Shadrack Gibsons Memory
Will - Book B76 (Washington) AR
Witnesses: W.J. Blackburn
S.W. Blackburn
Saml. Burks
Feb 19, 1876
Wills to his wife, Rebecca Gibson,
SE 1/4, NW 1/4 15-18- 28
during her natural life or widowhood, at her death or marriage to
return to his natural heirs. "Also 10 acres of west end of
NW SW 15-18-28
to James Clardy. Also 10 acres
off each said tract to Jno. Gibson,
also
Wm. Bunyard and wife the
balance of said 40 acre tract & 30 acres off S 1/2 of NW 1/4
running east and west to James Gibson,
Also to F.M. Gibson that he
has 10 acres
off 1/2 NW 1/4 also the other 40 acres to wit said S1/2 NW 1/4.
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The above will was recreated after the original was lost. I
personally do not
know who Rebecca Gibson was!!! She would have to have been a
third wife
who he married after his second wife, Malinda Hitchcock Tucker Gibson,
died on 1 Feb 1872!!! It is possible that there was a marriage
recorded in
(Madison) AR that was destroyed in the burning of the court house.
I am unsure what the exact date of death was for Shadrack Gibson.
James Clardy was the husband of Susan Gibson Clardy
I do not know who Wm. Bunyard was! Can anyone else shed light
on this person?
I also am interested in who Samuel Burks was.
Samuel Burks married one of the Blackburn girls, a daughter of Old
Sylvanis Blackburn. They lived in the War Eagle area and were probably
neighbor's of Shadrack. I have her name somewhere.
Samuel was the son of Samuel Burks and Julia Ruddick. They lived at Elkhorn
Tavern, now a part of the Pea Ridge National Park.
The old road from Garfield, AR to War Eagle, AR is now closed due to Beaver
Dam. Samuel's father bought lumber from the Blackburn Saw Mill. He also went
to get his corn ground at the Blackburn Mill. This is probably how Samuel,
Jr. met the Blackburn daughter.
The Burks family married into the Galyen family.
Information from Lynda Galyen.
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