Monks Post office WAS around only from 1901 to 1908, when it was closed and the mail sent to Leslie. It was located in sec 10, 14N 15W. JJJ Edna Williams wrote: >I have seen several queries as to where the town on Monks, AR is or was. Apparenntly it was a very small community that was only around a short period of time. I decided to look at my books of marriage records and see what I might find there. > >Book 1 1881-1895 no listings >Book 2 1896-1905 Boyd Watts 25 & Clemmie HUCKABEE 17 (m) Nov 1901 both of Monks > John A. Bryant 22 & Myrtle HOLLABAUGH 17 (m) July 23, 1902 he of Marshall, she of Monks > M. J. Smith 23 & Malinda BRANSCUM 18 (m) July 13 1902 both of Monks > J. N. Redman 19 & Sarah D. GRAY 16 (m) Aug 20, 1903 both of Monks his father W.A. Redman her > consent B. S. Gray. > B. A. Taylor 20 & M. C. SCRIBNER 19 (m) July 10, 1904 both of Monks > W. T. McInturff 44 & Lavinia WATTS 21 (m) Oct 12, 1904 > A. B. Cotton 21 & Marthie GRAY 25 (m) Oct 20 1905 >Book 3 1905-1913 there were nine marriages the last one in 1908 >Book 4. 1913-1916 no marriages >Book 5 1916-1918 no marriages. > >So it would appear that this community was only in existence from about 1901 to 1908 ...I thoought it possible that some one might know these families and be able to know the area they lived and possibly that was the Monks area at some time. > >Good Luck!!! Edna > > > > > >============================== >View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find >marriage announcements and more. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > > >

We are familiar with this area north of Leslie. Some of the people listed at Monks, AR, are in the Watts family and I could give more on them. We never heard of a Post Office called Monks, AR. I wonder how it got a name like that. Wendell Culberson