This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Kathye_Upham Surnames: NUNNERLEE, NUNNELEE, NUNELLY, NUNLEY, ENIS, STOVALL, NUNNERLY, NUNNELLEE, NUNALLY Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.arkansas.counties.bradley/3418/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I don't have any experience researching Bradley Co and I need to know where to look for legal records.........??? The family below is one of the trickier ones I've researched in my 30 years and the difficulty is compounded by (1) their almost always misspelled surname (2) the 20 year gap between the 1880-1900 censuses (3) the lack of death records in most states before 1915. ========================================================== Mrs Amanda NUNNERLEE married W. H. NUNNERLEE 24 Jun 1870 in Lauderdale Co MS (this surname was actually NUNNELEE) ========================================================== The 1870 census below indicate 6 children born before Walter and Amanda married..... whose children were they ? 1870 Lauderdale Co MS/Meridian/HH 558/pg 56a (25 Jul 1870) NUNELLY, Walter H /HH/wm age 38 AL Nunelly, Amanda /wf age 28 TN Nunelly, Mary E /wf age 14 MS Nunelly, Franklin /wm age 12 MS Nunelly, George /wm age 14 MS Nunelly, Wily /wm age 07 MS Nunelly, Sarah /wf age 04 MS Nunelly, Louise /wf age 03 MS =========================================================== .........now comes the first "monkey wrench"..... (1) if Walter gave the census info then George, Martha Sarah, and Louisa are Amanda's children BUT (2) if Amanda gave the census info then George, Martha Sarah, and Louisa are Walter's children 1880 Bradley Co AR/Pennington/HH 62-86/pg 4a (03 Jun 1880) NUNLEY, Walter H /HH/wm age 50 AL/Ga?/Ga? Nunley, Amanda /wife/wf age 45 TN/Ga/Tn Nunley, George L /Step-son/wm age 19 MS/Al/Tn <<< Nunley, Martha S /Step-dtr/wf age 15 MS/Al/Tn <<< Nunley, Louiza /Step-dtr/wf age 15 MS/Al/Tn <<< ========================================================= .........the 2nd "monkey wrench"............ (1) if Walter gave the census info then George is Amanda's son and since George is listed as a "nephew" it seems to indicate that Amanda's first husband was Walter's brother (2) if Amanda gave the census info then George is Walter's son and could be Amanda's nephew-in-law or nephew by some unknown relationship. .....sigh..... 1900 Bradley Co AR/Pennington/HH 279/pg 329a (25 Jun 1900) NUNNELEE, Walter H /HH/wm age 67 born Mar 1833 AL/Ga/Va married 29 yrs Nunnelee, Amanda /wife/wf age 67 born unk TN/Tn/Tn 1 of 4 chn lvg NUNNELEE, George L P /NEPHEW/wm age 39 born Sep 1860 MS/Ga/TN single ======================================================== .........the 3rd "monkey wrench"............ this census indicates that (1) Amanda was Walter's THIRD wife and (2) if accurate, Amanda had just one child living but who is it ??? I don't have a clue what happened to Mary E, Martha Sarah, or Wily but James F died 1893 in TX and Louisa [Nunnelee] Stovall Enis is reported to have died in Bradley County 1901. (3) for the first time George is listed as a son but who gave the census info ??? And, does the mean the same person gave the 1880 and 1900 census info and therefore seeming to verify that Walter married his brother's wife or widow ?? Or did George himself give the census info and considered himself to be the son of both Walter and Amanda ?? 1910 Bradley Co AR/Pennington/HH 258-276/pg 82b (13 May 1910) NUNNERLY, Walter H /HH/wm age 77 AL/Ga/Va 3m = 39 yrs Nunnerly, Amanda /wife/wf age 76 TN/Tn/Va 2m 1 of 4 chn lvg Nunnerly, George L P /SON/wm age 48 MS/Al/TN single STOVALL, James S /G-SON/wm age 17 AR/Ar/Ms Walter died 10 Aug 1911 and Amanda died 10 Nov 1916 and George 1st married about 1916; both recvd CSA penions under the surname spelling NUNNELLEE. Amanda is listed in the Ancestry com AR death index as N-u-n-a-l-l-y but I am waiting on her death certificate to see if that spelling is correct or a typo. To top off the list of mysteries, I have no clue who Walter's parents or siblings were nor do I know anything about Amanda before she married Walter except she had 4 chn. Back to Bradley County records.......... (1) what published sources are available for purchase that includes marriages between 1875 and 1900 ?? (2) which cemeteries fall within the boundaries of Pennington and Marion townships ? Are books available for purchase that includes them ? (3) were birth and death recorded and kept by the county before Bradley complied with the state laws to send them to the state? I know this is a lot and very lengthy but George has a 90 year old son who is still living and was just a teenager when his parents died...he knows nothing about his family and I want to find anything and everything I can for him. My heartfelt thanks for anything you can share to help me do that. Kathye [Payne] Upham Nunnelee surname researcher Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.