Yes, cotton was raised here. My great grand father raised some. Use to be Bragg's building, where the Benton City Hall is now located and they bailed the cotton. Tks, Sam ----- Original Message ----- From: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: <ARSALINE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 10:42 PM Subject: Re: [ARSALINE] Arnold Family Saline County > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: MissLata2 > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.arkansas.counties.saline/1548.1/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > Hello. I would like to suggest that you put a time frame with this. > Also, have you tried looking at the Arkansas Death Index at your nearest > public library. It starts at 1914 and ends with 1948. I have found it very > helpful in the past. > Per chance you are out of state, I would suggest you go to your nearest > Family Life Center, I believe it is called and it is ran by the Mormons. > They have wonderful information that can easily be found and I would think > they would have a copy of the Arkansas Death Index. > To be a sharecropper, more than likely someone was raising cotton. While > my kin once lived in Saline County, I wondered if anyone did raise any > cotton as the land does not appear to favor cotton as a crop, but I guess > it could somewhere in the county. > Reading the census might be helpful. > Good luck. > Linda > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link > above and respond on the board. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ARSALINE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message