Time for a short geography lesson. So far I’ve mentioned several townships here at Graham Ancestry. Townships in Arkansas were formerly used as electoral districts for Justices of the Peace. The United States Federal Census was also enumerated by township. Here is a map of Searcy County townships as they existed circa 1930. Most of…
The Tale of Two Sarahs
I was doing some research on Mollie Graham in the 1910 census when I saw that her mother Sarah was living with Mollie and her second husband Patrick Bohannon. “Ooh, nice find,” I thought. “I need to add that to my previous blog entry for Jesse and Sarah Graham.” So I pulled up that entry…
Jesse & Sarah Graham
Jesse Graham was born circa 1844 somewhere in Alabama. I have found conflicting information about his parents, so I will not commit to any names yet. Sarah F. Scott was born on 5 June 1844 somewhere in Alabama. Jesse and Sarah were wed circa 1864 in Alabama. While residing in Alabama they had at least…
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