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From: "Georgia Helderlein" <>
Subject: Re: [ARPOLK] Shults/McDaniel
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 14:06:31 -0800


Shirley, I enjoyed your story on the Shults/McDaniel families, although I do
not descend from them. My families are Benjamin F. McCraven and all of his
19 children, and the James Waggoner family and their children from
(1821-1873 in Polk County. It should be noted though that Polk Co. AR was
not organized until 1844. Prior to that, it was Sevier County, AR. My
ancestors were in Sevier Co until 1844, then it became Polk County. They
lived in the Sulphur Springs area of Polk, which became Howard Co. AR in
1873, and probably never moved.

GEORGIA HELDERLEIN
----- Original Message -----
From: Shirley Ann Goodner <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 9:32 AM
Subject: [ARPOLK] Shults/McDaniel


> I see several of you writing about information on the Shults and McDaniel
> families. Some of you may be new to the group so I will tell you again
that
> I wrote a story on these families in the October and the November (99)
> issues of The Mountain Signal. The names you mentioned are in there,
along
> with the rest of their family, and many pictures. The story is primarily
> on Joseph R. Shults. I will relate a small portion of it below this
> message, and if you would like to order copies you can send $3 for EACH
> issue to: The Mountain Signal, P.O. Box 683, Mena, AR 71953. Each story
> is 5 to 6 pages in lenght.
>
> In 1833 two brothers-in-law, Shults and Winton, left Missouri with oxen
and
> talpole wagons, headed for Texas, having come from Mayfield, Kentucky.
> After renting land in Missouri and making a crop, they set out the next
fall
> for the remainder of thier tirp to Southwest Texas. They traveled the
"Old
> Line Road" which ran north and south from Missouri to Texas. The road
> crossed the "Fort Towson Rad" at Ultima Thule in Sevier County. These two
> roads fupplied the main thoroughfare for early travelers.
>
> The men, with about 150 persons, including members of the Winton, Quinton,
> Shoults, Nobles, Adams, Jones and kinnerson families, made up one of the
> first wagon trains to come to Western Arkansas. The group travled from
> Missouir, crossing the Arkansas River at Van Buren and on into Fort Smith,
> Arkansas. Here, they spent the night ov November 16, 1833 > stars fell.
>
> This story goes on to tell how the wagon train was stalled by militia nad
> turned back. How they came into Polk County and built the first
> settlements, and named the creeks and communities. (from October Mt.
Signal)
>
>
> John E. Shults was born October 11, 1797 in Sevier County, Tennessee.
> Unfortunately, little is known about his childhood or adolescence.
Although
> his family initially resided in Tennessee, they apparently moved several
> times including the move to Perry and Bib counties in Alabama. The first
> census taken for Bibb County, Alabama in 1820 reveals Joseph R. Shoults
> residing alone. Joseph's father, Valentive Shults, and sevral brothers:
> Peter, Valentine Kennison, Christley W, and Valentine were also residing
in
> Bibb County. Other brothers (including Martin Shults) had evidently left
> Bibb county by the time the 1830 census was taken.
>
> sometime after March 19, 1830, Jospeh R. Shults left Alabama for Bolivar,
> Hardeman County, Tennessee. On January 30, 1833 he married Eliza (Ella)
> Duff, born April 5, 1807 in Kentucky. shortly after their marriage they
> left Tennessee to join a wagon train in Mayfield, Kentucky bound for
Texas.
> The wagon train of approximately 150 people left Kentucky in 1833. After
> news of Indian activity in Texas suggesting travel there might be unsafe,
> Joseph R. elected to settle in Polk County, Arkansas in 1834. He and his
> family remained there for the next 20 years. (from the November issue of
> The Mountain Signal).
>
> Three Shults brothers married three Duff sisters, making it especially
hard
> to follow this family. Connecting families are: McDaniel, Keeton, Joplin,

> Jones, quinton, Winton, and Kinnerson.
>
> You will also find full page early day maps which show the migration
route.
>
> Since I'm a magazine editor--not connected to these families--and since I
do
> NOT do paid research, please don't ask me to send group sheets or
> statistics. If I did this for every story I write I would spend all my
time
> on the Internet, instead of writing. The Mountain Signal does not accept
> queries, however, you are invited to write a letter to the editor about
your
> family and asking any questions of our readers that you like. You are
also
> invited to send your own family story with photos to be considered for
> publication. All photos will be returned if accompanied by self-addressed
> envelope and postage.
> Thanks
> Shirley Goodner, editor
>
>
>
>

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