Hi: I do not know where I found these two newspaper abstracts - probably from Ancestry.com Note: The Davis Hinds in the first abstract is actually DAVID Hinds - my direct ancestor. So the two abstracts below are actually of the same person - David Hinds, son of John & Esther Hinds. John died in Van Buren, AR in 1838. Esther re-married to a Jonathan Eppler and was head of house as Easther Eppler in the 1850 census with David's four older children (Edward, John, Margaret "Elizabeth" & Archie) in the home with her. David's wife, Margaret Mattix, had re-married to a Rev. John Autry - and had her two youngest (Cynthia & Mary) with her in the Autry household in 1850. Two of David's children (Edward & Archibald Yell) left for Tulare Co. CA in 1852-53. They traveled with a former slave with the same last name - Wiley Hinds. If any of Wiley's descendants read this message - PULEEZE get in touch with me - address below my signature. Wiley and my great-grandfather, Archibald Yell Hinds remained friends to the end of Archibald's life. Archibald would take his granddaughter by wagon to visit "Uncle Wiley" after church. "Uncle Wiley" came to the house to express his condolences upon Archibald's death. I would LOVE to know Grandmother Esther HInds Eppler's maiden name. She is not in the 1860 census of Crawford Co. AR. She is not in any of the newspaper obits. She was a slave holder of 14 slaves in 1840 and had three in 1850. I'm considering that she went with other Crawford Co. people to TX where southern sympathizers were accepted during the Civil War since Union forces took control of the county during the war. Her daughter-in-law, Margaret Mattix Hinds Autry died in Cook Co. TX. From a researcher: "Margaret Elizabeth HINDS BASHAM LEDFORD's Mother, Margaret Ann Mattix md Dr John C AUTRY Feb 22 1827. She died 1861 in Cook Co. Tx from complications of measles and brd. near Greene Schools & Church in Cooke Co. Tx. Poor Margaret Ann Mattix....she had aprox 7 children by David HINDS(he died 1843) and the she aprox 5 children by John C Autry. John Autry, b 1811 NC d 1886 Sebastian Co. AR." Regards, Nan [email protected] ------------------------------ "Arkansas Newspaper Abstracts 1819-1845" by James Logan Morgan Vol III Obituaries and Deaths HINDS Davis, 40, d last Tues Dec 5 1843 at his res c6 mi from Van Buren. VB Ark Int Dec 9 1843. (Arkansas Intelligencer) Vol IV Probate and Chancery Notices HINDS David dec. Nimrod Capps admr, Crawford Co. VB ARk Int Aug 2 1845.