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From: " Frederick Powell Sr" <>
Subject: Re: [ARKANSAS] Wappapello
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 22:12:58 -0400
References: <20030807002303.39271.qmail@web41711.mail.yahoo.com>


Hi again BJ:

Google searches produce a great deal of information on Lake Wappapello, but
so far I have found nothing on the folks who lived there. Perhaps I will
read some of the far-down-the-hits-information and see if I find anything.

Thanks so much for all the help you have been. I will view each of the sites
for which you have sent urls.

Thomas A. PAXTON had a daughter, Ida May, who married, first, Edward
BARRETT. This occurred in New Madrid Co., MO. We have been unable to
discover whether Ida May and Edward divorced or whether Edward died or
whether he abandoned her and their two children. At any rate in the
Crittenden Co., AR census of 1900, Ida May Paxton Barrett is now married to
John W. POWELL and their race is Black, per the census taker. The couple
were in Poinsett Co., AR census of 1910 and again they are listed racially
as Black.

Family legend tells that the folks were Wappapello. Believe me, I don't
think someone dreamed up such a name, but so far two years of research have
produced nothing on either Native or Black ancestry. Ida May's mother was
Elizabeth COFLAN. She claimed AL as her home state so for one year I have
been reviewing some AL Native records and, again, have found nothing on the
Wappapello.

Nor have I found anything on any of the Native rolls found at NARA.

A family history of the PAXTON lineage has been done taking us back to KY
about the late 1700's. So far, not even a hint of Native ancestry.

I have written to Osage, Shawnee, and some Cherokee folks seeking
information, not on the family, but on the Wappapello People, and again have
found nothing until I posed the question to this and the MO lists. One kind
researcher told me to search out the Pamunkey People of VA as the Wappapello
were associated with them. So, with that, and all you have provided, maybe
something will turn up, enabling me to further check the folks' ancestry.

I so appreciate your time and help.

We are descended from Hilibi Creek. As far as I know our People were not
known as anything except rogue warriors in ancient days.

Walk in peace.

Fran
----- Original Message -----
From: bj berrykeeper <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 8:23 PM
Subject: Re: [ARKANSAS] Wappapello


> Hi Fran, The source is me. I taught Native American Indian Education for
five years, and I'm Cherokee.


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