[13]

a. In 1870, Column 19 asks about "Male Citizens of US of 21 years of age and upwards";

(cont.)

    William Gill, J. H. McAninch, and George Dallas are marked in Col. 19, ‘U.S. Citizens’,

    and Addie Skinman age 18 is not marked in Col. 19.

b . J. H. McAninch ‘(b) Miss.’ is incorrect; born in Tennessee, then grew up in Mississippi,

    so, if William Gill gave the info to the census enumerator, he might have said ‘(b) Miss.’

[14]

St. Francis County, Arkansas, records: no McA/I/Ninch in any of these records

a. Index to Deeds, 1861-1909 / Direct Index of Deeds and Mortgages (FHL film 1,022,695)

b. St. Francis County Court records, 1872-1880 (FHL film 1,022,692 item 1)

c. St. Francis Chancery Court records, 1875-1883 (FHL film 1,024,003 item 5)

[15]

Lee County was created 17 April 1873  http://sites.rootsweb.com/~arlee/leecnty.htm

[16]

J. H. (James) (Henry) McAninch, single, age 35, carpenter, born in Tenn., not found;

Do NOT confuse J. H. with a different James McAninch in St. Francis County 1880 -

James McAninch, age 78, a Farmer, b.Tenn, (over 40-year age diff., farmer vs. carpenter),

his wife Mary, also age 78, b.Tenn, and their son William, age 3, b.Tenn. (prob. grand-son?),

Telico Township, St. Francis Co., Arkansas, 9 June 1880, NARA T9 Roll 56 ED 263 p.201

[17]

J. H. McAninch's first marriage (J. H. married Mattie Harbin, 14 Nov. 1892 at Marianna)

a. Lee County, Marriages, Book D, pg. 135 (3rd marriage of 3 recorded on this page),

    “W. W. Foreman, County Clerk . . . seal at Marianna this 14th day of November 1892”

    (Filed) State of Arkansas / Lee County, 22 Nov 1892 (FHL SLC film 1,017,653)

b. Arkansas Marriages, 1837-1944, and Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957

c. J. H. McAninch was married only twice, confirmed by his 1910 census record [23]

d. J. H. McAninch did NOT marry Samantha Casey (Blocker) Hardin - Samantha married

    John M. Harbin (b.1864, age 27) on 28 Oct. 1891, in VanZandt County (south-east of

    Dallas), Texas, had two children (born 1892 and 1895) in Little River County, Arkansas

    (over 200 miles from Lee Co.), and John Hardin died in 1896, Little River Co., Arkansas.

[18]

Lee County Tax Lists, 1874-1894

a. J. H. McAninch is not listed on any of the 1888, 1889, 1900 Lee County Tax Lists,

    Lee County, Arkansas; FamilySearch Library (FSL) SLC, film 1,017,669

b. Polls Taxes: 1893, McAninch, J. H., one person, Richland Township, and 1894, one

    person, Haynes Township;"List of persons and personal property assessed for taxation,

    1874-1894", Lee County, Arkansas; FamilySearch Library (FSL) SLC film 1,017,670

[19]

"Ex-Confederates Organize Paul Anderson Camp in Marianna" in 1896

a. there are no other members of the "12th Tenn. Cavalry" on this list.

b. article in The Lee County Courier newspaper, Saturday, August 22, 1896

    (The Lee County Courier newspaper was published at Marianna, Arkansas, 1890-1917)

c. article was re-printed in the 1987 book History of Lee County, Arkansas, by Lee County

    Sesquicentennial Committee, ISBN 0-88107-101-3; The 'Paul Anderson Camp' article is

    part of article T9, pg. 13 in this book (FamilySearch Library SLC 976.789 D2h)

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Notes and Sources: J. H. McAninch, b1845, 12th TN Cav., and Robert, b1848, Miss. Inf.

McAninch Family History Newsletter, v.XXXIII (33) n.1   /   Dec. 2025   /   p.2025-12

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