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I am also searching... spent hours and hours so far. I am stuck at the same junction. I can not find the parents for Anson or Olivia and I don't know if Hatfield is her maiden name or the name from her marriage since Anson was orphaned at about age 10 and traveled with a half-sibling to Arkansas. Just today I found this and I am wondering if these sets of families traveled together when Arkansas became a state. Maybe Anson who would be about 12 on the 1840 census would be in one of these other family households. 84. Mason Stokes Connally
RESEARCHER: Andrew S. Goodrich, Anaheim, CA, 1993
Mason Stokes Conley was born about 1800. He grew up on Lamars Creek in Georgia with numerous brothers and sisters, and with innumerable cousins. When Alabama was a Territory and beckoning new residents, his parents moved with a number of other Connallys to Jackson County, Alabama. This was in 1817.
Perhaps the Cheatham family had lived in Virginia, North Carolina, and Georgia with the Connallys. in 1821 they were in Jackson County, Alabama. Rhoda Cheatham married Mason Stokes Conley in 1821, Jackson County, Alabama.
Mason Stokes and Rhoda lived in Jackson County, Alabama for about nine years and were on the 1830 Census for that county. Four children had been born by then.
Late in 1830, Rhoda and Mason Stokes left Alabama accompanied by Barnet and Bolin Cheatham and their families. Their first destination was in Izard County in Arkansas Territory where they lived from 1831-1833. They then moved to Crittendon County where they lived from 1834-1835. They next moved to Carroll County, Arkansas, where Barnet Cheatham was one of the first county commissioners. Later, Barnet founded Harrison, the county seat of Madison County. They had the excitement of living in Arkansas when it became a state in 1836. Prior to statehood, two more children had been born.
Mason Stokes was a blacksmith, and he may have also farmed. in 1837 he was defending his two brothers-in-law, Barnet and Bolin, from two men. He was killed in their defense. Rhoda was left a widow with six small children at the age of thirty-two.
Rhoda paid taxes in Carroll County in 1837-1838. By 1850, she moved to Marion County, Arkansas. By the time the census was taken, her three oldest children were married. Rhoda must have moved her family to Crawford County soon after 1850. Crawford County remained her home until her death.
Rhoda Cheatham was living with James "Cub" and Sarah in 1860. Their post office was Narrows, Crawford County, Arkansas. Also living in this home were Kisiah Shepherd and three of her children and two of Nancy Emalane Conley Burton's children.
Rhoda died in 1869 in Crawford County, Arkansas. She was buried in Vaught Cemetery, located just off Highway 71 north of Mountainburg. In 1955 the city of Ft. Smith wished to build Lake Shepherd Springs at the location of the cemetery; the graves were then moved to another cemetery.
Rhoda was a pioneer woman, and her brothers were staunch Republicans and Presbyterians.
The name CONLEY became the spelling in Arkansas. In Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama, it had been CONNELLY or CONNALLY.
(from Conley Family History, by Rex Arnold)

Mason’s daughter Keziah later marries Andrew Jackson Parker.

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Terry Rascon September 7, 2014 at 2:28am

I am also searching... spent hours and hours so far. I am stuck at the same junction. I can not find the parents for Anson or Olivia and I don't know if Hatfield is her maiden name or the name from her marriage since Anson was orphaned at about age 10 and traveled with a half-sibling to Arkansas. Just today I found this and I am wondering if these sets of families traveled together when Arkansas became a state. Maybe Anson who would be about 12 on the 1840 census would be in one of these other family households. 84. Mason Stokes Connally
RESEARCHER: Andrew S. Goodrich, Anaheim, CA, 1993
Mason Stokes Conley was born about 1800. He grew up on Lamars Creek in Georgia with numerous brothers and sisters, and with innumerable cousins. When Alabama was a Territory and beckoning new residents, his parents moved with a number of other Connallys to Jackson County, Alabama. This was in 1817.
Perhaps the Cheatham family had lived in Virginia, North Carolina, and Georgia with the Connallys. in 1821 they were in Jackson County, Alabama. Rhoda Cheatham married Mason Stokes Conley in 1821, Jackson County, Alabama.
Mason Stokes and Rhoda lived in Jackson County, Alabama for about nine years and were on the 1830 Census for that county. Four children had been born by then.
Late in 1830, Rhoda and Mason Stokes left Alabama accompanied by Barnet and Bolin Cheatham and their families. Their first destination was in Izard County in Arkansas Territory where they lived from 1831-1833. They then moved to Crittendon County where they lived from 1834-1835. They next moved to Carroll County, Arkansas, where Barnet Cheatham was one of the first county commissioners. Later, Barnet founded Harrison, the county seat of Madison County. They had the excitement of living in Arkansas when it became a state in 1836. Prior to statehood, two more children had been born.
Mason Stokes was a blacksmith, and he may have also farmed. in 1837 he was defending his two brothers-in-law, Barnet and Bolin, from two men. He was killed in their defense. Rhoda was left a widow with six small children at the age of thirty-two.
Rhoda paid taxes in Carroll County in 1837-1838. By 1850, she moved to Marion County, Arkansas. By the time the census was taken, her three oldest children were married. Rhoda must have moved her family to Crawford County soon after 1850. Crawford County remained her home until her death.
Rhoda Cheatham was living with James "Cub" and Sarah in 1860. Their post office was Narrows, Crawford County, Arkansas. Also living in this home were Kisiah Shepherd and three of her children and two of Nancy Emalane Conley Burton's children.
Rhoda died in 1869 in Crawford County, Arkansas. She was buried in Vaught Cemetery, located just off Highway 71 north of Mountainburg. In 1955 the city of Ft. Smith wished to build Lake Shepherd Springs at the location of the cemetery; the graves were then moved to another cemetery.
Rhoda was a pioneer woman, and her brothers were staunch Republicans and Presbyterians.
The name CONLEY became the spelling in Arkansas. In Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama, it had been CONNELLY or CONNALLY.
(from Conley Family History, by Rex Arnold)

Mason’s daughter Keziah later marries Andrew Jackson Parker.

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