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Note: and to William Trull in 1825. Grandfather Moses had lots of dealings with and was a neighbor to Solomon Trull.
Reagan
Rebecca Vineyard and Louise Clenney
<u>Henderson County Times Community Series</u> This article appeared in the Henderson County Times circa 1982. This web page was made from clippings in a scrapbook labeled "<u>Henderson County Historical Society 1982-1983</u>" compiled by Virginia Butler, President 1982-1983.
"The next school house was built on the hill next to "Pug" Stanfills. Several people that went to school there can remember that one. Some of the teachers were <b>Billy Pierce</b>, Lucy Page, George Curlee, Jim Duck, Jim Austin, Henry ___som [Grissom?], Tom Stanfill and others probably. The teachers usually boarded in the homes of the students for about $5.00 per month."
<u>1850 in Tulip, Dallas Co, AR
1860 Census, Madison Co, AR (Kings River Precinct)</u>enumerated Aug 1860
Page 2 household #748 Milton Page
Page 7 household #784 David Page JR
Page 7 household #785 David Page SR
Page 8 household #788 James Page
Page 13 household #828 William Hurt
Page 14 household #829 Thomas J. Hunt
Page 14 household #830 William Pearce
William Hurt age 46, wife Charlotta age 43, A.J. age 15, Sarah age 13, Martha age 11, Charles S. age 9, Lavina age 7, John W age 2
William Pearce age 38, Laura age 20, Ambrose K. age 13, Elizabeth J. age 12, Amanda age 8, William T. age6, Joshua age 4
(Bill’s wife Laura age 20 is dau of William Hurt and the Thomas J. Hunt age 18 is her brother)
Julia A. daughter of William Pearce and Laura A. Hunt wasn’t born until Sep 1860 - 1 month after the census was taken. Julia married Albert W. Page son of David Page Jr in household #784 above.
<u>1880 Dallas Co, AR census</u> - Amanda says that both of her parents were born in AR. Sister Elizabeth says that both parents born in TN. Both are wrong!
William Pierce was bushwhacked by baldnobbers during the Civil War around Harrison, Boone Co, AR. The children moved to south central AR and settled in the Fordyce Dallas Co, AR area. (They lived in Dallas Co for the 1850 census. I believe that they went back to Dallas Co to live with family MAM)
Baldnobbers -" While the Civil War found neighbors and families fighting on both sides of the war throughout the United States, no where was this more apparent then in the area located along the Missouri-Arkansas border in the region now known as Taney county. (Taney is just north of Boone Co, AR in MO) Here, bushwhackers and outlaws roamed the countryside, robbing and killing in the name of the Union and the Confederacy. The result was that by the end of the war, no more than 50 people lived in Taney county, the courthouse was burned out and a debt had been incurred that took over 70 years to pay off. On top of that government for the most part had ceased to exist with anarchy reigning over the county. Taney county was to remain like this for most of the next two decades. However, in the late 1870's and early 1880's a new group of settlers began to immigrate to Taney county. The homestead act of 1862 promised free land and by 1885 there were over 6700 new citizens. These new citizens brought with them an expectation of law and order and as a result they often came into conflict with the natives who were used to turning their heads the other way when it came to criminal activity. In the twenty years after the Civil War over 40 recorded murders took place in Taney county with not one single conviction taking place. Taney was considered a haven for the outlaws and lawbreakers of the Ozarks and like the new settlers they also flocked to the area."
Gene Pierce has discovered some interesting information that may explain a reason for Billy's murder:
In November 1861, Confederate authorities in Arkansas learned About an anti-war, perhaps pro-Union, secret organization, located primarily in the north central counties of the state.
THE ARKANSAS PEACE SOCIETY OF 1861 From Russell P. Baker, Archivist In the mountain counties of North Arkansas in the fall of 1861 secret organizations were formed for self protection and apparently to resist Confederate authority. Total membership in the organizations was estimated at 1700 and was concentrated in Searcy, Marion, Carroll, Izard, Fulton, and Van Buren counties. In these counties and perhaps in several others, the local units of the Arkansas Peace Society were quickly suppressed by extra-legal citizens' committees acting with the county militia units and with justice of the peace courts.
Many of the arrested members were forced into Confederate service either by local citizens' committees or by the state military board at Little Rock. Some were tried for treason in Confederate circuit and acquitted. Many of those forced into Confederate service deserted and joined the Federal army.
Only a part of the records relating to the Peace Society survived, but they are sufficient to show the scope and nature of the organization. Surviving documents contain the names of 240 members and suspected members. Of these 181 were located in the United States census manuscript schedules, 1860. An analysis of that record revealed that of the 181, 115 were born in Tennessee, 13 in North Carolina, and 11 in Arkansas. The leadership of the movement was also predominantly Southern-born. Six preachers among the leaders seem to have been especially influential. The brotherhood was indigenous, composed of mountaineers who had no intention of going to war on either side and who wanted to be left alone. There could of course be no neutrality, and the members were forced to take sides. From: Arkansas Historical Quarterly (Spring, 1958) page 83 MEMBERS OF THE PEACE SOCIETY 1861 - Pearce, William - (Extracted from the member list)
I found a lot of other info on the society not included here that indicated that feeling was running so high in the area that the society tried to stay secret and had signs and counter-signs to identify members. Their friends, neighbors, and even relatives turned against them and in some instances tried to confiscate their property and run them out of the country. I'm sure some of them were murdered for it also. Gene Pierce 10/12/2005
Note: Probably named for William Trull of Anson Co, NC. Father Joseph sold l
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