OKLAHOMA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY QUARTERLY, Vol 9 No 2, June 1964, Pg 504 Transcribed by Pat Smith Capt.Pat@usroots.com for OKGenWeb, Feb 1997 JAMES MANSFORD CARSELOWEY REPORTS, Continued from Vol 8 No 4, Dec.1963 EARLY MARRIAGES IN ARKANSAS TERRITORY DATE BRIDEGROOM BRIDE PLACE MINISTER Nov 2, 1828 Mark Bean(Bean family Hetty Stuart Laurence Co. Rev. Brookfield lived in Cane Hill) May 22, 1827 Rev John Cureton Mary Hacker Conway Co. Rev. Brookfield Dec 25, 1827 Wesley King Sarah Reed Independence Co Rev Cornwall June 24, 1828 John Carnahan Polly Pyeatt Pyeatt Twp, Pulanski Co Wm.P Thompson June 18, 1829 John Wilson Mrs Elizabeth Foster Crawford, Co ------ Sept 2. 1829 Larkin Newton Mary Ann Wilson Washington Co. Rev Robt. McCarney Mar 31, 1830 Thomas Trent Mary Click Hempstead Co. July 6, 1830 Lemuel Tinnin Mary Wood Washington Co Rev Andrew Buchanan Sept 16, 1830 John Buchanan Ellander Crawford Cane Hill Twp Wash. Co. John C. Blair Mar 16 1831 John Pyeatt Elizabeth Buchanan Mar 16, 1861 Samuel Stevenson Nancy Pitman A. Buchanan Sept 27, 1831 Rev Jesse M Blair Jane Buchanan Rev John Carnahan June 21, 1831 B.H. Smithson Cynthia Kincaid Washington Co. Rev H.S. Lafferty(JMC) DATA FROM TOMBSTONES - (JMC has Buchanan Tombstone data) LEMUEL Tinnin b 1804 d Jan 1 1842, age 38 yrs., buried at Marysville, Benton Co., AR Thomas Tinnin b 1833 d Feb 4 1852, age 19yrs. 10mo. 5days Capt. Hugh L. Tinnin b 1833 d Jan 26 1883, a Confederate Capt. Under Gen Stand Watie There is a nearby grave of Mary Alexander b 1808 d Jan 31 1862, age 54-9-4, which may be Mary Wood Tinnin. Also nearby is grave of W.A. Alexander (Masonic emblem) b 1807 d Apr 15 1854 age 47-26-? OKLAHOMA ANCESTORS IN ARKANSAS 1869 Tax Payers in Prairie Twp, Washington Co, AR, from the old record books of the County Clerk, G.W.M. Reed, was originally published in Flashback Magazine, May 1957, by the Washington Co, AR Historical Society, Contributoe James Manford Carseloway, who points out the genealogical value - _Many Oklahomans have ancestors who were early settlers in AR. Many folks in those days came from TN, AL, SC, NC, MS, NO(and adjacent states).÷ OGS has a handwritten copy listing James M Anderson through F.J. Gibson which can be photocopied - 4 pages. **** Susan Wickett Ridge b 1769 (wife of Major Ridge) d Sept 1 1849 at her home on Honey Creek, Delaware District, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, near Southwest City, MO Cherokee Nation East - Betsy Watie (wife of Gen Stand Watie) died in childbirth in March 1836; the child died too. Stand Watie came to Cherokee Nation West, Indian Terr. By steamboat in 1837. USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation.