'Patsy' Martha Harpole Props

"Arkansas Territory / Hempstead county ss - I certify that I did on the 22nd day of September 1825 Join together in a holy State of matrimony according to law, Meriditth W Edwards and Patsy H Props. - John Henry, An ordained minister of the gospel. - Recorded 23rd November 1825. A. M. Oakley Clk" (read on the page image by Owen Temple, 6 Aug 2026; image saved at sources/hempstead-1825-edwards-props-marriage/hempstead-AR-marriage-book-p142-143-EDWARDS-PROPS-22SEP1825-2026-08-06.jpg). ★ SETTLES A DISPUTED DATE. Two published abstracts disagreed: the 1961 Feild compilation of Texarkana pioneer family histories gave 22 September 1825, and the USGenWeb Hempstead County courthouse abstract gave 22 MAY 1825. The original register reads SEPTEMBER, so Feild is correct here and the USGenWeb abstract is a transcription error. ⛔ This vindicates Feild on THIS point only - Feild errs three times in one paragraph against the Rondo gravestones on the Culley parentage, and that remains rejected. ★ The register also corroborates both middle names independently: "Patsy H Props" supports HARPOLE, and "Meriditth W Edwards" supports WALTON. ⛔ CITATION DISCREPANCY, recorded and NOT reconciled: clerk Ray E. McDowell's certificate of 24 Nov 1937 cites this record as "Deeds and Marriage Book 'A' at Page 150." The entry was READ at BOOK PAGE 142. Cause unverified - possibly this volume's second pagination, possibly a slip in the 1937 certificate. Cite page 142, which is what was read.

[Read 10 Oct 2026 (register K971): p. 165 top paragraph on the image; the heirs clause at the foot of p. 164 from FamilySearch's full-text transcript only; the rest of the deed not read.] (p. 164, full text) I Lewis C Props of the County of Sevier in the State of Arkansas, and as administrator of the Estate of Daniel Props late of said County deceased ... John H Props, Lewis C Props, James M Coulter and Brunette Coulter his wife, Meredith W Edward and Martha Edwards his wife, Warren McElroy and Mary E McElroy his wife, Martha E Kinsworthy, Isadore Kinsworthy, James F Coulter, John R Coulter, and Brunetta Coulter the only heirs of said deceased ... (p. 165, image) That said deceased departed this life in said County of Sevier on or about the 1st day of April AD 1858 intestate, leaving no widow him surviving and seized and possessed of a considerable personal Estate in said County of Sevier and the following described tracts of land lying and being in said County of Hempstead [Sections 32 and 33, Township 10 South, Range 26 West].

[Read on the images 10 Oct 2026 (register K970): the whole entry on image 38 (p. 53) and the share table and order on image 39; the left margin of the share table was not captured, and its names are matched to the caption. The year of filing is faint; its last digit reads 1, and entries on the neighbouring images are dated February 1862.] Ezekiel Kinsworthy as administrator de bonis non of the Estate of Daniel Props deceased vs John H. Props, Lewis C. Props, James M Coulter & Brunetta Coulter his wife, Meredith W Edwards and Martha Edwards his wife, Warren P. McElroy & Mary E. McElroy his wife, Martha E. Kinsworthy and Isadore Kinsworthy, James T. Coulter and John R. Coulter & Brunetta R. Coulter, Defendants. On confirmation of settlement of said administrator filed 9th May 186[1]. ... the Court doth find that the said administrator will have in his hands the sum of four thousand and Eighty three Dollars and sixty six cents, after paying all the debts due by said Estate and the Expense of administering thereon; And it further appearing to the Court, that the said Daniel Props in his life time, advanced to the said Meredith W Edwards, who was at that time the husband of the said Martha, daughter of said deceased the sum of five hundred and fifty five ($555) Dollars as an advance to his said daughter, which sum is included in the above sum of four thousand and eighty three Dollars and Sixty six cents ... be distributed amongst and between the heirs of said deceased according to their respective rights, which the Court finds to be as follows: John H. Props $816.73; Lewis C. Props $816.73; Meredith W Edwards & Martha his wife $816.73; James M. Coulter & Brunetta his wife $816.73; John Walker and Martha [E.] $204.18; Warren P. McElroy and Mary E. $204.18; [Isadore] Kinsworthy $204.18; [James T., John R. and Brunetta R. Coulter] $68.06 each. ... in paying the said Meredith [W Edwards and] Martha his wife, he only pay over the sum [of two hundred] and sixty one dollars and seventy three [cents] ... five hundred and fifty five dollars.