Sure is, Susan. And we plan to keep it in print for a good long time. It's not one of those books where a publisher does 100 or 200 for you and that's it. This is an ongoing operation - and the first 500 are about gone so we've ordered another 100. It covers 400 families, is indexed, hardbound, around 650 pages. There are no pictures or family lore. It's strictly genealogical data, but is cross-referenced to spouse families, notes when they arrived, when they left, where they went (if we know), civil and military service/pensions, what township they were in each census year, where they are buried. There's mention of Queary and Stafford and Russell. There are whole families for your other surnames. You can order "Genealogies of Marion Co Families 1811-1900" for $60 including tax and shipping from HGSMCA PO Box 761 Yellville AR 72687 You might be interested in other books for sale for both Marion and Baxter Co. Go to http://www.rootsweb.com/~armarion and click on Resources for Researchers. I have most of these here at home and they're so used they're becoming dog-eared and frayed. Mysty shakerag@mtnhome.com ************************************************* ----- Original Message ----- From: <Dogmomslg@aol.com> To: <ARMARION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 4:46 PM Subject: Re: Marion Co. Cem. Book > Mysty, > Is the book "Genealogies of Marion Co. ..." still available for puchase? I have several lines that I'm working on that may be in that time frame. Could you check these families for me? WOLF, Osborne, GREGORY, STAFFORD, RUSSELL, PIERCE, QUEARY. All these were in Baxter/Marion Co. > Thanks for all your help. > > Susan > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library >

Mysty, Is the book "Genealogies of Marion Co. ..." still available for puchase? I have several lines that I'm working on that may be in that time frame. Could you check these families for me? WOLF, Osborne, GREGORY, STAFFORD, RUSSELL, PIERCE, QUEARY. All these were in Baxter/Marion Co. Thanks for all your help. Susan

Mysty, I didn't mean to sound ungrateful for the way the book was written. It IS a great book for the most part; especially if you physically can't get to the cemetery. I guess it's like the way a person files - not everyone does it the same way. I have used this book alot in recent years and I strongly suggest anyone researching Marion Co. to purchase it for the valuable info. I wish more counties would publish a book like it. I also have the book "Early Days of Marion Co.", which is also a good source of info. Susan

Brenda, I find Fletchers buried at DeSoto Cemetery, Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, and Caney Cemetery in "Cemeteries of Marion Co" by Lester & Marian Burnes, but none at Flippin Cemetery. In "Genealogies of Marion Co Families 1811-1900" (1997), I find a family of Fletchers who could have been buried at Flippin because they lived in fairly close proximity. However, that Fletcher family was removed to Baxter Co when it was created in 1873. I would guess that any stones from that early on would have been field stones and that any names/dates/initials chiseled into them would have long ago become illegible if not worn away completely. Maybe I could help more if I had some names and dates. Mysty shakerag@mtnhome.com ************************************************ ----- Original Message ----- From: Brenda Whitson <dixichic@chariot.net.au> To: <ARMARION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 5:24 AM Subject: Re: Marion Co. Cem. Book > Hi Susan > Brenda here living in South Australia. I have some relatives buried in the > Flippen cemetary by the name of Fletcher. Would you by any chanch check > your book for me to see if they are indexed in your book? Thanks a bunch if > ya can cause it's a bit hard for me to get over there to check for quite > some time. > Sincerely, > Brenda > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Dogmomslg@aol.com> > To: <ARMARION-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 12:55 PM > Subject: Re: Marion Co. Cem. Book > > > > Connie, > > The book is indexed, but at the cemetery page the graves are in > > alphabetical order (not plot order). In the Flippin Cem, I located a > Kingston > > with no names, no dates. Must be a double stone as there is a "2" next to > it. > > Also, I found Mark V. Williams (1879 - 1968) & Anna (1882 - 1942). I > counted > > 32 Williams not including Mark & Anna. There is a Kingston Williams (20 > Apr > > 1871 - 19 Jan 1904). There are 3 children of M. V. (Mark ?): Ned (13 May > 1905 > > - 8 Jan 1910), Addie (13 May 1905 - 8 Jan 1910), Addie (17 May 1909 - 19 > May > > 1909). These don't sound right -- so you will need to see the plots in > person. > > I didn't find the others mentioned but this book wasn't indexed very > > well. The Flippin Cem has several pages of plots not mentioned in the > index. > > I hope this helps some -- if you would have posted last week I could have > > checked the cemetery for you. My parents live in Flippin and I was up > there > > last weekend. If you don't get to the cemetery let me know - I'm going up > > next weekend and I can get photos for you. > > > > Sincerely, > > Susan > > > > > > ============================== > > 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 > > > > > ============================== > 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 >

Some of this information might be helpful to everyone looking for cemetery information in Marion Co.. Go to the Marion Co web page http://www.rootsweb.com/~armarion. There, under Cemeteries, you'll find descriptions of the locations of the known cemeteries in Marion Co. In order to translate this information to the road system, you should stop at the Marion Co courthouse in Yellville and get a current road map of the county (they'll mail one to you if you address your request to the Office of the County Judge). This will be a great help, believe me. (And you still may have to resort to a good atlas such as DeLorme's "Arkansas Atlas and Gazetteer" www.delorme.com for some of the "pig trails" you'll have to find and negotiate. "Cemeteries of Marion Co" by Lester and Marian Burnes is the best we have. Actually, it's all we have It's not the greatest, but it's lots better than nothing. Lester and Marian tramped the hills and dales and woods around here for around 20-30 years collecting as much information as they could find (and/or read). Their book was published in 1989. Lester was born in 1905 and died in 1997. Marian was born in 1906 and is still with us at 95. They weren't real young when they started this project let alone when they finished it. The publisher took matters into his own hands and the resulting book is nowhere near what Lester and Marian had thought it would be. Partially as a result of the things the publisher did (and didn't do), Marian has been adding pages of corrections and additions to every volume. Some are stapled to the appropriate pages, some are in file folders. She totally gave up trying to include these in the index, which I can readily understand. I've talked with Dan Duren, owner of Burns Funeral Home in Marion Co. (he inherited thru his mama's side of the family). He tells me he has the equivalent of no records - certainly not as far back as most folks are trying to search today. Some *may* go back to around 1940 or 1950. Individual cemeteries do not have their own records around here. (Remember, folks, we got our first paved roads in the 1940s, our first mostly county-wide electric power in the 1950s, and some folks still haul their water today.) Hope this is useful to some of you. Mysty shakerag@mtnhome.com

Connie, I'm glad to help out. Same here -- just holler. I have lines in Greene Co. and Ozark Co. Missouri. I may be going to the capitol on Saturday to go through Marion Co. records. I'll keep your folks in mind and if I come across anything I'll let you know. Have a great weekend! Susan

Connie, The book is indexed, but at the cemetery page the graves are in alphabetical order (not plot order). In the Flippin Cem, I located a Kingston with no names, no dates. Must be a double stone as there is a "2" next to it. Also, I found Mark V. Williams (1879 - 1968) & Anna (1882 - 1942). I counted 32 Williams not including Mark & Anna. There is a Kingston Williams (20 Apr 1871 - 19 Jan 1904). There are 3 children of M. V. (Mark ?): Ned (13 May 1905 - 8 Jan 1910), Addie (13 May 1905 - 8 Jan 1910), Addie (17 May 1909 - 19 May 1909). These don't sound right -- so you will need to see the plots in person. I didn't find the others mentioned but this book wasn't indexed very well. The Flippin Cem has several pages of plots not mentioned in the index. I hope this helps some -- if you would have posted last week I could have checked the cemetery for you. My parents live in Flippin and I was up there last weekend. If you don't get to the cemetery let me know - I'm going up next weekend and I can get photos for you. Sincerely, Susan

Hi list, I received today the rather large pension file for James M TREAT. He was a grandson of John TREAT and Margaret WILLIAMS, the ancestors of the TREATs and many of the HALLs in Marion Co, AR. I thought some of you would be interested in information contained in a letter written by Mr TREAT to the Commissioner of Pensions on 13 Jan 1915. Mr TREAT is attempting to prove his age and in the course of the letter refers to some fascinating events in early Marion Co. Here are some excerpts: " . . . I was born in Morgan County, Indiana but I cannot give the name of the township. My father's name was Edward Clark TREAT and was sometimes familiarly called "Doc" TREAT. My mother's maiden name was Morman MILLER. I had one sister named Matilda who died during the war. My father's family moved from Morgan Co, Ind. to Madison County, Ark. where my mother died when I was about 4 years old. We lived a while in Newton Co., Ark, moved from there to Marion Co., Ark. near Yellville and then to Searcy Co. "I do not remember with certainty where I was in June 1850 but think I was living with my cousin (Big) John TREAT in Searcy Co, Ark. near Big Flat. My father was shot and killed at Yellville, Arkansas. James TREAT, my uncle, was administrator of his estate. James TREAT died before the estate was settled and Col. JEFFERSON was his successor. I am informed that the Probate records of Marion County should show these facts. [Don't I wish!!] "At the time of the big comet in 1858 I was carrying the mail from the county seat of Marion County to Bemis [?] Bayou for Abe DENTON. Mr WEISS (or WISE) was postmaster at the time . . . "My father was shot by Alfred BURNS who escaped and left the country. He was hit on the head with a stone by John HEDSPETH (?) at the time of the shooting. HEDSPETH was arrested and put in jail where to took sick and he died before his trial. If the records of Marion County, Ark. have not been destroyed I suppose that the date of my father's death may be fixed and possibly my age may be stated in the application for administration. [Again . . . don't I wish!] "Very respectfully, "James M TREAT [signed the the mark 'x']" I still shudder when I think of all the history of Marion County that was lost through the various courthouse fires. Oh well, no use crying (too much, anyway) over spilt milk. I hope these excerpts have been of interest to someone. If anyone out there has an ancestor from Marion Co, AR named "Matilda" in the early 1860s, perhaps we can try and match her up to James M TREAT's sister of that name (mentioned above). James M TREAT (whose first wife was Mary C AKIN, daughter of John and Caroline AKIN) named his first child Matilda, obviously after his sister. This Matilda later married John T KEESEE in 1887 in Boone Co, AR. This couple may have had a daughter named Matilda KEESEE, although this is unclear. Anybody have any clues? Gary Treat

Thank you very much, Susan, I really appreciate your time. As it turns out, I won't be able to get down there till next Thurs. or Fri., after all. I didn't get away quick enough and I have to babysit the grandkids tomorrow. Oh well! That double Kingston plot has me intrigued, because I don't remember one like that. Also, the Kingston Williams one. I will bring my camcorder and get some good pix to ponder over at home. You're right, there is a mix up on the Addie Williams ones. One of them is Neds twin, Ida. Thank you again for all your help and maybe I'll run into you in Marion Co., next week. : ) By the way, I'm in Butler Co., MO., if I can assist you with anything here, just holler. Have a good night! Connie

--WebTV-Mail-30613-278 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Susan, I really appreciate the offer! Is your book indexed? I really have no idea who is buried in the Flippin plots I mentioned. All I know is it must be family. I was just going to check for any Kingston/Kingtons, Lemuel Washington or his wife Martha Rosetta Deason, (or their son Howard) or Ned O'Neal Brooks. This plot is right next to the Kingston/Kington (and his daughter and son-in-law Mark Williams and family) plots and used to be enclosed in a small concrete wall with them. I was also going to check for any of these names, in the other cemetaries. Maybe to simplify the look for you here is a list of the ones I KNOW where their plots are: William, Sarah, and Joseph Kingston. Their daughter Anna and her husband Mark Williams, and children. Also, Frances and Kathryn Kathleen Deason. If you can narrow it down at all, I would really appreciate it. I know I asked the list once before about Lemuel, and got a reply, but I don't think I mentioned the other names then. This is so very strange that you mention Mr. Marberry as someone to contact! My great-uncle Howard Deason was poisoned in 1920 by eating strychnine laced candy that had been sent to the wife of his employer, Mrs. Will Marberry. This is the second time this kind of coincidence has happened regarding this death. On my last trip to Yellville with some cousins, several years ago, we were sitting around the motel swimming pool at night, rehashing our finds of the day. There was a man there at the pool who overheard our conversation and told us he was also a descendant of the Marberrys. These Marberrys just keep popping up at me. Wierd! I just hope I can get away tomorrow. I probably shouldn't be trying to make the trip in one day, but I have cabin fever REALLY bad and need to get away from it all. Again thanks for any help you can give. Connie --WebTV-Mail-30613-278 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Received: from smtpin-102-3.bryant.webtv.net (209.240.198.121) by storefull-295.iap.bryant.webtv.net with WTV-SMTP; Thu, 21 Jun 2001 17:15:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: by smtpin-102-3.bryant.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix+sws) id 64659125; Thu, 21 Jun 2001 17:15:44 -0700 (PDT) Delivered-To: kaysie13@webtv.net Received: from lists2.rootsweb.com (lists2.rootsweb.com [63.92.80.32]) by smtpin-102-3.bryant.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix+sws) with ESMTP id F3BCC112 for <kaysie13@webtv.net>; Thu, 21 Jun 2001 17:15:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists2.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id f5M07r419374; Thu, 21 Jun 2001 18:07:53 -0600 Resent-Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 18:07:53 -0600 X-Original-Sender: Dogmomslg@aol.com Thu Jun 21 17:07:53 2001 From: Dogmomslg@aol.com Message-ID: <12f.5c2d61.2863e650@aol.com> Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 20:07:44 EDT Subject: Re: Marion Co. Cem. Book Old-To: ARMARION-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" X-Mailer: AOL 6.0 for Windows US sub 149 Resent-Message-ID: <L_FHQC.A.huE.ZxoM7@lists2.rootsweb.com> To: ARMARION-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: ARMARION-L@rootsweb.com Reply-To: ARMARION-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <ARMARION-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/434 X-Loop: ARMARION-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: ARMARION-L-request@rootsweb.com Hi Connie, Here is some info that might help - As far as the Flippin Cemetery goes you might contact the Flippin City Hall (870-453-8300). Mr. Bob Marberry is the one to speak to about the cemetery. My Dad and I had to contact him about burial plots recently. He is very nice. I'm pretty sure that the Yellville Library (actually it's called the Marion County Library). Flippin, as far as I know, doesn't have a city library. I have a copy of the book if you need a look up before you get there. The Library's # is 870-449-6015. Cotter is in Baxter County and I don't think they have a city library. The Baxter County Library is in Mountain Home. Give me a shout if you need anything. Susan ============================== Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history learning and how-to articles on the Internet. http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library --WebTV-Mail-30613-278--

Hi Connie, Here is some info that might help - As far as the Flippin Cemetery goes you might contact the Flippin City Hall (870-453-8300). Mr. Bob Marberry is the one to speak to about the cemetery. My Dad and I had to contact him about burial plots recently. He is very nice. I'm pretty sure that the Yellville Library (actually it's called the Marion County Library). Flippin, as far as I know, doesn't have a city library. I have a copy of the book if you need a look up before you get there. The Library's # is 870-449-6015. Cotter is in Baxter County and I don't think they have a city library. The Baxter County Library is in Mountain Home. Give me a shout if you need anything. Susan

I would like to try to make a day trip to Marion Co. tomorrow and am trying to get my ducks in a row, since I can't spend the night. I wanted to run a few questions by this knowledgeable group first in hopes they can assist me in optimizing my short time there. (Possibly some one who lives there?) #1. Could someone please tell me if there is a copy of the book, "Marion Co. Cemetaries", by Marian S. Burnes, in a local library in Flippin or Cotter? Or if there is even a library in these places? Do I need to go to Yellville? #2. Because of a picture taken in the late fifties of my grandmother putting flowers on a gravesite in the Flippen Cem., I know there is more family buried there in graves next to other known family members. However, when I was at the cemetary several years ago, there are no stones where these graves should be. (I wasn't aware of the picture then). Does anyone know if this is a city cem., where the city might have records? #3. I show my great grandparents, Lemuel Washington and Martha Rosetta (Kingston) DEASON as being buried in the Patton Cem. in Piatt, but I have been unable to find them so far. There appear to be 2 Patton Cems.. Could someone tell me where I might find directions to these cems.? I was at the larger of the two several years ago, but not driving and can't remember where it is. (Dummy!) Also, according to the Arkansas Death Index, "Lin W. Deason" died 3 Dec. 1925 in Boone Co., and Rosetta died 24 Dec. 1924 in Cotter. Does anyone know if there might be another Patton Cem. in Boone Co. and/or Baxter Co.? #4. My father had an older brother, named Ned O'Neal BROOKS, who died at birth, 6 June 1921, while the family was living in Harrison (I think). Family says he is probably buried in Piatt or Flippen, so I would like to check the above mentioned book for him also. If anyone can give me any assistance at all with this I would be very grateful. Thanks!! Connie Kays THE BROOKS HOMESTEAD http://angelfire.com/mo/famtrlimbs/index.html

Thanks, Eldon, and the many others who wrote to answer my questions about indenture. You were all most helpful! Barb ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eldon Edgin" <eldon-edgin@worldnet.att.net> To: <ARMARION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 8:11 PM Subject: Re: ARMARION-D Digest V01 #120 > The word indenture came from a legal custom in England. An agreement was > written twice on the same page and the page was torn in half with each party > to the agreement taking half. You could always verify that the agreement > was the same if the two pieces could be fitted together. The word > indenture came because the torn piece of paper looked like dentures (teeth). > > Indenture was frequently used to bring people to America. The person agreed > to work for the person who paid his transportation for a period of time > (usually 7 years). > > Eldon J. Edgin > 14908 Woodbriar Drive > Dallas, Texas 75248 > Phone: (972) 991-4891 FAX: (214) 306-1535 > e-mail: eldon-edgin@.att.net > ______________________________________________ > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Phoneman" <ljeff@home.com> > To: <ARMARION-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 4:47 PM > Subject: Re: ARMARION-D Digest V01 #120 > > > > On the subject of Indenture, a friend of mine gave this explanation of his > > memory of the word.... > > > > I recall that word being used in relation to people being indentured to > > another person to serve them in any way the person desired for a certain > > period of time. Families use to do that with their kids to get money to > live > > on. > > In a way it was just slavery. This was done in England and also in > > America in our early years as a country. > > I believe it was still going on in the early 1900's in New York and other > > large cities. A lot of it went on in the sailing industry, in the old > days. > > > > It's just a little before my time... Can anyone verify the above story, > > which I've shared with you?? > > > > Larry Joe Jefferson-In Texas > > > > > > > > ============================== > > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > > > > > ============================== > 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 >

The word indenture came from a legal custom in England. An agreement was written twice on the same page and the page was torn in half with each party to the agreement taking half. You could always verify that the agreement was the same if the two pieces could be fitted together. The word indenture came because the torn piece of paper looked like dentures (teeth). Indenture was frequently used to bring people to America. The person agreed to work for the person who paid his transportation for a period of time (usually 7 years). Eldon J. Edgin 14908 Woodbriar Drive Dallas, Texas 75248 Phone: (972) 991-4891 FAX: (214) 306-1535 e-mail: eldon-edgin@.att.net ______________________________________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phoneman" <ljeff@home.com> To: <ARMARION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 4:47 PM Subject: Re: ARMARION-D Digest V01 #120 > On the subject of Indenture, a friend of mine gave this explanation of his > memory of the word.... > > I recall that word being used in relation to people being indentured to > another person to serve them in any way the person desired for a certain > period of time. Families use to do that with their kids to get money to live > on. > In a way it was just slavery. This was done in England and also in > America in our early years as a country. > I believe it was still going on in the early 1900's in New York and other > large cities. A lot of it went on in the sailing industry, in the old days. > > It's just a little before my time... Can anyone verify the above story, > which I've shared with you?? > > Larry Joe Jefferson-In Texas > > > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! >

On the subject of Indenture, a friend of mine gave this explanation of his memory of the word.... I recall that word being used in relation to people being indentured to another person to serve them in any way the person desired for a certain period of time. Families use to do that with their kids to get money to live on. In a way it was just slavery. This was done in England and also in America in our early years as a country. I believe it was still going on in the early 1900's in New York and other large cities. A lot of it went on in the sailing industry, in the old days. It's just a little before my time... Can anyone verify the above story, which I've shared with you?? Larry Joe Jefferson-In Texas

Apparently there's been a mix-up in the address from which the newest publication, "Gleanings of Pioneer History" by W R Jones (owner/editor of The Mountain Echo), of the Marion Co Historical Genealogical Society book can be ordered. The correct address is: HGSMCA PO Box 761 Yellville AR 72687 The cost of this publication is $5 including tax and shipping. Our sincere apologies for any confusion this may have caused. It's a great little book with lots of interesting historical and genealogical information. Mysty shakerag@mtnhome.com

Thanks, Pansylea! I appreciate your help. Barb ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pansylea Willburn" <willburn@earthlink.net> To: <ARMARION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 8:11 PM Subject: Indentures on land records > Here is a bit of information on the word indenture on land records. It has > nothing to do with indentured servants, although the word indenture in both > cases means a contract. In early, early days when court houses weren't > always handy, an indenture (look up the original meaning of the word) could > be accomplished by tearing a paper irregularly in half, showing the contract > of whatever was agreed upon. Then the two halves could, when convenient, > be put together (tears had to match) and recorded in a court. Not all > deeds that carry the word indenture were torn in half (most weren't), but > the word just means a contract, no matter what kind of document it covered. > Does anyone have any other explanation? This is the neatest site--thanks > for sharing! Pansylea > > > ============================== > 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 >

Charlotte why don't I forward this to the Marion co list and see if anyone is interested in taking some photos to post? 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 Interested in Construction? Check out my new book - "The Scopes of Work" at http://www.builderbooks.com/bbstore/index.icl ----- Original Message ----- From: Charlotte Broze <cmbroze@digitex.net> To: <lhaasdav@mindspring.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 12:05 AM Subject: Marion County website > I enjoyed your website. What I would love to see there is photographs of > the old houses along the bluff of the Crooked Creek with some information > about the houses. > > Charlotte Broze

Here is a bit of information on the word indenture on land records. It has nothing to do with indentured servants, although the word indenture in both cases means a contract. In early, early days when court houses weren't always handy, an indenture (look up the original meaning of the word) could be accomplished by tearing a paper irregularly in half, showing the contract of whatever was agreed upon. Then the two halves could, when convenient, be put together (tears had to match) and recorded in a court. Not all deeds that carry the word indenture were torn in half (most weren't), but the word just means a contract, no matter what kind of document it covered. Does anyone have any other explanation? This is the neatest site--thanks for sharing! Pansylea

Nice article, Robert. Clears up lots of the confusion about who did what to whom and why as well as who could own what, when and where in the real estate world of Arkansas. Thanks for sharing it with us <G> Mysty shakerag@mtnhome.com ****************************************** ----- Original Message ----- From: Robert W. King <robert@wildweasel.net> To: <ARMARION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 8:28 AM Subject: I've added another article to my web site > Hi folks! > > I've added yet another article to my web site for your information and > amusement. This one is: "A Brief History of the Disposition and > Administration of the Public Domain in Arkansas to 1908." It briefly > highlights for readers the public land laws reflected by the land patent > information, and outlines how those laws operated in Arkansas. > > To get to it, go to the URL in my signature block below, click to go to the > Genealogy page and then scroll to the bottom of that page. Then click on the > title displayed there to bring up the article which is in PDF format. It > will take a bit to download the article, so be patient. > > Robert W. King > I'm an ingenieur, NOT a bloody locomotive driver! > SnailNet: 19023 TV Tower Rd, Winslow, Arkansas 72959 > BellNet: 501-634-2086 > InterNet: robert@wildweasel.net > Web site: http://www.wildweasel.net