John, Thanks for the info. So, if I stay in Conway(Russellville looks more out of the way) I will not be too far from the Courthouses in Morrillton or Perryville? That is probably what I will do. Although, I would like to be within walking distance so I can spend all my time researching instead of driving :) I will ck the motels in Conway on the web when I ck out Coffee Creek Landing. Thanks again, Rayedene From: "John Baskin" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 7:48 PM Subject: Re: [ARPERRY-L] Places to stay in Perry Co > There are a few small motels in and around the Perryville and Morrilton > areas. If you are looking for something a little nicer or more choices you > should consider Russellville or Conway. Each is just a short drive from > Perry County. > > I would suggest checking out both the Conway County Courthouse (in > Morrilton) and the Perry County Courthouse (in Perryville). There is also a > library in Perry (just north of Perryville) that contains genealogical > information. Also the folks in that area are very friendly and glad to > help. > > If I can be of any further assistance please do not hesitate to contact > me. Good hunting!! > > John Baskin > Russellville, AR >

Coffee Creek Landing at Harris Brake Lake has nice cabins and a few motel units right outside Perryville. Stayed there last fall and going back this summer.

There are a few small motels in and around the Perryville and Morrilton areas. If you are looking for something a little nicer or more choices you should consider Russellville or Conway. Each is just a short drive from Perry County. I would suggest checking out both the Conway County Courthouse (in Morrilton) and the Perry County Courthouse (in Perryville). There is also a library in Perry (just north of Perryville) that contains genealogical information. Also the folks in that area are very friendly and glad to help. If I can be of any further assistance please do not hesitate to contact me. Good hunting!! John Baskin Russellville, AR

Thanks, Is it safe enough there for a female alone? Also, is Perry Co the best place to research? I'll look for the Coffee Creek landing and see what it has for address, phone,etc. THanks again, Rayedene ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 7:00 PM Subject: Re: [ARPERRY-L] Places to stay in Perry Co > Coffee Creek Landing at Harris Brake Lake has nice cabins and a few motel > units right outside Perryville. Stayed there last fall and going back this > summer. > >

Hello List, I am tentatively planning a trip to Perry Co this summer. Does anyone know of any motels there? And the best places to do research for my ancestors, Perry Co courthouse or Conway Co? Thanks for any help, Rayedene

The Arkansas River Valley Ancestor Fair will be held Saturday, May 19 from 9:00AM until 3:00PM at the multipurpose building on the Conway County Fairgrounds just off Highway 64 in Morrilton, AR. For more information contact Rosemary at 501-354-2135

I received this on another list. You might want to check out this site. Euna http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ar/territory.htm Territorial Papers For Arkansas and Louisiana-Missouri Territories

Lester, I have looked and looked for Ida Pearl, but under the married name DANCER. She came from a large family. Her father was first married to Idah Narcissa Davis from Hardeman Co TN. THey moved to Randolph Co AR where Ida Pearl was born. It appears her mother died in or as a result of childbirth. Her father was Francis Marion Gardner of NC to MS. He had 5 children by his first wife and many more by his second(who also died) and then several more by his third, who also died. He then died 2 days after she. There was an epidemic in Perry Co around1912. I am very interested in Ida and her family! I have lots and lots of info on the Gardners, but do not have the names Seay or Brand in my files. Thanks, Rayedene ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lester L. Freeman" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 8:07 AM Subject: Re: [ARPERRY-L] SURNAMES - BRAND - SEAY > Hi Rayedene, > > I also am searching these same families as being related to the Seay's and > the Brand's as well. Have some information on the Seay's but at the present > only on Ida Pearl Gardner but not her parents or siblings. Be glad to > exchange information if interested and can handle Gedcom if you can as well. > > Looking to hear from you. > > Lester > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "deeno" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 9:22 PM > Subject: Re: [ARPERRY-L] SURNAMES - BRAND - SEAY > > > > >Benjamin Franklin Brand b GA m (1) Mary Jane Wright b GA (2) Ida Pearl > > Gardner > > > > Ida Pearl Gardner was my ggrandmother's sister. I have the family > > information back to late 1700's on the Gardner family. > > > > Would love to share information. > > > > Rayedene > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 8:15 PM > > Subject: [ARPERRY-L] SURNAMES - BRAND - SEAY > > > > > > > I am looking for any info on the Brand and Seay families - > > > > > > My Brand line is from my father Arvil Nay Brand b 7-1-1918 Perry Co AR m > > Opal > > > G. Mays; s/o Jesse Monroe Brand b 1895 Perry Co AR d 1919 Perry Co AR m > > > Elizabeth Ellen Ware; s/o Benjamin Franklin Brand b GA m (1) Mary Jane > > Wright > > > b GA (2) Ida Pearl Gardner; s/o Zachariah David Brand b GA m (1) > McPherson > > > (2) Forrister (3) Harbin; s/o Jonas Thomas Brand b NC m (1) Winn (2) > > Goodman; > > > s/o William Warren Brand b NC m Bryant. I know there are several > families > > > from my Brand line living in Arkansas but have lost touch with them and > > would > > > like to hear from them or anyone working on the Brand line. My > > grandmother > > > Elizabeth Ellen Ware also married another Brand (David Allen Brand) > after > > her > > > first husband Jesse Monroe Brand died in 1919 - I am trying to find out > > some > > > info from that family side also. My e-mail is [email protected] > Lorene > > Dee > > > Brand Johns from OKC > > > > > > My Seay line is from my grandmother Elizabeth Ellen Ware - she was d/o > > Rutha > > > Elizabeth Seay b 1872 AR d Waldron Scott Co AR; d/o John Cunningham Seay > > and > > > N.L. Hutchins - I am trying to find the full name of N.L. Hutchins, she > > was b > > > and married to John in MS; John was s/o James Madison Seay b 1822 TN d > > 1901 > > > MS m Ruthie R. Cunningham; s/o Barnard (Barnet) Seay b 1776 VA m Sarah > > > Rhodes. Any info on the family of John Cunningham Seay and N.L. > Hutchins > > > would especially be appreciated. > > > > > > Also, in A[ril this year my mother Opal G. Mays Brand and I visited the > > May > > > Cemetery in Houston, AR - Houston is where I was born and where my > grandpa > > > Jesse Monroe Brand is buried - Does anyone know where the May Cemetery > got > > > its name? Are there May's living in Houston, or did live in Houston? My > > > mothers Mays line also uses May and Mayes - and wondered if perhaps it > was > > a > > > relative who donated the land? Is there anyone in Houston (or > elsewhere) > > who > > > would know?? I would appreciate any info - and thanks. Dee Johns > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > >

Hi Rayedene, I also am searching these same families as being related to the Seay's and the Brand's as well. Have some information on the Seay's but at the present only on Ida Pearl Gardner but not her parents or siblings. Be glad to exchange information if interested and can handle Gedcom if you can as well. Looking to hear from you. Lester ----- Original Message ----- From: "deeno" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 9:22 PM Subject: Re: [ARPERRY-L] SURNAMES - BRAND - SEAY > >Benjamin Franklin Brand b GA m (1) Mary Jane Wright b GA (2) Ida Pearl > Gardner > > Ida Pearl Gardner was my ggrandmother's sister. I have the family > information back to late 1700's on the Gardner family. > > Would love to share information. > > Rayedene > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 8:15 PM > Subject: [ARPERRY-L] SURNAMES - BRAND - SEAY > > > > I am looking for any info on the Brand and Seay families - > > > > My Brand line is from my father Arvil Nay Brand b 7-1-1918 Perry Co AR m > Opal > > G. Mays; s/o Jesse Monroe Brand b 1895 Perry Co AR d 1919 Perry Co AR m > > Elizabeth Ellen Ware; s/o Benjamin Franklin Brand b GA m (1) Mary Jane > Wright > > b GA (2) Ida Pearl Gardner; s/o Zachariah David Brand b GA m (1) McPherson > > (2) Forrister (3) Harbin; s/o Jonas Thomas Brand b NC m (1) Winn (2) > Goodman; > > s/o William Warren Brand b NC m Bryant. I know there are several families > > from my Brand line living in Arkansas but have lost touch with them and > would > > like to hear from them or anyone working on the Brand line. My > grandmother > > Elizabeth Ellen Ware also married another Brand (David Allen Brand) after > her > > first husband Jesse Monroe Brand died in 1919 - I am trying to find out > some > > info from that family side also. My e-mail is [email protected] Lorene > Dee > > Brand Johns from OKC > > > > My Seay line is from my grandmother Elizabeth Ellen Ware - she was d/o > Rutha > > Elizabeth Seay b 1872 AR d Waldron Scott Co AR; d/o John Cunningham Seay > and > > N.L. Hutchins - I am trying to find the full name of N.L. Hutchins, she > was b > > and married to John in MS; John was s/o James Madison Seay b 1822 TN d > 1901 > > MS m Ruthie R. Cunningham; s/o Barnard (Barnet) Seay b 1776 VA m Sarah > > Rhodes. Any info on the family of John Cunningham Seay and N.L. Hutchins > > would especially be appreciated. > > > > Also, in A[ril this year my mother Opal G. Mays Brand and I visited the > May > > Cemetery in Houston, AR - Houston is where I was born and where my grandpa > > Jesse Monroe Brand is buried - Does anyone know where the May Cemetery got > > its name? Are there May's living in Houston, or did live in Houston? My > > mothers Mays line also uses May and Mayes - and wondered if perhaps it was > a > > relative who donated the land? Is there anyone in Houston (or elsewhere) > who > > would know?? I would appreciate any info - and thanks. Dee Johns > > [email protected] > > > > > >

>Benjamin Franklin Brand b GA m (1) Mary Jane Wright b GA (2) Ida Pearl Gardner Ida Pearl Gardner was my ggrandmother's sister. I have the family information back to late 1700's on the Gardner family. Would love to share information. Rayedene ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 8:15 PM Subject: [ARPERRY-L] SURNAMES - BRAND - SEAY > I am looking for any info on the Brand and Seay families - > > My Brand line is from my father Arvil Nay Brand b 7-1-1918 Perry Co AR m Opal > G. Mays; s/o Jesse Monroe Brand b 1895 Perry Co AR d 1919 Perry Co AR m > Elizabeth Ellen Ware; s/o Benjamin Franklin Brand b GA m (1) Mary Jane Wright > b GA (2) Ida Pearl Gardner; s/o Zachariah David Brand b GA m (1) McPherson > (2) Forrister (3) Harbin; s/o Jonas Thomas Brand b NC m (1) Winn (2) Goodman; > s/o William Warren Brand b NC m Bryant. I know there are several families > from my Brand line living in Arkansas but have lost touch with them and would > like to hear from them or anyone working on the Brand line. My grandmother > Elizabeth Ellen Ware also married another Brand (David Allen Brand) after her > first husband Jesse Monroe Brand died in 1919 - I am trying to find out some > info from that family side also. My e-mail is [email protected] Lorene Dee > Brand Johns from OKC > > My Seay line is from my grandmother Elizabeth Ellen Ware - she was d/o Rutha > Elizabeth Seay b 1872 AR d Waldron Scott Co AR; d/o John Cunningham Seay and > N.L. Hutchins - I am trying to find the full name of N.L. Hutchins, she was b > and married to John in MS; John was s/o James Madison Seay b 1822 TN d 1901 > MS m Ruthie R. Cunningham; s/o Barnard (Barnet) Seay b 1776 VA m Sarah > Rhodes. Any info on the family of John Cunningham Seay and N.L. Hutchins > would especially be appreciated. > > Also, in A[ril this year my mother Opal G. Mays Brand and I visited the May > Cemetery in Houston, AR - Houston is where I was born and where my grandpa > Jesse Monroe Brand is buried - Does anyone know where the May Cemetery got > its name? Are there May's living in Houston, or did live in Houston? My > mothers Mays line also uses May and Mayes - and wondered if perhaps it was a > relative who donated the land? Is there anyone in Houston (or elsewhere) who > would know?? I would appreciate any info - and thanks. Dee Johns > [email protected] > >

I am looking for any info on the Brand and Seay families - My Brand line is from my father Arvil Nay Brand b 7-1-1918 Perry Co AR m Opal G. Mays; s/o Jesse Monroe Brand b 1895 Perry Co AR d 1919 Perry Co AR m Elizabeth Ellen Ware; s/o Benjamin Franklin Brand b GA m (1) Mary Jane Wright b GA (2) Ida Pearl Gardner; s/o Zachariah David Brand b GA m (1) McPherson (2) Forrister (3) Harbin; s/o Jonas Thomas Brand b NC m (1) Winn (2) Goodman; s/o William Warren Brand b NC m Bryant. I know there are several families from my Brand line living in Arkansas but have lost touch with them and would like to hear from them or anyone working on the Brand line. My grandmother Elizabeth Ellen Ware also married another Brand (David Allen Brand) after her first husband Jesse Monroe Brand died in 1919 - I am trying to find out some info from that family side also. My e-mail is [email protected] Lorene Dee Brand Johns from OKC My Seay line is from my grandmother Elizabeth Ellen Ware - she was d/o Rutha Elizabeth Seay b 1872 AR d Waldron Scott Co AR; d/o John Cunningham Seay and N.L. Hutchins - I am trying to find the full name of N.L. Hutchins, she was b and married to John in MS; John was s/o James Madison Seay b 1822 TN d 1901 MS m Ruthie R. Cunningham; s/o Barnard (Barnet) Seay b 1776 VA m Sarah Rhodes. Any info on the family of John Cunningham Seay and N.L. Hutchins would especially be appreciated. Also, in A[ril this year my mother Opal G. Mays Brand and I visited the May Cemetery in Houston, AR - Houston is where I was born and where my grandpa Jesse Monroe Brand is buried - Does anyone know where the May Cemetery got its name? Are there May's living in Houston, or did live in Houston? My mothers Mays line also uses May and Mayes - and wondered if perhaps it was a relative who donated the land? Is there anyone in Houston (or elsewhere) who would know?? I would appreciate any info - and thanks. Dee Johns [email protected]

Posted on: Perry Co. Ar Obituaries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Ar/PerryObits/10011 Surname: Davis, Weisner ------------------------- Affidavit State of Arkansas County of Perry On this 26th day of October AD 1903 personally appeared G B Blackwell age 46 years and Lattia Downs age 64 of Aplin, in the County of Perry, and State of Arkansas declare: We were well acquanted with Aaron Davis during huis life time having lived in the neighborhood in which he resided. We were at the bedside of Aaron Davis when he died. He died near Aplin in Perry County Arkansas on the 27th day of October 1880 with phneumonia. Note: Aaron Davis was born in Campbell County TN in 1832. Served in the Civil War G 15 MO Cav. Aaron went from TN to Barry County MO to Perry County AR. 1st wife Elizabeth (Nancy) Wilhite died Fall 1874. 2nd wife Kessiah Weisner b 1853 KY died 1931.

The annual Arkansas River Valley Ancestor Fair will be held Saturday, May 19 in Morrilton, Arkansas. It will be held at the Conway County Fair Grounds in the Multi-Purpose Building. There will be vendors with genealogy books, CDs and other supplies. There will be genealogists present who will be sharing their information in hopes of making more contacts. We will be offering free computerized lookups in the social security death index from 1937 to 1999. Admittance is free to all. Fair hours are from 9am until 3pm. For more information contact Emery at [email protected]

Conway County Photos Through their devotion to the preservation of the History of Conway County, the Conway County Genealogical Association requests your help. In an effort to help preserve the memory of the residents of Conway County, the CCGA are requesting scanned photos whose identities may be unknown or of loved ones whose memory we hold dear. The main idea is to create a book that may be displayed at the annual Ancestry Fair held in Conway County. Please include the name, if known and the date on the submission of your photos. The photos will be placed on the CCGA website as time and space permits for those whose identities in photos are unknown. The CCGA will also be making an effort to display the unknown photos in the monthly newsletter. Through our efforts and dedication to Genealogy, this is the perfect opportunity to aid in the restoration of memories and faces that have been lost. Photos should have a link to Conway County. For further information or submission of scanned photos pl! ease submit to [email protected] .

May you and yours enjoy a very HAPPY EASTER. Bill Covey Author of: Watson Is Where It Wuz http://BillCovey.50megs.com www.boomerweb.net/users/fifties/billcovey/start_here.html www.boomerweb.net/users/bcovey/index.html

Posted on: Perry Co. Ar Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Ar/Perry/10037 Surname: JOHNSON, HUDSPETH, STAFFORD, SHEHANE, GRAHAM, RAMSEY, SMITH, MCKINNEY ------------------------- Daniel Robert Johnson b: 1840 d: 1921 John Louis Johnson b: 1869 Lear Denver Florence Hudspeth b: 1875 d: 1952 Francis Marion Johnson b:1873 d: 1950 Clarence H Johnson b: 1896 d: 1970 James Arlington Johnson b: 1905 d: 1993 Rosco Rufus(Bill) Johnson b: 1910 d: 1972 Osco Richard Johnson b: 1915 d: 1999 Lona Belle Johnson b: 1912 Allie Etta Johnson b: 1908 Luther Louis Johnson Mary Cassie Oma Johnson Robert Jefferson Johnson. If you have any info on the above names or surnames please e-mail me at [email protected] Thanks

I am seeking information on a William Robinson who, according to the 1900 census of Perry County, was born about 1869 somewhere in the State of Mississippi. He married Martha "Mattie" Spears October 11, 1891 in Perry County Arkansas. Marriage is recorded in marriage book "B" page 149. In the 1900 census, Enumeration District number 166, sheet 2, Rankin Township, Perry County, William is shown as being 30 years of age, born Oct. 1869 in Mississippi. Mattie, his wife is age 24, born in December of 1875 in Texas. There are three children listed in their houshold: Ruthie Robinson age 8, born in Sept of 1891 in Ark.; Lelia Robinson age 4 born March of 1896; and Josa Spears a sister of Mattie's, age 13 born Oct. 1886 in Arkansas. According to family traditions there were three other children all died in infancy. One was named Arthur and the other two are unknown but may have been twins. Ruthie Robinson married Al W. Butler June 16, 1909 in Perry County. Lelia Robinson married John Kenney June 14, 1910 in Perry County. William Robinson disappears from the record after 1900. It is not know if he died of just left his family. Family traditions say that he ran away with one of Mattie's half sisters (probably Josa Spears) and was never heard from again. Mattie's second husband was a man named John William Buford. They were married (place unknown) about 1908 and had one son, Johnny Buford. The senior Buford died before 1912 and is suppose to be buried in an unmarked grave near Bigelow. Mattie's third husband was Jasper Marion McCabe. Mattie died June 3, 1937 in Tecumseh, Oklahoma. Her parents were Ambrose "Bud" S. Spears and Martha Nabors. Ambrose Spears in turn was a son of Robert Spears. I would like to identify and prove who the parents of William Robinson were? Where in Mississippi he was born? And what became of him? Other sur-name interest in Perry County are: Kenney, Gibbons, Spears, James, Butler, McCabe, Rankin Any help would be appreciated. James R. Rasco

Posted on: Perry Co. Ar Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Ar/Perry/10035 Surname: LEAVELL, WRIGHT, LAMKIN, BLIESENER ------------------------- Eva Francis LEAVELL was born January 12, 1897 in Hollis, Perry County, Arkansas, she died September 27, 1986 in the Tri City Nursing Home, Bangor Twp., Bay Co., Michigan she's buried in Fraser Township Cemetery, Fraser Twp., Bay Co. Michigan. She married Francis R. Wright (date of marriage unknown) he was born February 1892 Pinconning, Fraser Township, Bay County, Michigan and passed in 1957. As far as I know they have two children Harry and Ruby. Eva's parents are Richard Harley Leavell and Martha Frances Douthit. Does anyone have any information to share on this family? Email me if you would like to see my website on this family. Thanks Doreen [email protected]

----- Original Message ----- From: Emery and Linda Francis <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 11:59 PM Subject: [ARCONWAY-L] 2001 Arkansas River Valley Ancestor Fair > The 2001 Arkansas River Valley Ancestor Fair will be held Saturday, May > 19, 2001 from 9 am till 3 pm at the Multi-Purpose Building, Conway > County Fairgrounds on Hwy 64 E. in Morrilton, AR. This annual event is > sponsored by the Conway County Genealogical Association. There is no > charge for tables for providers or vendors. Tables are available on a > first come first serve basis, and are about 6 feet long. Food and Drinks > will be available at the Fair. > For more information contact: Emery Francis, 1204 Roberta Ann, > Sherwood, AR 72120, 501-834-3482, Email - [email protected] > > > ==== ARCONWAY Mailing List ==== > USGS Mapping Information query form > http://www-nmd.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html > > > ============================== > Search more than 150 million free records at RootsWeb! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/ >

Would it be possible for you to look up something for me? Leo William Harris married ??? Blankenship about 1920. I need the marriage date, place, and the bride's name. Possibly both his and her parents, if listed, and whatever other info is available...birthdates, places, etc. There may also be a death of the bride or a divorce. Leo William married Lola Dell Bond about 1930. I believe Leo and his first wife had 4 children, one son named Lillion Dale Harris or Jimmy Dale Harris born April 24, 1924. I will greatly appreciate any information you can obtain. Leo is buried in the Casa Cemetery under the name William Harris. Thanks, Pat H ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 10:11 AM Subject: [ARPERRY-L] Re: WESNER FAMILY - PERRY, ARKANSAS > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Wesner > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YV.2ADI/32.1.1 > > Message Board Post: > > Hi Janet: > > I will be going to Perryville, AR. some time this month to look up some dates on my grandad. > > Is there anything I can check on for you while there? If so, give me an e-mail and I will be glad to check this out. > > I will also be going to some of the cemetaries also. > > > Bonnie Long