Yep, Rebecca, I do have some in the Peacock stuff and also have been in touch with the wife of a McAshan who is a descendant of the McShans. The spelling was changed. Will give you that e-mail address on private correspondence. Henry Hardy Peacock was the brother of my husband's great grandmother, Harriet Elizabeth. The Nancy Rebecca Peacock who married Jesse Nicholson was another sister. Two of the CHILDREN of Henry Hardy are shown below: (Yes there were two Henry Hardy Peacocks) By 1900, Jesse Thomas Peacock and his brother Henry Hardy had gone into business together as retail merchants in Winchester. After their father's untimely death, so the story goes, they paid their stepmother Lula Johnson Peacock to get out of town because none of her stepchildren wanted her around. At any rate, she vanishes after 1900. On his World War I draft card, Hardy is shown as suffering form a stiff right leg; perhaps that or some related physical condition kept him from getting married. Jesse and Henry prospered as both merchants and landowners; by 1957, there were at least 640 acres in the names of "Peacock Bros." or "Hardy Peacock & Bro." Jesse himself raised cattle and grew cotton on the land, in addition to running a country store. He was a horseman who "rode tall in the saddle," his son and namesake recalls. He and Katie (Breedlove) Peacock (Jan.9, 1974-Dec. 10, 1900, daughter of Alpheus D. Breedlove and Ann MYHAND) had only one child, who died with her mother. By Adelia Smith (July 12, 1880-July 9, 1935, daughter of Edward Tucker Smith and Mattie McShan of Lincoln County), Jesse was the father of Nannie Lee (Dec. 18, 1905-Nov. 18, 1972, m. John William Staudinger), an unnamed son (Dec. 12-20, 1906), Martha Elizabeth (Dec. 1, 1907 - never married), Mary Ruth (Nov. 26, 1909, died young), an unnamed daughter (Feb. 26-Mar. 12, 1912), Jesse Thomas (Oct. 5, 1913, m. Mary Pearce, June 13, 1936), Henry Edward (Oct 22, 1915, m. Viola Mae Borchert, Dec. 22, 1940) and Herman Paul (Nov. 7, 1917, m Martha Lucille Srygley, Mar. 23, 1941). To answer your question a while back....Paul is still living. Carolyn jhaisty@tcac.com -----Original Message----- From: rdea <rdea@seark.net> To: ARDREW-L@rootsweb.com <ARDREW-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, October 23, 1998 12:39 PM Subject: [ARDREW-L] McShan >Carolyn or anyone....have any info on this family? >Lived at Collins a while before moving to Lincoln Co. >Believe connected to peacocks someway. >Rebecca >

Carolyn or anyone....have any info on this family? Lived at Collins a while before moving to Lincoln Co. Believe connected to peacocks someway. Rebecca

How many of you have seen the given name "Lorenzo Dow" in family histories? I have seen it a lot. Here is the scoop on the real Lorenzo Dow. Rebecca ---------- > From: P1TTYPAT@aol.com > To: rdea@seark.net > Subject: dow > Date: Friday, October 23, 1998 1:16 AM > > I found the article says he was "Crazy Dow" -His odd behavior and extensive > travels both in America and abroad brought him much publicity and fame. As a > fortune teller; seer; miracle worker; professor of calamites, births, deaths > and illneses; an interpreter of dream; he was one of the most discussed and > controversial preachers of his day. He could preach on virtually any subject > and damned nealy everyone and everything. At times he shocked his > congregations by preaching from obscene and sadistic portions of the Old > Testament. > Tall, slender and spare of frame, with sloping shoulders and just a hint of a > stoop, Dow's physical appearance normally would not have seemed forbidding, > except for the fact that his matted and unkempt hair hung almost to his waist; > much of it hung down his back and on his shoulders, but some of it fell > forward over his face and full beard. With a grave countenance and piercing > eyes, he "glanced reproofs wherever he looked" and caused the hardest sinners > to flinch. He was emaciated from lack of proper food and sleep, and he knew > little about the benefits of a bath. He went hatless and shoeless, wearing > torn and shabby clothes. Dow presented an odd sight even to the backwoodsmen. > When he came in possession of any money, which was rare, he soon lost it to a > swindler. when he bought a horse, it was usually a spavined, ill-looking > brute, scarcely able to totter along the trails and roads. Trusting in God to > send angels and ravens to feed him, he usually begged for food from door to > door. Rumor said that when unable to find food, he ate grasshoppers. Dow had > hidden powers of endurance. > Dow's voice sounded more female than male, not loud but trenchant. He often > dragged some of the syllables of his words to painful lengths making them > disgusting and disagreeable to delicate ears. While preaching for several > successive days at Pittstown, NY, some of the members of his congreagation > thought that he was either crazy or possessed of the Devil. after hearing the > strange man preach, many people cursed and swore, partly because of what he > said, but mostly because of his peculiar speech and odd demeanor. Most people > detested him - some believed he was saucy and deserved to be knocked down. > Eccentric in the extreme, Dow eventually evolved techniques through trial and > error that often made him a effective preacher. One Sunday morning while > Reverend Jacob Young was preaching at a camp meeting, Dow lay sick in a tent > nearby. At close of Young's sermon the sick minister rose from his bed and > walked up to the pulpit. Standing there in a stooped position, looking over > his right shoulder, his back to the congregation, he said, "There is a notable > robber in this country, who has done a vast deal of mischief, and is still > doing it; and, in order that the people may be on their guard, I intend to > give you a full description of his character and the instrument by which he > carried on his work." The congregation was often plagued by outlaws and became > alarmed. Some people thought that Dow was referring to a Baptist minister who > had been a Tory and a thief during the American revolution. This man had fled > to escape punishment after the was to Spanish Territory where he supposedly > had become a respectable citizen. > But this was not so. Dow was only trying to grab the attention of the > congregation. He turned his face toward the assenblyand began talking slowly > in a dark and mysterious manner, eventually giving the robber's name in > Hebrew, in greek, and in English. The evil one was none other than the Devil. > For the remainder of his sermon, Dow preached to a rapt audience and many > conversions were gained." > In closing one sermon, Dow said, "If there is any gentleman in the > congregation who has any objection to my sermon, let him come forward, take > the stand and make it known." There were five Calvinist ministers in the > congregation and Dow expected a rebuttal, but none came. After standing > silently for a few moments, Dow continued, "Now, gentlemen, I am going to > leave the country, and if you do not come forward and defend your doctrine > while I am present, but attempt to contradict my sermon when I am gone, > someone may compare you to the little dog that does not have the courage to > bark at the traveler when he is opposite the gate, but will run along and bark > on his track after he is gone!" Dow closed the meeting with a prayer and left > unceremoniously. > When Dow arrived at one camp meeting ground, several settlers moved toward him > shouting in satisfaction that the "wild man" was coming. Dow did present a > bizarre appearance. He wore a tarpaulin hat cocked on his head, a tattered > green military coatee withou its shiny ornaments, and a pair of knee breeches > that did not conceal his nees. Dow was in a hurry and he was laden with a > bundle of tracts and handbills. On each bill was printed in large letters the > following words: "Hush! Hark! This afternoon at three o'clock, Lorenzo Dow > will preach under thd Federal Oaks." Dow rushed past one man without giving > him a handbill. He stopped abruptly and appeared to search the innermost > recesses of his soul for guidance, after which he handed out the first tract. > He passed several other people ignoring them as if they lived on another > planet. He continued this unusual and scattered distribution until all his > bills were gone. > Although Francis Asbury believed Dow demented, he wisely never interfered with > the miracle worker. In time, when Asbury believed that Dow was not exercising > a good influence on the people east of the Appalachian Mountains, he sent him > to the western frontier. In the thinly populated western areas, dow gained > unusual fame and became venerated as a prophet of the Lord. > It did not take long for a preacher on the frontier to learn the importance of > emotional release to the frontier people. The successful ministers were able > to sway the behavior of the congreagation in ways which today woudl appear > unusual. Falling and jerking were common. Because the frontiersmen were > themselves an odd lot by today's standards, some eccentric preachers were > quite acceptable on the frontier. Unusual pulpit behavior and offbeat sermons > often resulted. But, as the frontier disappeared and organized churches moved > into an area, it grdually became less acceptable for ministers to move their > congregations to such physical and emotional levels. > > Weird huh > why did people name their children after him?

Nicholsons in Old Times: Elvin James, p 318. ida Mae Hancy 394. Jess 304. Mary 325. mary Ethel White 318. Ashley Co newspapers: a lot exist!!! at hamburg, office of the Ledger, you can find microfilm of the Eagle, the Leader, and early ledger. at museum, Hamburg, in Mary Wiess scrapbook, there are clippings from very early papers. at UAM, some microfilm from the Leader. there is a complete list of these with dates in the biblio of Beyond Bartholomew. yes, some of the old Wilmot papers exist in a private collection.. nearly complete I think without looking at notes. I will be privy to these during my archive research for present project. have also asked the family who has them to consider giving to ark hist commission or at least let them film them. Rebecca > > > >The family of Nancy Rebecca Peacock Nicholson was unknown to the > > > Did anyone know where these Nicholsons came from before Drew Co. and > Arkansas??????? > > >I wonder what newspaper in Ashley County would have been around then. > >rdea, do you know the newspapers of Ashley Co? Would Wilmott have had one > >to your knowledge? Does the Ashley Co. Library or the one at Crossett have > >these on microfilm??? If you know, rdea, or anyone else???? > > Did anyone know about the existence of papers in Hamburg or Crossett > libraried on microfilm???? > > Beth Thurman > or > Terri Wolfe > Monticello, AR > 367-2701

want more details on a cool it collar! my neck is killing me at the end of each day at puter!!!! seriously. that was real sweet of Carolyn....we should all try to "top" her gesture to Jann for all her hard work. I think since Jann is so old, so ugly, so fat, so whitehaired, etc. that I will send her a walking cane, a wheelchair, a halloween mask, and some slimfast. maybe some viagra as well. yours in history, Rebecca ---------- > From: Jann Woodard <jann.woodard@eudoramail.com> > To: ARDREW-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ARDREW-L] I received a gift from a list member!! HaHa > Date: Thursday, October 22, 1998 9:36 PM > > I just wanted to let everyone know what I received in the mail today: > > Carolyn Haisty, bless her heart, sent me the nicest newspaper article, one that is of great interest in my research. But that's not all----she had probably heard me "belly-ache" about reading microfilm---------she sent a "cool it collar" which will allow me to to either cool it for 36 hours or heat for up to 2 hours, while stretching my neck, as the film rolls by!!!!!!!!!!! With this thing to give me relief---wonder if the state archives would consider staying open for the swing shift!!! She even wrapped it in a "Santie Claus" box > > It's gonna be hard to top that one---dear Carolyn!! > > Melissa, are you aware of the kind of people you have subscribed to this list!!!!!!!!!!! > > > Just funnin' > > Miz Woodard > > > > Join 18 million Eudora users by signing up for a free Eudora Web-Mail account at http://www.eudoramail.com

re our recent posts the buffalo trace from monticello to warren area: I just read in "A to Zax" this morning that some of these traces were wide enough for two wagons side by side. it said the traces headed straight for a salt lick, which we know existed along the Saline River. Rebeca

Jann, YES!!!!!!!! Carolyn -----Original Message----- From: Jann Woodard <jann.woodard@eudoramail.com> To: ARDREW-L@rootsweb.com <ARDREW-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, October 23, 1998 8:28 AM Subject: Re: [ARDREW-L] Skirmish at Longview >For any of you that are interested: I found an old microfilm regarding one of the military prisons in Little Rock during the Longview Expedition and extracted the some odd 300 men who were captured during the skirmish. All were either sent to Rock Island or exchanged at New Orleans, > >Jann > > >Join 18 million Eudora users by signing up for a free Eudora Web-Mail account at http://www.eudoramail.com >

Jane, Does this guy connect with your line: Drew Advance April 30, 1895: Mr. Daniel Chance, of Lincoln county, was in this city one day last week. Mr. Chance is about 75 years old and was a resident of Drew county in 1842. He is hale and hearty and stands high among Lincoln's foremost and influential citizens. Are you aware of all the Chance family info in the Lincoln Co. history book??????? Jann Join 18 million Eudora users by signing up for a free Eudora Web-Mail account at http://www.eudoramail.com

For any of you that are interested: I found an old microfilm regarding one of the military prisons in Little Rock during the Longview Expedition and extracted the some odd 300 men who were captured during the skirmish. All were either sent to Rock Island or exchanged at New Orleans, Jann Join 18 million Eudora users by signing up for a free Eudora Web-Mail account at http://www.eudoramail.com

This is for Jane McBride: I am going to throw a few names at you and if they mean anything, let me know. Does Chester Meek mean anything to you? His daughter Joanne lives in Monticello. My first cousin's son married a Meek also. My husband's uncle married Winnie Estelle Scifres, daughter of Thomas Newton Scifres and Mary Savilla Johnson. Winnie's sister-in law and neice live in Monticello. Arvin Chance married Florence Jacks (she taught many of us) also from Lincoln County. She was the elementary principal when my mother began to teach at Drew Central. Two years later, Florence Jacks Chance moved to the 7th grade and my mother became principal. I spent many hours in the home of Florence before and after her marriage to Arvin Chance. They were engaged while he served in World War II. When he returned, they were married. Florence had a nephew named Perry Jacks who lived in Star City, I believe. Lucy Mae Haisty in the list of 1946 teachers was my mother. The McKinstry ladies that Karen Groce mentioned - Artie Belle McKinstry Robinson, Lela McKinstry Willis and Edna Lee McKinstry Groce were her cousins - their mother was my mother's first cousin. Let me know if you would like to talk with someone in the Scifres or Meeks families. Carolyn jhaisty@tcac.com

Hi, everyone, Tinda Marchant just signed off the list and sent this message as a farewell. --Melissa ---------------- Begin Forwarded Message ---------------- Date: 10/22 10:31 PM Received: 10/22 10:39 PM From: Tinda Marchant, tinmar@earthlink.net To: ARKANSAS-Drew, ARDREW-D@rootsweb.com Thank you all, for your assistance. I have pretty well exhausted my Drew Co., resources, but wanted you all to know that I have enjoyed reading your stories and hearing about your adventures. Take care and God Bless. Thanks, Warmest Regards, Tinda ----------------- End Forwarded Message -----------------

Thanks, Melissa. You'd be surprised at how many southeast Arkansas boys were listed on the monument.BETH Beth Thurman or Terri Wolfe Monticello, AR 367-2701

Jann Woodard (jann.woodard@eudoramail.com) wrote: >In the July 4, 1932 edition there are pictures of people with articles, >very interesting if you have not seen. Many people are found, but a few >include: Miss Mabel Kitchings, D.R. Hanks, Judge Carrol D. Wood, Calvin >T. Cotham, Rev. Oscar Wade, L.D. McQuiston, J.A. Baxter and E.L. Stevenson. Does anyone know who "D.R. Hanks" was, where he came from, etc? There were a couple of Hanks folks who married into the Loveless family in Tishomingo County, MS. One of these Hanks/Loveless families ended up in Pope County, AR. The other one ended up around Titus County, TX. "Hanks" is probably a common enough Southern name that it's just wishful thinking on my part that this "D.R. Hanks" is any relation to these other Hanks people. Anybody got any idea? --Melissa

Beth Thurman (terrilee@ipa.net) wrote: >I got to thinking. If I had a g-great uncle captured in the raid of >Monroe's Calvary....Price's raid into Missouri and captured, others may >have also. My relative died in the Alton, ILL prison from smallpox and was >buried on an island in the Missouri River. The river switched courses, and Beth and everyone, I had found this site a couple of months ago when looking at the Tishomingo County, MS site: http://www.altonweb.com/history/civilwar/confed/index.html This page gives a history of the Alton, IL prison, as well as a search engine to find the Confederate soldiers who died here. I hope you find this helpful! --Melissa

This came from a book on the Civil War in Arkansas: Little Rock, Ark., April 1, 1864 (Received 10 a.m., 6th) The following telegram is just received: Pine Bluff, Ark., March 31, 1864. The expedition to Mount Elba dna Long View has just returned. We destroyed the pontoon bridge at Long View, burned a train of 35 wagons loaded with camp and garrison equipments, ammunition, quartermaster's stores &c.; captured 320 prisoners. Engaged in battle at Mount Elba yesterday morning General Dockery's division, of about 1,200 men, from Monticello. Routed him, and pursued him 10 miles, with a loss on his side of over 100 killed and wounded. Captured a large quantity of small-arms, 2 stands of colors, many wagons, and over 300 horses and mules. Our loss will not exceed 15 in killed, wounded, and missing. We brought in several hundred contrabands. The expedition was a complete suc- cess, details of which will be furnished in my official report, which will be forwarded in a few days. POWELL CLAYTON Colonel, Commanding My husband's great grandfather (brother of my great grandfather) James Haisty was captured in this skirmish. After several days in Little Rock, he was transferred to Rock Island Prison in Rock Island, Illinois, where he died in May. He is buried in Grave #1182. He married Harriet Eliz- abeth Peacock, daughter of Jared Peacock, granddaughter of Jesse Peacock. The Nancy Rebecca Peacock who married Jesse Nicholson was her sister. John Wesley Haisty, Matthew Randell Haisty and Martha Louise Haisty Phillips and their families thought that their fatherJames Haisty died in a hospital in Little Rock. They were ages 2 and 4 (Matthew & Mattie were twins) when he died. Not until the book "The Children of Levi Peacock" came out in 1982, did the families know where James actually died. Perhaps he is not the only one from Drew County buried there. A list of persons buried at Rock Island and some nice pictures of the old prison and the cemetery can be found online. Carolyn

I got to thinking. If I had a g-great uncle captured in the raid of Monroe's Calvary....Price's raid into Missouri and captured, others may have also. My relative died in the Alton, ILL prison from smallpox and was buried on an island in the Missouri River. The river switched courses, and the island was overcome with water...all graves lost. As a result, the town erected a monument to those who were buried there and placed their names and regiments on the monuments. I have a couple of pictures that I took while there this summer....monument and historical marker in front of the remains of the prison. If any of you are connected or interested, I can send you pictures by private Attachment email.....Just let me know. There were lots of names on the monument from southeast Arkansas.....several from McGehee's regiment..... Beth Thurman or Terri Wolfe Monticello, AR 367-2701

******************************************** > >The family of Nancy Rebecca Peacock Nicholson was unknown to the Did anyone know where these Nicholsons came from before Drew Co. and Arkansas??????? >I wonder what newspaper in Ashley County would have been around then. >rdea, do you know the newspapers of Ashley Co? Would Wilmott have had one >to your knowledge? Does the Ashley Co. Library or the one at Crossett have >these on microfilm??? If you know, rdea, or anyone else???? Did anyone know about the existence of papers in Hamburg or Crossett libraried on microfilm???? Beth Thurman or Terri Wolfe Monticello, AR 367-2701

I just wanted to let everyone know what I received in the mail today: Carolyn Haisty, bless her heart, sent me the nicest newspaper article, one that is of great interest in my research. But that's not all----she had probably heard me "belly-ache" about reading microfilm---------she sent a "cool it collar" which will allow me to to either cool it for 36 hours or heat for up to 2 hours, while stretching my neck, as the film rolls by!!!!!!!!!!! With this thing to give me relief---wonder if the state archives would consider staying open for the swing shift!!! She even wrapped it in a "Santie Claus" box It's gonna be hard to top that one---dear Carolyn!! Melissa, are you aware of the kind of people you have subscribed to this list!!!!!!!!!!! Just funnin' Miz Woodard Join 18 million Eudora users by signing up for a free Eudora Web-Mail account at http://www.eudoramail.com

Catherine, I had no idea you were on this list-------good hearing from you. Drew Advance Sep. 25, 1894: Died on the 16th at the home of Mr. Luke Owens, Wiley House, son of Mr. Jno. D. House. He had received a severe injury last spring and had been in feeble health ever since, and at the time of his death was visiting relatives, in the hope of receiving some benefit from the change, but alas! the grim messenger came and carried away one of the purest and best of our young men. We remember Wiley as one of our erstwhile pupils--obedient, noble and manly, and had predicted for him a career of usefulness and honor. Though always weakly, there was the spark of genius in the boy that gave promise of noble, useful, manhool. We deplore his untimely end, and offer our heartfelt sympathies to the bereaved family. Peace to his ashes. October 23, 1894: Died after a painful ad protracted illness, at the residence of Mr. Z.T. Wood, in our city on Wednesday, at 2 o'clock, Mr. W.F. Stanley, in the 81st year of his age. Uncle Fount as he was familiarly known was one of the old land marks of Drew Co., having moved here in its early settlement. For many months he had been afflicted with that most painful and troublesome of all ailments "Prostatitis" from which he has been a constant sufferer, and death therefore at his advanced stage of life must have come to him as a relief. He leaves an aged widow, several children and many grandchildren to mourn his departure, and sadly will they miss his fatherly advice and counsel. He was buried with Masonic honors in the new Cemetery attended by a numerous concourse of relatives and friends. Join 18 million Eudora users by signing up for a free Eudora Web-Mail account at http://www.eudoramail.com

For Catherine Seabolt: Eva Mae Herrod married 1st Hezekiah D. Rash - our cousin is the granddaughter of Hezekiah D. Rash and his third wife, Lee Ellen Watts. Her mother, Louise, wrote the Rash genealogy that is in Rebecca's book, along with the wife of her nephew. If you would like to contact her, I will give you addresses for her on your private e-mail. Carolyn jhaisty@tcac.com