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Hi! I know we must have several county organization represented on this list. and other Arkansas related lists. We would love to hear about what your organization is doing and help you to promote your projects. We want to invite you to submit information about your organization for publication in our quarterly, our "Arkansas Resource Directory" and on our website. Enclosed you will find a brief questionnaire, please complete the form and return it to the Arkansas Genealogical Society (either by email or snail mail). Please include any additional comments as well. Sincerely, Tracey Carrington Converse AGS Board Member ____________________________________________________________________________ _______ Society Questionnaire Please use the back of this form for additional room and/or enclose any flyer or advertisement to promote your organization. Full Name of Organization:_____________________________________________________________ Address:_________________________________________________________________ City: _____________________________________________ Zip:__________________ Founding Date of Organization: ________________________ Dues: ________________ Membership Requirements:__________________________________________________ Quarterly or Other Publications-(Please include information on current books available with list price): _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ Library-(Please include location and hours): _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ Internet Web Address: __________________________ Email Address: ______________ Seminars, Workshops, or Monthly Meetings: ____________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ Do you accept research inquiries? ____________________________________________ By Telephone? _________ Fax? _________ Email? ________ US Postal Mail? ________ Additional Comments:_____________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ _______ PO Box 908 Hot Springs, Arkansas 71901-0908 http://www.rootsweb.com/~args [email protected]

Hi, I'm looking for any information on the HOLLINGER line that lived in Saline County in the late 1800's. I believe they lived in the part of Saline that later became Grant County. I don't have a specific name...I only know that some of the Hollinger's moved to Saline Co. from Georgia and/or Alabama. Their is also a DOUGAN line that I am interested in. The DOUGAN line married into the HOLLINGER line a couple of times. Any help is appreciated. I will share any info I have. Thank you. Kevin Thornton _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com

Hi Saline County, I have not posted all year and figure that there is no better time than the present. Any information about the following ancestors, that lived in Saline County, is welcome. Let me know if we share any ancestor, if any surname is in your family history (maybe we can connect the dots), or whatever. HUMPHRIES or HUMPHREYS, MCCOOL Emily HUMPHRIES died 1916 and is buried in New Frienship cemetery. She was born in MS in August 1856 to Joshua Badger HUMPHRIES and {unknown}. Joshua married Mary Jane (MCCOOL) MOORE after 1856. Emily married Andrew Mathis MCCOOL in 1880. I would like to know: * Joshua's first wife * Joshua's parent's names (his mother was "America" on the 1850 Coahoma County, MS census) * Joshua's dates and places of birth of death * Emily's exact date and place of birth and marriage * Andrew's exact date and place of birth and death HAYES, SHOCKLEY Charles HAYES (or Charley or Charlie) married Mary Ellen SHOCKLEY around 1887. They appear on the 1900 Saline County census. Their children included Princess (b. 1887), Horace (b. 1894), Lester (b. 1898), Ruby (b. 1900). Family history says that Charles was admitted to the mental hospital in Little Rock and Mary Ellen married Henry MCCOOL. * When did Charles get admitted to the hospital? Any other details? * Who were Charles' parents? Exact date and place of birth, marriage, and death * When did Mary Ellen and Henry marry? Where? * When did the HAYES family move to Milwaukee? COLE, RITZ, BUFFINGTON Zettie COLE married John RITZ on 30 Jan 1892. They had a daughter, Lula May RITZ, in August 1900. Lula married John Harland BUFFINGTON. I know nothing else about Zettie and welcome any information or leads. Thank you, Charles McCool [email protected]

Hi. I'm new to this list, and thanks to Gloria Nethercutt's transcription of the Fowler Cemetery, I have located my great grandmother's final resting place, and I was rewarded also with other immediate family members being there also. Although it is far too late to meet them, I feel there must be other members of my TAYLOR and/or PHILLIPS family still around the Saline Co. area. My great grandmother was Mattie M. TAYLOR PHILLIPS KELLEY/KELLY. I am looking for cousins who would be from the Dora B. PHILLIPS TAYLOR (Mattie's daughter) and William C. TAYLOR (Dora's husband) line. My great grandmother died, according to the headstone, in 1951, but I have no information as to the month or day. Who would I contact regarding a look-up of the Saline County death index and then a copy of her death notice or obituary? I still don't have a clue as to who her parents were, but according to my grandfather's birth certificate, as filled out by "Grandma Kelley," Mattie was born in Alabama. The cemetery information gives the year as 1860. I would truly love to speak with any cousins out there that are currently researching this line, and would like to make a connection with that part of my family I've never known. Charlie Ward

Hi, My surnames are Oglesby,Shafer,Davis,Johnson,Stillman. Luther Oglesby was from saline co. also his wife Nancy Turner. They had son John and dau Willie Mae. Willie Mae married Benjamin Shafer. Thanks Cindy

Looking for any info on the ALBERT STIFFLER that was listed in the 1850 census in Saline Co., AR. There was also a J.D. Stiffler, I believe. Any Stiffler info would be appreciated, and I have a large database to exchange info with. Keith Pervatt

I am researching the Drennan family of Saline County, AR and I would like to know if anyone on this list is researching this family also or connects to them in any way. Thank You, Stacey

I am researching the STIFFLER family and would like to exchange info/communicate with anyone who is also researching, or has a link to this family.

I have just started the Garland and Hot Spring Counties Mailing List. The instruction on how to subscribe are listed on the index page of http://[email protected] and http://[email protected] Leon Rowland Moore 3924 Able LN Alexander. AR 72002-9404

Hi: Any one researching the Brazil Fam. of Saline and Perry Co's? Moses Brazil m. Eady or Edna Watson, 7-June-1838, Saline Co. Need Proof of Moses father. I think it was Richard Brazil III, but I have no Proof, just Things said through family members. Have much on the Brazils, some of it not correct and some of the earlier info . has no dates or place of birth, or death. Any help would be appreciated. Jan Sumrall

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Dear Charlene, No doubt you have heard by now of the old mining town named Silver City in southwestern New Mexico. More likely your ancestor died on the trail to Virginia City, Nevada, where the fabulous Comstock Lode was discovered in June 1859. Many attribute tax revenue from Comstock's river of silver backing up Lincoln's greenbacks with winning the war for the Union. Speaking of The war, we may be connected through my Granduncle SQUIRE ALLEN BRAZIL (1841-c.1863) who died of measles while in Confederate service. His widow was the former MARY JANE HOLLAND whom he married in Saline County 27 March 1859. Several of the remaining Brazils in Central Arkansas descend from this couple. Carey

Other resources that are very helpful in figuring out townships: Desmond Walls Allen, _Arkansas Township Digest: Minor Civil Divisions, 1820-1990_ (Conway, AR: Arkansas Research, 1994). See her website to purchase: http://biz.ipa.net/arkresearch/index.html Russell Pierce Baker, _Arkansas Township Atlas: A History of the Minor Civil Divisions & Each Arkansas County_ (Hot Springs: Arkansas Genealogical Society, 1984). Of course, neither book can produce historical maps of 1800s townships that apparently were never mapped on paper, but both books give all the available information on the townships and changes to those townships over the years. Both have township maps of the counties showing 1900s township divisions.

At 09:54 AM 3/6/99 -0800, you wrote: >Does anyone know of a place called Silver City. It would have been a >place between Saline County to Scott County, AR. Supposedly my gr gr gr >grandfather died on the trail, when the family was moving from Saline >County to Scott County back in the 1850's. He was buried at a place >called Silver City. There was a town by the name of Silver in the early >1900's east of Mt. Ida, but was not on an 1898 map I have. Anyone with >any ideas? A really good resource for these questions is Russell P. Bakers's _From Memdag to Norsk: A Historical Directory of Arkansas Post Offices, 1832-1971_ (Hot Springs: Arkansas Genealogical Society, 1988). On page 203, it lists three Silver Cities. But the one that looks most likely, based on a route from Saline to Scott Counties, is Silver City/Silver in Montgomery County. The legal description of its location is Section 20, Township 2 South, Range 23 West. It was discontinued in 1953 and the mail then went to Mt. Ida. The book further explains that it was originally named "Love" and became a post office in 1873, but the name was changed to Silver City in 1879. These dates are a little later than what you're looking for--on the other hand, many post office names came from names already used in the community, so perhaps there was a small community called Silver City there before it became an official post office. There is also the possibility that, although it was not called Silver City at the time your GGG Grandfather died there, relatives later referred to the location by the name it had when they were talking about it. Silver City, Arkansas, is also listed in _Post Offices in the United States, 1884_ by Dopn SImmons (Melber, KY: Simmons Historical Publications, 1987), p. 9. The only information, however, is that it was in Montgomery County. There is no other Silver City listed for Arkansas although there is a Silver Hill in Sevier County. Carolyn

Hi Does anyone know of a place called Silver City. It would have been a place between Saline County to Scott County, AR. Supposedly my gr gr gr grandfather died on the trail, when the family was moving from Saline County to Scott County back in the 1850's. He was buried at a place called Silver City. There was a town by the name of Silver in the early 1900's east of Mt. Ida, but was not on an 1898 map I have. Anyone with any ideas? Thanks very much Charlene

In a message dated 3/5/99 11:38:35 PM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > > The 1840 Saline County census enumerated families by township; by comparing > the 1840 census entry for various families with their original land entries > (found in other sources), it's possible to make an educated guess about > some of the boundaries since the legal descriptions follow the same > township and range descriptions found on a modern map. Charlene, Our James family and the other families enumerated on the 1840 Saline census for Owen twp. pg 214 are families who were living in present day Holland twp., on the north fork of the Saline River near present day Paron, AR. You can order a township plat map from the Saline Co. Chamber of Commerce and then be able, from the resources Carolyn outlined above, find exactly where they lived. I think you can find the Chamber's address on one of Leon's links on the Saline Co. website. Carole

Charlene wrote: >Does anyone know about where these places would be on a map might be? >I'm trying to place where Owen Township would have been in 1840 and >where this census may have been taken: 1850 Saline County Census, >District of Saline. Possibly they both would have been about the same >area. The boundaries of Owen Township were first defined by the county court 29 April 1836--see Saline County Court Record Book A, p. 5 (six townships were designated at that time). I believe there are other later entries sprinkled though the county court records which show the changing townships, but these entries aren't indexed. I don't remember any map of Saline County or the area that shows the boundaries in 1840 or 1850. There is an 1850 map showing Saline County in my book _1850 Saline County, Arkansas Census_, but it doesn't shed light on the boundaries of the townships; in this book there's also a map showing the townships but it's for 1936. Unfortunately, the 1850 enumerator didn't record the census by township--instead he just marked them all "District of Saline," by which he meant Saline County. Of course, Saline County looked a lot different at the time you're interested in--before Grant County was formed out of it's southern part. Although Owen Township's boundaries changed over time, it remained centered in the same place, around township 1 South, Range 14 West, but growing smaller over time as more townships were formed and as the boundary with Pulaski County changed over time (Owen Township borders Pulaski County on it's north and east sides). The 1840 Saline County census enumerated families by township; by comparing the 1840 census entry for various families with their original land entries (found in other sources), it's possible to make an educated guess about some of the boundaries since the legal descriptions follow the same township and range descriptions found on a modern map. I hope this helps some. Which family(s) are you researching in this area? Carolyn

Hi Does anyone know about where these places would be on a map might be? I'm trying to place where Owen Township would have been in 1840 and where this census may have been taken: 1850 Saline County Census, District of Saline. Possibly they both would have been about the same area. Thanks much Charlene

I have post some Township 1860 and 1920 Saline County Census in the last few days. I also have posted the Hick Cemetery. Leon Rowland Moore 3924 Able LN Alexander. AR 72002-9404