Thanks. I wondered if there would be something of that sort. W P would be William Pitchford Stone, ggpa that is. St Joe sounds right according to some family stories that have come down. There should be some Hancocks and may a Cruse or two. Any suggestions as to where might I get copies of those pages from the book? As to why the daughters married at Bellfonte, I can only guess it was that the bulk of the family was over there and /or maybe geography had something to do with it. -----Original Message----- From: James Johnston <[email protected]> Sent: May 7, 2005 6:48 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ARSEARCY] 1890 or so There is the Bobbie Mays "1890 Searcy County, Arkansas Personal Property Tax Book" now out of print. It has C R Stone in Tomahawk; W P Stone in St Joe, C T Stone in Calf Creek. JJJ ron stone wrote: >Is there any taxlist/local census or whatever that might fill in a gap? > >I know that my Stone line was in Blount Co AL for their 1866 local census. > >I know that I have found them in Searcy and Boone cos for 1870-80 cen. >We all know that the 1890 census was burned or water destroyed in the fire. > >BLM tells me that ggpa William P Stone homesteaded in Searcy and took >title to land in 1894. (his brothers: Wesley, James & Francis: father was >Wiley) > >I find him in 1900 on the IT census with the remainder of his large family. > >I find his girls married Hancock sons: John m. Mary Etta and James m. Martha. >(Mary Etta and John in Bellfonte..Boone ..1881) > >Lore says that W P Stone and the elder Hancock were neighbors along the Buffalo >while farming in Searcy. > >So back to the first question, what local source(s) might be useful to check >for the period >1880-1 894 when the homestead records exists? > >ron > > >============================== >Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for >ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > > > > > ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx