Franklin Fowler "Frank" Sloan

Other Events:

• 1880 Census: 1 Jun 1880, Powhatan, Lawrence Co., AR

Notes:

1880 Census:
Town of Powhatan, Black River Township, ED 159, pp. 1-2 [464A-464B]
Baber, Milton D  W M 42  Head Md  Lawyer           KY KY KY
---, Margaret      W F 37                                          AR AR AR
---, Jennie          W F 14  Dau   S    At School         AR KY AR
---, Lucy            W F   2  Dau    S                            AR KY AR
Sloan, Clay        W M 18           S    At School         AR AR AR
---, Franklin        W M 16           S    At School         AR AR AR
---, Dolph           W M 10           S    At School         AR AR AR
----- p. 2 -----
Johnson, John J  W M 28         Wd  Minister            GA GA GA

Stuart, Champ T  W M 70  Head Md  Farmer            KY NC TN
---, Harriet           W F  60  Wife  Md                         MO OH KY

Franklin married Virginia "Jennie" Baber 12 May 1887, ____, Lawrence Co., AR. Virginia (daughter of Col. Milton D. Baber and Victoria Watkins) was born 1866, ____, ____, AR; died Unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Married:
Arkansas Marriages, 1851-1900
Name: F. F. SLOAN
Spouse: JENNIE BABER
Marriage Date: 12 May 1887
County: Lawrence 
State: AR

1. Horace Sloan died Unknown.

Other Events:

• 1860 Census: 2 Oct 1860, Strawberry, Lawrence Co., AR
• 1870 Census: 13 Jun 1870, Powhatan, Lawrence Co., AR

Notes:

1860 Census:
Smithville PO, Strawberry Twp., p. 215
James R Burns       42 M  Merchant --- $23,500  MO
Emma       "              32 F                                       "
John H      "             11 M                                      Arks  school
James L. Steadman  6 M                                         "         "
James S? Oldham   20 M                                     Tenn
David Stack             28 M  Printer                            "       md in year
Lizzie   "                   16 F                                        "            "
James F Sloan         32 M  Merchant  $2700 $7300  Arks

1870 Census:
Powhattan PO, Black River Twp., pp. 243a-244
Fortenberry, Absalom    58 M W  Minister C. Pres.  ---- $200   Missouri     citizen
---, Mary E.                     43 F W  Keeping House                     Tennessee
---, Ida M.                         8 F W                                                Arkansas
...
Smith, Andrew W           39 M W  Dry Good Merchant  $4000 $3000   Indiana Father foreign born  citizen
---, Julia F.                      41 F  W   Keeping House                                Illinois
---, Emma H.                    16 F W                                                            Kentucky
----- p. 244 ----
Smith, Anna A.                14 F W                                                           Kentucky
Raney, Lizzie F                14 F W                                                          Arkansas    school
---, Belle E.                       10 F W                                                                "               "
...
Sloan, James F.               43 M W   Dry Goods Merchant $4200 $14,600   Arkansas          citizen
---, Margaret                    24 F W   Keening House                                          "
---, Clay                             7 M W                                                                     "
---, Frank F.                       6 M W                                                                     "
---, Dolph                      6/12 M W                                                                     "       Dec
Raney, Andrew J.          21 M W   Dry Goods Clerk                                        "                    citizen
Sloan, William                  17 M W   Dry Goods Clerk                                        "
Baird, Martha                  19 F  W   Domestic Servant                                      "

James married Margaret Jane Raney 28 Oct 1860, ____, Lawrence Co., AR. Margaret (daughter of Andrew Jackson Raney and Mary Steadman) was born 16 Oct 1842, Smithville, Lawrence Co., AR; died 21 Oct 1933, Walnut Ridge, Lawrence Co., AR. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Margaret June Raney
• 1900 Census: 4 Jun 1900, Walnut Ridge, Lawrence Co., AR

Notes:

1900 Census:
Walnut Ridge, Campbell Twp., ED 67, sheet 3B
Baber, Margaret   Head W F Oct 1842 57 Wd   9 3 AR AR AR
Sloan, Dolph         Son   W M Nov 1869 30 S           AR AR AR

Notes:

Married:
Arkansas Marriages, 1851-1900
Name: JAMES F. SLOAN
Spouse: MARGARET JANE RANEY
Marriage Date: 28 Oct 1860
County: Lawrence 
State: AR

Fergus married Rose Anna "Rozanah" Ruggles Bef 1821. Rose was born 22 Oct 1798, ____, Otsego Co., NY; died 9 Aug 1860; was buried Aft 9 Aug 1860, Smithville Cemetery - Smithville, Lawrence Co., AR. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Alt. Birth: 11 Jan 1815
• 1850 Census: 5 Nov 1850, Strawberry, Lawrence Co., AR
• 1860 Census: 24 Sep 1860, Strawberry, Lawrence Co., AR

Notes:

1850 Census:
Strawberry Twp., p. 221
Elizabeth Stedman       45 F                $1440     KY     Can't Read/Write
Nathaniel C    "             28 M   Clerk                    Ark
John K Stedman           32 M   Farmer                  "
Thomas    "                  21 M       "                         "
Henry       "                  17 M       "                         "      school
John McCaroll              24 M       "                         "
Margaret Raney           10 F                                  "          "
James H Stedman          7 M                                 "          "
Andrew Raney              7 M                                 "
Jackson   "                     1 M                                  "
...
Andrew J Raney           36 M  Farmer      $1200   MO
William F     "                  10 M                                Ark   school
James M     "                   6 M                                  "

1860 Census:
Smithville PO, Strawberry Twp., p. 207
Andrew J. Raney   45 M  Farmer  $4000 $12615   Missouri
Julia           "            32 F                                          Illinois
William F    "            19 M                                           "
Margaret J.   "         17 F                                       
James M.      "         15 M
Andrew J.    "         10 M
John B         "            8 M
Lizzie F.      "             4 F

Margaret  Raney      79 F   Farmer      ----  $1275     No Ca
Jane Gibson             50 F                   $500 $150      Missouri
Rosa J  "                   22 F                                          Arkansas
Malinda  "                  17 F                                                "
William C.  "               15 M                                               "

Andrew married Mary Steadman 23 Dec 1838, ____, Lawrence Co., AR. Mary (daughter of James A. Steedman and Elizabeth McCarroll) was born 1823, Smithville, Lawrence Co., AR; died 1849, Smithville, Lawrence Co., AR. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Married:
Arkansas Marriages to 1850
Spouse 1: Raney, Andrew J.
Spouse 2: Stedman, Mary
Marriage Date: 23 Dec 1838
Marriage Location: Arkansas, Lawrence County

Notes:

See: http://www.lislefamily.org/davidson/tng/getperson.php?personID=I03320&tree=davidson_main

William married Jane Stevenson 1784. Jane was born 28 Dec 1762, ____, ____, NC; died 25 Jul 1856, Caledonia, Washington Co., MO. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

See: http://www.lislefamily.org/davidson/tng/getperson.php?personID=I03278&tree=davidson_main

Other Events:

• 1840 Census: 1840, Spring River Twp., Lawrence Co., AR

Notes:

1840 Census:
p. 10
Samuel Raney  000 010 001 0000 - 000 100 001 0000

Samuel married Margaret Fortenberry 4 May 1794, ____, ____, VA. Margaret (daughter of James Leath Fortenberry and Margaret "Peggy" Jones) was born 27 Mar 1779, ____, ____, NC; died 1865, Smithville, Lawrence Co., AR. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• 1860 Census: 24 Sep 1860, Strawberry, Lawrence Co., AR

Notes:

1860 Census:
Smithville PO, Strawberry Twp., p. 207
Andrew J. Raney   45 M  Farmer  $4000 $12615   Missouri
Julia           "            32 F                                          Illinois
William F    "            19 M                                           "
Margaret J.   "         17 F                                       
James M.      "         15 M
Andrew J.    "         10 M
John B         "            8 M
Lizzie F.      "             4 F

Margaret  Raney      79 F   Farmer      ----  $1275     No Ca
Jane Gibson             50 F                   $500 $150      Missouri
Rosa J  "                   22 F                                          Arkansas
Malinda  "                  17 F                                                "
William C.  "               15 M                                               "

Other Events:

• Name: James A. Steadman
• Tax List: 1815, ____, Lawrence Co., AR
• 1830 Census: 1830, ____, Lawrence Co., AR

Notes:

His parentage is speculative.
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http://home.earthlink.net/~jerifultz/steadman.html

Lawrence County Historical Society
Spring 1983,  Volume 6    Number 2

The Steadman Family

James Steadman was of English descent and is thought to have come to the Strawberry River Valley from South Carolina in 1815. He is listed on the Territorial Tax List of 1815, thought to be the first year a tax list was compiled in Lawrence County. At that time it was a part of New Madrid County, Missouri. He acquired 280 acres of land one quarter mile south of what was later the town of Smithville, adjoining the Nathaniel McCarroll farm. James was listed in the Territorial Census of 1829 in Strawberry Township (along with the various Raney,  McCarroll,  Fortenberry,  Wayland,  and  other  families).  In  his household of 1829 are listed one male over 21 and two males under 21, one female over 14 and four females under 14; and 4 slaves. The census of 1830 lists James,  but the census of 1840 does not, so he probably died between 1830 and 1840. His wife's name was Elizabeth, born in Kentucky in 1805. There is much evidence but no proof that she  was the daughter of Nathaniel  McCARROLL who  came  to  the Strawberry River Valley in 1808. By 1850 the census listed names of members of the household, not just sex and age as had been done previously. The children of James and Elizabeth were:

1. John, born about 1820, who married Lucy Finley on October 3, 1839. Died on or about March 25, 1853, and Elizabeth was appointed administratrix  of  his  estate.  On  December  8,  1853  Thomas  G. Steadman was appointed guardian of his son, James H. a minor under the age of 14. James served in the Civil War, married Mary Raney, a daughter of  Morgan Raney,  on December 17,  1865. They had 5 children, John, Nancy, Lucy, Maggie and Willie. James died about 1878.

2. Margaret, born about 1821, who married John Williams on June 7,1845.

3. Nathaniel G. born about 1821. Apparently he never married. He was Clerk of Lawrence County from 1850 until his death August 31, 1853.

4. Martha, born about 1824, married Francis Wayland in February, 1846.

5. Mary (I do not have birth date for her) married Andrew Jackson Raney. We also do not have date of marriage or death for her but believe that she died prior to 1850, as the Census of 1850 lists Margaret Raney age 10 (she married James Sloan and later to Colonel Baber and lived until the 1930's). Andrew Raney, age 7 and Jackson Raney, age l, as being part of the household of Elizabeth Steadman.

6. Thomas C. born May 2, 1829, died October 1870. More about him below.

7. William Henry, born 1833. He died before January 22, 1867, as Thomas C. was appointed administrator of Lucilla Steadman, daughter of Wm. H. Steadman deceased. Henry's wife is listed in the Census of 1860 as Sarah C.

Elizabeth Steadman died in 1853, and her son Thomas C. was appointed administrator of her estate. Her mark in lieu of signature was usually included on legal documents, and it is assumed that she could not write. But she left a detailed will and a considerable estate and had bought and sold property after her husband's death. In 1845 she sold to her son Nathaniel for the sum of $800 (a lot of money in those days) "1 yellow boy named Orange about 23 years and 1 girl named Soap about  15 years". On October 28, 1845 Elizabeth and James McCarroll and John McCarroll sold land from the estate of Thomas  McCarroll,  deceased.  Elizabeth  had  been  named administrator, along with James McCarroll, of The estate of Thomas McCarroll after his death in 1844. (Evidence that Elizabeth was the daughter of Nathaniel McCarroll, but no proof).

After his mother's death Thomas C. came into possession of the family farm. In 1854 he married Eunissa Peebles, daughter of Jesse Burgess Peebles, who owned an adjoining farm. To them were born: James Lacy (1855-1868) and Thomas C. Hindman (1856-1857). Eunissa died in 1856. Thomas C. then married Mary Elizabeth West on January 2, 1861. She was a native of Alabama and the daughter of Dr. Thomas West and  Nancy  Jones  West.  Their  son  William  Nathaniel  was · born December 26, 1861 and was about seven months old when his father enlisted in the Confederate Army in Smithville on July l2, 1862 and was sworn in by Colonel Baber.  He served in the 38th Arkansas Calvary for the duration of the war. Family tradition says that his death on October 18, 1870 was caused by a wound he received in the war, which never healed. Other children were Thomas West (1863- 1873), Ida Elizabeth (1865-1960), Elvira (1866-1925), Lillie (1868-1951), Henry Carroll (1869-1918) and Mary M. 1871-1958).

After the death of his father, William Nathaniel at the age of 9 worked the family farm with the aid of a few slaves who remained with the family. The slaves probably left in a few years, as W.A. Sloan gave 40 acres of land, located 5 miles south of Lynn, to each former slave family in the county and a Steadman family accepted the acreage. Slaves usually took the name of the family who owned them. But Tom  Lusk, a  man without a  family, was hired  to work on the Steadman farm and later made his home with them. When the family moved to their new house in town several years before the 1900's, a room was reserved for Tom at the farm when the house was rented. "Will" as he was called was the only one of the children to attend school in the Old Soloman log school house. In 1872 Jasper N. Hillhouse continued to teach subscription school in the new large one room frame building, and later Dr. John W. Townsend taught for some time. In order to have the advantages offered in La Cross County, Will  and many other young men in the Smithville area followed the Hillhouse family to LaCross where he taught in La Cross Collegiate Institute, presided over by M. Shelby Kennard, one of Arkansas'  greatest  educators. Will  married Gertrude  Stuart on September 30, 1894. They had one daughter, Adelaidie Lucile, born  December 11, 1895, who  married  Richard  C. Waldron. Will  was Lawrence County Clerk from 1894 to 1896. He lived for a time at Powhatan and Batesville but spent most of his life in Black Rock. He owned a farm on Black River near Powhatan, and he managed the Smithville farm after the death of his brother, Henry, in 1918. He died in 1945 and is buried with his wife and others of the Stuart family in Powhatan Cemetery.

Ida attended the Smithville school which continued to improve due to the very capable teachers. She passed the teachers' examination and taught at Walnut Ridge, Portia, and Black Rock. She taught a few years in St. Louis but came home in 1906 and married James "Jim" Fortenberry. They had one child who was born dead. His work took him from Smithville to Batesville and Imboden.

Elvira called "Vida" married Quint Janes who was a successful dealer in livestock in Imboden, where they spent their lives. Miss Mary is thought to have taught her first school at a nearby rural  school  called Anchor. She also taught  primary grades at Smithville and Portia before going to Imboden where she taught until she retired and lived with her widowed sister, Vida Janes. With some of the first money she made she purchased factory built pews for the Methodist Church in the early 1890's which continue to be used in the Smithville Community Building.

Miss Lilly continued to manage the home for her elderly mother and brother, Henry, who worked and managed the near by farm. Miss Lilly was very devoted to her Methodist Church. She rang the church bell twice each Sunday to remind people of Sunday School and Church service. She was the first to arrive at every meeting to be sure all was in order as planned. Henry died at the age of 49 in 1918 from the killer disease of that day, pneumonia. After her mother's death in 1920 Miss Lilly went to Imboden to live with her sisters, Vida and Mary.

Thomas C. Steadman, his wife Mary Elizabeth, their son, Thomas West, Mary Elizabeth's mother, Nancy Jones West, and Thomas' sons by his first wife are all buried in the Hillhouse Cemetery. Henry is buried in the Smithville Cemetery with his trusted friend, Tom Lusk.  Ida, Vida, Lilly and Mary are buried in Hope Cemetery at Imboden.

Thomas Steadman's widow Mary Elizabeth and her family were successful in business, and she must have stressed the importance of the church and education. The home in Smithville has been replaced. A magnolia tree that was planted in the yard soon after the family moved there appears about the same as 70 years ago. It is now in the street south of the intersection of Highways 115 and 117 in Smithville.

The children of Adelaide Lucile  and  Richard  C. Waldron  are Camille Ellis (Mrs. Clyde T.), Inez Riggs (Mrs. Orval E.) and Thomas Steadman Waldron of Walnut Ridge, who is the only descendent living in Lawrence County.

Charles McVey is the present owner of the greater part of  the Steadman farm. He is the fourth owner in 167 years.

Tax List:
listed as James Studman (or Steedman).

1830 Census:
Lawrence Co., Arkansas Territory, p. 9
James A Steedman   111 000 100 0000 - 112 001 000 0000
Male     40-50 : James A. Steedman, b. 1780/90
Female 30-40 : Elizabeth McCarroll, b. 1799
Male     10-15 : John K. Steadman, b. abt 1819
Female 10-15 : Margaret Steadman, b. abt 1820
Male       5-10 : Nathaniel C. Steadman, b. abt 1822
Female 10-15 : Mary Steadman, b. abt 1823
Female   5-10 : Martha Steadman, b. abt 1824
Female      < 5 : Elizabeth Steadman, b. abt 1826
Male          < 5 : Thomas C. Steadman, b. abt 1829

James married Elizabeth McCarroll Abt 1817. Elizabeth (daughter of Nathaniel McCarroll and Martha [--?--]) was born 1799, ____, ____, KY; died 3 Aug 1853, Smithville, Lawrence Co., AR. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Alt. Birth: 1799, ____, Spartanburg Co., SC
• 1850 Census: 5 Nov 1850, Strawberry, Lawrence Co., AR
• Will: 24 Jul 1853, ____, Lawrence Co., AR
• Probate: 1 Nov 1853, ____, Lawrence Co., AR

Notes:

1850 Census:
Strawberry Twp., p. 221
Elizabeth Stedman       45 F                $1440     KY     Can't Read/Write
Nathaniel C    "             28 M   Clerk                    Ark
John K Stedman           32 M   Farmer                  "
Thomas    "                  21 M       "                         "
Henry       "                  17 M       "                         "      school
John McCaroll              24 M       "                         "
Margaret Raney           10 F                                  "          "
James H Stedman          7 M                                 "          "
Andrew Raney              7 M                                 "
Jackson   "                     1 M                                  "
...
Andrew J Raney           36 M  Farmer      $1200   MO
William F     "                  10 M                                Ark   school
James M     "                   6 M                                  "

Will:
STEADMAN, Elizabeth
Died: 1853
Will: Dated 24 July 1853. Proved 1 Nov. 1853
Exec'r: Thomas C. Steadman Appt'd on 16 Nov. 1853.
Daughter: Margaret Williams.
Sons: Nathaniel C., Thomas C., and William H. Steadman.
Mentioned: John Steadman; and William F., Margaret, James, and Andrew J. Raney; and James H. Steadman; and Andrew T. Raney.

The Will is incomplete. Only one page is present in this folder. In folder are the following receipts concerning various heirs, to wit:
16 Jan. 1856, John Williams as gdn. for Thomas J., Mary Jane, and Sarah Ellen Williams;
16 Oct. 1857, A.J. Raney as gdn. of Wlliam F. Raney "and others";
16 Oct. 1857, A.J. Raney as gdn. for Andrew Thomas Raney;
16 Oct. 1857, H.N. Finley as gdn. of James H. Steadman.