Here's the note I received about preserving the old cemeteries: Ruth, If you are in favor of preserving our old cemetaries, get involved. Write (don't email) your state legislators about a law on historical cemetary preservation. Visit our website at www.geocities.com/b4mudman to learn more. Thanks, Dennis In a message dated 03/04/2000 11:19:49 PM Mountain Standard Time, [email protected] writes: << I am concerned about that very thing happening to my ancestors. I know for a fact that this happened to a cementary in Muldrow,OK and it could very well happen to others in the near by area. I too, have some relatives buried in a Dripping Springs cementary, but I am unable to go there until after May. AI will have to get with an older Uncle and try to locate this one. I am willing to support any legitimate effort. Pat

Greetings to all: Having read some conflicting information on a variety of list, I made queries to the Federation of Genealogical Societies, and officers in some genealogical organizations where I hold membership. The following from the FGS website answers my queries: --------------------- Proposed Fee Increase for Copies of Military Service and Pension Records By Jack Brissee, Chair Records Preservation and Access Committee (RP&AC) Released: 6 March 2000 There have been postings on a number of mail lists recently about an increase in the fees the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) charges for copies of compiled military service records and pension records. While NARA is considering a change to the fee structure for these documents, the information that has been posted is both premature and somewhat inaccurate. The Records Preservation and Access Committee, a joint endeavor of the Federation of Genealogical Societies and the National Genealogical Society, has contacted NARA officials for clarification. The following is the "official NARA statement" issued in response to our inquiry: NARA Statement The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) will be issuing a proposed rule within the next few weeks that will revise fees for reproduction, including the "fixed-fee" orders in the NATF 80 series. The proposed rule will have a 60-day public comment period, during which time we will actively seek the comments of the user community. The proposed rule is presently undergoing internal government review. When it is released for publication in the Federal Register, NARA will notify the national genealogical organizations and post a copy of the proposed rule on its web site. The message will include the exact URL and the address for sending comments. The Records Preservation and Access Committee will continue to monitor this proposal, and will post relevant information on the Records Preservation and Access pages of the Federation of Genealogical Societies' Web site <http://www.fgs.org> and on the National Genealogical Society Web site <http://www.ngsgenealogy.org> when it is available. Please feel free to forward this posting to other mail lists on which the original posting may have appeared. Sincerly, Jonelle Ellis Russell

I am concerned about that very thing happening to my ancestors. I know for afcat that this happened to a cementary in Muldrow,OK and it could very well happen to others in the near by area. I too, have some relatives buried in a Dripping Springs cementary, but I am unable to go there until after May. AI will have t get with an older Uncle and try to locat this one. I am willing t support any legitimate effort. Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 03, 2000 6:58 PM Subject: [ARMADISO-L] Preserving Old Cemeteries > Subj: Fw: Preserving Old Cemeteries > From: [email protected] (Ann Nostwich) > > > This came from another mail list and should interest all family historians. > Ann > > ********************************************** > > The letter I am forwarding to you speaks for itself... Mr Muncrief has an > > > attorney working 'pro bono' drafting the necessary paperwork to try and > > > change the antiquated laws that do little to protect our old cemeteries. > > > Emailing Mr Muncrief at [email protected] that you are FOR changing > the > > > vague antiquated laws will show lawmakers that there is BACKING for this > > > cause.........OUR CAUSE! > > > Thanks for your time > > > Carolyn Mackey Byrum > > > > > > Subject: Grave desecration > > > > > > Carolyn, > > > My name is Dennis Muncrief. I live in Sulphur, Oklahoma. I just read > your > > > cemetary registration of Dripping Springs and the part about the farmer > > > wanting to graze cows. He must be desperate for grass if he needs the 4' > x > > > 6' spot where your grandmother is buried. Recently a farmer decided to > > > build a barn in Marshall County, OK. Unfortunate a small cemetary was > where > > > he needed to build it. This "man" simply scrapped away the stones to make > > > room for the new barn. Unfortunately for me, the cemetary was where my > > > relatives were buried in the mid 1800's when they came to Indian > Territory. > > > The family was livid to say the least. The barn is very nice. > > > This cemetary was on private land that was donated 100 years ago by the, > > > then owner, for a cemetary. Generations of families were buried there > with > > > the understanding it would always be a cemetary. The current law says > that > > > the owner of private land where there are cemeteries can do anything he > > > wants with it. > > > Now if you are an Indian, there are federal laws against this 'grave > > > robbing'. Isn't stealing the land where ancestors are located grave > > > robbing? A friend of mine in California told the story of a cousin that > > > went to a cemetary in Grady County, Oklahoma to visit the dead relatives. > > > When she arrived, the farmer was bulldozing the grave stones into a ditch. > > > When she protested, he pulled a gun on her and threatened to shoot her. > She > > > went to the Sheriff and he told her there was no law against this > practice. > > > The point of this letter is to tell you that there are many who feel as > you > > > do. We need to organize. I have a friend in Washington State who is > > > drafting a letter that I plan to send to legislators in every state making > > > it a felony to destroy graves or grave markers that were placed in > antiquity > > > or of recent pioneers such as Oklahoma pioneers. There were no cemeteries > > > back then. There were no towns. I plan to organize people like yourself > in > > > every state to hound their state legislators until a law is passed in all > 50 > > > states to protect these pioneer cemeteries. > > > It is up to people like us to do something. We can be mad separately or > we > > > can be mad collectively. We will be a little more powerful if we > organize. > > > This has me mad as hell. I have talked to about a half dozen people in > > > different states and they are upset as well with similar occurrences in > > > their States. > > > Want to join the bandwagon? > > > Dennis > > > > > ==== ARMADISO Mailing List ==== > "Visit the Madison County, AR Web Page at: http://members.a >

Hello! My name is Jeanne Ledford Brewer and I'm new to the list. I'm researching the following Madison County families: (I'm really interested in learning more about my great-grandmother, Lula Ritchie, and her mother's family, so I've included more information about her.) MY FATHER'S PATERNAL SIDE (LEDFORD, BIRNIE, MANEY, CORN, HEATHERLEY, PITTS, VANN, OTTERLIFTER) LEDFORD - my father is Bobby Jeane Ledford, born 10/21/1931 to Troy Everett and Susie Jane Wilkins Ledford. He was brought up in the Pinnacle area of Madison County. Troy Everett Ledford, 06/28/1902 - 08/22/1971, was the son of Jasper Alonzo and Maude Zeola Birnie (Burney) Ledford. He was also brought up in the Pinnacle area of Madison County and moved to Washington state after World War II. Jasper "Alonzo" Ledford, 10/20/1869 - 08/22/1950, was the son of Samuel Jackson and Nancy T. Maney Ledford, who moved to Madison County in the 1890s from Shooting Creek, Clay County, North Carolina, and settled in the Pinnacle area of Madison County. I have quite a bit of information on the Ledfords and Maneys, including census records, birth and death certificates, pension records, Cherokee Indian records, etc. Maude Zeola Birnie (Burney), 03/30/1881 - 11/08/1957, was the daughter of Henrietta (Nettie) Pitts and William Birnie. William Birnie was killed in an ambush in 1881 or 1882, and his widow married J. L. Hunter on 04/06/1884 in Scott County, Arkansas, and had another daughter, Dolly Hunter. After the death of J. L. Hunter, Nettie married Dr. Thomas Jefferson Julian and moved to the Boxley area. Henrietta "Nettie" Pitts' mother was named Mary A. ? Pitts and was born in Georgia, and her father was F. Pitts, born in South Carolina. We have no further information on the Pitts. William Birnie is listed on the 1880 census of Scott County as having been born in Tennessee with both parents born in Ireland. We have no further information on the Birnie family. MY FATHER'S MATERNAL SIDE (WILKINS, RITCHIE, POPE) WILKINS - my grandmother, Susie Jane Wilkins Ledford, is 97 years old. She was born 01/02/1903 near Crosses to Marion Burgess and Lula Ritchie Wilkins. She was brought up in the Crosses and Pinnacle areas and is presently living in Myrtle Point, Oregon, where her daughter, Geraldine Ledford Vanlandingham Wylie, also lives. Marion Burgess Wilkins, born 11/09/1859 in Hamilton County, Indiana, was the son of Isaiah A. and Mary Jane Pope Wilkins, who were both born in Ohio according to census records. Marion Burgess Wilkins married Lula Ritchie in 1892, had nine children with her, and died 04/06/1915. His father, Isaiah A. Wilkins, was born circa 1824 in Ohio, and his mother, Mary Jane Pope, was born circa 1827 in Ohio according to census records. Mary Jane Pope Wilkins mother and sister, Nancy and Sarah Pope, were living with the Isaiah Wilkins family in the Jackson County, Ohio, census of 1850. Lula RITCHIE was born 04/19/1874 in Arkansas and died 12/14/1947 in Chelan, Washington. She was the daughter of Marcum Ritchie and ?????. Lue had an aunt Tony Buck and an aunt Clarissa Walker, both sisters of Lue's father, Marcum (Martin) Ritchie. Other relatives mentioned by Susie were first cousins Cleo Ritchie Shipman (Mrs. George), Jim Ritchie (a trapper), Lizie Glass, and Judge Combs of Crosses, Delaney, or Combs, Arkansas. Lue was the oldest of three daughters, and her two younger sisters were Bertha Ida Ritchie, born about 1876 and later married a Sullenger; and Ella Ritchie, born about 1878, married a Raymond, and was a cook in the Chicago, Illinois, area after her marriage. Lue and her sisters lived with relatives in the Paris, Logan County, Arkansas, area during their childhood. It is believed that both of their parents died while the girls were very young. Lue married Marion Burgess Wilkins on September 11, 1892, in Madison County, Arkansas. Lue and Marion had nine children together before he passed away in 1915. Lue then married a dairyman from Tuttle, Arkansas, with the last name of Branstetter (Brenstetter), who died about 1925. After Branstetter's death, Lue sought the help of her cousin, Judge Combs, in achieving a fair division of his dairy with his heirs. Lue then married Earle Houston and moved with him in 1943 to Chelan Falls, Washington, where she died on December 14, 1947. If anyone on this list is researching some of the same families, please contact me so we can exchange information. Thanks :^) Jeanne Ledford Brewer Walla Walla, Washington ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Bill, Thanks - someone did send the directions to the cemeteries. Peggy In a message dated 3/3/2000 6:56:28 PM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: << Peggy, Did anyone provide the driving instructions you requested to the Upper and Lower Campground Cemeteries? If not please let me know. They are very easy to access. Bill Foster >>

I received part of a pension file on Meredith Patrick taday and the following men were listed as witnesses. George T. Tacket  (age 27 in 1888 & from Delaney, Madison Co. AR.)    nephew C.B.Hall T.P. Gaskins John C Black, commissioner S.N. Thomason H.F. Hill (Huntsville, AR) (attorney) A.J. Bolinger J.H. Bohannon, clerk of coutyand circuit court O.D. Johnson (Huntsville, AR) James Hall, notary public in Dec. 1888 R.E.Buck, neighbor, 49 yrs old (no date stamped on sheet) George W. Bevers, neighbor, 35 yrs old, Hindsville Ark T.W. Berry, notary public  Aug 1887 Dr. Harvy Bolinger Dr. Andrew J. Vaughan M.A. Youngman I.P. Cappell J.D. Bevers, notary public R.L. Johnson, justice of the peace Bettie Reed, age 70 yrs in 1910, of Patrick, Madison County, Ark.,  sister Jim Brashears T.C. Dabry M.D. Kally H. Brashers, Justice of the Peace J.J. Curry, attorney, Fayetteville, Ark. A.J. Harrison, Spring Valley, Ark. W.M. Johnson,  Spring Valley, Ark. John Means L.A. Sanders, notary public Gabriel Patrick, son, Patrick (Madison) Ark., 29 yrs old on 1910 J.M. Bishop, notary public Thought someone might want proof of where these men were at this timframe. Gail Lies (I am related to Meredith Patricks wife, Margret L. Gibson)    

Subj: Fw: Preserving Old Cemeteries From: [email protected] (Ann Nostwich) > This came from another mail list and should interest all family historians. Ann > ********************************************** > The letter I am forwarding to you speaks for itself... Mr Muncrief has an > > attorney working 'pro bono' drafting the necessary paperwork to try and > > change the antiquated laws that do little to protect our old cemeteries. > > Emailing Mr Muncrief at [email protected] that you are FOR changing the > > vague antiquated laws will show lawmakers that there is BACKING for this > > cause.........OUR CAUSE! > > Thanks for your time > > Carolyn Mackey Byrum > > > > Subject: Grave desecration > > > > Carolyn, > > My name is Dennis Muncrief. I live in Sulphur, Oklahoma. I just read your > > cemetary registration of Dripping Springs and the part about the farmer > > wanting to graze cows. He must be desperate for grass if he needs the 4' x > > 6' spot where your grandmother is buried. Recently a farmer decided to > > build a barn in Marshall County, OK. Unfortunate a small cemetary was where > > he needed to build it. This "man" simply scrapped away the stones to make > > room for the new barn. Unfortunately for me, the cemetary was where my > > relatives were buried in the mid 1800's when they came to Indian Territory. > > The family was livid to say the least. The barn is very nice. > > This cemetary was on private land that was donated 100 years ago by the, > > then owner, for a cemetary. Generations of families were buried there with > > the understanding it would always be a cemetary. The current law says that > > the owner of private land where there are cemeteries can do anything he > > wants with it. > > Now if you are an Indian, there are federal laws against this 'grave > > robbing'. Isn't stealing the land where ancestors are located grave > > robbing? A friend of mine in California told the story of a cousin that > > went to a cemetary in Grady County, Oklahoma to visit the dead relatives. > > When she arrived, the farmer was bulldozing the grave stones into a ditch. > > When she protested, he pulled a gun on her and threatened to shoot her. She > > went to the Sheriff and he told her there was no law against this practice. > > The point of this letter is to tell you that there are many who feel as you > > do. We need to organize. I have a friend in Washington State who is > > drafting a letter that I plan to send to legislators in every state making > > it a felony to destroy graves or grave markers that were placed in antiquity > > or of recent pioneers such as Oklahoma pioneers. There were no cemeteries > > back then. There were no towns. I plan to organize people like yourself in > > every state to hound their state legislators until a law is passed in all 50 > > states to protect these pioneer cemeteries. > > It is up to people like us to do something. We can be mad separately or we > > can be mad collectively. We will be a little more powerful if we organize. > > This has me mad as hell. I have talked to about a half dozen people in > > different states and they are upset as well with similar occurrences in > > their States. > > Want to join the bandwagon? > > Dennis >

Peggy, Did anyone provide the driving instructions you requested to the Upper and Lower Campground Cemeteries? If not please let me know. They are very easy to access. Bill Foster

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I'm researching a possible lead on Fereby Benton, wife of William Vaughan that has plagued and annoyed us all so much over the past years. Here is what I sent to a Benton researcher who answered a query I made about Jesse Benton (father of Thomas Hart Benton) of Orange County, NC: Hi Ray, Thank you for the detailed reply. It's doubtful that my ancestor was descended from Jesse, as they would have been contemporaries. I'll fill you in on her details. My ancestor was named Fereby Benton, a rather notorous name due to the great controversies that surrounded her. In fact, some researchers won't even respond to some of us descendants due to the many questions and allegations made about her. Here are the proven facts. According to the 1850 Madison County, Arkansas Death schedule, Fereby died in May of 1850 at the age of 105. That would make her date of birth about 1745. The schedule also records her place of birth as NC. She married William Vaughan about 1772 in Tennessee or NC. Now the chief controversy over Fereby has been over her alleged Cherokee ancestry. It became a family legend, as many legends do, embellished and embellished until we were told that she was a "Cherokee Princess" and her father was a chief. However, there has never been any documentation of her Indian heritage. Her grandson, who lived with Fereby and William, made a sworn affidavit for a relative trying to get in on the money the government gave to Cherokee descendants in the late 1800s. This grandson was my great x 3 grandpa, Ben Vaughan, a long time Madison County Sheriff and public official known to be honest and greatly loved in Northwest Arkansas. Ben stated that his grandma was Fereby Benton, who was "known to be a Cherokee Indian by blood". He mentions that Fereby's mother's maiden name was Looney. he also names a Cherokee cousin named Looney Tah-Lo-Tees-Key, which is actually a Cherokee name meaning "Woodchuck catcher". The claim for the relative of Ben was rejected, and for years a lot of the descendants have been looking for Fereby's parents. Fereby and William always lived near the Cherokee and he traded with them. William is said to have known Daniel Boone and was sort of a wandering wilderness man. William and Daniel both served in Lord Dunmore's war in Captain David Looney's company. I long thought that David Looney was Fereby's cousin, but I can't prove he was or that he wasn't. I've seen David Looney's ancestry, there are thousands of Looney descendants (not all from David, but many from his siblings) and Fereby doesn't show up. We know that Fereby's oldest child, Thomas, was born in the town of Cherokee, in current day Swain county, NC in 1773. I've written to numerous Bentons and joined Benton-l on the rootsweb system, but have had no luck finding her father. Some branches of the family state that Fereby was the daughter of a Jesse or James Benton. I found a web page while searching for stuff on Bentons via a search engine that mentioned a Cornelius Roberts who served in Lord Dunmore's War in David Looney's company. (Address is http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/c/o/l/Eleanor-H-Colson/GENE6-0041.html ) Cornelius' wife Mary (Polly) was a Benton from Orange County. The site has this quote in it: "There is a will in Granville Co. NC of Sam Benton, witnessed by a Joseph Roberts, 17 Jan 1773. Sam had sons, Sam and Jesse. Thomas Hart Benton's (cousin to Mary) father was named Jesse Benton, and T.H.'s brothers were Jesse, Jr, Nathaniel, and Samuel, and sisters Polly and Susannah.)" I thought it more then a little odd that my William Vaughan, who's wife was a Benton with a mother with the maiden name Looney, would be serving in a company commanded by a Looney with a man who's wife was a Benton. A company wasn't THAT large! I felt this was an excellent lead to follow; I know that Fereby couldn't have been Jesse Benton's daughter, but I wondered if she could have been either a sister or a cousin. Family tradition states that Fereby's Indian blood came not from the Benton side but from the Looneys. This Cornelius was killed later by Indians and Mary married a Rev. John Frost and they lived for a while along the James river in Virginia. William Vaughan lived in VA. Another quote in this file is: "Mary Hill says Cornelius was accused of Tory activities, but apparently gave it up because he did not appear to get into further trouble. She also states that some of the Roberts, Mon and Riddle families were a mixture of Indian and Scots-Irsh blood, "Melungeon", and lived originally along the James River in Virginia." William Vaughan "disappeared" during the Revolutionary War. Most say he wandered around the frontier, traveling with some Long Hunters to Northwest Arkansas, where he later moved. He didn't serve in the Revolutionary Army and most feel that was due to his wife, as the Cherokee were favoring the British. I've wondered if he was a Tory or a spy. My family long said that they were Scot-Irish with Indian mixed in, though no-one used the term Melungeon (I know about them and was a member of Melungeon-l). We know that William Vaughan was Welsh (he was born near Tretower castle, the Vaughan estate, in Breckonshire, Wales). This Cornelius and Mary (Benton) Roberts sound very much like the stories told about my Benton and Vaughans. And it all points back to Orange county. I'd really appreciate seeing what you have on the Bentons of NC. I'd love to find Fereby's father. Some sources (unconfirmed) give her parents as James Benton, born 1724 in NC and Malinda or Martha Looney, born 1728 in the Cherokee Nation. I have seen nothing on these people, and no-one knows where the deceased researcher that claimed this got her information. Can you help clear up this mystery? I could care less if Fereby was Cherokee or Indian, I just want to find who her parents were. So you see, I think Orange County, North Carolina is a possible place to try to locate Fereby's ancesty. I'll keep all of you informed. Eddie Davis [email protected]

Please note that when you agree to copy all records in a National Archives file, the charge can greatly exceed $20.00. The Alexander Dorsey pension file, for example, is 200 pages. They will ask for a credit card if you want all papers copied, and I strongly encourage you to get all the papers. I just didn't want anyone getting an enormous bill as a surprise. Nancy Moore

Jonelle, Thank you for all the info. So I need to send to the state for the pension, and the Archives for his records. HUMM! looks like twenty bucks... It does all add up., but I really want it. Thanks, Linda Jonelle Ellis Russell wrote: > > I have not been following your exchange of pension records information > closely, but the recent message caught my attention. > > Confederate Pensions were issued by the State. When I wrote for my > grandfather's pension, [he served in Co. B. (Captain Phillips), > Harrell's Battalion, Arkansas Cavalry, C.S.A.) , I wrote to the Texas > State Archives because he was living in Texas when he received his > pension. > > Union Pension Applications are in the National Archives. The other > grandfather was in the Union Army and his pension file was in the > National Archives. No it appears they did not meet during the war or > later. I checked through the "War of the Rebellion" and found no > indication they were in the same area at the same time. > > Someone provided my with his brother's pension but I did see the names > in the AR book. Who ever has the book listing the pension application > information should check the front of the book. I believe the book > gives the address where to send for the pension. > > An added bit of information of interest. While the pension application > files are in the state files, the "actual Military Record" is in the > National Archives. When the CSA units surrendered all the records were > confiscated by the Union Army and became property of the Federal > Government. Those records have been filmed by the LDS church and the > films are in the Family History Library in Salt Lake. I found my > family, but the only thing still legible was the name and unit . > However some of the others on the film were better. > > Sorry to poke my nose into this exchange, but I didn't think anyone > would be happy if they sent for records and endured what is often a long > wait only to find the request went to the wrong place. > > Good Luck with your search. > Jonelle Ellis Russell

I have not been following your exchange of pension records information closely, but the recent message caught my attention. Confederate Pensions were issued by the State. When I wrote for my grandfather's pension, [he served in Co. B. (Captain Phillips), Harrell's Battalion, Arkansas Cavalry, C.S.A.) , I wrote to the Texas State Archives because he was living in Texas when he received his pension. Union Pension Applications are in the National Archives. The other grandfather was in the Union Army and his pension file was in the National Archives. No it appears they did not meet during the war or later. I checked through the "War of the Rebellion" and found no indication they were in the same area at the same time. Someone provided my with his brother's pension but I did see the names in the AR book. Who ever has the book listing the pension application information should check the front of the book. I believe the book gives the address where to send for the pension. An added bit of information of interest. While the pension application files are in the state files, the "actual Military Record" is in the National Archives. When the CSA units surrendered all the records were confiscated by the Union Army and became property of the Federal Government. Those records have been filmed by the LDS church and the films are in the Family History Library in Salt Lake. I found my family, but the only thing still legible was the name and unit . However some of the others on the film were better. Sorry to poke my nose into this exchange, but I didn't think anyone would be happy if they sent for records and endured what is often a long wait only to find the request went to the wrong place. Good Luck with your search. Jonelle Ellis Russell

Linda, If you are sending for a pension file from the National Archives, be sure to write "PLEASE COPY ALL PAPERS" and highlight the words at the top of your NATF80 form. Otherwise, the volunteers at the NA will copy only the first 10 or so pages that THEY think are relevant. Terri Walker -----Original Message----- From: Linda <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Monday, February 28, 2000 10:08 PM Subject: [ARMADISO-L] Pension records >Thank you all very much for your help. I now have the Pension number, >and I should be able to order it. >Thanks Again, >Linda > >______________________________

Is it possible to look up a name for me in this book? I'm looking for George W. Vaughan, or his wife Mary F. Vaughan, he served in the 15th Arkansas Infantry, Company F, for 6 months. I think this is my George Vaughan, but I need more information to be sure. Eddie Davis [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 28, 2000 7:40 AM Subject: Re: [ARMADISO-L] Ark. widows pensions > There is a book titled Arkansas Confederate Veterans and Widows Pension > Applications by Frances T. Ingmire, copyright 1985. Perhaps this is the > book in question. If a Confederate veteran was living in Arkansas, no matter > which state he served, he could apply for benefits, if he met certain other > criteria. This list shows his applicaton number and other informaton > regarding the veteran and then information about his widow, if she made > application herself after the veteran's death. > > > ==== ARMADISO Mailing List ==== > ~~~~~~~~~~Visit the ARGenWeb Archives~~~~~~~~~~~~ > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ar/arfiles.htm >

Thank you all very much for your help. I now have the Pension number, and I should be able to order it. Thanks Again, Linda

Julie, If you can, I would be interested in information on that Madison County 1880 census regarding Elias M. WITTER in the twp of Grant (now called Witter) or St. Paul. Thank you. Sandra Researching WITTER, JONES, KILGORE, KIRBY, SWEET, YEAGER, CHEEK, COX, MAXFIELD, and more.

There is a book titled Arkansas Confederate Veterans and Widows Pension Applications by Frances T. Ingmire, copyright 1985. Perhaps this is the book in question. If a Confederate veteran was living in Arkansas, no matter which state he served, he could apply for benefits, if he met certain other criteria. This list shows his applicaton number and other informaton regarding the veteran and then information about his widow, if she made application herself after the veteran's death.

There is an Arkansas Widows' pension book? Eddie Davis [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2000 8:51 AM Subject: [ARMADISO-L] Ark. widows pensions > Hi, > > Would someone do a lookup?? > > Does anyone have the Ark. Widows pension book by Francis T. Igmire? > > Would you please look for a Vet. > > John Warren Whitmire b. 1829 Ga., He served in the Ga. Artillary, Co., > H., I think, his wife, Francis "Fannie" Gaines-Whitmire received a > Widows pension for Madison Co., Ark. > > I need to verify some of the information. I want to send of for the > records, but you have to know all the answers first. > > Thanks for your help > Linda > > > ==== ARMADISO Mailing List ==== > "Visit the Madison County, AR Web Page at: http://members.a >

Responding to Sherry Healy's information I opened the file to note these corrections and found the following note I had entered. The source for the obituary is not shown with the note, although I believe it could have been copied from one of Barbara Easley's books.This notation supports Sherry's information. "An obituary for Mrs Charles Burton Sanders gives her name as Vila Polk. Daughter of Evan S. Polk of Nashville TN. The obituary indicates she married Charles Burton Sanders in Alabama in 1852. The obituary appeared in Fayetteville Daily, 10 Oct 1911." Subject: Re: [ARMADISO-L] Phillips/Sanders/Lee-Hindsville Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 21:48:25 -0800 From: "Sherry Healy" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] I'd like to make a couple of corrections to one part of Jonelle Ellis Russell's information under the SANDERS/BEST portion of this e-mail: George W. Jr (#5 on the list) married Mary Elizabeth POLK, daughter of Evan S. Polk and Jannie Miller. George W. Sanders and Drucilla Best's son - Charles Burton Sanders (#12 on the list) married Viola Tranquilla POLK on March 11, 1852. (not Vida Park as stated). Viola was also a daughter of Evan S. Polk and Jannie Miller Sherry Healy Shelley Lee: Replied in AMADISO-D V00 #31 Asking "Anyone having information on Nancy, widow Lea? Shelly gave land coordinates S32 T17N R26W for land purchased by Wm. Lea. Shelley: I have a copy of the "Atlas of Madison County Arkansas" published in 1994. I purchased the atlas from the Madison County Conservation District two or three years ago and I understand all copies have now been sold. This atlas is used by Madison County Genealogical Society to assist locating the land patents. I used it to locate my ancestors land and visited the owners and their abstract verified the land had been patented by my ancestor. Madison County Township 17 Range 26 Section 32 is located west of Huntsville north of AR 74. I think the wonderful folks at Madison County Genealogical Society would copy the page for you for a small fee. You can verify the patent application through the BLM website. I believe the url is: <http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/search/search.asp> Good Luck, Jonelle Ellis Russell