Thank you very much for the help and advice, I am very gratefull, I think I may find them in Barry county, Mo. some of the James Chisum line of Amelia county, I believe did settle there, thanks again Vickie ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul E. "PJ" Jackson, Sr. <pj@istnet.net> To: <MOLAWREN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2000 11:49 AM Subject: [MOLAWREN-L] Lawrence CO, AR > Vickie -- > > Yes, Lawrence CO, AR Territory -- in its 1819 borders -- did include part of > Barry CO, MO. This all changed in 1836, when, as a new state, AR's counties > were first laid out and Lawrence CO, AR became dramatically smaller, > bordering MO west of the bootheel. > > If your ancestors were in Lawrence CO, AR after 1836, then they must have > travelled eastward. Just a guess, but it's not unlikely that your people DID > move around (this was all frontier country, remember?), and those in Barry > CO, MO could have ended up in Lawrence CO, MO without going very far -- just > a very short way north. I'd suggest that if you have any evidence, at all, > that they were in Lawrence CO, MO, that you continue to pursue them there. > > Somebody on the Stone County list is currently throwing a fit over similar > surnames and given names; this item gives you reason to throw a fit over > similar county names. At least we didn't name them all George. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vickie Lomon <lomon@junct.com> > To: MOLAWREN-L@rootsweb.com <MOLAWREN-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Saturday, June 10, 2000 11:53 PM > Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN-L] Lawrence CO, AR > > > >Thank you so much for your reply and help, and the earliest I find my > Chisum > >family in Lawrence county,Ark. is 1827, 1829 and 1834 up to 1850, > >Are you saying in your first paragraph Lawrence county, Ark. in 1819 was a > >small part of Barry county, MO. in 1827? Vickie > >I think things are starting to make sense, alot of the Chisum did travel to > >Barry county, Mo. James Chisum and I believe also Nathan Breed Chisum? I > >think this is where I may hit? But if I am wrong about it being Barry > >county, Mo. Please let me know, Vickie > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: Paul E. "PJ" Jackson, Sr. <pj@istnet.net> > >To: <MOLAWREN-L@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2000 9:12 PM > >Subject: [MOLAWREN-L] Lawrence CO, AR > > > > > >> Vickie, > >> > >> In 1819, Lawrence CO, AR covered most of the northern part of AR and also > >a > >> small distance into present-day MO, for virtually the width of the state > >as > >> we know it. This area included what is now the southern half of Barry CO, > >> MO. > >> > >> Lawrence CO, MO was formed in 1845 from parts of northern Barry and > >western > >> Greene CO, MO (the Barry CO part had not been a component of Lawrence CO, > >> AR). By 1850, Lawrence CO, AR was a much smaller county, located in the > >> northeast corner of the state. > >> > >> If you believe that your Lawrence CO, AR ancestors were in present-day > >> Missouri, you may be right -- but there are eight present-day MO counties > >> that they might have been in. Here's a clue: In 1836, Izard CO, AR was > >> roughly placed where present-day Marion, Fulton and Izard Counties (AR) > >are. > >> By 1850, Izard CO, AR was south of Fulton CO, AR. > >> > >> Good luck! > >> > >> PJ > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Vickie Lomon <lomon@junct.com> > >> To: MOLAWREN-L@rootsweb.com <MOLAWREN-L@rootsweb.com> > >> Date: Saturday, June 10, 2000 8:44 PM > >> Subject: [MOLAWREN-L] CHISM or CHISUM > >> > >> > >> >Hello, I am researching the Chism family surname. > >> >I am stuck in Lawrence county,Ark. 1827, and If I understand this list > >> right, Lawrence county , Mo. was once a part of Lawrence county, Ark. > >> >I am trying to find out who and Elisha Chisum belongs to? > >> >Elisha Chisum died in intestate 1827, bonded was a Winnie Chisum, > Oct.30, > >> 1827 > >> >Winnie Chism and a Benjamin Chism , Lawrence county, Ark. tax lists 1829 > >> >Then a Mrs. Winniefred Chisolm was listed as one of nine people in Izard > >> county , Ark.1834 > >> >Then Benjamin Chism 1850 cenus Izard county , Ark. born 1796, birthplace > >> unknown. > >> >wife Polly born North Carolina 1803 > >> >Children were > >> >Benjamin, William, Washington, Isham, Henderson, James, Elizabeth, > >Winnie, > >> Thomas and one more we think by the name of Elisha. > >> >1860 Izard county, census > >> >William Chism, born 1827, wife Mary , children Thomas, John Green, and > >Mary > >> > > >> >Elisha Chism born Ark. 1821, wife Mathela, children Polly and Benjamin > >> > > >> >J.H. Chism born Alabama, wife Sarah > >> >children Benjmain , Jane and Henderson > >> > > >> >Then in 1840 Winnie Chisum is widowed on the Overton county, Tn. census. > >> >I am thinging she belongs to the JOhn Chisum of Amelia county , Va. line > >> through one of his sons? > >> >Some of the Chism family settled in Barry , Cooper and Green counties. > >> >I am hopeing someone may know of this line? I will gladly share the info > >I > >> have on this line, Thanks Vickie > >> > > >> > > >