Does anyone on the list have an idea where Spring Branch Cemetery is? It should be around Taylor but I cannot find it on a good map. Michelle Rasberry Administrator ARCOLUMB Mailing List __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com

I received this on the AFHA Mailing List and thought maybe someone would know about this person. It came from [email protected] Am searching for information on John Ash Jones of Emerson, Columbia County, AR, born July 08, 1854, son of Warren Augustus Jones. He married Elizabeth Jane Nall of Village, Columbia County, AR on July 13, 1873 in Columbia County. The family moved to Texas in 1889. Thanks for any help you can give me. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com

ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO The average life expectancy in the United States was forty- seven. Only 14 percent of the homes in the United States had a bathtub. Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone. A three-minute call from Denver to New York City cost eleven dollars. There were only 8,000 cars in the US and only 144 miles of paved roads. The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph. Alabama, Mississippi, Iowa, and Tennessee were each more heavily populated than California. With a mere 1.4 million residents, California was only the twenty-first most populous state in the Union. The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower. The average wage in the US was twenty-two cents an hour. The average US worker made between $200 and $400 per year. A competent accountant could expect to earn $2,000 per year, a dentist $2,500 per year, a veterinarian between $1,500 and $4,000 per year, and a mechanical engineer about $5000 per year. More than 95 percent of all births in the United States took place at home. Ninety percent of all US physicians had no college education. Instead, they attended medical schools, many of which were condemned in the press and by the government as "substandard." Sugar cost four cents a pound. Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen. Coffee cost fifteen cents a pound. Most women only washed their hair once a month and used borax or egg yolks for shampoo. Canada passed a law prohibiting poor people from entering the country for any reason, either as travelers or immigrants. The five leading causes of death in the US were: 1. Pneumonia and influenza, 2. Tuberculosis, 3. Diarrhea, 4. Heart disease, 5. Stroke. The American flag had 45 stars. Arizona, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Hawaii and Alaska hadn't been admitted to the Union yet. Drive-by shootings -- in which teenage boys galloped down the street on horses and started randomly shooting at houses, carriages, or anything else that caught their fancy -- were an ongoing problem in Denver and other cities in the West. The population of Las Vegas, Nevada was thirty. The remote desert community was inhabited by only a handful of ranchers and their families. Plutonium, insulin, and antibiotics hadn't been discovered yet. Scotch tape, crossword puzzles, canned beer, and iced tea hadn't been invented. There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day. One in ten US adults couldn't read or write. Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school. Some medical authorities warned that professional seamstresses were apt to become sexually aroused by the steady rhythm, hour after hour, of the sewing machine's foot pedals. They recommended slipping bromide -which was thought to diminish sexual desire-into the women's drinking water. Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at corner drugstores. According to one pharmacist, "Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach and the bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health." Coca-Cola contained cocaine instead of caffeine. Punch-card data processing had recently been developed, and early predecessors of the modern computer were used for the first time by the government to help compile the 1900 census. Eighteen percent of households in the United States had at least one full-time servant or domestic. There were about 230 reported murders in the US annually. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com

This is a forward from a message I received on the AFHA mailing list. I thought it might help someone. Michelle Rasberry Administrator ARCOLUMB Mailing List Subject: [AFHA] 1930,1940,1950...Census Info Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 22:50:15 EST From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Hi, I thought some new people on the list would like to know that in certain instances you do not have to wait 72 years for a census to be released. To get a copy of ANY census, you must have originals or certified copies of birth certificate for you, and death certificates for your parents/grandparents. The census' s are not indexed, so you must know the address and directions to that address. Then you send in a fee of $40 plus $16 for each person you want the full schedule for at that address. Each address is separate, and you cannot get any information except for parents, grandparents,ggparents . etc. You can call the census bureaus 800 # and get the forms and instructions. It took five months to get mine. Leona __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com

----- Original Message ----- > (Do not reply to sender, forwarded from:: > Fm: "Paul M. Bessel" > INTERNET:[email protected]) > Sb: PSOC: Masonic genealogy > > Brethren, > > Many of us frequently receive questions, mainly from non-Masons but also > from Masons, about how to research an ancestor who was, or might have > been a Mason. > > I have put together a new webpage that attempts to answer this type of > question by giving details about the best ways to do Masonic genealogy > research. It's at http://bessel.org/genealgy.htm > > Please feel free to check this webpage, and to let me know if you have > any suggestions for changes to improve the information there. > > Fraternally, > > Paul

Sorry I forgot to answer the other question. This book is done by the Banner-News. It is not written but merely a collection of photographs. I don't know if all of them came from the Banner-News but some of them did. I believe it even has some of the Walz Collection. Michelle Rasberry Administrator ARCOLUMB-L Mailing List Barbara or Robert Ray wrote: > > Michelle, > Could we get a little more information about this book? Who wrote it? Is > it indexed? Could we get, somewhere, a listing of the different sections or > chapters? Thanks for any additional information! > > Barbara (searching for information on HAYNES, MALONE, and DENNIS) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michelle Rasberry [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, February 25, 2000 7:05 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Reflections of Columbia County 1850-1996 > > The Banner News is planning a reprint of "Reflections of Columbia County > 1850-1996" if sufficient orders are received. There's one catch: The > Banner-News needs a minimum of 200 advance orders to make the project > feasible through its book publisher. The Banner-News hopes to have the > book available in time for the Magnolia Blossom Festival in May, so > early orders are essential. Order forms are available at the > Banner-News office. Out of town residents may have the book mailed to > them by sending a check for $37 made payable to Banner-News Publishing > Co., P.O. Box 100, Magnolia, Ark. 71754-0100. The $37 includes the cost > of the book, tax, postage and handling. Cost per copy bought over the > counter is $32, including tax. "Reflections" is a 96-page hardbound > book with 286 pictures of people and places. > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. > http://im.yahoo.com > > ==== 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/ > > ==== 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 couldn't remember the answer to this question so I called the Banner-News and asked them. They said that the book does not have sections or chapters however it starts out with the oldest pictures of Columbia County and ends with the most recent ones. It does list individuals in the pictures if known. Michelle Rasberry Administrator ARCOLUMB-L Mailing List Barbara or Robert Ray wrote: > > Michelle, > Could we get a little more information about this book? Who wrote it? Is > it indexed? Could we get, somewhere, a listing of the different sections or > chapters? Thanks for any additional information! > > Barbara (searching for information on HAYNES, MALONE, and DENNIS) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michelle Rasberry [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, February 25, 2000 7:05 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Reflections of Columbia County 1850-1996 > > The Banner News is planning a reprint of "Reflections of Columbia County > 1850-1996" if sufficient orders are received. There's one catch: The > Banner-News needs a minimum of 200 advance orders to make the project > feasible through its book publisher. The Banner-News hopes to have the > book available in time for the Magnolia Blossom Festival in May, so > early orders are essential. Order forms are available at the > Banner-News office. Out of town residents may have the book mailed to > them by sending a check for $37 made payable to Banner-News Publishing > Co., P.O. Box 100, Magnolia, Ark. 71754-0100. The $37 includes the cost > of the book, tax, postage and handling. Cost per copy bought over the > counter is $32, including tax. "Reflections" is a 96-page hardbound > book with 286 pictures of people and places. > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. > http://im.yahoo.com > > ==== 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/ > > ==== 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

Michelle, Could we get a little more information about this book? Who wrote it? Is it indexed? Could we get, somewhere, a listing of the different sections or chapters? Thanks for any additional information! Barbara (searching for information on HAYNES, MALONE, and DENNIS) -----Original Message----- From: Michelle Rasberry [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, February 25, 2000 7:05 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Reflections of Columbia County 1850-1996 The Banner News is planning a reprint of "Reflections of Columbia County 1850-1996" if sufficient orders are received. There's one catch: The Banner-News needs a minimum of 200 advance orders to make the project feasible through its book publisher. The Banner-News hopes to have the book available in time for the Magnolia Blossom Festival in May, so early orders are essential. Order forms are available at the Banner-News office. Out of town residents may have the book mailed to them by sending a check for $37 made payable to Banner-News Publishing Co., P.O. Box 100, Magnolia, Ark. 71754-0100. The $37 includes the cost of the book, tax, postage and handling. Cost per copy bought over the counter is $32, including tax. "Reflections" is a 96-page hardbound book with 286 pictures of people and places. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ==== 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/

The Banner News is planning a reprint of "Reflections of Columbia County 1850-1996" if sufficient orders are received. There's one catch: The Banner-News needs a minimum of 200 advance orders to make the project feasible through its book publisher. The Banner-News hopes to have the book available in time for the Magnolia Blossom Festival in May, so early orders are essential. Order forms are available at the Banner-News office. Out of town residents may have the book mailed to them by sending a check for $37 made payable to Banner-News Publishing Co., P.O. Box 100, Magnolia, Ark. 71754-0100. The $37 includes the cost of the book, tax, postage and handling. Cost per copy bought over the counter is $32, including tax. "Reflections" is a 96-page hardbound book with 286 pictures of people and places. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com

This came in on another list and thought it would be of interest to us too, it came from the ALPIKE list. It gives some valuable information on migrations to the US and across the nation. 1. Motivations of original colonial ancestors THE ENGLISH 1. Social and economic dislocation, caused in part by pressure on feudal system by inflation resulting from vast amount of new gold and silver introduced through Spain. 2. Political rivalry between a recently strengthen England and Spain. 3. Richard Hakluyt's "Discourse of Western Planting" provides an intellectual rationale for colonizing both in Ireland and the New World. 4. Religious upheaval in England encourages various groups to leave. 5. The success of Francis Drake leads englishmen to perceive of the New World as a land of instant riches, thus serving as a catalyst for colonization. 6. Development of joint stock companies provides economic base for colonization (think the Jamestown-Virginia Stock Co, pocahontas timeframe). 7. Failure of the Spanish Armada gives English greater confidence. B. THE NON ENGLISH 1. Blacks introduced, first as indentured servants, then as slaves, after 1619. 2. Dutch and Swedes are incorporated as New York and New Jersey become english colonies. 3. Huguenots (French Protestants) permitted by English to settle after forced to leave France. 4. Lowland Scots settle in northern Ireland, then shortly after 1700 come in large numbers to the English colonies, settling on the frontier and becoming known as the "Scotch-Irish." 5. Germans, largely from the Panatinate, settle on the frontier at same time as the "Scotch-Irish" and become known as the "Pennsylvania Dutch." 6. After 1750, signficant numbers of Highland Scots are permitted to leave Scotland to settle in the English colonies, with the promise they will never fight against the (english) Crown. II. MOVEMENT OF ANCESTORS AFTER MAJOR MIGRATION ACROSS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN A. Rather static habits of most settlers in the English colonies throughout the Colonial Era. 1. Most colonists rarely moved more than 20 miles in their lifetime, except for Scotch-Irish who moved often. 2. New England religious and social attitudes discouraged much movement, often required considerable preparation before moves were sanctioned. 3. Southern settlers who came from England found themselves oriented toward England economically, socially and politically, and by 1776 more than 85% were still within thirty miles of the Atlantic coast. 4. "Pennsylvania Dutch" though settling most of the frontier from NY South, rarely moved after selecting a permanent home. B. Surge of interest in the West leads to settlement in Tennessee, Kentucky, and the Ohio Valley after 1750. 1. Exploration shows great desirability of these areas. 2. Establishment of military roads such as Forbes Road and Braddocks Road opens the Ohio Valley during the French and Indian War, after 1754. 3. Development of Cumberland Gap and the Wilderness Road open Kentucky. 4. Utilization of the Indian trails of the Great Valley of the Appalachians brings settlers from Virginia and Maryland to Tennessee, while North Carolinians use the river valleys of the Holston, Nolichucky and French Broad to the same part of eastern Tennessee. C. Revolutionary War encourages western settlement. 1. Removal of indians from desired land often justified as part of war effort. 2. British policy which often discouraged settlement west of Appalachians no longer operative. 3. Individual states, especially Virginia and North Carolina, encourage settlement to solidify their claims before 1778. 4. Land speculation rampant. 5. Western land utilized for land bounties given to Revolutionary War soldiers. 6. Treaty of Paris of 1783 ending the Revolutionary War almost doubles the area claimed by the U.S. when Britain agrees to a Mississippi River boundary. D. Western Movement escalates during the early national period. 1. Legislation such as the Northwest Ordinances of 1784 (deciding that the West will be admitted as states equal to the original 13 colonies), 1785 (providing for the surveying and orderly sale of western land) and 1787 (providing specific steps for establishment of territories, then states) encourages settlement. 2. Challenges to U.S. claims to land north and west of Ohio river by Britain, and in the far south by Spain leads to heightened American interest in Ohio and the "Yazoo Strip." 3. The clearing of Indian and British claims to the Ohio Country by the Treaty of Ft. Greenville and Jay's Treaty in 1795 and Pinckney's Treaty, in which Spain not only recognizes the American interpretation of the Yazoo controversy, but guarantees Americans the right to navigate the entire Mississippi River erased many of the impediments to settlement in these areas. 4. Eli Whitney's invention of the cotton gin 1793, making the growing of upland cotton commercially feasible at a time when European technological development has led to a major demand for a new source of fibers, greatly affects the nature and level of western settlement. A) Southerners with land find a ready sale for it, at unheard of prices, which gives them the funds to go elsewhere. B) Even though land suitable for growing of cotton will usually cost between $15 and $50 per acre, many settlers from the Old South cling to the traditional pattern of going almost due west, because of the great profits that can be made from raising cotton. C) Many southerners break the traditional pattern of settling almost straight west of where they had lived before and go instead clear up the Ohio River Valley, settling in southern Ohio, Indiana or Illinois. This is largely because: 1) Slavery which almost everyone thought was dead, was revitalized because of the need for dependable cotton cultivators, many left the south because of an aversion to slavery; 2) Some left because they didn't like blacks, and because the Northwest Ordinances forbade slavery, they chose to go there; 3) Most who left the south and went to the Ohio Valley probably did so because they were guaranteed that they could obtain what they considered to be exceptional fertile land at no more than $1.25 per acre. 5. Abrupt departure of many people from New England between 1800 and 1810. a) Appeal of rich land in upstate NY, now free of most Indian claims. b) Appeal of land in Ohio Valley, especially northern Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. c) People moving from New England to Ohio Valley begin raising sheep and agri products, making it difficult for New Englanders with their generally poor soil, to compete. d) Embargo Act of 1807 destroys the New England shipping industry and the New England economy sags considerably. e) Much of the traditional New England resistance to individual distant settlement is fading. f) The introduction of steamboats, whch make upriver navigation of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers practical, further enhances the economy of the area west of New England. 6. The LOUISIANA PURCHASE of 1803 almost doubles the land of the United States, establishes new opportunities for Americans in the far west, and entices many young men to settle, grow cotton, trade, trap and explore. E. ADDITIONAL FACTORS LEADING TO THE TREMENDOUS SETTLEMENT OF THE FIRST 50 YEARS OF THE 19th CENTURY. 1. Canal boom of the 1820s, especially the extremely successful Erie Canal which drastically lowers the cost of east-west shipping. 2. Changing Indian policy which by 1816 encourages each Indian head of family to select 640 acreas on which to live or move west of Mississippi River and by 1826 tells all Indians east of Mississippi they must remove, thus making much land available, especially for cotton production in the south. 3. The Adams-Onis Treaty in 1819 gives the U.S. Spain's claim to Florida, but also to the land north of the 42nd parallel (the northern border of California). 4. American settlement of Texas, beginning in 1823, which leads to Texas independence in 1836, admission to the Union in 1845. 5. Development of the railroad as a means of transportation and of encouraging westward movement. 6. American interest in Oregon soars after 1841, with rapid settlement of the Willamette River Valley. 7. Mormons, dispossessed from their homes in Missouri and Illinois, go first to Iowa, then make a major migration to the Salt Lake Valley in 1847, quickly expanding throughout the Great Basin. 8. The War with Mexico ends with the Treaty of Guadelupe Hidalgo giving the Southwest to the U.S. 9. The discovery of large amounts of placer gold in California leads to a major rush there in 1849 and statehood in 1850. 10. The Pacific Railway Act and Homestead Act in 1862 lead to a further, effective settlement of the west. 11. The CENSUS of 1890 OFFICIALLY declares that there is no longer a frontier in the U.S. III. IMPORTANT FACTS THAT MAY HELP YOU FIND WHERE YOUR FAMILY CAME FROM OR WENT. A. RULE OF THE HARVEST. Before the 1850s (and McCormick's reaper) families rarely planted more than they could harvest, which was between 15-25 acres per able bodied person who could help with the harvest. Finding out how many acres lyour family cultivated will help you know how many many people were in the household. B. IMPORTANCE OF HARDWOOD TREES. In both the North and the South, conventional wisdom (and you thought it was a '90s soundbite!) indicated that land covered with hardwood trees was the best, while grassland was to be avoided. Despite the great difficulty of clearing land covered with oaks and maples, that was the land most likely selected by your ancestors prior to the 1820s. C. FAMILIES WHO MADE THEIR LIVING PIONEER FARMING rarely moved unless they had enough means to live on for at least 2 years, or had someone who would provide for them this long. This is due to the fact that it took 2 years to go through the process of converting a hardwood forest into an economically viable farm. If your family moved, it usually meant they had enough money to survive for 2 years without much add'l income, or enough $ to buy an already improved farm. Few poverty stricken people (PSP)moved west, but a fair number of PSPs moved east. D. MOST SETTLERS BEFORE 1800 at least in the North, moved west during the winter, usually in January and early February. Expect your families to have moved then, not in the summer. E. With a new notable exceptions, your ancestors MOVED ALMOST DUE WEST, rarely deviating more than a few degrees up or down. F. IF YOUR ANCESTORS WERE IN NEW ENGLAND PRIOR TO 1700, expect them to stay very close to the same site until 1800. By 1810, they will most likely be in upstate New York, by 1820 in northern Ohio, Indiana or Illinois, and by 1850 perhaps in Iowa, Oregon, California or Utah. G. TOWNS SETTLED BY NEW ENGLANDERS usually had streets running north-south and east-west, while towns settled by Southernors often placed less emphasis on grid patterns. TRAVEL ROUTES. COLONIAL ROADS TO 1750. As one of the earliest east-west wagon roads, the Lancaster road linked Philadelphia to Harrisburg before 1730. A connection from Lancaster to Winchester, Virginia, in the early 1740s, created what was either called the Philadelphia Wagon Road or the Great Valley Road. The Fall Line Road crossed Virginia and the Carolinas, and eventually into Georgia. By 1746, the Pioneer's Road had connected Alexandria to Winchester, Virginia, joining with the Great Valley Road. By 1748, the Upper Road became an important wagon route for migrations into the Carolinas. THE WAY WEST, 1775-1795. Daniel Boone's Wilderness Road was the route for thousands of settlers into Kentucky. Meanwhile the western Pennsylvania routes provided an overland access to the Ohio River. After the Revolutionary War, western migrations on these routes continued to increase.

I wanted to send each of you a personal hello as your new mailing list administrator. My name is Michelle Rasberry and I am also the coordinator of the Columbia County website here on Rootsweb. I hope to have some very interesting topics discussed in the mailing list and invite each of you to submit to the list as often as you like. You need not restrict your submissions to queries only. Sometimes a wealth of information can be obtained by also including some of the history as well. As the new administrator, I have a lot of work to do. I am going to get a webpage up for this mailing list as soon as time allows with information on subscribing and unsubscribing for those of us who sometimes forget how. (Notice I included myself in that.) Currently I have numerous links for Columbia County as well as for Arkansas in my bookmarks, however that doesn't help any of you until I get them on a website. If anyone has any links of interest that pertain to Columbia County I invite you to email me personally and I will include them when I get the webpage up and running. Please be patient because I have to do the webpage as time allows. Although I know that most of you have been on this list longer than I have, I have included the guidelines in this email just to refresh everyone. Please restrict your messages to regular text as messages in all caps tend to remind one of screaming. Also do not send messages in HTML format because not all subscribers can read them. If you need information on how to turn this feature off please email me personally. If you are researching a family member, please include as much information as possible, i.e. birth and death dates and places if known as well as children or spouses. Sometimes another user maybe researching a child and not the parent and this may help them along. Please no bashing other list members, especially new subscribers, for mistakes or for things they did not know. We were all new at this at one time. Please address all replies to the mailing list instead of to the individual. That way we can all benefit from each other's knowledge. Please do not forward spam, virus alerts or attachments to the mailing list as it tends to cause problems for the list and other subscribers. For any problems you may have with the mailing list, please email me personally and I will attend to it as soon as possible. Another site of interest is the Columbia County Website. Some of you on the list have already been to the website and I appreciate your interest. However for those of you who have not visited the website, here is the URL. http://www.rootsweb.com/~arcolumb Thanks so much. Michelle Rasberry [email protected] Administrator ARCOLUMB Mailing List __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com

Does anyone know what the situation was for record of divorce in Columbia Co. AR probably somewhere between 1860 and 1877? Thanks, Ina

I am searching for information on the family of Edward HAYNES (1803-1868) who came to the Ouachita/Columbia County area in the mid 1840's from Carroll Co., GA. He was a Primitive Baptist minister (and had brothers Henry and Johnson who were also ministers) and helped establish Beech Creek and Shiloh churches. He was born in NC, married Arry HICKS in Habersham Co., GA and lived in Carroll Co., GA before he moved to AR. The children that I have been able to identify are Nancy (m. Nathaniel MALONE), possibly William?, Humphrey, James (m. Abigail RUSSELL), Jonathan, John, and Arthur. Thanks, Barbara Ray

Hello List! Iam looking for more info on the following people: John Monroe CHRISTIE b: 27 Apr 1856 w: Magnolia, Columbia, AR Parents: Josiah Albert CHRISTIE Martha Ann GRIFFITH Any help on these people would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Lee Christy [email protected]

Can someone please look in the 1850 COLUMBIA COUNTY CENSUS for the information on William Myers? My data indicates he was in the Brown Township on page 279. The index has two entries for the name William Myers so there may be two families. I would like all the information that is shown in the census for William and his family if possible. I am trying to find my great-great-grandfather who married Sarah Prince in Morgan County in 1837. He was somewhere in Arkansas around 1862 but he's "lost" between 1837 and 1870. <G> Any he'p is appreciated and I'm happy to share what I have on the Myers or Prince family. g.mo - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Morris Myers

Hello, If anyone recognizes anything from the following lineage, please contact me at [email protected] It is a work in progress and subject to change should proof warrant. I have a bit more detailed information if desired. Parents: unk BRYAN, b. GA???/unk ch: Thomas C. BRYAN b. ca 1823 AL m. 1847 to Mary Jane YORK b. ca 1825 AL ch: Ann b. ca 1848 AL Alabama f b. ca 1854 AR Lethe f b. ca 1856 AR Bitheal f b. ca 1858 TX[might be male?] Laura b. ca 1860 TX Reuben/Rubin B. BRYAN b. 9/1825 AL m. 1848 Emeline D. RENTFROW ch: Martha E. b ca 1848 AL John D. b ca 1851 AR Polly/Mary A. b. ca 1853 AR Alonzo or Lorenzo B. b. ca 1855 AR Latha L.female b. ca 1858 AR Willie M.female b. ca 1861 AR Catherine b. ca 1863 m. 1877 Elizabeth Pernice WATKINS[Mrs. George A. PRICE] ch: Elora Pernice b. 1879 AR Ora Allen[female] b. 1882 AR m. 1892 Mrs. Martha A. SMITH James Eldridge BRYAN b. ca 1831 AL m. Louisa unk b. ca 1828 AL ch: David Houston b. ca 1857 TX Malinda b. ca 1860 TX James T. b. ca 1867 TX m. 1886 Malinda FARQHUAR widow of David FARGUHAR Joshua L.M. BRYAN b. ca 1838 AL m. 1858 Laura V.C. YORK b. ca 1838 AL ch: Amy b. ca 1859 TX Thomas C. & Reuben BRYAN[T] are known to have migrated from Lauderdale Co., AL to the Columbia C. area of AR by ca 1850. James E. was also found in the SW counties area ca 1855. Reuben stayed in Columbia County area of AR while Thomas and James E. migrated to Red River Co., TX[over the border] ca 1856/1857. A Solomon COLE, age 17 b. AL, was listed in the household of Thomas C. BRYAN, Red River Co., TX along with Joshua and wife Laura. David FARQUHAR and wife Malinda listed in HH next to James E. in 1860 Red River Co., TX. David FARQUHAR, Reuben BRYAN, James E. BRYAN and Thomas C. BRYAN all owned land next to each other in the Columbia Co.[SW AR] area of AR. I do not find record of Joshua until TX and until a letter from a descendants indicates the brothers are Thomas, James Eldridge, Rubin and Josh. John D. STRANGE shown as signer for surety bond to a marriage of Reuben B. BRYAN[T] and Elziabeth P. PRICE[maiden name Elizabeth Pernice WATKINS] 15 Oct, 1877, Columbia Co., AR. Further prelim search indicates that this John D. STRANGE might be from a lineage of a Caleb Bethel POWELL and Latha Jane BRYANT of Limestone Co., AL. Reubens first marriage to an Emeline D. RENTFROW was in Lauderdale Co. AL neighbor to Limestone. Naming pattern of females in Reuben's descendants show two Latha names. Reuben's brother Thomas C. BRYAN[T] also named one of his daughters Latha and one of them named Bitheal. Ina

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Arkansas Family History Association 609 Colynwood Sherwood, Arkansas 72120 501-835-7502 http://www.rootsweb.com/~arfha [email protected] _____________________________________________________ "Growing Arkansas family histories one branch at a time." February 4, 2000 For Immediate Release Contact: Tracey Converse [email protected] 501-835-7502 ARKANSAS' LARGEST FAMILY HISTORY ORGANIZATION OFFERS GENEALOGY CLASSES Little Rock-The Arkansas Family History Association recently announced a lecture series featuring national and regional speakers on how to trace your family tree. According to April 1999 issue of Time Magazine, family history research is one of the leading subject on the Internet. With the advent of the Internet, AFHA founder Desmond Walls Allen says, "Reconnecting distant family relations is now easier than before. Many folks find when they get on mailing lists that they have a distant cousin also researching the family." "Our website alone had 20,000 hits last month. Our staff of nationwide volunteers have done over 200 genealogy lookups in the last month." Designed to offer free membership and online lookups to people with Internet access, AFHA has grown to the largest genealogical organization in the state with over 1000 members worldwide. During just the first three weeks of this year, the AFHA Internet Mailing list saw over 700 messages posted about Arkansas history. "The phenomenal growth shows an incredible interest of the people of Arkansas to learn about their families past," said Allen. Education is a major goal of this organization. With monthly meetings held at the Central Arkansas Library's Main Branch, AFHA hopes to educate more people in the fine art of research. Tickets to the classes are $12 in advance and $10 for members. The class runs from 2-5 pm at the Main Library in Little Rock at 100 Rock Street. Monies raised will be used to support the Richard C. Butler Center for Arkansas Studies at the Central Arkansas Library. The February 20 meeting will feature regional lecturer Tracey Converse. Her topic will be "Surfing the Web for Cousins." She will provide insight into how to find your family information on the web. What search engines to use and how to share your information with others. Converse is also the web master for the Central Arkansas Library System and has been on the web for 5 years and researching her family history since 1983. Additional classes are slated for March 17, April 15, May 14, June 11 and July 30. Topics will include Newspaper Research, Beginning Genealogy, Civil War Records, and Native American Research. Founding member of the Arkansas Family History Association!! http://www.rootsweb.com/~arfha ********************* FREE Genealogy Forms Online!!! http://www.ancestrycorner.com We Specialize in ARKANSAS books! ****************************************** Listowner of: the GRS E-Zine, GenTips, GenChat, GenSwap ************************************************ Webmaster of the Central Arkansas Library System http://www.cals.lib.ar.us *************************************************************

AFHA is working on an new source for Arkansas researchers. We are compiling "Arkansas Genealogy Books in Print." If you are an author, society, or publisher of Arkansas related material, (family history books are also welcome!) please fill out the form below. And, reply to [email protected] There is NO COST for your book or society to be listed. This book will be sold for $10 and should be available March 1. We are accepting advertisers for this edition. If you would like to advertise, please contact Kathy Hudson at [email protected] Full page ads are $20 and half page ads are $10. Smaller ads are available. This edition will also be available on our website! 1. Name: 2. Address: 3. City, State Zip: 4. Phone Number: 5. Email Address: 6. Publications: (Please include full title, price, shipping cost, number of pages, author, ordering instructions and a brief description.) 7. Society Information: (Please include your societies name, address, city, zip, email, and web address. We would also like to know where and when you meet, amount of dues, and when you were organized.) 8. Society Contact Person: (Please include name, address, telephone, and email.) Founding member of the Arkansas Family History Association!! http://www.rootsweb.com/~arfha ********************* FREE Genealogy Forms Online!!! http://www.ancestrycorner.com We Specialize in ARKANSAS books! ****************************************** Listowner of: the GRS E-Zine, GenTips, GenChat, GenSwap ************************************************ Webmaster of the Central Arkansas Library System http://www.cals.lib.ar.us *************************************************************

Hi Everyone, I'm new to the list and am researching my PULLIG and PHILLIPS ancestors from Columbia County. Joseph Turner PULLIG (1821-1890) married (1st) Margaret ELLIOTT (1828-1867) in Ouachita County, Arkansas in 1851. He married (2nd) Lucretia ann PHILLIPS in Columbia County in 1869. Lucretia was the daughter of Mathew and Elizabeth PHILLIPS and the sister of Paschal H. PHILLIPS. I'm interested in any info on these people-especially the PHILLIPS family. I will gladly share any info I have. Many thanks. Wayne Hendon (Mesquite, Tx.)