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William Brantley Cooke¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: William Brantley Cooke was born.

• Last Edited: 6 November 2022

Citations

1. [S263] Robert Cooke (to Dr. Robert Fielding Cooke), Letter from Robert Cooke (b. 1752) (unknown publisher.)

Augustine Cooke¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Augustine Cooke was born.

• Last Edited: 6 November 2022

Citations

1. [S263] Robert Cooke (to Dr. Robert Fielding Cooke), Letter from Robert Cooke (b. 1752) (unknown publisher.)

Wilford Watson Cooke¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Wilford Watson Cooke was born.

• Last Edited: 6 November 2022

Citations

1. [S263] Robert Cooke (to Dr. Robert Fielding Cooke), Letter from Robert Cooke (b. 1752) (unknown publisher.)

Robert Marshall Cooke¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Robert Marshall Cooke was born.

• Last Edited: 6 November 2022

Citations

1. [S263] Robert Cooke (to Dr. Robert Fielding Cooke), Letter from Robert Cooke (b. 1752) (unknown publisher.)

Robert Joseph Cooke¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Robert Joseph Cooke was born.

• Last Edited: 6 November 2022

Citations

1. [S263] Robert Cooke (to Dr. Robert Fielding Cooke), Letter from Robert Cooke (b. 1752) (unknown publisher.)

John Spaulding Cooke¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: John Spaulding Cooke was born.

• Last Edited: 6 November 2022

Citations

1. [S263] Robert Cooke (to Dr. Robert Fielding Cooke), Letter from Robert Cooke (b. 1752) (unknown publisher.)

William Wilson Cooke¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: William Wilson Cooke was born.

• Last Edited: 6 November 2022

Citations

1. [S263] Robert Cooke (to Dr. Robert Fielding Cooke), Letter from Robert Cooke (b. 1752) (unknown publisher.)

Robert Fielding Cooke¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Robert Fielding Cooke was born in 1805 in South Carolina.²
• Note: This Dr. Robert Fielding Cooke was the recipient of the letter from his grandfather Robert Cooke regarding the family history on 15 June 1829.¹
• Marriage: He married Charlotte Kimbrough.³

• Last Edited: 22 October 2022

Citations

1. [S263] Robert Cooke (to Dr. Robert Fielding Cooke), Letter from Robert Cooke (b. 1752) (unknown publisher.)
2. [S560] National Archives, Monroe Co. Tennessee Census Records - 1860 (familysearch.org.)
3. [S559] Nancy Kefauver, death record, familysearch.org, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereinafter cited as Tennessee Death Records.

Hezekiah Cantrell Cooke¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Hezekiah Cantrell Cooke was born.

• Last Edited: 6 November 2022

Citations

1. [S263] Robert Cooke (to Dr. Robert Fielding Cooke), Letter from Robert Cooke (b. 1752) (unknown publisher.)

George Washington Cooke¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: George Washington Cooke was born in 1813.
• Marriage: He married Sarah Jane Gilbreath on 21 October 1840 in McMinn County, Tennessee.²

• Last Edited: 6 November 2022

Citations

1. [S263] Robert Cooke (to Dr. Robert Fielding Cooke), Letter from Robert Cooke (b. 1752) (unknown publisher.)
2. [S555] Tennessee State Marriages 1780-2002: on ancestry.com, Ancestry.com, at www.ancestry.com. Hereinafter cited as Tennessee State Marriages.

James Burch Cooke¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: James Burch Cooke was born.

• Last Edited: 6 November 2022

Citations

1. [S263] Robert Cooke (to Dr. Robert Fielding Cooke), Letter from Robert Cooke (b. 1752) (unknown publisher.)

John Augustine Cooke¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: John Augustine Cooke was born.

• Last Edited: 6 November 2022

Citations

1. [S263] Robert Cooke (to Dr. Robert Fielding Cooke), Letter from Robert Cooke (b. 1752) (unknown publisher.)

William Austin Cooke¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: William Austin Cooke was born in 1815 in Greenville Co., South Carolina.
• Death: He died in Texas.

• Last Edited: 14 May 2014

Citations

1. [S263] Robert Cooke (to Dr. Robert Fielding Cooke), Letter from Robert Cooke (b. 1752) (unknown publisher.)

William Prater Cooke¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: William Prater Cooke was born.

• Last Edited: 11 November 2022

Citations

1. [S263] Robert Cooke (to Dr. Robert Fielding Cooke), Letter from Robert Cooke (b. 1752) (unknown publisher.)

John Henry Evans¹

Parents

Evans, John - Photo

Biography

• Birth: John Henry Evans was born on 14 September 1858 in Hindsville, Madison Co., Arkansas.²
• Birth: He was born on 15 September 1858 in Hindsville, Madison Co., Arkansas.³
• Marriage: He married Catherine Susan Troutt, daughter of Robert D. Troutt and Anna C. Vaughan, on 18 October 1877.²
• Residence: John Henry Evans lived in 1880 in Prairie Township, Madison Co., Arkansas.¹
• Occupation: He was Justice of the Peace in Madison Co. Arkansas.⁴
• Death: He died on 21 June 1940 in Hindsville, Madison County, Arkansas, at age 81.^2,3
• Burial: He was buried in Colbaugh Cemetery, Madison County, Arkansas.²

• Last Edited: 9 July 2024

Citations

1. [S282] National Archives, Madison Co. Arkansas Census Records - 1880 (ancestry.com), p. 589 B.
2. [S148] John Henry Evans, The Madison County Record, Huntsville, Arkansas, 4 Jul 1940, page 1. Hereinafter cited as Madison County Record.
3. [S147] John Henry Evans, death record unknown number (1940), Anita Kathleen Hill, 715 W 99th Terrace, Kansas City, Jasper County, Missouri. Hereinafter cited as Evans Death Certificate.
4. [S17] unknown author, "Justices of the Peace, Madison Co. Arkansas", Backtracker Vol. VIII (1979): #1, p. 6. Hereinafter cited as "Justices of the Peace, Madison Co. Arkansas."

Catherine Susan Troutt¹

Parents

Troutt, Catherine Susan - fami

Biography

• Birth: Catherine Susan Troutt was born on 15 October 1862 in Madison Co., Arkansas.^1,2
• Name-Var: Catherine Susan Troutt was also known as Susan Catherine Troutt.³
• Note: Conflicting stories: Anna and Robert were killed by bushwhackers, and G.W. Vaughan was appointed guardian of the children in April of 1867. (Probate book A, p. 448) BUT Anna appears before the court in 1870 to amend a petition regarding her deceased husband's estate (Probate Book B, p. 227)
  
  
  Later, her guardian is Wm. Calvin Evans (Probate Book B, p. 302). in 1870.
• Marriage: She married John Henry Evans, son of William Evans and Delila Keaton, on 18 October 1877.⁴
• Name-Marr: As of 18 October 1877,her married name was Catherine Susan Evans.
• Religion: Catherine Susan Troutt was a Baptist.¹
• Death: She died on 25 June 1950 in Hindsville, Arkansas, at age 87.^1,2
• Burial: She was buried in Colbaugh Cemetery, Madison Co., Arkansas.¹

• Last Edited: 9 July 2024

Citations

1. [S415] (Troutt Death), Northwest Arkansas Times, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 29 Jun 1950. Hereinafter cited as Northwest Arkansas Times.
2. [S414] Arkansas Vital Records, Troutt, Catherine Susan Evans - Death Certificate (unknown publisher.)
3. [S286] Madison County Probate Records, Madison Co. Arkansas Probate Books (Madison Co. Historical and Genealogical Society), Book A, p. 448.
4. [S148] John Henry Evans, The Madison County Record, Huntsville, Arkansas, 4 Jul 1940, page 1. Hereinafter cited as Madison County Record.

Robert D. Troutt¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Robert D. Troutt was born on 1 November 1822 in Tennessee.²
• Marriage: He married Anna C. Vaughan, daughter of Daniel Vaughan and Margaret Hammons, on 27 July 1843 in Prairie Township, Madison Co., Arkansas.²
• Occupation: Robert D. Troutt was a farmer with $200 in personal property in 1850.³
• Note: He acquired land patents (1856 to 1860) totalling 120 acres on 15 December 1856.⁴
• Occupation: He was a farmer in 1860.⁵
• Occupation: He was Justice of the Peace in Madison Co. Arkansas.⁶
• Note: Conflicting stories: Anna and Robert were killed by bushwhackers, and G.W. Vaughan was appointed guardian of the children in April of 1867. (Probate book A, p. 448) BUT Anna appears before the court in 1870 to amend a petition regarding her deceased husband's estate (Probate Book B, p. 227).
• Death: He died in 1864 in Whitener, Arkansas, at age ~42.⁷
• Burial: He was buried in Vaughan-Whitener Cemetery, Madison Co., Arkansas.

• Last Edited: 9 July 2024

Citations

1. [S9] Bobbie Jones McLane and Desmond Walls Allen, Arkansas 1850 Census Every-name Index (Arkansas Research), p. 358.
2. [S280] National Archives, Madison Co. Arkansas Census Records - 1860 (Family History Library), Prairie Township, Little Spring Post Office, Page 372, viewed at Joplin Public Library, 1998.
3. [S279] Hammett, C., Madison Co. Arkansas Census Records - 1850 (transcribed and published on-line.)
4. [S12] Madison Co. Records, Arkansas Land Patents - Madison County (Arkansas Research, Conway, Arkansas.)
5. [S280] National Archives, Madison Co. Arkansas Census Records - 1860.
6. [S17] unknown author, "Justices of the Peace, Madison Co. Arkansas", Backtracker Vol. VIII (1979): Vol. VIII #1, p. 6. Hereinafter cited as "Justices of the Peace, Madison Co. Arkansas."
7. [S213] Joy Russell and Christy Russell, History of Hindsville, Arkansas (published by the Madison Co. Genealogical & Historical Society, Huntsville, Arkansas, 2001.)

Anna C. Vaughan

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Anna C. Vaughan was born on 11 October 1829 in Madison Co., Arkansas.¹
• Marriage: She married Robert D. Troutt, son of John Troutt and Mary Kerr, on 27 July 1843 in Prairie Township, Madison Co., Arkansas.¹
• Name-Marr: As of 27 July 1843,her married name was Anna C. Troutt.
• Death: Anna C. Vaughan died in 1864 in Whitener, Arkansas, at age ~35.
• Note: Conflicting stories: Anna and Robert were killed by bushwhackers, and G.W. Vaughan was appointed guardian of the children in April of 1867. (Probate book A, p. 448) BUT Anna appears before the court in 1870 to amend a petition regarding her deceased husband's estate (Probate Book B, p. 227).
• Death: She died after 1870.²
• Burial: She was buried in Vaughan-Whitener Cemetery, Madison Co., Arkansas.

• Last Edited: 9 July 2024

Citations

1. [S280] National Archives, Madison Co. Arkansas Census Records - 1860 (Family History Library), Prairie Township, Little Spring Post Office, Page 372, viewed at Joplin Public Library, 1998.
2. [S286] Madison County Probate Records, Madison Co. Arkansas Probate Books (Madison Co. Historical and Genealogical Society), Book B, p. 227.

William Evans¹

Biography

• Birth: William Evans was born circa 1800 in Virginia.^2,3
• Census: He appeared on the census.
• Marriage: He married Delila Keaton in 1832 in Tennessee.
• Note: He bought land in Madison Co. Arkansas in 1853: NW NW Section 4, Twp. 17, Range 27
  Source: Goodspeed NW Arkansas p. 427 ff.
  
  Goodspeed lists William Evans as another early settler in Madison Co. - p. 423-424
  
  In 1880 there are Thomas and Mary EVINS both age 79 b. Virginia and North Carolina, living in Ball Township, Benton Co. Arkansas, p. 330B.
  Is Thomas a brother of William?
• Occupation: He was a carpenter with $600 in real estate and $350 in property in 1860.²
• Probate: His estate was probated in 1868 and B. F. Evans was named administrator.⁴
• Death: He died before 1870.

• Last Edited: 24 October 2022

Citations

1. [S147] John Henry Evans, death record unknown number (1940), Anita Kathleen Hill, 715 W 99th Terrace, Kansas City, Jasper County, Missouri. Hereinafter cited as Evans Death Certificate.
2. [S280] National Archives, Madison Co. Arkansas Census Records - 1860 (Family History Library), Prairie Township, Little Spring Post Office, Page 358, viewed at Joplin Public Library, 1998.
3. [S9] Bobbie Jones McLane and Desmond Walls Allen, Arkansas 1850 Census Every-name Index (Arkansas Research), p. 111.
4. [S286] Madison County Probate Records, Madison Co. Arkansas Probate Books (Madison Co. Historical and Genealogical Society), Book B p. 131 ff.

Delila Keaton

Biography

• Birth: Delila Keaton was born circa 1814 in Tennessee.¹
• Name-Var: Delila Keaton was also known as Delia Keaton.²
• Marriage: She married William Evans in 1832 in Tennessee.
• Name-Marr: As of 1832,her married name was Delila Evans.
• Residence: She lived in 1870 in Arkansas with B.F. age 24.²
• Census: She appeared on the census of 1880. It gives her birth in Kentucky, parents born in Virginia.
• Residence: She lived in 1880 in Madison Co., Arkansas, with son John H. age 21.³
• Death: She died after 1880.

• Last Edited: 24 October 2022

Citations

1. [S9] Bobbie Jones McLane and Desmond Walls Allen, Arkansas 1850 Census Every-name Index (Arkansas Research), p. 111.
2. [S281] National Archives, Madison Co. Arkansas Census Records - 1870 (ancestry.com.)
3. [S282] National Archives, Madison Co. Arkansas Census Records - 1880 (ancestry.com), District 106, p. 589 B.

Daniel Vaughan¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Daniel Vaughan was born in 1787 in Russell Co., Virginia.²
• Marriage: He married Margaret Hammons.²
• Residence, Change of: He moved into Madison Co., Arkansas with his brother Samuel in 1829. Regarding the early settlement of Madison Co. Arkansas Goodspeed tells of "Vaughan's Valley". Brothers Daniel and Samuel Vaughan, sons of William Vaughan moved to Warren Co. Tennessee, then Wayne Co. Missouri, where William was one of the earliest settlers, then to Crawford Co. Arkansas on the Arkansas River near Short Mountain Creek. Samuel and Daniel crossed the Boston Mountains and settled near Evansville in Washington Co. Arkansas. In 1826 they moved to Cane Hill in Washington Co. and were among the first settlers there. Iin 1828 they migrated to the Tuttle Settlement. In 1831, Samuel removed to the Valley; Isaac Vaughan still lived there in 1889. Samuel dealt largely in government claims. Daniel Vaughan lived all his live on his first claim, a short distance west of Hindsville.³
• Note: In 1845, Daniel Vaughan bought land in Madison Co. Arkansas : W, SW, Sect. 4, Twp. 17, Range 27
  Source: Goodspeed NW Arkansas pp. 427 ff. Flashback Vol. 5 April 1955 "History of the Spring Valley Baptist Church 1848-1922"
  1859 (p. 27) - Bro. Daniel Vaughan presented the church with a blank book for the purpose of keeping her records...
  1860 - at the January meeting the church received Bro. Charles (black man of Bro. Daniel Vaughan)
  
  from Madison Co. Musings, Spring 1997, pp. 9-10: "There under two small trees, Daniel was tortured by the group of vandals in an attempt to make him reveal the hiding place of his rumored fortune....The next day young Isaac returned to his home and going to the field where his father had been brutally murdered the previous night, found his lifeless body where it had been left by the vandals under the two scrub trees...."
• Residence: He lived in 1850 in Prairie Township, Washington Co., Arkansas.⁴
• Religion: He was Member of Spring Valley Baptist Church.⁵
• Occupation: He was a farmer with $12,500 in real estate and $7300 in personal property in 1860 in Madison Co., Arkansas.²
• Death: He died in 1864 in Madison Co., Arkansas, at age ~77.¹
• Will: He left a will after 1864. Son-in-law Calvin Evans was named as administrator of the estate.⁶
• Burial: He was buried in Vaughan Family Cemetery, Madison County, Arkansas.¹

• Last Edited: 25 November 2022

Citations

1. [S290] multiple authors, Madison Co. Musings (a publication of the Madison Co. Arkansas Historical Society), Summer 1997, p. 10.
2. [S280] National Archives, Madison Co. Arkansas Census Records - 1860 (Family History Library), Prairie Township, Little Spring Post Office, Page 372, viewed at Joplin Public Library, 1998.
3. [S158] Westin Arthur Goodspeed, Goodspeed's Biographical and Historical Memoirs of NW Arkansas (Goodspeed Publishing Company.)
4. [S15] Waldenmaier, Inez Ramey, Arkansas Travelers (FHL 928191 Item 4.)
5. [S154] Washington County Genealogical Society, Flashback, Volume 5 page 27 (Apr 1955): p. 27.
6. [S287] recorded by Madison Co. officials, Madison Co. Arkansas Will Books (unknown publisher), Book A, p. 429 ff.

Margaret Hammons¹

Biography

• Birth: Margaret Hammons was born in 1797 in Tennessee.²
• Note: She was also called Peggy.
• Note: She is possibly a sister to Catharine Hammons, wife of Samuel Vaughn.
• Marriage: She married Daniel Vaughan, son of William Vaughan and Fereby Benton.²
• Name-Marr: Her married name was Margaret Vaughan.
• Death: Margaret Hammons died after 1868 in Madison Co., Arkansas.

• Last Edited: 27 October 2022

Citations

1. [S290] multiple authors, Madison Co. Musings (a publication of the Madison Co. Arkansas Historical Society), Summer 1997, p. 10.
2. [S280] National Archives, Madison Co. Arkansas Census Records - 1860 (Family History Library), Prairie Township, Little Spring Post Office, Page 372, viewed at Joplin Public Library, 1998.

William Vaughan¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: William Vaughan was born circa 1750 in Tretower, Wales.¹
• Marriage: He married Fereby Benton, daughter of James Benton and Martha Melinda Looney, circa 1772 in Tennessee.
• Death: William Vaughan died circa 1838 in Madison Co., Arkansas, at age ~88.
• Burial: He was buried in Hindsville, Arkansas.

• Last Edited: 16 October 2022

Citations

1. [S290] multiple authors, Madison Co. Musings (a publication of the Madison Co. Arkansas Historical Society), Summer 1997, p. 9.

Fereby Benton

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Fereby Benton was born in 1750 in Cherokee Indian Nation, North Carolina. The Mortality Schedule says she was age 105, which means she was born in 1745.¹
• Marriage: She married William Vaughan, son of Abraham Vaughan and Ann Boulden, circa 1772 in Tennessee.
• Name-Marr: As of circa 1772,her married name was Fereby Vaughan.
• Death: Fereby Benton died in May 1850 in Madison Co., Arkansas, at age ~100.^2,1

• Last Edited: 6 November 2022

Citations

1. [S567] National Archives, Arkansas Mortality Schedule 1850 (ancestry.com.)
2. [S290] multiple authors, Madison Co. Musings (a publication of the Madison Co. Arkansas Historical Society), Summer 1997, p. 10.

Abraham Vaughan

Vaughan Will 1-2

Biography

• Birth: Abraham Vaughan was born circa 1735 in Wales.
• Marriage: He married Ann Boulden.
• Death: He died in 1795 at age ~60.¹
• Will: He left a will in 1795 in Charlotte County, Virginia. CHARLOTTE CO., VA. WB 2:83 Will of ABRAHAM VAUGHAN 8 MAY 1795; 5? JAN. 1796 Names: Son: William Vaughan " Felix Vaughan " Adling Vaughan " John Vaughan " Lewis Vaughan Dau: Milly Smith " Sally Mahaney? " Nancy Childry Wife: Ann Vaughan Dau: Molly Vaughan Son: David Vaughan " Bailey Vaughan Sig: Abraham (X) Vaughan Wit: E. Boulden; Wood Boulden (See John Cox of Finneywood for other mention of these Bouldens.)¹
• Note: Possible Bouldin connections are Major James Wood Bouldin b. 1742 MD d. 1800 Charlotte Co. VA. This might be the father of Ann Bouldin.Wood Bouldin had a brother named Ephraim, who died in 1782. Perhaps the E Bouldin who witnessed the wll was a nephew.

• Last Edited: 25 November 2022

Citations

1. [S566] Abraham Vaughan will (1796), Vaughan, Abraham - Will Book 2:83, Ancestry.com, at www.ancestry.com. Hereinafter cited as Vaughan, Abraham - Will.