Hello, I am Regina Creekmore Weaver, and most of my mother's families are from the southwestern area of Lawrence County and just over the line into Sharp County. I apologize to any that may get this message twice, as I'm sending it to both lists... I have considerable information on the DUKES, WARE and MILLIGAN families, and am willing to share anything I have on the families of Major DUKE(S) (settled in Lawrence County before 1850); Samuel and Joseph WARE (settled in Lawrence County around 1814); and the Rev. John MILLIGAN that resided at Reed's Creek, starting somewhere around 1818. The other families that I am searching include: James Knox SIMPSON, supposedly born to James SIMPSON and <unknown> Dec 1850, m. Lydia Elizabeth SOFLEY, daughter of Dr. Enoch SOFLEY and Melissa A. MILLIGAN . John E. SMITH, son of William H.(?) SMITH and Missouri DUKE(S), born abt 1844 in Lawrence County, Arkansas, m. Sarah Ann SULLIVAN, daughter of Littleton Berry SULLIVAN and Celia LEE, b. abt. 1844 in Tennessee. Any info on the above would be helpful, I'm sure, as I have very little on these folks. I descend through John and Sarah's son L.B. (Little Bee) SMITH. James Lafayette SPARKS, son of John SPARKS and Sarah BOWLEN, b. abt. 1845, married Malinda Ann WARE, daughter of Charles WARE and Susan Maranda BANDY, b. 11 Dec. 1855 in Lawrence County, Arkansas. I know very little on the SPARKS side other than James' father seems to have come from Alabama and his mother from North Carolina. Any info here would be helpful. Phillip Addison HOWARD, son of Cornelius HOWARD, born abt. 1853, married Martha Jane TAYLOR, daughter of James and Sarah TAYLOR, born abt. 1858. They had three girls and a boy before Phillip died at the age of 34, and Martha Jane married again to William Albert WALLIS. I am descended through Artie Belle HOWARD, b. 1883, one of the daughters of Phillip and Martha Jane. I would love to know more about both the HOWARD and the TAYLOR families here. Have a great rest of the weekend...and may you find many connections in this roll call!! : ) Regina Regina Creekmore Weaver weave@ipa.net President, Batesville Genealogical Society http://www.rootsweb.com/~arwhite/BITBARK.html