Person Family History, Arkansas Dear Aunt Ludie, I am looking for the surname Person that I believe came through south Arkansas and settled around the Red River. My great great gr grandmother then went on to Texas. I believe they were from North Carolina. My great grands name was Tabitha Frances Person May and was born around 1840 and were known to be of the Methodist faith. I am trying to connect this to Benjamin Person line. Any help for contact of any of the family would be appreciated. Sincerely BN Dear BN, There is a Person line in Lafayette and Miller county Arkansas. I found an obituary from the Methodist archives dated 1951. I also personally know one of the direct ancestors and will contact them with your information to see if there is a connection with your Benjamin and Tabitha. I found this obituary that mentions the lineage and state that the Person line here came from. Much research can be obtained from church records. The archives for Presbyterian, Lutheran, Methodist etc are sometimes the only records still intact. Many courthouses were burned during the civil war and also many burned on their own. Person—obit After this query and my research I found a wealth of information on Garland City. I felt I should share The Garland City Pride Web site. A most interesting creation it has pictures of old structures, a lay out of the town. A local native living in Pine Bluff maintains a list of business, prominent people biographies, at this site. I have spoken with Kenneth Hensley for permission to reprint Garland City Pride articles. We will have more next week. Aunt Ludie