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*Born in 1757 +/- 5 years, [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=0&gsfn=&gsln=&sx=&f23=&f3=&f4=&f13=Arkansas&rg_81004011__date=1757&rs_81004011__date=5&f11=&f12=&f6=&f2=&gskw=&prox=1&db=1850usfedcenancestry&ti=0&ti.si=0&gl=&gss=rfs&gst=&so=3 3], the first of these William Fannerr b 1756 is a transcription error, the image shows he is 26, not 96. The second one, Geo W Ford is the same error; the image shows he is 26, not 96. The third and last one, Thomas B Peebler is 13, not 93. | *Born in 1757 +/- 5 years, [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=0&gsfn=&gsln=&sx=&f23=&f3=&f4=&f13=Arkansas&rg_81004011__date=1757&rs_81004011__date=5&f11=&f12=&f6=&f2=&gskw=&prox=1&db=1850usfedcenancestry&ti=0&ti.si=0&gl=&gss=rfs&gst=&so=3 3], the first of these William Fannerr b 1756 is a transcription error, the image shows he is 26, not 96. The second one, Geo W Ford is the same error; the image shows he is 26, not 96. The third and last one, Thomas B Peebler is 13, not 93. | ||
*Thomas Smith, alledgedly born in 1739 in Arkansas (clearly impossible), and again checking the underlying image directly, we see that he was 11, not 111. | *Thomas Smith, alledgedly born in 1739 in Arkansas (clearly impossible), and again checking the underlying image directly, we see that he was 11, not 111. | ||
| − | *Astute readers adding up the above numbers will see that there are 20 missing records. My assumption is that in those cases, there is no birthyear specified or transcribed. | + | *Astute readers adding up the above numbers will see that there are 20 missing records. My assumption is that in those cases, there is either no birthyear specified or transcribed. |
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| + | ==Post Offices== | ||
| + | In 1819 there were only two post-offices in the Territory, one at Arkansas Post and the other at Davidsonville. By 1820 four more were created: Cadron, Clark Court House, Hempstead Court House and White River. There was only one road, running from Davidsonville in Lawrence County to Ouachita in Louisiana. | ||
==Resources== | ==Resources== | ||
