Has anybody reprinted "Loyalty on the Frontier"? An index would be wonderful, too. I found my ggg-grandfather, Martin Blair, as one of the badguys (from the author's point of view) acting as a judge in the case of Paris Strickland. This conflicted with our family legend that Martin was shot and killed by Confederate supporters at the end of the war, because he was either a Union supporter, or trying to stay neutral. In lists of the members of the Peace Society, I've found a William Blair; I do not know whether this is Martin's brother, or the other William O. Blair of Searcy County. I think in the mix ups of wartime, people would be killed by their own side, or many guerilla fighters (who claimed to be on one side or the other) were just plain robbers. If anybody knows more about Martin Blair's story, I'd be interested in hearing it. - Heather On Sun, 3 Jun 2001, thesandys wrote: > Well, Heather, We all know that Searcy, Marion and other related counties > were RIPPED > right through the Heart during the civil war........Much of the county was > made of of the "Secret Peace Society" or the "Yeller Rag Boys". As they > were known by friends and neighbors. Paris Strickland and most of his > neighbors were part of that society, including my > Jameson men. Loyalty on the Frontier is a good reference that includes many > of our neighbor's on the Buffalo River.......rather sad reading isn't it??? > The men suffered so and their wives and children too. What a terror filled > life they all lived for so many years because of their beliefs of "Not > suceeding from the Union".....their grandfathers, uncles, cousins and even > father's were back home in the Union States and they DIDN'T want to fight > them. But, because of their resistance to Succession, they were put onto > lists and rounded up and arrested, then marched all the way to Little Rock, > two by two, in log chains, to stand trial for Treason. > > I sometimes feel them looking down on that beautiful land of Forest and > Rivers in Searcy County and smiling that in the end........they won, even > though they lost in the beginning. > > My great grandfather died Feb. 17, 1862, in the Confederate Army of > Arkansas, he fought with his brother-in-law Captain James Harrison Love, who > survived the war. I will never know if Great Grandfather, (like his > brothers, relatives, and friends like Paris Strickland), was in fact in > agreement with them about the Union, but, I suspect he was. The unit he > joined is the one they were "allowed" to join in exchange for not being hung > for Treason. He was a brave man in a sorta "No Win" situation and he didn't > win................He lost his life. (and left a wife and children behind). > Faye in Tx. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Heather Blair <h431@midway.uchicago.edu> > To: <ARSEARCY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2001 10:10 AM > Subject: [ARSEARCY] Paris Strickland > > > > Posted on: Searcy County, Ar Query Forum > > Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ar/Searcy/11602 > > > > Surname: Turney, Strickland, Jones, Blair > > ------------------------- > > > > How are John Gordon Strickland m. Cinthia Robertson related to Samuel > Smith > > Strickland m. Aetna Jane Robertson? Were the two Stricklands and two > Robertsons > > siblings? > > > > I also found a book in the library: > > Bishop, A. W. (Lieut. col. First Arkansas Cavalry volunteers) Loyalty on > > the Frontier, or Sketches of Union Men of the South-west; with incidents > > and adventures in Rebellion on the Border. St Louis (R. P. Studley and > > Co., 1863). > > > > This book gave an account of Paris Strickland's travails during the Civil > > War, and how he had to face a fake trial and was almost executed. It seems > > that Paris was a Union sympathizer, while his father-in-law William Jones > > was a Confederate. Not quite brother-against-brother, but close enough! > > > > I also found William Jones as the official County Judge Searcy County, > > 1862-1864. Source: "Historical Report of the Secretary of State Arkansas > > 1978" ed. Janice Wegener, published by Secretary of State Winston Bryant. > > Vol II, p. 377. > > > > - Heather > > > > > > ============================== > > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > > >

Hi Lori, The fair was great but I was only able to get away from the Watts Family table twice I was so busy visiting with those who came by. Due to this I missed a number of old friends at the other tables who were tied up the same way. Loved every minute of it. Anyway I don't know a thing about those you are inquiring about maybe someone on our list can be of help. You may even find a new cousin or two. Good luck with your research. Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lori Heiberg" <dakatz@btigate.com> To: "Ann McDonald" <amcdonal@sheltonbbs.com> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 8:32 AM Subject: Re: [ARSEARCY] Ancestor Fair > Good Morning Ann, > I'm new to the site. I was wondering during your weekend did you run across the > last name of Hammet. Roxie Mae was born in Searcy County in 1886. > I live in North Dakota and it seems my roots are stretching clear across the > country. > James Houston Hammet and Frances Emily Mason had a large family. James was of > an equally large family himself. His parents were William Alexander Mason and > Catherine Scott. > They are related to us through my Grandmother who was the daughter of Josie > Charlotte Jamison. > I was able find someone of the information through the Ancestor.com but when I > tried to e mail the person who did the research the email address wasn't active > anylonger. I don't have a clue how to get hold of the informant with the piece > that they are missing. > Thanks for your help or anyone else that cares to give me heads up. > Lori > > Ann McDonald wrote: > > > Just got home from the Ancestor Fair. Another great weekend for Searcy > > County researchers. Found many new friends and cousins. Many thanks goes > > out to James Johnson and his lovely wife for all the work they do in > > preparing for this special weekend. > > > > Ann > > Listowner > > > > ============================== > > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > >

Just got home from the Ancestor Fair. Another great weekend for Searcy County researchers. Found many new friends and cousins. Many thanks goes out to James Johnson and his lovely wife for all the work they do in preparing for this special weekend. Ann Listowner

Ginny is a new subscriber maybe someone can help her? Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ginny O'Neal" <goneal@pcis.net> To: <arsearcy-l-request@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2001 2:44 PM Subject: subscribe > I want to subscribe to the Searcy Co. Mailing List. Looking for > information on Benjamin Potter family of 1850's in Leslie AR. > >

The following article from the July 2000 issue of "Bramble Bush," the newsletter of the Historic Genealogical Society of Marion Co AR, might be in interest to some of you. Mysty shakerag@mtnhome.com C H A I N G A N G: T H E A R K A N S A S P E A C E S O C I E T Y By James J. Johnston, 2333 East Oaks Drive, Fayetteville AR 72703 There was pro-Union, anti-secessionist sentiment in many parts of the South in 1861. Going under various local names, Peace Society, Peace and Constitutional Society, Heroes of America, and many others, these "secret, oath-bound" organizations were discovered in 1861 and early 1862 in every Confederate state but Louisiana. In Arkansas those conservatives who opposed secession, and especially opposed military service to dissolve the Union, openly expressed anti-secessionist or pro-Union sentiments prior to the hard fought Secession Convention of February 1861. After Arkansas seceded May 6, pro-Union sentiment became tantamount to treason, and its expression was limited to secret, oath- bound organizations. This paper will give a brief synopsis of the discovery of the secret Unionist/anti-Confederate movement in Arkansas in 1861 and the Arkansas Confederate response. Although there were pro-Union organizations active as early as the secession convention, it was the Confederate efforts to raise troops that brought the anti-secessionists into real conflict with their Confederate neighbors and the Confederate authorities. Immediately after secession, Arkansas' newly formed military board began raising regiments for service both within Arkansas and east of the Mississippi. Even in strongly unionist mountain counties, men were raising Confederate companies, although some enlistees joined only under duress. Private Andrew J. Garner from Searcy County stated, "I was told I could go with Company K, 14th Arkansas or look up a tree to be hanged from." When Garner's one year enlistment was up in 1862, he left for the Federal lines at Helena and enlisted in the Federal Second Arkansas Cavalry. This was a familiar pattern for Arkansas mountaineers. In the Ouachita Mountains of Montgomery, Pike and Polk counties, Unionism was alive and well in the constituency of Pike County's Samuel "Preacher" Kelley, one of the five who had originally voted against secession at the Secession Convention. In October 1861, William Foster of Montgomery County reported sixteen of his neighbors to Governor Henry Rector for expressing pro-Union sentiments. He stated that he was sorry to inform the governor that Abe Lincoln had as many friends in Montgomery County as he did in neighboring Pike and Polk counties, and that they had not gone out of the Union for they stick to the Union yet. He reported an anti-Confederate service organization, a committee of Union men that dared anybody to touch one of them. They did not intend to go fight until they were drafted, and, when their community was canvassed for Confederate volunteers, they had formed a sham company of twenty-five men which would stay at home. Jack and Elijah Putnam let the secret ou! t when they proclaimed, "Boys, come on; you shant have to go off to fight. Join us. We will stay right here." Of the sixteen men named by Foster, three are found in the 16th Arkansas Infantry, but nine enlisted in the Federal Fourth Arkansas Cavalry. Foster knew the sentiments of his neighbors. At the same time that the Putnams were obstructing Confederate recruiting in Montgomery County, General Edmund Burgevin was trying to raise a regiment from north central Arkansas. On October 8, Burgevin wrote to Governor Rector that no company of volunteers had yet reported to him at Carrollton and that there appeared to be a great apathy and want of spirit among the people in that portion of the country. He found that one of his greatest difficulties was that too many men wanted to be captains, and all had excuses for not joining. Burgevin feared that there was wide spread disinclination to enlist, particularly for a longer period than twelve months. During these recruiting efforts, John Holmes, a twenty year old married farm laborer from northwestern Van Buren County, revealed to Confederate authorities that he had been initiated into a secret society opposed to the Confederate war effort, particularly to service in the army. He told enough about the secret society that General Burgevin hurried to Clinton to meet with Colonel Jerome B. Lewis. The Van Buren County militia chief confirmed that a secret anti-Confederate organization existed and informed the General that he had called up one hundred militiamen who were arresting suspected members and who had discovered their constitution and secret signs of recognition. Within three weeks the militia's first lot of twenty-seven prisoners was marched to Little Rock where they were imprisoned. Two days later the Daily State Journal reported that the secret organization was called a Peace and Constitutional Society and that it had 700 members in Searcy, Van Buren, Newton and I! zard counties with 1,700 members throughout the state. They had signs and passwords and were furnished with supplies of money from the Northern camps, as well as arms and ammunition. Their constitution made it obligatory upon every member to risk his life to aid another in distress, and to kill a member who revealed their secrets. Jehoiada J. Ware, a Peace Society leader, was Fulton County's representative to the Thirteenth General Assembly in 1861. He had been in Little Rock at a Special Session of the legislature the second week in November, and was going home through Van Buren County, when he learned that Colonel Lewis was arresting Peace Society members. In one day he rode the seventy-five miles from Clinton to his home where he spent five hours warning fellow society members in Fulton, Marion and Izard counties that they were discovered. Then he and forty men who felt threatened by the discovery of the society fled to Rolla, Missouri. Ware and thirty-five of his fellow Arkansans joined Colonel John S. Phelps' Six-Month Missouri Infantry Volunteers and were sworn in December 1 as Company G. Ware was made captain. The Arkansas volunteers said that a Union society in Izard, Fulton, Independence and Searcy counties was betrayed by a recent member, and was broken and scattered. Other Arkansas Unionist! s continued to join Ware's company so that by the end of the year his company counted seventy-eight men, sixty-three identified from Fulton and neighboring Arkansas counties. After Ware and company left Fulton and Izard counties, those left behind fell under the scrutiny of loyal Confederate citizens. Two vigilante companies began arresting suspected Peace Society members, even pursuing them twenty or twenty-five miles into Missouri as they fled, and hanging two of them. The vigilantes sent their prisoners, whom they did not hang, to Little Rock. Once exposed in Van Buren and Fulton counties, adjoining Izard County discovered, on November 18, that it had a Peace Society problem in Harris and Sylamore Townships on the Searcy County line. It was identified as a secret conspiracy against the laws and liberties of the people, extending from Fulton County through Izard and perhaps Searcy and Van Buren counties. Citizens formed vigilante groups and arrested suspected Peace Society members. An ad hoc investigating committee looked into the secret conspiracy, examined the prisoners and found that the prisoners, and others not located, had formed a secret organization with a constitution, by laws and secret signs. The committee believed that the secret organization was treasonable and dangerous, but that the prisoners, whom they knew, were young and ignorant of the society's aims. Therefore, the committee decided that the prisoners should wipe out their foul stain by enlisting in Confederate service for the war. The committee! gave the forty-seven prisoners the opportunity to enlist and every one of them immediately enrolled as volunteers in the Confederate service. We do not know what the alternative was. The committee reported their actions to the Governor and stated that the volunteers would leave for Colonel Solon Borland's headquarters at Pocahontas as soon as transportation was available. When Borland learned of the Izard County activity, he sent two infantry companies to Sylamore and Harris Townships to suppress the movement, but the troops found that the local citizens had the situation well in hand. Borland reported, ". . . the troubles in that quarter were found to be less serious than they had been represented to me, though they were sufficiently so to require prompt attention. By the time my expedition arrived at the scene of these troubles the loyal citizens of the several neighborhoods had organized themselves into companies of Home Guards for their own protection, and had so far regained the ascendancy as to leave but little more for the force I had . . . than to aid in collecting the prisoners who were taken or had voluntarily given themselves up." Inquiring into the prisoners' character and antecedents, he did not find them "guilty of such overt acts of disloyalty as would warrant any severity of punishment. . . They are not found to have engaged i! n any act of open disloyalty to our Government." The volunteers proclaimed their innocence, alleging that they had been misled by others who had escaped from the country, and in order to prove their sincerity and their loyalty to the South they were willing to volunteer in the military service and take the oath of allegiance. Concurrently, citizens in the eastern Searcy County township of Locust Grove discovered a similar secret society and began arresting their neighbors. On November 20, Samuel Leslie, Searcy County's militia colonel, learned that about one hundred people in Locust Grove Township were arresting and confining their neighbors. At Locust Grove, Leslie found about fifty men from Locust Grove and adjoining Big Flat Townships and from neighboring Sylamore Township, Izard County, who had discovered a secret anti-Confederate society and had turned out voluntarily to arrest the suspected society members. The first man arrested disclosed the whole secret of sworn bond with signs and passwords. The excitement was high and it did not take much urging on the part of local citizens to persuade Leslie to call out the militia. He thought that there would be a premeditated attempt at insurrection. The arrests of these first few days were traumatic and the Peace Society members did a great deal of soul searching to determine what was best for their families. Alexander Copeland discussed with a neighbor whether it was better to remain and take the consequences or try to make their way north through the enemy's country. Benjamin Gary had gone into the woods when he heard of the arrests being made. Militia Captain John Redwine sent word to those hiding in the woods that if they would surrender and come into Burrowville, they would not harm "airy hair" on their heads. Militia squads scoured the Searcy County countryside and took the Union men by force from their homes or wherever they found them and conducted them under close guard to the county seat. Disturbed by their betrayal and the aggressive action of the Arkansas Militia, between thirty and forty Searcy County Peace Society members met to protest the society's innocence. They passed resolutions declaring the peacefulness of the society and their willingness for a full investigation. They declared that the society only intended to protect its members as a last resort, without interfering with any seceder or his property, and claiming for its members only the fundamental right to think and act as independent American citizens. But they also stated that they were ready to take up arms against any body of robbers, North or South, to maintain the peace of their country and to preserve the liberties of its citizens. The members stated they would not submit to being tried for crimes of which they were not guilty and would defend themselves by force of arms. Concurrently at Camp Culloden in south eastern Carroll County, Captain John Homer Scott, commanding Pope County Volunteer Cavalry, discovered another manifestation of the Peace Society and arrested some of its members. Men in Searcy County's Tomahawk Township, north of the Buffalo River, were raising a company to liberate the Peace Society members held in Burrowville and Clinton. Under interrogation, Scott's prisoners identified their neighbors who were pro-Union or who belonged to the Peace Society. In response to this information, Scott began arresting suspected society members who were implicated in the plan to release the prisoners. The ringleaders of the movement were arrested and held, along with twenty others, to be turned over to Confederate authorities in Little Rock. Leslie informed the Governor of the situation in Searcy County and why he had called the militia into service, and asked what the Governor wanted done with the prisoners. Governor Rector received Leslie's report the same day that the first batch of prisoners arrived from Van Buren County, and cabled President Jefferson Davis to report the discovery of a secret conspiracy against the Confederate government. Then he replied to Leslie saying that he regretted extremely that any citizens should prove disloyal, and ordered Leslie to arrest all men in Searcy County friendly to the Lincoln government, or hostile to the Confederate States. He also directed Leslie to march his prisoners to Little Rock where they would be dealt with as enemies of their country. This overrode any promises that the militia officers had made of lenient treatment, or that they would not hurt "airy hair" on their heads. On December 3, Governor Rector advised Secretary of War Judah P. Benjamin that he had notified the President of the arrest of Arkansas citizens involved in a conspiracy against the South, and that he had received no answer. The Governor wanted the approval of the Secretary or the President for enlisting the Izard County prisoners in Confederate service. The Secretary replied two days later that it was impossible for him to give directions without more information and he advised Governor Rector to use his own judgment. In the meantime, the Searcy County Militia continued to arrest their Unionist neighbors until there were eighty prisoners in the log courthouse in Burrowville. On December 9, Leslie started his prisoners for Little Rock, chained in pairs with tap rings around their necks, the rings connected by trace chains, a log chain connected the pairs in one long coffle. The implication was not lost on Benjamin Gary whose family remembered that they were chained like slaves. Leslie's orders to the officer in charge of the escort stated, "Sir, you will convey the prisoners now in your care safely to Little Rock, and there deliver them up to the Executive of the State . . . You will also be careful that they are not mistreated while under your care by anyone." The 125 mile trip took six days and when they arrived the prisoners were marched immediately into the senate chambers, still in chains, where Governor Rector read excerpts from the Confederate constitution and laws about treason. He! informed them that they were guilty of treason according to the law, that they deserved the death penalty, and would be held for trial even if it took several months. The escort officers spoke in the prisoners' behalf and the Governor offered them the opportunity to join the Confederate army in lieu of being tried for treason. Everyone enlisted, except two Baptist preachers whom the Confederates thrust into jail without giving them an opportunity to enlist. The same day that the Burrowville prisoners were started toward Little Rock, Captain Scott ordered a 75 man guard to deliver his prisoners safely into the custody of the Governor. The prisoners included three Missionary Baptist preachers, a Southern Methodist preacher, a schoolteacher, a physician, a tanner and fifteen farmers. All but five of the Camp Culloden prisoners enlisted in Confederate service. Seven Searcy County men who had bound themselves to appear before the Governor enlisted with Captain Scott's prisoners, as well as sixteen Peace Society prisoners from Van Buren County. Despite Rector's threat that the Peace Society prisoners would be held several months for trial, their stay was relatively short. On December 24, thirteen Fulton County prisoners and six witnesses appeared before the Military Board to testify about the secret organization. Seven were held for trial. Of the seven who stood trial, two denied that they knew anything about a secret organization, but four admitted some connection with the Peace Society. All those who testified agreed that the society was for keeping down mobs and protecting their property, and all stated that they were Southern men. The grand jury failed to find true bills against the Peace Society members on charges of treason, so they were given the Confederate oath and released. The Van Buren County prisoners were brought before a grand jury in January which also failed to find true bills against them, because the evidence showed that their offense consisted more of words and threats than overt acts. The priso! ners were released upon taking the oath of allegiance. The Searcy County prisoners were similarly released. The True Democrat feared that when these men were released to go home, that a conflict would arise between them and the citizens whose lives they had threatened. They concluded that if they really favored the South they had an opportunity to show their loyalty; if they favored the North, then they could go north, as it was cheaper to fight them than to feed them.

But look at Maj. John Bradshaw rounded up his brothers cousins Maybe evan a son brother inlaw's and marched them to Little Rock to be tried for Treason i could not have done that in my case i had gg grandfathers uncles involved on both sides some Peace Society some 45th searcy county Militia there is even stories told about some sending slaves with food for the prisoners along the way and the slaves were killed for giving aid to the prisoners kenneth thesandys wrote: > Well, Heather, We all know that Searcy, Marion and other related counties > were RIPPED > right through the Heart during the civil war........Much of the county was > made of of the "Secret Peace Society" or the "Yeller Rag Boys". As they > were known by friends and neighbors. Paris Strickland and most of his > neighbors were part of that society, including my > Jameson men. Loyalty on the Frontier is a good reference that includes many > of our neighbor's on the Buffalo River.......rather sad reading isn't it??? > The men suffered so and their wives and children too. What a terror filled > life they all lived for so many years because of their beliefs of "Not > suceeding from the Union".....their grandfathers, uncles, cousins and even > father's were back home in the Union States and they DIDN'T want to fight > them. But, because of their resistance to Succession, they were put onto > lists and rounded up and arrested, then marched all the way to Little Rock, > two by two, in log chains, to stand trial for Treason. > > I sometimes feel them looking down on that beautiful land of Forest and > Rivers in Searcy County and smiling that in the end........they won, even > though they lost in the beginning. > > My great grandfather died Feb. 17, 1862, in the Confederate Army of > Arkansas, he fought with his brother-in-law Captain James Harrison Love, who > survived the war. I will never know if Great Grandfather, (like his > brothers, relatives, and friends like Paris Strickland), was in fact in > agreement with them about the Union, but, I suspect he was. The unit he > joined is the one they were "allowed" to join in exchange for not being hung > for Treason. He was a brave man in a sorta "No Win" situation and he didn't > win................He lost his life. (and left a wife and children behind). > Faye in Tx. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Heather Blair <h431@midway.uchicago.edu> > To: <ARSEARCY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2001 10:10 AM > Subject: [ARSEARCY] Paris Strickland > > > Posted on: Searcy County, Ar Query Forum > > Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ar/Searcy/11602 > > > > Surname: Turney, Strickland, Jones, Blair > > ------------------------- > > > > How are John Gordon Strickland m. Cinthia Robertson related to Samuel > Smith > > Strickland m. Aetna Jane Robertson? Were the two Stricklands and two > Robertsons > > siblings? > > > > I also found a book in the library: > > Bishop, A. W. (Lieut. col. First Arkansas Cavalry volunteers) Loyalty on > > the Frontier, or Sketches of Union Men of the South-west; with incidents > > and adventures in Rebellion on the Border. St Louis (R. P. Studley and > > Co., 1863). > > > > This book gave an account of Paris Strickland's travails during the Civil > > War, and how he had to face a fake trial and was almost executed. It seems > > that Paris was a Union sympathizer, while his father-in-law William Jones > > was a Confederate. Not quite brother-against-brother, but close enough! > > > > I also found William Jones as the official County Judge Searcy County, > > 1862-1864. Source: "Historical Report of the Secretary of State Arkansas > > 1978" ed. Janice Wegener, published by Secretary of State Winston Bryant. > > Vol II, p. 377. > > > > - Heather > > > > > > ============================== > > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > > > > ============================== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2

Well, Heather, We all know that Searcy, Marion and other related counties were RIPPED right through the Heart during the civil war........Much of the county was made of of the "Secret Peace Society" or the "Yeller Rag Boys". As they were known by friends and neighbors. Paris Strickland and most of his neighbors were part of that society, including my Jameson men. Loyalty on the Frontier is a good reference that includes many of our neighbor's on the Buffalo River.......rather sad reading isn't it??? The men suffered so and their wives and children too. What a terror filled life they all lived for so many years because of their beliefs of "Not suceeding from the Union".....their grandfathers, uncles, cousins and even father's were back home in the Union States and they DIDN'T want to fight them. But, because of their resistance to Succession, they were put onto lists and rounded up and arrested, then marched all the way to Little Rock, two by two, in log chains, to stand trial for Treason. I sometimes feel them looking down on that beautiful land of Forest and Rivers in Searcy County and smiling that in the end........they won, even though they lost in the beginning. My great grandfather died Feb. 17, 1862, in the Confederate Army of Arkansas, he fought with his brother-in-law Captain James Harrison Love, who survived the war. I will never know if Great Grandfather, (like his brothers, relatives, and friends like Paris Strickland), was in fact in agreement with them about the Union, but, I suspect he was. The unit he joined is the one they were "allowed" to join in exchange for not being hung for Treason. He was a brave man in a sorta "No Win" situation and he didn't win................He lost his life. (and left a wife and children behind). Faye in Tx. ----- Original Message ----- From: Heather Blair <h431@midway.uchicago.edu> To: <ARSEARCY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2001 10:10 AM Subject: [ARSEARCY] Paris Strickland > Posted on: Searcy County, Ar Query Forum > Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ar/Searcy/11602 > > Surname: Turney, Strickland, Jones, Blair > ------------------------- > > How are John Gordon Strickland m. Cinthia Robertson related to Samuel Smith > Strickland m. Aetna Jane Robertson? Were the two Stricklands and two Robertsons > siblings? > > I also found a book in the library: > Bishop, A. W. (Lieut. col. First Arkansas Cavalry volunteers) Loyalty on > the Frontier, or Sketches of Union Men of the South-west; with incidents > and adventures in Rebellion on the Border. St Louis (R. P. Studley and > Co., 1863). > > This book gave an account of Paris Strickland's travails during the Civil > War, and how he had to face a fake trial and was almost executed. It seems > that Paris was a Union sympathizer, while his father-in-law William Jones > was a Confederate. Not quite brother-against-brother, but close enough! > > I also found William Jones as the official County Judge Searcy County, > 1862-1864. Source: "Historical Report of the Secretary of State Arkansas > 1978" ed. Janice Wegener, published by Secretary of State Winston Bryant. > Vol II, p. 377. > > - Heather > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB >

Posted on: Searcy Co. Ar Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ar/SearcyObits/10027 Surname: Grahamn, Wilson, Smith ------------------------- I am looking for relatives of Rodger and Mildred Wilson Grahamn. Her mother was Rosa Wilson whose father was John Bunyan Smith, buried in Elberta Cemetary. I am searching for more family history. Thank you for your time.

Posted on: Searcy County, Ar Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ar/Searcy/11604 Surname: Strickland, Bearden, James ------------------------- I have a W.R. Strickland married to Eva Moetta Bearden, daughter of Johnson Bearden? and Clarinda James. Both Bearden and James were in Searcy Co. but they lived in Davis, Ok at one time, and I think are buried there. Clarinda's parents took the children to raise after her death. Do you have any of these names?

Posted on: Searcy County, Ar Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ar/Searcy/11603 Surname: Hurley, Redwine ------------------------- Looking for information on Joseph Hurley b. 1823 in North Carolina d.1911 in Leslie, buried in Kuykendall Cemetery. Married Sarah P. Redwine in 1849

Posted on: Searcy County, Ar Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ar/Searcy/11602 Surname: Turney, Strickland, Jones, Blair ------------------------- How are John Gordon Strickland m. Cinthia Robertson related to Samuel Smith Strickland m. Aetna Jane Robertson? Were the two Stricklands and two Robertsons siblings? I also found a book in the library: Bishop, A. W. (Lieut. col. First Arkansas Cavalry volunteers) Loyalty on the Frontier, or Sketches of Union Men of the South-west; with incidents and adventures in Rebellion on the Border. St Louis (R. P. Studley and Co., 1863). This book gave an account of Paris Strickland's travails during the Civil War, and how he had to face a fake trial and was almost executed. It seems that Paris was a Union sympathizer, while his father-in-law William Jones was a Confederate. Not quite brother-against-brother, but close enough! I also found William Jones as the official County Judge Searcy County, 1862-1864. Source: "Historical Report of the Secretary of State Arkansas 1978" ed. Janice Wegener, published by Secretary of State Winston Bryant. Vol II, p. 377. - Heather

Posted on: Searcy County, Ar Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ar/Searcy/11601 Surname: ------------------------- 1840 Searcy County, Arkansas, Census Listed By Head of Household Alpha Order Census October, 1840, by Joseph Brown, Asst Marshall; Bowman and John C. Turney; aggregated by J.D. Ward; William Noyes certifier. ---------------------------------- Transcribed by John Redmond Stevens 1 June 2001 from S-K Publications xeroxed photocopy. THIS TRANSCRIPTION HAS NOT BEEN PROOF READ AND MIGHT CONTAIN MANY ERRORS - ESPECIALLY ENTRIES FOR PAGE 185 WHICH WAS BARELY LEGIBLE. PLEASE CONTACT ME WITH ANY CORRECTIONS AT: cocostar@sol.racsa.co.cr. I am researching the Brown and Redman families and would appreciate receiving info. ------------- Age Legend:Digits always read left to right and have preceding zeros. 1st Under 5; 2nd 5-9; 3rd 10-14; 4th 15-19; 5th 20-29; 6th 30-39; 7th 40-49; 8th 50-59; 9th 60-69; ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Census SURNAME GIVEN MID PAGE MALES FEMALES Order 35 ADAMS James 184 100001 01001 43 ADAMS Robert 184 1111001 111001 62 ARNOLD Jacob 185 20100001 0111001 63 ARNOLD William 185 0001 1101 52 BAKER Joel 184 313002 11 55 BAKER Jessie 184 211001 01101 59 BAKER Esias 184 10001 00001 61 BAKER Obediah 184 0001200001 000010001 125 BAKER William 187 110001 20001 135 BAKER Thomas 187 1022001 011002 117 BATTERSHELL Freeman 186 100001 11001 120 BEGLEY Henry 187 110001 113201 157 BEGLY John 188 022001 0 171 BLAKE William 188 000000001 00000001 94 BOYCE Thomas H. 186 000111 30001 145 BOYD Charles 187 310001 010001 16 BROWN Rily 183 100011 020002 29 BROWN Wilson 183 311001 10001 48 BROWN Willburn 184 00001 100001 162 BROWN Samuel 188 000000001 0 164 BROWN Elisha 188 011001 122 165 BROWN William 188 1110001 002001 27 BUFORD Thomas 183 110001 1 140 CALAWAY William H. 187 000101 10001 5 CAMPBELL John 183 100001 00001 103 CAMPBELL James Jr 186 21001 00001 104 CAMPBELL James Sr 186 10100001 01120001 143 CAMPBELL David H. 187 00002 20001 37 CARGILE John 184 000100001 00110001 39 CARGILE Vinion E. 184 00001 20001 31 CARGILL Lewis 183 00001 10001 70 CARLTON William 185 00001 1001 24 CARTER John 183 00001 10001 92 CASH John 186 00010001 00300001 93 CASH John H. 186 21001 01001 167 CHURCHWELL Sarah 188 011 01001 42 CLAYTON Beverly W. 184 0030001 011101 95 CLAYTON Elbridge H. 186 10001 00001 8 COOK Thomas 183 311001 00101 21 DAVIS Martha 183 01 011000101 22 DAVIS William 183 1001 0001 139 DAVIS John 187 10001 10001 67 DEAN Andrew 185 0001 1001 68 DEAN Jonathan 185 000000001 00010001 69 DEAN Ebenezer 185 002001 200001 107 DEAN Thomas 186 0011101 102001 124 DEAN Hampton 187 10012 10001 137 DEAN Martin 187 00001 01001 138 DEAN Peleg 187 00001 10001 19 DODSON Isaiah 183 100001 0001 46 DUVALL Benjamin 184 000001 20001 86 ELLIS James 185 011100001 0101001 159 FLY William 188 0010101 12101 156 FOREHAND Jonathan 188 100001 11001 101 FRANKS Lemuel 186 00110001 0020001 47 FUSTON Jeptha L. 184 0000001 0001 119 GEORGE James 186 010001 21101 99 GIBSON John 186 20001 01101 7 GOATS John L. 183 321001 000001 20 GRAHAM James P. 183 00001 0001 115 GRINDER Samuel 186 00001 2001 13 HAIL Edward H. 183 111001 11001 28 HAIL Richard 183 110101 10001 129 HALL Benjamin 187 000001 22101 116 HAMILTON Joseph P. 186 0020001 0102001 3 HAMITT Alexander 183 110011 20001 114 HARRIS Dicey 186 00002 00210001 113 HATCHETT King 186 200001 10001 41 HINCHEY John 184 101001 00001 89 HODGES Isham 185 20001 11001 91 HODGES James C. 186 211001 011001 102 HODGES Jesse 186 00011001 00100001 130 HOLLAND James 187 111101 011101 158 HOLMES Welcomb 188 00001 0001 166 HOLSTEAD Lemuel 188 00001 0 87 HORN Howell 185 00001 0001 88 HORN Harmon 185 1021001 010001 66 HOZER Grenvill E. 185 000001 222001 49 JACKSON Jesse 184 0110001 1101001 51 JACKSON Michael 184 10001 0001 154 JACKSON John B. 188 0001 0001 76 JAMESON Robert 185 00101001 0211001 141 JAMESON John 187 02100001 0012001 26 JAMISON James C. 183 00001 0001 136 JENKINS Job 187 00001 1001 72 JONES William 185 210001 210001 150 JONES Solomon 188 01010001 01101 163 JONES Benjamin 188 00001 0 79 KELLER Richardson 185 000001 301001 122 KESNER Jacob 187 101001 0012001 123 KESNER George W. 187 010001 202011 71 KOONCE Roberson 185 00001 011001 64 LANE Josiah 185 10001 0001 132 LANE Elias 187 112020001 11001001 155 LANE Daniel 188 10001 0001 110 LASLIE Samuel 186 010001 310001 108 LAURENCE William 186 2101001 102001 142 LOVE James H. 187 00001 100001 84 MACKY James 185 1100001 211001 25 MARTIN Hiram 183 30001 0001 90 MARTIN Johnson 185 000001 2001 152 MARTIN Owen 188 0000001 0 153 MARTIN John W. 188 10001 0001 168 MARTIN James B. 188 200000001 10001 149 MATTHEWS Robert 187 000001 0 111 McCALLISTER John R. 186 11001 400001 80 MEEK George W. 185 00001 110001 50 MELTON James 184 02200001 00100001 151 MELTON Andrew J. 188 10001 10001 100 MILLER Samuel 186 101001 102001 131 MOODY Jonathan 187 01001 20001 147 MOODY Sparling 187 00001 00101 148 MORE James 187 110001 100001 9 MORRIS Joseph Q. 183 20101 02011 17 MORRIS Sarah 183 212001 110001 32 PALMER Solomon 184 00001 100001 33 PALMER Jesse 184 110001 00001 38 PALMER Benjamin Jr 184 110001 221001 40 PALMER Benjamin Sr 184 0000100001 0001 44 PARKS Abraham 184 10001 10001 45 PARKS Gibson 184 00001 21001 53 PARKS Theosophilus 184 00030001 00300001 133 PARKS Daniel J. 187 01001 20001 134 PARKS Marshal 187 21001 11001 30 PLANT Hilrey 183 11001 100001 105 PRICHARD Joseph 186 20001 1001 106 PRICHARD Thomas 186 0001 0001 36 RAGLAND Reuben 184 11001 1001 18 REA Joseph 183 00111001 2101001 161 REDMAN Sterling 188 000011 0 56 REEVES Peter Sr 184 000110001 00000001 57 REEVES Peter Jr 184 10001 0001 58 REEVES Asa 184 00001 30001 85 REYNOLDS Elisha 185 0101001 1010001 4 ROBERTSON John P. 183 20002 0001 10 ROBERTSON Vincent 183 2010101 1120001 11 ROBERTSON James D. 183 221001 111001 23 ROBERTSON James 183 0001 0001 96 ROPER Charles 186 00001 00001 109 SANDERS Jessie 186 1101001 013101 118 SANDERS Magor 186 122201 100001 77 SMITH William 185 11401001 02210101 82 SMITH Eleanor 185 2 00001 98 SMITH Alvis 186 010001 21001 146 SMITH David 187 00201001 00020001 112 SOOTER Eli B. 186 30001 00001 97 STEPHENS John 186 20001 00001 75 STILLS Joseph 185 010001 101001 170 STRICKLAND Sintha 188 02 011001 81 TENESON James 185 00001 10001 54 THOMAS Calvin P. 184 00001 10001 12 TUCKER Goodman 183 110001 010001 73 TULL Benjamin 185 100001 122001 83 TURNBOUGH Samuel 185 013001 110001 1 TURNEY Lemuel 183 112001 110001 2 TURNEY Bowman 183 000001 10001 144 TURNEY John C. 187 00001 10001 169 TURNEY Mary 188 001 000100001 65 TYLER Baker 185 10001 0001 128 VASSMORE Hendrick 187 00001 0001 160 WALTON John L. 188 01112 10011 34 WARD Claburn 184 10001 00001 6 WASSON Eli T. 183 00001 10001 126 WATTS Richard 187 00001 10001 127 WATTS John 187 222101 1010101 14 WEST Moses 183 10001 00001 60 WILSON Levi 184 1110001 110201 121 WORLEY Henry B. 187 10000001 020001 78 YATES John 185 00001 2001 15 YOUNG Josiah 183 111001 112001 74 YOUNG John H. 185 110001 211001

Posted on: Searcy County, Ar Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ar/Searcy/11600 Surname: John Harness, Mary Jane TaylorHarness ------------------------- John was the son of Thomas and Rebecca(Barnes)Harness found them in Conway county.Were in Searcy before that.Johns siblings were Emily born abt 1854,Thomas Wilborn abt 1856,James abt 1858,Sarah T.E. Abt 1860,Andrew M. abt 1865,Josephine abt 1868 an Mary A.J.abt 1872 all born in Arkansas. Emily married James Jones an had son Barzila C.Jones about 1875 off (1880 census)any information is aprecteated Thanks in advance Linda

Posted on: Searcy County, Ar Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ar/Searcy/11599 Surname: Thomas and Rebecca ------------------------- Thomas and Rebecca Harness were the parents of John Harness born in 1850 bruied at Love Cem in Alma.Mary Janes grave site is unknown at this time. Any information is greatly aprecieated. Linda

Posted on: Searcy County, Ar Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ar/Searcy/11598 Surname: McKinney, Turney ------------------------- Thanks for the Searcy Co. info. That's my Mary and husband. I will check your source to find if there is any more info.

Posted on: Searcy County, Ar Query Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Ar/Searcy/11597 Surname: Hinchey, Hensley, Renfroe, Wortman, Garner, Horton, Newton, Ford, Ragland, Melton ------------------------- I have some info on where a bunch of the Hincheys are buried. Your may contact me. B Hinchey

Randy, forgot.........Did you notice that the John B. Jones family and Charley Jones family might have come in with you Whites ?? That is 1880 Searcy County....they lived next door and show the same BIRTH patterns of Iowa with the Whites. Faye in Tx. ----- Original Message ----- From: Randy <genealogy@nsci-tulsa.com> To: <ARSEARCY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 8:37 PM Subject: [ARSEARCY] SNOBALL CALFCREEK CEMETERY > Posted on: Searcy County, Ar Query Forum > Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Ar/Searcy/11594 > > Surname: LOVE, WHITE > ------------------------- > > Hello > I'm shooting in the dark here but I'm planning a trip to Searcy in a couple > of weeks to find a old grave yard that has my Love's in it.I'm told they > are close to a creek or river at a old home place at Calfcreek Snoball > ??Are these the same towns ? Can anyone help or know where I should start > to find this cemetery.My aunt was there years ago,but I'm not able to reach > her at this time.Are there any Love decendants still up that way ? I come > down from Willis B. Love and Rebecca White they married in Jackson Ark > in 1871.Willis B. Love was married twice before Rebecca. W.P. White was > Rebecca's brother he was married to Matilda ? in Jackson Ark,1873.The CalfCreek > 1880 census shows these two family's living next door to each other.Thanks > in advance for any directions anyone might have.Willis B Love went by W.B. > Love. > > Randy searching Love's in Searcy. > > > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library >

Yep........we got you way back up in the woodlands to that "almost lost" cemetery on the south side of the Buffalo River.........I haven't had the gutts to visit that one yet.......Your know there was a Christopher Columbus White that lived right there with the Robertson's in the 1860-1890 era.........Those Mastan/Mastin men and Chris.Columbus's "Lum" seem to sorta run in those familys. Christopher C. White married a Hensley girl I THINK.......don't get me to lying or thinking without data. His brother or cousin, Robertson "Robbie" White married Martha Jane Jameson and one of the descendants is Christopher Columbus "Lum" White still living I believe, They moved on to the Indian Territory then California. Faye in Tx. ----- Original Message ----- From: <CCONN2349@aol.com> To: <ARSEARCY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 9:02 AM Subject: Re: [ARSEARCY] SNOBALL CALFCREEK CEMETERY > Boy, I'm in Searcy Co now for the ancestry fair, and we went to Richland to > the Hall Cemetery. I don't remember seeing any LOVE's there, could they be > unmarked graves? I was looking for Cynthia ROBERTSON, but couldn't find her > tombstone. Found her husband Christopher Columbus ROBERTSON. Might have > just missed it. It was quite a trip up to Richland. I wouldn't advise it, > without someone that knows the way. There are not signs or anything. You > just have to find it as the crow flies. :) > > My mom was with me, but she had never been up there even though she lived and > was raised in Snowball. > > Randy, the town is Snowball, the township Calf Creek was a part of Snowball. > The creek runs just north of the town. Not much of a creek anymore looks > to me like. I remember crossing that creek as a child with my grandparents > many times. Don't know the LOVE's and I'm sure Sandy has much more knowledge > of the area than I do. > > Good luck, on your trip. Anyone will be glad to give you directions, > you'll find the folks very friendly. > > Have a good day! > > Cathy SWITZER CONN, > RE: TAYLOR, BAKER, HAMILTON, ROBERTSON, CHADWICK...... > > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! >

Boy, I'm in Searcy Co now for the ancestry fair, and we went to Richland to the Hall Cemetery. I don't remember seeing any LOVE's there, could they be unmarked graves? I was looking for Cynthia ROBERTSON, but couldn't find her tombstone. Found her husband Christopher Columbus ROBERTSON. Might have just missed it. It was quite a trip up to Richland. I wouldn't advise it, without someone that knows the way. There are not signs or anything. You just have to find it as the crow flies. :) My mom was with me, but she had never been up there even though she lived and was raised in Snowball. Randy, the town is Snowball, the township Calf Creek was a part of Snowball. The creek runs just north of the town. Not much of a creek anymore looks to me like. I remember crossing that creek as a child with my grandparents many times. Don't know the LOVE's and I'm sure Sandy has much more knowledge of the area than I do. Good luck, on your trip. Anyone will be glad to give you directions, you'll find the folks very friendly. Have a good day! Cathy SWITZER CONN, RE: TAYLOR, BAKER, HAMILTON, ROBERTSON, CHADWICK......

Randy, our Love's are buried in two cemetery for the most part. One is Love Cemetery Above the Buffalo River, you turn off at St Joe, AR that is north of Marshall....You turn off to the left right in old St. Joe....ask anybody at a house along the way and they will get you there. The cemetery at Snow Ball that I know of our Love's, Cash, Jameson's etc. being buried at in THE HALL Cemetery. It is a good ways in the country out of snowball, and is on Richland Creek.....I think that was Calf Creek Township and Richland Creek Township both in various census. James Harrison Love's wife and children I think are all at Love outside St. Joe.............I have Jameson and Cash and Robertson, etc. all buried at Hall Cemetery too. The went up and down Richland Creek to each other's homes, not over to the highway and way around llike you have to go now by modern highways........there are roads up Richland Creek, but, they go to nowhere basically and are like logging roads. Have fun........I LOVE it there. One of my Jameson girls married Robbie (Robertson) White, White's Bluff was right beside Jameson Bluff on the Buffalo river.........they were 1870's-1880's era marriages. James Harrison Love married my Great Great Grandfather's sister Polly and she died young leaving two small children Susan and I forget he boys name without records in front of me. Faye in Tx. Faye in Tx. ----- Original Message ----- From: Randy <genealogy@nsci-tulsa.com> To: <ARSEARCY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 8:37 PM Subject: [ARSEARCY] SNOBALL CALFCREEK CEMETERY > Posted on: Searcy County, Ar Query Forum > Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Ar/Searcy/11594 > > Surname: LOVE, WHITE > ------------------------- > > Hello > I'm shooting in the dark here but I'm planning a trip to Searcy in a couple > of weeks to find a old grave yard that has my Love's in it.I'm told they > are close to a creek or river at a old home place at Calfcreek Snoball > ??Are these the same towns ? Can anyone help or know where I should start > to find this cemetery.My aunt was there years ago,but I'm not able to reach > her at this time.Are there any Love decendants still up that way ? I come > down from Willis B. Love and Rebecca White they married in Jackson Ark > in 1871.Willis B. Love was married twice before Rebecca. W.P. White was > Rebecca's brother he was married to Matilda ? in Jackson Ark,1873.The CalfCreek > 1880 census shows these two family's living next door to each other.Thanks > in advance for any directions anyone might have.Willis B Love went by W.B. > Love. > > Randy searching Love's in Searcy. > > > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library >