@LARK @OUNTY, ~KANSAS A Genealogical Sourc; Book
Compiled by Pauline Williams Wright Barbara McDow Caffee
From records at the Clark County Court House Arkadelphia, Arkansas
Illustrations by Suzanne Davidson Chitwood
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GATE\tVAY PRESS, ING Baltimore
1982
INTRODUC'I'ION The years since 1800 have seen an unending stream of humanity--individuals and families--move from eastern states, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, the Carolinas, Tennessee and Kentucky, and arrive at the present area of Clark County. while a great many continued westward, a considerable number lingered long enough for their names to be entered in official county records. Some others put down roots, and their descendants have helped create the Clark County of the present.
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Marriage
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Clark
County, Arkansas Territory, May 1827-0ctober 1838
Clark
County, Arkansas, 1838-1856
Clark
County,
Arkansas
Clark
County,
Arkansas.
Probate
Records 169
The intent of the compilers has been to provide access to the earliest official records which will interest researchers: marriages, divorces, probate, tax and assessment lists, ministerial credentials and registered cattle brands .
It must be stated that this volume would not have taken form without the blessing. encouragement and cooperation of County Clerk Polly Pennington; her staff, Fern Lambert, Bill McCaski11 and Joan Gaither; Circuit Clerk Billy Williams and his staff; and Ann Favand of Gateway Press. In addition, the goodhumored tolerance of J. T. and Tom Wright, Claude, Chris and Brandon Caffee, during this two-year-long project must not go un-noted!
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Persons who have not lived in Arkansas should be aware of one quirk of pronunciation which has been widely prevalent. Endings of names may be spoken differently from the usual spelling; for example, Bertha becomes Berth..!~, and Etta is called Etter. This practice is evident where the recording clerk spelled as he heard a name pronounced.
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Introduction.
Recent years nave brought a multitude of researchers retracing the paths of their forebears. It is for these ancestor seekers that this volume has been prepared.
All material included, with few exceptions, has been copied directly from the original records in the Clark County Court House in Arkadelphia. Because of changes in penmanship over the past 180 years, fading ink, yellowing pages, phonetic spelling and human error, some names will undoubtedly have been entered incorrectly. In looking for particular names, the user should consider all possible spellings, with possible confusion of letters such as e-i, £=2, p~, J-I and S-G-L. The complete index will make variations of spelling fairly easy to spot.
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Letters
of Administration 175
Territory,
Will
Book
A. 177
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Probate
will
Book
B
183
Book A, 1840-1847 Guardianships.
Miscellaneous Sheets from (Tax Records)
186 the Years
1866-1867.
188
202 Map
of Clark
Real
County
Property Assessed Delinquent Tax
for Tax, Sale.
203 216
1868.
221 Clark
County
pioneers
Sketched
Ministers' Credentials Books
in Goodspeed
Entered
in Early
Marriage
222 27.6
Gleanings Index
from
Deed
Book
A 229
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Dock, 21 - Liza CROW, 18, 25 Feb. 1894. J-67 J. H., 19 - Sallie GARDNER, 16, 30 Dec. 1890'~~ 1-115 Jack, 46 - Isabella WHITLOCK, 26, 20 June 1866~~D-406 L. 0., 26 - Anna (Mary Ann) KI7.ER, 26, 12 Jan. 1888.· •.•."'1-381 tJ.Levy J. - Almary IGNAR, 25 Dec. 1853: C-300. Young, 22 - Mollie BROWN, 18, 17 Dec. 1877:~ H-61 Dennis, 21 - Victoria WELCH, 18, 3 Jan. 1878. H-88 Edward A., 28 - Donie(?} t~cALPIN, 18,17 April 1879. H-368 WHITMORE, Joe, 23 - Millie WAGONER, 18, 28 ~arch 1878. H-138 WHITNEY, W. H., 20 - Alice T. LANE, 23, 31 Dec. 1880. 1-296 WHITNEY, W. H., 24 - Cordelia Rosielee HOWARD, __ , 29 Dec. 1885. L-428 Consent by M. B. Howard. WHITNEY, W. H., 28 - Fannie DEWEESE, 21, 20 Sept. 1891. 1-228 WHITTAKER, John R., 24, of Corinth, MS - Susan S. NEELY, 19, 15 May 1877. G-375 WHITTED, B. F., 23 - Aveline DAVIS, 17, 6 Jan. 1887. t\-158 WHITTED, H. C., 31 - Tennie HARDAGE, 17, 6 March 1892. 1-346 WHITTEMORE, H. S., 40 - ~rs. Dila A. TAYLOR, 27, recorded 4 Aug. 1865 (no date of marriage given). D-331 WHITTEN, R. J., 24 - S. M. CANN, 30, 18 Aug. 1872. F-145 G-236 WHI'T"TEN, W. T., 22 - Viola WRIGHT, 21, 8 Oct. 1876. WHITTING"'ON, S. A., 28 - Sallie L. SITT0N, 17, 1 Nov. 1883. JK-382 Consent by Eliza Sitton. ImITTLEY, J. 1'1., 19 - Rose Etta BURSE, 17, 3 Jan. 1896. K-59
IN '~HnU1'OCKE, T. L., Consent WHITTOCKE, J.W. P.H .., ~:t>WHITTOCK'
24 - Mary A. McDANIEL, 14, 24 Feb. 1881'!"1-343 by Joseph McDaniel. 36 - l>..rrena Feb. 1-337· 32 Mary A. COOE'ER, DOUGLAS, 17,30,13 12 Aug.1881. 1883~'qK-345 ,Tonithan, 21 - Ethalinar HILL, 20, 7 Oct. '1869.
WHITTON,
Richard E-196 WHITWORTH, W. L., 24 - Hettie CASH, 23, 10 Oct. 1897. K-196 WHOOLY, John, 25 - Elizabeth HALL, 16, 26 Sept. 1850. C-169 WIBSITT(?}, John - H. C. GOLDEN, 25 Nov. 1873. F_237 WIDENER. A. J., 31 - Susie E. MAY, 19, 2 "'1ay18'88. "'1-452 WIDENER, E. '1' .. 24 - H. E. OSBURN. 21, 3 April 187g. H-362 WIDENER, William G., 22 - Sarah J. HORN, 18, 20 Dec. 1871. F-79 WIGGINS, Sidney, 21 - Eady GRAHAM, 22, 17 April 1384. L-15 WIGINTON, John, 23 - Nancy GOLDE!\f, 17, 1 ~lay 1870. E-221 WILDER;(?), Dan' 1. 25 - Mary BRAGGS, 23, 12 Oct. 1873. F-215 WILDER, Franklin, 20 - Lucindia BRICES, 19, 6 Sept. 1873. F-225 WILDER, John, 25 - Jane DICKINSON, 20, 24 Aug. 1883. JK-349 WILDER, R. H. - Margaret TROU~, 19 July 1863. D-265 WILDER', R. H., 56 - Malinda (Malina) TIPTON, 38, 1 Oct. 1885. L-344 R. R., 21 - ~~alinda WILEY, 22, 27 Dec. 1882. JK-217 WILDER, Ste'.o/art,27 - Janie BENNETT, 18, 21 Jan. 1894. J-48 WILDER, Washington F., 56 - Phoeba M. CAGLE, 27, 11 Jan. 1880. WILDER, 1-121 WILEY, Charles, 22 - Martha Jane DICKSO!\f, 22. 25 Aug. 1888. H-19 WILEY, Emmit, 21 - Elvira PETTUS, 19, 19 Jan. 1883. JK-249 WILEY, W. H., 21 - Lucinda MEEKS, 18, 20 Nov. 1872. F-167 WILHITE, John R., 20 - Rosa M. MORRIS, 18, 8 Oct. 1890. 1-48 WILKERSON, Henry C., 22 - Emma G. YARBOROUGH, 18, 5 Dec. 1874.
F-309 ~ILKINS, william, WILKINSON, A. C., Consent WILKINSON, Perry, WILKINrON,
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P.,
- Marthy COAL. 18. 1 Feb. 1853. C-249 _ Rosella STROOPE, 25, 7 Dec. 1886. M-117 J. P. & M. H. Stroope. - Flora JOHNSON, 25, 4 Jan. 1885. L-173 25, 8 Feb. 1880. 1-143 32 _ Nannie HITCHCOCK,
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WILKINSON, T. P., 25 - C. WILLCOX, C. M., 48 - Mol WILLET, Nathan, 40 - Mar: C-404 WILLET, W. H., 28 - Hatt L-156 WILLETT, James Robert, 2 1888. M-470 WILLIAMS, A. M. D., 44 -
1-73 WILLIAMS, WILLIAMS, 1NILLIAt1S, WILLIAMS, WILLIAMS, WILLIAMS. WILLIAMS, WILLIAMS, WILLIAMS, WILLIAMS, WILLIAMS, WILLIAMS,
A. S., 44 - Mal A. S. - Lenora A. ~., 22 - Ter A. Z., 32 - Jo~ Alex, 23 - Matt Alfred, 21 - Ll Aron, 40 - JUll B. P., 21 - Cor Ben, 27 - Lauro Benjamin, 22 _ C. C., 21 - Anr C. W., 49 - MrE K- 113 WILLIAMS, Ceyar (Cezar?), £-52 WILLIAMS, Chas .. 42 - L01~ WILLIAMS, Charles H., 21 WILLIAMS, Cnarly W. - Sar WILLIAMS, Columbus, 24 _ WILL1.".MS, D. C •• 22 - Mat WILLIAMS, Dan, 22 - Diana WILLIAMS, Daniel, 26 - Ma WILLIAMS, David A., 30 _ H-168 WILLIAMS, David H., 23 _ WILLIAMS. David S. B., 22 G-190 WILLIAMS, Dock, 22 - Elle WILLIAMS, Dock, 31 - Mrs. WILLIl>..t'S,E. L., 23 - FIl WILLIAMS, E. W., 20 - Lac: Consent by Leor. WILLIAMS, Elmore, 26 - E~ W1LL1.4MS. F. N., 26 - Lee WILLIAMS, Frank, 23 - Sar WILLIAMS, G. T. - Barbara D-322 WILLIAMS, G. T. - Effie G WILLIAMS, George - Philli WILLIAMS, George, 33 - Fr; H-198 WILLIAMS, George, 47 - Ha WILLIAMS, George, 46 - Mr' 1-103 WILLIAMS, George, 21 - Mr; 1-607 WILLIAMS, Ceo .. 50 - Lula WILLIAMS, Geo. W. - Margal WILLIAMS, Geo. W., 20 - 1'1, L-296 Consent WILLIAMS, H. G., 26 - Lear
CLARK County,
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MARRIAGES
ARKANSAS
WHITLOCK,
Dock,
21---Lisa
CROW,
WHITLOCK,
J.H.,
l~---sallie
WHITLOCK,
Jack, 46---Isabella
"WHITLOCK,
L.O.,
~WHITLOCK,
Levy J.---Almary
WHITLOCK,
Young,
JWHITTLOCK,
J.P.,
26---Anna
GARNER,
16; 30 Dec.
WHITLOCK,
IGNAR;
32---Mary
25 Dec.
BROWN,
1866.
26; 12 Jan.
1853.
18; 17 Dee,
A. DOUGLAS,
1-115
18jO.
26; 20 June
"Mary Ann" KIZER,
22---Mollie
•J-67
18; 25 Feb. 18Q4 •
D-406
1888.
M-381
C-300 1877.
30; 12 Aug.
H-61
1883.
JK-345
Consent by Joseph McDaniel. WH1TTLOCKE, T.L., 24---Mary A.1MCDANIEL, 14, 24 Feb. 1881. 1-343 WH1TTOCKE, W.H., 36---Arrena C00PER, 17; 13 Feb. 1881. 1-337 18iY. WHITLOCK, Eliza vs. Dock WHITLOCK _*7 DIVORCE Sept . PETITIONS Gg -- HUGHES, A.J., 33---Mrs. Easter A. WHITLOCK, 26; 12 Oct.
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