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/AW.2ADE/857.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hello Evelyn, I searched the Woodruff County Cemetery Records for a Junior and only found one listed, J. W. Junior, born 1889 and died 1943, buried Hunter Cemetery, South Part. I will keep looking and see if I can find anything else for you. Best regards, Gary Telford Family Roots Woodruff County Monitor wgt@centurytel.net

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/AW.2ADE/849.1.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Hello Evelyn, Dark Corner: Located about four miles south of Cotton Plant on Highway 17, or about six miles from Brinkley. It's name derived from the many colored people that lived there. I have a file on Benjamin Franklin Parker, born 1881 and died July 30, 1951. He is buried in Trice Cemetery, Cotton Plant, AR in an unmarked grave, as of 1978. His wife was Mattie Lillian Crafford born July 2, 1891, death date not listed in my file. They were the parents of eight known children which I have listed without dates. Best regards, Gary Telford Family Roots Woodruff County Monitor wgt@centurytel.net

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MOORE, PARKER, ADAIR Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AW.2ADE/849.1.2.1 Message Board Post: This search about Dark Corner is very near to my heart too. Why was such a name given, and exactly where is is located??? My Grandparents, WILLIAM JASPER and PRUDENCE ANN PARKER MOORE, were from that area. I am doing a search on the family of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN PARKER, son of JOHN THOMAS and ELIZABETH JONES PARKER, grandson of ARCHIBALD and MARY ADAIR PARKER. Would like to hear from any other researchers on these families. Evelyn

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: JUNIOR/JUNYOR, WALTER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AW.2ADE/857.1.1 Message Board Post: Hello Gary, You must be so knowledgeable about the Cotton Plant area. May I please impose on you for your guidance in how I might possibly trace the burial location, and time of the drowing of my Uncle WALTER WILLIAM JUNIOR, who drowned in the White River when on a rise around 1910. I find him only on the 1900 Woodruff County, AR Census, in the home of his Mother, Mattie Henard, whose husbands, William P. Junior, and Dimon Henard had already died. On this Census, he is listed as WALTER, Wm. Jr. I can certainly understand how confusing that surname JUNIOR would have been to the Census taker. I have found no newspaper articles about this drowning, but I have had testimony of the remembrance of the drowning from several in that area. Perhaps, I have missed it by it being under WALTER, rather than JUNIOR or JUNYOR. Your ideas/suggestions would be so appreciated. Evelyn

Hey Jerry - Yes, McCrory had a newspaper, but they're only available for specific years. The Arkansas History Commission has some of that, also the Woodruff County Library (there are some resources at www.rootsweb.com/~arwoodru/). The AMA stuff, as you probably know, would be different from the UAMS libray stuff that I mentioned, just as different libraries maintain different info. There is at least one article in the RIVERS AND ROADS on Woodruff County physicians, but I'm not sure the year nor if it's pertinent to your Dr. Boswell. Good Luck! Gloria >Thanks for the reply. I have the AMA stuff, but was hoping for something >more specific such as "the drugstore at..." or Dr Boswell who >practiced at... etc. >Some cities have City Directories and some have old newspapers. Did any of >these towns have newspapers? If I knew their names I might locate those. > >Thanks again. > >Jerry > > >============================== >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

Thanks for the reply. I have the AMA stuff, but was hoping for something more specific such as "the drugstore at..." or Dr Boswell who practiced at... etc. Some cities have City Directories and some have old newspapers. Did any of these towns have newspapers? If I knew their names I might locate those. Thanks again. Jerry

Don't know - that's interesting. The Med Center library (University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences ) in Little Rock has a "History of Medicine" department, and may have something - worth a shot! Think their phone number is (501) 686-6733. A link for UAMS History of Medicine is http://www.library.uams.edu/services/hrc/medhistory.htm Gloria >My grandfather, Dr. William H Boswell, practiced medecine and/or had a >drugstore in Cotton Plant, Ulm, Fairoaks, and Hunter during the period between >1920-1930. Are there any city directories or other publications >that would have >any information about him? > >Thanks for your help. > >Jerry Boswell Greenwood

My grandfather, Dr. William H Boswell, practiced medecine and/or had a drugstore in Cotton Plant, Ulm, Fairoaks, and Hunter during the period between 1920-1930. Are there any city directories or other publications that would have any information about him? Thanks for your help. Jerry Boswell Greenwood

Gary, you fail to give the source for the information you give in your e-mails, such as the one repeated below. Would you please consider giving the source, or giving credit for, the information you so generously provide? I'm sure that other researchers, like myself, would like to follow up on some of this information. The original publication/researcher might also appreciate the credit. Wanda Ridge. ----- Original Message ----- From: <wgt@centurytel.net> To: <ARWOODRU-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2004 9:42 PM Subject: Re: Polly Hill Plantation, Cotton Plant > Message Board Post: > > Hello Frieda, > I believe this is the cemetery you are referring to, however there are no Shelton's or Houston's buried here in marked graves. Ther are some Shelton's buried in Cotton Plant Cemetery. Also the Shelton Cemetery. > > Mound Cemetery > (Sometimes called Shady Grove) > > Parley P. Hill was one of a part of surveyors sent out by the United States government in 1832 to draw section lines in the area which now is Woodruff County. He soon came back and settled on land about three miles north of the present town of Cotton Plant. A short distance from the spot where he built his home was a large Indian Mound. > The Hill plantation was the scene of a Civil War battle. Both Confederate and Union soldiers were buried on the mound. After the war the government removed the bodies of the Union soldiers to a national cemetery in Fort Smith. > Some of the early residents of the area, including members of the Hill family, were buried on the mound. More recently, many of the blacks who were members of the Shady Grove Church across the road from the home have been buried there. This cemetery is sometimes called the Mound Cemetery, and sometimes it is called Shady Grove. > The earliest stone found in this cemetery when it was inventoried was that of Amelia S. Hill, who was the wife of Parley P. Hill. She died in 1858. Many of the old stones have been destroyed. Location of the cemetery: it is about three miles north of Cotton Plant on Highway 306 on a farm presently belonging to Lester Davis. It is located behind his home a short distance. Legal description: West part of the West (W 1/2) Half of the Northwest (NW 1/4) Quarter of Section 244, T5N, R3W. > > SHELTON FAMILY CEMETERY > > The Sheltons were early settlers of the Cotton Plant area. The Shelton family came to Arkansas from Tennessee in 1844. The cemetery is a small family one, located on the Shelton farm, about two miles north of Cotton Plant on the east side of Highway 306. Legal description as we are able to determine: On the east (E1/2) Half of the Northeast (NE1/4) Quarter of Section 25, T5N, R3W. > > Shelton, J.R., b. September 2, 1831; D. December 22, 1878 > E.S., b. February 2, 1869; d. January 23, 1885 > A.C., b. September 11, 1870; d. August 17, 1902 > John T., b. 1860; d. 1934 > Hill, Hall, b. March 21, 1853; d. July 20, 1906 > Julie E. b. March 17, 1896; d. January 2, 1901 > Shelton, M.E., b. July 17, 1839; d. July 21, 1916 > > John R. Shelton; 1st Lieutenant, Captain, Richland Rangers, Co. D, 13th Ark. Infantry Regiment. > > Hope this helps you. Let me know. > > Best regards, > Gary Telford > Family Roots > Genealogy Research > Woodruff County Monitor > --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses at HNB.com]

Hi Gary... John Shelton was first cousin to my Susan Frances Wilson Coyle. Do you have any more information on his family? Or can you point a path for me to pursue? Are there any other graves in the Shelton cemetery? Thank you, Alice ----- Original Message ----- From: wgt@centurytel.net To: ARWOODRU-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2004 9:42 PM Subject: Re: Polly Hill Plantation, Cotton Plant 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/AW.2ADE/857.1 Message Board Post: Hello Frieda, I believe this is the cemetery you are referring to, however there are no Shelton's or Houston's buried here in marked graves. Ther are some Shelton's buried in Cotton Plant Cemetery. Also the Shelton Cemetery. Mound Cemetery (Sometimes called Shady Grove) Parley P. Hill was one of a part of surveyors sent out by the United States government in 1832 to draw section lines in the area which now is Woodruff County. He soon came back and settled on land about three miles north of the present town of Cotton Plant. A short distance from the spot where he built his home was a large Indian Mound. The Hill plantation was the scene of a Civil War battle. Both Confederate and Union soldiers were buried on the mound. After the war the government removed the bodies of the Union soldiers to a national cemetery in Fort Smith. Some of the early residents of the area, including members of the Hill family, were buried on the mound. More recently, many of the blacks who were members of the Shady Grove Church across the road from the home have been buried there. This cemetery is sometimes called the Mound Cemetery, and sometimes it is called Shady Grove. The earliest stone found in this cemetery when it was inventoried was that of Amelia S. Hill, who was the wife of Parley P. Hill. She died in 1858. Many of the old stones have been destroyed. Location of the cemetery: it is about three miles north of Cotton Plant on Highway 306 on a farm presently belonging to Lester Davis. It is located behind his home a short distance. Legal description: West part of the West (W 1/2) Half of the Northwest (NW 1/4) Quarter of Section 244, T5N, R3W. SHELTON FAMILY CEMETERY The Sheltons were early settlers of the Cotton Plant area. The Shelton family came to Arkansas from Tennessee in 1844. The cemetery is a small family one, located on the Shelton farm, about two miles north of Cotton Plant on the east side of Highway 306. Legal description as we are able to determine: On the east (E1/2) Half of the Northeast (NE1/4) Quarter of Section 25, T5N, R3W. Shelton, J.R., b. September 2, 1831; D. December 22, 1878 E.S., b. February 2, 1869; d. January 23, 1885 A.C., b. September 11, 1870; d. August 17, 1902 John T., b. 1860; d. 1934 Hill, Hall, b. March 21, 1853; d. July 20, 1906 Julie E. b. March 17, 1896; d. January 2, 1901 Shelton, M.E., b. July 17, 1839; d. July 21, 1916 John R. Shelton; 1st Lieutenant, Captain, Richland Rangers, Co. D, 13th Ark. Infantry Regiment. Hope this helps you. Let me know. Best regards, Gary Telford Family Roots Genealogy Research Woodruff County Monitor ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

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/AW.2ADE/857.1 Message Board Post: Hello Frieda, I believe this is the cemetery you are referring to, however there are no Shelton's or Houston's buried here in marked graves. Ther are some Shelton's buried in Cotton Plant Cemetery. Also the Shelton Cemetery. Mound Cemetery (Sometimes called Shady Grove) Parley P. Hill was one of a part of surveyors sent out by the United States government in 1832 to draw section lines in the area which now is Woodruff County. He soon came back and settled on land about three miles north of the present town of Cotton Plant. A short distance from the spot where he built his home was a large Indian Mound. The Hill plantation was the scene of a Civil War battle. Both Confederate and Union soldiers were buried on the mound. After the war the government removed the bodies of the Union soldiers to a national cemetery in Fort Smith. Some of the early residents of the area, including members of the Hill family, were buried on the mound. More recently, many of the blacks who were members of the Shady Grove Church across the road from the home have been buried there. This cemetery is sometimes called the Mound Cemetery, and sometimes it is called Shady Grove. The earliest stone found in this cemetery when it was inventoried was that of Amelia S. Hill, who was the wife of Parley P. Hill. She died in 1858. Many of the old stones have been destroyed. Location of the cemetery: it is about three miles north of Cotton Plant on Highway 306 on a farm presently belonging to Lester Davis. It is located behind his home a short distance. Legal description: West part of the West (W 1/2) Half of the Northwest (NW 1/4) Quarter of Section 244, T5N, R3W. SHELTON FAMILY CEMETERY The Sheltons were early settlers of the Cotton Plant area. The Shelton family came to Arkansas from Tennessee in 1844. The cemetery is a small family one, located on the Shelton farm, about two miles north of Cotton Plant on the east side of Highway 306. Legal description as we are able to determine: On the east (E1/2) Half of the Northeast (NE1/4) Quarter of Section 25, T5N, R3W. Shelton, J.R., b. September 2, 1831; D. December 22, 1878 E.S., b. February 2, 1869; d. January 23, 1885 A.C., b. September 11, 1870; d. August 17, 1902 John T., b. 1860; d. 1934 Hill, Hall, b. March 21, 1853; d. July 20, 1906 Julie E. b. March 17, 1896; d. January 2, 1901 Shelton, M.E., b. July 17, 1839; d. July 21, 1916 John R. Shelton; 1st Lieutenant, Captain, Richland Rangers, Co. D, 13th Ark. Infantry Regiment. Hope this helps you. Let me know. Best regards, Gary Telford Family Roots Genealogy Research Woodruff County Monitor

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/AW.2ADE/849.1.2 Message Board Post: I knew of a place outside of Wynne, AR by the name of Dark Corner. It was a small community that my grandmother lived in, very rural. I never heard why it was referred to as Dark Corner.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Houston, Osborn, Holbrooks Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AW.2ADE/857 Message Board Post: Need info on Polly Hill Plantation (may have been known just as Hill Plantation) near Cotton Plant and an old cemetery located there which is supposed to contain graves of some Sheltons and Houstons.

Do you have a Annie Germany? ----- Original Message ----- From: royalnubianprincess@hotmail.com To: ARWOODRU-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, May 24, 2004 6:36 PM Subject: GERMANY,CANADA,COLEMAN,STITH,PEARSON This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: GERMANY Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AW.2ADE/856 Message Board Post: Looking for info on my grandfather Milton "Pete" Germany of Woodruff County Arkansas. ANY info would greatly be appreciated. My grandfather had a brother named Jessie Germany also of Woodruff County Thanks ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

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/AW.2ADE/856.1 Message Board Post: Hello Brenda, I think I can help you with your information. Milton Germany was born February 12, 1889 and died December 18, 1967 and is buried in Quiett Cemetery which is located north of Augusta on highway 33. The only other ones I have found are Joe Nathan Germany who died September 10, 1968 at the age of 31 years. William Germany born August 23, 1926 and died May 25, 1968. Both Joe Nathan and William are also buried in Quiett Cemetery. Let me know if this helps. Best regards, Gary Telford Family Roots Woodruff County Monitor wgt@centurytel.net

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: GERMANY Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AW.2ADE/856 Message Board Post: Looking for info on my grandfather Milton "Pete" Germany of Woodruff County Arkansas. ANY info would greatly be appreciated. My grandfather had a brother named Jessie Germany also of Woodruff County Thanks

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/AW.2ADE/282.380.2.1 Message Board Post: The only McClain was my gradmothers sister Tommye Johnoson she married Brice McClain. Tommye was born in 1912 and passed away here in California in 1981. She had one son Danny. Sorry thats all I have.Judy...

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McLAIN/ McLEAN, HOLEMAN, HOUSE, ANDREWS / ANDERS, COOPER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AW.2ADE/282.380.2 Message Board Post: Re the reunion story . . . I have McLAIN / McCLAIN from Arkansas (originally Lawrence Co., then Jackson Co. and moved on) and HOLLEMAN / HOLMAN ancestors that lived in Monroe Co.sometimes, / Woodruff Co. on the 1910 and 1920 census--and back in Monroe Co. on the 1930 census--Wm. Edward HOLMAN and wife Rosie B (Rosa). Sometimes he went by William, sometimes by Ed or Edward. Wm. Edward and Rosa's children's names were: Frank G.b 1888; Agnes 1891; Blanche 1897, Etta May 1902; Maggie B. 1905; Edward D. 1911; Charley A. 1914; Nellie M. 1918--and maybe and Edwin b 1909. The father Wm. Edward HOLEMAN was born to Ed HOLLEMAN, from VA and Parthenia ANDREWS / ANDERS HOUSE HOLEMAN COOPER, born 1834/35 in Georgia. The ANDREWS family migrated 1856 from GA to Monroe Co., AR. My McLAIN family migrated late 1840s to Lawrence Co., AR from TN, having probably lived in NC/KY/IL prior to arrival. Oldest ancestor I know so far is Charles McLAIN (McLEAN, etc), b 1804 NC and wife Perlina, b1811, TN---children Christina, David, John Henry, Squire, Wm. Calif; John Henry married Sarah Catherine AGEE, b 1842, TN and their son William David McLAIN, b 1859, Lawrence Co., AR married 2nd wife Clara COOPER----whose mother was the above Parthenia ANDREWS /ANDERS HOUSE HOLMAN COOPER. I have HOLEMAN photographs of Frank and Ed HOLMAN, and above Wm. Edward's children---Charley and Nellie taken in about 1920. Any chance the reunion article has references to these families---or any info regarding these families would be appreciated. Thanks. Audrey Williams Stanaland, Loudon, TN

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/AW.2ADE/200.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks Lisa, I've been to the Fakes Cemetery north of McCrory. They are second cousins to my Fakes line. Since posting this query, I've located my Fakes' in Henderson Cemetery, Pangburn, AR.

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/AW.2ADE/634.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks for the response, Ruth...Wesley A. Densel born c1866 Ohio, father Jacob Densel born c1838 Ohio, father Peter Densel born c1796 PA. Sounds like the same Densel family. I am searching for the family of Martha Earnest/Ernst born 1882 Illinois married Wesley A. Densel c1900. Martha had a sister Birdie Earnest born 1891 married (1) Jesse Goforth in Craighead County, Arkansas, daughter born 1907 name unknown and (2) Charlie Coffman, son Henry Coffman. Any information on Birdie Earnest or her daughter by Jesse Goforth would be greatly appreciated. Regards, Barbara