the >Hamburg area. The other names would be Withers and Stanley. Does anyone have >information on the Christmas lines in the area? > >Ginger > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >

I am Ginger L, Christmas-Beattie and am researching my Christmas family in the Hamburg area. The other names would be Withers and Stanley. Does anyone have information on the Christmas lines in the area? Ginger

You are welcome...There are more Burks in Drew Co., too. they are in the Mt. Tabor Community in Drew Co. All have been around for a long, long time in Drew Co. Too bad you can't connect. BETH At 09:40 PM 8/25/02 -0500, you wrote: >Beth, >Thank you so much for your speedy reply. I don't think my Grandpa had

Beth, Thank you so much for your speedy reply. I don't think my Grandpa had reletatives in AR before about 1910 or so. He had several brothers but I think they all stayed in AL. Can't ever tell it might have been someone in an earlier generation who came to AR. I am just beginning to find out about my Burke family and it is quite interesting and also a challenge. Thank you and I will save your informaton so that if I do make a connection I will have it. Glenda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terri Lee Wolfe" <terrilee@ipa.net> To: <ARASHLEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2002 9:07 PM Subject: Re: [ARASHLEY] census between 1910 1nd 1920 > There may be no connection, but there was a Henry Burke, related to the > MOnticello Burks south of town, in the Prairie Grove Community in the late > 1800's. He was a brother to Matt Burkes. They were some very prosperous > folks who owned quite a bit of land on Long Prairie. In fact, they donated > the land for the church, cemetery, and school area in Priaire Grove (Drew Co.) > beth thurman > > > At 06:31 AM 8/25/02 -0500, you wrote: > >Hello, > >Does anyone on this list know if a county census was taken in any year > >between 1910 and 1920? I need to know the exact years that Henry Burke > >and his family lived near Montrose. Is there any other way to find out? > >They were in OK in 1910 and in Poinsett Co. AR in 1920. Henry Burke was > >my grandpa and his wife Odie was a Streeter who is related to the > >Streeters in Ashley Co. > >Glenda Burke Romine > >gromine@bscn.com > > > > > > > >============================== > >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > >go to: > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

There may be no connection, but there was a Henry Burke, related to the MOnticello Burks south of town, in the Prairie Grove Community in the late 1800's. He was a brother to Matt Burkes. They were some very prosperous folks who owned quite a bit of land on Long Prairie. In fact, they donated the land for the church, cemetery, and school area in Priaire Grove (Drew Co.) beth thurman At 06:31 AM 8/25/02 -0500, you wrote: >Hello, >Does anyone on this list know if a county census was taken in any year >between 1910 and 1920? I need to know the exact years that Henry Burke >and his family lived near Montrose. Is there any other way to find out? >They were in OK in 1910 and in Poinsett Co. AR in 1920. Henry Burke was >my grandpa and his wife Odie was a Streeter who is related to the >Streeters in Ashley Co. >Glenda Burke Romine >gromine@bscn.com > > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237