You may do a little exploring of this website to find some information about your George Washington Huffman and his migration to Arkansas: <A HREF="http://www.glorecords.blm.gov">http://www.glorecords.blm.gov</A> This is the website of the Bureau of Land Management. Much of the land in what was the Louisiana Purchase, which included Arkansas, was awarded to the first owners by land patent. This website is highly searchable. I put in the name Arkansas and then the name George Huffman, expecting it to not respond if I gave too much information. There are four George Huffmans who patented land in Arkansas, and two of them are George Washington Huffman. You can order the patent (a copy thereof, that is) from the BLM. It may or may not tell you much about your ancestor, but every piece of evidence adds to your family history. Geo Washington Huffman seems to have acquired his land ca 1859. Does that fit your timeline for this man? Why don't you do a <A HREF="www.google.com">www.google.com</A> search for the surname Klutts and use variant spellings? Sounds Germanic to me. Also, search the databases on <A HREF="www.familysearch.org"> www.familysearch.org</A> I hope you find your missing ancestress. Many of us have trouble with our ladies, who were the true pioneers, it seems to me. E.W.Wallace (female)