Fran sent a newspaper article fromn March 1861:
>we have heard with regret of the intended abandonment of the
said Garrison, believing, as we do, that there exists, at present, as
great,
(if not greater) necessity for the presence of the Federal troops at Fort
Smith as at any previous time.<
Fran:
I read in an OCTA (Oregon-CA- Trails Assn) quarterly that President
Lincoln asked his western generals to be unaggressive in their dealings
with the Native Americans so he and the rest of his generals cou
http://terraserver.microsoft.com/image.asp?S=10&T=1&X=1983&Y=19644&Z=15&W=1
(If the line wraps, you'll may have to copy and paste the last part of the
URL.)
This is a graphic - a photo from the terraserver site - so will load a bit
slowly. The triangle just above center of the picture is the road that goes
into and through the Dyer, Crawford, AR cemetery.
Graves are inside the triangle and to the south, running over to the trees
on the east. The two more or less rectangular areas just south of the
triang
Searching for information on Frank Young (b. 1871). Frank died from an
accident suffered w/ the railroad in 1903. Have news articles about
accident, but no family background information. He was married to Annie
Thurman (later remarried to Henry Sanders). Frank and Annie had 4
children. Frank died in Van Buren, Crawford Co., AR and was buried at
Fairview Cemetery. He was a member of "Woodsmen of the World" as well
as Knights of Pythias. Any information on these organizations would be
appreciated. I do not
Arkansas Intelligencer
Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas
September 13, 1845
PROCLAMATION
By the Governor of Arkansas
Whereas it has been made known to me, that Thomas H. Bridgewood, who was
committed to the jail of Washington County, charged with the murder of
William Free, has made his escape therefrom and is running at large: Now,
therefore, I, Thomas S. Drew, Governor of the State of Arkansas, by virtue of
the authority in me vested by law, do hereby offer a reward of Two Hundred
Dollars to any
July 20, 1859
THEIF ARRESTED- A man calling himself McTiere, was committed to jail last
Saturday for stealing. He has stolen from several houses on Lee's Creek and
when arrested, various articles that had been stolen were found upon him. He
stated that he has a partner in the stealing business and that they were to
meet at Fayetteville and make a division of their stolen plunder. Parties are
in pursuit of his accomplice.
THOMAS WALDEN, Esq., of this city has sold out his Mail Line from
Fayetteville t
Fran wrote:
>I have the news papers until September 1862 at which time, the paper
shortage caused the newspaper to discontinue until the war was over. But I
do
have the Fort Smith New Era which was started about that time and it has
lots
of Crawford County information.<
Fran:
I hadn't thought about types of shortages during the war. Having gone
through WW II with ration books I should have realized something of the
sort. I was 8 yrs old when Pearl Harbor was bombed and 12 when the war
was over.
Arkansas Intelligencer,
Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas
May 10, 1845
NAVIGATION OF ARKANSAS RIVER
We understand from the officers of steamboats that have recently visited our
town, that the danger attending the navigation of this river, below Pine
Bluffs, has been greatly lessened by the operation of the snag boats that
have been at work in that portion of the river; removing the snags and
trimming the timber overhanging the stream. The boats did nothing, it is
said, higher than Pine Bluffs, on
April 12, 1845
A LIST OF LETTERS
Remaining in the Post Office at Van Buren, Ark, on the 31st day of March,
1845, which if not taken out at the expiration of three months, will be sent
to the General Post Office as dead letters.
Armstrong Alexander
Armstrong George M
Armstrong James
Bearden George W
Blalock Mrs. Sarah Ann
Bell James M 3
Brown James C
Brown Hon R C S
Bugg Geo S
Bennett S
Barnes Mrs. Catherine
Baker Wm A
Brownley Henry F
Bigelow Jackson
Burnton William H
Collins D P
Cook Embarson
Duke W G
D
Van Buren Press
Crawford County, Arkansas
July 13, 1859
MURDER IN THE INDIAN COUNTRY
News reached this place on Saturday last that a man by the name of Hurst
stabbed brothers, Frank and Wharton Rector, on the 4th of July near Fort
Arbuckle in the Indian Country. Horton Rector, we are informed died in a few
minutes. Frank was not dead when we last heard from him, but was supposed to
be past recovery. We have not heard the particulars of the melancholy affair
but learn it was altogether without provocati
Van Buren Crawford County, Arkansas
April 26, 1845
Harvey Wyatte, who was charged with passing counterfeit half eagles in the
Cherokee Nation, and taken to Little Rock for trial before the U. S. District
Court, has been aquitted because he has become an Indian-that is, being a
citizen of the Cherokee Nation, though a white man, yet as such, a citizen,
he was discharged on the ground that the U. S. District Court had no
jurisdiction of offenses committed by one Indian upon another. It is only
necessar
Does anyone have additional information on Isaac Talkington? Such as where
he is from? Are there any wills pertaining to the Talkington family?
Thanks.
Hi:
This was sent to the Sebastian Co. mail list. She gave me permission to
send it on to your list. I thought it made an intereswting "read" even if
one has no NativeAmerican ancestry.
Regards,
Nan
71532.734@compuserve.com
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The Cherokee moved west in what I call "waves of movement"...
According to
tradition the first emigration of Cherokee from the East was 1721, the last
seen of them was when they headed west and crossed the Mis
September 21, 1859
Van Buren Press
We learn from Mr. EDWARD HINDS,who was a passenger in the last Overland Stage
from California, that the stages have been delayed in some degree, by the
great amonts of rains that have fallen between here and California. Mr. HINDS
informs us that they had in several instances, to construct rafts for
transportation to the mails and passengers across the streams; and that
nothing but great energy displayed by the employees of the company could have
gotten them through
Please will someone do lookup 1850 Census Crawford Co, COOPER 300 B---320 A
'' "' "
" DEHART, 309 A
" " "
" SLINKARD, 299 A
THANKS SO MUCH
Sandy DeHart/SHAWNEE,OK
Arkansas Intelligencer
Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas
July 12, 1845
A LIST OF LETTERS
Remaining at the Van Buren Post Office on the 30th day of June, 1845, which,
if not taken out at the expiration of three months, will be sent to the
General Post Office as dead Letters:
Armstrong A
Aday Boaz W
Bell & Hanger 2
Byrd William
Balard Obadiah
Buchanan Rev. John
Benton Samuel or A. H.
Barnes Jonathan
Bell Eli
Bandy David
Benton James
Bishop T H
Castleberry Peter
Clark Green J
Campbell Thomas
Campbell Jo
I found some names of my people on a marriage list by Ancwestry.com. I was
wondering if anyone knew how I might get copies of the certificates, some are
in Washington County, as well as Crawford County. Thanks for any info you
have.
Esta Russell
esta714@aol.com
ARKANSAS MARRIAGES, 1851-1900 (Update adding Crawford County)
Becoming the twenty-fifth state in 1836, Arkansas was home to hundreds of
thousands of residents throughout the nineteenth century. Todayb
Angela asked:
"Does anyone have additional information on Isaac Talkington? Such as
where
he is from? Are there any wills pertaining to the Talkington family?"
Angela: There are 46 Talkington entries if you go to the USGENWEB AR State
Archive site and punch in Isaac Talkington which will bring up all files
that have a Isaac and a Talkington anywhere in the database - not
necessarily the two words together. I did notice the four different
spellings of the surname.
TOLHINGTON TOCKINGTON TALKIN
Fran:
I recognized three names on that list of letters at the post office. I
believe the Enlows were already headed to CA by that time. At least, they
were there before 1851. The Mrs. Margaret Hindes. is my ancestor. She had
been widowed a year and a half previous to this and may have been off
visiting somewhere with her seven children. One of them was only a year
old. In 1846 - the next year she was married in Van Buren to a Rev. John
Otery(Autry) so hopefully she had collected her mail by then.
Arkansas Intelligencer
Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas
February 1, 1845
A LIST OF LETTERS
Remaining at the Post off in Van Buren, on the 1st of January 1845, which if
not taken out within three months will be sent to the General Post Office as
dead letters.
Atchison E
Alexander J W 2
Ake Mrs. Mary
Bridgeman Campbell J
Beasley Henry Esq.
Bearden George W
Bowers C S
Bryant Soloman
Bell J A 2
Bernard Joseph M
Banders Mary F
Black William
Boid David E
Brister Samuel J
Bishop E R
Bennett Wm M & C
Corder C
Hi listers!
For those with whom I have been corresponding, just a note to let you know that I have moved and changed internet service providers. For new snail mail address, please contact me privately. Note changes in email addy.
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Researching: Dotson/Dodson, Thomas, Stem, Wise, Woods and many others in this and surrounding counties.
Carrie Thomas-Dominguez
Van Buren Press
Van Buren, Arkansas
Friday, March 1, 1861
PUBLIC MEETING
At a meeting of the citizens of Crawford County held at the Court House in
the city of Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas, on the evening of the 22nd
of February, 1861, on motion, John B.Ogden, Esq., was called to the chair,
and William Whitfield, Secretary.
The object of the meeting was explained by the Chair, when, on motion, a
committee of thirteen was appointed by the Chair to draft resolutions
expressive of the sense of t