Thanks, Belinda. I have found my Spears in three different counties. Now I can't locate some of them. Diann

Diann, I am currently working on the 1900 census. Trying to make an index. I'll look at what I have so far. I have several townships done. Belinda ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

Could someone look up any and all Spears in Cleveland Co. on the 1900 Census, or is that too much to ask for? Thanks, Diann

Belinda Winston and Jann Woodard Ok, I talked to my Father-in-law, according to him the Froug Ranch was located about 1/4 mile south of present day Hwy 35 and west of Big Creek, about 3 miles south of the Macedonia community. It was also known the Grover Turner Farm or the Turner Slaughterhouse. Also that Rose Hill Community took its' name from the Rose Ranch located just east of the old Rose Hill School and north of Hwy 114. I don't know if these "communities" are of interest to you or are what you are looking for?

Thanks Belinda I didn't think that Froug Ranch and Dixie Ranch were the same. From what I can determine Froug Ranch was simular to the Dixie Ranch with its Homesteaders and Sharecroppers maybe not as large as Dixie Ranch, but it was on Hwy 35 somewhere close to the Macedonia Church and Cemetery.

Hello all, I will try to answer your questions...... I don't believe Froug ranch is the same as Dixie Ranch. I do have an area for Dixie, but not Froug. Billie Langford billil@tds.net can tell you something about Pinchback Mills I believe. It is in the north west corner of the county. Rison and Miller are not the same thing. If you will go to the county website, http://www.rootsweb.com/~arclevel/index.html and click on Townships and Maps, you will get a bit more information on that. You are very welome Peggy. :) Did I miss anything? Belinda Winston Assistant Cleveland County Librarian Cleveland County Website coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~arclevel/index.html ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

THANK YOU ----- Original Message ----- From: Library Lady <librarybook@hotmail.com> To: <ARCLEVEL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2000 9:02 AM Subject: [ARCLEVEL] Tornado story > Here is the article on the Tornado. Enjoy. > > May 12, 1927 > > TORNADO TAKES NINE LIVES WHEN IT HITS TOLEDO AND RANDALL WITH HEAVY LOSSES > > Score Injured in Path of County's Worst Storm Which Struck Monday > > Four Whites and Five Negroes Die From Injuries Received in Wind That Swept > Across County; Many Homes, School House and Store are Leveled. > > > Toledo and Randall bore the brunt of the most disastrous tornado > ever to strike Cleveland county, Monday afternoon about three o'clock. Nine > persons were killed while more than 20 received serious or painful wounds, > when the devastating force swept its way across the county touching spots, > razing homes, barns and timber in its path of 100 yards wide at Toledo to a > quarter mile wide at Randall. > > Property damage in Cleveland county will range between $75,000 > and $100,000, it is estimated. > > At the historic little village of Toledo, three miles south of > Rison, the old homesteads of R.J. May, Duncan May and Mrs. Joe Lindsey were > completely demolished together with the new school house, and the new home > of H.G. Barnett was torn from its foundation and badly damaged. > > The destructive results of the twister were not visible again > until it struck the farm of M.J. Gray, one mile west of Randall, killing Mr. > Gray's aged mother and leveled his residence and store-house. Near the Gray > place it destroyed the home of D.H. Holloway, Negro, killing him and three > others of his household. In the same community a tenant house on the farm of > Noah Peek was blown away and four Negro children injured. The large log > house of B.F. Ratliff, near Randall, was blown from around the family who > escaped with only minor injuries and scratches. Not far from the Gray place > the frame house occupied by Oscar Veasey was demolished and his 15-year-old > stepson, Jack White, was instantly killed. > > The farm house occupied by Oscar Veasey and family was > demolished and Herbert Veasey, his 15-year-old stepson was instantly killed. > * No other members of the Veasey family were seriously injured. The Veasey > place is also near the Gray farm. > > At Randall the store building of O'Neill and Spires was > destroyed as were the homes of J.T. Barnes and Walter Price, while the > residence of Mr. Spires suffered badly. A tenant house on the place was > badly damaged. A small son of Mr. and Mrs. Price was injured and the Barnes > family received minor cuts and bruises. > > All the large and beautiful oak shade trees at the Randall store > were uprooted. The home of Jim Rodgers, northeast of Randall, was > completely destroyed. The large log house of B.F. Ratliff near Randall was > blown from around the family who escaped with minor injuries. Most of the > details surrounding the storm at Randall were furnished the Herald Tuesday > by Miss Estelle Brown. > > > > Eleven in May Home > Eleven people were in the Duncan May home at the time of its > destruction where Mrs. Ben Foster, Roy S. Lovejoy and Effie Mitchell, Negro > woman, were fatally injured. The remaining eight were all injured, but no > more fatalities are expected, according to attending physicians. > > Mrs. Foster, who was a sister of Mr. May, lived near Stuttgart > and had arrived Sunday for a short visit with her brother and family. Mr. > and Mrs. R.J. May and their young son were at their home which was the first > to be struck at Toledo. Mrs. May and the boy were not hurt and Mr. May only > received slight scratches. The house was splintered and no part of it left > standing. > > The escape of Mrs. Jo Lindsey, age 76, who was the only member > of the Lindsey family at home is considered miraculous. She was sewing in > the family living room but emerged from the wreckage after the storm passed > unhurt. > > Only two homes at Toledo were not damaged, those being the old > Methodist parsonage, occupied by Orvill Granderson and family, and the one > occupied by Lee Rogers and family and Judge E.F. Foster, former county judge > of the county. > > Physicians Rush Here > The five physicians of Rison were busy caring for the victims of nature's > most deadly agent until past midnight. They were assisted by Drs. T.E. Rhine > of Thornton and S.C. Johnson of Kingsland, who rushed to the scene as soon > as news of the disaster reached them. > > Tell of Storm > Graphic and harrowing details of the storm were related Tuesday > morning by Isaac Coleman, young man employed on the Duncan May place and who > was in the house at the time it was struck, J.B. Lindsey and Mrs. H.G. > Barnett. > > According to young Coleman, the roaring of the approaching wind > could be heard for possibly a minute before it came into view. He said that > the noise grew teriffic and sounded like a continuous rumble of thunder. > Mrs. Foster, Mrs. May and three small children, he stated, were in a room in > a part of the house which he saw torn from his view as Lovejoy started to > run toward the back porch where Effie Mitchell, Negro woman, was washing and > who was killed outright. > > This was the last he knew until he found himself partly covered with debris > and the entire house scattered. His first thought was that all the others > were dying as the screams and moans were terrible. As he extricated himself > and gained his fee, he saw Mrs. May attempting to stand. > > J.B. Lindsey, who, with his family, reside with his mother, Mrs. > JO Lindsey, stated that he had gone into his barn near the home and was > trying to fasten the doors to keep out what he thought was an approaching > rain. When he saw the barn roof torn from over his head, he ran out and was > thrown upon the ground near his son Swanson, and both escaped uninjured. > J.W. Curry of Rye who had taken refuge in the Lindsey barn from the rain, > remained in the structure and was also unhurt. Mr. Lindsey said that when he > ran from the building he looked up and the sky was black with debris which > was being hurled in all directions. > > Mrs. Barnett watched the death dealing current from her front > door and saw the destruction of her neighbors' homes. When the Barnett house > was blown from its foundations, she was thrown about the room while the > furniture was piled in disorder and much o fit ruined. Their baby was asleep > in its little cradle and was not harmed when the heavy bureau fell across > the cradle. > > Concern for the injured has prevented a close check of the > damage done to standing timber in the county, but it is known that much good > timber was destroyed. > > This article was published in the May 12th, 1927 issue of the Cleveland > County Herald. > > * This is not a typo, I copied it word for word. > > The list of communities I have so far will follow. > > > Belinda Winston > Assistant Cleveland County Librarian > Cleveland County Website coordinator > http://www.rootsweb.com/~arclevel/index.html > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. 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How about Rison and Miller Township...Were they the same place?

In reply to any other Communities in Cleveland County, Jann Woodward and I were curious as to where Froug Ranch might be? The below obituary is the only reference we have seen. Was this another name for the old DIXIE RANCH, at Rose Hill south of present day HWY 114? JAMES LUNSFORD James Lunsford, 57 years old, well-known citizen of Cleveland County, died at his home on the Froug Ranch Sunday night, April 19, following a heart attack. He was apparently in good health when he retired in the early part of the night. He is survived by his wife and eight children. Funeral services were held Monday at the Macedonia cemetery in Cleveland County.--From Monday's Pine Bluff Commercial

I saw mentioned in the communities in Cleveland Co.,sent to the list, a PINCHBACK MILLS? I am researching the PINCHBACK name and the ones that lived in Dallas and Cleveland Co,s are mine. I would appreciate any information on the PINCHBACK MILLS that you might be able to give me. I have only heard of its existance but know nothing else about it. Thank you, Rita

In a message dated 05/20/2000 09:14:14 AM Central Daylight Time, librarybook@hotmail.com writes: << This is what I have so far. If you have any to add, please do. Thanks to Dr. Rawls and Rufus T. Buie for helping me pinpoint some places. >> I saw mentioned in the communities that you sent to the lis, a PINCHBACK MILLS? I am researching the PINCHBACK name and the ones that lived in Dallas and Cleveland Co,s are mine. I would appreciate any information on the PINCHBACK MILLS that you might be able to give me. I have only heard of its existance but know nothing else about it. Thank you, Rita

This is what I have so far. If you have any to add, please do. Thanks to Dr. Rawls and Rufus T. Buie for helping me pinpoint some places. Annover Baggett Bethel Bleeker Blue Springs* Boyd Special* Bradley Brooks* Cabool Carpenter Clio Como Croak Dialion Draughon Eagle Creek Emmaus Eunice Faith* Glendale* Grace Gravestown Graywood Gum Springs Herbine Hollis Special Kedron Lehigh Locust Cottage* Macedonia (Lee twp) Macedonia (Smith twp) Mason McKinney Mt Lebanon Mt. Carmel Mt. Elba New Edinburg North Concord Orlando Pansy Parnell Springs* Peace Pinchback Mills Piney Grove Pool Radway Randall Ripley Rose Hill Rowell Rye Saline Shady Grove Sneed South Concord St. John Staves Talledega Tipton Toledo Trigg Unionville Whiteoak *These communities weren't actually in Cleveland, but were just over the border and well known to the Cleveland Countians. Belinda Winston Assistant Cleveland County Librarian Cleveland County Website coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~arclevel/index.html ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

Here is the article on the Tornado. Enjoy. May 12, 1927 TORNADO TAKES NINE LIVES WHEN IT HITS TOLEDO AND RANDALL WITH HEAVY LOSSES Score Injured in Path of County’s Worst Storm Which Struck Monday Four Whites and Five Negroes Die From Injuries Received in Wind That Swept Across County; Many Homes, School House and Store are Leveled. Toledo and Randall bore the brunt of the most disastrous tornado ever to strike Cleveland county, Monday afternoon about three o’clock. Nine persons were killed while more than 20 received serious or painful wounds, when the devastating force swept its way across the county touching spots, razing homes, barns and timber in its path of 100 yards wide at Toledo to a quarter mile wide at Randall. Property damage in Cleveland county will range between $75,000 and $100,000, it is estimated. At the historic little village of Toledo, three miles south of Rison, the old homesteads of R.J. May, Duncan May and Mrs. Joe Lindsey were completely demolished together with the new school house, and the new home of H.G. Barnett was torn from its foundation and badly damaged. The destructive results of the twister were not visible again until it struck the farm of M.J. Gray, one mile west of Randall, killing Mr. Gray’s aged mother and leveled his residence and store-house. Near the Gray place it destroyed the home of D.H. Holloway, Negro, killing him and three others of his household. In the same community a tenant house on the farm of Noah Peek was blown away and four Negro children injured. The large log house of B.F. Ratliff, near Randall, was blown from around the family who escaped with only minor injuries and scratches. Not far from the Gray place the frame house occupied by Oscar Veasey was demolished and his 15-year-old stepson, Jack White, was instantly killed. The farm house occupied by Oscar Veasey and family was demolished and Herbert Veasey, his 15-year-old stepson was instantly killed. * No other members of the Veasey family were seriously injured. The Veasey place is also near the Gray farm. At Randall the store building of O’Neill and Spires was destroyed as were the homes of J.T. Barnes and Walter Price, while the residence of Mr. Spires suffered badly. A tenant house on the place was badly damaged. A small son of Mr. and Mrs. Price was injured and the Barnes family received minor cuts and bruises. All the large and beautiful oak shade trees at the Randall store were uprooted. The home of Jim Rodgers, northeast of Randall, was completely destroyed. The large log house of B.F. Ratliff near Randall was blown from around the family who escaped with minor injuries. Most of the details surrounding the storm at Randall were furnished the Herald Tuesday by Miss Estelle Brown. Eleven in May Home Eleven people were in the Duncan May home at the time of its destruction where Mrs. Ben Foster, Roy S. Lovejoy and Effie Mitchell, Negro woman, were fatally injured. The remaining eight were all injured, but no more fatalities are expected, according to attending physicians. Mrs. Foster, who was a sister of Mr. May, lived near Stuttgart and had arrived Sunday for a short visit with her brother and family. Mr. and Mrs. R.J. May and their young son were at their home which was the first to be struck at Toledo. Mrs. May and the boy were not hurt and Mr. May only received slight scratches. The house was splintered and no part of it left standing. The escape of Mrs. Jo Lindsey, age 76, who was the only member of the Lindsey family at home is considered miraculous. She was sewing in the family living room but emerged from the wreckage after the storm passed unhurt. Only two homes at Toledo were not damaged, those being the old Methodist parsonage, occupied by Orvill Granderson and family, and the one occupied by Lee Rogers and family and Judge E.F. Foster, former county judge of the county. Physicians Rush Here The five physicians of Rison were busy caring for the victims of nature’s most deadly agent until past midnight. They were assisted by Drs. T.E. Rhine of Thornton and S.C. Johnson of Kingsland, who rushed to the scene as soon as news of the disaster reached them. Tell of Storm Graphic and harrowing details of the storm were related Tuesday morning by Isaac Coleman, young man employed on the Duncan May place and who was in the house at the time it was struck, J.B. Lindsey and Mrs. H.G. Barnett. According to young Coleman, the roaring of the approaching wind could be heard for possibly a minute before it came into view. He said that the noise grew teriffic and sounded like a continuous rumble of thunder. Mrs. Foster, Mrs. May and three small children, he stated, were in a room in a part of the house which he saw torn from his view as Lovejoy started to run toward the back porch where Effie Mitchell, Negro woman, was washing and who was killed outright. This was the last he knew until he found himself partly covered with debris and the entire house scattered. His first thought was that all the others were dying as the screams and moans were terrible. As he extricated himself and gained his fee, he saw Mrs. May attempting to stand. J.B. Lindsey, who, with his family, reside with his mother, Mrs. JO Lindsey, stated that he had gone into his barn near the home and was trying to fasten the doors to keep out what he thought was an approaching rain. When he saw the barn roof torn from over his head, he ran out and was thrown upon the ground near his son Swanson, and both escaped uninjured. J.W. Curry of Rye who had taken refuge in the Lindsey barn from the rain, remained in the structure and was also unhurt. Mr. Lindsey said that when he ran from the building he looked up and the sky was black with debris which was being hurled in all directions. Mrs. Barnett watched the death dealing current from her front door and saw the destruction of her neighbors’ homes. When the Barnett house was blown from its foundations, she was thrown about the room while the furniture was piled in disorder and much o fit ruined. Their baby was asleep in its little cradle and was not harmed when the heavy bureau fell across the cradle. Concern for the injured has prevented a close check of the damage done to standing timber in the county, but it is known that much good timber was destroyed. This article was published in the May 12th, 1927 issue of the Cleveland County Herald. * This is not a typo, I copied it word for word. The list of communities I have so far will follow. Belinda Winston Assistant Cleveland County Librarian Cleveland County Website coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~arclevel/index.html ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

Would you have any information on the Reeds, Stewarts, and Forresters that lived at Miller Township near Rison? John Howard Reed and wife Francis Billingsley had a son Alexander John Reed b. 1866 in Bradley Co. that married Paralee Stewart, whose Mother was Matilda "Lizzie" Forester dau. of Richard Carroll and Isabella Greenlees Forrester. Lizzie Forester m 1st Stewart, then Ben Glover, then before 1900 the 1st Stewart's brother. Supposely the Reed and Stewarts lived across road from each other. Would appreciate any help or information. Jenny Oldham jloldham@vvm.com

Looking for the descendants of Francis Harris b 1858 GA who married W. H. Golden. Francis is the daughter of Hilliard Harris and Elizabeth McCorkle. This HARRIS family was in Cleveland & Bradley County by 1861. Other children of Hilliard & Elizabeth were: William James (Billy) Harris b 1850 GA married Harriett Childress Sarah Harris b 1852 GA Steve Madison Harris b 1854 GA married Mary Vina Daniel (my line) James Harris b 1856 GA Francis (shown above) b 1858 GA married W. H. Golden Hilliard and 2nd wife, Emily Morgan Wolfe had the following children (all in AR) Hilliard Gray Harris b 1867 AR Emily Arra Harris b 1869 AR married J. J. Naron Armenda Harris Beverly Alexander Harris b 1872 AR married Mary L. Spraggins Hilliard and 3rd wife, Mary Ellen Stephens had: Minnie P. Harris b 1878 AR married Alonzo Carlton Akin in Texarkana

Belinda, I sent a url to your address, let me know if it works. Richard

Here is a site for finding my family tree. It has descendants of John W Sadler and Charlotte O Wharton Sadler as well as Hugh Craig Sinclair and Mary Francis Brown Sinclair who settled in the Cleveland County area. Raymond Mays rcmays@compuserve.com http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/m/a/y/Raymond-C-Mays

In a message dated 5/18/00 10:39:05 PM Central Daylight Time, jabr3640@tds.net writes: << Another old community in eastern Cleveland County was known as St. John's...there was once a post office there. I have an approximate location. Does anyone know its exact geographical location? Annette Rawls >> There is a book in the State Archives in L.R. which has the location of all old P.O.s.

In a message dated 5/18/00 9:43:06 PM Central Daylight Time, jaysinis@cei.net writes: << Library Lady wrote: > Need help guys.... > > I'm trying to create a map with all the old communities listed. >> Are you going to include "Croak?".

Thank you Dr. Rawls! Now if I can only look at a map and figure out exactly where you said they were.... Thanks Doyle. Richard, what is your url? Wasn't St.John the second post office in the county? The first being Gum Springs... also known as Gum Grove. Tornado article to follow. Belinda Winston Assistant Cleveland County Librarian Cleveland County Website coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~arclevel/index.html ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com