William Whitson
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| − | '''William Whitson''' (- | + | '''William Whitson''' (-1836) |
| − | Founder of Whitsontown, Crawford County, Arkansas. William Whitson was killed by John Lasater over a dispute as to where the county seat for Crawford should be located. It was currently in Whitson's store and Lasater wanted it moved closer to his own property. | + | Founder of Whitsontown, Crawford County, Arkansas. William Whitson was killed by John Lasater on [[Dec 5]], 1836 over a dispute as to where the county seat for Crawford should be located. It was currently in Whitson's store and Lasater wanted it moved closer to his own property. |
Lasater was acquited of murder and Harriet, William's widow moved back to Tennessee with her children. William died intestate and due to what I'm assuming to be Harriet's reluctance to administer and the minority of the heirs, Jesse Turner was called to be administrator "de bonis non" on the estate of William Whitson. The bond by Jesse Turner with Jesse Miller and Arthur Hicks was signed 17 Apr 1838. | Lasater was acquited of murder and Harriet, William's widow moved back to Tennessee with her children. William died intestate and due to what I'm assuming to be Harriet's reluctance to administer and the minority of the heirs, Jesse Turner was called to be administrator "de bonis non" on the estate of William Whitson. The bond by Jesse Turner with Jesse Miller and Arthur Hicks was signed 17 Apr 1838. | ||
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*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=arcen&so=2&rank=0&tips=0&gsfn=William&gsln=Whitson&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&db=&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-c&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&o_it=5910 ''Arkansas Census, 1819-70''], at Ancestry showing that William Whitson was on the Tax list of Crawford County, Arkansas 1832, 1833, 1834, and 1835 | *[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=arcen&so=2&rank=0&tips=0&gsfn=William&gsln=Whitson&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&db=&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-c&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&o_it=5910 ''Arkansas Census, 1819-70''], at Ancestry showing that William Whitson was on the Tax list of Crawford County, Arkansas 1832, 1833, 1834, and 1835 | ||
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wjhonson/FranklinARK/ProbateWilliamWhitson.html Loose Probate Packet of William Whitson] | *[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wjhonson/FranklinARK/ProbateWilliamWhitson.html Loose Probate Packet of William Whitson] | ||
| + | *[http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/AFHA/2005-07/1120886359 Posting] showing a few newspaper accounts regarding the murder. | ||
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