Several of the Byrd clan and related families of Hardin County moved to the Grant County Arkansas area. ----- Original Message ----- From: <CCA44@aol.com> To: <tnhardin@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 7:49 AM Subject: [TNHARDIN] Hardin Co. TN to Arkansas > I've been reading the postings regarding families who moved from Hardin Co. > to Arkansas and thought I'd add some other surnames. > > My direct Henry and Russell ancestors moved from Hardin to Jackson Co. AR in > 1853. Either traveling with them or soon thereafter, came more Russell > families along with these surnames: Wood, Johnson, Chalk, Jackson, McDougal, Ross > and Hess families to name a few. This area of Jackson Co. forms almost a > triangle with White and Independence Counties, thus many families moved within > this tri-county area. > > Also, heading from Hardin Co. to Clay Co. AR were my Smith and Berry lines. > These families moved first to Dyer Station TN and then on to Boydsville, Clay > Co. AR. > > I'll post a partial index to deeds in Jackson Co. AR below where someone may > note their ancestors: > > 6-11-1855 Boyd Wellington & wife to Thomas M. Ross > 3-24-1866 Josephine Blagg to Wm. D. Brown > 10-28-1859 Blip & Cox to John Stewart > 1-3-1858 John Beard & wife to John Taylor > 3-27-1867 R. D. Byers & wife to William Henry and wife > 3-27-1863 Joseph A. Bennett & wife to John Stewart > 1-21-1848 John A. Cornett to James M. Brown > 11-2-1849 Caroline Cornelius to William Mason > 12-10-1856 Joseph M. Green to W. H. Taylor > 1859 or 1860 (date not certain but I have book and page number is the > following: > Governor of Arkansas to William A. Henry....4 Deeds > 6-30-1860 Mary Ann Gibbs to James A. Chalk > 3-2-1852 Green Hill to Battin Bright > 6-12-1856 Wm. N. Holland & wife to Mary A. Holland > 2-21-1859 James Hall to James Stewart > 6-8-1859 Shows V. R. Mason & wife to Thomas H. Murphy a deed of trust. > 4-12-1860 Lewis Hananes & wife to M. B. McCoy > 6-30-1860 William Henry to James A. Chalk > 7-27-1866 William Henry to Joseph A. McLayden > 1-22-1867 William Henry to E. D. & T. E. Bryeans > > Early probate for Jackson Co., AR.....David Johnson of Jackson Co. died > January 29, 1862 Kentucky. Aff. J.V. Richardson 7-18-1865 bond 7-18-1865. He must > have been in the Civil War. > > Marriages Jackson Co.: Albert Johnson 20 & Sarah Ann Readwine 3-1-1866. Also > found at Oakland Cem: Albert Johnson died 7-1868 22 yrs old. > > William Johnson 26 & Jane Pierce 17 11-10-1859 > Lewisa Johnson 33 & Thomas Richardson 29 9-5-1866 > Isabel Johnson 17 & James Williams 21 11-15-1874 > Lucinda Johnson & Thomas Deaton 9-3-1868 > Robert Johnson & Marinda Holand 11-22-1866 > > This is a mix of what could have been Felix Johnson and Benjamin Johnson's > children from Hardin Co. It appears to me that some of the Johnson's went to > Arkansas and then some went back to Hardin. > > Keeping in mind that Lawrence Co. AR was founded several years prior to > Jackson Co., there were several Hardin Co. families listed in earlier Lawrence > Co. records. > > Carolyn Anderson > > > > **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. > http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNHARDIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------------------------------------------------------