This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Jenkins, Westerman Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IhB.2ACI/591 Message Board Post: I just received the pension record of John Jenkins who settled in Conway Co., Arkansas. I found out that he was married and all of his children were born in Bedford Co., TN. The file says his wife, Catherine Westerman, was also born in Bedford Co. about 1813. They were married in Shelbyville by Squire Miller on May 27, 1832. Any information at all on this family would be greatly appreciated. They are my brick wall. Below are their children according to the pension record: Descendants of John Jenkins 1 John Jenkins b: 1811 in NC d: 14 Oct 1862 in Helena, Phillips Co., Arkansas . +Catherine Westerman b: Abt. 1813 in Bedford Co., TN d: 10 Mar 1891 m: 27 May 1832 in Shelbyville, Bedford Co., Tennessee ....... 2 Mary Ann Jenkins b: 03 Sep 1833 in Bedford Co., Tennessee ....... 2 Margaret Jenkins b: May 1835 in Bedford Co., Tennessee d: Bef. 1861 ........... +Dickinson ....... 2 Paty C. Jenkins b: Feb 1837 in Bedford Co., Tennessee ....... 2 Chesely Jenkins b: 11 Feb 1840 in Bedford Co., Tennessee d: 14 Oct 1862 in Helena, Phillips Co., Arkansas ....... 2 Orlena Jenkins b: Aug 1842 in Bedford Co., Tennessee ....... 2 Charity Jenkins b: 03 Apr 1844 in Bedford Co., Tennessee d: 13 Mar 1917 in Sebastian Co., AR ........... +James Monroe Blythe b: 02 Oct 1840 d: 13 Nov 1910 in Sebastian Co., AR m: 21 May 1863 in Springfield, MO ....... 2 Sarah E. Jenkins b: 17 Feb 1846 in Bedford Co., Tennessee d: 03 Sep 1904 ........... +William Jackson ....... 2 Malissa A. Jenkins b: 03 Jun 1848 in Bedford Co., Tennessee d: Abt. 1883 in Texas ........... +Jefferson Meeks ....... 2 Felix McKinley Jenkins b: 13 Dec 1850 in Bedford Co., Tennessee d: 26 Jan 1917 in Brent, Sequoyah Co., OK ........... +Mary " Maggie" Jackson b: 02 Oct 1860 in Crawford Co., Arkansas d: 28 May 1932 in Brent, Sequoyah Co., OK m: 01 Jan 1877 in Van Buren, Crawford Co., AR ....... 2 Eli Jenkins b: 11 Oct 1852 in Bedford Co., Tennessee d: 1921 in Sequoyah Co., OK ........... +Emma b: Aug 1864 in Illinois d: 1915 Anyone who connects with this family please contact me. I am willing to share what I have. Becky