Lisa: I found the info below on Ancestry.com I am not certain why the record belows says History of Benton County. I found my Hinds mentioned in the same database of Benton Co. and yet he was in Van Buren which was always Crawford Co. I don't know in which county Mansfield is located. The original land application records may have more info to help you concerning this family. The BLM search page is: http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/toc.htm Regards, Nan Wolf - -------------------------------- iN THE hISTORY OF nORTHWESTERN aRKANSAS History of Benton County MANSFIELD. This town is situated at the present terminus of the Mansfield branch of the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad, and at the corner between Townships 4 and 5 north, and Ranges 30 and 31 west. A portion of it lies in Scott County. It was surveyed and laid out in July, 1887, by John P. Hely, C. E., for the railroad company, and J. W. Harper. The latter was the original proprietor of the land on which the town is located, but sold 100 acres to the railroad company before the town was laid out. Mansfield is in plain sight of and only two miles distant from Huntington. The first business house in the town was built in October, 1887, by J. W. Harper, and the same month D. B. Johnson opened the first store in the place. Soon thereafter McKamey & Bonham and S. E. Smith opened their stores. Other enterprises soon followed, more buildings were erected, and the new town has already grown to contain the following business houses: General merchandise, D. B. Johnson, S. E. Smith, McKamie & Bonham, J. R. Frazier, J. R. Lane; groceries, Charles Humphrey, Parks & Bryan, B. Robinson; drugs, George Remley, T. B. Richardson; millinery, Mrs. F. J. Weymouth & Co.; livery, Thomas F. Martin; blacksmith and wagon shop, William Harp & Co.; planing mill, JAMES SLOAN; hotels, Barnett House, by T. B. Barnett, Frisco House, by C. H. Hackett; boarding houses, by Thomas Cherry, William Morris; sewing machines, W. O. Martin. In addition to the foregoing Hart & Hodges have a steam power flouring and grist-mill and cotton-gin; George E. Otis & Co. are wholesale dealers in flour, salt and all heavy produce; James W. Harper deals in cotton and real estate, and Jesse Martin is a farmer and real estate agent. ====================================================== Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northeast Arkansas LAWRENCE COUNTY–PETTIOD OF SETTLEMENT–THE MOUND BUILDERS–BOUNDARY OF THE COUNTY– TOPOGRAPHY–RIVERS OR CREEKS–TIMBER, SOIL AND PRODUOTS–MINERALS AND OTHER RESOURCES–LIVE STOOK–TAXABLES–POPULATION–RAILROADS–LEGAL MATTERS– THE CIVIL WAR–SCHOOL AFFAIRS–CHURCH STRENGTH–THE COUNTY CREATED–ITS OFFICERS, BUILDINGS AND SEAT OF JUSTICE– POLITICAL STATISTICS–TOWNS AND VILLAGES– PERSONAL NOTICES. page 822 Clay Sloan, circuit court clerk, Powhatan, was born in Lawrence County, Ark., Angust 20, 1861. He comes of a family who have made Arkansas their home for a great many years, his father, JAMES F. SLOAN, having been reared in the same county and State, as also his mother, Margaret J. (Raney) Sloan. The older Sloan was, for the greater portion of his life, a prominent merchant of Powbatan, and was one of the most progressive men in commercial circles in that city up to the time of his death, in 1873. His wife still survives him, and is now married to M. D. Baber, an attorney of Powhatan. Mr. Clay Sloan attained his maturity in Lawrence County, and in his youth received a thorough education at Arkansas College, Batesville, Ark. He completed his full course at college in 1881, and was then engaged in teaching [p.822] at Powhatan until the year 1886. His abilities having been tested and recognized by this time, he was elected to the position which he now occupies, and in 1888 was re-elected to the same office. Mr. Sloan also filled the office of county examiner from 1884 to 1886, a position in whieh his actions were reflected with credit. He is a Democrat in politics and is strong in his support of the principles of that party. In the month of October, 1888, Mr. Sloan was captivated by and married to Miss Katie Matthews, a daughter of B. F. Matthews, and they are as happy as two people can be who have made a wise selection in the lottery of life. They are both members of the Old School Presbyterian Church, and are held in high esteem by their neighbors. ================================================== Control Number: NRFF-75-53A-17629 Unit of Description: Item Record Group Number: 75 Series ID: 53A Item ID: 17629 Title: Enrollment for James E Sloan General Materials Designator Record Type: Textual Records Reference Unit: National Archives--Southwest Region Agency Name: National Archives and Records Administration Facility Name: Building 1, Dock 1 Address: 501 West Felix Street City: Fort Worth State: TX Zip Code: 76115 Telephone Number: 817-334-5525 Fax Number: 817-334-5621 Organizational Code: NRFF Creating Organization: Commissioner to the Five Civilized Tribes, Bureau of Indian Affairs. Scope and Content: Tribe: Cherokee Type: Minor Age: 1 Sex: Male Roll: 3770 Degree Indian Blood: 1/32 Census Card Number: M3253 City of Residence: ADAIR Personal Name Reference: James E Sloan Item Count/Item Type: item(s) |c 1 Source Project: Kiosk ============================================= Name Charges Context Date James H. Sloan Crime: Larceny Jacket Number: 271 1892 =================================================== PERiodical Source Index James M. Sloan carpenter, 1842, Pennsylvania Indiana County Heritage 11Fall 1965 James M. Sloan family Bible records Georgia Genealogical Magazine  12 April 1964 James M. Sloan family Bible records Georgia Genealogical Magazine  9 July 1963 James Sloan family needlework legacy, Tennessee Franklin County Historical Review 19 2 1988 James Sloan will, 1867, South Carolina Lincoln County Tennessee Pioneers 19 1 January 1990 James Sloan, congressman, New Jersey Gloucester County Historical Society Bulletin 11 7 March 1969 ============================================= >From 1840 Census of Arkansas: Name County Date Formed Parent County Context Sloan, James ??   Sloan, James ??