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==FRANKLIN COUNTY== (formed 1837 from Crawford County)<br> <br> CENSUS RECORDS 1840 - 1870 census - yes 1880 soundex - yes<br> 1900 soundex - yes 1910 miracode - yes 1920 soundex - yes<br> <br> LAND RECORDS<br> Film #1,027,887 item 2 = Index to deeds, 1837-1855 - yes<br> Film #1,027,889 item 2 = Deed Book F - yes<br> Film #1,027,890 item 2 = Deed Book H - yes<br> <br> [Note: These deeds are not available on microfilm: <br> Deed Book E, page 214: [[Isaac Snodgrass (d. 1850)|Isaac Snodgrass]]<br> Deed Book H, page 31: James W. & Nancy<br> Deed Book H, page 35: Robert Snodgrass & Mary<br> Deed Book H, page 38: J. W. Snodgrass & wife<br> Deed Book H, page 151: [[Isaac Snodgrass (d. 1850)|Isaac Snodgrass]]<br> <br> VITAL RECORDS<br> Arkansas Marriages, 1779-1992 (CD-6) yes<br> RECORDS<br> <br> <a name=64></a>1840 Franklin Co AR Census<br> -----[[Isaac Snodgrass (d. 1850)|Isaac Snodgrass]] / Isam Snodgrass = <br> -----2 m 0-5; 2 m 5-10; 1 m 10-15; 1 m 40-50; 1 f 0-5; 1 f 30-40.<br> p. 125/126 Mulberry Twp.<br> -----Mary Snodgrass<br> -----1m 0-5, 1m 5-10, 10-15; 1f 0-5, 1f 10-15, 1f 30-40<br> 14 hh after mary<br> -----William McGeehe -----2m 0-5, 1m 5-10, 1m 30-40; <br> -----1f 0-5, 1f 5-10, 1f 10-15, 1f 15-20, 1f 30-40<br> [vss - 1840 Franklin Co from copy of actual census - provided by Will Johnson <wjhonson@aol.com>]<br> [see backward <a href="ar.html#63">1830 Arkansas Crawford Co</a>]<br> <br> <br> [vss - from Bureau of Land Management Federal Land records<br> Snodgrass Mary Sec 6 Twp 9N Range 28W NENW 40 acres 1843/03/10]<br> Snodgrass Mary Sec 36 Twp 10N Range 29W SW 160 acres 1843/03/10]<br> Snodgrass Mary Sec 36 Twp 10N Range 29W NWSE 40 acres 1843/03/10]<br> <a name=70>1850 Franklin Co AR Census Mulberry Twp., #239/239:<br> Joseph Snodgrass 23-M-unk farmer [wj - b. 11 Jan 1827 s/o [[Isaac Snodgrass (d. 1850)|Isaac]]]<br> Elizabeth Snodgrass 20-F-TN<br> ---[wj - another child William Green was born 2 Dec 1848 and died in 1850, he is attested on the 1850 Census Death Index as William G]<br> Francis K. Snodgrass 2m- -AR<br> John Snodgrass 5-M-AR [wj - b. 8 Feb 1842 s/o Isaac]<br> Eliza Snodgrass 5-F-AR [wj Eliza Ann b. 8 Feb 1842 d/o Isaac]<br> [see forward </a><a href="ar.html#69">1860 Franklin Co AR</a>]<br> <br> 1850 Franklin Co AR Census Mulberry Twp., #246/246:<br> Samuel Clark 58-M-PA shoemaker, $1000<br> Mary 52-F-KY<br> Jane Snodgrass 6-F-AR [wj - d/o Isaac]<br> ---[Elizabeth Jane Snodgrass b. 10 Dec 1844 d/o [[Isaac Snodgrass (d. 1850)|Isaac]]]<br> <br> <a name=66>1850 Franklin Co AR Census Mulberry Twp., #247/247:<br> James Snodgrass 23-M-AR farmer [James Wilson Snodgrass] son of Joseph Snodgrass<br> Nancy Snodgrass 18-F-TN [wj - Nancy McGehee, d/o William]<br> John A. Snodgrass 2-M-AR<br> Robert McGee 13-M-AR [wj - s/o William McGehee, brother to Nancy] <br> Josephine McGee 8-F-AR [wj - d/o William McGehee, sister to Nancy] <br> [Desc. of William W. Snodgrass, d. 1855]<br> [see forward </a><a href="ar.html#65">1860 Franklin Co AR</a>]<br> <br> <a name=68>1850 Franklin Co AR Census Mulberry Twp., #252/252:<br> Robert Snodgrass 20-M-AR farmer [wj - Robert Bean Snodgrass b. 29 Jan 1830 s/o Isaac]<br> Mary Snodgrass 22-F-TN [Mary McGehee]<br> Julia C. Snodgrass 2-F-AR<br> Calvin Snodgrass 9m-M-AR<br> Jefferson Snodgrass 12-M-AR [vss - Robert's brother b. 9 Feb 1838, son of Isaac]<br> Eveline McGee 9-F-AR [wj - d/o William McGehee, sister to Mary]<br> John McGee 5-M-AR [wj - s/o William McGehee, brother to Mary]<br> [see forward </a><a href="ar.html#67">1860 Franklin Co AR</a>]<br> <br> <a name=72></a>1850 Franklin Co AR Census Mulberry Twp., #271/271:<br> Wm. C. Makey 52-M-KY <br> [wj - William Chambers Maxey b. 21 Jan 1798, d. 7 May 1878 (source tombstone in unnamed cem. located at Centerpoint, north of Mulberry AR)- see land Crawford Co AR]<br> Ann Makey 52-F-SC<br> [wj - stone says b. 17 Sep 1799; d. 12 May 1883; Elizabeth Anna Simpson, m. 21 Oct 1819 Warren Co KY<BR> Jackson Snodgrass 19-M-AR laborer<BR> [1860 Calavaras Co., CA]<BR> [Desc. of [[Isaac Snodgrass (d. 1850)|Issac Snodgrass]]]<BR> <BR> <BR> 7 Aug 1851 -- Deed Book F, page 269: James W. Snodgrass & Nancy K. Snodgrass of Franklin Co., AR, to Samuel Clark of Mulberry Twp., Franklin Co., AR...land in Mulberry Twp...lying west of a certain slough called the mill slough in the SW 1/4 of S36-T10-R29 west containing 60 acres...<BR> <BR> 5 Jul 1853 -- Deed Book G, page 549: Whereas at the July term of the probate court 1853 of Franklin Co., AR, on the 5 Jul 1853...Joseph Snodgrass as the Administrator of the estate of Isaac Snodgrass dec'd was authorized and directed to sell to the highest bidder ...the following described lands belonging to the estate of Isaac Snodgrass deceased...<BR> <BR> 28 Aug 1856 -- Mary Frances Snodgrass married William Riley Ivy.<BR> <BR> 31 Jan 1858 -- Eliza Ann Snodgrass married George Northern.<BR> <BR> 16 Feb 1860 -- James W. Snodgrass married Nancy J. Hughes.<BR> [Desc. of William W. Snodgrass, d. 1855]<BR> <BR> 1860 Census<BR> <BR> Mulberry Twp., page 298, #399/387:<BR> R. Snodgrass 28-M-AR farmer, 0/$140<BR> Mary Snodgrass 31-F-TN<BR> G. A. Snodgrass 12-F-AR<BR> Calvin Snodgrass 10-M-AR<BR> Elizabeth Snodgrass 9-F-AR<BR> Robert Snodgrass 7-M-AR<BR> James Snodgrass 6-M-AR<BR> Jefferson Snodgrass 1-M-AR<BR> John M. Lee 14-M-AR [M. Lee is prob. a misreading of McGee; see 1850 census]<BR> Eviline M. Lee 18-F-AR<BR> [1850, 1870 Franklin Co., AR]<BR> <BR> Mulberry Twp., page 298, #402/390:<BR> Jas. W. Snodgrass 30-M-KY farmer, $600/920<BR> Nancy Snodgrass 18-F-TN<BR> Andrew Snodgrass 7-M-AR<BR> William Snodgrass 1-M-AR<BR> John Snodgrass 17-M-AR<BR> Josephine Snodgrass 16-F-AR [should this be McGee?] [1850 Franklin Co., AR; 1870 Webster Co., MO]<BR> [Desc. of William W. Snodgrass, d. 1855] <BR> Mulberry Twp., page 301, #433/416:<BR> J. Snodgrass 33-M-TN farmer, $600/355<BR> Elizabeth Snodgrass 28-F-TN<BR> F. M. Snodgrass 10-M-AR<BR> B. F. Snodgrass 7-M-AR<BR> Elizabeth Snodgrass 1-F-AR<BR> <BR> Mulberry Twp., page 304, #459/439:<BR> W. C. Maxey 62-M-KY farmer, $1000/6295<BR> Mary? Maxey 46-F-KY<BR> J. Snodgrass 22-M-AR farmer<BR> J. M. Scott 17-M-AR farmer<BR> M. B./P. Maxey 4-F-AR<BR> 1870 Census<BR> <BR> Mulberry Twp., page 46, #77/79 (enumerated 3 Jun 1870):<BR> Jeff Snodgrass 32-M-AR farmer, $300/500 [s/o Isaac Snodgrass]<BR> Julia Snodgrass 34-F-AR<BR> George Snodgrass 13-M-AR<BR> James Snodgrass 11-M-AR<BR> Joseph Snodgrass 6-M-AR<BR> Anna Snodgrass 3-F-AR<BR> <BR> Mulberry Twp., page 48, #113/115 (enumerated 4 Jun 1870):<BR> Robert Snodgrass 40-M-AR farmer, 0/$500 [s/o Isaac Snodgrass]<BR> Mary Snodgrass 42-F-TN [b. 11 Jun 1829; d. 12 Dec 1882]<BR> John Snodgrass 1-M-AR<BR> Calvin Snodgrass 20-M-AR<BR> Albert Snodgrass 18-M-AR<BR> Elizabeth Snodgrass 16-F-AR<BR> James Snodgrass 14-M-AR<BR> John R. Snodgrass 9-M-AR<BR> Robert A. Snodgrass 7-M-AR<BR> Harriett Snodgrass 11-F-AR [d/o Joseph Snodgrass; niece of Robert]<BR> [1860 Franklin Co., AR; 1880 Crawford Co., AR]<BR> <BR> Mulberry Twp., page 54, #203/205 (enumerated 9 Jun 1870):<BR> Riley Ivy 30-M-MO farmer, 0/$650<BR> Mary F. Ivy 28-F-AR [Mary Frances Snodgrass, d/o Isaac]<BR> Rosianna Ivy 12-F-AR<BR> Nancy J. Ivy 11-F-AR<BR> William R. Ivy 6-M-AR<BR> James Ivy 4-M-AR<BR> Robert J. Ivy 6m-M-AR<BR> Frank Snodgrass 18-M-AR at home [s/o Joseph Snodgrass; nephew of Mary Frances Snodgrass Ivy]<BR> Berry Snodgrass 16-M-AR at home<BR> Sarah Kagill 18-F-AR at home [probably Cagle]<BR> <BR> 19 Dec 1875 -- Albert Snodgrass married Lucinda Peters.<BR> [wj - dau of Ellis Peters]<BR> 28 Jun 1876 -- Harriet Snodgrass married Seborn W. Powell.<BR> <BR> 28 Dec 1876 -- Robert Snodgrass married Susan M. Ivy.<BR> [wj - Widow of Joseph Ivey]<BR> 22 Feb 1877 -- James Snodgrass married Joanah McClure.<BR> <BR> 9 Oct 1879 -- John R. Snodgrass married Martha E. Cagle.<BR> <BR> 1880 Soundex<BR> <BR> Ivy Twp., 42-60-14-2:<BR> Albert Snodgrass 26-M-AR<BR> Lucinda Snodgrass 19-F-AR wife [Lucinda Peters] [m. 1875 Franklin Co., AR]<BR> Luella Snodgrass 2-F-TX dau.<BR> M. F. Snodgrass 1m-F-AR dau.<BR> <BR> Maxey Twp., 4A-61-12-12:<BR> Mary E. Snodgrass 23-F-AR<BR> James H. Snodgrass 6-M-AR son<BR> William T. Snodgrass 4-M-AR son<BR> Eliza T. Snodgrass 9m-F-AR dau<BR> <BR> 4 Sep 1881 -- R. A. Snodgrass married Synthia F. Peters.<BR> [wj - Robert Alexander Snodgrass son of Robert/Mary and Synthia the dau of Ellis Peters]<BR> <BR> 1900 Soundex<BR> <BR> Ivy Twp., 13-193(8)-4-18:<BR> Ben Snodgrass 47-M-AR Nov 1842? [Benjamin Franklin Snodgrass, s/o Joseph]<BR> Florence Snodgrass 33-F- Dec 1866 wife<BR> Oscar Snodgrass 4-M-AR Feb 1896 son<BR> Ben Snodgrass 2-M-AR Jan 1898 son<BR> James Snodgrass 4m-M-AR Feb 1900 son<BR> 1910 Miracode<BR> <BR> 21-44-142:<BR> James Snodgrass 54-M-AR <BR> Flora Snodgrass 40-F-AR wife<BR> James Snodgrass 4-M-AR son<BR> Troy Robertson 9-M-AR nephew<BR> Tobe Robertson 6-M-AR nephew<BR> 1920 Census<BR> <BR> Ivy Twp., 20-49-4-89, page 104, #74/76:<BR> James Snodgrass 65-M-AR/AR/TN farmer, o.f.<BR> Flora Snodgrass 48-F-AR/TN/GA wife<BR> James S. Snodgrass 13-M-AR/AR/AR son<BR> Troy Robertson 19-M-AR/TN/AR nephew<BR> Toby Robertson 16-M-AR/TN/AR nephew<BR> James Alf Snodgrass d 1/21/1940<br> Western Arkansas Death Index by Desmond Walls Allen<br> <BR> 1983 -- Ark. Fam. Hist., vol. 23, page 187:<BR> Wanda McGehee, 8303 South 30th Circle, Ft. Smith, AR, 72903 asks for information regarding William McGehee, b. 1800-1810, d. Franklin Co., AR, between 1845-1850. What was the name of his wife, b. & d. in same time periods? Was William a brother of Eli McGehee, resided 1850 in Jackson Co., AL, and 1860 in Sebastian Co., AR, d. 1865 in Lawrence Co., MO? Were Eli & William McGehee b. in Lincoln Co., TN? Was Lydia, b. ca. 1813, married James Ivy, Franklin Co., AR, 1850 a sister to these two men? Was Mary, b. ca. 1828, a sister? She married Robert Snodgrass and resided 1850 in Franklin Co., AR.<BR> <BR> BIBLE RECORD<BR> <BR> The names and dates listed below are copied from loose sheets of paper contained in a Snodgrass family Bible in possession of Edgar L. James, 528 N.E. 72nd Ave., Portland OR 97213. Edgar James is the son of Laura Ader (Ada) Snodgrass listed below. This Bible record was contributed by James H. Goggin (deceased), 12364 S.W. King George Drive, King City, OR 97224, who is the son of Alice Lidia (Lydia) Snodgrass Goggin. People interested in this line should write to James H. Goggin.<BR> [wj - James is deceased, people interested in this line should contact <a href = "mailto:wjhonson@aol.com"> Will Johnson at wjhonson@aol.com</a>]<BR> <BR> [[Isaac Snodgrass (d. 1850)|Isaac Snodgrass]] family records:<BR> Joseph Jan 11, 1827<BR> Robert Bean Jan 29, 1830<BR> Jackson Sept 25, 1831<BR> James April 25, 1833<BR> Jefferson Feb 9, 1838<BR> Mary Francis Dec 11, 1839<BR> John & Eliza Ann Feb 8, 1842<BR> Elizabeth Jane Dec 10, 1844<BR> <BR> Joseph Snodgrass family<BR> William Green Snodgrass Dec 2, 1848<BR> Francis Marion Snodgrass Mar 11, 1850<BR> Benjamin Franklin Snodgrass Nov 19, 1852<BR> James Jackson Snodgrass Jan 2, 1857<BR> Harriet Snodgrass Apr 8, 1859<BR> <BR> Robert B. Snodgrass family records:<BR> Julia Ann Snodgrass May 20, 1848<BR> Calvin Snodgrass Sept 23, 1849 died Apr 3, 1880<BR> Mary Elizabeth Mar 17, 1851<BR> Albert Snodgrass Jan 19, 1853 died Dec 22, 1898<BR> James A. Snodgrass Nov 12, 1854 <BR> William Jefferson Snodgrass Nov 11, 1858 died Nov 24, 1866<BR> John Rufus Snodgrass Mar 11, 1861 died March 24, 1883<BR> Robert Alexander Snodgrass Sept 7, 1863 died Mar 9, 1898<BR> <BR> Emaline McGehee Apr 22, 1862<BR> Luzen Josefean Barnhill Mar 25, 1866<BR> <BR> Alice Lidia Snodgrass born Aug 1, 1878<BR> Laura Ader Snodgrass born June 24, 1881<BR> Finis Luther Snodgrass born Jan 9, 1884<BR> <BR> Mary Snodgrass born June 11, 1828, died Dec 30, 1874<BR> R. A. Snodgrass Nov 30, 1897<BR> Andrew Jackson James Alfred Snodgrass born Dec 12, 1882<BR> <BR> [Alice Lidia, Laura Ader, & Finis Luther are children of Robert Bean Snodgrass and his second wife, Susan Anthony Ivy.]<BR> <BR> REDMOND COLE Collection<BR> <BR> [pages 90-91]<BR> <BR> Denver, CO, 19 Nov 1953<BR> <BR> Dear Mr. Cole,<BR> <BR> I was given your name by Mr. Thomas Howe Neal, Route 12, Box 372, Knoxville 18, TN. He said he had been informed you were a descendant of the Snodgrass family and had collected much information about the Snodgrass Family. I too am a descendant of the Snodgrasses. I think Mr. Neal and I are likely both descendants of the same family in Virginia. But as yet I have no proof. In fact, I have only sketchy information about the earlier ancestors of mine and have no proof that they are the Snodgrasses of Washington Co., VA.<BR> <BR> Our family had a Bible record dating back into the 1700's. It is not complete and does not give Brothers and Sisters. But I have traced some of them back into Franklin Co., AR, and in the 1850 census of that county, I discovered one of my ancestors was born in Kentucky. Mr. Neal informs me that some of the older Snodgrasses went from Virginia to Kentucky, and I see there is a great repetition of family given names in my Snodgrasses and the ones I have located thus far in Washington Co., VA.<BR> <BR> I have been working on my family history since 1947. I am interested in all of my ancestors equally; thus I have a really great undertaking. I will type out a sketch of my line of ancestors. I hope you will have some information about them that you will be able to let me have. I include not only the ones I know are my family, but I am also including the Virginia group. I feel there is a possibility my William W. Snodgrass may be the son of the Virginia Joseph Snodgrass who is no. 2, but as yet I have not proof.<BR> <BR> This group of Arkansas people is our family. It may not be complete. The Bible gave mostly the direct line of ancestors and did not include all of their children. From letters and things the older living Snodgrasses remember hearing about, we have pieced the information together to decide that the eight I list are ours. There may be others. W. L. Snodgrass and his wife Mary Elizabeth died in the home of their dau., Mrs. Mary Black, but we do not know where she lived for sure. There was also a list of McGehee children included in the Bible record. We have no explanation as yet about them, other than the list of their names.<BR> <BR> I hope you can help me with this information. I have some information about the different ones I have placed on the charts. If you are interested in any of them, I will be glad to send a copy of what I have.<BR> <BR> Yours Truly,<BR> Mrs. Edna M. Branstine, 2000 South Dayton, Denver 20, CO.<BR> [Please note: Mrs. Branstine added what she thought were brothers and sisters of her ancestor, James Wilson Snodgrass, but based on the Bible record of Isaac Snodgrass above, we must conclude she was in error.]<BR> <BR> 1. William W. Snodgrass, d. 24 Sep 1855.<BR> <BR> Son of William W. Snodgrass & unknown wife:<BR> 11. W. L. Snodgrass; wife Mary Elizabeth Clarke (d/o Samuel and Mary Clarke); d. 25 Aug 1863 either in southern Missouri or northern Arkansas.<BR> <BR> Children of W. L. Snodgrass & Mary Elizabeth (Clarke) Snodgrass:<BR> 111. Joseph Snodgrass, b. 1827, m. Elizabeth ___.<BR> 112. James Wilson Snodgrass, b. 8 Nov 1828 in KY; m/1 Nancy ___; m/2 Nancy ___; m/3 Nancy ___; d. in Missouri.<BR> 113. Robert Snodgrass, b. 1830, AR; m. Mary ___.<BR> 114. Jefferson Snodgrass, b. 1838.<BR> 115. Jackson Snodgrass, b. 1831, AR.<BR> 116. Mary Snodgrass, m. ___ Black.<BR> 117. John Snodgrass, b. 1844, AR.<BR> 118. John Snodgrass, b. 1845.<BR> 119. Eliza Snodgrass, b. 1845.<BR> <BR> Child of Joseph Snodgrass & Elizabeth (___) Snodgrass:<BR> 111.1 Francis Snodgrass.<BR> <BR> Children of James Wilson Snodgrass & his wives:<BR> 112.1 William Snodgrass.<BR> 112.2 Martha Roe Snodgrass.<BR> 112.3 Mary Leilna Snodgrass.<BR> 112.4 John A. Snodgrass.<BR> 112.5 Andrew J. Snodgrass.<BR> 112.6 infant, d. unnamed.<BR> 112.7 Thomas I. Snodgrass.<BR> 112.8 Francis Margaret Snodgrass.<BR> 112.9 James Robert Snodgrass.<BR> 112.a Joseph Martin Snodgrass.<BR> 112.b David Richard Snodgrass.<BR> 112.c Alvin Snodgrass.<BR> 112.d Isabelle Snodgrass.<BR> 112.e Rebecca Snodgrass<BR> <BR> Children of Robert Snodgrass & wife Mary (___) Snodgrass:<BR> 113.1 Julia Snodgrass.<BR> 113.2 Calvin Snodgrass.<BR> <BR> The information about the 8 children of W. L. Snodgrass came partly from my family Bible and partly from the 1850 U.S. census for Franklin Co., AR.<BR> <BR> I am the granddau. of Francis Margaret Snodgrass. The children of James Wilson Snodgrass who lived all resided in Dallas Co., Webster Co., or Greene Co., MO. [Some] of them died rather young.<BR> Denver 9, CO [undated]<BR> <BR> Dear Mr. Cole,<BR> <BR> I received your very nice letter and the blanks you wished filled out. I have intended to go to the library again before I answered you, but have not gotten around to it, so am not going to wait longer. I am a cripple, and this cold weather, ice, and snow prohibits my going out much. I have filled in the blanks to the best of my knowledge. Please excuse my errors. I have as my assistant my two-and-one-half-year-old dau., who proves to be far from a HELP. The information is correct.<BR> <BR> I do not KNOW that the Virginia Snodgrasses ARE my people. But since I do not know, I can and should suspect them of being [my ancestors], since I believe my people did come from that general area. I have kept such information as I found about Snodgrasses in different areas since I might be able at some future date to connect them to mine. There are microfilm copies of marriages in Virginia in the Denver Public Library. Plus microfilm 1850 U.S. census records. The 1790 (book form) census is here also. I have been slowly working my way through the maze of information I find there. They have a number of excellent works on Virginia. The Tennessee information is totally lacking. There is pitifully little about Tennessee. The Kentucky records are somewhat better than TN, but not equal to VA. <BR> <BR> I took up research of the various branches of my family history back in 1947 and have working as time allows until the present. About my family history work--<BR> <BR> My mother, Anna May (Allgood) McCurry, d/o of Francis Margaret (Snodgrass) Allgood, has been working with me. She accumulated information from the family and also from cemeteries and newspapers in that area of Missouri in which our people lived. I do the other part, such as writing you, searching the library, and writing various historical libraries for information I cannot find here. We both get a great deal of satisfaction out of our work and have collected an amazing amount. There is still much more we hope to get from the family. Then I hope I can connect our family information to the early records and perhaps trace my family to the time they arrived in America. I see they are all from the general area of the first Virginia settlement, by that I mean as I learn more about them, they work back in that direction. Many came through TN, NC, & KY. Only one, a Mr. Samuel Clark (mentioned in the Snodgrass record) is from the north. I have thus far not been able to do much with the North Carolina records, as there isn't too much organized material here, and NC will not give any assistance at all.<BR> <BR> I have compiled and written my husband's family history already. His people came to America more recently. Except the well-known Clinton family. I have had trouble with that line of his and hope to write an additional section some day if the information becomes available. I did not publish his work, just had good typed copies made up and allow them to circulate.<BR> <BR> As you see, the family history work with me is truly a great job. I thoroughly enjoy it, and as time allows, I work on it. I hope you will be able to help me some with the Snodgrasses. I will try to check more Virginia records soon and will pass along any information I can find that I think might help you. You may have far more than I will. I have gotten stuck, so to speak, with the Snodgrasses in Arkansas, and I simply cannot find more. Mr. Dallas Herndon, Arkansas State Library, has had different things searched for me to no avail. Franklin Co. knows nothing of my people. Herndon did find James Wilson Snodgrass's service record, which my dau. seems to have removed from it's appointed place. I was fortunate enough to find my Snodgrasses in the census, but there my luck stops. I decided to turn my research to the older people in the hope that I will one day stumble upon the right track and bring them down to my people. This makes the work so much more complicated. I have a feeling my line will connect to the ones I have found. There is a repetition of names, for one thing, to indicate there might be a connection. But I have no actual proof.<BR> <BR> You did not say what your fee is. I see you say you are not a professional genealogist, but I still wonder if you have a fee. I can pay some for the information, but we are what you might call average people, and I can't actually hire an entire tree made up for me, much as I would like to do so. I have names of 43 of my ancestors. I am working on the entire family tree, you see, not just one name or line. Therefore it is a really big undertaking. I have some success at times and other times nothing seems to work out. The Denver Public Library is supposed to have a very good collection of material, and they are very helpful and the information is readily available. I want to work more in the Snodgrass records there, as there are a number of things I have not looked into as yet.<BR> <BR> I see too that you are the Historian General for the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Does your organization have a central library and reference department? Does it have research workers available to the public?<BR> <BR> I will be looking forward to hearing from you again. Please ask any question you wish to. I will answer all I can, and if I cannot help with answers then I can simply say so.<BR> <BR> Yours truly, <BR> Edna M. Branstine, 2000 South Dayton, Denver 20, CO<BR> 12 Nov 1956<BR> <BR> Dear Mr. Cole,<BR> <BR> I received your letter and regret that I have not had an opportunity to answer it before. Since you last heard from me, I have had a dau. who is now eight months old. She has added much to my work as was as to my joy, and I have therefore set my work on the family history aside temporarily. I am still very much interested in it, however, and am very hopeful I will one day be able to find the connecting link that will prove who my oldest known Wm. W. Snodgrass really was and where he was born. <BR> <BR> Most respectfully,<BR> Edna M. Branstine, 2000 South Dayton, Denver 22, CO.<BR> <BR> P.S. I enclose all of the Snodgrass information I have to date. I made carbon copies of some information I had once. I never thought I would send it to anyone, so I made notes on it. I hope you will excuse them. I am quite rushed, and since I have these copies, messy though they are, I think I will send them and hope you will find the information helpful. I have taken brief notes at random as I searched in the library. I doubted these people were mine, but wished to be safe so kept the notes for further research if I should desire to do so. Therefore I took information down but did not try to get all there was. I may be able to return to the library when my baby is a little older and do more work. If you wish, I will try to get the complete information of any item you find to be of interest.<BR> <BR> I have given up tracing my line back step by step. I think if I am ever to find it, I will simply have to search state by state until I find this William W. Snodgrass, and hope that when I do finally find him there will be reference to his son, W. L. Snodgrass, so that I will know him when I do succeed in finding him. It is a wild shot into the dark, but that is all I have left to do.<BR> [see also Webster Co., MO]<BR> <BR>
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