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Selected Families and Individuals
Notes
Susan Verlinda Banks
Susan
Verlinda, wife of John McClusky
Margaret Banks
Margaret, wife of Wiley B. Johnso
Jabez B. Banks
SOURCE: History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford,
Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Chicago: The Goodspeed
Publishing Co., 1889.
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Jabez B. Banks, farmer, Benton County, Ark., was born in Alabama in
1825, and is a son of Thomas and Susannah (Jarvix) Banks, who were
born July 12, 1784, and February 29, 1799, respectively. The former
was a native of Virginia, and at an early day immigrated to Alabama,
where he was married and resided until 1837, at which time he and his
family moved to Arkansas. They were the parents of twelve children,
who lived to be grown; Lydia, who became the wife of Daniel Perkins, a
farmer and tanner, and died in Oregon; Verlinder, wife of Jesse
Kincannon. a farmer residing in Wise County, Texas; Simon P.,
deceased; Reziah J., a farmer of Texas; Samuel A., deceased;
Elizabeth, the wife of James S. Doggett, a Methodist minister residing
in California; Tirzah, deceased: Hilkiah, a farmer of Oregon; Jabez
B., farming on the old homestead; Susan Margaret, wife of Frederick
Green, residing in Texas; Rhoda, residing in Texas and the wife of
Lowry Davis; and Sebins, a farmer of Oregon. Jabez B. came to Arkansas
at the age of twelve years, and after attaining man's estate was
married to Sarah Sherrod, a native of Tennessee. The following are
their children: Nancy E. (deceased), Benjamin F., Martha C.
(deceased), David F., Thomas Arthur, Kilkiah Wesley (deceased), Susan
Verlinda, wife of John McClusky; Margaret, wife of Wiley B. Johnson;
George Lafayette and Henry Jordan (deceased). Mrs. Banks died in 1860,
and in 1861 Mr. Banks married Elizabeth Gamble. and by her became the
father of four children: Jabez Jefferson, Samuel Green, John Reziah
and Sarah F. Mr. Banks is a Democrat in politics. and is the owner of
200 acres of valuable land, seventy-five acres being under
cultivation. He is a Mason, and he and wife are members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
Stephen Sherrod
Below is a part of the History of Lee Creek Community. From this we can deduce that Stephen was most likely at least 20 years old in 1787 and married. We do not know his wifes name. No children are mentioned but there may have been some.
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The first settlers who came with Mr. Wood came from Wyoming and Carlisle, Pennsylvania and from above Wheeling, West Virginia. The following are the names of the Scotch families that came with Mr. Wood and those that came the following spring. McDonal, Greathouse, Taylor, Jemerson, Andrew McCash, F. Andrews, and Thomas Gilruth. In 1787 they were joined by the following persons: Joel and Joseph Dewey, Stephen Sherrod, Malcolm Colman, Petre and Andres Anderson and their families. Decendants from some of these families still live in the southern part of this county and in Jackson County.
Prior to the year 1785 a hunter and trapper named David Lee settled at the mouth of the creek now called Lee Creek. He was a native of Pennsylvania and resided in this vicinity a number of years. He married a sister of Peter Anderson. Many of his decendants are now residents of this county. In the spring of 1785 a company of hunters and trappers from Wheeling took possession of an Indian improvement of about twenty acres at the mouth of Lee Creek. This company consisted of Mr. Flinn and his family, Mr. Parchment and family, John McCessack and John Barnett. These people later moved down to Bellville, thus adding strength to the protection against the Indians. About the year 1796 or 1797 the settlement at Bellville received an important addition of immigrants from Connecticut. The leading man was George D. Avery. He was a professional surveyor and civil engineer. He was granted leave to construct a dam on Lee Creek near the falls and built a mill January 5, 1803. He laid out some of the streets of Parkersburg. Avery Street was named for him. The native Indians of this community belonged to the Shawnee Tribe, one of the most warlike tribes with which the white people came in contact. Before the coming of the white man the Indian built his wigwam along the streams and hunted and fished and went on the warpath against any foe of his own race or the early white settlers. In the fall of 1790 Jacob Parchment left the garrison at Bellville to hunt deer on the south fork of Lee Creek and was killed and scalped by the Indians. Late in the spring of 1792 Stephen Sherrod left the garrison at Bellville, and after feeding his hogs went into the woods to cut an ox-gad. He was surprised and captured by a party of ten Indians. His wife left the garrison a short tine after to milk the cow and was seized by two of the Indians who intended to make her a prisoner also. She resisted with so much force and screamed so loudly that they struck her senseless with a blow from the tomahawk, and were about to scalp her when a shot from the rifle of Peter Anderson wounded the Indian in the arm causing him to flee. Mrs. Sherrod was badly cut about the head. The nearest Doctor lived at Marietta and the only way to get him was to go in a canoe. This took forty hours. Mrs. Sherrod recovered from the wound and her husband escaped from his captors and returned home. After the danger from Indian attacks became less these people began to scatter and some settled on Lee Creek. Mr. Flinn and his two sons settled on the farm now owned by Mr. Will Sellers. The Andersons and the Willards settled farther up the creek. Philip Wigal came from Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania in 1799 and settled about five miles from Bellville. He later settled on the farm now owned by Mr. J. W. Huffman. Peter Dernberger, John Boso, and Jacob Kiems came about 1800. The descendants of some of these early settlers still live within our boundaries.
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Thomas Jefferson Sherrod
Posted to the Sherrod Family Genealogy Forum by Soni LaPee:
Thanks for your reply. I am not sure if my Mary Sherrod Bowman Flowers Bradbury. I do know her bothers and sisters appear to be William H. Sherrod, Susan Sherrod, Roxanna SHerrod, Ben Sherrod, and Allen B. Sherrod. I had a clue back in July of last year that their father was possibly Thomas Jefferson Sherrod from Lauderdale County, Alabama, but have not looked into it. My great grandmother was Laura C. Bowman Allen her oldest daughter. They lived in and around Faulkner and White Counties. If I find anything else out I will email you again. Please feel free to use my personal email address which is sonilapee@home.com Thanks again! Soni LaPee
Ruth O. Jenkins
This is an assumption (though I think entirely reasonable) as Ruth is beside Thomas in the cemetery. Near them are several other Sherrods who are probably children (B. F. & Maggie).
Margaret "Maggie" L. Sherrod
I am making an assumption that Maggie is the child of Thomas & Ruth based on the other graves in the cemetery and her proximity to theirs. This could be incorrect.
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