Calico Rock is not in White County and I doubt that it ever was. It is at least 1 county and maybe 2 removed. Milton Davis May [email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Patton-Crabtree-Langford-Thompson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wV.2ADI/884 Message Board Post: John M. Patton 1833-1905-TN. Thomas J. Patton 1829-1872-S.C. Elizabeth J. "Crabtree" Patton 1834-1924-TN. Wife of T.J. Patton Jane E. Patton 1855-1887-TN. Thomas B. Patton 1857-?-MO. If you have information on these Patton's please e-mail me back.

Searching for Inman/Cooley families. Floreta Matilda Althouse mrd abt. 1881-82, ________Inman. Heard they lived in Calico Rock!? Found Mrs. Matilda Inman living in home of John P. Cooley, 1920 Bald Knob Township Census, his wife Annie, Mrs. Inman listed as Widow and Mother-In-Law. Children living in home: Martha A., John A., Fred S., Irene C., Charlie M., Ruth P. Mrs. Inman was born in Michigan to John W. and Eliza (McKee) Althouse, having lived in Howell County, (Moody), Missouri prior to moving to Arkansas after the 1880 Census. Any help with this family will be appreciated. Thanks in advance....Bev

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: RILEY Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wV.2ADI/881.1.1 Message Board Post: Oooh Peg this is too cool! Feel stupid been looking for Ola and come to find out she's Viola, lol. Should know better...those durn nicknames. Ludean was a doll to do this! Holler at me and let me know - "now what" :) Love ya!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: DAVIS, BURDESHAW Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wV.2ADI/883 Message Board Post: I'm searching for information about Richard W. DAVIS and his wife Mary Ann BURDESHAW (also spelled Burteishan, Birdeshaw, and Birdshaw). Both born 1831 in Georgia; married 9 Dec. 1849 in Randolph County, GA. Listed on 1850 Census, Randolph County, 7th Dist. p. 389. Moved to Henry County, Alabama, where they are listed on the 1860 Census, Kirkland Beat #4, p. 190, with five children. Around 1875 moved to White County, Ark. Listed there for 1880 Census, Kentucky Township, E.D. 292, p. 193, and 1900 Census, E.D. 140, p. 47. Buried in Old Hopewell Cemetery. Richard W. was a circuit-riding Baptist preacher, supposedly the fourth generation to preach the faith. Mary Ann, according to family lore, was part Indian. Son William Harvey DAVIS moved to Texas, also a preacher. In the 1850 Census, poss. candidates for the parents of R.W. DAVIS are Willey and Timey A. DAVIS; likely candidates for the parents of Mary Ann BURDESHAW are Daniel and Rebecca BURDESHAW. Would like cites to any documents confirming that these were their parents; also information about their more distant ancestors and siblings. R.W.'s father must have been a minister, and his mother was named Permilla according to 1880 Census; thus there is reason to doubt Willey (listed as "farmer") and Timey A. were his parents. Please contact me if you know anything about these DAVIS and BURDESHAW family lines. I'd particularly like to know the cites to any primary sources confirming their ancestry (deeds etc.) so I can order copies. Many thanks for any information you can provide. Josh Tate [email protected]

Hi Theresa The cemetery is on the south side (I think) of the fairgrounds - beside the highway department. There are only two stones standing. I am currently working on obtaining info about this cemetery. It was used for many years. You can look at www.rootsweb.com/~arwhite under cemeteries and find a picture, listing and description that a great volunteer put together. I'll let the list know when I find more info. In a separate matter, the Pioneer Village at the fairgrounds is being relocated. The fair needed the space for expansion and the village needs to be down by August. Don't worry though, it will be put back together again at a nice spot in Searcy around the same time. It will have more space and the area will be nicer. Thanks for your question, Shelly Wyatt Keech for the White County Historical Society ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 11:30 AM Subject: [ARWHITE] Fairgrounds Cem. Hi, I am behind in my email but saw the post on the Fairground Cem and wondered if anyone had more info on it? I am wondering if anyone knows how long it was used and where the burial info would be now. Does anyone know exactly where it is at the fairgrounds? I live across from the fairgrounds and never knew it was there. I would like to take my 12 yr daughter over there since now she is very spooked that there are dead people buried across the street:) I think taking flowers over there and showing it to her will ease her fears plus let her learn a little bit about history. Also curious is there a website that has info on the old buildings at the fairgrounds? Does anyone know why they took one of them down a couple of weeks ago? Thanks! Theresa White County surname CORBITT ==== ARWHITE Mailing List ==== Checkout the other lists being watched over by your List Mom; http://mailing_lists.homestead.com/lists.html To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett Arkansas Cemeteries Volunteer Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~arcemete/arcem.htm ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Hi, I am behind in my email but saw the post on the Fairground Cem and wondered if anyone had more info on it? I am wondering if anyone knows how long it was used and where the burial info would be now. Does anyone know exactly where it is at the fairgrounds? I live across from the fairgrounds and never knew it was there. I would like to take my 12 yr daughter over there since now she is very spooked that there are dead people buried across the street:) I think taking flowers over there and showing it to her will ease her fears plus let her learn a little bit about history. Also curious is there a website that has info on the old buildings at the fairgrounds? Does anyone know why they took one of them down a couple of weeks ago? Thanks! Theresa White County surname CORBITT

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/wV.2ADI/162.643 Message Board Post: Catherine Margaret's last name was Kaylor. That has been proven. I believe her husband was Thomas Henry Norman, not Henry Thomas.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Eno, Worley, Ridge, Holland, Rogers Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wV.2ADI/881.1 Message Board Post: I was at the County Clerk office today and here is the info on your marriage look-up. Hope it is what you were looking for. Henry Miller was 24 years old and Viola Riley was 17 years old. Her father submitted a statement giving permission for her to marry. Henry Miller and J. H. (Bud) Ridings signed as security for $100.00 bond. The license was applied for on November 4, 1899. They were married on November 4, 1899 by W. H. Foster, Justice of Peace. The license was recorded on January 4, 1900 by H. A. Smith, County Clerk and J. S. Linscott, deputy county clerk.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Massey Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wV.2ADI/335.520.1 Message Board Post: Hello Cheryl Lea, I just read your message and we are cousins. I'm sorry it has taken me so long to respond. My email address on the message board is old and I go to the site every few months and check to see if anyone has responded. I have just started researching the Massey family. I don't have a lot of information yet. My grandfather was William T. Massey, of ElPaso. My grandmother is Audean and my mom is Sandra. Do you have any information on your Grandparents? My grandmother said that she really didn't know anything since John Lee died before her and my grandfather got married. She said that he never really talked about it and said that John Lee was an orphan. However, I think that John Lee's parents were William S. Massey and Mary Massey. I found them on 1880 White County Census Records. There are three children listed Mary L. age 5, John L. age 7, and Jesse 8 months. I haven't found out what happened to them. The children I have listed for John Lee and Louella are (I found this information in my Grandparents family bible): Baby Boy Massey - born 1892 Roy - born Feb. 26, 1893; died Apr 18, 1976 Love - born 1894 Evelyn - born Nov 22, 1895 Myrtle - born March 11, 1899 Jim - born Feb 1901; died July 8, 1956 Eugene - born between 1905 & 1908 William Thomas - born May 3 1909; died Apr 2, 1994 Fern- born May 27, 1911 Ruby - born Apr 15, 1914 Glen - born June 15, 1917; died Oct 11, 1971 (I see from you message that your father's birthday was in 1916). Burl - born Nov. 20, 1922 I don't have any information on spouses and children of my grandfather's brothers and sisters. If you have any information, I would love to hear from you.

In a message dated 1/24/2002 10:06:05 AM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > Short refers to the post office name. It is in Clay township. Don't > know why the name Short was selected. Clay was in honor of Henry Clay. > That part of the county also has a Dewey (as in Admiral) and a Roosevelt > (as > in Theodore) > Wonder if the Short was named for the Short Line RR in Arkansas?

Since the question about Short in Clay Township has arisen, I'm curious if anyone on the list has any knowledge of brothers John and Bill Short of Clay Township in the early 1900s. My parents bought land on the south bank of Big Creek from these men in the 1930s but by the time I discovered America, they, nor any of their descendants of which I was aware, no longer lived in those parts. Where did the Shorts relocate? Did they have children? John and Bill Short lived on the north side of Big Creek near where Briar Creek empties into it. (Big Creek was a south and sometimes westerly boundary of Clay Township.) My recollection is that their houseplaces were on the Hardcastle land near the gravesite of the child that died from scalding during hog killing and was buried in the yard. (I think this tragedy and gravesite was mentioned on this list a few months back.) And while we're in that vicinity and speaking of isolated graves, does anyone know the identities of about 4 persons who were buried on the bank of Big Creek near State Hwy 16 at the site of the "old" bridge (probably on the old military road)? This site is about 200-300 yards north of the present Big Creek bridge on Hwy 16 and then due west on the near side of the creek. If any gravestones were ever there, they were probably washed away long ago in floods. My recollection of the legend about those graves was that some travelers were camped there, unable to cross the creek and proceed on their journey due to high water, and when these deaths occurred, the people were buried there on the creek bank. I don't know when that old bridge was constructed but these deaths could have occurred even before the bridge was built when there was only a ford across the creek there. My GrGrandfather John Smith homesteaded the land where the graves are located. And speaking of John Smith, he was the one-armed lawman (Constable?) who rode his mule to Clay and arrested the man who had drowned his wife in their dug well. (He threw her in the well and held her under the water with a fence rail.) John Smith put this man on his mule at Clay, brought him to his home, probably just a few hundred yards north of the above mentioned gravesites on Big Creek, gave him a bed for the night, took turns with Mrs. Smith guarding him with a shotgun throughout the night, gave him his breakfast the next morning, put him back on his mule, and took him into Searcy, where he was hanged from a tree on the courthouse square after being found guilty. (Most everyone in this area recalls this notorious story. I think Mrs. C. Presley wrote an account of this a few years back.) Looking forward to any input on these questions and legends, Wendell

Short refers to the post office name. It is in Clay township. Don't know why the name Short was selected. Clay was in honor of Henry Clay. That part of the county also has a Dewey (as in Admiral) and a Roosevelt (as in Theodore) ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 6:20 PM Subject: Re: [ARWHITE] Short Area in White Co. ARK. > Question? > Does anyone know why it was called Short Township? > > Deborah > Magnolia TX > > Research SHORT in White Co. > > > ==== ARWHITE Mailing List ==== > Checkout the other lists being watched over by your List Mom; > http://mailing_lists.homestead.com/lists.html > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > Arkansas Cemeteries Volunteer Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~arcemete/arcem.htm > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Question? Does anyone know why it was called Short Township? Deborah Magnolia TX Research SHORT in White Co.

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/wV.2ADI/882 Message Board Post: Researching Petty-Freeman-Beard families of White county AR. Ab Petty married Elizabeth "Betty" Freeman in 1869 at Smyrna Church in White Cty. Betty later married Charlie Johnson after Absolum "Ab" died. London Freeman Sr. married Lottie Canady around 1866. They had three children that I know of Hannah married Joseph Beard. Martha married Spencer Coleman and London Jr. married Callie Bradford. Most of these families later moved to Monroe County. I am trying to determine if there is a connection between London Freeman Sr's family and my great grandmother ELIZABETH FREEMAN-PETTY-Johnson. Any info will help.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: RILEY, MILLER, WADLEY Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wV.2ADI/881 Message Board Post: I am searching for the White County Marriage for Ola Riley and Henry Miller. This would have taken place sometimes around the 1900's. They had lived in the West Point and Search and Hot Springs areas. My Grandfather ran a sawmill. He was E.M. Riley and my grandmother was Fannie Wadley Riley. Ola was daughter. Thank you. Peggy Reichard

Many items have been added to the Memories of Yesterday feature on the site - and is now alphabetized. If you want to know what was added recently, go to the What's New portion of the site. A new cemetery search feature will be added soon as it works for some of us but not all. No sense in having one that does not work. If you have requested a census lookup in White County, bear with me, these take a while.

The Short Post Office was in existence from 1901 until 1915. Alexander Pool and Joseph S. Walls were the postmasters. The post office was located in Section 34 of T9N, R7W. Today the community is known as Holly Springs (west of Little Red River, we also have a Holly Springs east of the Little Red River) This is 5 miles due east of Letona, and 8 miles due north of Searcy. It is in the south end of Clay Township. Arkansas became a state in 1836, whereas White County was formed in 1835 ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 4:38 PM Subject: [ARWHITE] Short Area in White Co. ARK. > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Hatfield > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wV.2ADI/880 > > Message Board Post: > > Can any one tell me what area of White Co. that an area called Short was in, and what twsp that would be? > What year did Ark. become a state? > Thanks > Dora > > > ==== ARWHITE Mailing List ==== > If you wish to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the White Co., AR list, use > [email protected] or [email protected] if > you are on the Digest list. > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > Arkansas Cemeteries Volunteer Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~arcemete/arcem.htm > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Smith/Christopher Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wV.2ADI/856.1.1 Message Board Post: George Wahington Christopher to Lizzie (Elizabeth?) Smith abt. 1866 or 1867 Marriage Arkansas. Also Andrew W. Christopher to Emma Johnson abt. 1891 or 1892 Marriage Arkansas. Any help would be great. Thank You.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hatfield Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wV.2ADI/880 Message Board Post: Can any one tell me what area of White Co. that an area called Short was in, and what twsp that would be? What year did Ark. become a state? Thanks Dora