Always looking for neat Xmas gifts I wanted to get this book, "Surviving on the Texas Frontier" for my sister-in-law, Sarah Harkey Douglas. Picked up a copy at www.half.com for far less than Barnes and Noble or Amazon. Just in case anyone was interested.... Another one I picked up, at Barnes and Noble this time, was "Pioneers and Makers of Arkansas" by Josiah H. Shinn. There is 1 copy for auction at www.ebay.com . Book Description A major work on early pioneers and prominent citizens and families of Arkansas, Shinn's Pioneers covers the history of the settlement of the state from its formation down to the latter half of the nineteenth century. In addition to numerous biographical sketches containing considerable genealogical data, Shinn's history contains extensive genealogies of the following families: Brilhart, Coffman/Cuffman, Davis, Desha, Fletcher, Garland, Hall, Johnson, Kaufman, Lafferty, Lindsey, Martin, Newton, Rector/Rechtor/Richter, Watkins, and Wilson. Still other genealogical features include lists of Revolutionary pensioners alive in 1833 and 1834, with their ages, arranged by county; some marriages of 1822 and 1823; a general list of Arkansas marriages, 1820-1830; and Arkansas deaths, 1820-1839. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

----- Original Message ----- From: <Essbee37@aol.com> To: <nhark@tc3net.com> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 1:01 PM Subject: Re: [HARKEY-L] ebay auction > Would you put this out on the Harkey website as I think it will be of > interest to many. There is a "companion" book out that was a diary but > published as a book named "Surviving on the Texas Frontier" by Sarah Harkey > Hall, sister of Dee Harkey. It is very interesting as it was written by a > self educated woman and trials and tribulations of the frontier. She raised > Dee after the death of their parents. It is available through Amazon.com. Sid >

Lynn, No, this family isn't in the HARKEY-WALCHER line or the Martin "der Junge" HARKEY line (the other Montgomery IL settlers), and they are not D. V. HARKEY's children. As I wrote (and who can blame you for missing it), Jerry E. Harkey identified this John Weilie HARKEY as a descendant of Henry, the second child of Martin "the Elder" HARKEY. Briefly, the descendancy is this: 1 Johannes HERCHE 1-1 Martin "the Elder" HARKEY, d 1807 Cabarrus Co NC 1-1-2 (second child of Martin) Henry HARKEY, d abt 1826 Rowan Co. NC; m Mary MELCHER, d aft 1826 Rowan Co NC 1-1-2-1 (first child of Henry) John HARKEY, d 21 Feb 1846 Rowan Co NC; m (3 Jun 1813 Cabarrus Co NC) Christina BEEVER, b abt 1793 Cabarrus Co NC. Some of their children: 1-1-2-1-1 Jesse HARKEY, b abt 1822 Cabarrus 1-1-2-1-2 John W. HARKEY, b abt 1825 Cabarrus (Lucy Caroline's father) 1-1-2-1-3 Susana HARKEY, b abt 1827 Cabarrus While I was collecting the HARKEY households from the 1870 MO census, I copied your ancestor's, too. D. V. was in Gentry Co. MO, with most of the children you named and a couple you didn't. It sounds as if you don't have that info, so here it is: 1870 MO Gentry Co. Howard twp Albany Hls[Hts?] (p 597), hh 192-196 HARKEY, David?[Daniel?] V. 49 NC laborer $150/$35 --Elizabeth 45 NC --Jacob D. 17 IL farm hand --Laura E. 15 IL --Drucilla C. 13 IL --Hulda H. 11 IL --William U.[V.?] 8 IL --Augustus V.? 8 IL --Charles F. 5 IL hh 192-197 HARKEY, JOHN S. 19 IL laborer --Susannah 21 IL (m May 1870) Funny you should mention <<that John Harkey's daughter Nancy Maria married a Henry Walter/Walters.>> When I first read the query, I made that connection, too, and scrambled around organizing what information I could find. Gradually, the truth sank in that I was heading down the wrong path--that if Lucy Caroline descended from that marriage, her maiden name would be WALTER, not HARKEY. If no one else has that family down pat, perhaps I should look at what I collected and make some sense of it! Lastly, is your ancestor's name David Valentine or Daniel Valentine? I wrote "Daniel" when I was copying the census (but I had a fever and was making errors) and that's what DeLean Holtsclaw called him. Is he David? Alma

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Hello again-- My guess last night about Lee HARKEY's parents is wrong, and thanks to Sid Brown's note this morning I can correct it quickly. I said "it looks as though they were John and Salina HARKEY." Sid says: >> No, I think it was Lewis Ellison Harkey, son of Martin Luther and Catherine Conder Harkey who moved from GA to TX and where he died in Upshur Co., 5 May 1865. Remember the message stated that "after the Civil War, Lee built a cotton gin." That makes him born before 1845. I think Lee is a nickname for Lewis and check the Martin/Catherine page and you will see he was born in 1828. Your Lee on the census was born about 1870. >> Thanks, Sid! Alma

Hello Harkeys-- Last Saturday, Yolanda Derstine's query to the message board was forwarded to the list: > My great grandmother, Lucy Carolina Harkey Walters > had a brother Jack Harkey in Cuba, MO at the time of > her death 8/11/1932. Their parents were > John Harkey and MM Kiddenhower. Census records > (Burnet Co., TX 1900) show me that my John was born > in Germany. Lucy was born in Springfield IL in 1865. > Her mother was from NC. Other siblings were > Mrs. Ed Edwards of Cresco, CA, JA Harkey of Hatton, AR, > J.F. Harkey of Austin TX. IF this sounds familiar to > anybody please contact me! I thought for sure someone from the John HARKEY/Sarah WALCHER or the Martin HARKEY Jr. line (the Montgomery Co. IL settlers) would jump in with information, and maybe they did, privately. The query piqued my interest because I was sure the mother's name should be RIDENHOUR/RIDENHOWER, not Kiddenhower and I doubted that Lucy's father was born in Germany. Thus began a couple of days of searching. The clues in the query enabled me to find Lucy Caroline (HARKEY) WALTERS and two of her siblings in the 1900 censuses: 1900 TX Burnet Co. 5 just pct (p 269), hh 52-54 WALTERS, William head w m Mar 1861 39 m15 MS ENG AL --LUCY C. wife w f Dec 1865 34 m15 7ch/6liv IL GERM NC --Acy F. son w m Jan 1886 14 s TX MS IL --Eddie M. dau w f May 1888 12 s TX MS IL --Jessie A. son w m Aug 1891 8 s TX MS IL --Mary C. dau w f Jul 1894 5 s TX MS IL --William H. son w m Nov 1896 3 s TX MS IL --Lizzie E. dau w f Jan 1900 4mo s TX MS IL 1900 TX Travis Co. 1 Just. Pct. (p 56), hh 140-147 HARKEY, JOHN F. head w m Apr 1862 38 m13 IL IL NC --Neoma E. wife w f Mar 1867 33 m13 6ch/5liv TX OH MO --Jessie F. dau w f Oct 1886 13 s TX IL TX --Maud E. dau w f Mar 1889 11 s TX IL TX --Bertha A. dau w f Nov 1891 8 TX IL TX --Thos. W. son Jun 1895 4 s AR IL TX --Robert E. son w m May 1897 3 s TX PAUSSELL, Jack boarder w m Jun 1883 16 s TX 1900 AR Polk Co. White twp (p 374), hh 402-407 HARKEY, JAMES A. head Apr 1854 46 m20 IL IL NC farmer --Mary A. wife Dec 1856 43 m20 7ch/6liv MO IRE IRE --Agnes L.? dau Dec 1897 12 s TX IL MO --Charles N. son May 1886 14 s TX IL MO --Robert S. son May 1891 9 s AR IL MO --Alleen T. dau Feb 1893 7 s AR IL MO --Frank A. son Jan 1899 1 s AR IL MO Aha! The older children say that they and their parents were born in Illinois. I started poring over my old files on the HARKEY-WALCHER and Martin HARKEY JR. families, from the apprecnticeship to Mr. Lipe, through the religious education of (Simeon?), through the move from Iredell Co. NC to Montgomery Co IL, through the cemetery inscriptions, through the censuses. Not finding what I needed, I went to the HARKEY GenForum and started reading queries. Jerry E. Harkey's posting provided the key: "John.Weilie HARKEY is my GGGrandfather. He is the son of John and Christina Beaver HARKEY. John W. was born Nov. 20, 1824 in Cabarrus Co NC. Died abt 1875 in Phelps County MO. John W. married Margaret CORL in 1844. Margaret died about 1849. John W. remarried Mary Caroline RIDENHOUR in 1851. John W. is listed in the 1860 Iredell Co. NC census along with his wife, daughter and 2 sons, of which William P. is my GGrandfather." Here are the 1850 and 1860 entries for John Weilie HARKEY and (1860) Mary Caroline (RIDENHOUR): 1850 NC Cabarrus Co. ( p 432), hh 461 HARKEY, JOHN W. 25 Cabarrus taylor (in hh of Peter Lentz, tailor) 1860 NC Iredell Co. Slaterville School Dist. 53 & 54, hh 81-83 HARKEY, JOHN 35 NC taylor --Mary 27 NC --Margaret 14 NC --James 6 NC --William 3 NC  Since John W. HARKEY died in Missouri in 1875, I figured I could find him either in Missouri or in Illinois in 1875. It turned out to be Missouri (census taken 25 Aug 1870): 1870 MO Phelps Co. Rolla St. James twp, hh 195-797 HARKEY, JOHN 47 NC farmer $700$180 --Mary C. 37 NC --Jas A. 16 NC --Wm. P. 12 NC --John F. 8 NC --Lucy C. 4 NC --Laura A. 11mo (b Sep 1869) In 1900, Mary C. HARKEY, the widow of John, is living next door to her son James in Polk Co. AR: 1900 AR Polk Co. White twp (72 1 374), hh 401-406 HARKEY, MARY C. head Feb 1834 66 widow 12ch/5liv NC NC NC JONES, Joseph W. grandson May 1889 11 s TX TX MO (I might as well throw in the kitchen sink: on the other side of John is his married son: 1900 AR Polk Co. White twp (72 1 374), hh 403-408 HARKEY, JOHN W. head Aug 1880 19 m1 MO IL MO --Iva A. wife May 1873 17 m1 1ch/1liv AR GA TX --Jody? M. dau Jan 1900 6mo. AR MO AR ) But where are they in 1880??? When John died in 1875, he left a 40-year-old widow and five children, four of them very young. They have to be somewhere in an 1880 census, but I can't find them. If they are in the 1880 MO Soundex, I missed them. Data in the 1900 census show that Lucy, James, and John were all in Texas by about 1885, but I don't find them in Texas in 1880--or in California, Illinois, Kansas, Arkansas, or Oklahoma. And the last question is: Why did all the HARKEYs suddenly leave Montgomery Co. IL? In 1850 and 1860, Montgomery Co. was full of HARKEYs. In 1870 there were none. No, that was the second-to-last question. The last question is: What is the connection between John W. HARKEY (m Mary Caroline RIDENHOUR) and Montgomery Co. IL? Did they live there between the 1860 and 1870 censuses? John and/or Mary says in the censuses that their children were born in NC, and so they probably were. But why do the children say they were born in IL? I think they must have lived in Hillsboro, Montgomery Co. IL after they left North Carolina, and perhaps they left IL for Missouri at the same time as David Valentine HARKEY did. Does anyone have the answer? Another interminable posting from Alma Roark Johnson

Nina and all-- You asked who were the parents of Lee E. HARKEY, who is mentioned in an article about Hodgson, Texas. It looks from the census as though they were John and Salina HARKY: 1880 TX Cass Co. 3 Just. Pct ED 12 HARKY, JOHN 53 NC --Salina wife 40 IN --Wm. son 20 TX --Lee p? 10 TX HARKY, Cleon p? 12 NC --Franklin son 10 TX --Joseph son 8 TX --Martin son 6 TX --Nora dau 3 TX --Harry son 1 TX (I have no idea who Cleon HARKY is, or what the "p" stands for. I copied this census entry only this morning, so it's fresh in my mind. It might not be a "p" but it isn't an "s.") Lee HARKEY as an adult is in the 1900 census: 1900 TX Bowie Co. 3 Pct. (p 243), hh 171-174 HARKEY, LEE head Feb 1865 35 m10 TX NC IN farmer --Carrie M. wife Apr 1870 30 m10 4ch/4liv LA TX AL --Marvin son Jun 1891 9 s TX TX LA --Henry G. son Apr 1893 7 s TX TX LA --Reben son May 1895 5 s TX TX LA --Paul son Jun 1897 2 s TX TX LA HARKEY, Claude brother Sep 1881 18 s TX NC IN Of course, the next question is: Who are the parents of John HARKY? The best guess I can make from looking at the 1850 census is that they are Ambrose and Susana P. HARKEY of Union Co. NC. And the next question is: Who are the parents of Ambrose HARKEY? With that, I'll say goodnight. Alma

Could someone enlighten me as to who the parents of Lee E Harkey are? Nina http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/HH/hth12.html HODGSON, TEXAS. Hodgson, five miles southwest of DeKalb in western Bowie County, was named for John J. Hodgson, its first postmaster. Settlement of the farming and lumbering area started around 1836, and a community began to emerge shortly after the Civil War when Lee E. Harkey built a cotton gin and a sawmill at the site. A post office was opened there in 1893, and by 1896 the town's population was estimated at 180. Later the community declined. Its post office was closed in 1904, and by 1910 its population had fallen to twenty-five. The last available population estimates, made in the 1940s, set the population at thirty-five. In 1984 the community had a church and one business.

Nina and Donna, For some reason the html on the end of the URL copied without the "l" on the end of it. If you will add that to the URL it will open to the right page. Flora ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna" <dhynd@kctc.net> To: <HARKEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 5:14 PM Subject: Re: [HARKEY-L] Harkey > I also tried and got the same message. > > Donna > > Nina Harkey wrote: > > > Just tried and got this msg: > > > > Not Found > > The requested URL /~txssaba/uncle.htm was not found on this server. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Richard or Yolanda Derstine" <derstine5@earthlink.net> > > To: <HARKEY-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 6:00 PM > > Subject: [HARKEY-L] Harkey > > > > > Check out this neat site! Good detail on several Harkeys. > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txssaba/uncle.htm > > > > > > > > > ==== HARKEY Mailing List ==== > > > If you have any problems with this list or digest write to the list > > > manager Mary Harkey Russell bird@scrtc.com > > > > > > ============================== > > > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > > > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > ==== HARKEY Mailing List ==== > > To unsubscribe from the Harkey list send the word Unsubscribe in a blank > > email addressed to HARKEY-L-request@rootsweb.com > > > > ============================== > > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 > > > ==== HARKEY Mailing List ==== > > Have you heard about the website for Big Uncle Cemetery, San Saba TX. You'll find it interesting If any of your Harkey's went to Texas. > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txssaba/uncle.html > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp >

Just tried and got this msg: Not Found The requested URL /~txssaba/uncle.htm was not found on this server. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard or Yolanda Derstine" <derstine5@earthlink.net> To: <HARKEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 6:00 PM Subject: [HARKEY-L] Harkey > Check out this neat site! Good detail on several Harkeys. > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txssaba/uncle.htm > > > ==== HARKEY Mailing List ==== > If you have any problems with this list or digest write to the list > manager Mary Harkey Russell bird@scrtc.com > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 >

I also tried and got the same message. Donna Nina Harkey wrote: > Just tried and got this msg: > > Not Found > The requested URL /~txssaba/uncle.htm was not found on this server. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Richard or Yolanda Derstine" <derstine5@earthlink.net> > To: <HARKEY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 6:00 PM > Subject: [HARKEY-L] Harkey > > > Check out this neat site! Good detail on several Harkeys. > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txssaba/uncle.htm > > > > > > ==== HARKEY Mailing List ==== > > If you have any problems with this list or digest write to the list > > manager Mary Harkey Russell bird@scrtc.com > > > > ============================== > > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 > > > > ==== HARKEY Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the Harkey list send the word Unsubscribe in a blank > email addressed to HARKEY-L-request@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237

Check out this neat site! Good detail on several Harkeys. http://www.rootsweb.com/~txssaba/uncle.htm

Jane, J.A. HARKEY of Hatton AR doesn't tie in with your HARKEYs. His family is from NC to IL, yours probably left NC abt 1800-1820 and were around GA, AL, and MS. Several HARKEY lines started from NC ended up in AR and MO, but they got there by different routes and at different times. Did you have any luck with the AL HARKEY email addresses I gave you? Alma

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Harkey, Walters Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zdh.2ACIB/167.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Sorry, Jane, I just got this information from an obituary of my greatgreat grandmother Lucy Harkey Walters this weekend and haven't had a chance to track it further. I suspect a 1930 census check of Hatton, Arkansas (county unknown) would give you further info. All I know is that JA is a male and lived there at my GGGM's death in Aug 1932. I can give you her children's names but that wouldn't help any with JA. Lucy was born in 1865 so I suspect his bdate wouldn't be to far off from that. She was born in Springfield, IL.

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/zdh.2ACIB/167.1.1 Message Board Post: Would you have more information on the JA Harkey, that you mentioned .Date of Birth or Deadth, trying to see if he ties in to my line of Harkeys's. Thanks for any info. Jane

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Harkey, Kiddenhower, Walters, Edwards Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zdh.2ACIB/167.1 Message Board Post: My great grandmother, Lucy Carolina Harkey Walters had a brother Jack Harkey in Cuba, MO at the time of her death 8/11/1932. Their parents were John Harkey and MM Kiddenhower. Census records (Burnet Co., TX 1900) show me that my John was born in Germany. Lucy was born in Springfield IL in 1865. Her mother was from NC. Other siblings were Mrs. Ed Edwards of Cresco, CA, JA Harkey of Hatton, AR, J.F. Harkey of Austin TX. IF this sounds familiar to anybody please contact 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/zdh.2ACIB/167 Message Board Post: Looking for info on Harkey's in the Springfield or Willard area. My Grandfather had a half brother living there in the late 1950's. I have a pic of them but no name for the brother. Their father was John M. Harkey born in Greensboro, N.C. probably around 1840 - 1845.

Is anyone familiar with the Harkey family from Texas that had the following family members: grandmother Maude Harkey, her son Jim and his children Jimmie, Susan and Mary? The family had visited Carlsbad, N.M. in the 50's.

Hello, Blockers-1@msn.com Your anonymous query to the HARKEY message board was forwarded to the HARKEY subscriber list. You wrote that you are looking for HARKEYs who are related to the line beginning with John HARKEY, who died 1832 in Tuscaloosa Co. AL and ending with William Washington HARKEY, b 1881. I'm not sure they are still on the list, but if they don't respond to your post, you might be able to reach them directly: Nell Naugher (NNaugher@aol.com), Paula Norwood (PaulaXN@aol.com), Craig Crouch (cecrouch@cwo.com), Geneva Purdy [I think] (genpurdy@aol.com), and Eddie Harkey (harkey@pepperlink.net). If you are not successful in reaching any of them at those rather old email addresses, you might try posting specific questions to the HARKEY list (HARKEY-L@rootsweb.com). You seem already to have the descendancy chart of that line, so it's not clear to me what you mean by "any information." We'd also like to learn about your HARKEY connection. Have you made any progress in researching the parents of John HARKEY? That's still an unsolved mystery on the list. Alma Roark Johnson

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/zdh.2ACIB/166.1 Message Board Post: I have this John Harkey, b. 1765 and lots of his kids, but alas no Archibald or any of the others in thus e-mail. Hmm.