THE ARNOLD FAMILY ASSOCIATION OF THE SOUTH _________________________________________________________________________________ “Family Trails” from the Unpublished Newsletters 1979-1983 Part Six _________________________________________________________________________________ Volume XIV (December 1983) Thomas and Grace Arnold of King George County, Virginia, (Concluded) 1 Bibliography of Thomas and Grace Arnold and Descendants 2 Further Clues to Some Arendell Family Origins 3 Jonathan Howland md Sarah Fisher Arendell in North Carolina 3 (Allied lines: Howland, Morton, Pigott) Richard and Eleanor Arendell 4 (Allied lines: Jones, Blackwell, Byars, Keasler) Frederick Jones Will, Cowan Precinct, North Carolina, Abstract 5 (Allied lines: Blackwell, Bedford, Raymond) (Ties to Isle of Wight Co. VA) The Absolom Arnold Family (NC-Tenn-Ark-Texas) 6 (Possible allied lines: Taylor, Runnells, Bibb, Walker) The Thomas Arnold Family (Tenn-Ark) 9 (Allied line: Walker) Volume XIV (December 1983) THOMAS AND GRACE ARNOLD OF KING GEORGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA This was the issue in which we were to present Arnold Family Number Two, i.e., the descendants of Thomas and Grace Arnold of King George County, Virginia, who have joined our Association and sent in their pedigree charts and family group sheets (fn). (Footnote: All submitted family group sheets received from members of the Association were typed on acid-free paper and submitted to the Library of Virginia Archives where they are available to the public.) We have published data about this family from time to time and the reader may wish to refer to these articles: -1- BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THOMAS AND GRACE ARNOLD AND DESCENDANTS Quarterlies Volume One Number One p. 30 Index to wills, administrations and intestate records of Arnolds in King George County, Virginia Number Two pp. 55, 58, 60 Marriages in Fauquier, Louisa, Orange, Westmoreland Counties, Virginia pp. 72-76 Article by Marian Carter Ledgerwood – Tennessee descendants of Thomas and Grace Arnold Number Three pp. 97-98 Culpeper County, Virginia, index to deeds (partial) p. 100 Index to Westmoreland County, Virginia, deeds, wills, marriages, and Chancery orders. pp. 100-101 1790 Census of Virginia; 1782-1787 taxpayers of Virginia Volume Two Number One pp. 21, 23, 25-29 Crozier’s “Spotsylvania County, Virginia” records pp. 29-40 King George and Prince William Counties, Virginia, records p. 45 Westmoreland and Richmond Counties, Virginia, marriages Number Two p. 105 Will of John Arnold of Newberry County, South Carolina Number Three p. 154 Arnolds in the land records of Georgia pp. 170-171 Arnolds in Elbert County, Georgia, records p. 200 Arnolds in Wilkes County, Georgia, land lotteries Volume Three Number One p. 43 “A Short Census of Virginia,” Fauquier County - Benjamin Arnold pp. 75-78 Fauquier County, Virginia, indices to Deeds and Wills pp. 86-87 King George County, Virginia, census records pp. 101-105 Spotsylvania County, Virginia, deed abstracts Volume Four Number One pp. 8-9 Izard County, Arkansas, census records -2- Number Three and Four pp. 98-101 Jeanette Osteen’s article on Arnolds (Note: Her own construction of families does not agree with the documents) pp. 101-107 Virginia Lou Kelley’s excerpts on Arnolds of King George County, Virginia (again, this article does not agree with the documents) pp. 107-111 Well-documented article by Ann Arnold Hennings on some of the descendants of Thomas and Grace Arnold Annuals Volume VI p. 18 1810 Census, King George County, Virginia pp. 52-55 Essex County, Virginia, records pp. 74-82 King George County, Virginia, records pp. 100-106 Newman Arnold Hall’s article on Arnolds in Orange County, VA pp. 141-143 Richmond County, Virginia, records pp. 148-157 Articles and records about Spotsylvania County, Virginia, and Wayne and Franklin Counties, Tennessee Volume VIII pp. 94-106 Progress report on Thomas and Grace Arnold line Volume XI pp. 56-61 Marian Carter Ledgerwood’s excellent documentary article on Thomas and Grace Arnold Volume XII pp. 78-111 Part Two – Thomas and Grace Arnold documentary article by Marian Carter Ledgerwood FURTHER CLUES TO SOME ARENDELL FAMILY ORIGINS Mrs. Bettye Kirkpatrick sent a number of items regarding Arnolds/Arendells in two 1982 mailings. Among these were the following: 1. Howland and Arendell query of Mrs. Margaret D. Falley of Evanston, Illinois. (Date unknown) “Can anyone tell me of this Howland family? Jonathan Howland married in North Carolina, Sarah Fisher (Fischer) Arendell, born 1820. Their children were James and Sarah, born 1842. Jonathan Howland was the son of Tucker Howland who married Betsy Morton. Their children ` -3- were: Elesha, who married Thomas Duncan; Elizabeth who married Christopher C. Davis; Samuel, Jonathan, and James. When was Jonathan born? Zephaniah Howland, father of Tucker Howland, married Ithamar Pigott. Their children were: Tucker, Ralph, Samuel, Basheba, and Rebecca. Ithamar, wife of Zephaniah, was the daughter of Elijah Pigott. Elijah Pigott of Straits, Carteret County, N. C., died in 1789. His wife was named Sevil or Cevil. Their children: William, Elijah, Culpeper, Levi, Ithamar, Ralph, Micajah, Jechonias, Joseph, Abraham, Lishey, and Cevil. Is this Howland family from New England? Sarah Fisher Arendell, born 1820, died 1911, was the daughter of Rev. Bridges Arendell and Sarah Fisher, daughter of William Fisher and Charity (surname unknown). Rev. Bridges Arendell was born in Franklin County, North Carolina, in September 1782 and died October 1850. His father and brother came from Virginia, settled in Franklin County, North Carolina, and established the First Methodist Church Conference in North Carolina. Can anyone tell me of this family?” “SIK Micro-Fiche: Arundell, Wm. C.H.R., 20 August 1703 To Richard and Ellinor (Reddick) Arundell, Dublin, Dublin County, St. Peter, St. Kevin” (Note: Mrs. Falley did not give her sources for either of these items, but I would hazard a guess that the microfiche item could be found on the cards at a branch library of the Morman Church.) 2. Letter from Mrs. Neville E. Hall, Grand Prairie, Texas In letters dated 12 December 1981 and 18 May 1982, Mrs. Hall notified our member, Bettye Kirkpatrick that she was the sister of Kate Keasler Davis, a former member of the AFAS, who died in November, 1981, of leukemia. Mrs. Hall stated she and Kate descended from Richard Arendell and wife, Eleanor (“we now have Richard and Eleanor back to Ireland”), through their son, Benjamin Arendell and wife, Rebecca Jones, through their son, Richard Arendell and wife, Mary Blackwell (daughter of Joel Blackwell and Henrietta Byars, daughter of Jonas Byars and Frances Collins, through their son, Thomas Arendell and wife, Elizabeth Dobson, through their daughter, Mary Catherine who married Edward Keasler. Their son, Lonnie Edward Keasler married Lillie Ann Martin and they were the parents of Ione who married Neville E. Hall and Kate who married Sam Davis. Mrs. Hall’s course for the Arendell-Byars data was the “Byars Family History” by Nell Byars Thaten, published 1976 in Fort Worth Texas, by Miran Publishers, p. 13. In Mrs. Hall’s letter of 12 December 1981, she stated, “There is a Bible in Alabama and it is confusing. They (Mrs. Hall did not say who ‘they’ were) think their ancestor was Nathan Arendale and Margaret Alexander. Margaret was sister to our great Grandma, Esther Alexander. In Amarillo, Texas, Kate found a census that said when Nathan and Margaret were married but -4- also said (they had) NO children. At Amarillo she found children listed with Cyntha and I believe it was with John Arenold with date of birth in Miss. (John was probably a brother to Nathan and our Thomas and (all) children of Richard Arendale and Mary Blackwell.) If we get any additions or corrections, I will send them to you.” 3. Bettye Kirkpatrick sent me Xerox copies of the original wills of Frederick Jones, the elder, and Frederick Jones, his son. Bettye abstracted some data from these wills and sent it in typed form. She covered only bequests to the daughters. Since only the elder Frederick Jones’ will seems to have any bearing on the search for Rebecca Arendell’s parentage, I have abstracted it as follows: Frederick Jones of Chowan Precinct, North Carolina Will signed 9 April 1722, probated 26 March 1723 Heirs: Sons, William Harding Jones (lands on south side Moratoke River), Frederick (all my lands in Craven Precinct), Thomas (land at Meherrin and lands on North side of Moratoke River). He divided his plate between his sons and to each he gave a diamond ring. Brother, Thomas Jones of Virginia, shall sell my lands in King William County, Virginia, called Horns Quarter and divide the proceeds between my three sons. Daughters, Jane (Indian girl, four negroes, diamond ring and diamond earrings, gold shoe-buckles, thimble, gold watch with chain and seale, etc.), Martha (four negroes, a diamond ring, diamond earrings, gold shoe-buckles, gold thimble, one dozen fine damask napkins, three dozen diaper napkins, Holland sheets, etc.), Rebecca (four negroes, one diamond ring, three dozen damask and diaper napkins, table cloths, sheets, etc. all the gold rings and earrings, etc.) Executors: Thomas Jones of Virginia, brother, and William Harding and Frederick Jones, sons. Signed Fred. Jones (an autograph signature) Witnesses: Sarah Stewart Roger Hazard John Ansley Edward Mosely (Note: Mary, wife of Frederick jones, married a Moore after her husband’s death.) In this will, Frederick Jones bequeaths 150 pounds Boston money to his daughter, Martha. Interestingly, William Byars, brother of Henrietta Byars who married Joel Blackwell (see above) married Elizabeth Bedford, daughter of Jonas Bedford and Amasa Mercy Raymond of Elizabethtown, New Jersey. Some years back, I worked for a client in Mississippi who descended from Richard Arendell and Mary Blackwell. I learned of a research paper a student had written, as part of her course in genealogy at the National Archives, on the ancestry of -5- Jonas Bedford. I sent for this paper and sent it on to my client to Xerox. She returned a copy to me but in all my moving around, this data has vanished. If memory serves me correctly, Jonas Bedford had New England ancestry. Now from the above (Frederick Jones leaving Boston money to daughter, Martha) it would appear the Jones also came from New England. John Bennett Boddie, in his “Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight County, Virginia” devotes several chapters to the Puritans in Virginia. The Bennetts were Puritans but after the visit of George Fox in 1672 to Virginia, they, along with many other Puritans, converted to Quakerism. In summary, it would seem likely that the Arnedells and Jones had lived in Isle of Wight County, Virginia, after coming to that southern colony, and had later lived in Nansemond County before they took up lands in Chowan around the Morralick River. The Arendells must have had very close connection with two prominent Isle of Wight families, the Bennetts and the Bridge(r?)s, as those names passed down in the Arendell family in several branches for many generations. Frederick Jones, the younger, is found processioning lands in Nansemond County up until March 1752. He died in Craven County, North Carolina, between November 1758 and February 1759 (fn). (Footnote: In the will of Frederick Jones, the Younger, his mother is referred to as Mrs. Moore, indicating she had remarried.) It is quite possible that the Edward Arendell who died between November 1731 and January 1732 in Chowan Precinct, the same county where Frederick Jones the elder died, was the father of Richard Arendell who died in Granville County, North Carolina, in 1758. Though Richard Arendell was not named in Edward Arendell’s will, this does not rule him out as a son of Edward Arendell. We should remember that in colonial wills, which were carried out according to the English common law of primogeniture, the eldest son did not have to be named in a man’s will. The eldest son got everything automatically except those items specifically bequested in the will. For further readings on the Arendell family, see AFAS Annual Newsletter, Volume VII, December, 1976. (Note of Hazel MacIvor: It should be remembered that nowhere in these Jones wills does it state Rebecca Jones was wife of Benjamin Arnold.) THE ABSALOM ARNOLD FAMILY – Contributed by Marie Bailey (a letter from Adlai Arnold) Absalom Arnold was born in February 1798 in North Carolina, probably in Cravens County with New Bern as county seat. His parentage is unknown. His parents could have been John Arnold and Elizabeth Taylor who married in Cravens County in 1793. Absalom married Vasti Runnells in Cravens County on August 13, 1821. Vasti Runnells was probably the daughter of -6- Christopher Runnels. When Absalom sold their farm of 155 acres in 1826, the deed named Christopher Runnels as having deeded the land to Vasti Arnold in 1807. Sometime after 1826 the family moved to Tennessee. The 1830 census names two Absalum Arnolds in Bedford County. One of these could have been our Absalom. The US Census of 1840 shows an Absalom Arnold family living in Haywood County. I was able to verify this from tax records and identify a tract of 100 acres on which Absalum paid taxes from 1837 through 1846. In 1846 Absalom and Thomas Arnold sold adjoining tracts of land according to deeds I found in Salt Lake city genealogical records microfilmed from Tennessee records. The family moved to Arkansas probably in 1847. I found records of Absalom, his brother, Thomas, and Absalom’s son, Jeremiah, buying land from the government in what was then The Bayou De View community in Jackson County. The area is now a part of Woodruff County. I identified Absalom’s tract of 100 acres and visited it in March of 1979 (purchased 16 May 1848). Absalom died here on August 2, 1854 and his brother, Thomas, was named administrator of the estate. Vasti survived him until she died in Independence County, Arkansas, on February 6, 1870. Her son (my great grandfather) C. C. (Christopher Columbus) Arnold was named administrator of her estate. Their children were: 1) Jeremiah Arnold, born Sept. 9, 1825, in Cravens County, NC. He married Caroline Davis (born in Alabama on Sept. 7, 1832) on April 13, 1848. Caroline died January 15, 1904, and her gravestone is in the Odd Fellows Cemetery just south of McCrory along with her daughter Fannie Arnold, born Feb. 16, 1859, and died April 14, 1924. Jeremiah’s death and place of burial are unkown. According to the 1860 US Census, dated in August, Jeremiah and Caroline were living in Jackson County (later Woodruff County) with children: Mary, age 12; John, age 9; Margaret, age 7; William, age 4; Henry, age 4; and Fannie, age 2; all born in Arkansas. According to records in Jackson County, Jeremiah was a Justice of the Peace as his name occurs often in the county records as having performed marriage ceremonies. 2) Levina Arnold was born May 24, 1827, in North Carolina. She married Felix J. Newman on January 6, 1841. A son, James Franklin Newman was born on October 29, 1844; another son, Robert Newman, was born March 10, 1847. James Franklin Newman died October 3, 1847. Felix divorced Levina on June 18, 1853, and married Mary Stringer, who in turn divorced Felix on June 23, 1855, complaining that he had left the state with Levina Newman, to whom he had been married before but divorced. -7- It appears that Levina and Felix at some time before 1863 moved to Texas where the family lost track of them. When Absalom died in 1854, for some unknown reason, Levina was not named in the settlement of the estate but when her mother, Vasti, died in 1870, the administrator spent considerable effort trying to locate her before giving up and getting permission from the Probate court in 1877 to divide her share among the remaining heirs. C. C. (Christopher Columbus Arnold) represented to the court that he had no knowledge of her whereabouts, or whether she was dead or alive, having not heard from her since 1863. He stated that he had written separately to various parties residing at her last known address in Texas but could not find her. 3) Elizabeth Arnold, born November 5, 1829, probably in Tennessee, but this is not known. No further mention of her is in the Family Bible Record. She married William Bibb and was living in Kentucky in 1854; at the final settlement of Absalom’s estate in 1859. William Bibb and Elizabeth Bibb signed a receipt of their share of the Estate. After Vasti died in 1870, Elizabeth and her husband and family were living in Independence County. According to a petition signed by C. C. Arnold on September 24, 1872, Elizabeth was still living, but when Lavina’s share was distributed in 1877, she was deceased and her share was divided among her survivors: William Bibb, Mary Bibb, and Emana Bibb. 4) Mary Ann Arnold, born January 29, 1832, married William A. J. Walker (born Aug. 12,1835) on Sept. 9, 1847; and James Henry Wyatt (born Jan. 16, 1816) on December 10, 1862. She died Sept. 9, 1870. Child: Christopher Arnold Wyatt (born Sep. 5, 1870 – died Sep. 6, 1870) Mary Ann was still living when her mother died in February, 1870, but she died before all of the estate was settled. She was living in Independence County where she later died. She left no children survivors. 5) Christopher Columbus Arnold, born January 1, 1834, in Tennessee (County unknown) and died June 8, 1906, in Izard County. He married August 8, 1857, Jackson County, Ark. to Mary Janetta Riddell (born 1836 TN and died in Izard County, Ark, in 1911). Children: a) James Monroe Arnold (b Aug. 13, 1858 – d Apr 7, 1951) b) John Kinion Arnold (b Jan. 14, 1860 - d infancy (?)) c) Benjamin Franklin Arnold (b Jan. 1, 1862 – d July 6, 1938) d) Sophia A. Arnold (b Sep. 28, 1866 – d Oct. 29, 1937) e) Owen T. Arnold (b 1870 – d 1882, age 12) f) William Virgil Arnold (b June 23, 1871 – d Oct.18, 1954) -8- 6) Martha Arnold, born Apr. 28, 1836, in Tennessee and died Apr 16, 1860. She married Miles Steele on Aug. 24, 1853, in Arkansas. Children: a) Laura Steele married D. C. Burns. Living in White County in 1871 during administration of her grandmother’s (Vasta) estate. Laura received a share of final settlement in 1877. 7) William Madison Arnold (twin), born Nov. 4, 1839, Haywood County, Tennessee and died before 1871 (?). Appeared in 1860 census of Jackson County, Ark., but not mentioned in 1871 settlement of mother’s estate. 8) Kinion West Arnold (twin), born Nov. 4, 1839, Haywood County, Tennessee and died before 1871 (?). Appeared in 1860 census of Jackson County, Ark, but not mentioned in 1871 settlement of mother’s estate. 9) Nancy Jane Arnold, born Mar. 4, 1842, Harwood County, Tennessee, and died April 19, 1860, Jackson County, Arkansas. 10) Thomas Jefferson Arnold, born Nov. 14, 1844, Harwood County, Tennessee and died Aug. 31, 1847 (Tenn ?, Ark ?) Family moved from Tennessee to Arkansas between 1846 and 1848. Further notes on C. C. (Christopher Columbus) Arnold. During the Civil War (1862- 1865), he served in the Confederate Army, first in Company D of the 32nd Arkansas Regiment. His Unit took part in the Battle of Prairie Grove on Dec. 7, 1862, and in the Battle of Helena in July 1863. Later C. C. Arnold served in Company I of the 45th Arkansas Cavalry and took part in General Price’s raid in Missouri. Meanwhile, his wife and two little boys, Benjamin Franklin (“Uncle Frank”) Arnold, my Grandpa, and James Monroe Arnold were left at home in Jackson County with their mother, Mary Janetta. C. C. moved his family to Zion in Izard County a short time after his release from the Army in 1865. THE THOMAS ARNOLD FAMILY – Contributed by Marie Bailey (a letter from Adlai Arnold) There are strong reasons for believing that Thomas was a younger brother of Absalom. He owned 100 acres adjoining the farm of Absalom in Haywood County, Tennessee. They sold it the same day to the same buyer. They came to Arkansas about the same time and Thomas bought land in the Bayou Deview Township of the then Jackson County about the same time. He was the administrator of Absalom’s estate in 1854-1859. The dates and information below were recorded in the same Family Bible as Absalom’s family. -9- Thomas Arnold was born Aug. 7, 1811. He married Celindia Walker (born Feb. 17, 1817) on Mar. 9, 1838. Children: John Arnold (born Dec. 31, 1838); Mary Elizabeth Arnold (born Nov. 5, 1840). The Bible record does not state that Thomas was a brother of Absalom nor that John and Mary Elizabeth were children of Thomas and Celindia but the record shows this group in the same place. All other births were detailed as either the son of or daughter of their parents. Some reasons for believing in the possibility that John Arnold and Elizabeth Taylor were the parents of Thomas and Absalom are that John Arnold and Elizabeth are in the list of Marriage Bonds having been married in Craven County, N.C., in 1793. Thomas might have named his two children after their grandparents as was quite common. The 1800 US census shows a John Arnold as head of family and that there were two males under 10 years, one male between 10 and 16; one female under ten. There was a male and a female between 26 and 40 years of age which would correspond to the parents. The male over 10 is a discrepancy because they were only married 7 years previously. However, this could be due to an error in the census, or there could have been a child over 10, not their own, living with them or one from a previous marriage. -10-