Well I do know something about Arkansas being Confederate. It was a Confederate State but I also know that there were not necessarily sympathizers but folks that wanted to straddle the fence so to say. There was a group supposedly formed in the Van Buren, Arkansas area & it took in several counties but they were called the Arkansas Peace Society. They were a secret society and even had an oath. One of them approached a fella about joining and the group was reported to the authorities. And it went all the way to the governor's office. And the law enforcement at the time was order to round up all the fella's involved...and they were all taken to Little Rock for a hearing. There are some websites about it and even some of the names that were involved can be found there. I know one was a William Brown and I have Brown's in my family and I know that I can't find my Brown family from 1870 to about 1890 but they were in that area in 1860 & 1900. But I'm not sure if those dates match that period. Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 11:16:26 -0500 From: "Sharon Peel" <speell@earthlink.net> Subject: [MSTISHOM] Ritter/Peal To: <mstishom@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <010201c79d55$bdb7aa60$d5588304@DHG1T7C1> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Frank, My Peels also left Tishomingo Co, MS in the mid- 1850's. The family story goes that they went by wagon train; they settled Peeltown in Henderson (now Kaufman) County, TX. They were looking for "elbow room" and a good place to farm. Now, as to your ancestors leaving Arkansas in the middle of the Civil War -- could they have been Union sympathizers? I don't know much about Arkansas, but I'm assuming it was a Confederate state. Sharon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Martin" <fmartin@zeecon.com> To: <mstishom@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 3:51 PM Subject: Re: [MSTISHOM] Ritter > Lyllye: > My Martin family moved from Tishomingo County MS to Van Buren County AR > between 1850 and 1860. > I couldn't find out why. Later on, they moved (right in the middle of the > war) to Illinois. > Frank > Hugs, Lyllye http://360.yahoo.com/lyllye1 Approach Love & Cooking with wreckless abandon.

Wona: This is very interesting. Do you know if the group (Arkansas Peace Society) was formed in the area of the city of Van Buren, or was it in Van Buren County? Frank ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wona Chennault" <lyllye1@yahoo.com> To: <MSTISHOM@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 6:18 PM Subject: [MSTISHOM] Ritter/Peal Well I do know something about Arkansas being Confederate. It was a Confederate State but I also know that there were not necessarily sympathizers but folks that wanted to straddle the fence so to say. There was a group supposedly formed in the Van Buren, Arkansas area & it took in several counties but they were called the Arkansas Peace Society. They were a secret society and even had an oath. One of them approached a fella about joining and the group was reported to the authorities. And it went all the way to the governor's office. And the law enforcement at the time was order to round up all the fella's involved...and they were all taken to Little Rock for a hearing. There are some websites about it and even some of the names that were involved can be found there. I know one was a William Brown and I have Brown's in my family and I know that I can't find my Brown family from 1870 to about 1890 but they were in that area in 1860 & 1900. But I'm not sure if those dates match that period. Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 11:16:26 -0500 From: "Sharon Peel" <speell@earthlink.net> Subject: [MSTISHOM] Ritter/Peal To: <mstishom@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <010201c79d55$bdb7aa60$d5588304@DHG1T7C1> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Frank, My Peels also left Tishomingo Co, MS in the mid- 1850's. The family story goes that they went by wagon train; they settled Peeltown in Henderson (now Kaufman) County, TX. They were looking for "elbow room" and a good place to farm. Now, as to your ancestors leaving Arkansas in the middle of the Civil War -- could they have been Union sympathizers? I don't know much about Arkansas, but I'm assuming it was a Confederate state. Sharon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Martin" <fmartin@zeecon.com> To: <mstishom@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 3:51 PM Subject: Re: [MSTISHOM] Ritter > Lyllye: > My Martin family moved from Tishomingo County MS to Van Buren County AR > between 1850 and 1860. > I couldn't find out why. Later on, they moved (right in the middle of the > war) to Illinois. > Frank > Hugs, Lyllye http://360.yahoo.com/lyllye1 Approach Love & Cooking with wreckless abandon. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MSTISHOM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.7.6/815 - Release Date: 5/22/2007 3:49 PM

Here are a couple of links to read about the Arkansas Peace Society: http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/peacelst1.html Many names are listed on this page. http://www.rootsweb.com/~armarion/bramblebush/0007.htm Teresa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Martin" <fmartin@zeecon.com> To: <mstishom@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 9:39 AM Subject: Re: [MSTISHOM] Ritter/Peal > Wona: > This is very interesting. Do you know if the group (Arkansas Peace > Society) was formed in the area of the city of Van Buren, or was it in Van > Buren County? > Frank > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Wona Chennault" <lyllye1@yahoo.com> > To: <MSTISHOM@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 6:18 PM > Subject: [MSTISHOM] Ritter/Peal > > > Well I do know something about Arkansas being Confederate. > > It was a Confederate State but I also know that there were not necessarily > sympathizers but folks that wanted to straddle the fence so to say. There > was a group supposedly formed in the Van Buren, Arkansas area & it took in > several counties but they were called the Arkansas Peace Society. They were > a secret society and even had an oath. One of them approached a fella about > joining and the group was reported to the authorities. And it went all the > way to the governor's office. And the law enforcement at the time was order > to round up all the fella's involved...and they were all taken to Little > Rock for a hearing. There are some websites about it and even some of the > names that were involved can be found there. I know one was a William Brown > and I have Brown's in my family and I know that I can't find my Brown family > from 1870 to about 1890 but they were in that area in 1860 & 1900. But I'm > not sure if those dates match that period. > > Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 11:16:26 -0500 > From: "Sharon Peel" <speell@earthlink.net> > Subject: [MSTISHOM] Ritter/Peal > To: <mstishom@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <010201c79d55$bdb7aa60$d5588304@DHG1T7C1> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Frank, > > My Peels also left Tishomingo Co, MS in the mid- 1850's. The family > story goes that they went by wagon train; they settled Peeltown in Henderson > (now Kaufman) County, TX. They were looking for "elbow room" and a good > place to farm. > > Now, as to your ancestors leaving Arkansas in the middle of the Civil > War -- could they have been Union sympathizers? I don't know much about > Arkansas, but I'm assuming it was a Confederate state. > > Sharon > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Frank Martin" <fmartin@zeecon.com> > To: <mstishom@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 3:51 PM > Subject: Re: [MSTISHOM] Ritter > > > > Lyllye: > > My Martin family moved from Tishomingo County MS to Van Buren > County AR > > between 1850 and 1860. > > I couldn't find out why. Later on, they moved (right in the middle > of the > > war) to Illinois. > > Frank > > > > > > Hugs, Lyllye > http://360.yahoo.com/lyllye1 > Approach Love & Cooking with wreckless abandon. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MSTISHOM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.7.6/815 - Release Date: 5/22/2007 > 3:49 PM > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MSTISHOM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message