Tombstone Tuesday: Edna (Lock) Collins

For the next couple of weeks, I will be featuring photos from Toone's Chapel Cemetery, in Tulip, Arkansas in my Tombstone Tuesdays Posts. I took these pictures back in 2004, so the quality isn't that great. Most of the people buried in this cemetery are related to me or my family.

Edna (Lock) Collins
Sept 17, 1888
Dec 13, 1971

Edna Collins nee Lock was the daughter of Jesse Lock & Ella Wesly

Slave list of Maurice and Clarissa Reid Smith

Below is the list of slaves owned by Maurice & Clarissa (Reid) Smith of Tulip, Arkansas, that I have been able to locate over the years. Those with an (*) are my family members.

Slave list of Maurice and Clarissa Reid Smith

Name                   Birthdate

Isaac  *                       1826

Rachel *                     ?

Eli                               May 1839

Little Jane             Oct. 30, 1841

Cat                             Dec. 4, 1840

Bell                            Feb. 18, 1846

Bob                           Sept. 10, 1847

Kiz                              Sept. 1849

Peggy *                      Oct. 1851

Daniel *                     Apr. 11, 1854

Lea & Lealia *         Jan. 17, 1857 (twins)

Howell *                   March 20, 1860

Parthenia              May 3, 1862

Little Bell               Feb 11, 1860

Susan Rebecca    Oct. 1863

Hallie                       Aug. 1855

Hannah                   Aug. 12, 1819

Monk                       Jan. 1845

Candace                 Aug. 1847

Sarah                        May 7, 1841

Tan & Sylvia mention in family letter

Jim                            Jan. 1826

Linda                        Apr. 5, 1833

 Mike                         Sept. 15, 1837

Jane                          Oct. 1828

George                    Sept 15, 1846

Andrew                   June 1848

Milly                         July 30, 1850

Helen                       Dec. 1852

Lou                            Nov. 1854

Ede                            Mar. 1857

Lone &Tony         March 20, 1859  (twins)

Milton                     May 11, 1861

Becky                       July 19, 1862

Ned                           May 21, 1867

Dead Letter - Fordyce, Arkansas

Although not a relative of mine, I found this article on a dead letter quite funny.

From The Seattle Republic 26 April 1906. Full article found here

Carthage - Jan 01,1953

Carthage

Mrs Pearlie Dobbins visited relatives and friends last week in Warren. Her sister, Mrs Vinnie Lagan, who has had a long spell of illness, is much improved .....

Mrs. Ida Beavers is improving from a severe illness..... Rosie Lee Dobbins, Josephine O'Hara and several others who are attending school at AM&N College spent the holidays at home with their parents and friends.... Mrs M. B. Green who has been in the hospital in Little Rock has returned home but is yet on the sick list... Mrs Latonia Robinson who has been in Little Rock was home for the holidays...

Mrs. C. S. Smith visited her nephew in Memphis during the holidays.

Census Enumeration Maps

Dallas County Census Enumeration Maps are available online from the National Archives.

1950 Enumeration Map for Dallas County, Arkansas

According to the website, The records consists of maps for Dallas County for the 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940, 1950, 1960, and 1970 census. It also contains maps for the following locations and census years: Carthage (1950, 1960, 1970); Dalark (1960, 1970); Fordyce (1930, 1940, 1950, 1960, 1970); Princeton (1970); and Sparkman (1950, 1960, 1970).
Not all records are available online, but some of the maps are available to download. Check them out here.

Carthage-Arkansas State Press-October 02, 1953

Carthage

Henrietta Murphy

Mrs. Pearl Oakley, agent for the Williams’ Burial association, attended an agency getting held in Fordyce on the 17th. She was accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Alie Watkins and Lucious Smith.

Rev. and Mrs. Albright are very lonely for his home in Memphis…

Mrs. Irene Anderson is in the hospital in Little Rock, where she has undergone an operation, and is reported doing fine….

Tom Oakley is yet on the sick list and is reported improving gradually…

Rev. Williams, paster First Baptist church, was accompanied to a singing convention in Camden last Sunday evening by Mesdames Laura Smith, Pearlie Dobbins, Latonia Robinson, Vela Mae Westbrooks and Johnie Mae Westbrooks and Johnnie Mae Ohair…

Mrs. Willie Hill visited her cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Oakley, Sr., Sunday evening …

Mrs. Evelyn Green and granddaughter, Kathelen are back from Rockford, Ill…

Marshall Hogans made a flying trip from Michigan to Arkansas on special business, where his daughter, Dora Jene will attend social.

Date: Friday, October 2, 1953   Paper: Arkansas State Press (Little Rock, AR)   Page: 2  

Wordless Wednesday: Tulip - January 1947

Newspaper clipping from the Arkansas State Press

Tulip

Mattie Mae Smith

The Sunday School is progressing greatly under the leadership of the Superintendent J. D. Smith. The Senior Class is leading in the Sunday School and they hope to continue to lead…
Rev. B. F. Lunnon is loyal to his church. His place is filled at Toons Chapel A. M. E. Church every first and third Sunday…
Two new members have been added to the church. They are Bernice Smith and Mamie Daily.
Eugene Smith was here visiting from Leola, Arkansas.

Arkansas State Press (Little Rock, AR) Friday, January 3, 1947 P.6

Tombstone Tuesday: Victoria Walker

For the next couple of weeks, I will be featuring photos from Toone's Chapel Cemetery, in Tulip, Arkansas in my Tombstone Tuesdays Posts. I took these pictures back in 2004, so the quality isn't that great. Most of the people buried in this cemetery are related to me or my family.

Victoria Walker
Sept 22, 1924
June 16, 1986

I do not have any additional information on Victoria, so If you know any additional information on Victoria or her family, please let me know.

M. PATTILLO

I am trying to figure out who this picture is. The name was given as M. Pattillo, and was shared with me by Tracie Oakley (Thank You!), but I have not been able to figure out which of the many M. Pattillo, I have in my files that this could be.

M. Pattillo; original photo in the collection of Fred & Mary Oakley

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Tombstone Tuesday: Unknown Markers

For the next couple of weeks, I will be featuring photos from Toone's Chapel Cemetery, in Tulip, Arkansas in my Tombstone Tuesdays Posts. I took these pictures back in 2004, so the quality isn't that great. Most of the people buried in this cemetery are related to me or my family.

There are a number of Headstones that I am unable to read, so if anyone can recognize these, please let me know.

Minnie?
Born
Aug
Died
Mar 17 _

Could be the same as above.

Broken Headstone
Born
Oct 25,1883

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Tombstone Tuesday: William Warren

For the next couple of weeks, I will be featuring photos from Toone's Chapel Cemetery, in Tulip, Arkansas in my Tombstone Tuesdays Posts. I took these pictures back in 2004, so the quality isn't that great. Most of the people buried in this cemetery are related to me or my family.

William Warren
Born Feb 7, 1881
Died Aug 25, 1921
Will Do Chamber - 3511
Kingsland, Ark

William was the first child of David, Sr. & Mary Warren. He was born in Tulip, Arkansas on 7 February 1881. William married Mattie D. Bailey, daughter of Calvin  Bailey & Mattie Shavers on 20 November 1904. Other then his headstone in Toone's Chapel, his World War I draft card and his 1900 &1910 US Census entries; I haven't been able to locate anything on William. William died on 25 Aug 1921. He was my 1st Cousin, 3x removed.

William's World  War I, Draft Card:

U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918

Tombstone Tuesday: Willie D. WarrenW

For the next couple of weeks, I will be featuring photos from Toone's Chapel Cemetery, in Tulip, Arkansas in my Tombstone Tuesdays Posts. I took these pictures back in 2004, so the quality isn't that great. Most of the people buried in this cemetery are related to me or my family.

Willie D. Warren
March 18, 1904
Sept 6, 1940

I haven't been able to locate any additional information on Wille Warren, I can only assume he is related to my WARREN line in Dallas County, Arkansas. His death date does fall within War World II, but he doesn't have a military headstone or is listed in the Military collection on Ancestry.com. Any additional information is welcome/

1861 Slave Map of Dallas County, Arkansas

This is a portion of a map made in September of 1861, showing the number of slaves within the Southern States, based upon the1860 US Census. This map was created by the U.S. Coast Survey, the predecessor organization of the current National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), for President Abraham Lincoln to assist him during the Civil War. The full map and the history behind it, can be found here.

Map entitled “Map showing the distribution of the slave population of the southern states and the United States” was created in September 1861 based on statistics from the eighth Census,

My family has been in Dallas County, Arkansas; since before it's creation in 1845. They were the ones who worked to clear the area for the newly settling population. Some fifteen years later in 1860, the Census enumerates them only by age and color, under the name of the slave holder, leaving you to wonder who each of these persons were.
According to the 1860 US Census, the State of Arkansas had a population of 435,427; with 324,323 Free persons, and 111,104 persons considered a Slaves or 25.5% of the population were slaves by the start of the Civil War in 1861.

Also from the Map entitled “Map showing the distribution of the slave population of the southern states and the United States” was created in September 1861 based on statistics from the eighth Census.

The figures on each of the counties in the map, represent the percentage of slaves per every 100 inhabitants of that county. According to the map, 42.2% of the population of Dallas County, Arkansas were slaves in 1860.

I admit that I haven't done much research on the time period before 1870, but looking at this map and the 1860 Slave Schedules, leads me to believe I need to do some additional research to locate more information on who these slave persons were, and on the slave holding families. Here is a list of the persons with slaves, who were living in Smith Township, Dallas County, Arkansas during the 1860 US Census; (taken from Ancestry.com. 1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.

Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1860. M653, 1,438 rolls.):

• W. L. Somerville
• Tyre H. Brown
• B. M. Smith
• Peyton M. Bass
• E. B. Williams
• Thos J. Reed
• A.R. Banks
• Jas T. Stenerson
• Nat G. Smith *
• Berry Watson
• Elizabeth Eaton
• E. H. Eaton
• H. Mattock
• May Thasher
• Josaphen Thasher
• Nat R. Tunstall
• H. N. Nunn
•  B. J. Bordell
• Geo D. Alexander
• H. L. Taylor
• John S. Cheatham
• Naomi Nix
• Mary Harville
• Barabara Nix
• R. Vanderslice
• Asbury Thompson
• Henry Hunter
• Hector McNeil
• John B. Phillips
• Ellen Neeley
• Jesse McAlester
• John A. Rupell
• Maurice Smith *
• Elizabeth Barber
• Thas J. B. Neeley
• B. F. Baird
• W. L. Baird
• W. A. Young
• Madison Badgett
• George Wilson
• Alex Wilson
• E. H. Green
• Alex Butler
• Albert G. Butler
• John Gibson
• W. C. Ballard
• L. D. Cooper
• Wm L. Pattillo *
• W N Smith *
• Sallie W. Smith *
• Samuel A. Smith *
• F. H. Smith
• N. H. Hunter
• Samuel W. Smith *
• Wm Smith *
• Jas S. Pattillo *
• O. Wilder
• William Dyer
• Sanford Reamy
• W. A. Lea
• John N. Amis
• Howell L. Taylor

* Person known to have a connection with my family post Civil War, which leads me to believe they were the slave holding family before the Civil War.

Tombstone Tuesday: David Warren

For the next couple of weeks, I will be featuring photos from Toone's Chapel Cemetery, in Tulip, Arkansas in my Tombstone Tuesdays Posts. I took these pictures back in 2004, so the quality isn't that great. Most of the people buried in this cemetery are related to me or my family.

David Warren
Dec 8 1885
Aug 10 1942

I don't have any additional information on this David Warren. I know that I am related to a David Warren Sr., but the dates on this headstone do not match either the Senior or Junior David Warrens I have in my database.  

Tombstone Tuesday: Hazel V. Smith

For the next couple of weeks, I will be featuring photos from Toone's Chapel Cemetery, in Tulip, Arkansas in my Tombstone Tuesdays Posts. I took these pictures back in 2004, so the quality isn't that great. Most of the people buried in the cemetery are related to me or my family.

Rest in Peace
Mother
Hazel V. Smith
1906 -1981

Hazel V. Smith nee Sloane was the first child of William Andrew Wesley Sloane & Mary Bertha Smith. She was born on 14 November 1906 in Tulip, Dallas County, Arkansas. Hazel met and later married Eddy J. Smith on 20 September 1929 in Dallas County, Arkansas. To this union was born nine, make that thirteen children, all are living except for one five. Hazel died at the age of 75, in August of 1981 in Malvern, Hot Spring County, Arkansas. Hazel was my Great Aunt.

From out of the Ashes..

I am back from my extended absent.  I have moved to another city, stated my own business selling Thirty-One Gifts, (you can check the products here,) and I am just now getting back into the routine of things. My daughter has started First grade, so it has given me some extended time during the day to work on my genealogy and sort out my backlog of genealogical piles, at least that is the plan.

Since moving back in June, to my new house, I was able to attend a family reunion in July and I restarted the Family Newsletter. If you are interested in getting on the mailing list for The Chronicles of the Smith-Sloan Family newsletter, please contact me. I am happy to report that, my new office is twice the size of my old office and I am looking foreword to the day when I everything is updated, unpacked and organized.

I was also able to connect to some new cousins and research some new leads, which I will share on here shortly.

Tombstone Tuesday: Sam M. Smith

For the next couple of weeks, I will be featuring photos from Toone's Chapel Cemetery, in Tulip, Arkansas in my Tombstone Tuesdays Posts. I took these pictures back in 2004, so the quality isn't that great. Most of the people buried in the cemetery are related to me or my family.

 Sam M. Smith

US Army

World War II

Aug 1, 1921

Sep 24, 1977

Sam is the eighth child of Jimmie A. Smith and Lula E. Bailey Smith. He was born in Tulip, Dallas County, Arkansas and died in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas.

Tombstone Tuesday: Oscar Hawkins

For the next couple of weeks, I will be featuring photos from Toone's Chapel Cemetery, in Tulip, Arkansas in my Tombstone Tuesdays Posts. I took these pictures back in 2004, so the quality isn't that great. Most of the people buried in the cemetery are related to me or my family.

 Mr Oscar Hawkins

Born Aug 14, 1919

Died Feb 23 1972

At the age 53 years

Sadly Missed

Oscar Hawkins is the 9th child of Junius Hawkins Sr. and Maggie Pattillo Hawkins. Oscar was born in Smith Township, Dallas County, Arkansas and died in Dallas County, Arkansas. He has three living children. Oscar is my second cousin, two times removed.