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  1. Everlyn Sue Jones Williams, compiler; Abstracts From Crawford County Arkansas Newspapers : Van Buren Press, roll #2, April 20, 1869-Dec. 26, 1871, [1995], Jury Duties
  2. Transcribed by Oma Cole, 1890 Crawford County AR Reconstructed Census from Real Estate Tax Records. (Rt. 3, Box 5, Alma AR 72921)
  3. Civil War Pension Application (National Archives; State Archives)
  4. Biography of Minnie Hays Comstock probably written by her when she was presented the Pioneer Citizens Award. Family Papers given to me by her nephew Jay Comstock,
  5. US Census 1850 MS, Tippah Co Transcribed record posted on Tippah County Web page at USGenWeb, District 3, House #1013
  6. Transcribed by Jeania Moore Burns, US Census. 1870. Arkansas, Crawford County.
  7. Bureau of Land Management, Eastern States, General Land Office, Land Patent (Files available online <http://www.glorecords.blm.gov>), Crawford Co AR
  8. Hays family research. Charlene Wilson. Descendant of Mary Ball, child in Tippah Co MS 1850 Census with Delitha Hays.
  9. Lucy Jane (Hays) Lumsden, Research Papers from Lucy Jane (Hays) Lumsden. Email Correspondence. Personal knowledge. <lumsden@ebicom.net>
  10. Biography of Minnie Hays Comstock, Biography of Minnie Hays Comstock
  11. Compiled by Doris Stevenson West & Susan Stevenson Sevenburn, History in Headstones; A Complete Listing of all Marked Graves In Known Cemeteries of Crawford County, Arkansas. August 1970. No index. Arranged by cemetery. (Original c1970; The Press-Argus. Reprinted in paperback 1993, Old Van Buren Press; Van Buren, AR)
  12. Grave Marker, Sarah's Grove Cemetery visited 25 Jun 1998.
  13. US Census 1900 AR, Crawford Co. (LDS Microfilm #1240056)
  14. Compiled by Doris Stevenson West & Susan Stevenson Sevenburn, History in Headstones; A Complete Listing of all Marked Graves In Known Cemeteries of Crawford County, Arkansas. August 1970. No index. Arranged by cemetery., buried at Sarah's Grove Cemetery
  15. Freda Hays Barnett, "Roots, Leaves, Twigs, and Bark" A Genealogy, Contemporary Accounts, and Pictures of George Fredrick Hays, Louis William Hays, Freda Laura Hays Barnett, Emmett LeRoy Hays (Self-published c1987.), p.1; Hays Genealogy
  16. US Census 1880 - FamilySearch CD-ROM Transcription of entire 1880 Census by the LDS; 2000., Crawford Co AR, Jasper Twp, p.510d
  17. Compiled by Doris Stevenson West & Susan Stevenson Sevenburn, History in Headstones; A Complete Listing of all Marked Graves In Known Cemeteries of Crawford County, Arkansas. August 1970. No index. Arranged by cemetery., Buried in Sarah's Grove Cemetery
  18. Transcribed by Jeania Moore Burns, US Census. 1870. Arkansas, Crawford County., Cedar Creek Twp; p.185 & 185b; Dwelling 173.
  19. Civil War Pension Application, Arkansas State Archives. #26066
  20. US Census - Digital Images Online by Subscription (Ancestry.com); 1790-1930, 1900 AR, Polk Co, White Twp, ED 105b
  21. US Census 1880 - FamilySearch CD-ROM Transcription of entire 1880 Census by the LDS; 2000., AR, Polk Co, White Twp, p.527C
  22. US Census - Digital Images Online by Subscription 1790-1930
  23. Will of Peter B. Allen reprinted in the Polk County Genealogy Society Newletter (1986-1992) . Copy sent by Jane Hays Lumsden. Dated 9 Apr 1901. Probate 14 Oct 1901.
  24. Grace Graham Hays, papers on family of Moses Allen - prepared for DAR Lineage for her daughter and granddaughter. Never submitted.
  25. U.S. Population Census 1850. Polk County, Arkansas NARA 432, Roll 29., p.477, Line 190 Peter B. Allen was enumerator.
  26. Transcribed by Jeania Moore Burns, US Census. 1870. Arkansas, Crawford County., Cedar Creek Twp; p.185; Dwelling 172.
  27. Compiled by Doris Stevenson West & Susan Stevenson Sevenburn, History in Headstones; A Complete Listing of all Marked Graves In Known Cemeteries of Crawford County, Arkansas. August 1970. No index. Arranged by cemetery., p.370 "Pevehouse Cemetery" (no marker)
  28. Freda Hays Barnett, "Roots, Leaves, Twigs, and Bark" A Genealogy, Contemporary Accounts, and Pictures of George Fredrick Hays, Louis William Hays, Freda Laura Hays Barnett, Emmett LeRoy Hays, p.7; Hays Genealogy
  29. Grave Marker, Sarah's Grove Cemetery Visited June 1998
  30. Lucy Jane (Hays) Lumsden, Research Papers from Lucy Jane (Hays) Lumsden. Email Correspondence. Personal knowledge. <lumsden@ebicom.net>, Family Report: Descendants of Elias Hays
  31. Transcribed by Jeania Moore Burns, US Census. 1870. Arkansas, Crawford County., Cedar Creek Twp; p.182b; Household 128
  32. LDS Microfilm #1254041 & #1254042, US Census 1880 AR, Crawford Co, Jasper Twp; p.510b, Household 4.
  33. Email, Delores Gulley, descendant of Lillie Mae Winford; March 2007
  34. Louise A. Scroggins, A true and correct list in alphabetical order, names of all electors of Crafword [i.e. Crawford] County, Arkansas, who have paid their poll tax for the year l892. (Van Buren, Ark.: Self-publishe, 198?)

  35. Kay M. Haden. Direct evidence witnessed or known by this compiler.
  36. US Census 1920 AR, Crawford County (LDS Microfilm #1820059), Household #291; Dist 16 Van Buren Township
  37. US Census 1910 AR, Crawford County (LDS Microfilm #1374061), Union Township; Household 65
  38. Grave Marker, Fairview Cemetery visited 25 Jun 1998
  39. Nora Lee Hays Comstock; handwritten notes and family records [given to me by Jay Comstock)
  40. Interviews with Jo Ellen Comstock McKim; her personal knowledge and recollections.
  41. Freda Hays Barnett, "Roots, Leaves, Twigs, and Bark" A Genealogy, Contemporary Accounts, and Pictures of George Fredrick Hays, Louis William Hays, Freda Laura Hays Barnett, Emmett LeRoy Hays, p.2; Hays Genealogy
  42. US Census 1910 AR, Crawford County, Dora Twp; Household 82
  43. US Census - Digital Images Online by Subscription 1790-1930, 1930, OK, Pottawatomie Co, Burnett, Hh 146
  44. Compiled by Doris Stevenson West & Susan Stevenson Sevenburn, History in Headstones; A Complete Listing of all Marked Graves In Known Cemeteries of Crawford County, Arkansas. August 1970. No index. Arranged by cemetery., Date from book. Buried in Fairview Cemetery
  45. Family Bible of Will & Ollie Hays. Now in the possession of Carolyn Shores, daughter of Pauline Taber Shores who kept up the Bible after the death of her grandparents. Transcribed in email 30 Oct 2002
  46. "Crawford County Arkansas Marriages 1878-1887"; online at Arkansas USGenWeb, http://www.rootsweb.com/~arcrawfo/marriage.htm, Wm. R. Hays m. Ollie Wheeler 28 Jun 1883
  47. Oma Cole & Hazel Brown, Crawford County Arkansas Marriages (Alma, Arkansas, Self-published, 1977), Book B, 1880-1884; p.41
  48. "Crawford County Arkansas Marriages 1878-1887"
  49. Compiled by Doris Stevenson West & Susan Stevenson Sevenburn, History in Headstones; A Complete Listing of all Marked Graves In Known Cemeteries of Crawford County, Arkansas. August 1970. No index. Arranged by cemetery., Buried in Fairview Cemetery
  50. Freda Hays Barnett, "Roots, Leaves, Twigs, and Bark" A Genealogy, Contemporary Accounts, and Pictures of George Fredrick Hays, Louis William Hays, Freda Laura Hays Barnett, Emmett LeRoy Hays, p.4; Hays Genealogy
  51. Ibid.
  52. Email, Willa Workman <EnWWORKMAN@aol.com> Jan 2003.
  53. US Census 1900 AR, Crawford Co., Jasper Twp; p.195a; Household 133.
  54. Lucy Jane (Hays) Lumsden, Research Papers from Lucy Jane (Hays) Lumsden. Email Correspondence. Personal knowledge. <lumsden@ebicom.net>, Email of 6 Jan 1999. <lumsden@ebicom.net>
  55. Cole & Brown, Crawford County Arkansas Marriages, Book A; 1877-1880; p.37
  56. Compiled by Doris Stevenson West & Susan Stevenson Sevenburn, History in Headstones; A Complete Listing of all Marked Graves In Known Cemeteries of Crawford County, Arkansas. August 1970. No index. Arranged by cemetery., p.217 Gracelawn Cemetery, Van Buren
  57. Cole & Brown, Crawford County Arkansas Marriages, Book C 1884-1887; p.6
  58. US Census 1910 AR, Crawford County, Jasper Twp; Household 170
  59. US Census 1900 AR, Crawford Co., Jasper Twp; p.194b; Household 128.
  60. Cole & Brown, Crawford County Arkansas Marriages, Book C 1884-1887; p.44
  61. Compiled by Doris Stevenson West & Susan Stevenson Sevenburn, History in Headstones; A Complete Listing of all Marked Graves In Known Cemeteries of Crawford County, Arkansas. August 1970. No index. Arranged by cemetery., Sarah's Grove Cemetery, p.401
  62. US Census 1920 AR, Crawford County, Household #288, District 16, Van Buren.
  63. US Census 1910 AR, Crawford County, Van Buren Township; Household #271
  64. Marriage Index: Arkansas, 1850-1900. CD #244 Family Tree Maker
  65. Cole & Brown, Crawford County Arkansas Marriages, Book F 1896-1900; p.24
  66. US Census - Digital Images Online by Subscription 1790-1930, 1930, AR, Crawford Co, Van Buren, Hh 325
  67. Compiled by Doris Stevenson West & Susan Stevenson Sevenburn, History in Headstones; A Complete Listing of all Marked Graves In Known Cemeteries of Crawford County, Arkansas. August 1970. No index. Arranged by cemetery., Says born 1871.
  68. US Census - Digital Images Online by Subscription 1790-1930, 1900, AR, Polk Co, White Twp, page 363, ED 105, Household 199
  69. Ibid.
  70. Ibid.
  71. Shirley "Gypsie" Cannon, Polk County Arkansas Marriages 1872-1900 (Self-published. 609 Hickory, Mena, AR 71953 c1986 LDS Microfiche #6088503), from Book C, p147
  72. US Census - Digital Images Online by Subscription 1790-1930, 1900, AR, Polk Co, White Twp, page 363B, ED 105, Household 200
  73. Ibid.
  74. Ibid.
  75. Ibid.
  76. Personal Family Trees; Ancestry.com, Hunter Family Tree
  77. US Census - Digital Images Online by Subscription 1790-1930, 1930, AR, Crawford Co, Van Buren, Hh 334
  78. Compiled by Doris Stevenson West & Susan Stevenson Sevenburn, History in Headstones; A Complete Listing of all Marked Graves In Known Cemeteries of Crawford County, Arkansas. August 1970. No index. Arranged by cemetery., p.96; Dripping Spring Cemetery
  79. US Census 1920 AR, Crawford County, Van Buren Township; Dwelling #354
  80. Email
  81. Cole & Brown, Crawford County Arkansas Marriages, Book F 1896-1900; p.16
  82. Lucy Jane (Hays) Lumsden, Research Papers from Lucy Jane (Hays) Lumsden. Email Correspondence. Personal knowledge. <lumsden@ebicom.net>, "Descendants of Elias Hays"
  83. Compiled by Doris Stevenson West & Susan Stevenson Sevenburn, History in Headstones; A Complete Listing of all Marked Graves In Known Cemeteries of Crawford County, Arkansas. August 1970. No index. Arranged by cemetery., p.401 "Sarah's Grove Cemetery"
  84. Lucy Jane (Hays) Lumsden, Research Papers from Lucy Jane (Hays) Lumsden. Email Correspondence. Personal knowledge. <lumsden@ebicom.net>, "Descendants of Elias Hays" Update 2/27/99
  85. Obituary
  86. LDS Microfilm #1254041 & #1254042, US Census 1880 AR, Crawford Co, Lees Creek Twp; p.469; Dwelling 73
  87. Mary Jane Comstock, Compiler; Comstock-Haggard and Allied Families; (Chicago: Adams Press, 1973)
  88. Clara B. Eno, History of Crawford County, Arkansas. Note states that author was 95 when the book was published. She was born 14 Feb 1854. (The Press-Argus, Van Buren, AR [No date given; circa 1950]), p.364 Cove City
  89. US Census 1910 AR, Crawford County, Union Township; Household 6
  90. US Census 1900 AR, Crawford Co., Union Twp. p.225b; Household 86
  91. Ancestry.com. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database online]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2005. Original data: National Archives and Records Administration. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. M1509, 4,582 rolls. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.

  92. Interviews with Jo Ellen Comstock McKim; her personal knowledge and recollections., First hand knowledge
  93. Social Security Death Index. Search available on <http://www.ancestry.com> and on <RootsWeb.com>, A through L Import: 23 Jan 1997
  94. US Census 1920 AR, Crawford County, Household #418; Dist 16 Van Buren Township
  95. Ibid.
  96. US Census - Digital Images Online by Subscription 1790-1930, 1930, OK, Sequoyah Co, Gore, Sheet 1b, Hh 20
  97. Social Security Death Index. Search available on <http://www.ancestry.com> and on <RootsWeb.com>

  98. Freda Hays Barnett, "Roots, Leaves, Twigs, and Bark" A Genealogy, Contemporary Accounts, and Pictures of George Fredrick Hays, Louis William Hays, Freda Laura Hays Barnett, Emmett LeRoy Hays, Copy of Obituary.
  99. Ibid.
  100. US Census 1910 AR, Crawford County, Van Buren Township; Household #342
  101. Compiled by Doris Stevenson West & Susan Stevenson Sevenburn, History in Headstones; A Complete Listing of all Marked Graves In Known Cemeteries of Crawford County, Arkansas. August 1970. No index. Arranged by cemetery., p.367 Pevehouse Cemetery.
  102. US Census 1920 AR, Crawford County, Household #252, District 16, Van Buren.
  103. Ibid.
  104. US Census - Digital Images Online by Subscription 1790-1930, 1930, OK, Pottawatomie Co, Burnett, Hh 157
  105. Freda Hays Barnett, "Roots, Leaves, Twigs, and Bark" A Genealogy, Contemporary Accounts, and Pictures of George Fredrick Hays, Louis William Hays, Freda Laura Hays Barnett, Emmett LeRoy Hays
  106. US Census 1920 AR, Crawford County
  107. Freda Hays Barnett, "Roots, Leaves, Twigs, and Bark" A Genealogy, Contemporary Accounts, and Pictures of George Fredrick Hays, Louis William Hays, Freda Laura Hays Barnett, Emmett LeRoy Hays, p.5; Hays Genealogy
  108. US Census - Digital Images Online by Subscription 1790-1930, 1930, OK, Pottawatomie Co, Burnett, Hh 145
  109. US Census 1920 AR, Crawford County, Jasper Township. Dwelling 84.
  110. Compiled by George Julian Hawkins, Compiler, Funeral Records of Crawford County Arkansas: Book of Burials. (Cane Hill, Arkansas, ARC Press, 1995), Volume I, p.83
  111. Lucy Jane (Hays) Lumsden, Research Papers from Lucy Jane (Hays) Lumsden. Email Correspondence. Personal knowledge. <lumsden@ebicom.net>, "Descendants of Elias Hays" Update 2/27/99
  112. US Census 1910 AR, Crawford County, Van Buren Township; Household #223
  113. Compiled by Doris Stevenson West & Susan Stevenson Sevenburn, History in Headstones; A Complete Listing of all Marked Graves In Known Cemeteries of Crawford County, Arkansas. August 1970. No index. Arranged by cemetery., p.227 "Gracelawn Cemetery"
  114. Lucy Jane (Hays) Lumsden, Research Papers from Lucy Jane (Hays) Lumsden. Email Correspondence. Personal knowledge. <lumsden@ebicom.net>, Family Webpage. 24 Jan 2001
  115. Ibid.
  116. Ibid.
  117. Personal Family Trees; Ancestry.com, Hanson Family Tree Update Dec 2008
  118. Interviews with Jo Ellen Comstock McKim; her personal knowledge and recollections., Old photos
  119. Obituary, NW Arkansas newspaper. 21 Dec 1999.
  120. Kay M. Haden, I was by her side.
  121. Circuit Court, Copy of Divorce Decree, Divorce granted 8 June 1944, Washington County AR
  122. Marriage Certificate or Copy of Record from County., Book 19, p.384, Simpson County, KY
  123. Birth Certificate, Weymouth Donald Adamson
  124. Death Certificate, Weymouth Donald Adamson
  125. Notice of Separation from US Naval Service 15 Mar 1946.
  126. Freda Hays Barnett, "Roots, Leaves, Twigs, and Bark" A Genealogy, Contemporary Accounts, and Pictures of George Fredrick Hays, Louis William Hays, Freda Laura Hays Barnett, Emmett LeRoy Hays, p.9; Hays Genealogy
  127. Family birthdays and anniversaries; from personal knowledge of David Comstock; provided August 2006
  128. Interview with Allen Carney Dec 1999