I believe the Johnson County land records exist back to the middle 1830's when the county was formed. Eldon J. Edgin 14908 Woodbriar Drive Dallas, Texas 75248 Phone: (972) 991-4891 eedgin@sbcglobal.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <mcdaniel_james@hotmail.com> To: <ARJOHNSO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2005 7:08 PM Subject: [ARJOHNSO] Re: Sawmills in 1839-1840 - research > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hV.2ADE/2288.1.1.1 > > Message Board Post: > > I was at the library this week, and checked on the Aills name, and > sawmills in general. > > None of the sources mentioned a sawmill in this name. However, it appears > that this is because William died about Oct. 1840 (or before), and there > just are not any significant records of that period. > > Mrs. Mickel's books show him with property as early as 1837 (I don't know > her source, but her material is known generally to be well researched), > and he has a number of cash entry grants in 1839. > > His widow appears by 1845 as the wife of Lewis / Louis Allen in a deed > selling part of her inheritance. There are also a number of cases against > the estate up through 1862, as they failed to pay taxes on some property > which was then sold at auction. > > One of these does mention all the children. > > Records are non-existent from 1862 to 1865, and in the few years after the > war I didn't find any records of them. > > I did not have time to go through the tax books, which might mention the > business briefly. > > If this is helpful, there is more detail that I can post, but have to stop > for now. > > > ==== ARJOHNSO Mailing List ==== > Johnson County Cemetery Index > Online inventories and contact persons for many Johnson County Cemeteries. > URL: http://www.cswnet.com/~blackard/decoration.html > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hV.2ADE/2288.1.1.1.1.2 Message Board Post: Just to be sure, I checked the Arkansas Gazette index for the period of 1830 to 1850, but found nothing under "Aills" or under Johnson County / local industry.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Aills, Lewis, Clark, Strong Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hV.2ADE/2288.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: If you read beyond this line you owe your local Historical or Genealogical society two days of volunteer work on something "not yours". Here goes - Mrs. Mickel's "History of Johnson County" Volume 1, page 87, lists William Aills as a property owner in T9 R24 as early as 1837, but the source of the data is not cited. Mrs. Mickel's "Probate Court Records" (Butler Center F417 .J6 M49) lists two deeds in a summary of early property owners: 1840 William Aills & Sarah, his wife (page 6) 1844 Lewis Allen & wife Sarah, former wife of William Aills, dec'd (page 9) Looking at D. W. Allen's "Arkansas Land Patents: Johnson County" (Butler Center F417 .J6 A45), there are eight Cash entry land patents under Aells or Aills, William. These would have been returned or refused by the original grantee, and put up for sale. They are in Sections 3, 9, 26, and 27 in T9N R24W; Section 35 T9N R25W, all dated 20 September 1839. You can find the images of the original docs on the Bureau of Land Management web site (free to download as jpeg or pdf images). They might be interesting, as the original page may have some extra bit of information not in the index. They are not homestead entries, so no family data should be expected. There is no Will or mention of "Aills" in the index of the Probate Books. The earliest existing Probate Book is "C", from 1844-1852 (see LDS Roll 1027113). However, assuming that indexes are always less than perfect, on page 7 of that book C there is an entry from the Court session of July 1844, from L. N. Clark, administrator of William Aills, deceased, against Jesse Lawther, which is dismissed. It does mention a record made "in this court" in the October term of 1840. That implies to me that William Aills died, and an estate was probated, no later than October of 1840. It looks like the estate by 1844 was a mess. There are multiple entries in Chancery Court Book A (LDS Roll 1027686). There are no loose papers for this period, so there is not much indication what the suit was about. But, the estate is often mentioned because the administrator Lorenzo N. Clark died (about 1843), and was replaced by John H. Strong, deceased about March 1849. He was followed by J. Cravens. But to be fortunate, you have to look at each entry. On page 63 (case file 448), where they notify the court that Clark is deceased, the heirs are listed as: Elizabeth (middle name may be Elenor, but it is most difficult to read) Mary Faire (possibly Claire, again difficult to read) George Whitfield (this is very clear) On page 352, the children are again named, with first names only. On page 330, 28 February 1858, James Logan asserts that George W. Aills is no longer a resident of Arkansas in an attempt to get clear title to land he purchased at a tax auction (NE 1/4 Section 35 T9N R24W, 160 acres) Back to Deed Books - Book C & D are the earliest existing as far as anyone knows. They are on LDS roll 1027675. On October 7, 1839 (page D-49), Lewis Allen has a transaction which does not mention a wife, indicating that he was not married at that time. Page D-51 - October 4, 1839. William Aills sells E 1/2 SW Section 26 T9N R23W, 80 a., to Moreau Rose, who was a businessman in Clarksville. Page D-61 - January 13, 1840. William Aills issues a power of attorney to access an account at "Branch Bank at Van Buren of the Real Estate Bank of the State of Arkansas". Up to you to figure that one out. I have never researched it. Page D-81 & 82 - April 30, 1840, filed May 18, 1840. William Aills and Sarah Aills his wife appear personally before the Clerk, selling land (NW 1/4 Section 35 T9N R24W and SW 1/4 Section 26 T9N R24W, totalling 92 a. ) to Lorenzo N. Clark. Page D-359 - October 29, 1844. Lewis Allen sells land (NE SW Section 3 T9N R24W, 40 a.) to Moses Hamm that includes land of Sarah Allen from the estate of her deceased husband William Aills. (There is no known marriage book from this period). Page D-364 - October 29, 1844, Lewis Allen and wife sell land (E SE Section 9 T9N R24W, 26.6 a.) to David C. Ward, "vested in us by virtue of Dower of the said Sarah Allen formerly the widow of the late William Aills Deceased". After I got into the court books, it appears that there may have been other sales in the deed book that would have been indexed under the county, rather than the estate, for tax auctions, but it was too late to revisit that.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hV.2ADE/2288.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks for looking for Aills at the library for me. Were the children mentioned by name? I guess there would be no probate records that survived from the time William Aills died. Sandra

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hV.2ADE/2288.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I was at the library this week, and checked on the Aills name, and sawmills in general. None of the sources mentioned a sawmill in this name. However, it appears that this is because William died about Oct. 1840 (or before), and there just are not any significant records of that period. Mrs. Mickel's books show him with property as early as 1837 (I don't know her source, but her material is known generally to be well researched), and he has a number of cash entry grants in 1839. His widow appears by 1845 as the wife of Lewis / Louis Allen in a deed selling part of her inheritance. There are also a number of cases against the estate up through 1862, as they failed to pay taxes on some property which was then sold at auction. One of these does mention all the children. Records are non-existent from 1862 to 1865, and in the few years after the war I didn't find any records of them. I did not have time to go through the tax books, which might mention the business briefly. If this is helpful, there is more detail that I can post, but have to stop for now.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BINFORD Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hV.2ADE/2290 Message Board Post: Seeking info abt a Charles BINFORD who died June 1969 in or near Hartman in Johnson Co. He was born July 1898 in Indiana. Getting obit info would be ideal. Are there any of his descendants out there?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ROGERS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hV.2ADE/2289 Message Board Post: I would like to request a lookup of probate and a cemetery lookup in the Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas area. My ancestors Josiah or Joseph middle initial J. or I. Rogers (abt. 1819 - d. after 1870) and Harriet (maiden name may be Curtis) Rogers (abt. 1824 - d. after 1870) were living in Clark Township, Johnson County, according to the 1870 U.S. Census of Johnson County, Arkansas..I believe they may be buried in Johnson County, Arkansas.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hV.2ADE/2281.1.1 Message Board Post: Bill, I responded to your messages yesterday (Aug 2nd) by e-mail. Vonnie

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hV.2ADE/2281.1 Message Board Post: Hi I belive your searching info on my grandparents! James Morgan Bray and Sarah Martin Bray, I'm the son of William Arthur Bray, his brothers Robert,Sid, sisters Mary, Jennie Kinder,Lucy Love Hilton. They were from Lamar, I belive my grandmother passed in 1965. My sister is named after my grandmother Sarah (Sallie) if you have any info I would love to learn more about my family! Take Care Bill Bray

Standard Democrate, Sikeston , Missouri Sikeston, MO Beth Radford 07/30/05 SPRINGFIELD - Bessie B. “Beth” Radford, 74, formerly of Sikeston, Jefferson City and Poplar Bluff, died July 28, 2005, at her home. Born July 29, 1930, in Coal Hill, Ark., daughter of the late Brice E. and Audrey Wren Rowland, she graduated from Vanduser High School in 1948. In 1993, she retired from Southwestern Bell Telephone Company after 23 years of service. In 1952, she married Richard D. Radford who survives of the home. Other survivors include: two daughters and sons-in law, Barbara and Dennis Radford-Kapp and Susan R. and Daniel Banasik of Springfield; two sisters and one brother-in-law, Beulah Heisserer and Jeanne and Floyd Pobst of Sikeston; and four grandchildren, Sean Banasik, Jordan Banasik, Peter Radford-Kapp and Zoe Radford-Kapp, all of Springfield. Three brothers, Walter Rowland, Odie Rowland and Harvey Rowland; and two sisters, Vivian Santini and Dorothy Chisolm, preceded her in death. Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. today at Gorman-Scharpf Funeral Home in Springfield. A private family service will follow.

My gr-gr-grandfather was murdered in 1873. Apparently there was a coroners inquiry into his death. Does anybody know how I could go about getting a copy of that? Rachel

Does anybody have any information about a William H Gardner who died in Johnson County in 1873? He was apparently got into an altercation at a saw mill where he worked and was ambushed on his way home and killed. He left two young children ages 2 and 4 orphaned.

Not sure if Scottsville is in Johnson County , I think it might be in Pope County .But there are relatives that lives in Johnson County so it may be of interest to someone. As far as I know I haven't any connection with this person. Earl Johnson Saturday, July 30, 2005 CANALOU, Mo. -- Earl Edward Johnson, 89, of Canalou died Thursday, July 28, 2005, at Sells Rest Home in Matthews, Mo. He was born Sept. 6, 1915, in Scottsville, Ark., son of Albert S. and Myrtle Iva Harmon Johnson. He and Inez Edwards were married Aug. 21, 1943, in Russellville, Ark. She died Oct. 20, 1998. Johnson was a farmer. Survivors include two sons, Carl Johnson of Morehouse, Mo., Thomas Johnson of Marble Hill, Mo.; three daughters, Wilma Dear of St. Charles, Mo., Iva Griffin of Webb City, Mo., Patricia Pointer of Matthews; a brother, Jeff Johnson of Dover, Ark.; two sisters, Anna Bixler of Sikeston, Mo., Lenora Crutchfield of Lamar, Ark.; 12 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a daughter, a grandson, five brothers, and a sister. Friends may call at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel from 10:30 a.m. to service time Tuesday. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the chapel, with the Rev. Mike Cartwright officiating. Burial will be in Garden of Memories Cemetery at Sikeston.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hV.2ADE/2283.3.1 Message Board Post: My Thomas M. Evans wife Mary and children are in Johnson county in 1910 I have that census thank you anyway cj

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hV.2ADE/2287.1.1 Message Board Post: No she was only married the one time she was born in 1879 and married my grandfather in 1897, I looked for him and I thank he was too young to have been in Civil war..Thanks anyway cj

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hV.2ADE/2283.3 Message Board Post: Found 2 Thomas Evans in Johnson County in 1910. One is 50 and born in TN the other is 39 and born in AR. There is no Mary listed with either Evans.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hV.2ADE/2287.1 Message Board Post: You didn't mention if your grandmother might have been married twice. This would be important if: First marriage was to a Confederate soldier who was killed in the war, or was a veteran. He died, and she remarried. The second husband died. At this point, if she was either without income or property, which was very probable, or disabled, she could have gotten a pension on the record of the first huband's service. This was possible under the Arkansas pension laws, at least up in to the early 1920's. My great-grandmother had a pension of this type. In this case, it is recorded under the name of the first husband. If this is a possibility, then there is a published index of CSA pensions granted in Arkansas (they have this at most major genealogy sections in the libraries around the area - Little Rock, Dallas, etc. - check online catalogs). This is useful, because the pension applied based on the residence in Arkansas at the time of the application, not the state from which they originally served. In this case, the applications and following papers are on microfilm at the Arkansas History Commission. There were other pensions, but I am not aware of a published index. Again, checking at the Arkansas History Commission is a very good first step. If something of that nature exists, they will have it. The best source would be a probate record. If she was actively receiving the pension at the time of her death, there would be a requirement to notify the state that she was deceased to close the payments. The County Clerk or Probate Clerk would have done this. You might inquire with the Probate Court Clerk in Johnson County to see if there was any such record.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Davis Wilson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hV.2ADE/836.841 Message Board Post: Is there any chance that your John Davis was born as early as 1820? The twin of my ancestor Benjamin M. Davis 1791 NC - 1875 TN was named Arthur N. Davis. He died at Clarksville, Johnson Co in 1859 and by his wife Mary Wilson had at least two sons, Ben M. Davis born 1819 and John S. Davis born 1820. I'm sure there must be more, I just don't have them right now....

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hV.2ADE/2288.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you for your very complete response, Mr. McDaniel. I do appreciate it. You've been a big help. Sandra

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hV.2ADE/2288.1 Message Board Post: Some references for you to check. I don't have either at hand, but they both had discussion of the local economy in the early days. Langford's book was her research and interviews; Goodspeed was assembled from paid family inserts, so is sometimes over-stated or missing something altogether. Johnson County, Arkansas, the First Hundred Years Langford, Ella Molloy 1921 Butler Center, Little Rock Public Library, Arkansas F417 .J6 L2 (also Dallas, TX main library, Clarksville Library) Goodspeed - Biographical & Historical Memoirs of Western Arkansas The Southern Publishing Company, Chicago and Nashville 1891 Again, this is at the Butler Center, the Dallas library, and the Arkansas History Commission. Probate Records, Johnson County, Arkansas Mickel, Lillian Don't have the number, but this is also in Dallas, the History Commision, and The Butler Center. It is an extract of names from public records, and in a sense serves as an index for much of the county. This may still be available for purchase from the Johnson County Historical Society. You might check catalogs for Ft. Smith as well. I haven't found the names you've posted, but in the pre-1865 period there isn't much more than the deed books. You can get film of these through the LDS Family History Libraries, or again at the Arkansas History Commission or the Clarksville Library. Almost everything "on paper" was destroyed when the Courthouse was burned durning the War Between the States. That little which is available is on microfilm (mainly the deed books) is thanks to a county official who buried it at his farm during the war, and the big state effort to microfilm everything for the Bicentennial in 1976. And in response to an earlier query, this same circumstance means that unless you know you are going to see something that exists, it is much better to do your preliminary Johnson County research through the LDS or Arkansas History Commission microfilm. From the point of view of actual records, up to 1876, if they don't show it as existing, it likely doesn't. The Courthouse does not have anything earlier that is "unknown", and that which is known is not yet easily accessible. Several folks are working on that project, but it is slow.