--=======79B710AE======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-2FCF5CE0; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Does anyone else research the BLACKSHEAR surname in Arkansas? My gr-grandmother, Louvenia Blackshear (b. abt 1862 LA) m. in 1880 in Lincoln Co., AR to Henry Clay CONRAD. I believe that she had two brothers, James (b. 1854) and one with initial "B" (b. 1857). All three adult children are living in Lincoln Co., AR; they are listed as b. in LA, father b. in SC, and mother b. in AL. There is also the possibility that this family line is mulatto or black but I have no proof either way (one census record recorded them as black but later census list them as white). I believe the brothers, James and "B" (Bill, short for William?) are listed in the marriage book for Conway Co.: James B. Blackshear, 25, m. Laura Cozart, 16, on 17 Dec 1882 (Book D, page 339) W. R. Blackshear, 24, m. Mary J. Goen, 20, on 06 June 1886 (Book E, page 405) Lou and her new family also moved to this area in the early 1880s and then moved back to Lincoln Co. by 1900. Thank you for any help or suggestions, Jo-Ann Stephens Bahai@netusa1.net --=======79B710AE======= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-2FCF5CE0 Content-Disposition: inline --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.474 / Virus Database: 272 - Release Date: 4/18/2003 --=======79B710AE=======--