This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jabanks007 Surnames: Banks, Murphy Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.arkansas.counties.columbia/1582/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello, I'm looking for any info regarding William Allen Banks prior to 1860. I cannot find him prior to the 1860 Federal Census where he is listed as living in Columbia Co, Arkansas with his wife Martha (Murphy) and his mother-in-law, Martha Murphy. Thanks! 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. <br>

We would like to announce the forming of a new organization the Cumberland Gap Tennessee Genealogy and History Group, A.K.A (CGTGHG) which propose to record and preserve. The goal of the group is to promote Genealogy with the recording of Pioneerâs and their descendantâs while also preserving and recording Cumberland Gapâs history. The CGTGHG hopeâs the Nation will get behind the group by submitting pioneerâs names, stories, pictures and Genealogies to be preserved for future generations to come. The CGTGHG will be having a newsletter 4 times a year and will have memberships available on different levels more on that to come. You can go to our website at [1]cgtghg.org or [2]facebook.com/cgtghg Thank You, David A Nelson Jr Website and Social Media References 1. http://cgtghg.org/ 2. http://facebook.com/cgtghg

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: lfpurdy Surnames: Williamson, Atkinson, Foreman, Whitlow, Atkinson, Polk Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.arkansas.counties.columbia/433.429.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Ira Lee Williamson (born 8-9-01, died 5-7-67, a couple of weeks before my high school graduation; buried at Macedonia [Baptist Church] Cemetery, Columbia County, Arkansas; married Virginia [Virgie] Leona Foreman, who died after a lengthy illness with rheumatic fever 10-24-50, when I was a toddler; Ira Lee remarried, to a widow, Marjorie Mills, with whom he lived until his death from a heart attack; he made his living as a bulldozer operator; he used his bulldozer to dig a pond on my parents' farm; he had a couple of other heart attacks before the fatal one; one heart attack was when his bulldozer fell on him, during unloading from the truck, when he was pinned under the dozer for a period time; following his Ira Lee Williamson's obituary --- Born Aug 9, 1901; Died May 7, 1967 Ira Lee Williamson, 65, of Magnolia, died early Sunday night at his home. He was a Columbia County native. Survivors include his widow; a son, Walter Henry Williamson of Taylor, AR; two daughters, Mrs. Mona Faye Atkinson of Magnolia and Mrs. Cleolis Green of Laurel, Miss; a stepson, W.F. Mills of Benton, AR; a stepdaughter Mrs. Helen Davenport of Ralston TX; a brother Ervin Williamson of Magnolia; a half-brother, Jodie Caldwell of Shreveport, LA and 13 grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Macedonia Baptist Church by Rev. Farrell White and Rev. Jimmie Henry. Burial will be at the church cemetery by Lewis Funeral Home.) is my maternal grandfather. We called him "Grandaddy Williamson". His brother Ervin Delmar Williamson (Uncle Ervin) and Uncle Ervin's wife Aunt Ethel, and their son C.W. Williamson often visited in our home and were a close part of our extended family. My mother is Ira Lee Williamson's youngest child, Mona Faye Williamson (she married Emory Nathan Atkinson, Jr., Magnolia, Columbia County, Arkansas, died 7-13-87, and is buried, with our father, at Friendship [Magnolia Township] Cemetery, of that city and county; Mother has 4 children, me, the oldest, Lanelle Faye Atkinson Purdy, David Edward Atkinson, Teresa Ann Atkinson Hughes, Allen Nathan Atkinson, all living). Ira Lee Williamson's oldest child is Cleolis Aline Williamson (born 11-9-25, died 1-21-03; married Jerrell P. Green; both ! buried at Stephens Cemetery, Ouachita County, Arkansas; no children). The other child is Walter Henry Williamson (born 9-9-28, died 11-12-11; buried in Friendship [Magnolia Township] Cemetery, Magnolia, Columbia County, Arkansas; two daughters, Martha Williamson Wise and Amy Williamson, both living). Grandaddy Williamson's obituary references a half-brother Jodie Caldwell, of Shreveport, LA. Before he died my dad took me on a driving tour of the area around his and my mother's home off the Taylor Highway, outside of Magnolia, Arkansas, headed toward Taylor, AR, and Springhill, LA, and pointed out the wooded area, clearly an old "home place", where I understood that Grandaddy Williamson and Uncle Ervin lived as young boys. I don't recall details, but it seems that he mentioned their mother's dying and their becoming orphans, but I am probably inaccurate. My youngest sibling, Allen Atkinson, is the family historian, having had the privilege of spending "one-on-one" time with our parents, after the 3 older siblings married and left home. He knows facts of what I am trying to recall. My siblings and I are working to create family history, for ourselves, our children, grandchildren, etc., but we let pas the opportunity to learn from our parents, grandparents, aunts, uncl! es, etc., so we are forever missing facts and stories. I/we will appreciate hearing from whoever is searching for the Williamson family history, because that is the part of our family tree that is sparse with information. We know our maternal grandmother's (Ira Lee's first wife and the mother of his 3 children) family and our father's maternal and paternal families, but Grandaddy Williamson's family history is missing. We will appreciate the opportunity to collaborate with anyone researching that side of the family, as we work to create our family tree. Thank you. 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. <br>

The Ark-La-Tex Genealogical Association will have an all day seminar on Saturday August 9, 2014. Featured speaker will be Kelvin Meyers, professional genealogist and lecturer. His lectures will include: (1) Plowing Through the Land Records to Find Your Ancestor; (2) Tax Records or Why did Scarlett Make A Dress of Her Mother's Drapes? (3) Probate: More Than A Will; and (4) How Great Thou Art! How Great They Are! Church Records. Location for the seminar will be the Broadmoor United Methodist Church ( Pearce Hall) at 3715 Youree Drive, Shreveport. Lunch and syllabus included if pre-registered by August 6th. Book Venders will be on site with a selection of genealogy and history books. Door Prizes to be given. Due to limited seating, advance registration recommended. For more details and a printable registration form, go to our website: <http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~laaltga/seminar.htm> http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~laaltga/seminar.htm or email Jim Johnson at <mailto:jjohnson747@suddenlink.net> jjohnson747@suddenlink.net

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: sue_nipper Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.arkansas.counties.columbia/500.2.2.1.1.1.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: This is part of my family. Dalton Dodson, brother of Archie,Dewey,was my dad. I was adopted at age 2. Archie Dodson's sons are on Facebook---James Travis Dodson and Johnny Dodson. Any info you may need, check there. 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. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: matthewruss23 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.arkansas.counties.columbia/1569.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: That's my great great great grandad, was doing family tree and came across this. Don't have certificate, but would like to getin touch with my Russ side of my family. If someone receive this, email me at MatthewRuss23@Yahoo.com! Thanks 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. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ramjammer Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.arkansas.counties.columbia/500.2.2.1.1.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Andrew Dewey Dodson of Montgomery, Alabama is my grandfather, he passed on in 1998. Saddest day of my life. I traveled with him many times to visit family in Magnolia, Arkansas. His brother and sister, which I knew as Aunt Eunice and Uncle Archie lived there, along with numerous cousins, one being Travis. We also visited family in the Dallas/Mesquite, Texas area as well as Aberdeen and Sherman, Texas. He also had another brother who passed on at a young age before I was born. He served in the U.S. Air Force and participated in the Berlin Airlift after Russia built the Berlin Wall. While stationed in Liverpool, England he met and married my grandmother Hillary and my father, Robert James Dodson was born there before they returned to the US, being stationed at Maxwell AFB in Montgomery, Alabama. Settling down in Montgomery they also had my aunt, Lynn Dodson. He retired from the Air Force and then began a career with the US Postal Service from which he also retired from in the! early 1980s. I called him PauPa and not a day goes by that I do not remember fond memories of the greatest man I ever have known.He is buried by his mother & father as well as many other family members in Magnolia, Arkansas. 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. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Jatkins40 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.arkansas.counties.columbia/1581/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello i just wanted to touch bases about our Hearin families this has been on my mind. I think our families are tied together some how we just need to put the puzzles together. 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. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ghettomuzik23 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.arkansas.counties.columbia/869.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: IF ITS THE SAME JAKE W WARD HIS WIFE WAS NAMED CATHRINE WARD SON FRANK WARD GRANDSON JOE WARD SR 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. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: CheerfulBrentLong Surnames: Dodson, Higginbotham Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.arkansas.counties.columbia/149.155.176.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello, I am researching my uncle's Dodson line and I believe that Andrew Jackson Dodson and Emma are his 2nd great grandparents. Would you know enough about their children to tell me if I am on the right track? What I think I have right: A J Dodson married to Emile and had the following children: Ella P Thomas M William J Lewis W Emma * Charles W ( my uncles ancestor) James Archer Hattie A Charles Washington Dodson born in Magnolia Arkansas 21 Jan 1879 married to Ada Beatrice Dodson born in Magnolia Arkansas 25 Jan 1887 (his cousin) her parents are Robert Edward Dodson and Lanora "Nora" Higginbotham Does anyone have any information to confirm my hunch? Thanks! Cheerful Long 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. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Jatkins40 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.arkansas.counties.columbia/1575.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Morning I have not been able to find my ggrandmother prior to 1880 in Arkansas with my ggrandpa. I heard she was in arkansas married to a Herron then I heard she was two yrs old a Herron her father was a Adkins. I don't know I think I'll NEVER find her... I know I'll never find him he died around after 1910-1915 because it showed her as a widow after 1910 on the census 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. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: frogmagreen Surnames: Herron, Herring, Herrin, Reid, Reed, Anderson, Atkins Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.arkansas.counties.columbia/1575.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: 1870 Name: Anna H Herron Age in 1870: 44 Birth Year: abt 1826 Birthplace: South Carolina Home in 1870: Alabama, Columbia, Arkansas Race: White Gender: Female Post Office: Falcon Value of real estate: View Image Household Members: Name Age Anna H Herron 44 Edmond Herron 22 Sarah A Herron 21 James C Herron 17 Benjamin Herron 9 Sophronia Herron 7 Eligah Herron 6 next door: Name: Nancy Reid Age in 1870: 28 Birth Year: abt 1842 Birthplace: Alabama Home in 1870: Alabama, Columbia, Arkansas Race: White Gender: Female Post Office: Falcon Value of real estate: View Image Household Members: Name Age Luther Reid 68 Nancy Reid 28 James Reid 2 Cora L Reid 9/12 1850 Name: Ann Harran Age: 24 Birth Year: abt 1826 Birthplace: South Carolina Home in 1850: Coffee, Alabama Gender: Female Family Number: 237 Household Members: Name Age Edmond Harran 41 Ann Harran 24 Nancy Harran 8 Edmond Harran 4 Sarah A Harran 0 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. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: frogmagreen Surnames: Herron, Herring, Herrin, Reid, Reed, Anderson, Atkins Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.arkansas.counties.columbia/1575.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: yes I am very confused too. Ok, my Annie was born earlier, somewhere around 1825-1830 according to census records...however...I have been digging through some of your ancestry records and some of them are the same people I have...also you mention Fosters...did any of your family ever migrate to Texas? I have Fosters (Robert, Susan, Mary, Addie) with my Reeds (that would have been Nancy Herron's husband and children) in the 1880's. My Nancy shows on the census records as being married to a Martin Luther Reid who is 40 years older than her for a couple decades. He died, I believe, in Texas. However, all of Nancy's children's death certificate list their fathers name as Jim or James Reed so I do not think Martin is their father. A couple of them list their mothers name as Mary Anderson rather than Nancy Herron as well. In 1870, Nancy lived in Falcon, Nevada, Arkansas next door to a Annie Herron, who I believe to be her mother. It is possible my Annie remarried and had m! ore children. The youngest child from her first marriage to Edmond Herron was born in 1861 as far as I can tell. Have you looked through my ancestry records on Anna Herron and Nancy Herron? I think maybe we are missing the mark on Anna because of the birthdate disparity but I still think these families tie together. Will keep investigating! Laura 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. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Jatkins40 Surnames: Adkins-Atkins-Herron Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.arkansas.counties.columbia/1575.2.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I know in 1870 he was in Lapile Union,Ar with his first wife my cousins gggrandmother Victoria Benton And in Eldorado Union County,Ar in 1880 Joe Atkins and Annie Atkins alone with some of their children 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. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Jatkins40 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.arkansas.counties.columbia/1575.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I see Elij and Nancy with my ggrandparents they were Adkins-Atkins as well. Nancy spouse was from Ireland if I'm not mistaking 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. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Jatkins40 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.arkansas.counties.columbia/1575.2.1.1.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello and thanks. The first time I found my ggrandmother was in 1880 in Union Co, Ar by then she was married to my ggrandpa Joseph (Joe) Adkins. their last name change to Atkins by 1980-1900. she was listed as his spouse.... she was born June 1858 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. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Jatkins40 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.arkansas.counties.columbia/1575.2.1.1.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello WOW this is very confusing.... 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. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: frogmagreen Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.arkansas.counties.columbia/1575.2.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: also I cannot seem to find the 1880 census record you speak of...can you point me to it so I can cross check dates etc? Thanks! Laura 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. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: frogmagreen Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.arkansas.counties.columbia/1575.2.1.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: BTW you sent me this message on another board awhile back. Very interesting. I have seen the Foster name around my Reeds, and also Lorenzo Reed. In my records, Eligah J is the son of Anna/Annie Herron and has a sister names Sarah/Sally. They must be connected but I can't wrap my hear around it! "We have been told that Elijah Herron may have been an uncle either to my great grandmother Barbara or her mother Sarah Herron Foster. we had a land grant presented to Elijah J Herron by President Grover Cleveland. I do not have this anymore as all our family records disappeared after the death of my great aunt. This area of the family is very difficult to trace as they change names frequently. In 1880 in Taylor,Arkansas the census shows Annie Herron living with her son John B. Herron her daughter Sallie AKA Sarah Herron and her granddaughter Barbara Herron. Barbara was my great grandmother. When she married my great grandfather she had changed her last name to Adkins and stated the her fathers name was William Adkins. Yet at 2 years old her name was Herron. I have seen Lorenzo around the Herron family but I do not know the connection." 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. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: frogmagreen Surnames: Herron Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.arkansas.counties.columbia/1575.2.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello, Well, I am not completely sure we have the same Anna. Here is what I know about mine: she lived in Coffee County in 1850-1870. She was married to an Edmond Herron, who is seemingly untraceable...I think he died in the Civil War when they lived in Alabama...around 1870 I find her living as head of household in Falcon, Alabama Township, Columbia, Arkansas with her many children, including Sarah A, Sophronia (married a Beardan), Elija (m.Cora Bearden), and James. Her other daughter Nancy married a Reed so that may be where "Lorenzo" comes from. It is possible she remarried somewhere between 1860-1870 as she is absolutely untraceable to me after 1880, and the rest of the children by that time had mostly married off and gone seperate ways as far as I can tell. Do you think we have the same Annie? If so I will give you everything I know! Where is your Annie in 1880? Laura 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. <br>