I just received my book today in the mail. What a little gem! It's interesting reading filled with lots of tidbits about the area, too. It's the best bargain at $5.00. What a great addition to your genealogical library!! Thanks, Don, for all the work you put into this. Karen Merced, CA

Thanks, Mysty, I will have to order the book. Marion Co is where my great grandparents lived. Charlene

Nope, Reta. Big Blue 2 still resides, 3/4 finished, in my computer. Still has to be proofread, indexed, printed, and bound. And have no earthly idea of cost. Sorry about this. Mysty shakerag@mtnhome.com ********************************************** ----- Original Message ----- From: <RPSODAPOP@aol.com> To: <ARMARION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 9:22 AM Subject: Re: ARMARION-D Digest V01 #150 > Has big blue 2 been released? How much for both 1 & 2 and what address? > > Reta

Has big blue 2 been released? How much for both 1 & 2 and what address? Reta

What is the address for ordering this book? Thanks, Charlene

Seeking burial sites and death dates for the following COKER family: John W. Coker born abt 1852 in Ark., Josephine (METHVIN) COKER born abt 1852. In 1880 census they are living in White River Township, Marion County. Known children were: James R. Coker born 1871 Nancy B. Coker born 1874 John W. Coker born 1876 Calvin Coker born 1879 I figure that John W. and Josephine married about 1870..does anyone know exact date? Thanks _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Charlene, "Gleanings of Pioneer History" by W R Jones can be ordered from the Historic Genealogical Society of Marion Co AR. The cost is $5 plus $1 for postage. It's a wonderful little book - full of neat stuff. I wouldn't be without it. HGSMCA PO Box 761 Yellville AR 72687 Mysty shakerag@mtnhome.com ************************************** ----- Original Message ----- From: <JPsjosie@aol.com> To: <ARMARION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 10:07 PM Subject: Re: Gleanings of Pioneer History by W R Jones Transcribed by Don Ott > What is the address for ordering this book? > Thanks, > Charlene

Hi Frances:--It sure has been a long time, hasn't it? How've you been? Keeping busy, I trust <BG> Here's what I have for Big Blue 2 for James and Josie and their kids. JOHN WILLIAM COKER (son of William L. "Yellville Bill" & Elizabeth [Hudspeth] Coker) b MCAR June 1850 m MCAR ca 1869/70 JOSEPHINE "Josie" METHVIN (daughter of John Woodward & Corasanda "Corry" [Nowlin] Methvin) b MCAR Nov 1852. He farmed 640 acres on Hampton Creek, served 10 years as Justice of the Peace from Hampton Township, was a Notary Public, and was elected Sheriff of MCAR 1893. In Union Township 1870, Hampton Township 1880, Union Township 1900. Moved to McAlester OK. Children of John William & Josephine "Josie" (Methvin) Coker. 1 JAMES RANDOLPH "Ran" COKER b MCAR June 1871 d Bentonville AR 1946 bu Bentonville Cemetery m MCAR 8 Jan 1891 JEANETTE POCAHONTAS "Nettie" BURNES (daughter of Thomas & Matilda [Grinder] Burnes) b MCAR 23 Oct 1872 d 1922 bu Layton Cemetery. "Ran" was a farmer and miner. Later he ran the barbershop in Yellville. In Liberty Township 1900. 2 NANCY BELLE COKER b MCAR 1874 m MCAR 20 June 1895 J. C. LONGRAN b ca 1868 of Taney Co. MO. Lived in Marshall, Searcy Co. AR. 3 JOHN WILLIAM COKER Jr. b MCAR March 1877. 4 CALVIN ALONZO "Cal" COKER b MCAR Aug 1878 d 21 Oct 1906 of consumption bu Beckham Cemetery. 5 ELIZA COKER b MCAR June 1882 m J. E. REECE. Lived in Marshall, Searcy Co. AR. 6 EDWARD M. COKER b MCAR 9 Dec 1884 d Marshall, Searcy Co. AR 18 May 1910 bu Marshall Cemetery, Searcy Co. AR m ___. 7 ARTHUR COKER b MCAR April 1888. 8 ANSEL/ANCIL COKER b MCAR June 1889. 9 MARION COKER b MCAR Feb 1893. Unfortunately, because of that !@#$%^&* courthouse fire in 1887, I have no county record of their exact marriage date. Apparently Stan Coker and Jerry Young (among many researchers) haven't found it yet either. And, because they moved to McAlester OK, there are no death/burial records in MCAR. According to "Marion Co AR 1890" by Helen McMindes, they were still here for the 1900 census. In it "Josie" states she's been married 28 years, has had 9 children, all living in 1900. Also according to Helen, John's mother Elizabeth, aged 58, b AR, is living with them at the time of the 1880 census and died 1892. It's my guess they were still here when son Calvin Alonzo "Cal" died in 1906 since he's buried in MCAR. And, by the way, I just checked - they're not in White River Township for the 1880 census, but are in Hampton Township - way the other side of the county. Let me know if I can dig out further info for you. I'll leave McAlester OK to you <hehe> Oh, guess you heard Shelby's computer crashed. Poor guy. But, he's up and running and just as onery/cute as ever <grin> Mysty shakerag@mtnhome.com ************************************************** ----- Original Message ----- From: Frances Fortune <fm_fortune@hotmail.com> To: <ARMARION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 10:23 PM Subject: COKER death lookup as well as marriage lookup > Seeking burial sites and death dates for the following COKER family: > John W. Coker born abt 1852 in Ark., Josephine (METHVIN) COKER born abt > 1852. In 1880 census they are living in White River Township, Marion County. > Known children were: > James R. Coker born 1871 > Nancy B. Coker born 1874 > John W. Coker born 1876 > Calvin Coker born 1879 > I figure that John W. and Josephine married about 1870..does anyone know > exact date? > Thanks > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB >

--=====================_1137939==_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Yes I am familiar how he fits in the family. He was first married to Elizabeth Ware and second married to Sarah Fields. Hope this helps. Don At 08:13 AM 10-07-01 -0700, you wrote: >Don, I just read with interest your posting of some of the Benge family >groups. Do you know how Obediah Martin Benge who lived in Surry Co., NC in >the late 1700s fits in? Thanks. Pansylea Willburn --=====================_1137939==_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" FAMILY GROUP RECORD FOR OBEDIAH MARTIN BENGE/ELIZABETH WARE - BENGE.PAF 10 Jul 2001 Page 1 of 1 ========================================================================================================================== HUSBAND Obediah Martin BENGE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIRTH: 1763 PLACE: ,Albemarle,Virginia CHR.: PLACE: MAR.: 4 Aug 1787 PLACE: ,Surry,North Carolina DEATH: 23 Mar 1846 PLACE: ,DeKalb,Alabama BURIAL: PLACE: Parent Link Type: (B) FATHER: John "Trader John" BENGE MOTHER: Elizabeth LEWIS OTHER WIVES: Sarah FIELDS ========================================================================================================================== WIFE Elizabeth WARE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIRTH: 1765 PLACE: ,,England CHR.: PLACE: DEATH: Abt 1859 PLACE: Cane Creek,Lincoln,Tennessee BURIAL: PLACE: Parent Link Type: ( ) FATHER: MOTHER: OTHER HUSBANDS: ========================================================================================================================== CHILDREN ========================================================================================================================== 1. NAME: Patsy BENGE Parent Link Type: (B) --- BIRTH: 22 Sep 1786 PLACE: ,Surry,North Carolina F CHR.: PLACE: MAR.: PLACE: DEATH: PLACE: BURIAL: PLACE: SPOUSE: John WOOD -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. NAME: Elizabeth BENGE Parent Link Type: (B) --- BIRTH: 30 Jun 1788 PLACE: ,Surry,North Carolina F CHR.: PLACE: MAR.: 15 Feb 1810 PLACE: DEATH: PLACE: BURIAL: PLACE: SPOUSE: William EDMONDSON -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. NAME: William Blount BENGE Parent Link Type: (B) --- BIRTH: 22 Mar 1790 PLACE: ,Surry,North Carolina M CHR.: PLACE: MAR.: 10 Feb 1814 PLACE: DEATH: Abt 1878 PLACE: ,Red River,Texas BURIAL: PLACE: SPOUSE: Nancy EDMONDSON ========================================================================================================================== ========================================================================================================================== Records of: Don Ott 140 Blackberry Lane Lakeview, Arkansas 72642 USA 870-431-8112 Parent Link Types: (B)=Biological, (A)=Adopted, (G)=Guardian, (C)=Challenged, (D)=Disproved --=====================_1137939==_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" FAMILY GROUP RECORD FOR OBEDIAH MARTIN BENGE/SARAH FIELDS - BENGE.PAF 10 Jul 2001 Page 1 of 1 ========================================================================================================================== HUSBAND Obediah Martin BENGE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIRTH: 1763 PLACE: ,Albemarle,Virginia CHR.: PLACE: MAR.: PLACE: DEATH: 23 Mar 1846 PLACE: ,DeKalb,Alabama BURIAL: PLACE: Parent Link Type: (B) FATHER: John "Trader John" BENGE MOTHER: Elizabeth LEWIS OTHER WIVES: Elizabeth WARE ========================================================================================================================== WIFE Sarah FIELDS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIRTH: 1785 PLACE: ,,South Carolina CHR.: PLACE: DEATH: PLACE: BURIAL: PLACE: Parent Link Type: (B) FATHER: George FIELDS MOTHER: OTHER HUSBANDS: ========================================================================================================================== CHILDREN ========================================================================================================================== 1. NAME: George Clinton BENGE Parent Link Type: (B) --- BIRTH: 21 Feb 1802 PLACE: ,Davidson,Tennessee M CHR.: PLACE: MAR.: PLACE: DEATH: 1883 PLACE: Old Benge Cem.Jacksonville,Cherokee,Florida BURIAL: PLACE: SPOUSE: Henrietta KIRBY-TAYLOR ========================================================================================================================== ========================================================================================================================== Records of: Don Ott 140 Blackberry Lane Lakeview, Arkansas 72642 USA 870-431-8112 Parent Link Types: (B)=Biological, (A)=Adopted, (G)=Guardian, (C)=Challenged, (D)=Disproved --=====================_1137939==_--

Don, you did a wonderful thing transcribing thes articles and putting them in Book form. I know Mr. Jones would have bee proud! Especially the fact you made it so affordable for everyone. I have read the book through and have highlighted the names I recognized so I can post this info into my computer. Thank you. If you have any Wood/Woods, Flippin, Magness, Hurst, Williams or other Marion County Names this is the best $5 you will ever spend! If you want to know the history as it happened in Marion County with the information about the indians and all, you will want to have this in your library. A MUST HAVE! Thanks Don Reta DeShields Parton DeShields/Womack/Green & Greene/Wilmoth/Casey

--=====================_19030843==_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Well I just don't have enough data on the Benge Family at this point to make an educated guess. Certainly Dorcas Lightfoot was in the area at the time. Know that she would have been about 72 during the time of the Trail of Tears. I believe she may have died in Lumpkin Co., Georgia about 1836. There are no Duncans or Lightfoots listed on the roster. I am including a family group sheet, note that Thomas Benge III, is the right age and I do not have a wife for him. Maybe you can do some research on this and let me know what you find. I believe that I am more inclined at this time to believe that Dorcas Benge Lightfoot, may have been so named for her mothers side of the family. As you know the middle name of many Indians was taken from their mother's maiden name. We do not know an English name for her mother. Her father Capt. John Lightfoot was married to "Ga-Ho-Ga" from the Cherokee Deer Clan. The son is referred to as Edmond Benge Duncan, that would not be out of order if his grandmother was a Benge. The records mostly show that she married Charles Gordon Duncan in 1784 and Edmond was born same year. Note, depending on who you believe, the other kids come in line just like one family. Let me know what you find. Don At 09:06 AM 09-07-01 -0700, you wrote: >My wife's ancestor was Dorcas Lightfoot who was >married to an unknow Benge. They had a son Edmond, >who later went by his stepfathers last name of Duncan. > I believe that Dorcas and Edmond were on Benge's >Trail of Tears train. Do you have any info on them? >Thanks >Cliff Shehorn >cliffcarol@yahoo.com > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail >http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ --=====================_19030843==_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" FAMILY GROUP RECORD FOR THOMAS BENGE/SUSANNAH LEWIS - BENGE.PAF 9 Jul 2001 Page 1 of 2 ========================================================================================================================== HUSBAND Thomas BENGE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIRTH: Abt 1738/1740 PLACE: ,Albemarle,Virginia CHR.: PLACE: MAR.: 1760 PLACE: ,Albemarle,Virginia DEATH: 1811 PLACE: ,Wilkes,North Carolina BURIAL: PLACE: Parent Link Type: (B) FATHER: Thomas BENGE [Sr.] MOTHER: Martha MARTIN OTHER WIVES: ========================================================================================================================== WIFE Susannah LEWIS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIRTH: Abt 1742 PLACE: ,Hanover,Virginia CHR.: PLACE: DEATH: 1825 PLACE: Foot of Bushy Mtn.,Wilkes,North Carolina BURIAL: PLACE: Parent Link Type: (B) FATHER: William Terrell LEWIS MOTHER: Sarah "Sally" MARTIN OTHER HUSBANDS: ========================================================================================================================== CHILDREN ========================================================================================================================== 1. NAME: James BENGE Parent Link Type: (B) --- BIRTH: Abt 1763 PLACE: M CHR.: PLACE: MAR.: PLACE: DEATH: 1818 PLACE: BURIAL: PLACE: SPOUSE: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. NAME: William L. BENGE Parent Link Type: (B) --- BIRTH: 1765 PLACE: M CHR.: PLACE: MAR.: PLACE: DEATH: PLACE: BURIAL: PLACE: SPOUSE: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. NAME: Thomas BENGE Parent Link Type: (B) --- BIRTH: 1767 PLACE: M CHR.: PLACE: MAR.: PLACE: DEATH: PLACE: BURIAL: PLACE: SPOUSE: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. NAME: Richard BENGE [Rev.] Parent Link Type: (B) --- BIRTH: Abt 1769 PLACE: M CHR.: PLACE: MAR.: PLACE: DEATH: 1860 PLACE: BURIAL: PLACE: SPOUSE: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. NAME: Mary BENGE Parent Link Type: (B) --- BIRTH: Abt 1773 PLACE: ,Wilkes,North Carolina F CHR.: PLACE: MAR.: PLACE: DEATH: PLACE: ,Garrard,Kentucky BURIAL: PLACE: SPOUSE: Zachariah Hezekiah RAY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. NAME: Elizabeth BENGE Parent Link Type: (B) --- BIRTH: 1775 PLACE: F CHR.: PLACE: MAR.: PLACE: DEATH: PLACE: BURIAL: PLACE: SPOUSE: ========================================================================================================================== Records of: Don Ott 140 Blackberry Lane Lakeview, Arkansas 72642 USA 870-431-8112 Parent Link Types: (B)=Biological, (A)=Adopted, (G)=Guardian, (C)=Challenged, (D)=Disproved FAMILY GROUP RECORD FOR THOMAS BENGE/SUSANNAH LEWIS - BENGE.PAF 9 Jul 2001 Page 2 of 2 ========================================================================================================================== HUSBAND Thomas BENGE Yr of Birth 1738 WIFE Susannah LEWIS Yr of Birth 1742 ========================================================================================================================== CHILDREN (continued) ========================================================================================================================== 7. NAME: Ann BENGE Parent Link Type: (B) --- BIRTH: Abt 1775 PLACE: F CHR.: PLACE: MAR.: PLACE: DEATH: PLACE: BURIAL: PLACE: SPOUSE: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. NAME: Sarah "Sally" BENGE Parent Link Type: (B) --- BIRTH: 1777 PLACE: ,Wilkes,North Carolina F CHR.: PLACE: MAR.: PLACE: DEATH: PLACE: BURIAL: PLACE: SPOUSE: George GRAY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9. NAME: Susannah BENGE Parent Link Type: (B) --- BIRTH: Abt 1779 PLACE: ,Wilkes,North Carolina F CHR.: PLACE: MAR.: 2 Feb 1797 PLACE: ,Wilkes,North Carolina DEATH: PLACE: BURIAL: PLACE: SPOUSE: John David MARTIN -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10. NAME: Nancy BENGE Parent Link Type: (B) --- BIRTH: 1780 PLACE: F CHR.: PLACE: MAR.: PLACE: DEATH: PLACE: BURIAL: PLACE: SPOUSE: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11. NAME: Micajah "George" BENGE Parent Link Type: (B) --- BIRTH: 1781 PLACE: M CHR.: PLACE: MAR.: PLACE: DEATH: PLACE: BURIAL: PLACE: SPOUSE: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12. NAME: David "King David" BENGE Parent Link Type: (B) --- BIRTH: PLACE: M CHR.: PLACE: MAR.: PLACE: DEATH: PLACE: BURIAL: PLACE: SPOUSE: ==========================================================================================================================  --=====================_19030843==_--

Bellfonte is a signpost now but was a community, not in Marion Co. But in Boone Co. Check out their site....Boone Co AR. June jmarch@pe.net -----Original Message----- From: Linda Haas Davenport <lhaasdav@mindspring.com> To: ARMARION-L@rootsweb.com <ARMARION-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, July 09, 2001 2:57 AM Subject: Fw: madewell & slape family >Can anyone help Shirley? Please respond directly to her. > >Linda > >lhaasdav@mindspring.com >Home.page http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~haas >Marion.Co.AR http://www.rootsweb.com/~armarion >List hostess for -h.a.a.s/l.e.w.a.l.l.e.n/w.a.s.h.i.n.g.t.o.n n.c > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: shirley wolf >To: Linda Haas Davenport >Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2001 10:41 PM >Subject: Re: madewell & slape family > > >no I did not get never answering from marion co. I went in to the church records for the baptist church. looking bapttisms church records on the family's as Manisha father and brother was baptist minister and it may have marriage records to. Josehp H Madewell went into the civil war on 10 march 1863 at Bellefont, right next to the town her family was in. I have send for the records but it may just say if he was marriage. yhank you for your retrue email >Shirley > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Linda Haas Davenport > Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2001 2:33 PM > To: shirley wolf > Subject: Re: madewell & slape family > > Hi Shirley: First let me apologize for the delay in answering your e-mail. I'm doing a major "spring house cleaning" of my e-mail folders and I can't find where I ever answered your e-mail. If I have answered it - just chalk it up to old age okay? > > Did you ever get an answer to your question? Would you like me to forward it to the Marion Co E-mail list for you? > > > > Linda > > lhaasdav@mindspring.com > Home.page http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~haas > Marion.Co.AR http://www.rootsweb.com/~armarion > List hostess for -h.a.a.s/l.e.w.a.l.l.e.n/w.a.s.h.i.n.g.t.o.n n.c > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: shirley wolf > To: lhaasdav@mindspring.com > Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2001 11:26 PM > Subject: madewell & slape family > > > my gggrandfather and gggrandmother came from marion co was in boone co 1880. she Manisha Slape Madewell born ab 1838 tn. > and on my ggrandfather death certificate his father said to be Joe Madewell but I can just find one Joe Madewell in the family. in civer war recard i find a joe but no married recard in marion co or boone co. can you tell me how research it. thank you shirley923@msn.com > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- - > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- >Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com > > > > >============================== >Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp >Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! >

Know the building well, Jeana. It obviously was a bank at one time 'cuz there is a big old bank vault in it - way in the back. I'm not real clear on the exact history. It's known as the Layton Building 'cuz when it was completed in 1906 by A S Layton, they moved their store/bank into it from the opposite side of the square. Something tells me I've heard that the entrance to the bank proper was around the corner on Old Main - but don't quote me on this. "Church On The Rock" is in the building next door to it. There's quite a blurb about it in "History of Marion Co" by Earl Berry. Bobby Joe Baker and the gal who owned Silver Creek Land Co (in the Layton Building) got it on the AR List of Historic Places several years ago. He's owner of Baker Company catty-corner across Old Main from the Layton Building. 870-449-4241. I'm not sure whether he's online or not. Probably, but you never know with Bob. He could probably tell you more about it than anyone else around. Hope this helps, Jeana. Mysty shakerag@mtnhome.com ************************************************* ----- Original Message ----- From: <Jlhoughton@aol.com> To: <ARMARION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 10:45 AM Subject: "Rock" Bank on Yellville square > Hi y'all! I was at my parents house this weekend and we were discussing all > the buildings around the square. I remember a two story bank building > covered with rock on the corner facing the courthouse. I think my dad said > it was Flippin street but I don't remember. I'll try to explain it's > location... > > Does anyone remember the old "Dime store"? Next to it was a drug > store...Manhart's Drug? If you go up the hill along that street you pass the > Mountain Echo office on your right and run into the Library and then you're > at the top of the hill. Okay, now you know the other street that runs > parrellel to this one up the hill? I'm talking about the block between those > two streets facing the courthouse. If you were sitting on the courthouse > steps, facing that block, this rock building would be on the left end of the > block. > > My mom and dad say it used to be the "Fair/Fare store" back when they were > kids. My mom said last time she was in there, it was a little antique store. > She and the owner were talking about the vault that was in there. My mom > had never known there was a vault in that building. My parents also say > there was a post office in there or right next to it at one time. My dad > says that the rock building was never a bank...never. I remember seeing a > bank sign there when my cousins and I would eat our candy from the dime store > sitting on the courthouse steps. I also remember them telling me that Burt > Reynolds made a move and used that building for the bank robbery scene...so > maybe that's where I got the bank idea from. In order for me to remember it, > the "bank" sign would have had to been there after the 1963 or so. I don't > ever remember it being a functioning bank...just seeing the sign. > > This is also the building that some church took over and it was called the > Church on/of the Rock (s) or something like that. > > So...any help out there? > > As we were discussing this, I thought it would be a great idea to try to map > out the town and it's changes every 5-10 years or so...maybe an idea for > another book? :) Just a thought....Jeana > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB >

Shirley, I'm afraid I can't be of much help to you because you seem not to be looking for records in Marion Co AR. There would be no county records for Joseph & Manisha (Slape) Madewell in Marion Co anyway because the courthouse burned to the ground in 1887 and *all* records were destroyed. Bellefonte and Harrison are both in Boone Co AR. However, Boone Co didn't exist before 1869. Any county records (such as a marriages) would be found in the parent county which was Carroll Co. Before 1869 you should look in Carroll Co AR. After 1869 you should look in Boone Co AR. The web address for Carroll Co is http://www.rootsweb.com/~arcarroll The web address for Boone Co is http://www.rootsweb.com/~arboone Sorry I can't be more helpful. Good luck in your search. Mysty shakerag@mtnhome.com **************************************************** Can anyone help Shirley? Please respond directly to her. Linda lhaasdav@mindspring.com Home.page http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~haas Marion.Co.AR http://www.rootsweb.com/~armarion List hostess for -h.a.a.s/l.e.w.a.l.l.e.n/w.a.s.h.i.n.g.t.o.n n.c ************************************************* ----- Original Message ----- From: shirley wolf To: Linda Haas Davenport Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2001 10:41 PM Subject: Re: madewell & slape family no I did not get never answering from marion co. I went in to the church records for the baptist church. looking bapttisms church records on the family's as Manisha father and brother was baptist minister and it may have marriage records to. Josehp H Madewell went into the civil war on 10 march 1863 at Bellefont, right next to the town her family was in. I have send for the records but it may just say if he was marriage. yhank you for your retrue email Shirley ***************************************************** ----- Original Message ----- From: Linda Haas Davenport Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2001 2:33 PM To: shirley wolf Subject: Re: madewell & slape family Hi Shirley: First let me apologize for the delay in answering your e-mail. I'm doing a major "spring house cleaning" of my e-mail folders and I can't find where I ever answered your e-mail. If I have answered it - just chalk it up to old age okay? Did you ever get an answer to your question? Would you like me to forward it to the Marion Co E-mail list for you? Linda ********************************************************* ----- Original Message ----- From: shirley wolf To: lhaasdav@mindspring.com Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2001 11:26 PM Subject: madewell & slape family my gggrandfather and gggrandmother came from marion co was in boone co 1880. she Manisha Slape Madewell born ab 1838 tn. and on my ggrandfather death certificate his father said to be Joe Madewell but I can just find one Joe Madewell in the family. in civer war recard i find a joe but no married recard in marion co or boone co. can you tell me how research it. thank you shirley923@msn.com

Hi y'all! I was at my parents house this weekend and we were discussing all the buildings around the square. I remember a two story bank building covered with rock on the corner facing the courthouse. I think my dad said it was Flippin street but I don't remember. I'll try to explain it's location... Does anyone remember the old "Dime store"? Next to it was a drug store...Manhart's Drug? If you go up the hill along that street you pass the Mountain Echo office on your right and run into the Library and then you're at the top of the hill. Okay, now you know the other street that runs parrellel to this one up the hill? I'm talking about the block between those two streets facing the courthouse. If you were sitting on the courthouse steps, facing that block, this rock building would be on the left end of the block. My mom and dad say it used to be the "Fair/Fare store" back when they were kids. My mom said last time she was in there, it was a little antique store. She and the owner were talking about the vault that was in there. My mom had never known there was a vault in that building. My parents also say there was a post office in there or right next to it at one time. My dad says that the rock building was never a bank...never. I remember seeing a bank sign there when my cousins and I would eat our candy from the dime store sitting on the courthouse steps. I also remember them telling me that Burt Reynolds made a move and used that building for the bank robbery scene...so maybe that's where I got the bank idea from. In order for me to remember it, the "bank" sign would have had to been there after the 1963 or so. I don't ever remember it being a functioning bank...just seeing the sign. This is also the building that some church took over and it was called the Church on/of the Rock (s) or something like that. So...any help out there? As we were discussing this, I thought it would be a great idea to try to map out the town and it's changes every 5-10 years or so...maybe an idea for another book? :) Just a thought....Jeana

Judy, I would be interested in your Hawkins information, mine were living in Fulton County Arkansas in 1936 but you never know one of yours might be related to mine. Thanks so much! Bren nrfc98@aol.com

Linda and List: I have a couple HAWKINS in my database in Marion Co. which married into LEWALLEN family c. 1880. They seem to have moved on to the Tulsa, OK area, passing between 1950-70. Don't have any details or further information. I believe I acquired them as collateral lines related to the ALLEN family. Judy

Hi Judy: If you let me know which Hawkins and Lewallens you have I'll try to help. Linda lhaasdav@mindspring.com Home.page http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~haas Marion.Co.AR http://www.rootsweb.com/~armarion List hostess for -h.a.a.s/l.e.w.a.l.l.e.n/w.a.s.h.i.n.g.t.o.n n.c ----- Original Message ----- From: Judy Wilming <jwil@capital.net> To: <ARMARION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 5:26 AM Subject: Hawkins/Lewallen Families c. 1880 > Linda and List: I have a couple HAWKINS in my database in Marion Co. which > married into LEWALLEN family c. 1880. They seem to have moved on to the > Tulsa, OK area, passing between 1950-70. Don't have any details or further > information. I believe I acquired them as collateral lines related to the > ALLEN family. > Judy > > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > >

Can anyone help Shirley? Please respond directly to her. Linda lhaasdav@mindspring.com Home.page http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~haas Marion.Co.AR http://www.rootsweb.com/~armarion List hostess for -h.a.a.s/l.e.w.a.l.l.e.n/w.a.s.h.i.n.g.t.o.n n.c ----- Original Message ----- From: shirley wolf To: Linda Haas Davenport Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2001 10:41 PM Subject: Re: madewell & slape family no I did not get never answering from marion co. I went in to the church records for the baptist church. looking bapttisms church records on the family's as Manisha father and brother was baptist minister and it may have marriage records to. Josehp H Madewell went into the civil war on 10 march 1863 at Bellefont, right next to the town her family was in. I have send for the records but it may just say if he was marriage. yhank you for your retrue email Shirley ----- Original Message ----- From: Linda Haas Davenport Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2001 2:33 PM To: shirley wolf Subject: Re: madewell & slape family Hi Shirley: First let me apologize for the delay in answering your e-mail. I'm doing a major "spring house cleaning" of my e-mail folders and I can't find where I ever answered your e-mail. If I have answered it - just chalk it up to old age okay? Did you ever get an answer to your question? Would you like me to forward it to the Marion Co E-mail list for you? Linda lhaasdav@mindspring.com Home.page http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~haas Marion.Co.AR http://www.rootsweb.com/~armarion List hostess for -h.a.a.s/l.e.w.a.l.l.e.n/w.a.s.h.i.n.g.t.o.n n.c ----- Original Message ----- From: shirley wolf To: lhaasdav@mindspring.com Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2001 11:26 PM Subject: madewell & slape family my gggrandfather and gggrandmother came from marion co was in boone co 1880. she Manisha Slape Madewell born ab 1838 tn. and on my ggrandfather death certificate his father said to be Joe Madewell but I can just find one Joe Madewell in the family. in civer war recard i find a joe but no married recard in marion co or boone co. can you tell me how research it. thank you shirley923@msn.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com

This is a message I sent to the Ozark co, Mo mailing list, and since it also applies to ARMARION people, I am sending it to see if anyone on this list has related information. I know you are all probably getting tired of me harping on this. Thanks for your patience. Thanks to the three of you who responded to my query about the Lantz family reunion. I have been looking through my conglomeration of Lantz/Lance material that I have collected. The Hardy M. Lance seems to me to be the son of Henry and Zelphy listed on the 1850 census of Cannon Co, TN with the following children: Charles B. 15, Minerva Jane 16, Thomas C 14, Wm. H. 12, and H. M. B. 10. I don't see them on my 1860 census families, but in 1870 there lived in Rapps Barrons, Marion Co, AR these heads of households: Hardy M, Charles, and Zelpha (female age 60). I'm not sure this is all of them. Also, there were many Lance families living in Cannon Co, TN in the time period of 1850, etc. I have wondered if Henry and Zelphy might have had an older son named Nicholas Washington that had left home by 1850 and who married my Jensee/Jane McCracken. As for the Moses Lantz/Lance family, on the IGI on www.familysearch.org their children are listed like this, although this is a combination of two entries for them: Children of Moses LANTZ and Jerusha GRAHAM were as follows: Vandle Jefferson LANTZ , , born 13 Jul 1827 in (of) Ozark Co, Missouri. George Washington LANTZ , , born 1829 Of Ozark Co, Missouri. Marinda LANTZ , , born 1 Apr 1831 in , , Arkansas. Paten LANTZ , , , born 1832 in (of) Ozark Co, Missouri. Susanna LANTZ , , , born 7 Oct 1835 in , , Arkansas. Lusanna LANTZ , , born 1836 Of Ozark Co, Missouri. Elizabeth LANTZ , , , , born 1837 Of Ozark Co., Missouri. Marion LANTZ , , born 7 Oct 1840 in (of) Ozark Co, Missouri. Lucinda LANTZ , , , , born 23 Dec 1842 in New Jersey. James K. P. LANTZ , , , , born 1844 Of Ozarks Co, Missouri. Jessie LANTZ , , born 28 Aug 1848 in New Jersey. Malinda LANTZ , , , , born 1849 Of Ozarks Co The 1870 census also lists with this family three other female children, Sintha age ?, Susanah Mae age ?, and Mary F. age 3. Well, anyway, I have been wondering about a couple things. One, this Vandle Jefferson Lantz, is he the same person as the Vandle Lantz of Marion Co, AR? I don't think he could be because he is on the 1850 census of Marion Co, age 42, and at the same time on the 1850 census of Ozark Co, MO listed with Moses Lantz,, and there he is 22. This makes me believe there must be a connection between these two families, since it is such an unusual name. Another thing, do you know about the later history of Moses' son Vandle Jefferson? I am wondering if he might be my ancestor. In 1856 he sold land to Henry A. Bratton in Ozark Co, and in 1858 he bought land from Benjamin Turley. On 10 Jul 1858 he md Sarah Hogan in Ozark Co. My ancestress Mary Susan Lantz/Lance was born in 1854 in Mo, so I was wondering if he might have married Jane McCracken about 1853, fathered Mary Susan, and then lost Jane shortly after. Then in 1858 md. again. Just thinking. Oh, I think I have seen him in probate records in the 1860s. Perhaps he was killed in the Civil War. Perhaps someone knows some things about these people that will shed some light. I am still casting my thoughts about for ideas. Once again, thanks for all your help. Oh, my husband and I are a tiny bit thinking about the reunion even if we can't establish a relationship. The Hootin and Hollerin Festival sounds like fun, too. But it is a long way to go from Oregon. Patricia Gausnell P.S. One other thing. On the Marion co, AR tax records for 1841-1866, there is a person listed named Lard, N.W. for the years 1853 and 1855. Does anyone know of him? I have wondered if it might have been a misinterpretation of Lance, N.W. This is the only place I have seen those initials evern remotely close to Nicholas Washington Lance, and these are the years he would have been married to my Jane McCracken.