Ruth: I don't have the faintest idea. I should have studied more when I was a youth growing up in Desha County but I didn't. At any rate, the country records were transferred to somewhere in Texas during the Civil War in order to preserve them. At least that is the information I have. It seems that they were either lost, destroyed or something while in Texas and never found themselves restored to a Desha County location regardless of where the county seat was. I wish I could be of help. I suspect, however, that once this type of discussion starts on the Desha List, other people will join in and we will be given much food for thought. Bill Covey Creator of Ol' Tubby Joe Stottlemeyer Author of: Watson Is Where It Wuz http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Station/3265/Welcome.html ----- Original Message ----- From: Ruth Donham <rdonham@livingston.net> To: Billy Covey <BILLCOVEY@worldnet.att.net> Sent: Monday, January 01, 1990 12:23 AM Subject: Re: Watson Should Be The County Seat > Bill, do you have any information on Napolean and what happened to the > records of the court house. I do not think it just fell in so fast that > they could not retrieve some of the records. My family was in the area > at that time and was suppose to have lost their home. Are any of the > tombstones showing in the old cemetery since the river has changed its > course?????? Ruth > > Billy Covey wrote: > > > Hi List: > > > > Did you know that Napoleon, the first county seat of Desha County, > > messed around and fell itself in the river? After that Watson was > > made the county seat and was doing a pretty good job of it before > > those rascals over in Arkansas City messed around and stole it from > > us. Shoot, everybody knows it ought to be over in Watson it being a > > thriving metropolis and all. > > > > Bill Covey > > Creator of Ol' Tubby Joe Stottlemeyer > > Author of: Watson Is Where It Wuz > > http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Station/3265/Welcome.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 >