Hi In reading an old letter dated August 8, 1934, my Dad wrote I have a crew on the gridling gang. It might have said girdling instead. His writing is hard to read. This was when he was in the CCC near Jasper. Can anyone out there tell me what he might have meant? Charlene Holland
I saw this site on another list. Great basic information on Arkansas counties. It can maybe help some people new to genealogy. www.segenealogy.com/arkansas Brent
Hi I am looking for information about two companies of the CCC [Civilian Conservation Corp.] that were in Ar-kansas during the 30s. They were Company #747 in Eagleton, Pope County Arkansas and Company #3786 in Jasper, Newton County Arkansas. My father, Charley Morrow, belonged to both of those companies. As far as I can determine from some old letters he was in Company 747 at Eagleton January 1934 and by October 1935 he was in Company 3786 in Jasper. I am trying to find out exactly when he joined the CCC, when he left the company at Eagleton and went to Jasper and when he was discharged from the CCC. I believe he was dis-charged in early 1937, after he married my mother. Does anyone know where I can find out this information? Is there anyone out there who was in those compa-nies during those years, or might know of someone who was? Thanks so much Charlene L. Holland
Posted on: Newton County Ar. Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ar/Newton/493 Surname: PATTON, EOFF ------------------------- I am looking for any information on my maternal grandparents, Samuel S. PATTON, b. 15 Sep 1863, in Tennessee, d. 9 Oct 1920, in Grants Pass, Oregon, and Docia Abigail EOFF, b. 6 Mar 1885, in Low Gap, Newton County, Arkansas, d. 10 Feb 1927, in Salem, Marion County, Oregon. According to my information, they were long-time residents of Newton County, before moving to Oregon. I have them married in Newton County on 18 May 1904.
I want to thank everyone that sent me information on the cemetery. I do appreciate the information on Jacob Ryker's family. Is there a cemetery book of Newton County, I would like to get my hands on it. I have Crawford County History in Headstones up until August 1970. I am waiting on the 2nd book that has 1970 to present. Again Thanks very much for the information, Darrell & Martha Springdale, Arkansas
Cave Mountain Cemetery is between Boxley and Mossville in Newton County. Jacob Ryker has a military marker, no dates. Emily E. Ryker May 1, 1895 June 4, 1896, daughter of Jacob and Emily Ryker...daugthers Mary and Viola May are also buried there. Take Care, Judy Tate As the clock ticks at home, it ticks nowhere else. ----- Original Message ----- > Can some one tell me where the Cave Mountain Cemetery might be, I was told it was in Newton County, Arkansas
Can some one tell me where the Cave Mountain Cemetery might be, I was told it was in Newton County, Arkansas. I have a family member buried there, his name id Jacob Ryker, don't have any dates. I can tell he was in Co L Arkansas Cavalry. He was married to Emily M. Woods of Washington County, Arkansas. Sure would appreciate the where abouts of this cemetery. Thanks in advance, Darrell & Martha Springdale, Arkansas
Alice Clayborn was the daughter of Isaac Clayborn and Martha Ellen Dotson. After her first husband, Warren N Sams, died, she married (2)Major Van Dyke in 1918 and (3)Hartman Woods later. Evelyn RKinfolks@aol.com
I don't know if you got my message back in October but I haven't been receiving any email and would like to be added back to the list....PLEASE DO NOT EMAIL THIS TO THE LIST...it is for you only. Thanks, Carri
Am not aware of an Ed Sams but, Warren N Sams married V.Catherine Norton 1871 in Newton Co.AR. Their children were: America Elizabeth Sams married John A Simmons in 1890 in Newton Co.AR. William Columbus Sams, married Nellie Brown and Mrs. Lillie Robbins John L Sams married Nancy Young in 1897. James B"Jeems" Sams married Maggie Wilson 1900 Mary Sams who married H LYoung; Marion S King and Wash A Laughter. Robert A Sams married Sarah E Ponder 1905 Darcus J Sams married C C Edgmon in 1900 Gertrude Finley Sams married J M Finley in 1901 Joe Cephus Sams married Ella Young in 1910 V Catherine Norton Sams died 21Feb1890 Warren N Sams then married Luella Griffin in 1890 Daughter Sarah Sams b1890-died 1965,buried Shiloh Cem. Have no record of a marriage for her. Warren N Sams then married Alabama Cooper in 1892. children: Ellex Sams b 1894 married Dona Bean 1910 Charley Sams b 1896 Cora Sams b 1897 married Lewis Smith 1914 Alabama Cooper Sams died 1898 and Warren married Alice Clayborn 1902 children: Candus Sams ,married Silas Bohannon in 1922 Henry A Sams b1904 married Ester Coon Nancy A Sams b1905,died 1905 F Lucy Sams married Willie Clayborn 1922 William Sams b 1908-died 1908 Warren N Sams died in 1915 with burial in Hickory Grove Cemetery. ----- there are children Clarence,Jim and Katy buried in Hickory Grove Cemetery with no dates. ------ Evelyn Flood RKinfolks@aol.com
Posted on: Newton County Ar. Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ar/Newton/479 Surname: McKnight, Self, Kimbriel ------------------------- Is there anyone working on the Whitmire or West families in Newton County?
Regarding the Wright\Daniels connection: The only thing I know is that Perry H Daniels was son of William E and Nancy Strode Daniels. Perry is buried in Hickory Grove Cemetery. Minnie Wright Daniels is also buried in Hickory Grove Cemetery,Newton Co.AR. She was his first wife. He later married Savannah E Self in 1913. This is all I know of this family. ---- The only Wright families I have researched were Wrights who were children of Nancy (mnu)Wright who married Solomon Harp in 1842 in Carroll Co.AR. and she was the mother of: (1)Jabal Wright (2)Seaborn Wright who married Cela Davis and they had: Sarah,Ambros(Andrew?),Mary, John, Seaborn Jr., Martha and Benjamin Franklin Wright. (3)Nelson Wright (4)Alla Wright who married Sam Cecil I (5)Deal D Cavin Wright (6)Benjamin Wright (died in Civil War) (7)Martha who married Benjamin O Pruitt These Wrights living in Big Creek Township. There was another Wright family: William Wright born b1842 in Mo and wife Nancy Jane living in Richland Twp. in 1900 no children listed. And one other Wright family Hugh Wright,born 1846 Tennessee wife Ellen,born 1856 in Arkansas they had 7 children with 4 living but only one child is listed: son John A Wright,born 1890. I know nothing of Minnie Wright Daniels. There was a Mary Wright who married Tom Daniels. Evelyn Flood RKinfolks@aol.com ----------- visit my web pages <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~edgmon/ evelyn1.htm> OR <http://www.rootsweb.com/~arnewton/index.htm> look under "Kinfolks Stories by Evelyn Flood"
Posted on: Newton County Ar. Query Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Ar/Newton/478 Surname: DAVIS, PEOPLES, FLOOD, BURDINE, CRASHAW ------------------------- In response to the query on Anna Mae Davis: Anna Mae Peoples, born 20 May 1895 was the daughter of John Thomas Peoples and Elizabeth Burdine. She married Eldriedge Lee Davis on 20 Feb 1913 in Newton Co.AR. Anna Mae Peoples Davis died 29 July 1991 and is buried in Smith Cemetery(Log Hall),Newton County,AR. Eldriedge Lee Davis b. 4 Oct 1887; Wilcoxson, Newton CO.,AR; son of Daniel Davis and Nancy Crashaw. Eldriedge Davis d. 19 Mar 1948 in Newton CO.,AR; bur. Log Hall(Smith) Cemetery, Newton Co.,AR. Anna Mae Peoples Davis is related to my Flood children through Nancy Jane Flood Bray and Jim"Critter"Burdine, the parents of Elizabeth Burdine. ----------- Evelyn Flood RKinfolks@aol.com
In response to the query on Anna Mae Davis: Anna Mae Peoples, born 20 May 1895 was the daughter of John Thomas Peoples and Elizabeth Burdine. She married Eldriedge Lee Davis on 20 Feb 1913 in Newton Co.AR. Anna Mae Peoples Davis died 29 July 1991 and is buried in Smith Cemetery(Log Hall),Newton County,AR. Eldriedge Lee Davis b. 4 Oct 1887; Wilcoxson, Newton CO.,AR; son of Daniel Davis and Nancy Crashaw. Eldriedge Davis d. 19 Mar 1948 in Newton CO.,AR; bur. Log Hall(Smith) Cemetery, Newton Co.,AR. Anna Mae Peoples Davis is related to my Flood children through Nancy Jane Flood Bray and Jim"Critter"Burdine, the parents of Elizabeth Burdine. ----------- Evelyn Flood RKinfolks@aol.com
Looking for information on a Richard Ennis b. ca 1817 in Tenn., married a widow Elizabeth Foster Duncan in Pope CO. on Oct.24, 1841, then they resided in Newton Co., and raised their family. Any info on this family would be appreciated. Thanks, Carol
Posted on: Newton County Ar. Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ar/Newton/470 Surname: Self, McKnight, Kimbriel ------------------------- Looking for any Self that married a Daniels. Also looking for information Charles Payne born about 1835 and married Vine Self 23 Janary 1896 in Newton County, Arkansas. Did Charles have a first wife?
Posted on: Newton County Ar. Query Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Ar/Newton/468 Surname: Anna Mae Davis, or Annie Mae Davis ------------------------- Growing up my mother(maiden name of Lela Burdine) & father had this lady rent a 2nd floor apartment from my parents here in Kansas City, MO. I think she was some kin to my Mom & was a widow by then(1950's). I'm not sure who her husband was. Her grandaughter was married to Howard Hefley at one time. I'll try to find out who her husband was.
NARA has their new fees posted at: http://www.nara.gov/nara/newfees.html Good luck in your search! Kathy
This is a really long post and has to do with the Feltnor family and the Robinson family in Newton/Johnson County. I decided to post it to the list because I had several questions about the Robinsons--So I'll get you all at once! This was provided to me by a distant relative in Texas who has done alot of research. However, while I have found her info to be reliable, I can't vouch for all of it. I also have a lot of family info--stories and such--on the Feltners--their trip to California and back during the gold rush, etc. If you are interested. William Robinson or Roberson Wiliam Roberson, whose name was also spelled Robinson, was born in Kentucky in 1797. His mother's maiden name was Elem. About 1798 Daniel Boone made an agreement with the Spanish authorities to bring one hundred families from Kentucky and Virginia to settle in the "Upper Louisiana" (Missouri) Territory. It is possibly what brought the Robersons to that area.. What is now Arkansas had been a part of the Missouri Territory since 1812. When Missouri petitioned for statehood in 1819, Congress created the Arkansas Territory including what is now Oklahoma. In 1815 Lawrence Co. had formed, covering a large part of the northern half of Arkansas Territory and across southern Missouri. When Wayne Co. MO was formed in 1818 it took in the Missouri part of Lawrence Co. leaving the rest in Arkansas. White settlers were invited to move to Lawrence Co. AR to homestead the territory in order to petition for statehood. They began forcing out the Cherokees who lived there but records show many Cherokees were still there as late as 1822. Gradually Lawrence Co. was divided into smaller counties. In 1815 a William Robinson, among others, was appointed to locate the seat of justice for Lawrence County. They chose Davidsonville which was located seven miles east of the junction of the Spring and Big Black Rivers. Davidsonville had the first post office in Arkansas. The only real road in Arkansas then was one that came by Hix's Ferry, Davidsonville, Little Rock, and on to Ouachita, Louisiana. William Robinson and William Hix settled at Hix's Ferry on the Current River. About 1831 William Roberson, probably after he came to Missouri, met and married Mary, b. 1816 in Indiana. Family records say she was a Ruebotham (also spelled Rowbottom, Rubottom or even Rheubottom). Her parents were born in North Carolina (1880 Ark. Census). According to census data and family records their first child was born. Family letters said they lived in Wayne Co., MO. The 1820 Missouri census lists a William Roberson in Wayne Co. and also lists a Rubottom. The 1830 Wayne Co. MO census has a William Robinson and Ezekel Rubottom. The History of Newton Co. AR, by Lackey, states, "The first white settlers in Limeston (now Newton Co.) were (among some others) William Robinson and Louis Felton (sic)". On page 47 of the same book it says, "William Roberson came to Arkansas in 1834, bought land in Limestone described as SW 1/4 of the NW1/4, Sec. 13, 40 acres, cost $50.00, on 10Jan1848." Whether this William Roberson and the William Robinson of Hix's Ferry are one and the same is not proven The 1840 Ark. Census shows _____ (name blurred) Robinson in Lawrence Co. Union twp, and a William Roberson in Johnson Co. The 1850 Ark. Newton Co. census (Union twp): William Roberson, age 53, b KY Mary " , age 34, b. Ind. Rutha " , age 16, b. Ark Sarah Ann " , age 14, b. Ark. Martha M. " , age 12, b. Ark. Mary " , age 10, b. Ark. Louisa " , age 7, b. Ark. Pricilla G. " , age 5, b. Ark. Tennessee A. " , age 2, b. Ark. Also on the same page of this 1850 Ark. Census is William and Mary's oldest daughter Samantha Lodoiska age 18, b. Mo. Listed as Leodicia with her husband Lewis Felner (sic), age 28, b. Tenn. and their daughter Pricilla E.J. age 1, b. Ark. Isabell (Belle) Feltnor Williams, Lodoiska and Lewis Feltnor's daughter wrote in her letter [to my grandfather Luther King, a copy is available] that William also had three sons but did not give their names. It is possible Mary was William's second wife. In 1860 Newton Co. Union twp. Mary Roberson is listed head of house with four of her children. It is assumed William had died. Louis and Lodoiska and their children are also in Union twp. on this 1860 census. In 1870 Mary (spelled Robertson) still in Union twp. With her youngest daughter Tennessee, age 21, whose last name is also erroneously listed as Robertson, but Ark. Marriage records show she married James Harris 1864 who is living there listed as a farm hand In 1880 Ark. census Mary (Robinson) is living with dau. Tennessee and her husband James Harris and their children in Pilot Rock, Johnson County. William and Mary Roberson's known children were: 1.. Samantha Lodoiska ROBERSON b. 1832, m. 1848 LEWIS FELKNOR (later changed to Feltnor) 2.. Rutha ROBERSON b. 1834, m. Robert Farmer, res. Newton Co. (children from 1870 AR. Newton Co. census) Mary E. Farmer, 9; Marah Farmer, 6; John Farmer, 2. 3.. Sarah Ann ROBERSON b. 1836, m. Jordon Woodward, b. 1833, son of William and Elizabeth Woodward of Newton Co. In 1870 the lived next door to sister Rutha Farmer in Newton Co. Their children: Willis Woodward, 15; Mary J. Woodward, 8; Isabell Woodward, 5; Rufus Woodward, 4. Also living there: William Robinson, 15 and Emley E. Robinson, 13). 4.. Martha M. ROBERSON b. 1838, m. Sam Dotson, res. Newton Co. Union Township (1870 Ark census shows they lived next door to sister Sarah Woodward). In Washington Co. 1880 census, children Eliz. A. Dotson b. 1860; Missouri Dotson, 1861; George M. Dotson b. 1863; John F. Dotson b. 1865; William Wane Dotson b. 1868; Mary Dotson b. 1870. 5.. Mary ROBERSON b. 1840, m. William Dotson, res. Newton Co. Union twp. Lived next to sister Martha Dotson (1870 Ark. Census). A son George Dotson b. 1864. 6.. Louisa Ann ROBERSON b. 1843, m. William G. Harris as his 2nd wife, res. Newton Co. Union twp. Lived near sisters in 1870. Moved to Johnson Co. by 1880. Their children Gaines A. Harris b. 1864; Jerusa L. Harris b. 1866; Mariah A. Harris b. 1870; Wm. A. Harris b. 1873; Hozal (Royal?) W. (son) b. 1876; Zailin Z. Harris b. 1879. 7.. Pricilla ROBERSON b. 1845 8.. Tennessee b. 1848, m. James C. Harris 1864 (Newt. Co. Marriage Records) res. Union twp. 1870 and in Johnson Co. 1880. Mary Robbinson (sic) age 66, her mother, is with them by 1880. Their children: Rachel Rose Harris b. 1870; John Harris b. 1871; Lafayette Harris b. 1874; Benjamin Harris b. 1876; Sarah Harris b. 1879 Luther King, a great-grandson, did much family research in the 1950s, wrote that William Roberson and his wife were buried near Ft. Douglas, Newton Co. but their graves have not been found. Carol King Stiffler Little Rock, AR cstiffler@earthlink.net
Sidelight on Lewis Feltnor--His family name was Felkner but he didn't learn to read or write until he came to work for the Robinson family. Mrs. Robinson taught him to read and write. He found a "k" hard to write so he wrote his name Feltnor. Also, sometimes he spelled his first name "Lewis" and sometimes "Louis". I have pictures of both him and Lodoiska (also found spelled many ways--but the family called her "Lowdusky". Their daughter, Adaline, is my great-grandmother. She married James Henry King. Lewis was born in Eastern Tennessee and moved west to make his fortune. Later, during the Civil War, he hid out in the mountains in Newton County to avoid the Confederate draft--couple of reasons--1) he had a bunch of little kids to feed, 2) he didn't believe in slavery (much of eastern TN didn't). Lodoiska was reknowned for her photographic memory--which in varying degrees has been passed down--although not as strong as she had. Adaline, their daughter, told stories about and could sing the songs that the Yankee soldiers sang when they marched through Limestone Valley in Newton County. Their home was still partially standing 30 years ago when I was a kid. And their later home in Johnson County is still partially standing. Carol King Stiffler > -----Original Message----- > From: RKinfolks@aol.com [mailto:RKinfolks@aol.com] > Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 10:09 AM > To: ARNEWTON-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ARNEWTON] Feltnor Family > > > Posted on: Newton County Ar. Query Forum > Reply Here: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ar/Newton/459 > > Surname: FELTNOR, HARRIS, ROBINSON, KING, LOOPER, > BLACKBURN, WOODWARD, > SOARD > ------------------------- > > The Feltnor family is related to the Robinson family > who were in Newton County,Arkansas on 1850 census in Union Township. > William Robinson was father of Ladoiska Robinson Feltnor > by his first marriage. > The Robinsons were on the 1850 Newton County census in > Union Township. In 1860 ,Wife No. 2,Mary Harmonson Robinson > is listed with > her daughters by William Robinson, visit #317. Two of these > daughters married > into the Harris > families who are related to my Flood Family. > In 1870 the Feltnor family were in Johnson County,AR, > visit #174-174. > In 1880 they were in Johnson County,ARkansas, Spadra > township.Lewis and Ladoiska Robinson Feltnor are buried in > New King Cemetery, Johnson County,Arkansas. > children were: (1)Precilla or Emeline Jane Looper. > (2)Clarinda Adaline King > (3)Isophenia A Blackburn > (4)Solon B Feltnor > (5)Margaret M Woodward > (6)Cynthia Isabell Soard > (7)James M Feltnor > (8)William A Feltnor > Ladoiska Robinson Feltnor died in 1905. > Lewis Feltnor married (2) Pearl Willey in 1905. > > > > ==== ARNEWTON Mailing List ==== > Please give John Kent your support on the USGenWeb Project > Newton Co., AR website. http://www.rootsweb.com/~arnewton/ > >