Any one out there interested in the Shelton family of Saline County, AR My relative Henry Shelton was born about 1810/1816 in TN and died after 1880. He was living in Saline County in the 1880 census his 3rd wife Lucinda and some of his many children. The youngest being Henry who was born in Saline County in 1878. I have never found any descendents of this many on any of the lines except my own. Henry's son Robert G. Shelton was born 5 Jul 1866 in Jefferson County, AR and died 27 Nov 1920 in Saline County. He was married to Liller May Hedden and had a total of 9 Children. Some Henry's other children were John H. Shelton, Nancy, Mary, William, Frances, and Joel Shelton, David B. Shelton who is my direct line was living in Falls County, TX in 1880 and died shortly after. Henry's daughter Jane married Richard Moffitt. Henry's son George A. Shelton born 4 Jul 1835 in Carroll County, MS died 18 Jan 1921 in Saline County. I tried to obtain death certificates of both Robert and George A. Shelton from the state and neither was on file. It is like this family appeared from nowhere and disappeared just as quickly. Any help is appreciated. Sincerely, Christine Harris

Hi all! This is what I have on our JESSE JAMES. The WILLIAM JAMES part has not been proven yet. My line is from REV. JESSE JAMES through his son, CLAYBOURNE JAMES, which is pretty much documented by myself and others. We don't know for sure JESSE'S parentage, but this has been passed on to us by others. Does anyone recognize this JAMES family and can they corroborate the connection to our REVEREND JESSE JAMES? Thanks much. Charlene Holland [email protected] Descendants of William James Generation No. 1 1. William James was born in Surry County, North Carolina, and died 2/1812 in Surry County, North Carolina1. He married (1) Unknown. He married (2) Rachel Dennis 11/16/1802 in Grainger County, Tennessee. Children of William James and Unknown are: 2 i. William(2) James, Jr., born Abt 1768 in Rowan/Surry County, North Carolina2; died Abt 11/1805 in Grainger County, Tennessee. He married (1) Unknown Abt 1790 in Stokes County, North Carolina. He married (2) Elizabeth Morris 10/16/1802 in Grainger County, Tennessee. 3 ii. Rev.Jesse James, born 1770-1774 in Rowan/Surry County, North Carolina(3); died Abt 3/1836 in Saline County, Arkansas(4). He married (1) Anne or Nellie Harris 1/13/1792 in Guilford County, North Carolina. He married (2) Massy Terry Aft 1815 in Saline County, Arkansas. 4 iii. Thomas James, born Abt 1784 in Surry County, North Carolina(5). 5 iv. Clarissa James, born Unknown in Surry County, North Carolina(6). She married Charles Drake 10/20/1804 in Grainger County, Tennessee(7).

For information on the Revolutionary War take a look at the Library of Virginia Electronic Card Files index on the Revolutionary War Soldiers. The URL is http://image.vtls.com/collections/index.html Leon Rowland Moore 3924 Able LN Alexander, AR 72002-9404 501 847-4558 [email protected]

In the Historical Tidings a quarterly by the Franklin County Historical Society April 1998 under the article titled Franklin County Pioneers, 1807-1850. A letter was found in an old trunk by Eloise Grant Stipp of Midland, Texas that was written July 25, 1875 by George Harrison Grant to his brother Thomas Grant, Jr. that gave information on all of Thomas Grant's Sr. children.. Children's of Thomas Grant Sr. born in Virginia and died May 1849 age 72.: 1st wife Asa Grant (c1811 NC- 1865 TN) Martha Grant Phillips (1812 NC - 1869 TN) Sarah Grant Weaver (c1814 NC - 1875 TN) William Grant (c1817 - 1869 TN) Thomas Grant Jr. (1816 NC - 1881 Saline Co., AR) Carter Grant (c1820 NC - 1864 TN) 2nd wife Frances who was married 1st to a Mr. Dickey: Elizabeth "Mary Jane" Grant (c1834 TN- 1914 TN) George Harrison Grant (1835 TN-1897 OK Charlotte Catherine Grant (1837 TN- ?) In the Saline County 1880 Census there is a Thomas Grant listed in dwellings 9- GRANT, George W W M 27 F TN NC NC Sarah W F 26 W K TN TN TN William M W M 4 S AR TN TN Jasper A W M 2 S AR TN TN Mary L W F 1 D AR TN TN Nancy W F Apr D AR TN TN 10- GRANT, Thomas W M 63 F NC NC NC Sarah W F 44 W K GA GA GA. Edward W M 2 S AR NC GA John H W M May S AR NC GA Could this be the Thomas Grant mention in the article? Leon Rowland Moore 3924 Able LN Alexander, AR 72002-9404 501 847-4558 [email protected]

I have finished with the 1850 Saline County 1850 Census and have uploaded it tonight. If errors are found please let me know. I tried to copy it as it was written. The census taker spelled Elizabeth as Elisabeth in all instances. His J, L, and S. looked similar, also T and F. Small letters r, e, u, i caused some problems. I could use some more Bible Records. Leon Rowland Moore 3924 Able LN Alexander, AR 72002-9404 501 847-4558 [email protected]

[email protected] -----Original Message----- From: ANN DI COIO <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Monday, March 16, 1998 4:20 PM Subject: Unidentified subject! Do you have any information on this family? I am the g granddaughter of Amos Webster WHITE b 9 Sept 1861, married Laura Jane WHOPENGARNER b 16 May 1863. There were 12 children. First born Mable Millie WHITE b 23 June 1881. They all lived in Ark mid 1850s. Other names I am researching. LEONARD, WHITE, WHOPENGARNER, COTTINGHAM, WHILHITE/WILHITE, COTTINGHAM, All of these lived in Ark in the late 1800s and early 1900s. [email protected]

Do you have any information on this family? I am the g granddaughter of Amos Webster WHITE b 9 Sept 1861, married Laura Jane WHOPENGARNER b 16 May 1863. There were 12 children. First born Mable Millie WHITE b 23 June 1881. They all lived in Ark mid 1850s. Other names I am researching. LEONARD, WHITE, WHOPENGARNER, COTTINGHAM, WHILHITE/WILHITE, COTTINGHAM, All of these lived in Ark in the late 1800s and early 1900s. [email protected]

I need information on this company for the August 1864-June 1865 time period. Marilyn Kosanke

VANDERGRIFT REUNION 1998 To be held May 24th at Hamil, Arkansas. There will be a pot luck, and everyone is asked to bring a covered dish. Lunch will be served at 1 PM, and there will be lots of activities, an auction, and entertainment will be provided by talented family members. If you would like more information, please e-mail Betty Allen at [email protected] Leon Rowland Moore CC for Saline Co., AR Genealogy Page http://www.rootsweb.com/~arsaline ARSALINE-L owner [email protected] WILLS-L owner [email protected]

<< Looking for researchers of CANADAY/KANADY, BURRESS/BURRIS, SNODGRASS in Saline, Yell, Pulaski and surrounding counties. Am descendant of William P. Snodgrass and Mary Sikes, John Burris and Martha Ann Canady. Susan Burt Wilson Bartlesville, OK >>

Benjamin Franklin Wright and Elizabeth Lee were married in Saline County in 1847. Their children were Isabella, Rosa Lee, Mary E., Benjamin Franklin, Susanna, and possibly another son. Benjamin Franklin Wright Sr. may have died between 1866-1870, because he is not on the census with Elizabeth and children in 1870. By 1880 Elizabeth is missing from the census and two of her children are living with other families. Does this mean Elizabeth died and they were orphans? Marrie or Mary E. Wright married Elbert T. English in 1877 in Saline County. Looking for any information on the Wright family and their descendants. Marilyn Kosanke

Looking for researchers of CANADAY/KANADY, BURRESS/BURRIS, SNODGRASS in Saline, Yell, Pulaski and surrounding counties. Am descendant of William P. Snodgrass and Mary Sikes, John Burris and Martha Ann Canady. Susan Burt Wilson Bartlesville, OK

Looking for information regarding Eliphas Davis, Abijah Davis, Charles Crow Davis, Malissa McDonald, James McDonald, Peter Shaver 1822-1858. Shirley

Hello all! Absolem Martin Tanner (1833-1909) and his wife Cordelia (1835-1910) first appear in the 1860 census for Hot Spring Cy, Saline twp. In the 1880 and 1900 censuses they are in Saline Cy, Fairplay twp. Two daughters, Martha Demarius and Radie Ann, married Wilbanks boys in Saline Cy. I am trying to locate Absolem before 1860. He was born in either GA or AL. So far, I have looked at all the Tanners in GA in 1850 with no success. Does anyone have any early information on these Tanners? Thanks, Fred Groth San Antonio, TX

I am searching for any information at all on a Young family living in Saline County, AR, found in census records of 1860, 1870, and 1880: 1 William B(?) Young, b. abt 1825, KY + Minerva (?), b. abt 1831, TN 2 James C.(?) "Tobe?" Young, b. abt 1848, TN, d. bef 1880 + Mary Jane McDonald, b. 1854, Saline Co., AR, d. 1928, Saline Co., AR 3 Mollie Young, b. 1875 Saline Co., AR, d. 1938 2 William T.(?) Young, b. abt 1851, TN +Tallula (?), b. abt 1860, GA 3 William C. Young, b. abt 1876 3 Laura I. (?) Young, b. abt 1878 2 Robert G. (?) Young, b. abt 1854, TN 2 Eliza A.(?) Young, b. abt 1856, AR 2 Alfred A.(?) Young, b. abt 1860, AR 2 Francis M. (?) Young, b. abt 1864, AR 2 Ambrose Young, b. abt 1867, AR 2 John W.(?), b. abt 1870, AR I am particularly interested in finding Minerva Young's maiden name & birth county, ancestry & birth county of William B. Young, and what happened to James C. "Tobe" Young between his marriage on 1 Feb 1874 & the 1880 census which shows Mary Jane already remarried to William Chambers. Does anyone know anything about these Youngs? TIA Linda Cross

Looking for Ella Richardson b. 1872 buried at Bluff City Cemetary. Who were her parents?

Looking for the following Hendersons: Jethro Payton, Samuel, Donnie Anne, Alfred.

There is going to be a genealogy clinic Mar 14 at the Mormon Church in NLR, register at 8:00. Lots of different classes to choose from. Leon Rowland Moore CC for Saline Co., AR Genealogy Page http://www.rootsweb.com/~arsaline ARSALINE-L owner [email protected] WILLS-L owner [email protected]

Have you ever wondered how much genealogy infromation is supplied by Rootweb. The following is the report for December and January I guess this is a new first -- we're posting the January statistics after, in principle, we could have computed the February statistics. Oh well. It's been *extremely* busy around here, dealing with the explosive growth and the many problems caused by the El Nino storms. The executive summary is that we had about 33% growth during just the month of January: o 27,751,946 Web files (20,835,802 in Dec) from 2,400 Websites (2,240 in Dec). - 8,308,561 were HTML pages (not images or cgi-bin) (5,903,137 in Dec). - 3,574,701 were cgi-bin database searches and such. (2,911,509 in Dec). - 15,784,790 were GIFs (14,529,204) or JPEGs (1,255,586) (11,849,905 in Dec were GIFs (10,902,627) or JPEGs (947,279). o 618,762 FTP file downloads from the USGenWeb Archives and the ROOTS-L Library (472,838 in Dec). o Thanks to a neat hack by Tim Pierce, we know we shipped about 88,649,000 pieces of mail to the 2,600+ (2,300 in Dec) mailing lists we host. o 60,000 alt.g and s.g.* Usenet News articles to hosts on three continents (same as Dec). o Approximately 451,786,000,000 bytes in total (321,408,000,000 in Dec). Besides adding hundreds of new Websites and mailing lists in January, we also added new servers and a third and fourth T1 connection to the Internet. (A T1 is about 50 times faster than a standard modem.) These additions have significantly increased our costs of operation, but they were essential if we were to continue to properly support the Internet genealogical community. As always, RootsWeb remains supported by user contributions. Folks who would like to become a RootsWeb Member or Sponsor (the cost is very modest) are invited to visit: http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html *** You can become a Member easily using your credit card and our new secure server. *** Now is a particularly good time for folks to join, because we have had a huge increase in utilization since Christmas. Our bandwidth rate has jumped from 321 to 451 gigabytes/month, and we're having to do numerous upgrades to our servers to support the load. Your membership can help our capacity keep up with the demands of the Internet genealogical community. Thanks to everyone who participates in RootsWeb -- clearly folks are continuing to exchanging a great deal of information! -B -- Dr. Brian Leverich Co-moderator, soc.genealogy.methods/GENMTD-L RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative http://www.rootsweb.com/ P.O. Box 6798, Frazier Park, CA 93222-6798 [email protected] ______________________________ Leon Rowland Moore CC for Saline Co., AR Genealogy Page http://www.rootsweb.com/~arsaline ARSALINE-L owner [email protected] WILLS-L owner [email protected]

I am a new subscriber to the Saline list. My great grandfather was Jefferson Davis Thomason, b. 28-8-1862 in Clark, County, AR. He was the son of James (Jim) Dunlap Thomason, b. in 1820 in SC. and Arizona (Oney) Yeargin. b. 1825 in SC. Jim and Oney moved to Clark County by 1860. (They show up in the 1860 US Census as James and Asony Thomerson). Jeff Thomason married Martha Jane Clements/Clemons ,b. 27-8-1868 in MS, 16-12-1889. martha Jane was the dau. of Jacob Gabriel Clements, b. 8-3-1834 in Rome, GA, and Malita Elvira (Dolly) Odom, b. 7-6-1934 in AL. They had 12 children, 11 of which lived to adulthood. Their first child was Matilita Arizona, My grandmother. I am looking for information on this Thomason family and for living decendents. Will share whar information I have. Wainnette C. Copass [email protected] http://www.aristotle.net/~wcopass/index.html Little Rock Friends Meeting SCYM