Category Archives: Allen Turner Duckett

Sarah (Brock) Duckett’s Land Grant

Posted on June 19, 2013 by lisaclds

Three weeks before Sarah Drusilla (Sallie”) Brock married Allen Turner Duckett (second marriage for each), she and Turner traveled 120 miles to Camden, Arkansas so she could submit paperwork to file for a homestead in Howard County, just south of … Continue reading →

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Land Grants: A Little House (or Two or Three) in the Ouachitas+

Posted on June 13, 2013 by lisaclds

When I was in grade school, I devoured the Little House books. Laura (Ingalls) Wilder lived in Indian Territory, not too far from where I grew up. When she had the fever and ague, Dr. Tanner, who saved her, was … Continue reading →

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Allen Turner Duckett: Was he named for a Methodist circuit rider?

Posted on May 29, 2013 by lisaclds

I am nearly positive that my grandfather’s paternal grandfather Lewellen Moore Childs (1851-1915) was named for a Primitive Baptist preacher. In a surprising twist, I now believe that Orval’s maternal grandfather Allen Turner Duckett (1846-1907) was also named for a preacher, a Methodist … Continue reading →

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Sarah Drusilla (Brock) Duckett’s Burial Location: Witherspoon Cemetery, Vandervoort, Arkansas

Posted on April 27, 2013 by lisaclds

Sarah Drusilla (Brock) Duckett (1866-1933) (“Sallie”) is not buried at Duckett Cemetery, where her husband Allen Turner Duckett (1846-1907) and his first wife Sarah Elizabeth (Bell) Duckett (1852-1893) are buried. In fact, Sallie is the only Duckett known to be buried thirteen miles … Continue reading →

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Sarah Drusilla Brock’s Marriages

Posted on April 23, 2013 by lisaclds

Sarah Drusilla “Sallie” Brock (1866-1933) is Allen Turner Duckett’s second wife. They married on September 11, 1895. What you would never guess from this marriage license and its reference to Miss Sallie Brock, though, is that Sallie had a previous marriage. … Continue reading →

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