Clover Family Research Compendium
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Probate Records
Clark County Letters of Administration, 1838-1856
“Letters of Administration, 1838-1856,” Clark County, Arkansas, A Genealogical Source Book, Volume 1, compiled by Pauline Williams Wright and Barbara McDow Caffee, (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc.).
On page 172:
135-6 William Clover died 10 July 1850. William H. Clover granted letter of administration, 23 October 1850.
On page 169:
pages 28-9, Robert A. Freeman died 11 May 1843, letters of administration granted to Moses Guice 16 May 1843.
Clark County Loose Probate Records
Pauline Williams Wright and Barbara McDow Caffee, compilers, Clark County, Arkansas; A Genealogical Source Book, Volume 2, (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc, 1982) The article is entitled Probate Records and is described as loose probate records in packets filed alphabetically. Many of these are 20th Century as can be seen here, but there are a few earlier ones.
Page 27: 14 July 1933 R. A. Clover was appointed guardian of Joe Lynn Clover
page 54: William W. Clover and M. A. A. Clover 1885 and 1887, Witnesses for will of Thomas J. Freeman proven 24 September 1891.
Page 112 23 July 1878, James Minyard heirs included Mary Martin daughter of Nancy Clover
Page 151 J. B. Spradlin of Smyrna died intestate 1 July 1933. J. W. Spradlin granted letter of administration on 10 July 1933. Heirs: Mrs. Sallie Bogan, and heirs of Mary Ethel Clover, deceased daughter of J. B. Spradlin, who were Joe Lynn Clover, Susie Laverne Clover, Robert Arthur Clover, Mary Ethel Clover of whom R. A. Clover was guardian.
Clark County Probate Index 1819 to 1878
According to the information of the Ouachita Baptist University, it is the repository for the Clark County records. Every-name indexes to Circuit, Criminal, Civil, and Probate Records, as well as tax records from 1866, have been indexed by the Clark County Historical Association. You can write to the library for information on these entries. They will do look ups for a charge. These indexes are available on line at:
http://www.obu.edu/library/countyrecords.htm
I have not seen the material that they are referring to but if you look at the entry from 1933 in the last item, you will see Susie Laverne Clover, Robert Arthur Clover, Mary Ethel Clover, Joe Lynn Clover. So all of these entries at not in the years indicated.
Probate Index 1819 to 1878 [No explanation was given for the number.]
CLOVER, J. M. 1836,1875
CLOVER, JOE LYNN 345,1897
CLOVER, JOHN 1428
CLOVER, MARY ETHEL 345,1897
CLOVER, NANCY F. 1731
CLOVER, R.A. (Sr.) 1897
CLOVER, R.A. 345
CLOVER, R.L. 1836
CLOVER, ROBERT ARTHUR (Jr.) 345,1897
CLOVER, SUSIE LAVERN 1897
CLOVER, SUSIE LAVERNE 345
CLOVER, T.S. 1676
CLOVER, W. H. 1769,1830
CLOVER, W. M. 1414,1428,1722
CLOVER, WILLIAM 440,883,1247,1730
CLOVER, WILLIAM H. 1773
CLOVER, WILLIAM M. 1830
CLOVER, WILLIAM M. 660
FHL 6050936 Index to Wills and Administrations from the Earliest to 1900, compiled by Mrs. Connie Cox Stevenson and Mrs. Edward Lynn Westbrook, (Jonesboro, Arkansas: Vowels Printing, 1986). The book is divided by county with no overall index. I searched Clark County and found only William Clover, administration on pages 135-6, case no.1838-1856 dated 1850. I also searched Sevier, and Lafayette Counties. The records of old Miller County are supposed to be in Lafayette. I did however trip over an interesting Freeman item. Remember that the earliest land record for John Clover was a transaction with a Hamblin Freeman. In Arkansas County, Arkansas will book A: 27, there was an entry dated 1842 for Hamlin Freeman.
Old Miller County, Arkansas
Because there was an Isaac Clover in old Miller County in the 1830 census index, I checked probate records for this area. No Clovers were found in this book.
James Logan Morgan, Probate records of Miller County, Arkansas, 1823-1838, (Conway, Arkansas: Arkansas Research, 1992) [Note that this is Old Miller County which was disbanded at this time because it was mostly part of Texas.]
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