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WELLS posted by James on Monday, January 19, 2004

Hello I am looking for any records for West Helena, dated late 1800's- early 1900's, a plantation named WELLS. Can you help? Thank you, James

PATTERSON posted by James on Tuesday, January 20, 2004

Hello my name is James and I am searching in Phillips County, Arkansas, for any records for the PATTERSON family. They were in West Helena around mid to late 1800's. Thanks, James

HARVEY,PATTERSON posted by James on Tuesday, January 20, 2004

Looking for info on:
Mcguffey PATTERSON born 5/2/1900, - Snow Lake or South Land --died 6/18/1987. Parents were Peter and Margaret PATTERSON. I have no info on them.
Married to Edna Elnora HARVEY PATTERSON born 3/3/1902 - South Lake --died 7/20/1977 in South Helena. Parents were Walter and Margaret HARVEY.
Thanks, James

HARVEY posted by James on Wednesday, January 28, 2004

Do you have any records of Walter and Margaret HARVEY were married approx 1885. I found them on the census of 1900 as
I found this on the HARVEY family:
1900 Cleburne Township, Phillips County, AR
Walter HARVEY Aug 1859 40 AR AR AR M15
Margarette HARVEY Jun 1867 32 MS MS MS 8/5
Thanks, James

MCBROOM, NEWTON posted by James T. Shepherd on Wednesday, February 4, 2004

Requesting any information for Eliza MCBROOM and John T. NEWTON. They were married 17 Feb 1847 in Phillips County, Ark. They are my maternal g-g-grandparents. They had seven children in Ark. before settling in MO. Any information will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for your help, James T. Shepherd

HARVEY posted by James on Tuesday, February 10, 2004

Looking for a cemetery in Lexa, Arkansas, around 1930's, near Spring Lake Baptist Church, Margaret HARVEY born approx 1867 - died 1932. Does anyone know of this church so I can find the name of the cemetery? Thanks for your help! JJ

GOLDER/GOULDER posted by Ruth Ann Davis on Monday, February 16, 2004

Edmund GOLDER/GOULDER served in the War of 1812 in Virginia and Maryland with his brother, James GOLDER/GOULDER. His unit was 62nd Regiment (Seldon's) Virginia Militia. He and his brother were born around Petersburg, VA. James was killed during the war. Edmund showed up in Faulkner County, AR in 1820 claiming James' bounty land as the only remaining relative. Edmund's son, James B. GOLDER, is shown as marrying Mary BOND on May 3, 1839, in Phillips County, AR. He was a rafter in the 1850 Phillips County, AR, census. This family migrated to Fulton County, AR in 1852. I would like to correspond with anyone researching GOLDER/GOULDER in Arkansas. Ruth Ann Davis. Gurley, Alabama. Genealogy Research: PORTER, WHITESIDE, MICHAELS, LUNN, HAZLEWOOD, GOLDER, TAYLOR, WHEATLEY, FRAZIER

FORD, KIZER, YOUNG posted by Ernie Matlock on Thursday, March 4, 2004

My grt-grt-grandfather was stationed in Helena with the 2nd Regiment, Arkansas Calvary Volunteers during the Civil War and, after the war, married a gal at, or near, Phillips Bayou. His name was Nathaniel FORD and, so far as I know, her maiden name was Pamelia YOUNG. They can be found, listed as family #109, on the 1870 Census for L'Anguille Township, Phillips County, Phillips Bayou Post Office, Arkansas.
My desire, obviously, is to find something about them...like a marriage license, some record of where they lived, etc. So far as I know, the area where they lived became part of Lee County in 1873. I also believe that Pamelia died in about 1872 during child birth of a daughter named Sarah Frances FORD and, since the husband of Nathaniel's next door neighbor had died of pneumonia, Nathaniel married his neighbor's wife. The neighbor was Jacob KIZER and the neighbor's wife was Margaret Jane LITTLEFIELD KIZER. I obtained a copy of their marriage license from the court house in Marianna last March.
At any rate, I am looking for someone to see if they can come up with something on Nathaniel and his first wife, Pamelia YOUNG. I believe that Pamelia was the daughter of Samuel S. YOUNG who can be found on the 1860 Census for L'Anguille Township, Phillips County, Sterling Post Office. He and his family are listed as family #43. Samuel served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, was captured in Phillips County and died of pneumonia in a Union Prison in Alton Illinois and is buried in the Confederate Cemetery there.
Can you locate a volunteer who could do some research on Nathaniel and Pamelia for me? I would gladly reimburse them. I did visit the Helena Courthouse last March but could not locate any records regarding them. Course I was not familiar with all the records there and I later discovered that some of the early marriage records for Phillips County are contained in a box that I was not aware of.
It would be nice to find someone familiar with the area between Lagrange and Phillips Bayou. I understand that there are some cemeteries in the area around Phillips Bayou and it would be wonderful to find Jake KIZER and/or Pamelia's grave(s). Course, I understand that the likelihood of their markers is somewhat remote.

CRAIG, PORTER, RIGHTOR posted by Iras Smith on Sunday, March 7, 2004

Edward PORTER -- miller in 1850 census; lumber merchant in 1860 census; lumber merchant in 1870 census; owns sawmill in 1880 census. Married 27 March 1846 Phillips County, AR. Elizabeth Putnam RIGHTOR, born in Helena 26 April 1827, died in Live Oak, FL 19 July 1907, dau of Minerva Putnam CRAIG and Nicholas RIGHTOR. He was born in Chester, Illinois 21 April 1824 and died in Helena 20 Feb 1885.
William PORTER, born in Ohio 9 March 1818 according to Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Eastern Arkansas is possibly his brother. In the 1880 census they are next door neighbors and he has a son Edward. There is a connection to sawmills. William PORTER's parents were from Massachusetts but Edward PORTER's parent's birthplaces are not given in the census.
Elizabeth Putnam RIGHTOR is the neice of Waldo Putnam CRAIG who had a sawmill in Helena around 1837. Her father, Nicholas RIGHTOR, was one of the founders of Helena, AR. Her mother, Minerva Putnam CRAIG, was the daughter of Capt. Joel CRAIG and Elizabeth PUTNAM who came to AR before 1820. There is a steamboat/river connection through several generations of these families. Joel and Elizabeth CRAIG are buried in the Maple Hill cemetery as are numerous other PORTERs, CRAIGs, and RIGHTORs. Elizabeth's mother, Minerva, is buried there but Nicholas RIGHTOR's burial is not given in the Turner cemetery book, possibly his grave is unmarked since he died young and Minerva was pregnant with her 8th child at the time and may not have been able to put a marker on his grave.
Elizabeth Putnam CRAIG is the granddaughter of General Israel PUTNAM of the Revolutionary War. Joel CRAIG's father was Elijah CRAIG who was a Baptist preacher from Virginia who migrated to Kentucky and is sometimes given credit for being the first to distill bourbon whiskey. It makes a good story!
I am interested in learning more about the PORTER family's origins. I would like to hear from anyone with information on this family and will be glad to share what I have on them.
Iras Fearn Smith (Great-greatgrandaughter of Elizabeth and Edward PORTER) Mobile, AL

JONES, GRAMMER posted by Robert Byrnes Jones on Friday, April 16, 2004

Emerson - Love - JONES had a wholesale grocery in Helena about 1900. Looking for any information. Are there city directories for Helena? Emerson JONES born in Gibson Co. TN 1859. Died Mount Vernon AR. 1944 Bob Jones

ROCK posted by Karen Richardson on Tuesday, April 27, 2004

I was wondering if it would be possible to get copies of these Land Records and how much would it cost?
  • ROCK HIRAM 23 3S 3E 80 1849/08/01 ASSIGNEE OF ME-AH-SHO-TUBBE
  • ROCK HIRAM 23 3S 3E 80 1849/08/01 ASSIGNEE OF NO-WAH-HO-CUBBE

    • ROCK posted by Karen Richardson on Tuesday, May 4, 2004

    I am searching for the parents of Margaret BURK that was married to Hiram ROCK in Phillips Co, Arkansas. 13 Apr 1847. They had a son John H. ROCK. Apparently Margaret died about 1850 because Hiram remarried to Mary Jane GRIMES. It also looks like Hiram was married once before Miss BURKE because he has a daughter Eliza Ann ROCK whom married Isaac VANHOOSER. If you can find any information on Hiram's parents it would be greatly appreciated. Census records say Hiram ROCK was born in Virginia

    ROGERS posted by Don Rogers on Saturday, May 8, 2004

    I need info on John R. ROGERS who moved from Mississippi to Phillips County (Helena/West Helena) to practice medicine. He married Mattie PARR, and they had four children. He died after 1930. I think he may be buried in West Helena, but am not sure. Any info will be appreciated. wdr

    GARNER, ROBERT posted by Libby Agee on Monday, May 10, 2004

    Frank ROBERT and Alma Tatum GARNER. I am trying to locate where the above couple are buried. They both died during the 60's. They had a farm at Marvell and were well known in the community. I think they may have attended the Presbyterian church. I am trying to secure this information for a booklet for their great and great great grandchildren. Do you have any suggestions? Thank you.

    DRAKE, MOORE posted by Jeannene Honeycutt on Tuesday, July 6, 2004

    John MOORE (26) and Emily DRAKE (20) married 23 Sept 1857, Phillips Co. by James Mackay, minister of Methodist Episcopal Church South. Mackay states his certificate of credentials recorded @ clerk's office @ Danville, Yell Co. Would this be the Methodist Church or Episcopal nowadays? Where would these old church records be kept? Looking for a christening or baptismal record for the two above.

    BRYAN, BRYANT posted by Dena Gerkitz on Tuesday, July 27, 2004

    Looking for information to a Nathan D. Bryan... Was to have been living in West Helena at least in the 1960 time frame.....

    GOLDSMITH posted by Rachel Unkefer on Tuesday, August 10, 2004

    Looking for information about Abe and Louise GOLDSMITH (nee HURST) who lived in Helena and had a retail store. The time period would be about the 1920s to the 1960s. Did they have any children? Thanks

    WHITE posted by Paula McCutcheon on Monday, September 13, 2004

    I am looking for information about the Wellford WHITE family of Helena and/or his parents, Clara and William S. WHITE, who moved to Helena from Richmond, VA after the Civil War in about 1865 - '67. She was the former Clara HUNT of Savannah, GA. Their house was at 1015 Perry Street in Helena. The Whites were my grandparents (and great grandparents). Thank you.

    ROSE posted by Irene (Rose) Warner on Monday, September 13, 2004

    I am trying to find information on William ROSE, 1817-Jackson Co., Ohio - died probably around 1880-Phillips Co. Arkansas. He is featured in GOODSPEED'S BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL MEMOIRS OF EASTERN, ARKANSAS, published in 1890, pp. 795 - 796. I would like to find an obituary, a death record, a cemetery plot - anything that I can obtain that would contain information on his burial site or family information. His father, William ROSE, remarried after Mary ADKINS died, to a lady named Winifred NEAL. Both are buried on the family farm on Greasy Ridge, Lawrence Co., Ohio. Thanks for your assistance.

    ESTES, LAIRD posted by Albert Kirkland on Wednesday, September 15, 2004

    I am looking for my gggrandmother, Sarah C. (LAIRD) ESTES she died between 1920/1930 and the last info I can find on her is the 1920 census in Magness TWP Independence Ar. she was living with her dau. Elva PENDERGRASS and I can't find her after that. I got some info from someone and it shows in the Ar. death index 1924/1933 a Sarah ESTES died 10/6/1928 in Phillips Co. Ar. She was the wd of William R. ESTES who died in 1905, he is b. in County Line Cem. by her parents but Sarah is not there, I was wondering if you could help me with this Sarah above, if there is a obit or death cert. on her? I would appreciate any help that you could give me. Thanking you in advance.

    DAVIDSON, LANGLEY, RIDDLE posted by Bridget Smith Pieschel on Friday, October 22, 2004

    I have a family mystery that I need your advice on, and I've reached a brick wall here. I have a copy of an old photograph/tintype on which my great-grandmother, Dollie RIDDLE, wrote to her daughter, my grandmother, in 1969: "This is your great-grandmaw Rachel DAVIDSON. She married a Mr. LANGLEY. They came from Helena, Arkansas to Mississippi when your grandmaw [Mary Mitchell Langley Riddle] was nine years old. She [Rachel] was thirty years old and died three weeks later and is buried in Boonville [sic]." According to her tombstone, Mary Mitchell Langley RIDDLE was born in 1856, so she would have been nine in about 1865. This would mean that her mother, Rachel Davidson LANGLEY, would have been born in about 1835, or thereabouts. Rachel's photograph suggests this time period--her hair style and her lace collar and brooch are 1860s style. In Mary Langley RIDDLE's obituary, the writer says that she spent much of her childhood growing up in Missouri. This suggests to me that either her maternal or her paternal grandparents were from Missouri and that she returned there to stay with them after her mother died. However, her father, Mr. LANGLEY, must have stayed in Booneville, Mississippi, because that's where Mary returned when she was a young woman and where she was living when she married Thomas RIDDLE in 1879. I can't find a grave or death record in Booneville for Rachel, and I can't figure out what her husband's first name is, so I'm frustrated in my research. Do you have a suggestion? I suspect that Rachel and Mr. Langley were married in Arkansas, or at least lived there for a while, or they wouldn't have come "from Helena, Arkansas" orginally. Can you help? Bridget Smith Pieschel Columbus, Mississippi

    CAMPBELL, CHRISTOPHER posted by Jackie McGurk on Monday, October 25, 2004

    Searching for info on the Robert H. and Juliette (CHRISTOPHER) CAMPBELL family. Lived in Phillips and Lee County after the Civil War. Children: Laura, Robert A., Ellen S., Henry, Francis C., Albert L., John W. Thank you.

    TAYLOR, WATSON posted by Cheryl Davis-Reed on Tuesday, December 28, 2004

    My name is Cheryl Davis-Reed, I am looking for geneology for my grandmother who lived in Henena (Elaine county) Arkansas. Her name was Ora Dean TAYLOR who was born in 1905, Aug 29th. Her mother's name was either Eliza or Elizabeth TAYLOR her husband's name was Moses TAYLOR, nickname was "poppa tuudy". Ora Dean TAYLOR had a twin brother who was Willis TAYLOR. Ora Dean married a Frank WATSON. I am in need of assistance for more information. Cheryl5899@sbcglobal.net

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