Turnbo's Tales of the Ozarks: Panther Stories, Arkansas *********************************************************** Submitted by: Desmond Walls Allen Date: 25 May 2003 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************************** Following is the index to Turnbo's Tales of the Ozarks: Panther Stories. It is available from Arkansas Research, PO Box 303, Conway, AR 72033, for $18.00 plus shipping. ** A Abbott, Lafayette 23 Abbott, Matilda 23 Abbott, William 23 Adams, George 6 Adams, Isaac 105 Adams, Jimmie 2 Adams, John 2, 105 Adams, Josiah 3 Adams, Matthew 2 Adams, Sam 105 Allbright, William 90 Allin, Joe 52 Anderson, Abe 39 Anderson, Arch 39, 54 Anderson, Sallie 54 Arno MO 103 Aurora MO 23 Austin, Rol 22 ** B Baily, John 99 Ballous Creek 57 Barber's Creek 5, 39 Barber, Henry 6 Barber, John 6 Barber, Mary 5 Barber, Orbie 5, 6 Barber, Robert 6 Barber, William 6 Barker, Sampson 63, 64 Barnett, Jim 74, 101, 119, 121 Barnett, Levi 74, 75, 119 Barnett, Thomas 119 Barnett, Tom 101 Barren Fork 37, 101 Barry Co. MO 11, 23 Baucum, Dave 13 Baughman, Gideon 112 Baughman, Peter 53, 54, 87, 91 Baxter Co. AR 7, 45, 50, 71 Bear and panther fight 111, 116 Bear cubs 120 Bear's death cry 121 Beasley's Hollow 76 Beasley, Elizabeth 52 Beasley, Francis 52 Beasley, George 52, 53 Beasley, Mary Ann 52 Beasley, Sallie 52 Beasley, Sam 52 Beaver Creek 26, 27, 33, 38, 45, 64, 68, 76 Becca's Branch 83, 107 Bee Creek 9 Bee keeper 71 Beggley, Henry 4 Beggley, Hiram 4 Bellefonte AR 84, 100 Belt, John 76 Belt, Nettie Fears 76 Benton Co. MO 67 Beth's Creek 11 Big Beech Hollow 100, 109 Big Cedar Creek 39 Big Creek 1, 13, 21, 39, 45, 46, 56, 65, 76, 77, 87, 94, 98, 113, 114 Big Creek Township 65 Big Flat Creek 11 Big North Fork 2, 50 Big Pond 91 Big Spring 19, 55, 94 Big Spring Hollow 51 Billsby, Parlee 46 Black Oak Ridge 45, 109 Blanket Bottom 39 Boiling Spring 34 Bone, Josiah 33, 34, 35 Bonner, Beding 46 Bonner, George 46, 47 Bonner, Parlee Billsby 46 Boone Co. AR 24, 36, 37, 49, 54, 55, 79, 90, 91, 98, 99, 100, 106, 117 Boston Mountains 105 Boyed, Bruce 4, 5 Bradley's Ferry 12, 100, 101 Bradleyville MO 5, 40, 76 Bratton Spring 55 Bratton's Spring Creek 29, 55, 94, 106, 119 Bratton, Henry 119 Breeding, Bill 14 Bridges, William 82 Brigs, Steve 20 Brown, Auss 9, 10 Brown, Gid 54 Brown, Mary Ann 96 Brown, William 100, 109 Bruce's Creek 102 Brumley, Isaac 5 Brumley, Mary Barber 5 Brumley, William 5 Brushy Creek 39, 40, 76, 77, 94 Brushy Creek Schoolhouse 77 Bryant's Fork 52 Bryant's Spring Creek 52 Buffalo bones 119 Buffalo Fork 105 Buffalo Hills 61 Buffalo Mountains 1, 80, 87 Buffalo River 1, 2, 54, 80, 87, 90, 96 Bull Bottom 110 Bull Bottom Bluff 111 Bull Hollow 76 Bunko men 84 Burleson, Aaron 84 Burleson, Joe 22 Bushwhackers 59 Butler, John 14 ** C Cal Hollow 13 Calf Creek 61, 88 Callan, A. V. 4 Camden Co. MO 96 Caney Creek 98 Cantrel, Ross 17 Carpenter, Sam 65 Carpenter, Samuel 92 Carroll Co. AR 4, 18, 20, 37, 46, 47, 90 Carrollton AR 4, 20, 47 Carrollton Hollow 80 Carter, Isaac 88, 89 Carter, Isaac Mrs. 88 Casey, Levi 85 Catamount hide tanned 98 Catamount young killed 103 Cedar Creek 92 Cedar Creek Township 17 Cellar Creek 60 Chadwick MO 39, 57 Chancellorsville VA 63 Cherokee woman 20 Choska IT 10, 96 Christian Co. MO 5, 57 Church house built 20 Circuit Clerk 71 Circuit Court 44 Clark, Bill 21, 56 Clark, Calvin 21, 22 Clark, Celia Tabor 56 Clear Creek 61, 62 Clemons, settler 5 Clift, Henry 85 Clinton AR 58, 59 Clinton Mountain 58, 59, 60 Clothing 31 Coker, Aeny 20 Coker, Buck 19, 20, 24, 25, 34, 49, 117 Coker, Charles 35, 117 Coker, Cherokee Joe 20 Coker, Cynthia 20 Coker, Elizabeth Friend 35 Coker, George 20 Coker, Jane 20 Coker, Joe 19, 20, 117 Coker, Mary 35 Coker, River Bill 35 Colder, Peter 73 Cole, Abraham 44 Confederate money 34 Confederate soldier 59, 61, 118 Confederate Unit 46, 58, 61, 71, 84 Cook, Alph 85 Cook, Ben 5 Cook, George 39, 40 Cook, Jim 85 Cook, Jimmie 5 Cooley, Cassina 18 Cooley, Mary 18 Cooley, Noah 18 Coon hunting 2 Cooper, Anna 117 County Judge 85 Cow Skin Creek 26, 64 Cowan Barrens 70 Cowan Graveyard 15 Cowan, Bill 92 Coweta IT 15 Crane Creek 23 Crane MO 23 Crane's Pond 112 Crockett Township 100 Crooked Creek 13, 22, 47, 53, 61, 62, 66, 84, 88, 90, 97, 112 Crows give panther alert 11 Current River 25 ** D Dance 48 Davis, Joe 10 Davis, John 11, 105 Deacons, Abby 33, 79 Deacons, Phinus 99 Dean, Jim 100 Deer caller 91 Deer lick 110 Desota Springs AR 14 Dethrage, Alph 25 Dial, Bill 13 Dinsmore, Hugh A. 67 Distillery 19 Dobbs, James 47 Dodd City AR 39, 54 Dogs, Beaver 99 Dogs, Bounce 101 Dogs, Bull 95 Dogs, Charley 104 Dogs, Danger 35 Dogs, Dick 70 Dogs, Frank 57 Dogs, Rover 99 Dogs, Scott 70 Dogs, Sharp 11 Dogs, Shep 12 Dogs, Sweeper 108 Dogs, Trusty 83 Douglas Co. MO 5, 26, 64, 68, 95, 103 Down, Mary Jane 76 Down, Tom 76 Drowning victim 1 Dry Creek 37 Duckworth, George 76 Durham, John 117 Dutton, Asa 57 Dutton, Calvin 14 Dwelling construction 106 ** E Eagle attacks deer 119 East Sugar Loaf Creek 19, 31, 55, 90, 117 Edgar, Sim 33 Edmonson, Bird 66 Elbow Creek 33, 34, 35, 51, 79, 86, 92, 99 Election Day 67 Elixir Springs 99 Elk 119 Elliot, settler 69, 70 Ellison, Jack 55 Ellison, Jimmie 99 Ellison, Lafayette 99 Ellison, Marion 99 Ellison, W. R. 99 Enon Church 117 Eoff, Billy W. A. 100 Eslic, Ezekiel 25 Eslic, Sam 26 Eslick, Artis 103 Eslick, Ezekiel 68 Eslick, Zeke 103 Essex, Isaac 68 Estes, Ben M. 70, 71 Estes, Isaac 4 Estes, Jim 70, 71 Estes, John 4, 70 ** F Fall River KS 58 Fears, John 76 Fears, Laura 76 Fears, Mary Jane Down 76 Fears, Mina 76 Fears, Nettie 76 Fears, William 76 Finley Creek 39 Fire hunting for deer 9 Fleetwood, Isaac 95 Fleetwood, Marion 95, 96 Fletcher, Billy 15 Fletcher, Joe 15 Fletcher, Mary Catherine 15 Flippin, W. B. 45 Flood in 1867 65 Ford, Elijah 94, 116 Ford, John 116 Ford, William 94 Forest Graveyard 119 Forest, Jimmie 94, 119 Forest, Steadman 94 Forsyth MO 5, 9, 45, 57, 63, 67, 85, 87, 94 Fourteenth Arkansas Confederate Infantry 58 Franklin Co. IL 52 Franklin Co. MO 11 Franklin Township 83, 100, 107 Friend, Cassina Cooley 18 Friend, Elizabeth 35 Friend, Jake 35 Friend, Nig 18 Fritts, George 12 Fulbright, Henry 6 Fulkerson, Ben 16 Fulkerson, Nancy 16 ** G Gage, Jim 48 Gainesville MO 29, 82, 121 Gaither AR 37 Gaither Mountain 36 George's Creek 22, 30, 48, 60 Gerard Station LA 46 Gooley's Spring Creek 7, 76, 95 Gooley, George 48 Gooley, Kingdom 48 Greene Co. MO 85, 87 Griffin, Clint 4 Griffin, James 43, 44 Griffin, Jess 4 Griffin, Lank 4 Guns with names 108 ** H Hager, Ben 108 Hager, Bob 109 Hager, Charity 108 Hager, Jim 109 Haggard, Jackey 85 Haggard, John 85, 86 Hall, Absalom 7, 102 Hall, Dave 27, 73, 102 Hall, Jim 102 Hall, Joe 7, 8, 73, 103 Hall, Joseph 27 Hall, Leonard 73 Hall, Willoughby 102 Hampton Creek 62 Handcock, John 85, 86 Harrison AR 4, 30, 37, 112 Harrison Times newspaper 4 Hatchet, King 60 Hatchet, Page 59, 60 Hathburn, see Hawthorn 1 Hawthorn, Andrew 1 Hawthorn, Thomas 1 Hayden, settlers 86 Hazel thickets 43 Henderson, Wes 98 Hensley, Bill 3 Hensley, Mark 3 Hensley, Salley Simmons 3 Hensley, William 81 Hercules MO 77, 98 Herrean, John 77, 113 Herrean, Lewis 77 Herrean, Polly Tabor 77, 79 Hideout Schoolhouse 109 Hill Top AR 36 Hill, hunter 84 Hodge, Lee 5 Hog Creek 43 Holman's Creek 108 Holt, Billy 106 Holt, Fielding 35 Holt, Herrod 75 Holt, Jimmie 121 Home construction 18 Horseshoe Bend 103 Hossier, John 46 House construction 77 Howard Creek 7 Howard, Adrian 22 Howard, Andrew 92 Howard, Bill 120 Howard, Nancy Hudson 22 Howell Co. MO 37 Hudson, John B. 22, 30, 47, 48, 59 Hudson, Johnny 71 Hudson, Minerva Jane 22 Hudson, Nancy 22 Hudson, Sammy 71, 72 Huffman, Jarriett 64 Hulsey, Sid 4 Huntsville AR 20, 47, 108 Hurst, Billy 87 Hurst, Jack 87 ** I Indian wife 16 Indians, Coker's wives 20 Insane Asylum 37 Iron Co. MO 112 ** J Jackson Co. IL 113 Jackson Switch IT 15, 25 Jackson, David 85 Jackson, General Stonewall 63 Jackson, John 85 Jackson, Rachel 85 Jackson, traveler 33 James Fork 65, 85 James River 23, 39 James, Alexander Doc 55, 56 James, Bettie 32 James, Billy 30, 55 James, Cyrus A. 30 James, Dora 55 James, Ernest 31, 32 James, Florence 31, 32 Jasper MO 71 Jefferson City MO 37 Jews Harp 20 Jimmie's Creek 47, 102, 104 Johnson, Carroll 55 Johnson, Martin 14 Jones, Billy 30 Jones, Conway 30 Jones, Fate 93, 100, 101 Jones, Frank 101 Jones, John 100 Jones, Rhoda 34 Jones, Sally 34 Jones, Tom 33, 34, 35 Justus, Bob 37 Justus, Ives 37 Justus, Mary 37 ** K Keener AR 54 Keesee Mills 51 Keesee Township 12, 84, 100 Keesee's Ferry 109 Keesee, Elias 20, 84 Keesee, Paton 15, 16, 20 Keesee, Reed 84 King, Bobby 1 King, Cassia 1, 2, 3 Kingdom Springs AR 48, 90 Kirbyville 18 ** L Land, John 49 Lantz, Sarah 83 Lawrence Co. MO 23 Lawrence Mill 27 Layton Pineries 9 Layton, A. S. 67 Lead Hill AR 19, 31, 58, 109, 117 Lead Mine Hollow 20 Lead ore 86 Leatherwood Creek 96 Leatherwood Mountains 96 Lee, A. J. 96 Leslie AR 3, 81 Leslie, Sam 4 Lick Creek 29, 82, 114, 121 Little Beach Hollow 12, 100 Little Beaver Creek 5 Little Buck Creek 14 Little Buffalo Creek 71 Little Creek 74, 119 Little North Fork 7, 15, 16, 20, 56, 74, 94, 101, 102, 103, 106, 116, 119, 120, 121 Little Red River 60 Little Rock AR 80 Locust Hollow 93 Lone Ash Bald Hill 29 Long Bottom Hollow 107 Long Creek 4, 18, 37, 90, 96 Long Mountain 95 Lord, Tom 121 Lower Sugar Loaf Creek 118 Lumber mill 67 Lunsford, Lewis 33, 36 Lutie MO 18 ** M M. K. & T. Railroad 15 Macedonia Church 117 Mad stone 113 Madison Co. AR 90, 108, 117 Magness, Joe 13, 17 Magness, Sam 17 Magness, William 13 Mail contractor 15 Mail line 59 Manley, John 117 Marion Co. AR 9, 12, 13, 14, 17, 22, 27, 30, 45, 47, 50, 52, 58, 61, 70, 71, 73, 76, 83, 84, 85, 90, 93, 95, 100, 102, 104, 107, 110, 116 Marion Co. TN 79 Marlor, Luke 84, 92 Marsh, Peter 113 Marshall AR 3 Martin's Mill 29 Martin, Dick 119 Martin, Perry 29 May, John 99 Maynard, Doctor 94 McBride, Dave 21, 103 McCollough, Pleas 119 McCord, Dave 20, 21, 67 McCord, John 21 McCracken, Doc 30 McCracken, Isabel Thompson 104 McCracken, J. T. Tomps 52, 104 McCracken, Joseph R. 104 McCullough, Pleas 74, 75 McEllen, hotel man 14 McEntire, Elizabeth Wiley 61 McEntire, Jarrel 61, 62 McEntire, John 61, 62, 63 McEntire, Loranzo 61 McEntire, Tom 62, 63 McHerrod, Gruff 75 McLaughlin, James 7, 8 McMaster, Ellen 108 McMaster, settler 108 McNeely, Rhoda 42 Methvin, John W. 70, 71 Milum, Brice 19 Mineral prospects 86 Mineral Springs MO 12 Mining industry 48 Mississippi River 58 Mitchell Graveyard 104 Moccasin Creek 48 Moccasin Fork 48 Montgomery, Jim 47 Moore, John 52 Morris, Robert 25 Mountain Creek 7, 95 Mountain Grove MO 94 Mountain Home AR 45 Muggins Hollow 99 Muggins, settler 99 Mule's nature 10 Murders in war time 59 Murfreesboro TN 104 Music Creek 39, 110 ** N Nash, Henry 5 Nave Bend 20, 24, 34, 49 Nave's Ferry 49 Nave, Abe 24, 106 Nave, Jake 106 Nave, Jane Trimble 24, 25, 106 Negro, Coker's 19 Negroes, Long Bill 2 Negroes, Mose 2 Negroes, Wash 2 Nelson, Newt 14 Newport AR 87 Newspaper delivery 59 Newton Co. AR 31, 71 Nianuga Creek 96 Noe, Jack 14 Norman, George 3 Norman, Tom 49 Norman, Virginia Ginnie 49, 50 North Fork Township 110 ** O O'Neal, Isaac 96 O'Neal, J. N. Nate 96, 97 O'Neal, Mary Ann Brown 96 Oak Grove Schoolhouse 46 Oakland AR 52, 73, 76, 95 Officer, Tom 90 Oneta IT 52 Open Hollow 107 Osage Creek 20, 46 Osborn, John 48 Otter Creek 120 Overton Co. TN 5, 117 Owens, Bettie 118 Owens, child 118 Owens, Christian 118 Ozark Co. MO 16, 52, 55, 74, 94, 101, 119 Ozark MO 5 ** P Pace's Ferry 7, 52 Pace, Joe 27, 52 Palo Pinto Co. TX 17 Panther attacks colt 14 Panther attacks horse 2 Panther attacks mail carrier 14 Panther attacks man 72 Panther attacks woman 16 Panther Bottom 14, 107 Panther Creek 85 Panther hide as ox whip 76 Panther kills bear 20 Panther kills child 44 Panther kills colt 4 Panther makes long leap 4 Panther of large size 6 Panther reaches for child 19 Panther steals deer 9 Panther stuffed 10, 67 Panther treed as coon 3 Panther's young described 62 Panthers taken for pets 8 Panthers young killed 115 Parker, Billy 48 Parker, Jonathan 59 Peel AR 9, 85, 99, 104 Perkins, Abe 110 Phelps, Jeff 55, 56 Philadelphia Church House 46 Pigeon Creek 7 Pigeons 107 Pine Hollow 24, 49 Pond Fork 76, 98, 119 Pontiac MO 7 Port Hudson LA 58 Porter, Penaltine 100 Possum Walk Creek 5, 7, 121 Postmasters 14 Potter, Ben 4 Powell AR 61 Price's Raid 85 Protem MO 21, 31, 36, 40, 46, 49, 52, 96, 98 Pulaski Co. MO 42 Pumphrey, W. A. 58 ** R Racoons 118 Railroads, M. K. & T. 15, 25 Railroads, Missouri Pacific 23, 54 Rains, Bob 85 Rattlesnake killed by deer 113, 119 Ray, John 85 Ray, M. P. 117 Reynolds, Bob 80 Right to bear arms 48 Risley, Silas 16 Robertson, Jim 90 Robertson, Mary 90 Robinson, Pleasant 42 Robinson, Rhoda McNeely 42 Robinson, William 42 Rock House Creek 11 Rockbridge MO 52 Rolla MO 71 Rooshic, Henry 11 Rooshic, Lewis 11 Roselle, Jim 51 Ross, Dee 4 Ross, Dora James 30, 55 Ross, John 90 Ross, John C. 4, 30, 37, 66 Roubidoux Creek 42 Round Spring 25 Rumley, James 60 Rush Creek 70, 80 Rutherford Co. NC 61 Rutherford Co. TN 104 ** S Salt lick established 96 Saltpeter Cave Bluff 73 Sand Field 16 Sanders, Henry 5 Scaff, Brit 15 Scott Co. VA 63 Scribner, Roland 27 Searcy Co. AR 3, 14, 79, 81, 96 Shannon Co. MO 25 Sheep raising 31 Shelby Co. TN 121 Shoal Creek 21, 24, 46, 51, 106, 113 Short Mountain 93 Shreveport LA 46 Simmons, Salley 3 Sisney, Steve 11, 12 Sister Creek 7, 52, 76, 102 Slaveholder 2, 4, 19 Smith, Charley 46 Smith, Gum 33 Smith, Polander 15 Smith, Tom 12 Sneed, Charley 20 Sneed, Jane Coker 20 Snodgrass, Tom 63, 64 Snow, Isaac 61, 62 Snow, Philander 64 Southworth, Nelson 113 Springfield MO 6, 39, 40, 57, 58, 61, 63, 73, 85 St. Joe AR 14 Stephens, Henry 70 Stoddard Co. MO 15 Stone Co. MO 18, 23 Stone Creek 68 Stone, Bailey 4 Strange, Jim 46 Stroud, B. 46 Strychnine for wolves 35 Sugar Loaf Country 30, 35, 49 Sugar Loaf Creek 55 Sugar Loaf Knob 20 Sugar Loaf Prairie 19, 118 Sugar Orchard Creek 53, 91 Sullivan, Bob 51 Summers, Calvin 14 Swan Creek 5, 38, 57, 85 Sylvia AR 14, 15 ** T Tabor, Arch 1, 56, 113 Tabor, Celia 56 Tabor, Henry 18 Tabor, Isaac 56, 65, 113, 114 Tabor, James 1 Tabor, Jim 66 Tabor, Jimmie 1, 77 Tabor, John 18, 79, 115 Tabor, John Franklin 18 Tabor, Mary Cooley 18 Tabor, Polly 77 Tabor, Tom 45, 65, 66 Taney Co. MO 1, 9, 13, 14, 18, 33, 38, 46, 51, 56, 63, 79, 85, 86, 92, 96, 98, 99, 103, 107, 113 Tar factory 99 Teaf, Nimrod 13 Teague, John 21 Terrapin Creek 90 Texas Co. MO 43 Theodosia MO 29 Thompson, Isabel 104 Thornfield MO 119 Thornton, Sarah 49 Three Brothers 7, 102 Tolbert Barrens 71 Tolbert's Ferry 30 Tolbert, Simeon 45 Torman, Tom 49 Trammel, George 97 Treadway, Ben 99 Treadway, John 99 Treadway, William J. 99 Treat, Berry 90, 91 Treat, Steve 90 Trice, settler 66, 67 Trimble's Creek 45, 83, 107 Trimble, Allin 24, 45, 46, 83, 100, 106, 109 Trimble, Bill 46 Trimble, Billy 106 Trimble, Jane 24, 106 Trimble, Joe 46 Trimble, Malissa 83, 84 Trimble, Milt 46 Trimble, Sally 106 Trimble, William 24 Turkey caller 101 Turkey Creek 18 Turley, Charles Wid 55 Turley, Dine 55 Turley, Jacob 82 Turley, McDonald 82 Turnbo, J. N. Newt 12 Turnbo, James 12, 14, 51 Twenty-seventh Arkansas Confederate Infantry 46, 61, 71, 84 Twenty-seventh Virginia regiment 63 ** U Union soldiers 59 Upton, Daniel 29 Upton, H. E. 29 Upton, Jobe 29 ** V Van Buren AR 46 Van Buren Co. AR 58 Vance, John 10 Vance, John P. 67, 68 Vaughn, Enoch 89 Verdigris River 44 Vinzant, Martin 48 ** W Walnut Grove Church house 67 War activity 108 War Eagle River 90 War lookout station 33 War times 12, 30 War, death by disease 46 War, surrender of unit 46 Warren Co. TN 46 Warsaw MO 67 Waul, Jim 5 Wayne Co. TN 3 Waynesville MO 42 Weaver, Jocky 86 Webster Co. MO 94 West Sugar Loaf Creek 20, 99, 117 Western Grove AR 31 White River 2, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 24, 27, 30, 38, 45, 49, 50, 51, 52, 54, 63, 65, 73, 83, 85, 86, 95, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 109, 116 Whitehead, Bill 57 Whitson, Mary Catherine 15 Wiggins, Henry 35 Wiggins, Mary Coker 35 Wildcats attack man 103, 104 Wiley's Cove 3, 58, 81 Wiley, Elizabeth 61 Wiliford, settler 5 Wilmoth, Anna Cooper 117 Wilmoth, Marion 117, 118 Wilmoth, Wilson 117 Wilson, William 60 Witty MO 5 Wolsey, Tol 34 Womach, Abram 50 Womach, Dave 50 Wood, A. S. 50, 90 Wood, Frank 87 Wood, George 117 Woods, James M. 90 Woods, Marion 90 Woods, Mary Robertson 90 Wright Co. MO 68 Wright, Ellis 55, 56 Wright, Lazarus 27 ** Y Yandell, John 33 Yandell, John G. 36 Yandell, Luns 33 Yandell, Rebecca 34, 36 Yellow fever 46 Yellville AR 13, 14, 32, 59, 70, 84, 87, 90, 104 Yocum, Asa 106 Yocum, Jim 52 Yocum, Mike 24, 106 Yocum, Sally 24, 106 ** Z Zinc AR 54 Copyright (c) 1997 Desmond Walls Allen