Barbara I am sorry I did not find any Newkirk's or Luna Hays, Wish I could have helped Jeanette ----- Original Message ----- From: <BJFRISBY@aol.com> To: <AROUACHI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2002 6:30 PM Subject: Re: [AROUACHI] Ouachita County Marriage Lookups 1875-1886 > Would you be so kind to do a lookup for a Luna Hayes and an unknown NewKirk, > the only name we have is Red NewKirk. Marriage was probably in 1879 or 1880. > Thanks Barbara Frisby > > > ============================== > 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 >

Jeanette, >From the junction of Hwy. 57 and 387, go west toward White Oak Lake to the first curve. You will see a woods road or trail to your left. Follow the trail to the cemetery which is less than 1/4 mile. The trail may fork. If so, take the left fork. You will find the old cemetery to the left of the trail. Just keep following the trail and you will find the part of the cemetery with the new fence. If you have a pickup truck, you should be able to drive to both parts.

Jerry Thanks for the directions, I have a question, Do I continue on the trail I drove down on or the trail I got out and walked on? I am hoping to find this one before the tics and chiggers come out. bugs just love me HA! Jeanette ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry McKelvy" <jmckelvy@cei.net> To: <AROUACHI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2002 11:05 AM Subject: [AROUACHI] Re: Pharr Cemetery or Steele Chapel Cem. > Jeanette, > As you leave the pavement on the little trail, the first graves you come > to are what I call the Pharr Cemetery. Surnames found here include Box, > Evans, Pharr, Rushing, and Toney. If you continue on the trail for > another few hundred feet you will come to a newer section of the > cemetery with a new wire fence and gate which was erected around this > part of the cemetery within the last year. There is a sign Steele Chapel > Cemetery at the gate. In this section you will find Cathey, Jones, and > Rushing graves. This section appears to be maintained while the other > part is not. Both are on the same tract (about two acres) and are > separated by a wooded area. Whether they should be considered two > cemeteries or one is the question. > > > ============================== > 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 >

Jeanette, As you leave the pavement on the little trail, the first graves you come to are what I call the Pharr Cemetery. Surnames found here include Box, Evans, Pharr, Rushing, and Toney. If you continue on the trail for another few hundred feet you will come to a newer section of the cemetery with a new wire fence and gate which was erected around this part of the cemetery within the last year. There is a sign Steele Chapel Cemetery at the gate. In this section you will find Cathey, Jones, and Rushing graves. This section appears to be maintained while the other part is not. Both are on the same tract (about two acres) and are separated by a wooded area. Whether they should be considered two cemeteries or one is the question.

Dear Jeanette; I don't know of another cemetery near the Pharr, or Steele's Chapel Cemetery. The site of the Steele's Chapel church was southwest of the junction of highway 57 and 76. It's my understanding there there was an African American church near Steele's Chapel, but it moved a few miles south to the junction of 57 and the Washington Post Road, which was where my Great Great Great Grandfather John Taylor Grayson and his family were living. He is buried at White Chapel Cemetery near the Washington Post Road and just west of the Ouachita and Nevada County line in Nevada County. The Steeles were a prominent family in the area at the time of the Civil War and I seem to remember one of the Steeles was an officer in the Arkansas 33rd Infantry CSA. I don't know if there is any family connection with General Frederick Steele who led the Union Army through the area in 1864 on his way to Camden. General Steele was a native New Yorker, I believe, maybe being born in Delhi, NY in Delaware County. He was killed in a buggy accident in San Francisco, CA a few years after the war. Fort Frederick Steele near Rawlins, Wyoming was named in his honor around 1875. It would be interesting if somebody could establish a connection between Gen. Steele, and the Steeles who established Steele's Chapel in Ouachita County. Keith Whitman Texarkana, TX

Pharr Cemetery is also known as Steele's Chapel Cemetery because there was a Methodist Episcopal Church South there from the time of the Civil War until it burned around 1910. One of my uncles and his wives are buried there because I have seen their headstones. My uncle was William Evans, an older brother of my Great Grandfather, Joseph Edward Evans. Keith Whitman

Keith Thanks for the info I did not know there was a around there, I have been to the cemetery, I was told there was another Cemetery Close to pharr but I never found it. Do you know of one there? Jeanette ----- Original Message ----- From: <KeithLance@aol.com> To: <AROUACHI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 8:49 PM Subject: Re: [AROUACHI] Greenwood Cemetery > Pharr Cemetery is also known as Steele's Chapel Cemetery because there was a > Methodist Episcopal Church South there from the time of the Civil War until > it burned around 1910. One of my uncles and his wives are buried there > because I have seen their headstones. My uncle was William Evans, an older > brother of my Great Grandfather, Joseph Edward Evans. Keith Whitman > > > ============================== > 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 >

Jeanette, Thanks for your help. Please!!Take all the time you want to!! I just can't get my hands on his mother, Ann Elizabeth Carroll to save my life. I have a wedding license so I know she married Mr. Camp in 1871 but it is as if she does not exsist before James Henry was born. I found another Henry Swartz in Behastian township in the 1900 census for Ouachita Co. They lived next to William Webb who is Alice Swartz's father. But they also disappear after that. There is another Henry Swartz a generation earlier in Hempstead Co. who married India E. Rosenbaum in 1870 but I cannot connect them up to save my life. I have nothing on Henty Swartz's father and the same on his mother. Typical genealogy puzzle. Thanks, Carolyn Download the Lycos Browser at http://lycos.neoplanet.com

Can anyone there help me with the Carroll family? I believe my great grandmother to be Ann Elizabeth Carroll born 1836 in South Carolina. I don't know when she came to Arkansas or by what route. She married a man named Swartz, said to be a German, had a son, James Henry Swartz, born 1868 in Arkansas. In June 1871 she married a William W. Camp in Webster Parish, La. They are listed on the 1880 census for Ouachita Co. She had a daughter by him called Ida. Ida married William Pearce and lived in Ouachita Co. James Henry Swartz married Alice Webb and they both lived there until the 1920s. All oof their children are now dead and most of us grandchildren have almost no information. Ann Elizabeth Carroll Swartz Camp died in 1892 and is buried at Chidester. Even the smallest clue will be precious. Thank You. Carolyn J. Cunningham Download the Lycos Browser at http://lycos.neoplanet.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: White, Crawford Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XV.2ADI/146.264.1 Message Board Post: I found my gr gr grandfather with his parents on the 1860 Caney Twp. Mt. Moriah. 1860 Caney Twp Mt Moriah #87 White Hugh 56 M farmer Sallie 57 F #88 White W. T. 35 m farmer Martha 30 F Amanda 12 F Benny 10 M George 8 M Calvin 6 M Frank 4 M Sarah 2 F I hadn't looked at the GW White with the Crawford family. He may be a relative of my ancestor, George W. was born in 1853. Seems to be a pretty large family. Thanks for the post. http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/River/2580/

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/XV.2ADI/393 Message Board Post: Would like any information on the Southerland's listed on the 1850 Ouachita Co., Ar Camden Tsp census

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/XV.2ADI/146.264 Message Board Post: This is such an old query, I don't know if you will ever see it, but have you found your George W. White? On the 1860 Census for Ouachita Co AR, page 54, there is a George W. White age 16 born AR ?, living with R. J. Crawford. I had Crawford relatives who moved to Ouachita Co AR and Bradley Co AR from Elbert Co GA about 1858. I don't know if R. J. is one of them or not.

This is what I could find of my William Samuel Beard: Beard, John S DOB Nov 1871 Age 28 Years Married 4 1 CONT Birthplace AR Father's Birthplace AR Mother's Birthplace AR 1 CONT 1 CONT - Nany E DOB Mar 1872 Age 28 Years Married 4 1 CONT Birthplace AR Father's Birthplace AR Mother's Birthplace AR 1 CONT 1 CONT - Louie W DOB Jan 1897 Age 3 (son) 1 CONT Birthplace AR Father's Birthplace AR Mother's Birthplace AR 1 CONT 1 CONT - Joe H DOB Feb 1898 Age 2 (son) 1 CONT Birthplace AR Father's Birthplace AR Mother's Birthplace AR 1 CONT 1 CONT - Loula DOB Sep 1899 Age 8/12 (daughter) 1 CONT Birthplace AR Father's Birthplace AR Mother's Birthplace AR 1 CONT 1 CONT I found John as a child with his parents on the 1880 Census in Banner 1 CONT Township, Saline Co. E.D. 162/stamped page #249-written page #15/Lines 1 CONC 28-34 1 CONT as follows: 1 CONT 1 CONT Beard, William S Head of Hshld Age 30 Occupation farmer 1 CONT - Martha J wife Age 31 1 CONT - Mary A daughter Age 10 1 CONT - John S son Age 8 1 CONT - Terressa A daughter Age 6 1 CONT - Ellen L daughter Age 3 1 CONT Hughes, Pinkney servant Age 22 1 CONT John Samuel Beard and his family settled in Smead (Carroll Twp.), Ouachita Co. AR near the Dallas Co. line. Kenny Amis

Kenny I have only done one Cemetery up that way so far Called Holly Springs Cemetery There is only one Beard and no Purifoy's. Floyd L Beard 25 Sep 1942 - 5 Nov 1999 Us navy Jeanette ----- Original Message ----- From: <KAMISD@aol.com> To: <AROUACHI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 8:46 PM Subject: Re: [AROUACHI] Cemetery lookups (Greenwood) > This is what I could find of my William Samuel Beard: Beard, John S > DOB Nov 1871 Age 28 Years Married 4 > 1 CONT Birthplace AR Father's Birthplace AR Mother's Birthplace AR > 1 CONT > 1 CONT - Nany E DOB Mar 1872 Age 28 Years Married 4 > 1 CONT Birthplace AR Father's Birthplace AR Mother's Birthplace AR > 1 CONT > 1 CONT - Louie W DOB Jan 1897 Age 3 (son) > 1 CONT Birthplace AR Father's Birthplace AR Mother's Birthplace AR > 1 CONT > 1 CONT - Joe H DOB Feb 1898 Age 2 (son) > 1 CONT Birthplace AR Father's Birthplace AR Mother's Birthplace AR > 1 CONT > 1 CONT - Loula DOB Sep 1899 Age 8/12 (daughter) > 1 CONT Birthplace AR Father's Birthplace AR Mother's Birthplace AR > 1 CONT > 1 CONT I found John as a child with his parents on the 1880 Census in Banner > 1 CONT Township, Saline Co. E.D. 162/stamped page #249-written page #15/Lines > 1 CONC 28-34 > 1 CONT as follows: > 1 CONT > 1 CONT Beard, William S Head of Hshld Age 30 Occupation farmer > 1 CONT - Martha J wife Age 31 > 1 CONT - Mary A daughter Age 10 > 1 CONT - John S son Age 8 > 1 CONT - Terressa A daughter Age 6 > 1 CONT - Ellen L daughter Age 3 > 1 CONT Hughes, Pinkney servant Age 22 > 1 CONT > John Samuel Beard and his family settled in Smead (Carroll Twp.), Ouachita > Co. AR near the Dallas Co. line. Kenny Amis > > > ============================== > 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 >

Sorry I did not find Robert or Ellen purifoy in greenwood cem or Purifoy Cem. Hang in there we are not finished with Greenwood yet. Jeanette Ponder CC Ouachita Co. Genexchange ----- Original Message ----- From: <KAMISD@aol.com> To: <AROUACHI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 10:19 AM Subject: Re: [AROUACHI] Cemetery lookups (Greenwood) > Robert Purifoy married Ellen Beard in Camden, Ouachita Co. AR. > She was a Daughter of William Samuel Beard. > > > ============================== > 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 >

Would your William Samuel BEARD be a grandson of Berry BEARD b: abt 1800 and Nancy HAY b: abt 1801? They married on 29 Oct 1821 in Montgomery County, AL and had the following children: 1) James Aaron BEARD b: abt 1822 2) Isaac Lee BEARD b: 25 Nov 1823 AL, d: 01 Apr 1862 Decatur, AL (Civil War) 3) William M. BEARD b: abt 1825 4) Margaret BEARD b: abt 1829 5) Winny BEARD b: abt 1831 6) Nancy BEARD b: abt 1833 7) John T. BEARD b: abt 1842 8) Samuel C. BEARD b: abt 1845 James Aaron BEARD married (1) Mahala TODD. Children: 1) John P. BEARD b: abt 1842 2) Pamela BEARD b: abt 1844 3) James A. BEARD b: abt 1846 Then married (2) Mosley. Their children were (or at least were listed in their household for the census- will have to check my notes for the date of this census): 4) William 5) Calvin A. 6) Nancy A. 7) Rebecca 8) Tabitha 9) Thomas A. 10) Franklin A. 11) James M. 12) Josiah 13) Louis A. Isaac Lee BEARD married on 03 Mar 1848 in Caney, Marion County, AR to Elizabeth Francis MENDENHALL b: 03 Mar 1829 Conecuh, AL d: 02 Sep 1887 in Seminary, AR. She was a daughter of Thomas MENDENHALL and Mary CALDWELL. Their children were: 1) Thomas Berry BEARD b: 21 Mar 1850 2) Lucia Lee BEARD b: 28 Oct 1851 3) Nancy Demerice BEARD b: 27 Nov 1852 Nevada County, AR d: 01 May 1894, Ouachita County, AR- married Camilus Josephus HOLT b: 09 Mar 1840 Greene County, AR- son of Henry HOLT and Abigail SIMPSON. 4) William Everett BEARD b: 24 Oct 1854 5) Mary Elizabeth BEARD b: 03 Oct 1856; m: J. M. PINKARD on 17 Jan 1886 in Ouachita County, AR. 6) James Andrew BEARD b: 06 Apr 1858 After Isaac died, Elizabeth married her late sister Sarah's widower John GOSSETT. They are buried in the Old Seminary Cemetery with at least one of their three children; per cousin John Crain, who descends from Mary Ann MENDENHALL PARR- younger sister of Elizabeth. That's about all I am able to place my hands on right now. Sorry to butt in, but some of the names look familiar. Lisa McCratic Canton, GA -----Original Message----- From: KAMISD@aol.com [mailto:KAMISD@aol.com] Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 11:20 AM To: AROUACHI-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [AROUACHI] Cemetery lookups (Greenwood) Robert Purifoy married Ellen Beard in Camden, Ouachita Co. AR. She was a Daughter of William Samuel Beard. ============================== 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

Robert Purifoy married Ellen Beard in Camden, Ouachita Co. AR. She was a Daughter of William Samuel Beard.

Thanks for the information Debbra. The last I heard from Rusty on the Purifoy query page, about a year ago, he did not know any more information on Pharr Purifoy either. I hope to get to Camden in the near future and maybe be able to do a newspaper search there and possibly find some information that way. Doris

Jeanette Ponder, Ouachita county coordinator has just added two more years of marriages to her database and is willing to do lookups for the years 1875 - 1886. These marriages will be added to the ARGenExchange website for viewing when we are back online. For a querie(s) please mention Ouachita county marriages and send your e-mail to AR-Rooters@listserv.genexchange.com . Many thanks to Jeanette for her tirelesss research! The ARGenExchange Staff Debbra ~ Jeanette ~ Barbara ~ Connie ~ Jamila ~ Pam

I guess I should have been more specific on my name look-up I requested for Greenwood Cemetery (or any for that matter). The man I am looking for - his whole name is Pharr Rushing Purifoy. It was thought that he was in the Purifoy Cemetery but the stone with his name is not there, then I heard he may be in Greenwood Cemetery. The name on the stone may be only P.R. Purifoy. The story is he was shot and killed in front of a store on California St. in Camden on Feb. 4, 1932. I am also interested in finding out information concerning the shooting - who shot him and why. Any information one might have would be greatly be appreciated by several of us who are researching the Purifoy family. Sorry about the mix-up and "Thank you" again for all of the help you have provided for us! Doris