William and Sarah's move to Arkansas from Tennessee was probably due to her family connections in Arkansas. Her brother O.H.P. Stroud had moved to Barren Fork , Izard County, AR a few years earlier.
In the 1850 census, this family appears as family # 07312,1173 living in Warren Co., TN. According to Lynn McSpadden of Mountain View, AR, this William moved to Arkansas.
Joseph Haw III, states "Moved to Arkansas about 1852" Note: The name "Barren Fork" was later changed to "Mount Pleasant" Arkansas.
From the records in possession of Glenda Ponder: "He was a stagecoach driver in Tennessee and moved to Barren Fork, Arkansas (now Mount Pleasant) about 1852 at age 34. 14 children.
The story is told that William and Sarah moved their family from Warren County Tennessee to Barren Forks, in Izard County, Arkansas by Ox drawn wagon about 1852.
William and Sarah's move to Arkansas from Tennessee was probably due to her family connections in Arkansas. Her brother O.H.P. Stroud had moved to Barren Fork , Izard County, AR a few years earlier.
In the 1850 census, this family appears as family # 07312,1173 living in Warren Co., TN. According to Lynn McSpadden of Mountain View, AR, this William moved to Arkansas.
Joseph Haw III, states "Moved to Arkansas about 1852" Note: The name "Barren Fork" was later changed to "Mount Pleasant" Arkansas.
From the records in possession of Glenda Ponder: "He was a stagecoach driver in Tennessee and moved to Barren Fork, Arkansas (now Mount Pleasant) about 1852 at age 34. 14 children.
The story is told that William and Sarah moved their family from Warren County Tennessee to Barren Forks, in Izard County, Arkansas by Ox drawn wagon about 1852.
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