In a message dated 3/27/2001 9:44:59 PM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > P.S. I need the listkeepers Email address again if anyone has it. > Hello, You can send the administrator of any of the rootsweb lists an e-mail by using this address: [email protected] so the address for this list would be: [email protected] Hope this helps - take care - Emma

I am also researching relatives from Independence Co. but haven't been able to get through the mailer daemon who keeps kicking everything back. I trying this reply on the chance it might get through. I am looking for William Blankenship b abt 1834 Ky. married two Gilmore sisters in Gainsboro Twp. I know of another person researching a Blankenship, Wm.C. from Cushman Twp. Frank Blankenship P.S. I need the listkeepers Email address again if anyone has it.

I just think it sometimes is a slow list is all.... Hugs, Cheryl

Oh, hi Cheryl. I forgot to add my PILKINTON connection. Gene -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 9:26 PM Subject: Re: [AR IND.] mail? >I just think it sometimes is a slow list is all.... > >Hugs, >Cheryl > > >============================== >Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! >http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 >

Well, Nancy, I've been getting a little lonely, too--waiting to hear from AR researchers. So, I think I'll just toss out some names here and see what happens. Probably nothing. Sometimes I think I'm the only one researching my bunch! (Except a couple of researching-buddy cousins). Currently looking for information on the family of James (M.? Alfred?) PIERCE born 1846 KY and wife Catherine "Kate" LEWELLEN b. 1840s IN. This family lived possibly first Izard County and later Batesville, AR. Children: Alice Nora, Perry, Elizabeth, Linnie Belle, Edna, Ivy. I found James and Catherine and their daughter Alice (born 1868)--in Barry County, MO, 1870. They were in Independence County, I believe, by 1874 or so. In 1870 they were living in Missouri with one L. J. PIERCE age 48 and wife Rachel age 35. This could be James PIERCE's father and possibly a stepmother. James was age 21 at the time and Catherine 24. There is a LEWELLEN family in Barry County, MO, with preference for given names Rawley (Raleigh?) and Catherine. Don't know yet if there is a connection. After migrating from Independence County, James PIERCE lived for a while in Hood County, Texas, and apparently died in Jones County, Texas, 1927. I have been unable to locate a death certificate for him. His wife Catherine LEWELLEN died 1929 Fannin County, TX. I plan to send for her death certificate soon. Anyway, Alice Nora PIERCE married Franklin Price COLE IN 1884, and Independence County was their home until around 1910. FP, or "Babe" as he was known, decided to migrate to Texas, and that's why I'm a Texan and not an Arkansan--either would have been fine with me. Other families related to this Independence County family (Cushman, actually) are: PAINTER, WREN, TOSH, BARTON, WEEKS, BANNING, MELTON, FRANCIS, MEEKER, PULLEN, BLANKENSHIP. Sincerely, Gene K. Johnson

Nancy, This list has been realllllly quiet for a week. Ellen ----- Original Message ----- From: "nancy" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 6:14 PM Subject: [AR IND.] mail? > > not getting any mail from this list--everything > ok? > nancy > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. > http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/?.refer=text > > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > >

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Bobby, Are your TATES from Al and did they marr into the FIKES or CROWS from Ind Co. ? Dortha Bradshaw,Cole,Dark,Fike,Gamel,George,Hicks,Holden,Heathcoat,Killinger,Morris ,Nance,Pitts,Prater,Roberts,Sutterfield,Whiteside -----Original Message----- From: Bobby J. Wadsworth <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Monday, March 26, 2001 1:49 PM Subject: [AR IND.] COCHRAN-Caughran-Coughron-"Cowhorn" of old Black River Twp. >Posted on: Independence Co. Ar Queries >Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Ar/Independence/10095 > >Surname: COCHRAN, GEE, TATE, NELSON, POLSTON >------------------------- > >At least three separate COCHRAN (various spellings) families settled in >Independence County in the 1830s and acquired federal land in Black River >(now Marshall?) Twp. The heads of household were James H., Hugh Edward >and John G. COCHRAN - all born 1790 to 1800. I have compiled information >on all of these families. However, I primarily am interested in James H. >COCHRAN, as I suspect that he may be my ancestor. > >A VERY tentative listing of his children includes: > >1. William COUGHRAN, b. c1821 (per military record). > >2. Louisa M. COCHRAN, b. 1822 in GA; d. 1879 in Bosque Co., TX; md. Miles >Maryland GEE, 1841 in Independence Co. <<<<<< my ancestors > >3. Mary COCHRAN, b. c1825 in GA; md. Basell (Basil-Boswell) NELSON, 1843 >in Independence Co. > >4. Christine Ann Jane COUGHRON, b. c1826 in GA; md. Isaac A. TATE, 1849 >in Independence Co. > >5. Adaline CAUGHRAN, b. c1828 in AR (?); md. Ambrose NELSON, 1842 in Independence >Co. > >6. (Male) COCHRAN. > >7. Elizabeth COHORN; md. Martin NELSON, 1851 in Independence Co. > >8. (Male) COCHRAN. > >I believe James H. COCHRAN md/2 Nancy POUSTON (POLSTON), 1846 in Independence >Co. > >Isaac A. TATE was the son of William C. TATE. The NELSON boys are all supposed >to be sons of Reuben and Nancy NELSON. Although the COCHRANS lived in Black >River Twp., these other families apparently did not. > >I would love to exchange notes with anyone researching these surnames in >Independence County! > > >============================== >Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: >Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. >http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > >

Posted on: Independence Co. Ar Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Ar/Independence/10095 Surname: COCHRAN, GEE, TATE, NELSON, POLSTON ------------------------- At least three separate COCHRAN (various spellings) families settled in Independence County in the 1830s and acquired federal land in Black River (now Marshall?) Twp. The heads of household were James H., Hugh Edward and John G. COCHRAN - all born 1790 to 1800. I have compiled information on all of these families. However, I primarily am interested in James H. COCHRAN, as I suspect that he may be my ancestor. A VERY tentative listing of his children includes: 1. William COUGHRAN, b. c1821 (per military record). 2. Louisa M. COCHRAN, b. 1822 in GA; d. 1879 in Bosque Co., TX; md. Miles Maryland GEE, 1841 in Independence Co. <<<<<< my ancestors 3. Mary COCHRAN, b. c1825 in GA; md. Basell (Basil-Boswell) NELSON, 1843 in Independence Co. 4. Christine Ann Jane COUGHRON, b. c1826 in GA; md. Isaac A. TATE, 1849 in Independence Co. 5. Adaline CAUGHRAN, b. c1828 in AR (?); md. Ambrose NELSON, 1842 in Independence Co. 6. (Male) COCHRAN. 7. Elizabeth COHORN; md. Martin NELSON, 1851 in Independence Co. 8. (Male) COCHRAN. I believe James H. COCHRAN md/2 Nancy POUSTON (POLSTON), 1846 in Independence Co. Isaac A. TATE was the son of William C. TATE. The NELSON boys are all supposed to be sons of Reuben and Nancy NELSON. Although the COCHRANS lived in Black River Twp., these other families apparently did not. I would love to exchange notes with anyone researching these surnames in Independence County!

Posted on: Independence Co. Ar Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Ar/Independence/10090 Surname: Grooms, Martin ------------------------- I'm looking for any info on the family of Isaac Grooms, of TN, then AL, who moved to Ark (Independence Co) about 1837-39. Isaac married Delilah Littlejohn 1827 in Lauderdale Co, AL. Their children were: Mary Elizabeth (Polly)b. 1828, married John W Puckett Caroline b. 1829, married Avery Yates Silas G b. 1831, marr. Mary (Polly) Elizabeth Martin Henry E b. 1835, marr. Sarah Missouri Martin Louisa L b. 1837 Lucinda b. 1839 Amanda Jane b. 1841, marr. William Martin Charles b. 1842 Riley E b. 1843, marr. Margaret A ? Delila b. 1846 Zachary Taylor, b. 1848, marr. Martha F ?, and Mrs Fannie Summers I also have info on the children of some of these children. Some members of this Grooms family eventually found their way to Craighead Co. I would be interested in information concerning any of these people, including the spouses, especially the Martins. There was also another Grooms family contemporary with Isaac in Independence Co. I believe they are related: Henry Grooms b. in TN abt 1817 married Rebbeca Rainey in Independence Co 1842. Their children were: Camantha b. 1846 Sarah b. 1846 Charles b. 1849 George b. 1850 Thanks Charles Kirksey

The, Batesville article was very interesting to me because the SB Wycough listed, was my GGGrandfather. The Wycough's came to AR from North Carolina in 1837. Thanks Paul Howard [email protected] wrote: > Hello, My name is Carolyn FLOWERS Tucker, I gave several generations of > Family that lived in the Independence Co. area from early 1800's till 1900's. > My Mom has saved a lot of articles from the Batesville Guard. Unfortunately > she lost most all of it in a house fire last summer, but the few things I had > at my home of hers, I would like to share, in her honor (she is Mildred RAY > FLOWERS)as she now has Alzheimer's & can no longer research. > So, if anyone has an objection to these articles please let me know, or if I > am duplicating something, I checked the list archives & could not find > anything similar, although the search engines on Rootsweb are a little > untrustworthy these days. > Our surnames in the area are JAMES, KING, KIRKPATRICK, LACKS, & LAWRENCE. > Hope these articles are helpful to someone... > Carolyn > > Batesville Guard > News of Other Days > JAN 1988 > 130 Years Ago > The Balance is authorized to announce Jesse SEARCY as a candidate for > Mayor of the town of Batesville. > We are also authorized to announce the following gentlemen as > candidates for town councilmen: A.W. LYON, Isaac FOLSUM, Sr., James W. > BUTLER, Wm. E. GIBBS, S.B. FESMIRE & S.B. WYCOUGH. > If William STEELE will consent to serve as constable of the town of > BATESVILLE he will receive the vote of many citizens. > In consequence of high water we have no mails from Little Rock this > week. > Private business called us from home suddenly & imperatively last > week. We made a trip to Clarendon in Monroe Co., going & returning per the > steamer Hale. But for want of space we should have noticed this week some > improvements we observed at different points on the river--improvements that > are cheering & encouraging. We may do so at another time. > We herby tender our thanks to Capt. ADAMS & Mr. DILLAHAUNTY, clerk > of the HALE, fro their kindness to us on the trip. They are as clever men as > ever captained or clerked on any boat. And here we cannot but express our > regret that so heavy a loss as the sinking of the Exchange & Lazear should > have happened to such a man as Capt. ADAMS. > The election of municipal offices will be held in our town next > Monday. It is important that everyone should turn out; let us have a full > vote & elect an efficient set of officers--mayor, constable & councilmen. We > shall have something to say hereafter to what is needed in the management of > our municipal affairs. The gentlemen called upon thru our columns this week, > we think, will make good officers & would be glad to see them supported. > ------Independence Balance > ___28 JAN 1858 > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com

Carolyn, YES, PLEASE! I have been thinking about seeing if I could purchase some of the microfilm so I could read the old newspapers. Thank You! Laine Sutherland Researching in Indep County: WRIGHT, NORWOOD, PURSLEY, SIMMONS

I think what you're doing is wonderful! There is precious little online for Independence County -- I think we all will appreciate anything you can give us! Karen

Hello, My name is Carolyn FLOWERS Tucker, I gave several generations of Family that lived in the Independence Co. area from early 1800's till 1900's. My Mom has saved a lot of articles from the Batesville Guard. Unfortunately she lost most all of it in a house fire last summer, but the few things I had at my home of hers, I would like to share, in her honor (she is Mildred RAY FLOWERS)as she now has Alzheimer's & can no longer research. So, if anyone has an objection to these articles please let me know, or if I am duplicating something, I checked the list archives & could not find anything similar, although the search engines on Rootsweb are a little untrustworthy these days. Our surnames in the area are JAMES, KING, KIRKPATRICK, LACKS, & LAWRENCE. Hope these articles are helpful to someone... Carolyn Batesville Guard News of Other Days JAN 1988 130 Years Ago The Balance is authorized to announce Jesse SEARCY as a candidate for Mayor of the town of Batesville. We are also authorized to announce the following gentlemen as candidates for town councilmen: A.W. LYON, Isaac FOLSUM, Sr., James W. BUTLER, Wm. E. GIBBS, S.B. FESMIRE & S.B. WYCOUGH. If William STEELE will consent to serve as constable of the town of BATESVILLE he will receive the vote of many citizens. In consequence of high water we have no mails from Little Rock this week. Private business called us from home suddenly & imperatively last week. We made a trip to Clarendon in Monroe Co., going & returning per the steamer Hale. But for want of space we should have noticed this week some improvements we observed at different points on the river--improvements that are cheering & encouraging. We may do so at another time. We herby tender our thanks to Capt. ADAMS & Mr. DILLAHAUNTY, clerk of the HALE, fro their kindness to us on the trip. They are as clever men as ever captained or clerked on any boat. And here we cannot but express our regret that so heavy a loss as the sinking of the Exchange & Lazear should have happened to such a man as Capt. ADAMS. The election of municipal offices will be held in our town next Monday. It is important that everyone should turn out; let us have a full vote & elect an efficient set of officers--mayor, constable & councilmen. We shall have something to say hereafter to what is needed in the management of our municipal affairs. The gentlemen called upon thru our columns this week, we think, will make good officers & would be glad to see them supported. ------Independence Balance ___28 JAN 1858

Keep on sharing. Much is lost just because someone keeps in private files, only to be destroyed when they are gone. Thanks John Jackson Searcy, raised in Batesville ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 10:36 PM Subject: [AR IND.] News of Other Days from the Batesville Gaurd > Hello, My name is Carolyn FLOWERS Tucker, I gave several generations of > Family that lived in the Independence Co. area from early 1800's till 1900's. > My Mom has saved a lot of articles from the Batesville Guard. Unfortunately > she lost most all of it in a house fire last summer, but the few things I had > at my home of hers, I would like to share, in her honor (she is Mildred RAY > FLOWERS)as she now has Alzheimer's & can no longer research. > So, if anyone has an objection to these articles please let me know, or if I > am duplicating something, I checked the list archives & could not find > anything similar, although the search engines on Rootsweb are a little > untrustworthy these days. > Our surnames in the area are JAMES, KING, KIRKPATRICK, LACKS, & LAWRENCE. > Hope these articles are helpful to someone... > Carolyn > > Batesville Guard > News of Other Days > JAN 1988 > 130 Years Ago > The Balance is authorized to announce Jesse SEARCY as a candidate for > Mayor of the town of Batesville. > We are also authorized to announce the following gentlemen as > candidates for town councilmen: A.W. LYON, Isaac FOLSUM, Sr., James W. > BUTLER, Wm. E. GIBBS, S.B. FESMIRE & S.B. WYCOUGH. > If William STEELE will consent to serve as constable of the town of > BATESVILLE he will receive the vote of many citizens. > In consequence of high water we have no mails from Little Rock this > week. > Private business called us from home suddenly & imperatively last > week. We made a trip to Clarendon in Monroe Co., going & returning per the > steamer Hale. But for want of space we should have noticed this week some > improvements we observed at different points on the river--improvements that > are cheering & encouraging. We may do so at another time. > We herby tender our thanks to Capt. ADAMS & Mr. DILLAHAUNTY, clerk > of the HALE, fro their kindness to us on the trip. They are as clever men as > ever captained or clerked on any boat. And here we cannot but express our > regret that so heavy a loss as the sinking of the Exchange & Lazear should > have happened to such a man as Capt. ADAMS. > The election of municipal offices will be held in our town next > Monday. It is important that everyone should turn out; let us have a full > vote & elect an efficient set of officers--mayor, constable & councilmen. We > shall have something to say hereafter to what is needed in the management of > our municipal affairs. The gentlemen called upon thru our columns this week, > we think, will make good officers & would be glad to see them supported. > ------Independence Balance > ___28 JAN 1858 > > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com >

Not so fast Janet. According to my memory there is a real town of Bryant in Saline Co. (on the map just south of Little Rock with a few thousand people) and a populated place called Bryant just across the White River south of Batesville in Independence Co. And the USGS agrees. Woody in Mississippi -----Original Message----- From: Janet A. Nelson <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 12:46 PM Subject: [AR IND.] Re: Bryant, AR - Saline Co. - Independence Co., AR >Posted on: Independence Co. Ar Queries >Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Ar/Independence/10086 > >Surname: BROOKS, BAILEY >------------------------- > >Hello: > >Yes, I was informed by another listowner that Bryant, AR is NOT located >in both Saline County, AR and Independence County, AR. Unfortunately, I >had the wrong information and was too eager to post my query. > >Several people have sent me e-mails to tell me that Bryant, AR is not located >in both counties and I do appreciate their concern. > >It is a lesson learned and I will be more careful in future. > >Sincerely, >Janet A. Nelson >[email protected] > > > >============================== >Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp >Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! >

Posted on: Independence Co. Ar Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Ar/Independence/10086 Surname: BROOKS, BAILEY ------------------------- Hello: Yes, I was informed by another listowner that Bryant, AR is NOT located in both Saline County, AR and Independence County, AR. Unfortunately, I had the wrong information and was too eager to post my query. Several people have sent me e-mails to tell me that Bryant, AR is not located in both counties and I do appreciate their concern. It is a lesson learned and I will be more careful in future. Sincerely, Janet A. Nelson [email protected]

Posted on: Independence Co. Ar Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Ar/Independence/10085 Surname: WEST, TODD, CHITWOOD ------------------------- Janet, the city of Bryant, AR is entirely in Saline County, AR, just southwest of Pulaski County, in the center of the state, about 100 miles from Independence County, which is in the northeast part of AR. Good luck, Donald

You might try the 1900 U.S. census for those counties in Arkansas. This may reveal their given names and their ages. It will be a little work, but sometimes that is the only way to go. John Janet A. Nelson wrote: > > Posted on: Independence Co. Ar Queries > Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Ar/Independence/10084 > > Surname: BROOKS, BAILEY, CARPENTER > ------------------------- > > Hello: > > My great-grandparents, H. A. BROOKS (male) and A. J. BROOKS nee BAILEY > (female), were living in Talladega County, Alabama in 1880. > > They moved to Arkansas and were living in Bryant, Arkansas in 1897. I understand > that Bryant is located partly in Independence County, Arkansas, and partly > in Saline County, Arkansas. > > What were their first/given names? Birthdates? What were their parents > names? Where were their parents from? Did they have siblings? What were > their siblings names? > > H. A. BROOKS and A. J. BROOKS nee BAILEY were the parents of: Luther, Willis, > Albert, Nora, "Dink" and Dora (twin) BROOKS, and lived in Bryant, Arkansas. > Their daughter Dora BROOKS married Morton Travis Carpenter 05 July 1897. > > I've been told that H. A. BROOKS operated a sawmill in the Bryant, Arkansas > area. Either H. A. BROOKS, or A. J. BAILEY, his wife, may have been of > Cherokee Indian descent. > > Are there still relatives in the area? Are there any connections out there? > If so, please contact me, Janet A. Nelson, at: [email protected] > Thank you. > > ============================== > Add as many as 10 Good Years To Your Life > If you know how to reduce these risks. > http://www.thirdage.com/health/wecare/hearthealth/index.html

Bryant, Arkansas is South of Little Rock, Arkansas, in North Central Saline County. South of I-30 located on Arkansas Hwy 183 John Searcy, Arkansas. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John and Mari Minke" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 7:03 AM Subject: Re: [AR IND.] Bryant, AR - BROOKS, H. A. - 1897 > You might try the 1900 U.S. census for those counties in Arkansas. This > may reveal their given names and their ages. It will be a little work, > but sometimes that is the only way to go. > > John > > Janet A. Nelson wrote: > > > > Posted on: Independence Co. Ar Queries > > Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Ar/Independence/10084 > > > > Surname: BROOKS, BAILEY, CARPENTER > > ------------------------- > > > > Hello: > > > > My great-grandparents, H. A. BROOKS (male) and A. J. BROOKS nee BAILEY > > (female), were living in Talladega County, Alabama in 1880. > > > > They moved to Arkansas and were living in Bryant, Arkansas in 1897. I understand > > that Bryant is located partly in Independence County, Arkansas, and partly > > in Saline County, Arkansas. > > > > What were their first/given names? Birthdates? What were their parents > > names? Where were their parents from? Did they have siblings? What were > > their siblings names? > > > > H. A. BROOKS and A. J. BROOKS nee BAILEY were the parents of: Luther, Willis, > > Albert, Nora, "Dink" and Dora (twin) BROOKS, and lived in Bryant, Arkansas. > > Their daughter Dora BROOKS married Morton Travis Carpenter 05 July 1897. > > > > I've been told that H. A. BROOKS operated a sawmill in the Bryant, Arkansas > > area. Either H. A. BROOKS, or A. J. BAILEY, his wife, may have been of > > Cherokee Indian descent. > > > > Are there still relatives in the area? Are there any connections out there? > > If so, please contact me, Janet A. Nelson, at: [email protected] > > Thank you. > > > > ============================== > > Add as many as 10 Good Years To Your Life > > If you know how to reduce these risks. > > http://www.thirdage.com/health/wecare/hearthealth/index.html > > > > ============================== > The easiest way to stay in touch with your family and friends! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST1 >