Searching for cemeteries near Mulberry, AR
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Re: Judge James Ivey: Court Case in 1870
| Nancy HalvorsoN (View posts) | Posted: 27 Sep 2004 1:45AM GMT |
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Surnames: SHOCKEY CORDER HASSETT FORD FRICKE
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.
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.