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	James Sevier Conway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		James Sevier Conway (9 December 1798 – 3 March 1855) was a Democratic Governor of the State of Arkansas, the first elected governor since it became a state.
		James Sevier Conway was born in Greene County, Tennessee.
		James Sevier Conway was the brother of Arkansas Governor Elias Nelson Conway, brother of Congressman Henry Wharton Conway, first cousin of Senator Ambrose Hundley Sevier and Governor Henry Massey Rector.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/James_Sevier_Conway (303 words)

	Probert Encyclopaedia: People and Peoples (James J-Jamz) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		James Francis Edward Stuart (the Old Pretender) was a reputed son of James II and pretender to the English throne.
		James V was King of Scotland from 1513 to 1542.
		James VI was King of Scotland from 1567 to 1625.
	www.probertencyclopaedia.com /C7AC.HTM (2368 words)

	Conway Cemetery Historic State Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Conway Cemetery Historic State Park is an 11 acre (45,000 m²) historic location in Lafayette County, Arkansas managed by the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism.
		Conway Cemetery Historic State Park is located near the town of Bradley, Arkansas and is one of the smallest Arkansas State Parks.
		The park encompasses the old homesite and family cemetery of the historic Arkansas Conway family including the first governor of Arkansas James Sevier Conway.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Conway_Cemetery_Historic_State_Park (158 words)

	Sarah Conway
		Henry Conway was born in Virginia, and removed to the lower part of the Nolachucky settlement before 1783, in August of which year he was appointed one of the tax-assessors of Greene county, and at the November term of court was on the grand jury.
		James Sevier Conway was founder of the city of Little Rock, Arkansas, and first governor of that State, 1836-1840.
		He is the son of Thomas Conway, a native of Virginia, a Baptist minister, who was accidentally killed in the construction of the canal at Louisville, Ky., in 1829; his father was Thomas Conway, of Virginia, a celebrated Indian fighter.
	www.regoodman.com /conway.htm (1562 words)

	The Probert Encyclopaedia - People and Peoples (Ja-Ji)
		James II was King of Scotland from 1437 to 1460.
		James III was King of Scotland from 1460 to 1488.
		James IV was King of Scotland from 1488 to 1513.
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	Arkansas Encyclopedia Volume C Arkansas History State of Arkansas
		Conway owes its establishment to Colonel A.P. Robinson who, during the completion of the Little Rock/ Fort Smith railroad, accepted 640 acres of land in what is now downtown Conway instead of his usual salary.
		Conway County was formed on October 20, 1825, from territory taken from Pulaski County and was named for Henry Wharton Conway, a member of the Arkansas territorial delegation to Congress.
		James Sevier Conway, Arkansas's first governor, was born in Greene County, Tennessee, on December 9, 1798.
	www.geocities.com /arkencyclo/ccc.html (2890 words)

	Articles: State Park
		Conway Cemetery is located approximately 40 miles southeast of Texarkana via U.S. 71 and Ark. 160.
		James Sevier Conway became the state's first governor when Arkansas was admitted to the Union as the 25th state on June 15, 1836.
		Conway also assisted in the survey of the Arkansas-Louisiana boundary, and in 1831 President Andrew Jackson appointed him to the office of Surveyor for Arkansas Territory.
	www.arkansasstateparks.com /parks/article.asp?id=54 (638 words)

	Ann Rector Conway
		The Conways were ancestors of Edward I of England from the Conway Castle on the Conway River in Wales.
		Thomas Conway came to this country because of British laws restricting property inheritance rights, since he was the eldest son of his family.
		John Sevier, a distinguished soldier in the war, led in the forming of a new state of Franklin in what had been western North Carolina; he was elected governor of this new state, which came to be known as Tennessee, and served six terms.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/Farm/3047/annrectorconway.html (973 words)

	Faulkner County Historical Society
		At this meeting it was ordered that the first term of the Conway Peabody Public School commence on Monday, the 17th of February, 1879, and continue for five months and in subsequent years the term of school should begin on the first Monday of September and continue for a period of ten months.
		While the “public-spirited” citizens of Conway were subscribing money for the construction of a school house, an injunction had been granted to prevent the sheriff from collecting the school tax.
		The Conway School Board met July 26, 1879, and the following personnel for the school was elected: Professor Thompson, Principal for a period of five months at a salary of fifty dollars a month; Mrs.
	www.faulknerhistory.com /articles/cps.htm (3366 words)

	GORP - Arkansas State Parks - Conway Cemetery Historic State Park
		Conway Cemetery Historic State Park is an 11.5-acre site dedicated to the memory of James S. Conway-the first governor of Arkansas.
		James Sevier Conway (1796-1855), surveyor, planter and governor, was one of the prominent and influential citizens of pioneer Arkansas.
		Governor Conway pressed for a stronger state militia to protect the western border from Indians, and engaged in an inconclusive boundary dispute with the Republic of Texas over the ownership of old Miller County.
	gorp.away.com /gorp/location/ar/parks/conway.htm (556 words)

	John Conway and Elizabeth Bridgewater and descendents
		Joseph CONWAY (that moved VA to KY to MO) can be found in quite a lot of papers: "Heritage of the Creve Coeur Area" is a book that covers the general history of Creve Coeur, published for the nations Bicentennial by the City of Creve Coeur.
		In 1780, Joseph Conway was wounded and scalped by an Indian and taken to Detroit as a prisoner.
		Hiram Conway married Mary Jane Hopper 14 SEP 1839 Miles Withers Conway was trustee (w/Daniel Boone) of Washington, Mason, Co. KY 637 acres Virginia Grant on KY River Bk 10, p 519, 10-6-1785 Fayette.
	frontierfolk.org /conway-j.html (2841 words)

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		Attesting the treaty was Joseph Conway, who was clerk of the Franklin senate, as Henry Conway was speaker of the house of commons.
		Sevier soon recovered and was at the head of the peace negotiations.
		Other Conways, such as George, who became the first major general of Tennessee, and was sheriff of Greene, and William Conway, who filled different offices in the county, and Christopher Conway, who was the county's sheriff, exemplified the endowments of a noteworthy family.
	home.flash.net /~cavis/transcripts/sevier/conway.109 (1077 words)

	Conway Cemetery Historic State Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		James Sevier Conway (1798-1855) was the first surveyor-general of Arkansas Territory, 1832-36; the first governor of State of Arkansas, 1836-40; and a plantation owner.
		The cemetery is the family plot which was located at Walnut Hill, the former Conway homesite and cotton plantation.
		Hardin, on the Roaring Fork of Lick Creek; George, William and Henry Conway, at the mouth of Lick Creek.......................
	freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~bbrooks/ar/conway.htm (614 words)

	click on the photos to see larger images At Germanna
		Major General James Lawson Kemper CSA, was a descendant of John Kemper of the 1714 Colony.
		James L. Kemper was born in Madison County, Virginia on June 11, 1823, and in 1853 was elected to the House of Delegates where he served as Speaker of the House, 1861-63.
		He stated the town consisted of Colonel Spotswood's "enchanted castle on one side of the street and a baker's dozen of ruinous tenements on the other, where the Germans had lived." His description of the interior of the "enchanted castle" says that he was escorted into a room elegantly set off with pier glass.
	www.germanna.org /history.html (5419 words)

	James Sevier Conway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		James Sevier Conway was born in Greene County, Tennessee and came to Arkansas in 1820 to make land surveys as a young man of 23.
		In 1823, he settled at Walnut Hill, Lafayette County and began to acquire a large cotton plantation.
		In 1836 he was elected Governor of Arkansas and after serving his one term of four years, he retired to Walnut Hill.
	www.knowsouthernhistory.net /Biographies/James_Conway (116 words)

	Personal Names C
		Conway (1828); Receiver for the Land Office at Little Rock, 1821; Territorial Delegate from Arkansas to Congress, killed in a duel by Robert Crittenden in 1827, see United States v.
		Conway, Sarah H. Sued by Lindells in Lindell v.
		Conway, Thomas A. Sued by Lindells in Lindell v.
	arcourts.ualr.edu /Personal-Names/names-c.htm (2072 words)

	Traveler's Guide to Arkansas \| Governors of Arkansas Portrait Gallery \| State \| 1836-1852
		James Sevier Conway arrived in Arkansas in 1820 as a surveyor.
		In 1825, Conway was appointed to survey the western boundary of Arkansas from the Red River to the Arkansas River.
		As governor, Conway called for internal improvements and public education, supported legislative efforts to create a state banking system and worked to obtain federal protection against Native American raiding on the state’s western marches.
	www.soskids.arkansas.gov /govs-state-1836.html (914 words)

	The US50 - A guide to the fifty states
		When Arkansas was admitted to the Union as the 25th state on June 15, 1836, James Sevier Conway took office as Arkansas's first governor.
		The cemetery is the family plot of the former Conway homesite and cotton plantation, Walnut Hill.
		James Bowie, Sam Houston and Davy Crockett traveled through Washington and James Black, a local flsmith, is credited with creating the legendary Bowie Knife here.
	www.theus50.com /arkansas/tourism.shtml (688 words)

	Know Southern History :: Biographies
		James Madison was the father of the Constitution and George Mason was the author of the Bill of Rights.
		The independence of Texas was achieved through the leadership of Sam Houston and Stephen Austin, both sons of the South, and the spirit of Texas was born in the Alamo under the heroism of Southern patriots.
		The war with Mexico in 1846 was won under the generalship of Winfield Scott and Zachary A. Taylor, and with the heroism of Jefferson Davis, John A. Quitman, Thomas Jonathan (Stonewall) Jackson and Robert E. Lee, all Southerners.
	www.knowsouthernhistory.net /Biographies (533 words)

	Sevier County, Ar. Obituaries: L
		If your ancestor was born or died in Sevier and it is mentioned in the obituary please send it to me. Send your email to HudsonK@direcway.com.
		He was a native of Sevier county, born March 29, 1886 a member of the Lockesburg Methodist church and president of the board of stewards, and a member of the Arkansas Pharmaceutical Association for 50 years.
		He is survived by one son: James W. Locke of Pine Bluff, Arkansas; two daughters and sons-in-law; Margaret and Olin Hill of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Betty and Jimmie Taylor of Winnsboro, Louisiana; six grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and a number of nieces and nephews.
	www.genealogyshoppe.com /arsevier/obitL.htm (3289 words)

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		She was born November 6, 1929 in Little Rock, Ark. She is preceded in death by parents, Otis and Ruth Scott; husband, Rayburn Moore, who she married on Dec. 3, 1949; brother, Dr. Warren Scott: and a sister.
		She is also survived by two sisters and brothers-in-law, Carolynn Conway Coleman and Walter C. "Buddy" Coleman, Jr., and Hollis Conway Kennedy and James N. Kennedy, Jr., all of Little Rock, and seven nieces and nephews.
		She is survived by her brother, Ray H. Russell of Little Rock; he son, Hal Smith and wife, Sue of North Little Rock; her daughters Leslie Smith of Heber Springs and Lee Barnett of Greenbrier;and grandchildren and friends.
	www.netpluscom.com /~rhudson/band/obitpg.htm (2350 words)

	John Sevier queries and family entries - A Bravenet.com Guestbook
		I'm not certain how we are related but my grandfather was Edward Raymond Sevier (not sure where he was born)and I was told he was related to John Sevier.
		I've been told that John Sevier is an ancestor of mine and the name was changed to Severs during the years.
		Branham Sr.'s father is supposed to be Samuel Sevier descendant of Gen. John Sevier.
	pub3.bravenet.com /guestbook/show.php?usernum=195381936&cpv=2 (1010 words)

	DINA: Southwest Arkansas: State & National Parks
		Come visit the "Little Williamsburg of Arkansas" where James Bowie forged his famous knife; where the state capitol of Arkansas was moved during the Civil War and where weary travelers stopped to rest on their way to the Indian territories in the West.
		Off Arkansas 160 west of Bradley, the state's first governor, James Sevier Conway, is buried here in the original family graveyard on his "Walnut Hill" cotton plantation.
		Not only was Conway Arkansas' first governor, he was a government surveyor who was responsible for surveying much of the border of the state.
	swapdd.dina.org /recreation/stparks.html (714 words)

	Letter from Nancy Sevier to Mr. Turner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		My maternal great grandfather was one of two nephews and namesakes of Gov. John Sevier and was known as devil Jack on account of his violent temper.
		My grandmother had an "Uncle Jimmy" Sevier who lived in Washington, Co. He had a magnificent farm and the most beautiful home in the lovely mountains fo East Tenn. He had a large family and it may be that he is the ancestor you are looking for.
		I hope so for he was a grand man. There are some very fine minds in the present generation of Sevier's and I am proud of them as well as our ancestors.
	home.flash.net /~cavis/transcripts/sevier/sevier478.html (456 words)

	Conway - Local area business directory. Local services. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Conway, AR is located just 25 minutes north of Little Rock.
		John Conway says in the preface to this book that he wrote it to tell about the realationships...
		Conway manufacture cctv security products including external and internal vandal resistant cctv camera housings, a range of mounting brackets, telemetry, video camera protection boxes.
	www.localbizus.com /arkansas/conway/conway-arkansas.html (698 words)

	Guide to Selected Manuscript Collections
		Extra." A letter from James Sevier Conway of Arkansas is included among the letters published from governors of slave holding states declining complimentary copies of the Society's periodical, The Emancipator.
		Document is signed by surveyor James Boyd and approved by "Commissioners of the courthouse and jail," Richard Searcy, Adam Ritchey, Joseph Hardin and Solomon Huitt, November 19, 1818.
		Saml Foster and James Foster commenced Merchantdizing in Joint copartnership To which James Foster is to Furnish what Funds that is nescessary To Carry on the business he being allowed 10 per Cent on all moneys advanced and he James Foster to Furnish a Clerk.
	libinfo.uark.edu /specialcollections/manuscripts/Sizerguide.asp (6317 words)

	Arkansas History Questions and Answers • Arkansas History Commission & State Archives preserves Arkansas ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		James S. Conway was the first governor; Ambrose H. Sevier and William S. Fulton, the first senators; and Archibald Yell the first representative in Congress.
		An Arkansas youth of 17, sometimes called the "Boy Martyr of the Confederacy," who was hanged as a spy by Union military authorities in Little Rock in 1864.
		The best known were Confederate generals Patrick R. Cleburne, Thomas C. Hindman, Thomas J. Churchill, and James F. Fagan.
	www.ark-ives.com /historical_facts/questions.php (1191 words)

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