This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AW.2ADE/637.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Gary.. Thanks for the info. Leamon and William Booker are sons to the William Boaz I am looking for. Do you have any other information on them or any other Boaz people? Any help or info is greatly appreciated. Thanks, Tonya

THE ONLY FAMILY I FOUND THAT MIGHT BE YOURS IS IN 1870 IN HARDIN COUNTY, TN. HERE IS THE LISTING: DO ANY OF THE SIBLINGS' NAMES RING A BELL. BY THE WAY, SINCE YOU MENTIONED A BLACK CEMETERY IN ARK I TOOK THAT TO MEAN THE KASEY/CASEY FAMILY WAS AFRICAN AMERICAN. THE FAMILY BELOW IS BLACK. HOPE I DIDNT MISINTERPRET YOUR MESSAGE. Kasey, David - 49 Narcissus, 34 Hannah, 15 Alvin, 14 Jhn L., 12 ALEN H, 10 Phillis, 9 Marandia, 30 Daniel L Celesta Ardina E. 3/12 WHAT STATE AND COUNTY DID YOU FIND THE CASEY/KASEY FAMILIES IN 1900-1930. (Mack) Houston Casey was my grandfather, he died in 1971, and was buried on the Casey farm in the family cemetery. His wife Lillian Baskin Casey died in 1973 and was buried alongside him. I attened both funerals as a teenager. There is also another black cemetery on the same road (Casey Road) less than a 1/4 mile, it was called Lake Grove cemetery for the Casey Settlement. When I was a child I used to walk over to it and look at the very old grave stones. What I am looking for are ANY clues where the folks from the Casey settlement came from. According to the census records all of the families I knew in the settlement (Pulces, Green, 2 Casey families, Dempsey, Blake, Holiday, etc.) all arrived from TN between 1890 and 1900 1900 cencus, pages 14 & 15 for Caney Twp). All of these families were married couples with children, all of the parents' origin is listed as TN in the census. My great Grandfather was Allen Houston Casey, born Oct.1857 somewhere in TN. His wife Keziah B. Hays (married 1888/1889)was born June 1860, also in TN. Mack Houston was born Feb 1886 in TN. The place of birth of their first 2 children was TN !884 & 1886). The next 4 are listed as being born in Arkansas. This family is listed on page 20 of the same census report. By 1910 census, Allen Houston Casey had remarried Hettie. L. Casey. She appears on the 1910, 1920, and 1930 census reports. In 1920, she is listed as 42 years old & widowed. To my way of thinking there must have been a migration from somewhere in TN, otherwise it is very odd that the entire settlement suddenly sprang up with 50-70 people all from the same state. The only other information I have is that some of my great grandfathers land was a land grant. I have not been able to find those records, however the property taxes are still addresed to him. ============================== 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. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AW.2ADE/626.2 Message Board Post: There is a Kasey family in Hardin County Tn in 1870 that might be worth looking at. David, 49 Narcissus, 34 Jannah, 15 Alvin, 14 John L., 12 ALEN H., 10 Phillis, 9 Marandia 30 Daniel L. Celesta 2 Ardina, 3/12

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AW.2ADE/775.1.5.1.1 Message Board Post: Yes, they are all my people. Robert B. and Annie C. are parents of all the others, including William, who was killed in WWII while stationed in England. Thanks. Any luck with Camps or Brooms buried in Woodruff? Judi

Hi Gary, Thank you for offering assistance to those of us who live far away. I am looking for the grave location of Susan Frances Coyle and her daughter, Susan. Both died on April 15, 1888. Do you have any records of the Coyle family? Thank you, Alice Brandt ----- Original Message ----- From: wgt@centurytel.net To: ARWOODRU-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 4:20 PM Subject: Re: What's available at Court House/Library 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/563.1 Message Board Post: Hollie, My name is Gary Telford and I write a column for the Woodruff County Monitor newspaper each week called "Family Roots". It is about the history of Woodruff County and the history of the families who lived here. I may be able to help you for a look-up on an obituary. I will need to know the name and when they died. Best regards, Gary Telford Family Roots ============================== 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

I have searched the 1930 and don't find them. There is a Frank J Koers, age 24 living in Sebastian County. Where were they before 1930 and what are the 4 persons approx ages??? -----Original Message----- From: Joseph Meyer [mailto:jmeyer@jvil.com] Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 8:47 AM To: ARWOODRU-L@rootsweb.com Subject: 1930 Woodruff County Census I am looking for the following people possibly living next door or in smae household even. Frank and Nona Koors Robert O and Abbigail Harmon Thanks in advance ============================== 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

I am looking for the following people possibly living next door or in smae household even. Frank and Nona Koors Robert O and Abbigail Harmon Thanks in advance

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/528.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Gary - thanks for this info- I've enjoyed your info so much in the paper, and wondered if you'd thought about putting your stories on the web. I can put them somewhere at http://www.rootsweb.com/arwoodru/, if you're interested. Or you could put them out on a separate site too, which you could do at Rootsweb. SECOND COMMENT/QUESTION - Did Fielding Price have offspring who remained in Woodruff County? I remember a Price family being there in the 50's sometime. Gloria

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AW.2ADE/775.1.4.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Gary, thanks for looking! I appreciate it :)

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/626.1.2 Message Board Post: Thanks! Actually, you have been more help than you realize. I had aside the search a few months ago after immense frustrations. But when I got your note, I started checking again and found updated census records for 1870! Guess what!?! I found Mack Houston's grandfather! -- and theor location in TN. I am still looking for records for the other people from the settlement to see if they all migrated together. Looks like the Casey's came 200 miles due West to settle outside of Cotton Plant. I would love to finish piecing together this mystery while I can still remember the faces and voice of those from Mack's generation. Some of my father's generation are still livng but in their 90's. My father did know know as much of the family history as I have been able to re-construct and it really seems to bring him joy whenever I tell him what I have been able to find. Thank you very much for renewing my energy in this oftentimes very tedious search. Sincerely, Deb Adamson

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/626.1.1 Message Board Post: (Mack) Houston Casey was my grandfather, he died in 1971, and was buried on the Casey farm in the family cemetery. His wife Lillian Baskin Casey died in 1973 and was buried alongside him. I attened both funerals as a teenager. There is also another black cemetery on the same road (Casey Road) less than a 1/4 mile, it was called Lake Grove cemetery for the Casey Settlement. When I was a child I used to walk over to it and look at the very old grave stones. What I am looking for are ANY clues where the folks from the Casey settlement came from. According to the census records all of the families I knew in the settlement (Pulces, Green, 2 Casey families, Dempsey, Blake, Holiday, etc.) all arrived from TN between 1890 and 1900 1900 cencus, pages 14 & 15 for Caney Twp). All of these families were married couples with children, all of the parents' origin is listed as TN in the census. My great Grandfather was Allen Houston Casey, born Oct.1857 somewhere in TN. His wife Keziah B. Hays (married 1888/1889)was born June 1860, also in TN. Mack Houston was born Feb 1886 in TN. The place of birth of their first 2 children was TN !884 & 1886). The next 4 are listed as being born in Arkansas. This family is listed on page 20 of the same census report. By 1910 census, Allen Houston Casey had remarried Hettie. L. Casey. She appears on the 1910, 1920, and 1930 census reports. In 1920, she is listed as 42 years old & widowed. To my way of thinking there must have been a migration from somewhere in TN, otherwise it is very odd that the entire settlement suddenly sprang up with 50-70 people all from the same state. The only other information I have is that some of my great grandfathers land was a land grant. I have not been able to find those records, however the property taxes are still addresed to him.

The man's name was WILLIAM LEETCH, not James. James was his father who died in Maury Co in 1835. -----Original Message----- From: Ann Hill [mailto:annh2@ev1.net] Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 11:03 PM To: ARWOODRU-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: Research in Woodruff County My family surname of interest is Leetch. They paid taxes in Woodruff mostly in Cotton Plant during the 1870's Great grandfather disappears in the late 1870's from the Tax rolls. In 1880 both he and his wife are gone and the eldest son is HOH. They stayed there for at least another year or two and then moved to Texas. I have two letters written from young women to one of the younger daughters of Mr. Leetch. SO, I know James and Sarah "Fannie" are buried in Woodruff and most likely in or near Cotton Plant. But, they may well be in unmarked graves. Since no one that I know of stayed in Woodruff there is likely no family histories, but the off chance of a gravestone peaked my interest. I also doubt that there would be guardian ship but again there might be as my grandmother would have been under 10 years of age. If you would like the contents of the two letters I will send it to you. There are gaps in it s the hand-writing is hard to read and a lot of misspelled words but there are some names that might help someone. -----Original Message----- From: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com [mailto:gc-gateway@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of wgt@centurytel.net Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 12:23 PM To: ARWOODRU-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: Research in Woodruff County 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/775.1 Message Board Post: Hello My name is Gary Telford and I write a column for the Woodruff County Monitor Newspaper each week. It is "Family Roots" and is about the history of Woodruff County and the history of the families who lived here. I have hundreds of family histories in my files and would be glad to see if I can help you. Let me know who or what you are looking for. Best regards, Gary Telford Family Roots ============================== 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

My family surname of interest is Leetch. They paid taxes in Woodruff mostly in Cotton Plant during the 1870's Great grandfather disappears in the late 1870's from the Tax rolls. In 1880 both he and his wife are gone and the eldest son is HOH. They stayed there for at least another year or two and then moved to Texas. I have two letters written from young women to one of the younger daughters of Mr. Leetch. SO, I know James and Sarah "Fannie" are buried in Woodruff and most likely in or near Cotton Plant. But, they may well be in unmarked graves. Since no one that I know of stayed in Woodruff there is likely no family histories, but the off chance of a gravestone peaked my interest. I also doubt that there would be guardian ship but again there might be as my grandmother would have been under 10 years of age. If you would like the contents of the two letters I will send it to you. There are gaps in it s the hand-writing is hard to read and a lot of misspelled words but there are some names that might help someone. -----Original Message----- From: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com [mailto:gc-gateway@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of wgt@centurytel.net Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 12:23 PM To: ARWOODRU-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: Research in Woodruff County 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/775.1 Message Board Post: Hello My name is Gary Telford and I write a column for the Woodruff County Monitor Newspaper each week. It is "Family Roots" and is about the history of Woodruff County and the history of the families who lived here. I have hundreds of family histories in my files and would be glad to see if I can help you. Let me know who or what you are looking for. Best regards, Gary Telford Family Roots ============================== 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

There were tax records except for one year in the 1870s. Forget which. I ordered the tax rolls from the Morman Libary in Salt Lake City. My family was in the 1870 in Tennessee but in 1880 the parents are gone and the eldest son is HOH. So I checked the tax records and at least estimated the year my great grandfather died. Good luck. I would call the library there or the court house to make sure they have them. -----Original Message----- From: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com [mailto:gc-gateway@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of andreat6777@hotmail.com Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 10:03 PM To: ARWOODRU-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Woodruff County taxes 1870ish range This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: THOMPSON Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AW.2ADE/778 Message Board Post: Hi. I am planning to go for a visit down to Woodruff County when I feel better and if it makes sense to go. My ancestors were missed in the 1870 census and one was likely dead before 1880 so the others may have moved although family history has it one Thompson stayed there anyway. Before I go, I need to know about tax records as I feel this is the only resource that will probably help me. This may sound really stupid but were tax records taken every year or just each census year? If so, would someone who didn't own land be on the list? If so, where would these records be found at? Thanks. ============================== 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. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AW.2ADE/775.1.5.1 Message Board Post: Hello Judith, I have a Robert B. McKnight, born November 13, 1872 and died February 11, 1959; Annie C., born November 10, 1876 and died January 31, 1938; Emma Marguerite McKnight, born September 29, 1912 and died january 22, 1913; Bessie May, born October 13, 1907 and died January 25, 1931; Robert Bunyan, son of R. B. McKnight and A. C., born June 9, 1905 and died August 29, 1926. All of the above are buried in the Augusta Memorial Park Cemetery, section F, Augusta, Woodruff Co., AR. I also have a William M. McKnight, born March 26, 1918 and died August 30, 1943, WW II Vet. He is also buried in the Augusta Cemetery but in another section, L. Not sure if they are related.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McKnight, Jett, Camp, Broom, Matchett Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AW.2ADE/775.1.5 Message Board Post: Gary - It's very kind of you to offer to help. I am descended from the above families, all of whom lived in Woodruff County. I remember spending time there as a child. I managed a quick visit this past summer and did some research at the library. I visited the graves of my Jett and McKnight ancestors, but could find nothing on the Camps, Brooms or Matchetts - am particularly searching for the graves of my gg-grandparents Dennis B. Camp and Sarah Margaret Matchett Camp. I know that Dennis died in 1879 - Sarah Margaret survived him and may have remarried. Their daughter Annie Carrie Camp married Robert Bunyan McKnight, known locally as "Uncle Bunny". I remember him well, and how I wish I had listened and remembered more of his family stories! My gg-grandparents John McKnight and Emma Broom are buried at the Oddfellows Cemetery, but I found no other graves nor records of graves for Brooms. Emma's father was John Broom, per the 1870 census. Again, thanks for any help.

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/775.1.4.1 Message Board Post: Hello Andrea, I have looked in my files and do not find a Benjamin or Cynthia Thompson. I searched the Woodruff County cemetery records and they are not there. Sorry, wish I could have been more help. Best regards, Gary Telford Family Roots

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: THOMPSON Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AW.2ADE/778 Message Board Post: Hi. I am planning to go for a visit down to Woodruff County when I feel better and if it makes sense to go. My ancestors were missed in the 1870 census and one was likely dead before 1880 so the others may have moved although family history has it one Thompson stayed there anyway. Before I go, I need to know about tax records as I feel this is the only resource that will probably help me. This may sound really stupid but were tax records taken every year or just each census year? If so, would someone who didn't own land be on the list? If so, where would these records be found at? Thanks.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: THOMPSON Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AW.2ADE/775.1.4 Message Board Post: Hi Gary, was hoping you could help me too. I'm looking for a Benjamin Thompson. I don't know that he would be buried there but it is the last county I know of him being in. He was born in the 1820's and would have died after 1873. Also looking for his wife Cynthia born in 1838 and died after 1873. One or the other may have died before 1880. Thank you for looking for me.

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/623.2 Message Board Post: Hello Mary. Her is what I have found for you in the Woodruff County Cemetery Records. A. J. Porter, born June 3, 1861 and died January 14, 1926. Theda Porter, born 1881 and died 1936; Joe L. Porter, wife of G. C. born January 2, 1893 and died January 5, 1921; Florence Charline Porter, born June 16, 1914 and died February 24, 1917. All are buried in the Fakes Cemetery, new northwest addition, Woodruff Co., AR. There is also Mrs. Sarah E. Porter, widow of A. J. Porter, born October 30, 1861 and died June 29, 1936 in Woodruff County and is buried in an unknown cemetery. Hope this helps. Best regards, Gary Telford Family Roots