Posted on: Greene County, Ar Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ar/Greene/933 Surname: NEWBERRY, DACUS, CONROY ------------------------- I understand the Greene County Historical is trying to salvage the old records in the old Courthouse at Paragould. I wonder if you have come across any records from the previous courthouse at Gainesville. I am looking for more information on ______ Conroy, who shot my great great grandmother in 1875, Nancy Ann DACUS Newberry (1818-1883). He wrote an ode on his plight while in the Gainesville jail awaiting disposition. I would like to know his first name and what that didposition was. "Nancy Newberry lived to be seventy-six. She died in 1883." quoting an article, "Song of a Jailbird", from Greene County Historical and Genealogical Society Quarterly Journal, written about the first quarter of 1998 by editor, Mack A. Hamblen. "Song of a Jailbird" was originally published 9 Feb 1939 by John F. Rainey in the Greene County Citizen. "Song of a Jailbird" was an "ode" written by ______ Conroy while he was in the jail at Gainesville, Greene County for robbing Nancy DACUS Newberry, shooting her in the hip, and leaving her for dead in 1875. "Mr. Rainey reported that the poem was brought into his office by John W. Pillow [John William PILLOW, 1857-1942, who was an uncle of John William "Johny" "Johnnie" PILLOW, 1871-1951. They are buried 10 feet apart in Pine Knot Cemetery, see Johny in Chapter 6] of Route 5, Paragould. Pillow obtained the copy from his friend, J. Sam Thompson [Joseph Samuel "Sam" THOMPSON, 1899-1968], County Clerk, who had it in his files." The further disposition of ______ Conroy was not stated. { "[ ]" bracketed items are by Grant Collar. And, if anybody knows, I would also like to know where Nancy died and where she was buried. For your information, my mother was Noma Lillian NEWBERRY Collar, b: 29 Sep 1908 one mile west of Finch (at the home of her grandmother, Nancy Ellen THOMPSON Edwards [later Wilcockson], 1864-1951), d: 11 Mar 2000 at Little Rock, buried in Finch Baptist Cemetery on 16 Mar 2000. Grant Collar PMB 1489 6301 Squaw Valley Rd Pahrump NV 89048-7949 gcollar@bigplanet.com in summer gcollar@snowcrest.net in winter