This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/mV.2ADI/591.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks for looking ! I appreciate any help I can get.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hulett, Blann, Bland, Byrd, Ring, Stout Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/mV.2ADI/587.2 Message Board Post: The only thing I can find in the Sharp County Cemetery book is a John Sanders buried in Bowles Cemetery b.2/22/1831 and d.3/13/1882. I am not sure where Bowles is located and there is no listing for Margaret. Sorry, Larry

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hulett, Blann, Bland, Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/mV.2ADI/591.1 Message Board Post: I have a copy of the cemetery book in your posting. The index does not have a Thomas or Mary Barnes. Sorry, Larry

Hello Meg Barnett, Would you have any other info about this family listed below? I think that Oda Ritchie was a TINDEL by birth. Thanks for your posting. Ginny xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --John Van Ritchie: Date of birth 9 February 1879; age 39; permanent address Center, Sharp Co., AR; farming in Center, AR; next of kin Oda Ritchie, Center, AR; medium height, slender, blue eyes, light hair, no disability.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ARMSTRONG, SANDEFER, RITCHIE, TURNER, COPELAND, MILLS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/mV.2ADI/606 Message Board Post: A tremendous resource has just been released to subscribers at Ancestry.com, and I've been very busy mining the World War I draft registrations records for Sharp Co., AR connections. In 1917, every U.S. male (of any race) between the ages of 18 and 45 was required to register under the Selective Service act. These registration cards, filled out in the presence of the registrant and signed by him, carry a variety of genealogical information that I frankly don't imagine I'd find anywhere else. Not all cards are identical-- there seems to be three types, with slightly different questions on each. But for me, the most fascinating are the questions that tell me the registrant's height, build, hair and eye color, and any disability he might have -- a physical description of ancestors and collateral kin that makes them much more alive to me. And the breadth of this picture is enormous. As Ancestry puts it: "In 1917 and 1918, approximately 24 million men living in the United ! States completed a World War I draft registration card. These registration cards represent approximately 98% of the men under the age of 46. The total U.S. population in 1917-1918 was about 100 million individuals. In other words, close to 25% of the total population is represented in these records." I have an ongoing project to track the migration of several white family lines from Sharp Co., AR who relocated in North Texas during the 1870s to 1890s, primarily in Montague Co., TX. They also spread out into Oklahoma. These families include the Ritchies, Turners, Sandefers, Armstrongs, and intermarried lines. This was a serious mass translocation, a cultural event. (Thanks here to Dr. George Schweitzer for the training which taught me that the notion of an individual pioneer family harking off West into the wilderness is an American myth. Most of the time, migration was a collaborative effort between a group of intermarried families of no fewer than 40 individuals, and knowing this makes a critical difference in trying to trace/prove movement using just census records, which is often all we have.) I wanted to share the extraction I've done over the last week regarding some of these lines whose origins were in McNairy Co. Please note: I have faithfully copied the o! riginal spelling on these cards, which is for me settling many disputed variations on name spelling. If a man signs his name with a particular spelling, that's a primary source record and good enough for me. Also, not EVERY scrap of info on these registrations are reproduced below -- go to the original record for that -- but I believe I've included everything of general genealogical use. If you are an Ancestry subcriber, I encourage you to use this resource to track your own lines -- the results are worth the effort. Enjoy. -- Meg Barnett World War I Draft Registration Records Sharp Co., AR --Cleo Littleton Sandefer: Date of birth 24 September 1899; age 18; permanent address Center, Sharp Co., AR; laborer for Maude Sandefer, Center, AR; next of kin Martha A. Sandefer, Center, AR; short, slender, black hair, black eyes, no disability. Note: Barely able to sign own name, left letters out. --Everett Ritchie: Date of birth 24 July 1892; age 24; permanent address Ash Flat, AR; born in same; school teacher at Greenfield Public School, Greenfield, AR; has wife and one child; seeks exemption because of dependent relatives; tall, clender, gray eyes, light hair, not bald, no disability. --James Harve Ritchie: Date of birth 23 December 1880; age 38; permanent address Ash Flat, Sharp Co., AR; farming for self in Ash Flat, AR; next of kin is wife Ota Ritchie in Ash Flat, AR; tall, medium build, gray eyes, dark hair, no disability. --Jessie Harmon Ritchie: Date of birth 23 February 1879; age 39; permanent address Kings Mills, Sharp Co., AR; farming for self in Kings Mills, AR; wife Amy Ritchie in Kings Mills; short, slender, blue eyes, dark hair, no disability. --Joseph Henry Ritchie: Date of birth 7 June 1873; age 45; permanent address Ash Flat, Sharp Co., AR; farming; next of kin Maggie Lou Ritchie in Ash Flat, AR; medium height, stout build, gray eyes, black hair, has one eye. --John Van Ritchie: Date of birth 9 February 1879; age 39; permanent address Center, Sharp Co., AR; farming in Center, AR; next of kin Oda Ritchie, Center, AR; medium height, slender, blue eyes, light hair, no disability. Montague Co., TX --Albert B. Sandefer: Date of birth 10 December 1890; age 26; permanent address Stoneburg, TX; born in Sharp Co., AR; farming for self on father's farm; married with one child; seeks exemption because of wife and baby; medium height and build, blue eyes, black hair, no disability. --Virgil E. Sandefer: Date of birth 4 December 1892; age 24; permanent address Nocona, TX; b. Stoneburg, TX; barber; has wife; medium height, slender build, gray eyes, light brown hair, no disability. --William Alexander Sandefer: Date of birth 19 December 1885; age 32; permanent address Nocona, TX; barber in Nocona; next of kin is wife Edna Sandefer, Nocona; medium height, slender build, brown eyes, dark hair, no disability. --Eugene Elmo Ritchie: Date of birth 24 January 1895; age 22; permanent address Montague, TX; born in Montague, TX; farmer employed by A.W. Ritchie in Montague; single; medium height, slender, blue eyes, black hair, has one blind eye. --Lenard West Ritchie: Date of birth 12 August 1895; age 21; permanent address Rte. 5, Bowie, TX; born in Stoneburg, TX; farming for self, employed at J.F. Yowell's farm in Stoneburg; has wife; claims exemption for "family occupation"; medium height and build; light blue eyes; light brown hair; not bald; no disability; signs as L.W. Ritchie, so cannot tell if "Lenard" is his spelling or that of record-keeper. --Marshall B. Ritchie: Date of birth 23 August 1891; age 25; permanent address Bowie, TX; b. Stoneburg, TX; farmer for self; has wife; claims exemption to support wife; tall, slender, blue eyes, light brown hair, not bald, no disability. --(Note: Mills intermarried with Turners in Montague Co., these are some of their descendants:) --Charles Otis Mills: Date of birth 19 February 1900; age 18; permanent address RR 2, Nocona, Montague Co., TX; farmer employed by Mrs. M.E. Mills, RR 2, Nocona, TX (who is also his next of kin); tall, medium build, gray eyes, dark hair, no disability. --Edd Marvin Mills: Date of birth 11 March 1895; age 22; permanent address Rte 2, Nocona, TX; born in Dallas, TX; farming for self 6 miles west of Montague; has wife and 1 cild; seeks exemption because of "family to support"; tall, medium build, blue eyes, brown hair, not bald, no disability. --Ernest Luther Mills: Date of birth 21 June 1892; age 25; permanent address Nocona, TX; b. Dallas Co., TX; farmer for self in Montague Co.; has wife and child; seeks exemption for "dependent family"; tall, slender, blue eyes, blonde hair, not bald, no disability. --Homer Clyde Mills: Date of birth 5 April 1898; age 20; permanent address Rte 2, Nocona, Montague Co., TX; farming for self; next of kin Jessie Belle Mills, Rte 2, Nocona, TX; medium height and build, blue eyes, auburn hair, no disability --Hope Mills: Date of birth 7 March 1896; age 21; permanent address Rte 2, Nocona, TX; b. Montague Co., TX; farming for self and mother near Montague; has 4 sisters under 12 who are dependents; single; tall, medium build, blue eyes, brown hair, not bald, no disability. --Walter Mills: Date of birth 26 April 1890; age 27; permanent address Rte 2, Nocona, TX; b. Dallas Co., TX; farmer for self in Nocona; has wife and child; seeks exemption; tall, medium build, blue eyes, blond hair, not bald, no disability. --(Note: Copeland married a Turner, these are some of their descendants:) --Hill E Copeland, b. 27 Oct 1893, age 23, permanent address Belcherville, TX; born in Belcherville, TX; employed as a dairyman by L.A. Claury? Co., Los Angeles, CA; single; no next of kin listed; tall, medium build, blue eyes, brown hair, no disability --Isaac Hubert Copeland, b. 8 Dec 1897, age 20; perm address RFD1, Belcherville, Montague Co., TX; employed in farming; next of kin Martha S. Copeland, Belcherville, TX; tall, slender, blue eyes, brown hair, no disability Taylor Co., TX --Jefferson Davis Sandefer Jr.: Date of birth 29 October 1899; age 18; permanent address on N. Hickory, Abilene, Taylor Co., TX; student at Simmons College; next of kin Jefferson Davis Sandefer Sr., N. Hickory, Abilene, TX; Washita Co., OK --James R. Armstrong: Date of birth 19 May 1876; age 45; permanent address RFD 1, Dill, OK; farmer; next of kin Goldie Armstrong, Dill, OK; short; medium build; gray eyes; dark hair; no disability. --Loyd T. Armstrong: Date of birth 16 December 1896; age 21; permanent address Rte. 1, Dill, OK; b. AR; works for self on farm; wife Nannie Armstrong, Dill, OK; medium height and build; brown eyes, brown hair; no disability

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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: RENFROE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/mV.2ADI/605 Message Board Post: Looking for relatives or some one with information about JOSEPH RENFROE and wife AMANDA ??? RENFROE Joseph and Amanda were the parents of 3 children. 1. ROBERT RENFROE born 1876 in Arkansas 2. FULELLO RENFROE born 1877 in Arkansas 3. CAVORI RENFROE born 1889 in Arkansas as according to the 1880 census, and have not found them after that. I seen that there was a lot of RENFROE's in the north half of the state in a lot of the counties, Pope, Searcy, Van Buren, Newton, Conway, Crawford, Lawrence, Green, just to name a few from the mid 1800's to the early 1900's If there is any one that has any info on these persons or knows any one that might know of these parents and their children of Joseph and Amanda, please let me know. Joseph was born 1854 in Illinois, Amanda was born 1855 in MS. May God Bless you.

WOW!!! Thank you for posting that! Now I'll never get anything else done. :-( Dale

This is a wonderful site, I've played around with it all morning. Have to thank GSSC member Wilma Martin with sharing the info. Ellen Reesh The LDS Family History Library has announced that it has begun the process of digitizing and making available on the Internet all of the Family History books in their collection. About 5000 books have been digitized and are available, and they have announced that they are adding about 100 titles a week to the on-line collection. Go to the web site of the Harold B. Lee Library at BYU, http://www.lib.byu.edu/ From the list of collections that are displayed, choose: "On Line Collections at BYU" Choose the TAB "Text Collections" And, finally, "Family History Archive"

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Gardner-Chamberlain-Cates-Lott Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/mV.2ADI/604.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks so much, Johnny. This Gardner family from Scott twsp is very similiar to the James H. Gardner family listed on the Piney Fork twsp in 1860. I tried to find a connection with the Scott family but could not. My James H. Gardner m. Susan Cates and several of the off spring have names like the Scott family - who btw have a Gardner cemetery in the area. James H. and Susan Gardner of Piney Fork may have died between 1860-80; my grandfather Nathan Franklin Gardner b 1867 I believe lived with the Chamberlain family then moved down to Polk Co. with the Anderson family. In my early research it appeared that these two Gardner families who lived close to each other might be related but I just couldn't find a connection. Thank you so much for helping...I appreciate it. Janice Gardner K.

These are HOHs listed in Sharp Co. 1900 Sharp Co. Gardner, C.W. 29 AR John 61 TN Maud 22 AR Westley 33 MO Worley 26 AR 1910 Sharp Co. Gardner, Allen 15 AR 1880 census index is available at http://familysearch.org.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/mV.2ADI/604.1 Message Board Post: Hello Jan, Without more information on this family it will be hard to know for sure who is in this family. I did find in 1880 Scott, Sharp Co. a John A. Gardner Age 41, Born TN and his family living next door to a Robert B. Gardner Age 44, Born TN and his family, also with him is his mother, Susan. Susan was 65 and born in AL. Could this be part of the family you are looking for ? You can search for this family yourself, free at: http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=census/search_census.asp I hope this helps you some. Johnny

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/mV.2ADI/604 Message Board Post: Would someone with the 1880-1910 census for Sharp Co check for any member of a Gardner family. The names might be James H., Isaac, Thomas, James Thomas, and others. There were several male children born to James H. and Susan Gardner in the 1850-60s. I have been unable to locate after the 1870 census. Some family may have gone to Texas but possible returned later to Sharp. Thank you so much.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Fletcher Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/mV.2ADI/580.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks to you Larry. This is what I needed. I had a very blurred actual census and it was impossible to read. Now, thanks to your post, I can record this. I appreciate you help so much. Eva

I have used this to collect records for almost all of my family members. I wish all states had this .Shelda in AZ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dale Marr" <marrdye@sbcglobal.net> To: <ARSHARP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 11:05 AM Subject: [ARSHARP] Arizona Birth & Death Records > Thought some of you might like to know about this site since our research > isn't always limited to Arkansas. > > This site has Arizona birth certificates older than 75 years and death > certificates older than 50 years. It's not just an index. You can see > actual copies (PDF) of the documents. > > http://genealogy.az.gov/ > > Now if we could just get the state of Arkansas to put up such a site... > <sigh> > > Dale > > > ==== ARSHARP Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, > political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal > messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be > grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen > Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HULETT, STOUT, RING, WARREN, BLANN Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/mV.2ADI/580.1 Message Board Post: Here is what I found: Piney Fork, Sharp County, Arkansas, Page 114A LINE, DWELLING, NAME, RELATION, RACE, SEX, BIRTH, AGE, MARRIED, YEARS, CHILD, LIVING CHILDREN, BIRTH STATE, FATHERS, MOTHERS, OCCUPATION 32,119,119, Fletcher William, Head, W, M, APR 1852, 48, M, 26, , , TN, TN, TN, FARMER 32,119,119, Fletcher Mary L , WIFE, W, F, JULY 1850, 50, M, 26, 1, 1, TN, TN, TN 32,119,119, Fletcher Charley G, SON, W, M, MAY 1880, 20, M, 1, , , AR, TN, TN 32,119,119, Fletcher Leona ,D-IN LAW, W, F, JUNE 1884, 16, M, 1, 0, 0, AR, AR, AR 32,119,119, Fletcher John J, FATHER, W, M, FEB 1822, 78, M, 17, , , TN, TN, TN, FARM LABORER

Dale Marr wrote: >Thought some of you might like to know about this site since our research isn't always limited to Arkansas. > >This site has Arizona birth certificates older than 75 years and death certificates older than 50 years. It's not just an index. You can see actual copies (PDF) of the documents. > >http://genealogy.az.gov/ > >Now if we could just get the state of Arkansas to put up such a site... <sigh> > >Dale > > > > > Dale, Since you are passing along good sits, thought I'd pass one of mine. Anyone researching in West Virginia should check this one out, www.wvculture.org it also has death certificates on line (PDF). Marriage and Birth records are also on line although not all counties are up yet. It's a wonderful site. Ellen Tolleson Reesh (CA)

Thought some of you might like to know about this site since our research isn't always limited to Arkansas. This site has Arizona birth certificates older than 75 years and death certificates older than 50 years. It's not just an index. You can see actual copies (PDF) of the documents. http://genealogy.az.gov/ Now if we could just get the state of Arkansas to put up such a site... <sigh> Dale

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Damron Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/mV.2ADI/603 Message Board Post: Vern King is looking for his mother's obit. She is buried in Maxville Cemetery. Her death death is 3-31-1991 found in SSDI records, showing she died in Sharp County. Vern and his siblings were separated from his parents at a young age. Please contact Vern at : vhking1@comcast.net Thank you for your help in this matter

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Price Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/mV.2ADI/598.1 Message Board Post: Hello, I am a researcher and not related. I found this mention of W. H. H. Price in the Abstracts of Sharp County Record Newspaper compiled by Desmond Walls Allen. Thursday, May 7, 1891 Notice to Stock Raisers: I will stand the celebrated stallion, Joe Brown, and John, the black Spanish Jack, at my stables on the Buck Price farm, one mile South of Calamine, the ensuing season from April 1st to June 15th, 1891, at $5 and $6 by the insurance, money due when the fact is ascertained or mare traded. Pedigrees and other particulars made known on application . .....W. H. H. Price