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1850 Alexander and family living in Sugar Loaf, Benton County, Arkansas; 1860 and 1870 Washburn town, Scott County, Arkansas. Alexander Barnhill III.
1850 Sugar Loaf, Benton County, Arkansas 2 Dec
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Barnhill, Abel45SCfarm $500
Annis40KY
Elijah17AR
Alford15
Elizabeth13
Sarah M.7
Rhoda A.2
Unity3 moAR
490
Barnhill, Lucinda 26TN
Sarah A.8AR
Abel7AR
Samuel W.6 moAR
491
Barnhill, Alexander 42TN
Ruth30AR
Samuel10
Mary C.5
Elizabeth2
Elijah A.6 mo
Abrady (f)1AR
492
Barnhill, Alford40TN
Sarah24GA
Nancy6AR
David S.4
Abel S.2AR
LOGAN COUNTY ARKANSAS, IT'S HISTORY AND ITuS PEOPLE
Published by Logan County Historical Society in 1987
(Note, in 1871 a new county was formed from parts of Franklin Scott, Yell and Johnson Counties.
It was named Saber County from 1871 - 1875 when the named changed to Logan County.
The information in the above book was submitted by family members and/or members of the historical society. Some information may not be correct and should be verified).
The only Barnhill listed in the above book is Alexander Barnhill, Jr; as follows:
Alexander Barnhill, Jr.
Pioneer of Arkansas, ALEXANDER BARNHILL JR, and his wife, Polly, first settled in that part of Lovely County becoming Pope County which is now Yell County in 1828.
He was the son of ALEXANDER BARNHILL SR and wife ELIZABETH, who sold their farm on the south bank of the Arkansas River in 1832.
Alexander Jr, was married second to RUTHA. They moved first to Benton County, Arkansas, then to a farm north of Chismville, Arkansas.
ALEXANDER SR moved to Texas in the late 1840's and was never heard from again. He was a brother to ABLE and ALFRED BARNHILL of Benton County, Arkansas. They came to Arkansas together from Hickman County, Tennessee, and were born in South Carolina.
The only known child of ALEXANDER JR, and is first wife, Polly, was NANCY ELIZABETH, who around 1840 married JAMES HUBBLE, who was later a Union Veteran of the 3rd Regiment, Arkansas Calvary, Company H.
He was from Riley Township, Yell County. JAMES HUBBLE went through the war and then died two months after from the measles. he was the son of JONATHAN HUBBLE a pioneer of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and later of Yell County, Arkansas. Their ancestors were from New York and Connecticut.
Polly, the first wife of Alexander Jr., was a Cherokee Indian and could speak very little English.
Children of Alexander Barnhill Jr and his second wife Rutha, were Samuel, Mary, Elizabeth, Elijah and Abrady.
He died about 1881 and is buried in the Barnhill Cemetery in an unmarked grave near the Barnhill Church, north of Chismville. A known decendant still living in Logan County is David Ryles of Booneville.
Submitted by Jessie Parks
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The Indians, who occupied the territory now composing this county, immediately before its settlement by the whites and for some time thereafter were intruding bands of Cherokees, the territory in fact belonging to the Choctaws at the time. Rogers, a Cherokee chief, settled in or near what is now the site of the town of Dardanelle about 1790, with a band of Cherokee hunters and warriors. Some time thereafter Chickalah, another chief, settled at the site of the village which bears his name. Dutch, also a chief of a branch of the [p.118] same tribe, made his headquarters on Dutch Creek, now so called, about three miles above Danville. He included in his hunting jurisdiction all that portion of the Fourche valley, now in Yell County. These Indians cleared little patches of land in common, which they cultivated separately, each one's share being designated by corner-stones, some of which are to be seen in the neighborhood of Danville. So far as can be learned, these Indians were peaceable, never having engaged in any wars among themselves or with the whites, but occasionally they were called upon to resist the assaults of the Osages, a warlike tribe living near Fort Smith. One of the earliest settlements in the interior of the county was made in Riley Township, on the Petit Jean River, above Danville. The first permanent settlement was in 1829 by Elijah Baker. Josiah Hart came in 1830. The Rileys came in 1831. In 1836 Abraham McCearly settled on Spring Creek, three miles northeast of Danville. There were several settlers in that part of the county before Col. McCearly. William J. Parks, Joseph Gault and William D. Briggs were early near Bluffton. These persons, some of whom are mentioned above, entered land in what is now Yell County prior to 1845. Some of them were among the early settlers, others were probably never permanent residents: J. W. H. Huthmance, 1843; Richard T. Banks, 1840; George Bryant, 1836; John H. Petitts, 1839; Philip Madden, 1839; Thomas R. Shannon, 1830; John Nick, 1831; John Webster, 1830; Eli Paschal, 1836; Nicholas Beatty, 1836; Ass Wicker, 1839; Francis Beatty, 1830; John E. Metcalf, 1839; John Deck, 1830; Pierre Peat, 1830; Allen Summers, 1830; Francis Peat, 1830; Louis M. Smith, 1839; Michael Hynam, 1838; Joseph Buschell, 1837; James P. Rogers, 1837; Louis E. Moulder, 1830; James Carden, 1839; Samuel Ward, 1830; John McAllister, 1839; Jesse Low, 1837; William C. Wilson, 1837; ALEXANDER BARNHILL, JR., 1830; N. Mars, 1830; Joseph D. Combs, 1836; George B. Steel, 1837; Daniel Gilliland, 1830; William Brown, 1838; Gabriel Barnaby, 1830; Elijah Baker, 1836; Richard Wicker, 1837; John S. Gibson, 1838; Washington Meeks, 1830; Margaret Slover, 1830; Elijah J. Howell, 1838; Thomas Johnson, 1839; Thomas Skillen, 1839; Joseph Gibson, 1838; Samuel H. Johnson, 1839; Charles H. Fitch, 1839; James S. Barrow, 1839; Nicholas Baremon, 1840; James S. Baremon, 1839; Jonathan Limboeher, 1840; Claiborne Wicker, 1838; John B. Barmore, 1839; Rachel Wicker, 1839; Joseph Valkenberg, 1840; Jenkin Williams, 1830; Samuel Norris, 1837; Pearson Brearley, 1831; George Douglas, 1831; John J. Morse, 1830; Cyrus T. Smith, 1836; John Hill, 1842; Hardin George, 1843; David B. Gilliland, 1844; James S. Jones, 1844; William Jones, 1844; Gilbert Moren, 1841; Claiborne Collier, 1843; William F. McClure, 1843; Joseph Green, 1838; Joseph James, 1839; Philemon Williams, 1839; John Critchfield, 1839; Malachi Ford, 1840; John McCray, 1840; Joseph Gwinn, 1840; John McCreasis, 1844; Redmond Rogers, 1839; Bark Johnson, 1838: William Collin, 1839; William M. Newton, 1838; John H. Miller, 1842; W. H. X. Newton, 1838; Alexander Byrd, 1839; Samuel Pryor, 1839; John Powers, 1840; John Walker, 1839; Horace Witt, 1839; Eli Crow, 1839; Ezekiel Boggs, 1839; John Boggs, 1842; Hiram Gill, 1839; James P. Rainor, 1840; Neriah Morse, 1839; Sallie Hall, 1830; Henry Evins, 1829; Henry Stinnett, 1834; Nathaniel Burkhead, 1837; William M. Reasoner, 1838; Isaac Hunley, 1836; John Wilson, 1830; Jefferson Van Horn, 1838; Samuel M. Hays, 1839; James L. Hardway, 1844; Samuel H. Balch, 1843; Reuben L. Stionett, 1844; John F. Balch, 1844; James B. Crain, 1841; William M. Nunnelly, 1844; Thomas Hicks, 1841; Abraham Flaning, 1841; Peter Pinkston, 1843; Thomas Morso, 1838; Russell Bryant, 1838; John Franklin, 1838; James L. Garner, 1842; Joseph McGrady, 1829; William H. Haines, 1843; Henry Haney, 1843; John Haney, 1840; Elizabeth Crow, 1841; John James, 1840; Andrew J. Hays, 1840; Robert Cunningham, 1840; Enoch S. Hazens, 1840; James Madden, 1840; Amasa Howell, 1840; John A. Wheeler, 1840; Robert M. Roberts, 1840; Nehemiah Cravens, 1841; Cravens & Clark, 1841; Aaron G arrettson, 1844; Augustus M. Ward, 1843; John McKay, 1844; Rufus C. Sadler, 1844; James Murphy, 1844; Lucinda Murphy, 1840; Dooney McDaniel, [p.119] 1840; Francis A. Skelton, 1840; Daniel Johnson, 1839; James Morrison, 1837; Laban C. Howell, 1837; M. M. Knight, 1843; James McBride, 1841; G. C. Sadler, 1841; Henry George, 1841; Daniel Crownover, Sr., 1840; Isaac Mears, 1841; Daniel Crownover, 1841; James H. Taylor, 1844; William H. Peavy, 1841; Allen Williams, 1841; Dial McDuff Peevy, 1843; Hugh McBride, 1841; William Witt, 1841; Gabriel E. Hays, 1841; James Williams, 1843; John Howell, 1841; Thomas Garvey, 1841; William Aikman, 1841; James A. Hughes, 1841; George Baldwin, 1841; D. Wallace, 1841; Taylor Polk, 1844; John Riley, 1840; Joseph Hall, 1841. Some of the persons above named each took up several claims in different parts of the county.
White men located earliest along the Arkansas River, but general settlements began in the interior. The valleys were most fertile and most easily accessible, and furnished homes for the pioneers as they do to day for the leading farmers, planters and business men of the county. The war put a stop to the progress of settlement throughout the county, but the year 1866 saw enterprise again planted here, and the gradual return of former and the incoming of new settlers followed with increasing rapidity. The first marriage in this county was that of Pierce M. Butler, of South Carolina, to Miss Duvalher, father then being Indian agent. This marriage took place on the lake eight miles below Dardanelle, at the temporary residence of Mr. Duval. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Cephas Washburn, in 1838 or 1839. The bridegroom became the most distinguished of all the South Carolinian governors. He was killed in a charge at the head of a South Carolina regiment during the Mexican War.
Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Western Arkansas
YELL COUNTY ITS FORTUNATE SITUATION AND GREAT NATURAL ADVANTAGES ITS STREAMS LANDS THE SURFACE OF THE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS TIMBER MINERAL THE MOUNTAINS SPRINGS ORIGIN OF THE NAME DARDANELLE THE CHEROKEE AGENCY PIONEER SETTLERS AND THEIR INDIAN NEIGHBORS LAND ENTRIES PRIOR TO 1845 EARLY MILLS AND COTTON GINS COUNTY ORGANIZATION THE TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT SEAT OF JUSTICE OLD AND LATER COUNTY BUILDINGS COUNTY OFFICERS, 1840-90 BENCH AND BAR CONGRESSIONAL AND LEGISLATIVE REPRESENTATIONTHE COUNTY PRESS YELL COUNTY IN THE WAR A RECORD OF DEATH YELL'S FEDERAL SOLDIERS CHURCH HISTORY PUBLIC AND ACADEMIC EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS TOWNS BIOGRAPHICAL.
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Name Land Office Total Acres Issue Date
ALEXANDER BARNHILL FAYETTEVILLE 80 November 15, 1854
ALEXANDER BARNHILL CLARKSVILLE 177.15 March 01, 1860
ALEXANDER BARNHILL BATESVILLE 302.53 November 15, 1830
ALEXANDER BARNHILL BATESVILLE 304.46 November 15, 1830