The Arl(ansas Family Historian

Volume 11, No.4, OctjNov/Dec 1973

Note: There is a surname index for VoL 11 at the end of issue No.4.

THE ARKANSAS

FAMILY HISTORIAN VOLUME XI NUMBER 4 OCTOBER-NOVEMBER-DECBMBER 1973

Pu},li.hed Quarterly

By

ARKANSAS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

I" Mrs. Mario 8. Cia. Sr. Vice-Pres. Ark. Genealogical Society 4200 "A" Street Little Rock, Ark. 72205

-130-OFFICERS

Mrs. Willma. H. Newton. President Hampton. Arkansas

Mrs. Mario B. Cia, Sr.; Vice-Pres; LittleRock

Mrs. M. A. Neel, Rec. Sec. - Treas. Hazen

Miss Annie Laurie Spencer - Cor. Sec. El Dorado

Dr. James S. Upton, Historian Conway

Capt. John C. Hammock, Herald Dermott

DIRECTORS

Mrs. Duncan B. Brown, Jr. Little Rock Alonzo D. Camp, Little Rock Mrs. H. R. Garner, Rison Mrs. F. O. Griffin, Sr., Helena Mrs. Johnita Glover, Pine Bluff capt. John C. Halnmock, Dermott Mrs. ~le P. Hollis, Gam:ien Mrs. Robert G. Hubbard, Hot Springs Mrs. Mark T. Jordan, Little Rock Miss Jennie Belle ~le, Little Rock Mrs. Lillian McGowan, El Dorado Mrs. Gerald B. McLane, Hot Springs Major Perkins Nunnally, Pine Bluff Mrs. reister E. Presley, Searcy

ASSOCIATE EDITORS:

Mrs. Mario B. Cia, Sr., 4200 "A" Street, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205 Mrs. Hershel R. Garner, 700 E. ~olia St., Rison, Arkansas 71665 Mrs. M. A. Neel, Box 283, Hazen, Arkansas 72064-Mrs. F. O. Griffin, Sr., Route 1 Box 125, Helena, Arkansas 72342 Mrs. Robert G. Hubbard, Route 6 Box 238, Hot Springs, Arkansas 71901 Miss Annie Laurie Spencer, Box 429, El Dorado, Arkansas 71730

CONTENTS: Page

OFFICERS FUR 1974 .... \I 0 .................. II \I II ......... ., " 131

EBENEZER ASSOCIATE REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CEMETERY - Lincoln, Co ............ 132

ClARK FAMILY INF'ORMATION II " " .......... (>" \I. '" \I 133

HAWIEY CEMETERY - I.incoln County \I ............. '" " e ..... II It \I 138

MARRIAGES REPORTED IN THE EARLY FILES OF ARKANSAS GAZETTE (Con 't) .......... 139

CEMETERY NORTH OF AMITY (near CLARK-PIKE County Line) 147

CLARK COUNTY CENSUS -1850 (with family numbers) l48

ARKANSAS BIBLE FOUND IN CALIFORNIA GARAGE SALE 153

ARKANSAS FAMILY HISTORIAN IN LIBRARY OF COWRESS (Jeffersonian Room) 1511-

BOOK REVIEW "THE DESCENDANTS OF JONAS and FRANCES MEAlXlR 155

UNION COUNTY MARRIAGES (Con 't)o" . o 156 INDEX OF PERSONS LIVING IN HOUSEHOLD OF OTHERS 1850 CENSUS -Union County 160

Q'UERIES .. 0 .......................... " \I .... " ... 0 0 (> (> ... " " ....... \I 0 " '" '" ., " " " ... " " .. " " " " \I " " 164-

Copyright; 1973 - Arkansas Genealogical Society, Box 283, Hazen, Ark. 72064 The Arkansas Genealogical Society Magazine Editors and Board Members do

not assume responsj.bility for errors or any information contributed, but will correct. errors if possible a.t the earliest opportunity.

OFFICERS FOR 1974 -131-

New Officers and Directors for 1974 were elected at the Eleventh Annual Meeting of the Arkansas Genealogical Society on October 14, 1973 at the Royale Vista Inn, Hot Springs, Arkansas.

PRESIDENT: Mrs. Mario B. Cia, Sr., (Elaine) 4200 "A" Street Little Rock, Arkansas, 72205

VICE-PRESIDENT: Mrs. Rayle P. Hollis (Roberta) 628 Banner Street, Camden, Arkansas 71701

RECORDING SECRETARY-TREASURER: Mrs. M. A. Neel (Mary Margaret) Box 283, Hazen, Arkansas 72064

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY: Miss Annie Laurie Spencer, Box 429 El Dorado, Arkansas 71730

HISTORIAN: Mrs. Willma H. Newton, P. O. Box 41, Hampton, Arkansas 71744

HERALD: Capt. John C. Hammock, (U.S.N.Ret.) 506 S. Pecan Street, Dermott, Arkansas 71638

New Members elected to the Arkansas Genealogical SOCiety, Board of Directors (to serve three years) are as follows:

Mr. W. E. Baile, Mountain Home, Arkansas 72653 (former address, Enola, Arkansas)

Mrs. Frank Cline (Inez) 914 Summer Street, Hot Springs, Arkansas 71901

Mrs. E. Russel Lambert, Jr., (Eleanor) 603 W 36th, Pine Bluff, Arkansas 71601

Dr. R. R. Logan, 310 N. Highland Avenue, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701

Mrs. Willma H. Newton, P. O. Box 41, Hampton, Arkansas 71744

The following are Chairmen of Standing Committees: MEMBERSHIP: Mrs. Robert G. Hubbard (Margaret) Route 6, Box 238,

Hot Springs, Arkansas 71901. Please send all dues. applications for membership etc. to Mrs. Hubbard.

PROGRAM: Mrs. Hayle P. Hollis (Roberta) 628 Banner Street, Camden, Arkansas 71701

LIBRARIAN: Our Arkansas Genealogical SOCiety's Library is now housed at the Camden Public Library, Camden, Arkansas. Mrs. Jerry P. Glover, (Johnita) 4008 Holly Street, Pine Blurr, Arkansas 71601 will continue to serve as our Librarian. Gifts etc., should be sent to Mrs. Glover so they might b. recorded and entered properly in our Library. These are very welcome!

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GENEALOGICAL ASSISTANCE: Please refer to QUERY SECTION of this magazine for Members of this Committee.

DR. ETHEL WILSON OF CONWAY DIES

Arkansas Gazette (Gazette State News Service) Tuesday, Oct. 16, 1973 CONWAY -- Dr. Ethel Wilson, aged 84, of Conway died Monday.

She was a graduate of Hendrix College, Vanderbilt University and held a doctoral degree from Northwestern Un-iversity at Evanston, III She was a former teacher at Henderson-Brown College at Arkadelphia and Birmingham Southern College where she also served as dean of women. She was a Methodist.

She was the daughter of the late Mayor B. G. Wilson and Mrs. Wilson of Conway She had no immediate survivors.

Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at McNutt Funeral Chapel here Burial will be at Oak Grove Cemetery.

Editor's Note: Miss Wilson held a ,Life Memb.ership in Arkansas Genealogical Society.

******* EBENEZER ASSOCIATE REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CEMETERY Near Relfs Bluff Community, Lincoln County, Ark.

Copied by Misses Jennie Belle and Georgia Lyle, Sunday, October 28, 1956.

Mary A. Ratterree; 1825-1907 Henry M. Ratterree; Co. "A" 26 Ark. Inf. C.S.A. Mary E. Raterree; 3-17-1887 - 11-16-1891 Andrew Jackson Boyd; 7-15-1815 - 2-21-1891 Mother, Mary Sterling, wife of A. J. Boyd; 4-10-1827 - 12-8-1918 George R. Cherry; 2-27-1848 - 12-28-1888 Andrew Henry Hunter; 11-9-1889 - 7-9-1891 Infant Daughter of John C. and Belle Boyd; Born and Died 1-8-1914 James D, son of Frank A. and Fannie Majors; 11-4-1903 - 5-25-1904 Robert L., son of F. A. and Fannie Majors; 8-24-1900 - 12-18-1913 Lucius E., son of J. C. and M. J. Boyd; 10-7-1874 - 9-15-1905 J. C. Boyd; 5-13-1845 - 9-30-1914 Margaret J. Boyd; 1849 - 1938 Sarah Phinney; 8-15-1806 - 12-7-1888

Henry M. Ratterree, Mary A. Ratterree, Andrew Jackson Boyd, Mary Sterling Boyd, J. C. Boyd, Margaret Boyd, George R. Cherry and Sarah Phinney came to Arkansas from Chester County, South Carolina.

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"We may walk in the foot steps of those who have gone before, if they wore big enough shoes and were headed in the right direc-tion. If ********

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MAYFLOWER DECENT

I EICHA,RD WAREEN Wife, Elizabeth (Jouatt) Warren. Came in the May-flower. Joined the Pilgrims from London. He was one of the signers of the Compact in the cabin of the Mayflower, 1620. (Bradford's History)

II ELIZABETH WARREN . Born in England; died in Hingham, Mass., March 9, 1670 married in Plymouth in 1635-36. Richard Church, who was born about 1608, died in Dedham December 27, 1688 (O.S.), buried in Hingham. (Mayflower descend-ants IV,152. V.118. Hingham Records 1-17. Town Records 1-20)

Richard Church was freeman in Plymouth, January 2, 1632-33. Served in the Pequot War, and was called Sergeant. In 1647 he exchanged his land at Eel River, Plymouth, given him by Mrs. Warren, and removed to Hingham. He made a deposition at Sandwich August 25, 1664, in which he giVes his age as "about' 56 years."

Children of Richard and Elizabeth (Warren) Church: 1. Joseph, born in 1637 2. Benjamin, born in 1649 3. Richard, born in 1641 4. Caleb, born in 1643 5. Nathaniel 6. Hannah 7. Abigail, married Samuel Thaxter 8. Charles

III CALEB CHQRCH 9. Deborah, married John Irish

Born in Plymouth about 1643, died about 1722; married in Hingham December 10, 1667, Johanna Sprague, daughter of William and Millicent (Eames) Sprague, who was born in Hingham, December, 1645, died in Watertown July 11, 1678. .

Children of Caleb and Johanna (Sprague) Church: 1. Richard, died in Dedham 2. Ruth, married 1689, John Maddocks 3. Lydia, born in Dedham, married Samuel Hastings 4. Caleb, born in Dedham, married Rebecca Scott 5. Joshua, born in Dedham 6. Deborah, died January 17, 1690 7. Isaac, and) tWins, born in Watertown, 8. Rebecca,) June 27, 1678

Rebecca (8) married 1695 Joshua Warren Caleb, the father of Isaac Church, died about 1722, and there was a great deal of trouble about settling his estate. The probate papers are in Cambridge. Isaac, and his wife Mary were living in Watertown in 1736 with their son Jonathan,

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IV ISAAC CHURCH Born Mary

V CALEB CHURCH

who married Thankful Bullard (Cambridge Wills and Deeds)

in Watertown, June 27, 1678, married May 14, 1702, Hutchins of Watertown.

Children of Isaac and Mary (Hutchins) Church: 1. Caleb, born in Watertown May 29, 1703 2. Mary, married Wm. Barrett of Cambridge 3. Lydia, born February 3, 1706 4. Jonathan, born May II, 1712, married

Thankful Bullard. 5. Silas

6. Rufus (Bond's History of Watertown, P-158)

Born May 29, 1703, in Watertown, died in Westerly about 1752; removed to Westerly, R.I., where he married September 16,.1731, Rebecca Brand