Hi, everyone, Here is a new mailing list at Rootsweb that I thought some of you might be interested in. Instructions for how to join are given at the end of the message. Enjoy! --Melissa What is Old-Words? It's a forum for those of us who want to learn more about the words, names, terms, dialects, and writing of our ancestors. The emphasis of the list will deal, but not exclusively, with the use of English in North America before 1950....but some times we may drag in terms from older English as they are relevant and interesting. We will cover technical terminology of eras past, old medical jargon, old manuscript abbreviations, information about old writing conventions like the long s, spelling evolution, name preferences and patterns, the effect of dialect on spelling and word choice, and anything else about word usage that we may find useful and interesting in the pursuit of gaining knowledge about the language of our ancestors. This is to help us read old manuscripts better, to broaden our minds, and to help us understand our forefathers and mothers better. To join, send e-mail based on your choice of list modes: mail mode: OLD-WORDS-L-request@rootsweb.com with message SUBSCRIBE digest mode: OLD-WORDS-D-request@rootsweb.com with message SUBSCRIBE

Betty, I will forward your note to the Drew County list and see if anyone has any suggestions for you. Thanks. Judy BETTY L. CAPPS wrote: > Hi: > > Just wondering if there are any printed books in the libraries in Drew Co. of early marriage records of that county and perhaps, Desha Co. that might be ordered on Interlibrary loan? Or, county histories? > > Thank you. > > Betty Capps > bkellick@mvn.net > > ----------

Thanks Melissa, I promise to save this message for future use! jeff Melissa Jones wrote: > To join in mail mode (you get every message as it comes in): > > e-mail ARDREW-L-request@rootsweb.com > > with command > > subscribe

To join in mail mode (you get every message as it comes in): e-mail ARDREW-L-request@rootsweb.com with command subscribe To join in digest mode (you get a large message once or twice a day, with daily messages all grouped together): e-mail ARDREW-D-request@rootsweb.com with command subscribe To unsubscribe, send to the same respective addresses, depending on whether you're in mail mode or digest mode, and make the command unsubscribe Hope this helps, Melissa At 7:06 PM -0600 1/27/99, Jeff wrote: >hello everybody, > >I don't post here much, but I AM on the list. I have a friend that wants to >subscribe and I don't remember HOW one does it! > >Can someone repeat again how to subscribe and un-subscribe? > >TIA, > >jeff loveless

hello everybody, I don't post here much, but I AM on the list. I have a friend that wants to subscribe and I don't remember HOW one does it! Can someone repeat again how to subscribe and un-subscribe? TIA, jeff loveless

You all are really great! One note to Drew List and we have another satisfied rooter! Thanks so much to those of you who are in or near Drew County for helping those of us who are far from home...... Judy chaz wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: Judy Hadokowitz <Hadoks@onramp.net> > To: chaz <chaz@specent.com>; Drew <Ardrew-l@rootsweb.com> > Date: Saturday, January 23, 1999 2:54 PM > Subject: Re: c jennings > > JUDY, > > JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU!!!! > > I HAVE GOTTEN ALL KINDS OF LINKS AND INFO SOURCES SINCE YOU PASSED ALONG MY > INFO TO DREW COUNTY!!! > > NICE TO KNOW WHERE THE LOCATION OF THE KNOWLEDGE > IS. THANK YOU! > > CHAZ > > ABOUT WILLIAM JENNINGS...

I have Bynum md into the Tolbert family in middle Tenn. Bedford, Rutherford and Cannon Co. TN. Ellie JUDITH BYNUM wrote: > In answer to the query, our Bynums came from Weakley County, Tennessee, > moving to Dermott in 1896 to establish the Bynum Cooperage Company and > Timber Company. > Judith Lane Bynum, Gifted & Talented Coordinator > Drew Central School District > 440 Hwy 83 South > Monticello, Arkansas 71655

---------- > From: Ed Sanders <esanders@cswnet.com> > To: rdea@seark.net > Subject: Re: Is everyone OK?/Drew County report > Date: Monday, January 25, 1999 2:40 PM > > Rebecca, > We are O.K. here. Three touchdowns in Searcy, none serious. Closest to us > was three blocks away. Were without power for a while. No big deal. We have > candles and flashlights. We are all getting really tired, but the cleanup is > about over. Funerals were Saturday and Sunday. We still distribute food and > cleanup supplies at the church, and rotate shifts on that. Picked up sheet > metal and insulation, etc., yesterday afternoon. Dangerous work. Kids are > better at it. Glad you are O.K. there. > Best, > Ed > > > rdea wrote: > > > Thanks, Melissa. It missed Drew County, but we had a wild > > ride down the wind! Wheeeee!!! I was concerned about Jann > > in particular [being in Benton] and Ed Sanders [being in Searcy.]. > > I have just been able to log on. Can receive, but so far, cannot send. > > Rebecca > > > > > > Since we on the list are all family, I want to know if everyone here is > > all > > > right as well!! Please let us know if your area of the state was > > damaged. > > > > > > And this is genealogy-related, if you think about it. Think about the > > 1949 > > > tornado in Warren that Jann has posted about. Yesterday's event (30+ > > > tornadoes in one night?!) will be one for the history books, and our > > > grandkids and great-grandkids will wonder what we were doing/thinking > > when > > > the storms hit. > > > > > > So, with an eye to the future, what will you tell them when they ask? > > > > > > Hoping everyone is safe, > > > > > > Melissa > > > > >

Courtney.......There were several Courtneys that intermarried into the Oneal and Horn families in tbe Prairie Chapel area east of Lacey. Mrs. Hettie Nell Horn can probably striaghten these out if anyone can. Her husband Shelby was the son or grandson (I think) of one of these, and they were all in the Oneals....I even think one married into the Thurman clan. I'd have to do some checking. Also, some courtneys lived in th e eastern portion of the county down around the Jordan settlement and towards Old Troy and Wolf Creek. Lots of Courtneys used to be in Drew Co. Beth Thurman or Terri Wolfe Monticello, AR 367-2701

I just thought of the little school district across from Moro Bay.....It is called OLD UNION. It's about 10 to l5 miles away from Eldorado. It's probably about the same distance from the river. Anyway, this was my impression of where Champagnolle was located, but rdea probably knows better than I. Beth Thurman or Terri Wolfe Monticello, AR 367-2701

>help me with. I'm trying to find out where Champagnolle, Ark. was. According to my Uncle J.D. Wolfe, it was where the land patent office was in Union Co. just across the river from Moro Bay. Now, I could be wrong, but this is where he seemed to think it was....I'm trying to think of the little rural school just across the way on the Moro Bay Hwy. going in to Eldorado, but I got the impression that it was somewhere around there.

At 09:12 AM 1/25/99 -0600, you wrote: One thing you failed to mention >was that the steeple of the Baptist Church was blown off. Judy, you are a typical sister correcting her older brother, but go back and look at his note. He specifically mentioned that the NEW steeple of the Baptist church was completely blown away. We'll excuse this though because I love the stories and hope that Judy will share some of her neat reminiscenses ?sp of her early days at Drew Central. I have a sneaky suspicion that Robert and she are both story-tellers at heart as are many of you on the list. (She keeps me straight at D.C., too, or at least most of the time.) I love these old stories. I never knew what had happened to Mr. Ballard and that was very interesting. Once again, I only thought that there had been that one minor tornado out by the college. The next time a dark cloud comes I'm not going to feel nearly as safe if I am in Monticello as I did this past week. Here I was thinking that since we were the epitome of the Italian Monticello meaning of "nestled in the hills' that we were all safe from such activity and that it was only places , such as Warren and Hamburg, which have both been hit hard twice, that had to worry. Beth Thurman or Terri Wolfe Monticello, AR 367-2701

Thanks, that's a great site, I've already found a couple of places I've wondered about. Harold At 01:59 PM 1/25/99 EST, you wrote: >A fairly good web site for finding locations of geographical names (towns, >rivers, etc.) when you can't find it on a map: > > www.peabody.yale.edu/other/gnis/AR.html (for Ark.) > >I just link to it from Cyndi's list when I rarely want it. It's called Yale >Peabody Museum - GNIS under Maps & Gazetters on her link lists for specific >states. > >A search on Champagnolle, Ark gives: >ppl (populated place): Union: 331839N 923118 W: Calion >A search on Latonia gave a no match. > >Paul Groneman > >

Call Belinda Akin, wife of Jerry Akin, in Monticello, AR. She can tell you how to get in contact with her father Elwood????someothing like that....who I am sure is a descendant also. He will probably know. Belinda is a principal and one of the sweetest people I know. She'll be glad to tell you anything she knows. Write privately, and I'll send her phone number. or...address. bETh Beth Thurman or Terri Wolfe Monticello, AR 367-2701

I am not positive, but I think there is nothing left. I think it fell into the river eventually. Hopefully, the cemetery is there. I think all it is now is a landing name. to go there, from Calion, go on down the levee. Rebecca > > Campagnolle is now a very small town, I've never been there and only seen > the name on a map. It is NE of El Dorado and just south of Calion. I ran > across it because the federal land office was located there when my > g-grandfather obtained Drew County land in 1858 under a Cash Entry Patent > and this town is listed as the land office. I would like to hear from > anyone who knows if there is any real town left. > > See ya, Harold >

Judy, did your Bynum's come out of Tenn. to AR. Thanks JUDITH BYNUM wrote: > Robert, I do remember the storm of '58, too. One thing you failed to mention > was that the steeple of the Baptist Church was blown off. We had 26 trees > down around our home, but none hit the house. Mother was standing at the > window when the one in the front yard was hit, and the impact jarred her so > severely that she had to be in traction for a while. Waiting at home for our > father and brother to come home from meetings was a nightmare. The streets > were a mass of trees and live power lines, so our neighbor, Mr. Hudgens, stood > in the street with a light to warn them when they returned. > > In a tornado in the '70's, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Ballard were literally picked up by > the tornado and deposited into a tree in their VW bug. Mr. Ballard lost an ear > but was otherwise unhurt. > > Judy Bynum > Judith Lane Bynum, Gifted & Talented Coordinator > Drew Central School District > 440 Hwy 83 South > Monticello, Arkansas 71655

Campagnolle is now a very small town, I've never been there and only seen the name on a map. It is NE of El Dorado and just south of Calion. I ran across it because the federal land office was located there when my g-grandfather obtained Drew County land in 1858 under a Cash Entry Patent and this town is listed as the land office. I would like to hear from anyone who knows if there is any real town left. See ya, Harold At 09:16 AM 1/25/99 -0600, you wrote: >Hi everybody, > >Sure is quiet on the sight this morning. I have a question that I hope >someone can >help me with. I'm trying to find out where Champagnolle, Ark. was. I think >somewhere >in Union county but am not sure. My gggrandfather went there to record land >transactions >and also I noticed CSA troops were mustered there as well. > >Also, at Latonia which I think was in Ashley County. This may be getting >away >from Drew and Bradley Counties, but again maybe not. > >Would appreciate any info. Thanks, Lee > >

Hi Jean. thank you very much for bringing this to my attention. I checked it and found that the listing for Courtney was misspelled Country or something like that. the cc is to my page designer who will get this corrected. [thanks, robert]. this is for the Drew book. No Courtneys are in the Ashley book. Here are the given names: Agnes Jarman Amarintha Lee anna Young Anse Bess Bess Clark Bobbie Cash Calvin carl Daniel David Wayne dyed Elizabeth Hardin Ella Malissa Roper Ellen Emanuel Emanuel C Emma Emma E. ernest Eugenia Oxburn Fonda Joy Leee Grace Bird Guy Harry henry Bud Howard james S Jess Jimmy Joe Joh John Jr John Clark John Lee Jsemeon Judy Ellen Julie Louie Lucinda Bulloch Malissa Mamie Martha Marthea A Mary Mary E Mattie May Oliver Mertie Mack Milly Ann Oliver Peggy Phoebe ray Ray Stanfield Rebecca Pole Richard Sarah Scottie Sid Susie Hubbard Stephen Stephen M Virgie W M Anderson .... This genealogy was compiled by a DAR family member. Rebecca DeArmond > > I'm very interested in purchasing your books, however, I was unable to > find "Courtney'" in your Surname Index????? > Can you clear this up? > Thanks, > > Jean

Good question, Lee. Champagnolle is in Union County on the Ouachita River. Section 23, Township 16 South, Range 14 West. It is one of the most historic places in the county. On old land plats is spelled Champagnole [1818-45]. The name was in use as early as 1805 {Dunbar & Hunter exploration}. In 1784 Pierre Cuvillier dit Champignolle obtained a license from Juan Filhiol of the post of Ouachita to operate a tavern at Ecore a Fabre [the old name for Camden]. The town was the office for the land agent, Territory of Arkansas. Everyone had to go there to register their land patents, etc. At one time it was a steamboat [and even earlier, keelboat] landing, a settled community with a cemetery. Latonia was a post office in Ashley County. Opened Sept 22, 1858, with Solomon Hundley postmaster. closed Feb 11, 1867. I do not have location, but think it may have been south of Hamburg. Will have this info by next week, if you will repost me a reminder. best regards, Rebecca DeArmond rdea@seark.net www.seark.net/~rdea/ www.seark.net/~history/ I'm trying to find out where Champagnolle, Ark. was. I think > somewhere > in Union county but am not sure. My gggrandfather went there to record land > transactions > and also I noticed CSA troops were mustered there as well. > > Also, at Latonia which I think was in Ashley County. This may be getting > away > from Drew and Bradley Counties, but again maybe not. > > Would appreciate any info. Thanks, Lee

In answer to the query, our Bynums came from Weakley County, Tennessee, moving to Dermott in 1896 to establish the Bynum Cooperage Company and Timber Company. Judith Lane Bynum, Gifted & Talented Coordinator Drew Central School District 440 Hwy 83 South Monticello, Arkansas 71655