JAMES F.6
FANCHER
JAMES
F.6 FANCHER (Richard5, David4, Richard3,
William2, William1) was born in Stokes County, North Carolina on 26
January 1790. He was the son of Sarah Jarnegan and Richard5 Fancher. He died in
Osage, Carroll County, Arkansas 8 June 1866, and was buried on his homestead, in the
"Old Cemetery" or what is now called the
Fancher-Seitz
Cemetery. He married Elizabeth Carlock
(daughter of Isaac Carlock and Sarah Ruckman) on 8 January 1816 in Rock Springs,
Overton Co., Tennessee. (Elizabeth Carlock was born 18 March 1800 in Stokes County, North Carolina,
Died 8 June 1891 in Lead Hill, Arkansas, and is buried in the
Fancher-Seitz Cemetery in Osage, Carroll County,
Arkansas.)
In 1806 James F. Fancher moved
with his parents from North Carolina to Overton County, Tennessee. James F. Fancher was a
Private in Captain Miller's Company of Tennessee Militia in the War of 1812, listed with
the Spies of 1812, and discharged at Fort Williams because of disability. He served a tour
against the Creek Indians in 1814 and was in the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. His rank or
designation as Colonel probably came from being a part of the Carroll County or Arkansas
militia.
Later, sometime around 1837/8, he moved to Arkansas. "James Fancher, Thomas
Sisco, and James M. Kenner were the earliest settlers upon the headwaters of Osage."
In an 1845 deposition regarding a land dispute between Britain Smyth and George Sugg in
Carroll County, Arkansas, James Fancher testified that "he was at Britain Smyth's
house in 1837. He went to Tennessee and again was at the house of Mr. Smyth in the Fall of
1838". In the 1840 Census, James Fancher is enumerated in
Upper Osage Township, in Carroll County. In 1841, he appears in the Upper Osage Township
Tax List.
Except for two years he spent
in Texas during the end of his life, he remained in Carroll County, Arkansas until his
death in 1866. James F. Fancher was a Carroll County representative in the Arkansas State
Legislature in 1842.
James Fancher was a large land
owner and prosperous farmer. He and his family, are enumerated in the Osage Township,
Carroll County, Arkansas 1850 Census. The value of his real
estate is shown as $6600.00. The 1860 Slave Schedule indicates that James Fancher owned 6
slaves: two females ages 40 and 10, and 4 males ages 25, 19, 18 and 15. In the 1860
Census, at age 70, the value of James Fancher's real estate is $6100.00 and his personal
estate is valued at $14,735.00.
During the Civil War he lost
most of his property and had to flee to Texas. By his own account, on 11 January 1863 the
Jarnell Herns Brigade camped on James F. Fancher's homestead farm, burned about 6000
rails, took "a good many horses and foraged on my grain-killed hogs, cattle and
sheep", causing damages of $2500. At the end of March the James Blount Command came
to his home. "They went into every room and went upstairs in the garet loft and broke
open every trunk and took my money and they made their headquarters at Carrollton, 8 miles
from my house and they staid there 8 days and they were at my house every day foraging.
They took my horses and cattle and hogs sheep geese poultry and everything that
came in their way and when they were going to leave they burned all of my dwelling houses
and all goods in and burned my barns and wheat fan and some grain and farming utencils and
blacksmith shop and all it contained. The damage they did, that is both brigades, at the
very least figers 22,500 dollars and I had to fly and leave to save my life and go to
Texas."
James F. Fancher returned to Carroll County, Arkansas in 1866, and died there on 8
June of that same year.
11 Children:
1. Asenath7, born 5 December 1818 in Overton County,
Tennessee; died 1849 in
Carroll County, Arkansas, buried
Fancher-Seitz Cemetery, Osage, Carroll
County, Arkansas. Married William Crittenten Morris.
(Son of John and Rachel Morris. Born
1810 Overton County,
Tennessee: Died 6 August 1871 in Johnston County, Arkansas. His first wife was Eliza Maxwell, who died en route to
Arkansas in the early 1840's.) 4 Children.
2. Claborn7, born 4 February 1821 in Overton
County, Tennessee; died 1822 in Overton County, Tennessee.
3. Arminta7,
born 14 February 1823 in Overton County, Tennessee; died 16 March
1848 in Carroll County, Arkansas, buried in the
Fancher-Seitz Cemetery, Osage,
Carroll County, Arkansas. Married William T. Coker
(Born 1810 Sugar Loaf, Boone County, Arkansas) 3 Children.
4. Martha Jane7, born 10 August 1825 in Overton
County, Tennessee; died 25
October 1900 in Carroll County, Arkansas. Married William
Boatright, Jr. in 1845, Carroll County, Arkansas. (William Boatright, Jr. was born 1 March 1814, Grainger County, Tennessee; died 4 September 1884 in Carroll
County, Arkansas) 7 Children.
5. Hampton Bynum7,
born 9 January, 1828 in Overton County,
Tennessee; died June 1909 in Berryville, Arkansas. He married Eliza O.
McKennon on 26 July 1858 in Carroll County, Arkansas. (Eliza O. McKennon was born 1838 in
Lincoln County, Tennessee; Died 1892 in Boone County, Arkansas) 8 Children.
Hampton Bynum Fancher was a Captain in Company
C, 4th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry, Confederate States of America, during the Civil War. He was a farmer
and a member of the Osage Masonic Lodge and a Chartering member of the Yell Lodge in
Carrollton.
Christopher ("Kit")
Carson8 Fancher and
Triphenia8 Fancher,
the only children of Captain Alexander7
Fancher to survive the
Mountain Meadows Massacre in 1857,
were raised by Hampton and Eliza Fancher. On 12 September, one day
after the
third anniversary of the Mountain Meadows Massacre, the
1860 Census for
Osage Township shows Kit Carson, age 7, and Triphenia
Fancher, age 3, living in Hampton Bynum Fancher's household. The children are
recorded as orphans and as "Survivors of M. Meadow Massacre UT" on this
record.
6. Sarah Amanda7, born 26
August, 1830 in Overton County, Tennessee; died 1899 in Carroll County, Arkansas. Married (1) Matthew Owens (Born ca. 1830; Died 7
February 1857, Buried in the
Fancher-Seitz
Cemetery, Osage, Carroll County,
Arkansas.)
(2) Amos
Gray Kendall 1862 in Alabam, Madison
County, Arkansas.
(Amos Gray Kendall was born 22 April
1842 in Tennessee: Died 9 March 1924 Berryville, Carroll County, Arkansas.) 4 Children from first marriage, 6 Children from second marriage.
7. Thomas
Washington7, born 24 January 1855 in Overton County, Tennessee; Died Osage, Carroll County, Arkansas 31 August 1892.
Married Elizabeth Sneed, daughter of Charles Sneed and Jane Coker, on 9 June 1857
in Carroll County, Arkansas.(Elizabeth Sneed was born 123 November 1839,
Osage, Carroll County, Arkansas; Died 20 December 1916.) 10 Children. Thomas
Washington Fancher was a Lieutenant in Howells Battery, Confederate States of
America, in the Civil War. He was a farmer and Mason in Osage.
8. Margaret Catherine7,
Born 6 August 1835, Overton County, Tennessee; Died 1909 Carroll County, Arkansas. Married James Wick
Kenner. 8 Children.
9. Henrietta7, Born
23 January 1838, Overton County, Tennessee. Married Dr.
Robert Temple Dickson, 23 January
1857 in Osage, Carroll County, Arkansas.
(He was born 18 July 1831, Bedford County, Tennessee; Died
7 November 1867
Thorps Spring, Texas.) 5 Children.
10. James Polk7, Born 13
October 1842 in Carroll County, Arkansas; Died 16
October 1924 in Berryville, Arkansas, buried in the
Fancher-Seitz Cemetery,
Osage, Carroll County, Arkansas. He married
Susan E. Crump
2 July 1869
in Boone County, Arkansas. (Susan E. Crump was the daughter of John G.
and
Eliza Crump, born 22 February 1845 in Mt. Pleasant, Kentucky; Died 11
April 1884, Buried in the
Fancher-Seitz
Cemetery.) 7 Children. James Polk Fancher was a Sergeant, Company E, First Arkansas Battalion,
Cavalry and Infantry in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. He was known
as "Polk" or "Black Polk" because of his black hair. He was elected Circuit
Clerk 1872-1876,
Representative in the State Legislature in 1885, Special Indian
Deportation
and Disbursing Agent in 1888 and 1889, County Clerk 1892-1898, amd
County
Judge in 1920. He was an attorney and active in the Masons, and
community
affairs.
11. George M.
Dallas7, Born 9 November 1846 in Carroll County, Arkansas, Died
9 September 1847, Buried in the
Fancher-Seitz Cemetery in Carroll
County,
Arkansas.
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