Polk County Genealogical Society, Inc.
Headquartered in Bolivar, Missouri, United States of America

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This book has been placed in the Family Histories Section on the research floor.

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1. Transcription of Records found in Pension Claim of James Hopkins 8 pages
2. Handwritten receipt "Hiram Hopkins sold to Thomas Underwood one bay mare" 24 March 1874
3. Story of the Hopkins Family as given by Mrs. J. B. Easley to Cleo M. (Hopkins) McKinney 4 copies
4. List of Descendants of James Hopkins living in this area
5. Biographical sketch Wellington S. Hopkins, M.D. 1889 History of Hickory, Dade, Polk, Cedar & Barton Counties Pg. 655 2 copies
6. Abstracted census records Hopkins families 4 pages
7. Page 594 Wayne County, Missouri paragraph on Thomas Hopkins Family
8. Pages 51-53, 57-64 Hopkins family genealogy no source listed 11 pages
9. Peggy Hopkins family (handwritten on half sheet)
10. Hopkins notes
11. James Hopkins, Revolutionary Soldier genealogy 9 pages
12. Will Unveil Monuments Program 3 copies
13. In Unveiling of Monuments 2 copies
14. Transcribed court proceeding Alvin A. Hopkins testifying on family of James Hopkins 31 Aug 1921 2 copies
15. Newspaper clipping "Revolutionary War Veteran’s grave near Fair Play" Bolivar Herald-Free Press 7 Oct ??
16. Biographical sketches--W. N. C. C. A. Fox (page 643), Mrs. E. S. Williams (page 715) 2 pages/copies No source listed.
17. "Ozarks Genealogy—Your Family Tree" Springfield Newspaper no date brief biography of James Hopkins
18. "First Mail Carrier still on duty" Fair Play Advocate no date A. D. Hopkins 2 pages
19. Newspaper clipping "Will Unveil Monuments ( James Hopkins) and Bessie Hopkins Married to Charles Lemmon at Joilet, Mont. No sources photocopies

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1. Family group sheet William Sutton (William B. Sutton) and Nancy Bryson 2 copies
2. Abstracted Census records Allnut (Alnut), Sutton, Cox 3 pages includes the following locations/Years

• 1860 Jackson twp. Clinton Co., MO
• 1860 Shaul twp. Cameron, Clinton Co., MO
• 1850 Barren Co., MO second district
• 1850 Linn Co., MO District 51
• 1820 Logan Co., KY
• 1870 Lathrop, Clinton Co., MO
• 1880 Lathrop twp.
• 1880 Jackson twp,
• 1880 Washington twp., Clay Co., MO

1. Page 166 Index 1830 Census of Missouri listing of Suttons
2. Sutton family history
3. Entries from U. S. Land Sales Indexes Sutton & Hopkins
4. Death dates—Vinah Sutton, Susan Sutton, John Mathis, Nancy Sutton, William B. Sutton
5. Family group sheet Bertrum Carrick and Mary Grace Sutton

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1. Cover
2. "The Backwater Men" at the Battle of King’s Mountain, After Yorktown, Captain Jonakin-Jarnagin’s Military Service pages 30-31
3. "The Mill and Still" page 44
4. "Noah and Mary Russell Jarnagin" pages 174-75
5. "Will of Noah Jarnagin" pages 176-79 includes comments by author
6. "Noah and Mary Russell Jarnagin and Descendants, Grainger County, Tennessee" pages 211-17
7. "Sketch—Noah Jarnagin" page 223
8. Miscellaneous Jarnagin Papers
9. Family group sheet Allison Woodville Barrington Jarnagin and Amanda Hopkins
10. Genealogy of Thomas Jarnagin and John Jarnagin 6 pages
11. Heirs of Thomas Jarnagin 2 quarter pages, 1 half page
12. "Minnie Lea Jarnagin tells story of old family home", Morristown Gazette & Mail 4 May 1952 2 pages transcribed 2 copies
13. Newspaper clipping on death of Mrs. Emma Jarnagin Smith no source/date

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1. Letter to Mrs. Dolen Hammons from Herschell Milton Billingsley 24 Oct 1974 cover letter to information on Billingsley Family sent to Mrs. Hammons 2 copies
2. Title page The Billingsley Family (Billingsly-Billingslea) in America by Harry Alexander Davis, c. 1936
3. Historical pages 7-10
4. Thomas Billingsley pages 16-20
5. Francis (1) Billingsley pages 20-22 2 copies
6. Basil (5) Billingsley pages 52-56
7. Elizabeth Billingsley pages 122-127
8. John (2) Billingsley pages 23-24
9. William (3) Billingsley pages 26-27 (on one page)
10. Samuel (4) Billingsley page 32
11. Walter Billingsley pages 56-57 (on one page)
12. James (6) Billingsley pages 132-134 2 copies
13. Samuel (7) Billingsley pages 331-332 3 copies
14. George Christopher (8) Billingsley pages 575-577 3 copies
15. Billingsley Coat of Arms (photocopy)
16. Hopkins Excursus 2 pages
17. Roster of Soldier and Patriots of the American Revolution Buried in Tennessee by Bates c. 1974 information abstracted from pages 30, 37, 39, 46, 49, 50, 55, 239, 342, 347, 176—Bean, Billingsley, Blair, Bowen, Bradford, Brochus, Jarnagin, Lea, Roddy, Russell, Hammon, Hammons 5 pages

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1. Births, deaths, marriages—beginning with James Olivar Hopkins handwritten transcription 3 pages
2. Photocopy of Bible record Reynolds
3. Page from Bible marriages Hopkins to Shemwell, Lemmon and Reynolds
4. Page from Bible marriages/births Reynolds
5. Page from Bible deaths/memoranda Reynolds
6. Thomas Oliver Reynolds Family (half sheet)
7. John Billingsley (half sheet)

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1. James Isaac Robberson obituary
2. Abraham C. Reynolds obituary
3. C. A. Hopkins; Frank Reynolds obituaries (photocopies also photocopy of 2 pictures Charles Earl Lemmon)
4. Abraham C. Reynolds; Mrs. Lula Shemwell (photocopies—also picture of young Abraham Reynolds) 3 copies
5. Ora Ann Reynolds In Memoriam
6. Mrs. James Oliver Hopkins, Dr. W. S. Hopkins obituaries; funeral card Mrs. Nancy W. Hopkins (photocopies) 2 copies
7. Elizabeth Reynolds Memoriam (typed photocopy hard to read)
8. Mrs. Nancy J. Brown death notice
9. Miss M. E. Hopkins obituary
10. Mrs. Lula Shemwell obituary
11. Abe Reynolds dies in car wreck news clipping

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1. Letter to Elizabeth Hammons 27 Sept. 194, Missouri Secretary of State in response to request for copies of info on Browns, Suttons, Hopkins
2. Letter to members Hopkins Cemetery Association 14 May 1993 from Elizabeth Hammons, Secretary, financial report
3. Letter to Anna 1 Jan 2001 from Better Ammerman 3 pages photocopied
4. Letter to Elizabeth Hammons 23 Mar. 2003 from Elinor4 Little Wolf
5. Letter to Matilda Polk Campbell DAR 18 June 2004 giving permission to mark James Hopkins’ grave
6. Photocopy picture 1896 G. G. Grandfather Reynolds
7. Information on Farmers Mutual Fire & Lightning Insurance Co., photocopy of card mailed to W. L. Potts, Dunnegan
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9. Copy of article about store at Erna, written by George Hooper Polk County Historama No. 2, Jan 1980 2 pages
10. Notes from Handybook of Genealogy
11. Handwritten list of names—Akard, Boren, Brown, Hopkins, Jernigan, Simmons, Williams
12. Organization date Baptist Church, Fair Play
13. Miscellaneous scraps (6) of paper with names—Hopkins, Jones, Romney, Reynolds, Hogan, Brown, Pierce
14. Guy Everton Tremaine 2 pages
15. Copy of Bryson article in Ozarks Genealogy 8 May 1977 Springfield News-Leader and "Quail" written by Lula Shemwell 1927
16. Reynoldses celebrate 50^th anniversary
17. Public Sale of School Property Hopkins, Fox, Potts, Kinder, Mt. Bethel 1952
18. Sutton Brothers Pay Rare Visit Here Fair Play Advocate 25 Jan 1968

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1. Group at Home of Jim Thompson, NW of Fair Play, Grant Brown only person identified
2. James Oliver Hopkins, Amanda Hopkins Walker, Nancy Arrah Hopkins Crow, Alvin Lincoln Hopkins c. 1922
3. Sutton relatives, taken at U. G. Brown’s home
4. Junior League, M. E. Church Oct. 1898
5. Unidentified group
6. Unidentified baby
7. Ruby, Grace and Addie, taken 7 June 1971
8. Small picture of Charles Reynolds
9. Small picture of Vickie Reynolds, Charles’ daughter
10. Small picture, unidentified except for "age 7 2^nd grade"
11. Tombstone Pictures—Frieze, Effie & O., R. "Honk", Alfred & Elsie L.; Wyman (3 sleeves)

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1. Hopkins listed in Polk County Cemetery Directory 1979 pages 87-88
2. 1850 Federal Census Wayne County, MO Sutton, Hopkins pages 39-40 & 47-48
3. 1850 Federal Census Cedar County, MO Hopkins pages 16, 30, 35
4. 1850 Federal Census Polk County, MO Hopkins pages 38, 62, 63
5. Population Census Schedules 2 pages
6. Where to obtain Confederate Pension Records
7. Contact sources for vital records in Indiana 2 pages
8. Suggestions and items to consider in writing your personal history 2 copies
9. MO Society DAR List of collateral descendants Meriweather Lewis & William Clark
10. 2003-2004 Yearbook Matilda Polk Campbell Chapter DAR

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1. Memorandum of Taxes Due Hiram Hopkins Est. no date 2 copies original and photocopy, also includes news article "Funeral of James O. Hopkins" no source listed
2. Tax receipt J. O. Hopkins 1881, Cedar County, MO
3. Tax receipt J. O. Hopkins 1887, Cedar County, MO
4. Tax receipt J. O. Hopkins 1893, Cedar County, MO
5. Flyer—Bates & Clarke, Attorneys & Counsellors at Law, St. Louis Claims against the United States in the Military Departments of the West Pension, Bounties, Soldier’s pay
6. General Warranty Deed Hopkins, Walker, Crow 16 Feb 1886
7. Receipt of payment State & County Tax Elizabeth Hopkins 1855

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1. "Redressing ‘The Nutcracker’" Springfield News-Leader, Sunday Dec 3, 200, page 1G Jessica Engleman, descendant of James Hopkins
2. "Missouri’s war against Texas herds" Springfield News & Leader, Sunday, Jan 30, 1977
3. "Whatever the ailment, Graydon Springs had a cure for it" Sunday News & Leader, Aug 28, 1977
4. Photo Civil War T. H. B. Dunnegan, William Lower, Gid H. Higginbotham BHFP Nov 15, 2000
5. Photo Franklin House 1880 BHFP-no date (photocopy)
6. Photo Brush Creek section/house crew 1890s W. A. Hopkins, foreman Daily Record, Lebanon, MO (photocopy)

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1. The Little Ford Rambled Right Along
2. The Light in a Lover’s Eyes

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1. Hopkins Cemetery Layout Map in fragile condition
2. Invitation to dedication of grave marker by Matilda Polk Campbell Chapter DAR on grave of James Hopkins
3. Copy of newspaper article "Revolutionary War Veteran’s grave near Fair Play BHFP 7 Oct 2005 2 copies
4. Newspaper article "Revolutionary War veteran’s grave near Fair Play" with picture of grave marker BHFP 7 Oct 2005
5. Newspaper article "Revolutionary war Soldier honored, grave marked BHFP 4 May 2005 2 copies
6. Ozarks genealogy column SNL 31 July 1977 "Reunion & Meeting—Hopkins Cemetery
7. Photo—James Hopkins’ grave #3
8. photo—DAR ceremony at Hopkins grave site #4
9. Photo—Rex and Dorothy Hopkins, Carolyn Mott #5
10. Financial status of Hopkins Cemetery Association 29 Apr 2001 2 copies
11. Hopkins Cemetery Association Letter 12 Oct 2000 providing information on problems in caring for the cemetery 2 copies
12. Newspaper article "James Hopkins – Soldier of the Revolution" printed from website of Ozarks Newsstand 2005 2 pgs.
13. "In --- unveiling of Monuments" placing of marker on Hopkins grave 2 copies
14. Ozarks genealogy column no date "Revolutionary War Soldier – James Hopkins"
15. Family Group Sheet—James Hopkins
16. Newspaper article "James Hopkins, Soldier of the Revolution" 2 copies
17. Newspaper article about Hopkins family no source/date
18. Newspaper article "Hopkins Cemetery Meeting Set"
19. Photo—Barren Creek Church
20. Newspaper article "Headstone dedication at Greenwood May 20" for Bertie Williams BHFP 17 May 2006

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1. Civil War Veterans in 1920 taken in front of Watson Café
2. Civil War Veterans pose for photo in 1920
3. Notes on Elijah Devin family
4. 1908 Polk County Officers

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1. The Story of the Hopkins Family as Given by Mrs. J.B. Easley to Cleo M. (Hopkins) McKinney
2. Descendants of James Hopkins 3 pgs. 3 copies
3. Jinkins Family Tree 17 pgs. compiled in 1981, updated 1995
4. Information about my mother’s (Mrs. Blanche Hopkins Reynolds? Mother’s people 4 pgs.
5. Descendants chart for James Hopkins 2 copies
6. Family Group Sheet—Joshua F. Brown & Louann Young 2 copies
7. Death Certificate—Ronald Franklin Jenkins

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1. 1. 1953 Fair Play High School Commencement Program w/photo (photocopies, no identification on photo)
   2. 50^th Anniversary and Reunion of Fair Play Class of 1953
   3. Potts School photos (10) #s 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19
   4. Polk County’s Rural Schools special section of BHFP 7 Sep 2001
   5. Newspaper photo unidentified public school building no source/date
   6. Newspaper photo – Potts School in 1906 w/identification
   7. Photocopied photo of children w/valentine box no identification/date
   8. Photos (3) – Emojean Reynolds #s22-24
   9. Newspaper photo – Fair Play Seventh Graders 1941 w/identification
   10. Photo—Potts School 1937 #s 7, 13
   11. Photo—South Ward Third Grade 1953-54 composite photo w/no identification
   12. Letter to Emojean from Sally concerning DAR information on Hopkins
   13. Newspaper article – "The Hembrees are at home in two counties"
   14. Christmas card sent to the Hembrees from Nancy and Verdell Cowan 1977
   15. Photo—Fair Play Seventh and Eighth Grades 1946-47 composite photo no identification
   16. Photo—no date, some identification on back possibly a third grade class from South Ward
   17. 1935 Fair Play High School Commencement Program
   18. 1933-34 Fair Play High School Basketball Rosters – both girls and boys listed
   19. Polk County Populace 12 Aug 2008 w/photo and article about Fair Play High School girls basketball team, 1933-34 champions of Ozark League

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1. Ora Curl Retires from Welfare Office
2. Debate gave Hamilton confidence
3. Aged mates observe three score and ten (Solomon and Minerva Hopkins)

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1. Obituary – Mrs. Elizabeth A. Holmes
2. Obituary – Mrs. Lula Shemwell
3. Obituary – Mrs. W. B. (Pearl) Lee
4. Obituary – Mrs. Willie R. Runyan
5. Funeral Card – Mrs. Willie R. Runyan
6. Thank you card from Willie’s family for being casket bearer
7. Thank you card from Willie’s family for expression of sympathy
8. Funeral Card – Selma Imo Kaudle
9. Handwritten obituary information for Wilma G. Reed
10. Will of Alvin I. Hopkins 2 copies
11. Birthday card no signatures/date
12. Obituary – Isaac Simeon Reynolds 5 different publications
13. Funeral Card – Blanche Reynolds
14. Funeral Card – Mrs. Nancy W. Hopkins
15. Obituary – Anna M. Meador
16. Funeral Card – Anna M. Meador

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1. Tax receipt – J. O. Hopkins 8 Sep 188?
2. Tax receipt – J. O. Hopkins 6 Dec 1887
3. Tax receipt – J. O. Hopkins 23 Nov 1889
4. Woodmen of the World – Clerk’s Official Receipt (2) W. O. Hopkins 30 Dec 1911, 4 June 1912
5. Unknown source containing letter for Fair Play newspaper from W. Clay Sutton writing about living in Fair Play dated 9 Apr 1963 w/photo W. Clay Sutton and twin granddaughters in Washington DC

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1. Group picture taken at Cave Springs 2 copies one w/identification taken 1922 contains 38 people (descendants of J. O. Hopkins) #2, 3
2. Group picture taken at Cave Springs w/identification taken circa 1922 contains 16 people (Hopkins, Reynolds) #1

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1. Poems (2) on index card M-O-T-H-E-R Just Before the Battle
2. Poem One night as I was walking home
3. I’m a Senior Citizen by Patricia Ann Rivera
4. "Wishes for a Beautiful Year by Rebecca Woodman Turner

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1. A Pictorial History of Fair Play
2. Newspaper article concerning Mark Hopkins estate SDN 14 Sep 1929 2 copies
3. Franklin, our Forgotten State CMH Care newsletter of Citizens’ Auxiliary Sep 2002
4. View from the Rooftop newsletter of The Chimney Checker Spring/Summer 2005
5. chart showing charitable giving to a church no name/date
6. Missouri Soil Survey Map very poor condition

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1. Photo—Junior Class – 1934 Fair Play no identification
2. Photo—1033-34 Fair Play Girls Basketball Team no identification
3. Photo—1935 Fair Play Seniors composite
4. Photo—1932-33 Fair Play High School Girls Basketball Team no identification
5. Photo—Fair Play Girls Basketball team circa 1935 some identification
6. Photo—Halfway basketball and softball teams coached by Emojean no identification circa 1950
7. Photo—1959-60 Bolivar Seniors composite
8. High School Diploma—Emojean M. Reynolds – Class of 1935
9. Burial report—Eva Fay Hembree b. 1934 d. 1934