My Drew ancestors: NASH, Henry O. (in Drew Co 1860) then to Independence Co., AR EVANS, James F. (in Drew Co 1850) then to Texas neither family stayed for the next census. Jeannie Mitchell Texas

Hi, everyone, We've had lots of new subscribers since the last roll call, so it's probably time to do another one. This will give our new researchers a chance to let us know about their surnames and families of interest. Feel free, during roll call, to add additional information (such as earliest known Drew County ancestor, etc.). My Drew County research interests: LOVELESS (John W. Loveless & wife Elizabeth Plunkett) KNOWLES (Richard Knowles) WHITE (Josiah White & wife Nancy Barkley) JONES (Charley E. Jones & wife Edna Brown) collateral lines of interest: OZMENT TYSON SENN AULTMAN/ALTMAN WILHITE Don't be shy! Jump in and let us know who/what you're looking for. We have lots of helpful people here. Welcome to all our new subscribers, Melissa

In a message dated 1/9/99 6:34:09 PM, terrilee@ipa.net writes: <<Do you have any ideas if this Shuler line came from So. Carolina? BETH >> Beth, Bettye Hogue Bond here, My Mary Shuler born 10-10-1744 PA. some sources state family Germany. married Oct 25 1791 Middletown, Paxton Twp, Dauphin Co., PA.

In a message dated 1/9/99 5:52:28 PM, tsaritsa@ix.netcom.com writes: <<My Drew County research interests:>> Black, Thomas & Agnes Nancy Gladney Brown, Maggie L. Clower, Jonathan & Mary Shuler Coker, Fatha Anne Gladney, any & all Gibson, Zachariah & Maachah Gibson, Fletcher Daniel Myers & Mollie Rowell Hogue, Bennett; John Alexander; George H. Perry, Nancy Jane (wife of Fletcher Gibson died Atlanta 1862) Collateral lines of interest: Craig, Levi Marcum, John M.

We'll try this again! HEFLIN ( James married Nancy Thurman) HEFLIN (Milton married Vernette McLemore) HEFLIN (William Cornelius married Mary White) ROWE (Pearson married Elizabeth Belcher) WILLIAMS, ROWE, HEFLIN, McLEMORE. Mike Marcum Mmarcum329@aol.com

Hello, everyone, The article below appeared in this week's edition of the Rootsweb Review newsletter, but the message it carries is so important, I think it is worth repeating. I know that some of us here are already helping to support Rootsweb. The article below explains why it is so important, now more than ever, that we contribute any amount we can to help Rootsweb stay afloat. If you have made connections, found new cousins, extended a line back a generation or two, or just found some good information on USGenWeb or Rootsweb sites, the RSL (Rootsweb Surname List), or Rootsweb mailing lists, please consider making a contribution. Contributing to Rootsweb is not a requirement for subscribing to mailing lists (including this one!) or surfing Rootsweb's web sites; it's just a kind (and much appreciated!) thing to do if you find these services useful in your research. Every little bit counts, and by contributing to Rootsweb, you will be helping to ensure that genealogy on the Internet doesn't become an exorbitantly expensive hobby. If you have any questions about donating to Rootsweb, please feel free to ask me. I just renewed my sponsorship for another year and would be happy to answer any questions you might have. Thanks for reading, Melissa PEERING INTO THE FUTURE by Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG, Co-editor, RootsWeb Review Recently Mattel, the toy maker (Hot Wheels, Ken and Barbie), announced it would buy The Learning Company, Inc. Earlier in 1998, The Learning Company purchased Mindscape (producer of Family Tree Creator) and Broderbund (producer of Family Tree Maker), and then in December it acquired Palladium Interactive (producer of Ultimate Family Tree). What does this mean to genealogists? It appears Mattel is going to wind up with all of the genealogy toys, so to speak -- owning the major popular genealogy software programs and the companies that produce most of the genealogy CDs. Additionally, the "Wall Street Journal" in its December 17, 1998, issue announced that CMG Information Services, Inc., will invest $10 million in Ancestry for a 30 percent stake in that company. CMG is betting that genealogy is about to make a big breakthrough on the Web. However, the CMG investors are not talking about helping you find that long-lost ancestor when they refer to a "breakthrough." They mean making money. Where is all this going in 1999? I have as much trouble peering into the future as I do digging up the past, but it appears to me that the costs of computer genealogy (software and CDs) are likely to increase. Moreover, the price of admission to many genealogy sources on the Web is probably going to go up. Many surfers are already paying $5 to $10 per month ($60-$120 annually) to have access to various sources or finding aids. Many onliners are discovering their "free" Web space or e-mail account comes with hidden prices -- loaded with ads and their names and e-mail addresses sold to cyber-merchants. RootsWeb is one of the "Top 25" or so sites on the Internet and continues to swim against the tide by providing free access to huge amounts of genealogical data. Yet currently less than three percent of its users are providing financial support. If RootsWeb users contributed only $2-$3 per month ($24 to $36 annually) there would be adequate financing to maintain and build an incredible genealogical resource. If they don't, the future of Internet genealogy looks expensive. * * * * * DONATIONS TO HELP SUPPORT ROOTSWEB ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED. For details about support levels/benefits and payment options, please visit: <http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html> or send e-mail to: <RW-info@rootsweb.com>. RootsWeb's address is: RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative, P.O. Box 6798, Frazier Park, CA 93222-6798. (Please include your e-mail address on all correspondence and checks.)

Re-read the census...its bad like most and I do believe the last two are indicated with an F; assume the N is for nephew??? Having experienced the census takers before it could mean no kin!! Bettye Sevier Co Washington Twp Hogue, George W. H 10-1864 AR age 35 +Margaret W 7-1872 AR age 27 Johnnie N 9-1896 AR age 4 William C. F 6-1832 TN age 67 Wright, John F 5-1847 MS age 53 Wright, John & Hogue, William C. "F" could this be father??

Buy this book: A TO ZAX; A COMPREHENSIVE DICTICTIONARY FOR GENEALOGISTS & HISTORIANS. by Barbara Jean Evans pub by Hearthside Press. can be ordered from J&W Enterprises Genealogical Publications & Materials 8505 Dixie Blanchard Rd. Shreveport, LA 71107-8176 318-929-1730 cost is $15.00 [plus shipping...dont know] This is the best $15 I ever invested in research material. you can probably find it at books sites on the net. Try this one: http://members.aol.com/GenShoppe/genshoppe.htm this is the Genealogy Shoppe in Seminole, OK toll free #: 800-959-9968 terms cover: medical, geographical, foreign, historical, legal, relational, occupational, household, religious, colloquial, monetary, ethnic. Rebecca ---------- > From: Melissa Jones <tsaritsa@ix.netcom.com> > To: ARDREW-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ARDREW-L] legal terminology for women and property > Date: Tuesday, January 05, 1999 2:07 AM > > Beth Thurman (terrilee@ipa.net) wrote: > > >I know this is not about Drew Co., but there are many Drew Co. people > >running into terminologies that we cannot understand unless you are smarter > >than I.......perhaps this might help some of you w/ some of yours > > > Hi, all, > > Guess I must have missed the discussions of folks having trouble > researching because of running into unknown terms! (I'm still trying to > catch up on mail from over Christmas!) > > If this is a widespread problem, then we should make up a web page of > obscure and/or legal terms which genealogists run across in their > research. I would be happy to host such a page on the Bradley County > site. > > If you have terms you would like to see listed on such a page, e-mail me > and I'll get started looking up definitions. If we get the terminology > page posted on the Bradley County site, perhaps Judy H. will put a link > to it on the Drew Co. site? > > Thanks for alerting us to this problem, Beth! > > --Melissa

Jann, I really appreciate doing this for me. If there's ever anything I can help you with in Florida, please let me know. Have a good day. Wanda Wyles 231 Matthew Circle Titusville, FL 32780-2202 > Wanda, > > There was a Rock Island passenger train No. 41 that collided with a truck > near Brinkley Dec. 16, 1928. Three people from Monticello were killed. Ed > and Theodore Wyles (might be your Theodore) and C.O. House. > > If you will send you snail mail address I will mail these articles to you. I > don't want to type that much!!! Sure don't mind sending you copies. > > Jann > > > > Join 18 million Eudora users by signing up for a free Eudora Web-Mail account > at http://www.eudoramail.com > >

Jann- I am looking for the information on D.A. Trammell- >Vicci > >Join 18 million Eudora users by signing up for a free Eudora Web-Mail account at http://www.eudoramail.com > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Beth Thurman (terrilee@ipa.net) wrote: >I know this is not about Drew Co., but there are many Drew Co. people >running into terminologies that we cannot understand unless you are smarter >than I.......perhaps this might help some of you w/ some of yours Hi, all, Guess I must have missed the discussions of folks having trouble researching because of running into unknown terms! (I'm still trying to catch up on mail from over Christmas!) If this is a widespread problem, then we should make up a web page of obscure and/or legal terms which genealogists run across in their research. I would be happy to host such a page on the Bradley County site. If you have terms you would like to see listed on such a page, e-mail me and I'll get started looking up definitions. If we get the terminology page posted on the Bradley County site, perhaps Judy H. will put a link to it on the Drew Co. site? Thanks for alerting us to this problem, Beth! --Melissa

I know this is not about Drew Co., but there are many Drew Co. people running into terminologies that we cannot understand unless you are smarter than I.......perhaps this might help some of you w/ some of yours BETH >From: "FWI" <f_w_i@email.msn.com> >Old-To: <NCJOHNST-L@rootsweb.com> >Subject: [NCJOHNST-L] Free Trader >Resent-Message-ID: <"3d3VnC.A.edF.KzWk2"@bl-30.rootsweb.com> >>can afford it or find it in your local Library, Helen F. M. Leary's book >"North Carolina Research: Genealogy and Local History" is considered an >essential resource by most genealogist working with NC material. > in 1868 the NC Constitution recognized the >right of married women to own separate property, and more liberal laws in >this regard were passed thereafter. Because this land transaction was dated >1896, there is no readily apparent reason for a Court declaration of "Free >Trader." Also, even before 1868 and under Colonial Law in NC, a single >woman or a widow could buy land and, if twenty-one or over, could sell it >herself. here is what Helen Leary says about Free Trader in NC. > >"FREE TRADER. See 'feme sole' TRADER. // [the words eclosed in ' ' are in >intalics] // > >'feme sole'. A single woman; or a married woman, whose marriage has been >ended by death or divorce. 'Feme sole' status was granted to women legally >separated from their husbands upon petition to the General Assembly until >1816; thereafter that status was granted automatically with the decree of >divorce 'a mensa et thoro', which see. > >'a mensa et thoro' Literally "from table and bed" but commonly from "bed >and board"; a partial or qualified DIVORCE; a judicially sanctioned >separation of the parties and their estates rather than dissolution of the >marriage." > >The other type of DIVORCE provided for under NC law was: 'a vinculo >matrimonii'. "From the bond of matrimony"; designates absolute DIVORCE. > >I hope this helps you figure out what you are reading, although I am now >confused. Maybe an attorney-at-law out there can interpret this for all of >us? > > > >

At 12:35 PM 1/4/99 -0700, you wrote: >Arkansas Gazette > >Ed Aherns >J.S. Cruce >Jim Dunham I'm really stretching my favors; aren't I? I'm interested in these, too. Take your time, and don't hesitate to refuse.BETH

At 12:29 PM 1/4/99 -0700, you wrote: >Arkansas Gazette 1929: >WILMAR: >J.L. Berryman >Edward R. Bond >John N. Thurman > >MONTICELLO: > >Hettie Berryman >Claude C. Box Bynum W. Maxwell >Mrs. J.E.H. McIver Mrs. Henry Neideringhaus >Mrs. John E. Oakes I know this is an awful lot to ask of an overworked and underpaid friend of rdea, but if you should get a little spare time, I would love to have copies of the above. All the Berrymans connect to the Wolfes. I thought I would give Judge Bond the Bond one. Very curious about the Thurman....don't know who he is....there were Box from Midway area......possible connections to Prairie people.....also the McIver.....could this be McKiever or McKiver.....if it appears to be no connection to McKievers, I don't need it.....The Neideringhaus connect to the Crook/Daniel lines, and I have a student who woul dlike the John E. Oakes. Again, if this is too much to ask, I understand. bETH

This is a clipped message from another site. I thought some of you might be interested in the web address telling about a Moravian route and time and other factors.BETH X-Sender: ncgen@pop.mindspring.com >Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1999 13:18:26 -0500 >Old-To: Captbwt@aol.com >From: ncgen@mindspring.com (Elizabeth Harris) >Subject: Re: Travel Time >Old-Cc: ROWANROOTS-L@rootsweb.com >>One of my ancestors came to Rowan County in the mid-18th century from >>Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. I presume that he followed one of the better >>known trails, e.g., Great Wagon Road, etc. > >The Moravian records contain quite a few entries that fix the time of >travel, including at least one complete day-by-day diary of the trip. Take >a look at.............. > >http://www.erols.com/fmoran/settlers1.html > >..........which includes a description of the first party of Moravian settlers to >come to NC. They left Bethlehem PA on October 3, 1753.

Jann, I'm the one looking for the Wyles/Smith families in Drew Co. The only names I have are as follows James Henry Wyles spouse: Lavana (Lee) Smith buried: Rough & Ready All the following children were born in Monticello Conrad Orlando " Pearly M. buried: Rough & Ready Robert James ?????? Winifred Walker Willie Mae Currin (2nd) & husbands parents Verner Cylone B.S. Wyles Virgil Ellis twin Vera Effie twin Eula Belle John Theodore Dixon Reval George Bernice Norene Nannie Lavana In other words I really don't know if they are related or not. It would be nice to know there were relatives out there somewhere. Thanks so much for responding. Have a good day. Wanda Wyles wwyles@digital.net Titusville, Florida > Seems I remember someone looking for the Wyles family in Drew Co. If the > names, Ed and Theodore Wyles (cousins) is of interest, please email me. > > Jann > > > > Join 18 million Eudora users by signing up for a free Eudora Web-Mail account > at http://www.eudoramail.com > >

Ark Gazette: Aug. 4 1928: Little Rock - Thomas Vickers, aged 75, of Selma, Drew County, died at a hospital here at 2:40 p.m. yesterday. The body is held at the Healey & Roth parlors. May 7, 1916: Monticello May 6 - Eight students will graduate from the Fourth District Agricultural School this year. They are: Misses Eva Floyd, Nettie Rogers, Ardell Grubbs, Frances Cason, Effie Edwards, George Palmer, Effie Nichols and Herman Lamb. J.H. Miller, dean of the agricultural extension department of the University of Arkansas will deliver the commencement address. May 2, 1916: Monticello May 1 - Monticello High School graduation exercises will be held May 26 when 25 will receive diplomas. This is the largest class in a number of years. The commencement address will be delivered by J.W. Campbell of Shreveport, La. The class is composed of Misses Katie McQuiston, Ouida Nichols, Louise Dickey, Grace Dilday, Elinor King, Christina Craig, Stella Coker, Labonne Finch, Georgia Evans, Anna Adams, Ruby Biggs, Anna Hunter, Georgia Matthews, Josephine Davidson, Velma White, Emma Hankins, Myrtle Conrad, Mary P. Hankins and Fred Coker, Robert Manees, Ed Bulloch, Ashton Adcock, Frederick Causey, William Spencer and Levi Curl. May 2, 1916: Mr. Dan Harris, the mail carrier of Barkada, had the misfortune to have his buggy badly torn up in a runaway at Wilmar Saturday. Mr. Harris himself was not in the buggy when the horse become frightened and scattered his buggy over various parts of Wilmar------Barkada Correspondent of the Monticello Advance. The mail will be delayed so long as Mr. Harris gathers it and the horse scatters it, but if the horse can be induced to do the scattering before Mr. Harris does the gathering all will be well. Jann Join 18 million Eudora users by signing up for a free Eudora Web-Mail account at http://www.eudoramail.com

Wanda, There was a Rock Island passenger train No. 41 that collided with a truck near Brinkley Dec. 16, 1928. Three people from Monticello were killed. Ed and Theodore Wyles (might be your Theodore) and C.O. House. If you will send you snail mail address I will mail these articles to you. I don't want to type that much!!! Sure don't mind sending you copies. Jann Join 18 million Eudora users by signing up for a free Eudora Web-Mail account at http://www.eudoramail.com

Drew Co created in 1846 . Lincoln in 1871. before that part of Lincoln was part of Drew. this would be the area of Mt Zion. Rebecca > > << they are very old and date back > > to when Lincoln Co was still part of Drew. >> > > Tell me more about these dates!! When did they divide and was it all Drew > before. > Nancy Gladney Black is buried Mt. Zion, Lincoln Co. and her daughters (later > & married) in Rock Springs, so I would like to have the dates if you don't > mind. > Bettye Hogue Bond