Hampton William Runnels

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      Sex: M

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Individual Information

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     Birth Date: Oct 1827 - Tennessee
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Parents

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         Father: Elisha Runnels
         Mother: Fanny Williams

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Spouses and Children

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1. *Martha Davis Beasley
       Marriage: 30 Mar 1858
       Children:
                1. Elija Runnels
                2. William H. Runnels
                3. Isaac Runnels
                4. Henry Runnels
                5. Louisa Runnels
                6. John F. Runnels
                7. Joseph Runnels
                8. Tillman Burt Runnels
                9. Rebecca C. Runnels
                10. Adora A. Runnels

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Notes

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General:

7/1/1857 Per US Land Patent Document 8247 Accession Serial Number AR1280_363
BLM Serial Number AR NO S/N Washington Land Office in Washington, Arkansas.
Hampton W. Runnels of Sevier County, Arkansas purchases 160 acres of land in Howard County, Arkansas.
Description: the North West quarter of section thirteen, in Township ten South of Range twenty-eight within the district of lands subject to sale at Washington, Arkansas, containing one hundred sixty acres,....

7/1/1859 Per US Land Patent Document 8854 Accession Serial Number AR1290_475
BLM Serial Number AR NO S/N Washington Land Office in Washington, Arkansas.
Hampton W. Runnels of Sevier County, Arkansas purchases 80 acres of land in Howard County, Arkansas.
Description: the East half of the North East quarter of Section fourteen in Township ten South of Range twenty-eight West, in the District of Lands subject to sale at Washington, Arkansas, containing one eighty acres,....

Per 1860 US Census, 3/14/1860, Saline Township, Sevier County, Arkansas
32 year old Hampton Runnels, male farmer, born in Tennessee, value of real estate $1,000, value of personal estate $200. 15 year old Martha Runnels, born in Louisiana.

4/2/1860 Per US Land Patent Document 12893 Accession Serial Number AR1340_476
BLM Serial Number AR NO S/N Washington Land Office in Washington, Arkansas.
Hampton W. Runnels of Sevier County, Arkansas purchases 40 acres of land in Howard County, Arkansas.
Description: North West quarter of the North East quarter of section fourteen, in Township ten South of Range twenty eight West, in the district of lands subject to Sale at Washington, Arkansas. Containing forty acres....

Per 1880 US Census, 6/15/1880, Saline Township, Howard County, Arkansas
Print is nearly illegible, but it looks like -
Head of household is 52 year old Hampton Runnels, a white male born in Tennesse, his father in North Carolina, his mother in Kentucky. He is a farmer, married to 38 year old Martha Runnels, who keeps house. She was born in Louisiana, her parents in South Carolina. Living with them is Hampton's 79 year old mother, Fannie Runnels, a widow born in Kentucky, her parents in Virginia.
The Runnels children are:
Son, 18 year old Elija, born in Arkansas, now at home
Son, 15 year old William H., born in Arkansas, a farm laborer.
Son, 12 year old Isaac, born in Arkansas, a farm laborer.
Son, 11 year old Henry, born in Arkansas, at home.
Daughter, 9 year old Louisa, born in Arkansas.
Son, 7 year old John F., born in Arkansas.
Son, 3 year old Joseph, born in Arkansas.
Son, 7 month old Burt, born in Arkansas.
Also living with them is a boarder/servant, 17 year old Margrett Goshen

4/10/1897 Per US Land Patent Document 8198 Accession Serial Number AR1630_141
BLM Serial Number AR NO S/N Washington Land Office in Camden, Arkansas.
Hampton W. Runnels of Sevier County, Arkansas purchases 160 acres of land in Sevier County, Arkansas.
Description: South half of the South West quarter of Section twenty and the West half of the North West quarter of Sention twenty-nine in Township eight South of Range twenty nine West of the Fifth Prinicipal Meridian in Arkansas, containing one hundred and sixty acres....

Per 1900 US Census, 7/27/1900, Saline Township, Sevier County, Arkansas
72 year old Hampton W. Runnels, born October 1827 in Tennessee, his father in Kentucky, his mother in Tennessee, is a white male farmer, and owns his own farm free of mortgage. He has been married 41 years to Martha D. Runnels of Louisiana, her parents born in Mississippi. Martha can't read or write. She has had 11 children, 9 still living. She was born November 1842 and is 57 years old.
Their 27 year old single son, John F. Runnels, born February 1873, is a merchant and farmer, and owns his own farm, free of mortgage. 23 year old son, Joseph K. Runnels, is single and a farm laborer. He was born September 1876. 23 year old son Tillman B. Runnels, born September 1879, is single and a farm laborer. Rebecca C. Runnels, is an 18 year old single daughter, borm November 1881. Another daughter, 15 year old Adora A. Runnels, was born in February 1885. All the children were born in Arkansas except Adora, born in Texas.