LOGAN CO, AR - ALEXANDER BARNHILL, JR. - Bio

From the Logan County Arkansas Biography

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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 his first wife Polly, 
was Nancy Elizabeth, who around 1840 married James Hubble, who was 
later a Union Veteran of the 3rd Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry, 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 th son of Jonathan Hubble, a pioneer of Cape Giradeau, 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 Descendant still living in Logan County is David Ryles of 
Booneville.  Submitted by Jessie Parks

1850 Census Benton County, Arkansas

Abel Barnhill age 45 (1805) born in Arkansas
Annis age 40 born 1810 Arkansas
Elijah age 17 born 2 Oct. 1832
Alford age 15 born abt. 1835
Elizabeth age 13 born abt 1837
Sarah M. age 7 born abt 1843
Rhoda A. age 2 born abt. 1848
Unity age 3/12 born abt. 1850

Lucinda Barnhill age 26 born abt. 1824 in Tenn.
Sarah A. age 8 born abt . 1842 in Ark.
Abel age 7 born abt. 1843 in Ark.
Samuel W. 6/12 born abt. Nov. 1849 (Nov. shows on the 1900 census)

Alford Barnhill age 40 born in Tenn.
Sarah age 24 born in Georgia
Nancy age 6 born in Ark.
David S. age 4 born in Ark.

Alexander Barnhill, Jr. age 42 born abt. 1808 in Tenn.
Ruth age 30 borm abt. 1820 in Tenn.
Samuel age 10 born abt. 1840 in Tenn.
Abrady age 7 born abt. 1843 in Tenn.
Mary age 5 born abt. 1845 in Tenn.
Elizabeth age 2 born abt. 1848 in Tenn.
Elijah A. age 6/12 born abt. 1850 in Tenn.  

(I wonder about the birthplaces in Tenn. for the children since that 
would mean they came to Benton County in 1850 - it does not match the 
biography that was written on them) (In the 1870 census Rutha gives 
her birthplace as Kentucky and Elijah and Mary J.'s birthplace as 
Arkansas.)


1870 Scott County Arkansas

Alex Barnhill, Jr. age 62
Rutha age 52
Elijah age 20
Mary J. age 16

Lucinda age 47 born in Tenn. (who I believe was the wife of Samuel 
who died before 1850)
Samuel age 19 born in Ark.
Martha Ann age 22 born in Ark.
Selvanus age 21 born in Ark. (farmer)
Abel age 1 born Oct. 1868 in Ark.
Lucinda age 1 born Oct. 1868 in Ark.

Maliza (female) age 26
Samuel age 1
Abel L. 7/12    (Samuel must have been almost two at the time of the census)

Vachel Barnhill is found on the Crawford County Arkansas tax records in 1833 and in
1830 Census Able, Alexander Jr., and Alexander Sr. are living in Richland Township,
Crawford Co.

In 1830 there was a Vachel, James, and Hardin B. Barnhill living in Hickman County
Tennessee.
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