(2) From: The Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Southern Arkansas, Published 1890 by Goodspeed. The Courthouse In 1842 the present brick courthouse, (1890 being the present year), was completed at a cost of probably $4,000, and was the only brick building in the entire county. It is thus seen to be almost half a century old, and its walls, sitting on the crossing of two roads have looked down on the quaint old buildings of the square, and down the four shaded streets all these years. A jail was built later on and still serves the unlucky prisoner. NEW LEWISVILLE and CANFIELD are now clamoring for the county seat, and the people will decide the matter by vote on August 26, 1890. New LEWISVILLE confidently left a square in the center of her plat for the new courthouse.

(1) From: The Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Southern Arkansas, Published 1890 by Goodspeed. Lafayette County Six years after Little Rock became the capital of Arkansas Territory, the fifth Legislature, representing thirteen counties, held a session from October 1, 1827, to October 31. D. T. WITTER was president, and T. W. NEWTON, Secretary of the council, and the speaker and clerk of the House were, respectively, A. H. SEVIER and Andrew ROANE. On the 15th of the month they carved out a new county on the Louisiana and Texas lines, covering the present counties of * LAFAYETTE, * MILLER, and a good share of * COLUMBIA, and named it in honor of the good Frenchman. The new county organized the same year, (1827), with Jesse DOUGLAS as clerk; Joshua MORRISON, sheriff; J. W. WARD, coroner; and J. T. CONWAY, surveyor. The first judge of which information can be found was Jacob BUZZARD, who served from 1829 to 1836, and during whose administration no records or county seat seems to have been required. His successor, E. M. LOWE, serving from 1836 to 1840, left records beginning at the earliest date, thus: "August term. At a county court began and held at the Cut-Off on Red River at he house prepared for the reception of the court, which commenced on the 6th day of August, 1838, present; E. M. LOWE, chief justice, and John WAGGONER and Benj. LINK, two justices of the peace." Here follows a petition for a road from Moss' bridge to the Louisiana line, saying: "The county is settling up very fast in that section." They wanted H. M. LEMAY, Jacob WAGGONER, and L. B. FORT to be viewers. A ferry license was issued to parties at Long Prairie, on Red River.

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Thought this might be of interest to anyone who has had plans to visit the Ft. Worth Library, please call first. Jo Autrey [email protected] Jo's Front Page and Genealogy http://members.tripod.com/~JoMAutrey ----- Original Message ----- From: tracers <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2000 3:05 PM Subject: [CENSUS_ONLINE_NEWS] Tornado damages to Fort Worth Library > ~~~~~CENSUS ONLINE & OTHER DIGGINS~~~~~ > http://www.imagin.net/~tracers/census1.htm > As seen at Worldwide Top 100 Genealogy Sites where you will find over 500 > links: > http://www.worldwide-top100.net/tops5/rankem.cgi?action=in&id=tracer > > The following message was kindly passed along to us from a librarian at the > Fort Worth Library. > This is the first real report I have had of the damages. I truly appreciate > her message. Thank you Shirley. > > Hi Brenda, > > Yes there was damage to the Fort Worth Library. The rare books area in the > Genealogy Department were soaked with water. The glass windows on the > street level is gone. The air conditioning system sustained damage as well > - two units toppled, one was blown away. They are hoping to be able to get > into the building today to check for structural damage. At this time we are > advising people to phone before you plan a research trip to the library. > > Thanks for passing on the information. > > Sincerely, > > Shirley Apley, Senior Librarian > Genealogy/Local History/City Archives > Fort Worth Public Library > 500 West 3rd Street > Fort Worth, TX 76102 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Good friends, school spirit, hair-dos you'd like to forget. > Classmates.com has them all. And with 4.4 million alumni already > registered, there's a good chance you'll find your friends here: > http://click.egroups.com/1/2623/2/_/596188/_/954450423/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > CENSUS ONLINE http://www.imagin.net/~tracers/census1.htm > Together we can make our genealogy endeavors a SUCCESS! > To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.onelist.com and > unsubscribe. >

I am looking for Jonathan Elliott b 1804? , wife Elizabeth b 1806?. They also had children there but I don't know which ones stayed there. James was there in 1870 in the area. Wanda in MS

As a matter of fact I am working on the cemetery list for Mt. Pisgah right now. Who in particular are you looking for? Michelle Rasberry [email protected] wrote: > > Am looking for Elliott's in Mt Pisgah Cemetery in Columbia. Does anyone have > any information on this cemetery? > Wanda in MS > > ==== ARCOLUMB Mailing List ==== > Also visit the rootsweb Columbia County Genealogy Website > http://www.rootsweb.com/~arcolumb/index.html > > ============================== > The RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Tens of millions of individuals... and counting. > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com

Am looking for Elliott's in Mt Pisgah Cemetery in Columbia. Does anyone have any information on this cemetery? Wanda in MS

[email protected] wrote: > I need copies of marriage records from the 1860's. Has there been anything > published with early marriages listed. Can I get them at the courthouse in > Magnolia or where should I look? > Also, am looking for an old cemetery 6 miles east of Brister. Any idea where > it could be located or the name. Plan to go to Columbia Co. this week. > > Thanks, > Jean ======= Jean - Southwest AR Genealogical Society, P O Box 375, Magnolia AR 71754-0375--- following publications for sale: Most of SO WE AR back issues (2 per year).......$12.50 per year 1860 Columbia Co Census..... $16.50 1870 Columbia Co Census..... $16.50 1880 Columbia Co Census..... $33.00 Marriage Book A (1852-1865) $11.50 Marriage Book B & C (1865-1875) $11.50 Marriages of Columbia Co, 1866-89 $17.00 Biographical Family Histories of Southwest AR, Vol. I..... $39.00 Biographical Family Histories of Southwest AR, Vol. II... (currently at printer) Columbia Co Cemetery Map $4.00 Confederate Soldiers of Columbia Co $25.00 (Currently working on printing 1900 Columbia Co Census, publication date uncertain. Prices include postage. Hope this information helps. Cemetery listings are on file at the Regional Public Library in Magnolia. So We AR hopes to update these and possibly print them at a later date. Pat > > > ==== ARCOLUMB Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe, send an e-mail message to: > [email protected] > (for individual messages) > OR > [email protected] > (for a digest of multiple messages) > In the body include only one word: unsubscribe > (Turn OFF your signature file when sending this command) > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi

What is the name of the cemetery? Winston At 07:29 AM 3/27/2000 EST, you wrote: >I need copies of marriage records from the 1860's. Has there been anything >published with early marriages listed. Can I get them at the courthouse in >Magnolia or where should I look? >Also, am looking for an old cemetery 6 miles east of Brister. Any idea where >it could be located or the name. Plan to go to Columbia Co. this week. > >Thanks, >Jean > > >==== ARCOLUMB Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe, send an e-mail message to: > [email protected] > (for individual messages) > OR > [email protected] > (for a digest of multiple messages) > In the body include only one word: unsubscribe > (Turn OFF your signature file when sending this command) > >============================== >Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. >RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. >http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi > >

Yes they do have marriage records at the Columbia County courthouse in Magnolia and sometimes even have the actual marriage certificate if no one has claimed it. What cemetery are you trying to find and I may have a copy of the listing or can find one for you. Michelle Rasberry Administrator ARCOLUMB Mailing List Coordinator Columbia County Genealogy Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~arcolumb [email protected] wrote: > > I need copies of marriage records from the 1860's. Has there been anything > published with early marriages listed. Can I get them at the courthouse in > Magnolia or where should I look? > Also, am looking for an old cemetery 6 miles east of Brister. Any idea where > it could be located or the name. Plan to go to Columbia Co. this week. > > Thanks, > Jean > > ==== ARCOLUMB Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe, send an e-mail message to: > [email protected] > (for individual messages) > OR > [email protected] > (for a digest of multiple messages) > In the body include only one word: unsubscribe > (Turn OFF your signature file when sending this command) > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com

I am currently working on getting some of the cemetery listings on the Columbia County website. Since I am currently working, I don't have the time I need to devote to this so I thought some information is probably better than none. I went to the library last weekend and got copies of their cemetery listings, which were done by the genealogy society several years ago. I am putting those on the website until I can personally get them updated. I did go to Hephzibah Cemetery last weekend and I can vouch for the validity of that listing. Also the Ware's Chapel, Chalybeate Springs and Ebenezer listings are pretty current. The old listings I have are Christie's Chapel, The Cloud Family Cemetery, Crossroads Cemetery, Dickson Cemetery, Dinktown Cemetery, Dockery Cemetery, Harris Cemetery and Hartsfield Cemetery. I hope this helps some of you who cannot personally get to these cemeteries and I will let you know when they are updated as I get them surveyed. The links are located at http://www.rootsweb.com/~arcolumb and are at the very bottom of the webpage. Michelle Rasberry Administrator ARCOLUMB Mailing List Coordinator Columbia County, Arkansas Genealogy Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~arcolumb __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com

I need copies of marriage records from the 1860's. Has there been anything published with early marriages listed. Can I get them at the courthouse in Magnolia or where should I look? Also, am looking for an old cemetery 6 miles east of Brister. Any idea where it could be located or the name. Plan to go to Columbia Co. this week. Thanks, Jean

I have some original tax records from Columbia, Nevada and Ouachita Counties and they reflect that taxes were paid in Washington, Arkansas from 1852 to at least 1854. It seems that after the war, my records from that time forward shows that all taxes were paid in the respective counties at the Sheriff's Office. Charlotte Holly

The tax records that time period are definately in the Columbia County courthouse. It seems like the tax records start about 1855-56. We have been there and used them. Good luck. Tom Sisolak Fort Worth, TX --------------- > Columbia County wasn't established until 1852. Prior to that it was > part of Hempstead, Lafayette and Ouachita counties. There is a good > chance that there are tax records at the courthouse although I cannot > verify it. I do know that luckily Columbia County has only had a few > fires at the courthouse and everytime the majority of the records were > undamaged. It would be worth it to give them a call or a visit. > > Michelle Rasberry > Administrator > ARCOLUMB Mailing List > > [email protected] wrote: > > > > Can someone please tell me if the Columbia County Tax office has tax > > records during the period of 1850 through 1880 ? > > > > Winston McCain > > > > ==== ARCOLUMB Mailing List ==== > > Also visit the rootsweb Columbia County Genealogy Website > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~arcolumb/index.html > > > > ==============================

Thank you. Winston McCin Researching GRAHAM and BAKER in Columbia CO. AR. At 09:22 AM 3/17/2000 -0800, you wrote: >Perhaps you should contact SOWEAR, the genealogical society for that area. >The address on the Columbia Co. website and they are very helpful and >believe they may have tax polls from the years you reference. Ina > >>Can someone please tell me if the Columbia County Tax office has tax >>records during the period of 1850 through 1880 ? >> >>Winston McCain >> >> >>==== ARCOLUMB Mailing List ==== >>Also visit the rootsweb Columbia County Genealogy Website >>http://www.rootsweb.com/~arcolumb/index.html >> >>============================== >>Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. >>RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. >>http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi > > > > >==== ARCOLUMB Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe, send an e-mail message to: > [email protected] > (for individual messages) > OR > [email protected] > (for a digest of multiple messages) > In the body include only one word: unsubscribe > (Turn OFF your signature file when sending this command) > >============================== >Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. >http://pml.rootsweb.com/ >Brought to you by RootsWeb.com. > >

Perhaps you should contact SOWEAR, the genealogical society for that area. The address on the Columbia Co. website and they are very helpful and believe they may have tax polls from the years you reference. Ina >Can someone please tell me if the Columbia County Tax office has tax >records during the period of 1850 through 1880 ? > >Winston McCain > > >==== ARCOLUMB Mailing List ==== >Also visit the rootsweb Columbia County Genealogy Website >http://www.rootsweb.com/~arcolumb/index.html > >============================== >Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. >RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. >http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi

Columbia County wasn't established until 1852. Prior to that it was part of Hempstead, Lafayette and Ouachita counties. There is a good chance that there are tax records at the courthouse although I cannot verify it. I do know that luckily Columbia County has only had a few fires at the courthouse and everytime the majority of the records were undamaged. It would be worth it to give them a call or a visit. Michelle Rasberry Administrator ARCOLUMB Mailing List [email protected] wrote: > > Can someone please tell me if the Columbia County Tax office has tax > records during the period of 1850 through 1880 ? > > Winston McCain > > ==== ARCOLUMB Mailing List ==== > Also visit the rootsweb Columbia County Genealogy Website > http://www.rootsweb.com/~arcolumb/index.html > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com

Can someone please tell me if the Columbia County Tax office has tax records during the period of 1850 through 1880 ? Winston McCain

Does anyone have access to grave information for McClendon cemetery and the cemetery at Noxobe ? Jehu GRAHAM received a land patent for land where the McClendon cemeetery is located in 1852. I am searching for any information the GRAHAM or BAKER lines that may be in this area. Winston McCain

The following is an article printed on the Banner News feature page http://www.bannernews.net/display/inn_features/features1.txt There are also old pictures of the Rudd family at http://www.bannernews.net/features/ Rudd's Crossing full of Irish heritage By TONI WALTHALL Staff Writer Though lacking in handed-down legends about leprechauns, banshees or pots o' gold, Rudd's Crossing is an area rich with some Irish heritage. Names such as Fallin, Rudd, Mooney, Moody, and even Ward and Hancock, found in the history of the area are a connection to the Emerald Isle's role in providing immigrants to Columbia County. South on U.S. 371 about three miles outside of Magnolia, travelers turn onto Arkansas 344 at the Korner Store, owned by Marshall Ray and Annette Mooney, a fairly common Irish name. Two miles of gently winding road through rolling pastureland with scattered plots of timber lead to the little intersection that remains a landmark bearing one Irish family name. A modern brick house now stands near the spot where the wood-frame store built by Pleasant Rudd first gave the unassuming spot its moniker, Rudd's Crossing. There is no evidence of the original home or out buildings that once marked the heart of the community. Named for the family that settled the land in the early 1800's, Rudd's Crossing is common ground for several families that are still bound by blood. Though members have scattered in different directions, the families who trace their lineage to that quiet country place, often married those from within the community and continued to stay in touch in spite of distance. The 1860 Columbia County Census shows a Patsy W. Rudd, 62 (widow), living in the Clay Township. It is likely she was the widow of Pleasant Rudd, a farmer, who was born in 1786 in Virginia and was the father of Augustus. Augustus also named his son Pleasant - shortened to "Plesy" in family circles - who is reported to have been the store's builder and proprietor. Descendants of Plesy say there was also a sawmill and cotton gin on the land which made him a fair amount of money for his day. He owned farmland surrounding all corners of the intersection that was eventually divided among his four children, Aubrey, Walter, Ira and Blanche (Johnson). Ollie Ray (Rudd) Mooney, is thought to be the oldest living Rudd in the area and is one of the few connections remaining to memories of the people there and the land that bears her family's name. She described her grandfather's store as a "shotgun" structure of rough hewn wood that had two windows in the front and a double door. "It was well supplied. They had bolts of material, coal oil, tools and all kinds of supplies," she said. "It had anything you could want, except they didn't keep fresh meat back then. The meat they sold was dry salt meat." Mooney remembers her father growing cotton. He took his business to Waldo where he traded in Earl's hardware store. Speaking of other families in the community, she told of her mother's shared remembrances of at least one family in the community. "I always heard mama say that Thomas (Fallin) and her would meet at the crossroad there. He lived in a big house just up the road. She thought the world of Thomas." Thomas Fallin's descendants still own and care for the land on Arkansas 344, though the old house no longer stands. Even today, residents in the community are often related and know each other on a first-name basis. Descendants of the original families can be found on the same land their forefathers settled. Ken Johnson, son of Blanche Rudd Johnson, spoke from his shop that he built a couple hundred yards from the crossing where he grew up. He remembers when he could stand on the porch of the old home place and not see a house in any direction. The road was gravel and there was little traffic to watch. Johnson recalled when the store and sawmill were closed after his grandfather's death and the rough times that followed the sad loss of the family patriarch. "After grandpa passed away, we really struggled. There were many nights I went to bed hungry," he said without even a hint of bitterness. "If my grandpa would have been alive, we wouldn't have had to go through any of it. He was considered a pretty wealthy man, but in those days, that's how it was. We had nothing... I mean nothing, but in those days people didn't help you out like they do now. It was tough for my mother. She just couldn't handle the work," he said. "I can't complain. I would love to go back a few years just to see it all that way again. I want for nothing now. I'm happy with what I have and grateful for it too." The little house that now stands on the corner near the original home place was built for Blanche by one of her sons. Johnson knows the family history well and though, like most of his relatives, he knows his ancestors migrated from Georgia, but he doesn't know specifics about where his family came from before that. "I heard my mother say many times before the family came from Ireland and settled in Georgia, but I never met any of my grandparents. They died before I was born," said Johnson. Betty (Sanders) Ziegler, of Lake Charles, La., grew up in a dog-trot house across from the Barlow Cemetery. She is Ollie Ray's first cousin and has done extensive genealogical research on the Mooney side of the family. "We know our 17th great-grandfather was an indentured Irish man in New England. His name was Cornelius Merry. There are records where he is referred to as Cornelius the Irishman," she said. "He obtained three acres of land, but was only allowed to have a say-so in the community after he fought in the Pequot War." The Pequot War of 1637 pitted New England settlers against the Pequot Indians of the Connecticut River Valley. Ziegler also found where an ancestor had an interesting entrance into the world. "The Mooneys are definitely Irish. I found where one of our ancestors on my mother's side was born at sea on their way to America from Ireland," said Ziegler. "I don't know where they embarked from or exactly where they landed, but we have documentation on the birth." Hancocks in Rudd's Crossing Community have traced their roots back to John Hancock, famed signer of the Declaration of Independence. Though the name Hancock in this case is believed to be English, there are Hancocks in Irish surname records. When visiting the community cemetery, one sees quickly the strong link that binds the families interred there. One can feel the quiet sense of unity, strength and infinite pride that binds them together. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? 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