Looking for information on my great grandparents. Marion Francis Throne bury b. Nov. 25, 1858, d. May 27, 1943 in Hagarville, Ark., son of James Louis Thronebury, married to Rebecca Francis Delila Jane King, mothers maiden name was Flannigan. James Louis Thronbury's mothers maiden name was Wooldridge. Any and all information would be greatly appreciated. Sandy noordhof@fcg.net

Randy, I took a look at your site and found a reference to: John R. HALL Born: ABT 1819 at: South Carolina My wife is related to some Halls from Scott County, also. Delaine helped me find out some new info about them. One of them is a James Carter HALL born in South Carolina. He died during the Civil War, but had a son James Carter, Jr. in 1843 in Alabama. Thus, it is possible he was born about the same time as John R. HALL, your relative. Is it possible that they were brothers or cousins? It seems likely to me since families often migrated together. James Carter Hall, Sr. moved to Arkansas in 1860. Bryan Fuxa Alva, Oklahoma bdfuxa@minnie.nwalva.edu >Delaine; > Great way to get us talking about our lines. I have had the following >surnames showing up in Scott County: Bottoms, Woodards, Moore, Pool, Payne, >Hall, Mitchell. The earliest record for Scott County is about 1879. >However, in Yell County it is as early as 1854. They seem to move quite a >bit between Yell and Scott County. I looked for county line changes but >could not find any. So when I look at the census records I end up looking >at both counties. The Bottoms' came from Georgia via Tennessee. The >Woodard's and Moore's came from Mississippi and the Pool's and Hall's came >via Alabama. The Mitchell's from Tennessee. The Payne's is anybodies guess >at this point. It is family legends that there were participants in the >civil war from these lines but I have yet to confirm who and where. > >For detail information on my Scott County lines, see my WEB page at ><http://users.arn.net/~billnich/home.html>. > > > >Randy D. Nichols >Amarillo, Texas >E-Mail: randyn@cactusfeeders.com > > > ********************************************* Bryan Fuxa Instructor of Mathematics Northwestern Oklahoma State University bdfuxa@ranger2.nwalva.edu ------------------------------

The only time I can recall being in Scott Co was in 1956, and I was on a bus heading for Fort Chaffee and it was night time. So I have no idea what the terrain and people are like, nor do I yet know much about the history of the area. But my ancestors were early settlers there, arriving when Scott was still part of Crawford Co. Elias H. Hay(e)s acquired 120 acres of land in 1839, probably near Boles in Mountain Township (at least, that's where he lived later on). He was born in SC, but I've been unable to connect him with any of the Hays/Hayes families in that state, of which there were several in the late 1700s. According to family tradition, Elias was part Cherokee, so it's likely that he came from the high hill country in the northwestern part of SC, for that is where the Cherokee were located. Elias's wife was Luquetha Catherine, last name unknown, who was born circa 1821-3 in PA. It's unknown when and where they got married, but possibly in 1839 or 1840 in Scott Co, for their first child was born in Feb 1841 near Boles. Due to conflicting dates on the censuses, Elias's birth year is not precisely known, but he was born in the time frame 1800-11. Since he would have been 28 to 39 years old in 1839, it is possible that Luquetha was his second wife. It is also unknown whether Elias came to Scott Co straight from SC or spent time elsewhere in between. Some other Hay(e)ses appeared in the area later on; they may have been relatives of Elias, but I cannot verify that fact. Most of them were also born in SC, but some of their children were born in TN. Thus, it's also possible that Elias spent some time in TN. Elias and Luquetha had 11 children (Archibald Yell, Spencer P., Sarah G., Napoleon B., Washington, Edward W., Louisa, Thomas Peter, Kessiah Kiziar, Columbus G., and Elisabeth) born between 1841 and 1866. I have no info on the spouses and descendants of these children, with the sole exception of Archibald, who was my GgF. He married Sarah Elizabeth Ann Gray, who was born in 1845 in IL; they lived near Boles for a while, then moved to Cedarville in Van Buren Co, where Sarah died. Archibald later moved to Rich Mountain in Polk Co and died in 1911 in Montgomery Co. Elias and Luquetha apparently died before 1880, possibly in Scott Co, but that isn't known for sure. Since I live in NC, it's kind of difficult to get info on AR families. I have received some great help from Delaine and another lady whose name escapes me at the moment, but is very knowledgible about Scott and adjacent counties. If anyone happens to have a connection with the folks named above or knows of someone who does, I'd be pleased to hear from you. LV Hayes lvhayes@worldnet.att.net ------------------------------

Ancestor of most interest to me in Scott County, AR is John Dill who lived in the Northern Part of Scott County from ca 1859 until ca 1874. This area (Golden City, Boone twp) went into the new Sarber / Logan County, AR when it formed. John's father, Elijah Dill, moved from White County, TN to Arkansas ca 1833. By 1836 the family was living on Blair's Creek (near Cane Hill) in Washington County, AR. I have been following a number of associated/related families from Jackson and White County, TN. Some of these families moved into Washington County, Arkansas in the early 1830's but by the early 1840's had moved UP into Newton and Barry County, MO. By the late 1850's members of some of these families were moving DOWN into northern Scott County, Arkansas. The families I have been following have been easier than many to trace because of their strong pro Union stance in the Civil War. (TIP - If someone you are interested in served in the Union Army and drew a pension, it might be money well spent to obtain (NOT JUST the part the archives sends first, but ALL OF) their Union pension record. Almost ALL of the Union pension records have some genealogy information in them and about 20% of the records I have obtained have been GOLD MINES. My GG.grandfather, John and my G.grandfather Wesley Dill both served and had very good (useful) pension records BUT THE BEST FAMILY INFORMATION CAME FROM THE RECORDS OF A JOSEPH WILLIAMS WHO WAS MARRIED TO ONE OF JOHN DILL'S SISTERS, ELIZABETH DILL. If you luck into a record (and I did several times) where the family was unlucky enough to have a Special Examiner appointed, then there is no limit to what you may find - some of mine had copies of Bible records, etc...) Reading in the pension records of Joseph Williams, for example, I learned that his family made 3 or 4 major moves between Newton, MO; Washington, AR, and Scott, AR between 1849 and 1861. The census records didn't indicate any of this. John Dill's family pulled out of Scott in the early 1860's and moved back to Newton, MO (where they had kin). In 1866 and 1867 they tried Kansas but by 1868 they were in land records back in Scott County, AR where they showed up on the 1870 census just like they'd been there all along. John Dill moved to Sebastian County, AR in ca 1874 and lived out his life there. I would be interested in hearing from anyone whose family might fit into this group. I would very much like to locate someone researching the GRAHAM families from Golden City and the Galion (Gallion) family. These families appear to be from Illinois in the census records but they are associated families which moved from Jackson & White, TN up into McDonough and Hancock Counties of Illinois in the 1830's, to Newton County, MO in the early 1840's and then into Scott later. I am also interested in Elijah Dill (son of John, above), William Odum, the Sturgeon family and the family of James Ford who all lived near Blackfork, Scott County ca 1889. These are all families with ties to my DILL line. John Dill ( johndill@ipa.net ) ------------------------------

Delaine; Great way to get us talking about our lines. I have had the following surnames showing up in Scott County: Bottoms, Woodards, Moore, Pool, Payne, Hall, Mitchell. The earliest record for Scott County is about 1879. However, in Yell County it is as early as 1854. They seem to move quite a bit between Yell and Scott County. I looked for county line changes but could not find any. So when I look at the census records I end up looking at both counties. The Bottoms' came from Georgia via Tennessee. The Woodard's and Moore's came from Mississippi and the Pool's and Hall's came via Alabama. The Mitchell's from Tennessee. The Payne's is anybodies guess at this point. It is family legends that there were participants in the civil war from these lines but I have yet to confirm who and where. For detail information on my Scott County lines, see my WEB page at <http://users.arn.net/~billnich/home.html>. Randy D. Nichols Amarillo, Texas E-Mail: randyn@cactusfeeders.com ------------------------------

At 11:31 AM 5/17/97 -0500, Norman Blansett wrote: >My ancestors lived in Jackson and Dekalb counties, alabama. My grandfather >,Thompson Blancett, migrated from Valley Head,Dekalb County,Al to Randolph >County, Ar. I've often wondered who Blansett Township was named for? Does anyone know? There was a post office at Blansett from 1877 to 1942; however, no postmasters listed by the name Blansett. Also, the township had already been formed by at least 1870. Hope someone has additional information about this. Delaine ------------------------------

At 10:37 AM 5/17/97 -0500, Sue Airhart wrote: >Delaine, the Scott Co ancestors I am researching, were evidently >there for only a few years. George Herndon Burr, b. Warren Co, KY (I >think) KY anyway, son of Peter and Nancy Burr, was too young to serve >in the Civil War.[snipped] Sue, Have you thought about the possibility of George Burr coming to Scott Co. with some of his wife's folks? There is a Speaks family on the 1900 census; he was age 51 and born in MO as was George's wife, Afrareta. If you'll Email me privately I'll send you this census data. Delaine ------------------------------

I've often been fascinated by this question. When did your ancestors arrive in Scott County, Arkansas? Where did they come from and who came with them? Some of my husband's Scott County ancestors were the Kilburns and Newborns who settled here in Park Township in the late 1850s. They migrated here from Lawrence County, Tennessee and other families who had married the Kilburn children came with them; in addition to the Newborns were the Womack and Snow families and probably others as well. All of them seem to have stopped enroute in Missouri, probably Webster County, for a few years before arriving in Scott County. I know little of the prior residences or migrations of Scott County residents but am aware of a migration from DeKalb County, Alabama into Scott County by various families who mostly settled in Park Township: the Hawkins, Hollemans, McNutts, Frosts and probably others. There was another large migration into the county from Georgia; I can't at the moment recall which families or the Georgia county from which they came. Did your ancestor serve from Scott County during the Civil War? There is now a link on the Scott County webpage to a history of the 19th (Dawson's) Infantry Regiment, CSA, of which Company H was raised mostly in Scott County. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be a roster of the names of the men who served included in this information. Some from here also served in the Union forces and, of course, some served in both. Delaine ------------------------------

Hello to all of you: I believe there are about 20 of us subscribed to this new list as of this morning. I am Delaine Edwards, the listowner, and county coordinator for the Scott County Arkansas webpage of the ARGenWeb project. If you haven't visited the page, it's located at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~arscott/scott.htm Nothing fancy there as far as webpages go; my main objective is to have a page that will load quickly for most browsers and also (hopefully) to have some useful research links and information of help to Scott County researchers. Check out the "lookups" page if you visit; volunteers L. Dale Epperson, Jean Jones, and myself will be glad to do lookups in any of the available information that is listed there. I've also added a few new links lately and would be glad to know about any others any of you may find that you think will be useful to Scott County researchers. This list can be used for whatever any of you wish to discuss: research problems you're having in Scott County, a listing of the families you're researching, just whatever you would like to discuss with the other members of the list. To send a message to everyone on the list, just address it to: ARSCOTT-L@rootsweb.com Anyway, welcome aboard everyone and I hope this will turn out to be an active and useful list to all of you! Delaine Edwards ------------------------------