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Things have changed in your lifetime. Let them know about how you have lived during those changes.
| Surname | Migration | Time frame in Co. | Locale | Researcher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams | Tom William Cotton Jr. | |||
| Adams | Cedar Glades / Buckville | SKM | ||
| Adams | TN >AR | 1880 to current | Mont. & Garland Co. | Glenda Suit |
| Aldridge | unsure | 1880-1905 | Leverney Twp, Story | Olena Peninger Lively |
| Anigel | E. Jackson | |||
| Amerson | GA, AL, TN, AR | 1800's -now | btw Pencil Bluff & Mt. Ida | Susan Lloyd |
| Apple | TN - AR | 1890-1900 | Mount Ida, Little Fir | Shara Hatcher |
| Avant | 1870s-now | Sharon Minton Hill | ||
| Avant | AL>AR>TX>AR | c.1876-1880+ | Carol C. Smith | |
| Ayers | Mississippi >Arkansas | 1837-1916 | Womble & Black Springs | Ginny Ayers Spann |
| Baggs | unsure | 1830 - 1855 | Sulphur Springs | Bob |
| Baker | AL >MS>AR | 1850+ | Mt Ida | Ken Baker |
| Barber | KY, IL, AR | 1847 - now | Sims | Karla Moreland |
| Barber | KY, IL, AR | 1847 - now | Sims | Michael Mudd |
| Bates | Diane Jones | |||
| Bates | 1850s -1950s | Caddo Gap | Sammie Williams Pettitt | |
| Bates | 1813 - now | Rita | ||
| Bates | SC, GA, AR | 1850? - 1880? | Caddo Gap | Suzanne M. Gwyn |
| Baxter | 1849 - | Tom William Cotton Jr. | ||
| Beck | VA USA AR | 1800 To present | Montgomery Co. | Harold Cowart |
| Bell | AR > OK | 1920 | Oden | Barbara Graham |
| Birmingham | Caddo Gap | Donna Byrd | ||
| Black | ENG >SC> GA > AR | abt 1830 > now | Black Springs, Red Bird, Gaston | Eunice McCammon |
| Bland | unknown | 1899 | Sweet Home | Barry Sharpe |
| Bobo | GA> AR> TX | 1890- now | Mont. Co. | Carolyn Shannon Genzel |
| Bogle | TN >AR >TX | 1850-1866 | Mont. Co. | Amy Dyer |
| Boswell | Charles E. Carroll | |||
| Bowers | AL>TN>AR>TX>AR | 1889 - 1906 | South Fork Township | Roy Roberts |
| Bradshaw | Mont. Co. | Joyce Richardson | ||
| Burden | 1880 to current | Mont. & Garland Co. | Glenda Suit | |
| Breashears/ Breshears/ Brashears | SC or NC>TN>AR | 1769-present | Mont. Co. / Polk Co. /Yell Co. | Dana Breashears Sharpton |
| Brooks, also Jones, Pepper, Sells, Wilson, Montgomery | NC>GA>AR>MO>AR>WA, | Post 1865 | Gap, Some Nevada Co., Lee Co., Randolph | Randy Brooks |
| Cabler | TN > AR | 1840s-1880s | Nova Lemons | |
| Campbell | GA > AR | 1841> | Hot Springs Co. | Evelyn Pehl Reininger |
| Carlisle | SC> AL>AR | 1890-1920 | Mt. Ida | Mary McGarr |
| Carrier | IO, AR | 1914-1930 | Oden | Bettie Dowler |
| Carter | VA> GA >TN >AR | Caddo Gap | B. Carter | |
| Casey | 1800 - now | Rita | ||
| Chambers | E. Jackson | |||
Chapman  |
A.L, AR | 1860+ | Oden |
Allen Kelly |
| Chapmond | Eunice Chapmond Kilgore | |||
| Chapmond | Lois O. Bess | |||
| Coffman | TN, GA, MO, TN, AR | 1846-now | Cathy | |
| Cogburn | Greene Co. TN >AR | 1858 | Black Springs | Ray |
| Cogburn | GA, AR, OK | 1870-1900 | Montgomery Co. AR | Billy Mcbride Jr |
| Collier | KY >AR | 1812 + | Collier Springs | Lois White |
| Coomer | unknown | 1900s | Pencil Bluff | Debby Killebrew |
| Cook | AL, AR | 1880-1920 | Leverney Twp, Story | Olena Peninger Lively |
| Copeland | 1870 -1900 | Bev | ||
| Cotton | 1866 - | Tom William Cotton Jr. | ||
| Cowart | SC GA MS> AL> AR | 1800s > now | Black Springs / Norman | Harold Cowart |
| Cox | NC, SC, GA, AR | 1848 -1920 | Black Springs / Big Fork | Francy Thompson |
| Cox | Tona Cox-Leon | |||
| Cox | GA, AR | 1845-1919 | Big Fork/ Norman/ Black Springs | Olena Peninger Lively |
| Crabb | MS or AL>?>AR>TX | 1860-1872 | Johnson & Montgomery Co. | June Morton |
| Crow | TX > AR | 1850-now | Montgomery Co. | Joy Sherman Walston |
| Crowley | AR | Caddo Gap | B. Carter | |
| Cunningham | Charles E. Carroll | |||
| Cunningham | AL >AR | 1880 to current | Mont. & Garland Co. | Glenda Suit |
| Danley | Wayne Co.TN > | 1876-1891 | Gibbs now Rocky | Cathy Youngblood |
| Denny |
Arkansas to California | off and on from 1930-1950 | Story | Tina |
| Dickson | NJ>KS>AR>OR | Post 1915 | Gap | Randy Brooks |
| Dillard | GA, SC, AL, AR | Lois O. Bess | ||
| Dobbs | GA> AR> TX | 1860 - now | Montgomery Co. | Carolyn Shannon Genzel |
| Dollar | c.1898 | Montgomery Co. | Bill Dollar | |
| Earnest/Ernest | AL & TN | Montgomery Co. | Ellie Handley | |
| Ellett | Mike Wood | |||
| Ellington | VA, TN, AR | 1850's-1900's | Sandra Ellington-Freeman | |
| Ellington | Caddo Gap | Donna Byrd | ||
| Ellison | Ark >TX | 1840-1890 | ? | Jane Knight |
| Farr | 1850 - 1880 | Barbara Lancaster | ||
| Farmer | Caddo Gap | Melissa Farmer | ||
| Ferguson | 1870 - now | Pam Ferguson | ||
| Fields | TN>?>AR>TX |
1860-1872 | Johnson & Montgomery Co. | June Morton |
| Fisher | SKM | |||
| Forga | Ky>Mo>Ar | 1870 -Now | Montgomery Co. | Rada Forga-Jackson |
| Fountain | SC>GA> AR>TX | 1831- now | Montgomery Co. | Carolyn Shannon Genzel |
| Fowler | 1850 -1880 | Davine Glasscock | ||
| Freeman | 1880 to current | Mont. & Garland Co. | Glenda Suit | |
| Fry, James W. | Tn., Mo., Arkansas | 1846 | Cherry Hill, Polk Co. "now", but part of Montgomery Co. until 1858 | Stacey L. Brough |
| Fry | Caddo Gap | Imogene Davis | ||
| Fryar | MS, AR | 1848 - now | Oden | Bettie Dowler |
| Gaddis | Ga/Ala/Ark | 1870's, 1880's | Mazarn Township | Carl Gaddis |
| Garner | AR TX OK | Montgomery Co. | Joyce Richardson | |
| Garrett | Tippah Co. MS | 1848 | Mt. Ida | James Garrett |
| Gaston | 1901-1977 | Norman | Ken Gaston | |
| Gibbs | 1880 - 2000 | Mount Ida | Michele Gibbs | |
| Gilbert | 1800 - now | Rita | ||
| Gladden | 1850s -1950s | Caddo Gap | Sammie Williams Pettitt | |
| Golden | GA, AL, AR | 1870- now | Hopper / rural areas | Karen Wilkerson |
| Goodman | KY>AL>AR>OK | 1880 census | Sulpher Springs | Mitzi Fortune |
| Goodner | Diane Jones | |||
| Gordon | Mississippi >AR | Gap and Caddo Gap | Shirley Perez | |
| Gortemiller | Ger, MO, AR | Bettie Dowler | ||
| Goss | SC>GA>AR | 1820s-1850s | Christine Pullman | |
| Gray | MO | Big Fir, Sulphur Springs | Shannon Dennis (Gray) | |
| Handley/Handly /Handly |
AL & TN | 1850-1860 | Montgomery Co. | Ellie Handley |
| Hardy | Jan McBride | |||
| Harman | 1880 to current | Mont. & Garland Co. | Glenda Suit | |
| Harris | MS to AR and then some went to OK | 1850-1930 | Montgomery Co | Louise Schultz |
| Haskins | 1850s -1950s | Caddo Gap | Sammie Williams Pettitt | |
| Hathcock | from NC | 1840s-1870s | Gap Twp | Judith HAMMOND Bowman Rhodes |
| Heath, Sarah Jane | Tn., Arkansas | 1850 | Heath Valley | Stacey L. Brough |
| Heath | Caddo Gap | Imogene Davis | ||
| Heffington | AL> AR | 1855 - 1865 | Mt Ida | Fern Davidson |
| Hendricks | AR/TX | 1820 to 1870 | Sabrina | |
| Henson | b.1881 | Washita | Jack Summit | |
| Henson | 1880 to current | Mont. & Garland Co. | Glenda Suit | |
| Hickey | 1885- 1902 | Oden | Barbara Graham | |
| Highsmith | VA NC GA AL AR> IL | 1800s>now | Black Springs / Norman | Harold Cowart |
| Hill | 1870s- now | Sharon Minton Hill | ||
| Hill | NC/ SC/ TN/ AL/ AR | 1870 > now | Avant/ Buckville/ Oden | AmberN2@aol.com |
| Horrell | VA >KY >AR >TX | abt.1830-1857 | ?Caddo | Jana Donaghe |
| House | Carolyn Long | |||
| House | GA > AL >AR | 1857-now | Cynthia Forde | |
| Housley | later to Atoka Co. OK | 1890s | Cedar Glades | Jean Johnson |
| Howard | 1900s | Mt. Ida | Sandy Fischer | |
| Howell | VA/ NC/ SC/ GA/ AL/ AR | 1850s -1880s | Sims | AmberN2@aol.com |
| Howerton | SKM | |||
| Hugen | Germany >AR | 1930s | Oden | Jonathan Hugen |
| Hulsey | GA to AR | >1850-1860 | Lou Barr | |
| Ingrams | ?KS or MO | c. 1885 | Linda Schneider | |
| Irons | TN to AR | 1800-1900 | Montgomery, Saline, Hot Springs Co. | R. Taylor |
| Jernigan | E. Jackson | |||
| Jackson | IT | 1880+ | Mt. Ida | Ken Baker |
| James | 1800 - now | Rita | ||
| Jeter | St Paul, AR & Kansas | 1920s > 1960s | Norman | Randall Simpson |
| Johnston | TN>AR | 1903 >1960 | Womble Twp., Norman | Dave Johnston |
| Johnston | TN>AR | 1870 >1950 | Norman | Ken Rice |
| Johnston | TN>AR | 1860 >1938 | Sulphur Twp. | Cynthia Forde |
| Jones | GA > AR | Lois O. Bess | ||
| Jones | GA > AR | 1850 to 1980 | Marzan /Gap | Lou Burr |
| Jones | NC> GA > AR | 1850 to 1875 | Ev | |
| Kandy | Ark to California |
1860 - 1935 | Montgomery Co. | Candie Elliott |
| Karr/Carr | SC, AR | 1870 - now | Mt. Ida | Bettie Dowler |
| Kelly |
S.C, AR | 1860+ | Oden | Allen Kelly |
| Kelly | 1850 - 1880 | Barbara Lancaster | ||
| Kellys | Spartanburg, SC | between 1870 and 1880 | Ralph Williamson | |
| Keown | SC, KY, MO, OK, AR | 1905-1930 | Waters | Bettie Dowler |
| Kilby | Ark to California |
1860 - 1935 | Montgomery Co. | Candie Elliott |
| Kinsey | SC>GA>AR | 1853-now | Diane Smith | |
| Kirby | TN >AL > AR | 1838-1860 | Caddo, Big Fork | Nathelle Stollens |
| Kirk | Pencil Bluff | Mike Wood | ||
| Kiser | TN>MO>AR | abt 1815 - now | Alf, Sulphur Springs | Eunice McCammon |
| Kizziar | AR> Wise Co. TX | 1850 - 1876 | deebrister@aol.com | |
| Knox | 1880 to current | Mont. & Garland Co. | Glenda Suit | |
| Knight | SC> AL>AR | 1890-1920 | Mt. Ida | Mary McGarr |
| Lair | 1890s | Jim Lair | ||
| Lamb | 1870s-now | Sharon Minton Hill | ||
| Larmon | Caddo Gap | Imogene Davis | ||
| Ledbetter | Pencil Bluff | Mike Wood | ||
| Lemmons | TN>AR | 1840s-1880s | Nova Lemons | |
| Leonard | SC, GA, AR | 1869-1930 | Oden, Pencil Bluff | Ernest Leonard |
| Lewis | Marion Co. > Montgomery > Polk | 1870-1900 | South Fork, Big Fork | Terry Fogleson |
| Liles | unsure | 1920s? | Oden | Bonney Liles Koski |
| Lindsey | GA >AR | 1900-1927 | Norman | Lou Morton Ellis |
| Lively | Unsure | 1859-1971 | Big Fork/ Norman/ Black Springs | Olena Peninger Lively |
Lock |
1866-? | Bev | ||
| Long | 1880-now | Kyle Long | ||
| Lolley | AL>AR | 1880-1920 | Womble TWP | Brenda St.Peter |
I invite you to submit the Montgomery County, Arkansas surnames that you
are researching to be included on this web page. Send an e-mail to
olwynbwj@gmail.com
Surname:
Migration:
Time Frame:
Locale:
Researcher:
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Surname(s) (only first letter of Surname capitalized), time-frame (in Montgomery Co. AR) Include migration route, maybe a pattern will emerge, and (locale) area in Montgomery County where your ancestor settled. Please report any change in email addresses and invalid e-mail addresses. Thanks.
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