Dear Harkey Group, I am Flora Barrett and I have been totally silent since this list started. I am in the middle of trying to finish writing a family history on another one of my lines and although I have read all of your letters with a great deal of interest I haven't added anything. I am way behind schedule with this other history, but as soon as I get it finished I hope to be able to put in my two cents worth occassionally. <G> Today I found the Bill Harkey that Mary was searching for ( see correspondence relating to this Bill below). This is the Bill Harkey who married Mary Moore. Following is the information that I have: William Riley Harkey, b 1844 in Stanley County, NC, son of James Harkey and Eliza Tucker, who moved from NC to Pope County, Ar. William Riley is listed as their 8th child. William married first to Mary Ann Jackson and 2nd to Mary Moore. I do not have a death date on William, a marriage date to either wife or any other information. I will write the man who sent this information to me and see if perhaps he has more on William, Williams wives, or his children. I will post all new information that I receive to this list. I hope that this is of some use to the lady that Mary was helping. Happy Hunting, Flora Barrett Oklahoma ========================== Date: Sat, 5 Jul 1997 22:50:48 -0500 Subject: Bill Harkey Message-ID: <[email protected]> >>Hi Harkey List and Hi Joann. Joann asked me to find Bill Harkey b. Yell Co. AR.in 1850 who married Mary Lee Moore. He died in 1924 in Haskell Co. OK. She said they had three sons and a daughter. I can not find Bill Harkey in my database. Well , I find lots of William Harkeys but none that match an 1850 birthdate and none with Mary Lee Moore as a wife. I do know of a Moore--My G- grandpa Moses I Harkey's 4th wife was Jane Moore. Everybody get your notes out and let's find Bill Harkey for Joann. Mary Russell [email protected] << ================================== >>Date: Sun, 6 Jul 1997 15:18:45 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: Bill HARKEY, b 1850 Yell Co. AR Message-ID: <[email protected]> The Yell County Harkeys have both William and Willburn names, so "Bill" might be Willburn (Wilburn, Wellborn, etc.). (Wilburn is also a continuing name in my line of HARKEYs. Was he a governor or general or something?) Is Flora Barrett part of the HARKEY discussion group? She wrote the "Harkeys of Yell County, Arkansas" history about her own family. She would certainly be a good person to ask. Alma Roark Johnson [email protected]<< ================================ >>Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 05:53:42 -0700 (MST) Subject: Re: Bill HARKEY, b 1850 Yell Co. AR Message-ID: <[email protected]> The Harkey info I have comes from a book entitled "The Shinn family in Europe and America" It is available, on film, at LDS Family history centers. The book was originally published at the turn of the century. (I am not convinced that it is an unimpeachable source, but the more recent information appears to be reliable.) The book basically tells the story of the Shinn family in NJ and how they arrived in NC in the mid 1700s. The narrative ends with "The sixth generation" with a (Katy) Maria Shinn who married Isaac Harkey abt 4FEB1828. (film # 1760778) A list of their children (according to the book) is as follows: 1. John Kashaw Harkey(7), m Minerva Shaw and had children, Dr William Isaac Harkey of Ola Ark, and Mary Harkey. 2. Lavina Harkey (7) m first Jacob Mendenhall and then Talkington. 3. Mary Emeline Harkey (7) m Dickney Fowler and had children. James, Sarah,John, and Francis, plus three others who died in infancy. 4. James Sharp Harkey (7) m Mary Ann Petray. 5. William Jacob Harkey (7) m first Frances Burkhead, then Mary Wells, then Elizabeth George, and had children. William, Jesse, Charles, Emily, Maggie, Lucy, Rosa, and Addie. 6. Hester Harkey (7) [My direct ancestor] m Birk Talkington and had children... 7. Sara Elizabeth Harkey (7) m DeWitt Stout and had children: Henry, Thomas and Kate. 8. Thomas Jefferson Harkey (7) enlisted and died in the Confederate army. 9. Martha Jane Harkey (7) m William Brigham, and had children Lillie and Alice. 10. Martin Luther Harkey (7), 11. Maria Ann Minerva Harkey, (7) m Robert Battenfield. 12. Kate Harkey(7) m William Martin and had eleven children of which I have six, Samuel, Charles, Mattie, Lillie, Annie, and Martina. 13. Littleton Harkey (7), ob infans. I have another source that has this couple with 15 children, so errors may abound here. I would like to know if any of these Harkeys ring a bell with anyone in the discussion group, as the info I have seen so far has not listed an Isaac Harkey in NC. I am interested in knowing who his parents were. The book also records that several other Shinns and Harkeys married and travelled to Arkansas together during "The great exodus" These were siblings of Katy Maria: Elizabeth Sarah Shinn m David Harkey 1/24/1822; James Madison Shinn m Sophia Harkey in 1832. Hope this helps to make connections with Harkeys you might have. Tim Q.<< ==============