I don't have any information on Moses Ford. I don't find him buried in Franklin County, AR. I'm sure the Ozark Courthouse or Historical Society there could help you. I do not live in AR. Sorry I can't help.

The only James Ivy I have in my tree is James M. Ivy (b: 1864), son
of Tennessee Ivy (b: 1824) Much too young to be a judge I think.

You need to contact Will Johnson, a guy that knows everything about everyone who lived in Franklin County Arkansas. And he has a James
Ivy in his clan also. Good luck

Nancy which court was this in? I would like to examine the documents myself, so I need to know the court and the name of the accused.

There was a James Ivey who may fit, this was James b 14 Feb 1814 in TN, he lived most of his adult years in Franklin Co, specifically from 1850 to 1870 in Mulberry Township. In 1880 he is in Ivey Township, still in Franklin Co.

He died 24 oct 1886 in Washington Co, AR and is buried there in White Oak Cemetery in Savoy.

Tell us the details of your court case.

I know where Moses Ford is buried (Crawford County). I wanted to know more about Judge James Ivey. I also wanted to know what you know about the court cases that involved changing courts to get the verdict they all wanted. There were several newspaper articles written at the time. They all leave me a bit confused.

Nancy would you post want you have ? Then we can comment on it to help you.

Well Jane Martin just told me you are the one who knows most about the Iveys of Franklin County. Thank you for your reply.

A Crawford County researcher sent me some info on my great grandfather Abraham Corder. She became interested in the court case when she stumbled onto Moses Ford's tombstone in Crawford County.

The court case seems to be the result of a post Civil War feud between the Loyalists and the Democrats during Reconstruction. My great-great grandparents were living at Pleasant View PO in Mulberry Twp. in 1860. I am assuming they were probably in the same location in 1850 when they are shown to be in Middle Township. Abe Corder's sister married Ed Hassett whose family seems to have been located in Franklin County, AR.

The newspaper articles came from the Van Buren Press, May 3 1870; pg 3 Col.3 and May 10 1870 pg 3
There was also a letter written May 6 1870 from Mulberry Mills [any idea where that was?] Then there were other articles from a different perspective. One started out - 1870 September 6 Ozark, Ark. It is a letter to the editor giving an opinion of this court case.

The Players were -
Moses (Moody) Ford, living near Frazier's Gin [Any idea where this is] was found dead 10 miles from his home. He had been shot. Fricke, Moss and B. Simpson had been hunting when Ford was killed.
Henry A Fricke was shot by a posse who blamed him for Ford's death, while mistaking him for Ed Hassett..
J. R Meadows, Justice of the Peace for Lafayette Twp., Crawford County, issued the warrant for Fricke. The posse members were -
Ed Hassett (Fricke's known enemy) , Bake Meadows, John F Meadows, Abe Corder, Jake Rogers, Marion Roads, Ran Rowls, John Gaston and several others. Meadors, Hasset and other posse members were arrested by Sheriff Anderson. Squire Ivey of Franklin Co. issued the writ. Prosecuters were Col. S. Noone, & Capt. S L Wittich. The case was transferred from James Ivey's court to Hon. J S Sutherland, County Court Judge for Franklin County. J. P. Wm F Hoyle and Col. H R Withers defended. Evidence had been heard before Sutherland and Hoyle. The case was brought before G S Ciden and Wm F Hoyle. Then the case was changed to the venue of Ivey's Twp. Ivey discharged the posse for lack of evidence. H R Withers & N W Patterson apllied for a new trial. It was a no show.

Reuben Corder bought land in Lafayette Twp. in 1874 and Abe paid real estate taxes for land near Reuben's in 1890. The family moved to Lafayette Twp. in Crawford County by 1870. Ed Hassett bought a hotel in Alma by 1881.

I will post items one at a time, because there is too much here to wrap my mind around all at once :)

Okay Henry A Frick b 1819 NC married 16 May 1842 in Cabarrus Co, NC to Christina Yearton. He was a blacksmith and they lived in Lafayette Crawford Co, AR in 1850 and 1860. Children by these census were: Elizabeth, Julia, William, Monteray, Margaret, George, Mary.

After his death, his wife moved to Mulberry, Franklin Co for the 1870 and then to Maxey Township, Franklin Co for the 1880. She wrote a will in 1886 and it is preseved in Franklin Co

Corder. I have Abraham as the son of Reuben Corder and his wife Myrtilla ? or Myrilla? (correct me). This Corder family seems to come from Ohio, can you give me a county?

Reuben and his wife appear as follows:
1850 Middle, Franklin Co, Arkansas
1860 #456, Mulberry, Franklin Co, Arkansas
1870 Lafayette, Crawford Co, Arkansas
1880 pg 531A, Lafayette, Crawford Co, Arkansas

By these census their children were:
Abraham, Margaret, Derias ?, Ezekial, Joseph and Mortimer. Please add any that I've missed.

Between 1870 and 1880 Abraham Corder married a Louisa A unknown. She b abt 1853 AR and by 1880 they have children: Edward, Margaret and Livonia

His sister Margaret Corder married 25 Dec 1859 To Edward B Hassett. He was born 1839 TN.

Edward Hasset appears as follows:
1850 Mulberry, Franklin Co, Arkansas
1860 #450, Pleasant Hill PO, Mulberry Township, Franklin Co, Arkansas
1870 pg 201A, Lafayette, Crawford Co, Arkansas
1880 pg 566A, Alma, Crawford Co, Arkansas

By these census, he and Margaret had these children:
Benjamin, Savilla, Abercham ?, Eliza, and James

I do not yet know who Edward's parents were, but it appears that Edward had brothers Peyton b 1831 and Daniel b 1837

Moses Ford is elusive. He was married in 1854 to Elizabeth (Freeman) James the widow of Robert Stanley James.

Elizabeth and Robert James had married abt 1840 in TN and had children: Harriet, Romulus, William, John and Maria. They came to Crawford Co in 1842. From or between 1849 and 1856 Robert resided in California and died and was buried there. It's possible he left his family to go to the gold rush, I'm not sure. It's also possible he abandoned his family.

At any rate. Elizabeth then married Moses Ford in 1854 according to the Goodspeed biography of their son William James. They then had children: Joseph, James, Lemuel, Samuel, Isaac, Laura and Abagail. All presumably there in Crawford Co. However on the 1860 census I can't find Moses, I find Elizabeth and the children with no Moses, so I'm not sure where he is.

However there is an online note that he is buried in Love Cemetery and died 23 Apr 1870 which would match fairly well with the newspaper articles you found.

Elizabeth continued to live there and married Thomas Mitchell 1 Jan 1880 and she died 26 Nov 1884 and is buried at Alma.

Judge George Washington Sutherland was the Judge of the Probate Court in 1868. It turns out he had a brother named James b abt 1819 SC who was living in 1870 in White Oak, Franklin Co, AR. So my guess would be this brother is your J S Sutherland, Judge.

I have a Wm F Hoyle who it turns out is Judge George's son-in-law (!) which is rather cozy. This William F Hoyle b 22 Dec 1838 Marshall Co, AL and d 11 Dec 1927 Stonewall, Pontotoc Co, OK. He married Margaret Ann Sutherland 15 Jun 1860 in Franklin Co and they are there in 1870, also in White Oak Township.