Submitted by Leonard Damron
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Fulton Co., Ark. Land Tract Book
James F. Ferguson                  No date
James F. Ferguson                         1895
Robert L. Ferguson                        1909,1916
William Ferguson                          1860
William W. Ferguson                       1872

Fulton Co., Ark. Records, 1890-1897
Fletcher Ferguson        Justice Court Book  1884-1891
     Fletcher s/o Champion & Rachel (Duckett) Ferguson.
J.G. Ferguson            Justice Court Book  1884-1891
J.G. Ferguson            Personal
J.K. Ferguson            1891 Delinquent Property, Strawberry Twp.
                         (Gone to Izard Co., Ark.)
J.P. Ferguson            Justice Court Book  1884-1891
J.T. Ferguson            Delinquent Personal Property  1890
                         Pleasant Ridge Twp. (Gone to Sharp Co.)
J.W. Ferguson            Delinquent Personal Property  1890
                         Mammoth Spring Twp.
Kate Ferguson            Indictment Record Book        1890-1897
L.C. Ferguson            Voter Registration, Union Twp. 1893
     Lewis C. Ferguson, s/o Champion & Rachel (Duckett) Ferguson
S.C. Ferguson            Delinquent Personal Property, Union Twp.
                         (Gone to Izard Co., Ark.)
T.G. Ferguson            Indictment Record Book        1890-1897
W.T. Ferguson            Voter Registration, Cleveland Twp. 1893
F. (Frank) M. O'Kelley   Voter Registration            1893
     Frank O'Kelley m. Susan M. Ferguson, d/o Champion
J.L. O'Kelley            Voter Registration            1893
     John L. O'Kelley, s/o Frank & Susan
L.T. O'Kelley            Delinquent Personal Property, Union Twp. 1891
     Lonzo T., s/o Frank & Susan (Gone to Texas)
H. Keylon                Voter Registration, Cleveland Twp.      1893
J.H. Keylon              Voter Registration, Cleveland Twp.      1893
S.C. Keylon              Delinquent Personal Property, Cleveland Twp.
                         1892. (Gone to Izard Co., Ark.)
W.M. Keylon              Voter Registration, Cleveland Twp.      1893

Izard Co., Ark.
Tax Record
John Ferguson  1859,1861,1863,1866


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Deeds, on land presently located in Logan Co., Ark.
Joseph Cotner            Sec 22 T 6 R 28     80 acres 12 Sep 1871
     s/o Morrison Cotner Sr. Taken from Booneville Courthouse.
John C. Cox        SW NE Sec 19 T 6 R 28     40 acres  2 Mar 1868
     This is a son of Aaron & Sarah Cox.
Jasper B. Damron   SW SE Sec 19 T 6 R 28     40 acres 21 Apr 1899
     s/o Wm. T. Damron & Mary Jane Ferguson, d/o Wm. J. Ferguson.
Wm. T. Damerson    SW NE Sec 19 T 6 R 28     40 acres 10 Jan 1891
William T. Damron  ESW   Sec 22 T 6 R 28    160 acres 20 Oct 1882
William T. Damron  ESW   Sec 22 T 6 R 28    160 acres  5 Mar 1872
     This & the foregoing in Sec 19, is Wm. Thomas Damron, s/o Wm.
     Damron and Susan Ferguson, she a dau. of Henry Wood Ferguson &
     Elizabeth Neil Davis. The last two entrys is obviously for the
     same land, even though dates do not agree. Some of this was
     researched at the Booneville Courthouse, and some taken from the
     Ark. Land Records. The dates shown in the Booneville records are
     all earlier than those shown in the Ark. Land records.
Henry Wood Ferguson      Sec 20 T 6 R 28     40 acres  6 Jan 1851
Henry Wood Ferguson      Sec 20 T 6 R 28     80 acres 28 Mar 1850
Henry W. Ferguson  SE NE Sec 20 T 6 R 28     40 acres  1 Mar 1855
     s/o Henry Wood Ferguson Sr. See 1860 Franklin Co., Ark. This must
     be the same land as the first entry for Henry Wood Ferguson Jr.,
     but the last entry is from the Ark. Land Records.
James W. Ferguson  NE NE Sec 20 T 6 R 28     40 acres 13 Oct 1857
James W. Ferguson  NE NW Sec 20 T 6 R 28     40 acres  1 Mar 1860
     s/o Henry Wood Ferguson & Elizabeth Neil Davis. See 1850 & 1860
     census of Scott Co., Ark.
John W. Ferguson         Sec 20 T 6 R 28    120 acres  6 Jan 1888
     s/o William Leyton & Abigail Ferguson.
William L. Ferguson SENW Sec 21 T 6 R 28     80 acres  7 Jan 1869
William L. Ferguson SENW Sec 21 T 6 R 28     80 acres  1 Jun 1875
     The foregoing two entrys must be of the same land, the earliest
     date is the courthouse date, the latest date from the Ark. Land
     Records.
William L. Ferguson      Sec 21 T 6 R 28     40 acres 14 Dec 1859
William L. Ferguson      Sec 21 T 6 R 28     40 acres  7 Jan 1858
     s/o Henry Wood Ferguson & Elizabeth Neil Davis.
William D. Ferguson      Sec 21 T 6 R 28     40 acres 19 Aug 1859
     Think the script "L" was taken for a script "D", and this is
     William Leyton Ferguson. This from the Booneville Courthouse
     records.
William S. Ferguson NWNW Sec 21 T 6 R 28     40 acres  1 May 1860
     The sript L. has been mistaken for a script S, and this is
     William Leyton Ferguson, s/o Henry Wood Ferguson. Taken from the
     Ark. Land records, and will be one of the 40 acres mentioned
     above.
William H. Pruett   SENE Sec 21 T 6 R 28     00 acres 15 Apr 1885
     William Henry Pruett, s/o Hiram Pruett/Pruitt/Prewitt and Juda
     Ferguson, she a dau. of Henry Wood Ferguson Sr. William Henry
     Pruett m. Jemima Doolin, d/o Mack Doolin & half sister to Bill
     Doolin the outlaw. Taken from the Ark. Land Records.
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W. H. Pruitt             Sec 22 T 6 R 28     80 acres 15 Apr 1878
     William Henry Pruitt, s/o Hiram Pruitt & Juda Ferguson, she d/o
     of Henry Wood Ferguson & Elizabeth Neil Davis. Taken from
     Booneville Courthouse Records.
William T. Vinson        Sec 22 T 6 R 28     80 acres 28 Feb 1864
     Believe he m. Elizabeth Cox, d/o Aaron & Sarah Cox.

Sebastian Co., Ark.
Allen T. Duckett         T 6 R 29 NW 40 of NE 160 Sec 32  1872
James E. Duckett         T 6 R 29 NE p/o NW 160 Sec 33    1879
John O. Duckett          T 6 R 29 NW p/o NW 160 Sec 32    1870
     The foregoing is from research of A.J. Standiford, a descendant
     of John O. Duckett, none of these appear in the Ark. Land records
     however, and coupled with some other land entrys, makes it appear
     that the Ark. Land Records are not complete. In the following you
     will see land that is in the Ark. Land Records however.
John G. Bell          NENE Sec 32 T6 R29 80 acres    10 Apr 1875
     John G. a son of Jeremiah Bell. In the 1870 census John O.
     Duckett is residing in the home of John G. Bell, and in 1870
     Allen Turner Duckett m. Sarah Elizabeth Bell, sister to John G.
     Bell. See the Ark. marriages in this book.
Henry W. Damron            Sec  2 T6 R30                    1871
     This has to be Henry Wilson Damron, b/o William Thomas Damron.
William M. Damrell         Sec 19 T4 R32                    1851
     This is William Damron, s/o Wilson Nicholas Damron, and father of
     William Thomas and Henry Wilson Damron. This land should be
     located in Sugar Loaf Twp.
Allen T. Duckett      SESW Sec 32 T6 R29 154.9 acres 30 Jun 1876
Selma E. Duckett      ENE  Sec 30 T5 R30 00 acres    22 Apr 1901
     Selma Era, s/o Allen Turner Duckett. This land located one Range
     west of Range 29, and one Twp south of Twp 6.
Sarah D. Duckett      SWNE Sec  9 T6 R30 00 acres    27 Jan 1904
     Sarah Drucilla (Brock) Duckett, 2nd wife of Allen Turner
     Duckett. Sarah D. d/o Thomas Brock, s/o John Henry Brock, who was
     an uncle to Allen Turner Duckett.
Sarah D. Duckett      NNE  Sec  9 T5 R30 00 acres    27 Jan 1904
Sarah D. Duckett      NENW Sec  9 T6 R30 160 acres   27 Jan 1904
     I can not explain why the number of acres are not shown in some
     of these records.
Nancy L. Ferguson     SWNW Sec 28 T6 R29 120 acres   20 Aug 1884
     Nancy a dau. of William J. Ferguson & Nancy Jane Brock, she a
     sister to John Henry Brock & Malinda Brock, who married Alfred
     Hamilton Duckett, these the parents of Sarah Selina, Allen
     Turner, John O., James E. & China L. Duckett. Sarah Selina m.
     John Stewart, John O. m. Harriett Stewart, and China L. m.
     Jeremiah Stewart Jr., all children of Jeremiah Stewart Sr.
William Ferguson      SNE  Sec 28 T6 R29 80 acres    20 Aug 1884
     William J. Ferguson, s/o Hugh Ferguson & Mary Ann Higgins. I can
     not explain the date given here as William J. Ferguson was on
     this land long before the date shown.

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Albert T. Stewart     NNE  Sec 20 T6 R29 00 acres     2 May 1905
     Albert Turner Stewart, s/o John Stewart & Sarah Selina Duckett.
Benton E. Stewart     NWSE Sec 13 T6 R29 160 acres   10 Aug 1907
     Benton E. s/o John Stewart & Sarah Selina Duckett.
Jeremiah Stewart      NESW Sec 27 T5 R29 40 acres     1 Mar 1855
Jeremiah Stewart      SWSE Sec 27 T5 R29 40 acres     1 Mar 1855

Washington Co., Ark.
Deed: 19 Aug 1875. Bk. Y pg 490. Wilson Dameron from G.W. Denton.
Deed: 19 Aug 1875. Bk. Y pg 491. Henry W. Damron to Jesse Everett.
     This is Henry Wilson Damron, s/o Wm. Thomas Damron and Susan
     Ferguson, she d/o Henry Wood Ferguson. Wilson married in
     Washington Co., Ark., Harriett Mayfield Hickson, a widow. Look
     for this Wilson Damron in Logan, Scott counties Ark. and Shady
     Point Cemetery, this near Poteau, Okla. Henry Wilson Damron a
     brother to my grandfather, William Thomas Damron Jr. Wilson filed
     for pension (Civil War) in 1890, Indian Territory, this probably
     Poteau, Okla. Ark. Land Records do not show the foregoing deeds,
     however we know from examination of land records in Washington
     Co., Ark. that such deeds did exist.
Wilson N. Damron SE   Sec 20 T1 R10 OO acres         1 Dec 1830
Wilson N. Damron SW   Sec 21 T1 R10 320 acres        1 Dec 1830
     Wilson Nicholas Damron, grandfather to the foregoing Henry Wilson
     Damron, and also to my grandfather, William Thomas Damron. The
     land in question here was located just west of Springdale Ark.,
     on the way to Fayetteville, Ark. It was located on Clear Creek,
     and Wilson N. Damron built a mill on this site. The land was sold
     in 1838, and in this deed we find the name of the mother of William
     Damron, her name was Jane, maiden name not given. It is from her
     that we get the Cherokee Indian, she being one of what is now
     known in Okla. as the "Old Settlers". The mill operated into the
     1900's, but was covered by Lake Fayetteville when that lake was
     formed. I have a photo of this old mill, taken c1880.

One should not confuse a Twp. used for surveying, these all being numbered Twps., with political Twps., which will have names. A political Twp. can also meander, and can contain any number of acres, while a numbered Twp. will always contain 36 sections, each section consisting of 640 acres or slightly less (do to grid lines coming closer together as one goes north). An example is Washburn Twp., which is in present day Logan Co., Ark. Washburn Twp. includes the land found in Twp. 6 N., Range 28 W., but it also contains land in other Ranges and Twps.


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For the purposes here, this being land shown in these Ark. land deeds, Townships are numbered from South to North, starting at a Baseline passing east west just south of Little Rock. Ranges are numbered  from East to West, starting from the 5th prime meridian, which is about even with the extreme southeast corner of Ark. To better understand the locations given here I will cite Twp. 6, Range 29. On a map of Ark. look for Hwy 10 between Greenwood, which is in Sebastian Co., and Booneville, which is in Logan Co. Hwy 10 runs through sections 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 & 24 of Twp 6 N., Range 29 W., and at the section line of sections 20 and 21, you will note the junction of Hwy 10 & Hwy 252. Hwy 252 goes south, generally following the section line until it turns toward the southwest in the northwest corner of section 28, and at that point it junctions with what is known as Old Hwy 10. It is at this junction where the old community of Washburn stood, this community not to be confused with the political Twp. of Washburn in Logan Co., Ark. 


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West of the 5th prime meridian, Ranges include the letter W., while east of that meridian they include the letter E. Much the same applies to Twps., north of the baseline they will contain the letter N., and south of that baseline the letter S.

                   Twp 6 N, Range 29 W., Sebastian Co., Ark.
          _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ ________
         |         |         |         | FRANKLIN| COUNTY  | ARK.   |L
         |         |         |         |         |         |        |O
         |    6    |    5    |    4    |    3    |    2    |   1    |G
         |_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|________|A
         |         |         |         |         |         |        |N
         |         |         |         |         |         |        |
         |    7    |    8    |    9    |    10   |    11   |   12   |C
    N    |_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|________|O
    |    |         |         |         |         |         |        |U
 W-----E |         |         |         |         |         |        |N
    |    |    18   |    17   |    16   |    15   |    14   |   13   |T
    S    |_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|________|Y
         |         |         |         |         |         |        |
         |         |         |         |         |         |        |A
         |    19   |    20   |    21   |    22   |    23   |   24   |R
         |_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|________|K
         |         |         |         |         |         |        |A
         |         |         |         |         |         |        |N
         |    30   |    29   |    28   |    27   |    26   |   25   |S
         |_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|________|A
         |         |         |         |         |         |        |S
         |         |         |         |         |         |        |
         |    31   |    32   |    33   |    34   |    35   |   36   |
         |_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|________|
            LOGAN                    COUNTY              ARKANSAS

Each block of sections in a Twp. and Range are numbered the same,
so the foregoing graph will work for any Twp. and Range. I might note
that sections 1, 2, and 3 in Twp. 6, Range 29, are in Franklin Co.,
Ark., and sections in Twp. 6, Range 28, the next block of sections to
the east of Twp. 6 Range 29, are in Logan Co., Ark., as are all
sections south of Twp. 6 Range 29.