Here's the location of the Midway Cemetery as described by the Corps of Engineers. Midway Cemetery: Located west of Midway on the road that passes by Midway School and through the town of Midway. 10 miles southeast of HWY 14 and 1/2 mile northwest of Midway School. The cemetery is built with part of it in section 4 and part in section 3, south of Midway T20N, R16W. Here's the location of the Fairview Cemetery. Fairview Cemetery: is about 4 miles north of Flippin on State Road 178 in SE 1/4 of S31 T20 R15. It consists in part of Wildcat Cemetery which was moved when Bull Shoals Dam was built. Wildcat cemetery was on Jimmies Creek near Kingdon Springs in the area that was covered by the lake. This is a large, well kept cemetery and is much used. Fairly close to each other from the land descriptions, but far enough apart to definitely be separate cemeteries. Mysty [email protected]

After reading Mysty's e-mail I guess I have the wrong cemetery. I do know there are Kings in the Fairview Cemetery, which at one time was called Midway. Don >Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 19:22:21 -0500 >To: [email protected] >From: Don Ott <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: Midway Cemetery-Marion County, AR > >Don, > Thanks for the note, I am out of town for a week or so. Please > remind me after 19 June if I forget. The Cemetery I am sure you refer to > is called the Fairview Cemetery. It is beautifully maintained and was > just recently expanded by double the size. It is currently being used for > burials. > After I get back I will be glad to go over and look up your > graves and record the data on the stones. >Don Ott > > >At 06:47 PM 10-06-02 -0500, you wrote: >>Hi Don. I really don't know but I'm forwarding this message to the Marion >>Co list. Several folks on the list live in the area and they can probably >>tell you. >> >>LIST FOLKS: Be sure to reply directly to Don >> >>Linda >>homepage: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~haas >>MarionCoAR: http://www.rootsweb.com/~armarion/ >>TulsaCoOK: http://www.rootsweb.com/~oktulsa2 >>MuskogeeCoOk: http://www.rootsweb.com/~okmuskog >>SurnameLists: H.A.A.S/H.A.S.S. L.E.W.A.L.L.E.N >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Don Hicks >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 10:44 AM >> Subject: Midway Cemetery-Marion County, AR >> >> >> I'm looking for the person or persons who are presently maintaining >> the Midway Cemetery. I would like to know if any of the "Kings" graves >> still have readable stones with dates, etc. I'm assuming the Corps of >> Engineers original grave relocation list does not contain birth and >> death dates. Any help you can provide will be greatly appreciated. >> >> >> >> Thank you, >> >> >> >> Don Hicks >> >> Ponca City, OK >> >> >> >>============================== >>To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >>go to: >>http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Don, Thanks for the note, I am out of town for a week or so. Please remind me after 19 June if I forget. The Cemetery I am sure you refer to is called the Fairview Cemetery. It is beautifully maintained and was just recently expanded by double the size. It is currently being used for burials. After I get back I will be glad to go over and look up your graves and record the data on the stones. Don Ott At 06:47 PM 10-06-02 -0500, you wrote: >Hi Don. I really don't know but I'm forwarding this message to the Marion >Co list. Several folks on the list live in the area and they can probably >tell you. > >LIST FOLKS: Be sure to reply directly to Don > >Linda >homepage: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~haas >MarionCoAR: http://www.rootsweb.com/~armarion/ >TulsaCoOK: http://www.rootsweb.com/~oktulsa2 >MuskogeeCoOk: http://www.rootsweb.com/~okmuskog >SurnameLists: H.A.A.S/H.A.S.S. L.E.W.A.L.L.E.N > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Don Hicks > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 10:44 AM > Subject: Midway Cemetery-Marion County, AR > > > I'm looking for the person or persons who are presently maintaining the > Midway Cemetery. I would like to know if any of the "Kings" graves still > have readable stones with dates, etc. I'm assuming the Corps of > Engineers original grave relocation list does not contain birth and death > dates. Any help you can provide will be greatly appreciated. > > > > Thank you, > > > > Don Hicks > > Ponca City, OK > > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

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WHOOPS sorry about that. Don's e-mail is: [email protected] I'll forward this message to him Mysty. As always, Thanks a million for your help. Linda homepage: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~haas MarionCoAR: http://www.rootsweb.com/~armarion/ TulsaCoOK: http://www.rootsweb.com/~oktulsa2 MuskogeeCoOk: http://www.rootsweb.com/~okmuskog SurnameLists: H.A.A.S/H.A.S.S. L.E.W.A.L.L.E.N ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mysty McPherson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: "Linda Haas Davenport" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 10:40 PM Subject: Re: Midway Cemetery-Marion County, AR > Although Linda neglected to note the email address for Don Hicks, I'm > responding to the list in hopes that others may know more then I've found > and that Don will see this. > > On the Marion Co web page http://www.rootsweb.com/~armarion under Cemeteries > are two pertinent options. One is Location of New Cemeteries and the other > is Family Cemeteries # 1. I have the book "Cemeteries of Marion Co AR" by > Lester and Marian Burnes (1989). In this book, basically the same > information is given as on the web page regarding burials in Midway Cemetery > from Kings I Cemetery. There are no dates. According to "Cemeteries" > apparently few if any gravestones were found at Kings I Cemetery when it was > moved to Midway by the Corps of Engineers. Since that time a forest fire > apparently engulfed Midway Cemetery destroying some of the wooden grave > markers supplied by the Corps of Engineers at the time of removal. In 1973 > several area residents cleared the land of its vegetation. Shortly after > that men by the names of Bill Jones and Jake Joppa began the project of > replacing the rotten wooden grave markers for all the graves whose names > were known. This project was completed by the Welcome Ridge Extension Club. > George and Florence McCracken are noted as care takers and deed holders for > Midway cemetery > > George McCracken was born in 1903 and died in 1988. I have no notations > regarding his wife Florence nor of their offspring. I'd suggest you contact > the Office of the County Clerk at the courthouse in Yellville AR to see if > they know how to contact members of the Welcome Ridge Extension Club for > further information. > > The Kings listed in Midway Cemetery as having been removed from Kings I > Cemetery are Emma King, William King, Nancy King, John C King (possibly John > Cowdry King, son of Samuel Pate & Tennessee [Sanders] King, b MCAR aft > 1900), James F King, and ___ King. > > Sorry I couldn't be more specific, but maybe some of this will be helpful to > you. > > Mysty [email protected] > ******************************************************* > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Linda Haas Davenport" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 6:47 PM > Subject: Re: Midway Cemetery-Marion County, AR > > > > Hi Don. I really don't know but I'm forwarding this message to the Marion > Co list. Several folks on the list live in the area and they can probably > tell you. > > > > LIST FOLKS: Be sure to reply directly to Don > > > > Linda > > homepage: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~haas > > MarionCoAR: http://www.rootsweb.com/~armarion/ > > TulsaCoOK: http://www.rootsweb.com/~oktulsa2 > > MuskogeeCoOk: http://www.rootsweb.com/~okmuskog > > SurnameLists: H.A.A.S/H.A.S.S. L.E.W.A.L.L.E.N > > ******************************************************** > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Don Hicks > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 10:44 AM > > Subject: Midway Cemetery-Marion County, AR > > > > I'm looking for the person or persons who are presently maintaining the > Midway Cemetery. I would like to know if any of the "Kings" graves still > have readable stones with dates, etc. I'm assuming the Corps of Engineers > original grave relocation list does not contain birth and death dates. Any > help you can provide will be greatly appreciated. > Thank you, > Don Hicks > Ponca City, OK > > >

Although Linda neglected to note the email address for Don Hicks, I'm responding to the list in hopes that others may know more then I've found and that Don will see this. On the Marion Co web page http://www.rootsweb.com/~armarion under Cemeteries are two pertinent options. One is Location of New Cemeteries and the other is Family Cemeteries # 1. I have the book "Cemeteries of Marion Co AR" by Lester and Marian Burnes (1989). In this book, basically the same information is given as on the web page regarding burials in Midway Cemetery from Kings I Cemetery. There are no dates. According to "Cemeteries" apparently few if any gravestones were found at Kings I Cemetery when it was moved to Midway by the Corps of Engineers. Since that time a forest fire apparently engulfed Midway Cemetery destroying some of the wooden grave markers supplied by the Corps of Engineers at the time of removal. In 1973 several area residents cleared the land of its vegetation. Shortly after that men by the names of Bill Jones and Jake Joppa began the project of replacing the rotten wooden grave markers for all the graves whose names were known. This project was completed by the Welcome Ridge Extension Club. George and Florence McCracken are noted as care takers and deed holders for Midway cemetery George McCracken was born in 1903 and died in 1988. I have no notations regarding his wife Florence nor of their offspring. I'd suggest you contact the Office of the County Clerk at the courthouse in Yellville AR to see if they know how to contact members of the Welcome Ridge Extension Club for further information. The Kings listed in Midway Cemetery as having been removed from Kings I Cemetery are Emma King, William King, Nancy King, John C King (possibly John Cowdry King, son of Samuel Pate & Tennessee [Sanders] King, b MCAR aft 1900), James F King, and ___ King. Sorry I couldn't be more specific, but maybe some of this will be helpful to you. Mysty [email protected] ******************************************************* ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Haas Davenport" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 6:47 PM Subject: Re: Midway Cemetery-Marion County, AR > Hi Don. I really don't know but I'm forwarding this message to the Marion Co list. Several folks on the list live in the area and they can probably tell you. > > LIST FOLKS: Be sure to reply directly to Don > > Linda > homepage: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~haas > MarionCoAR: http://www.rootsweb.com/~armarion/ > TulsaCoOK: http://www.rootsweb.com/~oktulsa2 > MuskogeeCoOk: http://www.rootsweb.com/~okmuskog > SurnameLists: H.A.A.S/H.A.S.S. L.E.W.A.L.L.E.N > ******************************************************** > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Don Hicks > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 10:44 AM > Subject: Midway Cemetery-Marion County, AR > > I'm looking for the person or persons who are presently maintaining the Midway Cemetery. I would like to know if any of the "Kings" graves still have readable stones with dates, etc. I'm assuming the Corps of Engineers original grave relocation list does not contain birth and death dates. Any help you can provide will be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Don Hicks Ponca City, OK

Hi Don. I really don't know but I'm forwarding this message to the Marion Co list. Several folks on the list live in the area and they can probably tell you. LIST FOLKS: Be sure to reply directly to Don Linda homepage: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~haas MarionCoAR: http://www.rootsweb.com/~armarion/ TulsaCoOK: http://www.rootsweb.com/~oktulsa2 MuskogeeCoOk: http://www.rootsweb.com/~okmuskog SurnameLists: H.A.A.S/H.A.S.S. L.E.W.A.L.L.E.N ----- Original Message ----- From: Don Hicks To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 10:44 AM Subject: Midway Cemetery-Marion County, AR I'm looking for the person or persons who are presently maintaining the Midway Cemetery. I would like to know if any of the "Kings" graves still have readable stones with dates, etc. I'm assuming the Corps of Engineers original grave relocation list does not contain birth and death dates. Any help you can provide will be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Don Hicks Ponca City, OK

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/mV.2ADE/84.1 Message Board Post: I am quite sure the maiden name was Martha Elizabeth Massey. Sorry I do not have a lot on either. Don

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/mV.2ADE/93.1 Message Board Post: The only Merrell I see listed is Albert Edmond Merrell 1868-1901 Don

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/mV.2ADE/64.10.1 Message Board Post: I believe the list I have was made when the Indians arrived in Indian Territory, Oklahoma. I have no listing for Hunter or Padgett. Don

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/mV.2ADE/64.9.1 Message Board Post: Sorry I do not have those lists. If you will type in "Trail of Tears" in your internet search engine, you will find all kinds of resources that might help. Don

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/mV.2ADE/64.8.2 Message Board Post: Your Adams, Wooten, Avey or Tippetts are not listed as members of the Benge Trail of Tears. Don

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/mV.2ADE/64.7.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Jane Smith had one male under 10, one female 15-50, a total of two people. Sokinne Smith had one male under 10, one male 15-50, one female 15-50 and one female over 50, a total of 4 Indians and four negros over 10 years old, a total of 8 people.

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/mV.2ADE/64.6.1 Message Board Post: There are no Halls listed on the Benge Route, Trail of Tears.

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/mV.2ADE/64.12.1 Message Board Post: There were no Halls listed on the Benge Trail of Tears. Don

Believe you will find that Catherine "Katie" Wood born about 1794 in Kentucky is the wife of David Womack. It is said that when they moved to the Hull bottom on the White River she planted an apple tree. Sixty years later it was cut down and a section was taken to the World's Fair in Chicago of 1893. Her tree won as being the largest on exhibit. Don At 05:27 PM 03-06-02 -0400, you wrote: >I found the following on the Womack board. Can anyone give me more >information? >Does anyone have a list of David and Elizabeth's children? > >Reta > >I think we have pretty much determined that James Wiley Womack was the son of >David Jr. sp Elizabeth. Recently recieved some information that needs sourced >concerning Elizabeth: >(MARION CO., AR. INFORMATION >Pioneer Abram Wood had a sister, Katie, that married David Womack. It is said >that Womack built the first residence on upper Fallen Ash; the place usually >known as the Joe Rowden place, near the Noe graveyard. Womack was living >there in 1830. Afterward, the family moved to what is now known as the Hull >bottom on White river. >Could Katie be Elizabeth wife of David? RGW) > > > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Reta, "Genealogies of Marion Co Families 1811-1900" says on page 460: Catherine "Katie" Wood (daughter of Abram Wood Sr, sister of Abram Wood Jr and Rachel [Wood] Hurst) b KY ca 1794 d MCAR 1850/60 m [Bedford Co. TN ca 1814] David Womack b TN ca 1793. Settled on Upper Fallen Ash Creek, later moved to Hall Bottom on White River [where the Dave Hall family lived before 1860]. Here Katie planted an apple that was cut down over 60 years later. A section of this tree took the premium as the largest section of the largest apple tree on exhibition at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. Doubt this is the David Womack you're looking for. This one never had a wife named Elizabeth. Mysty [email protected] ******************************************************* ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 4:27 PM Subject: David Womack > I found the following on the Womack board. Can anyone give me more > information? > Does anyone have a list of David and Elizabeth's children? > > Reta > > I think we have pretty much determined that James Wiley Womack was the son of > David Jr. sp Elizabeth. Recently recieved some information that needs sourced > concerning Elizabeth: > (MARION CO., AR. INFORMATION > Pioneer Abram Wood had a sister, Katie, that married David Womack. It is said > that Womack built the first residence on upper Fallen Ash; the place usually > known as the Joe Rowden place, near the Noe graveyard. Womack was living > there in 1830. Afterward, the family moved to what is now known as the Hull > bottom on White river. > Could Katie be Elizabeth wife of David? RGW)

I found the following on the Womack board. Can anyone give me more information? Does anyone have a list of David and Elizabeth's children? Reta I think we have pretty much determined that James Wiley Womack was the son of David Jr. sp Elizabeth. Recently recieved some information that needs sourced concerning Elizabeth: (MARION CO., AR. INFORMATION Pioneer Abram Wood had a sister, Katie, that married David Womack. It is said that Womack built the first residence on upper Fallen Ash; the place usually known as the Joe Rowden place, near the Noe graveyard. Womack was living there in 1830. Afterward, the family moved to what is now known as the Hull bottom on White river. Could Katie be Elizabeth wife of David? RGW)