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Hi Mark, I don't know if you've been responded to on Newton but here is what I have: b.~1830 Hamilton Co, TN d. 11 Jan 1904, AR m. #1 Clara Kate/Katie Sanders in TN m. #2 Emaline Perkins abt 1865 m. #3 Mrs. Elizabeth Horn 26 Aug 1888 Logan Co, AR m. #4 Mrs. Ann Barnes 30 Jul 1891, Logan Co, AR m. #5 Mrs. Etta Frost 21 Sep 1903 Logan Co, AR Don't know when he had time to fight in a war! Sources: Marriages from Logan Co Marriage Records 1860 census, Johnson Co, Clark Twp, fam. #178-178 1870 census, Johnson Co, Clark Twp, pg. 3, fam #12-12 1880 census, Logan Co, Logan Twp, pg. 7, fam #57-59 ---- State of Arkansas County of Logan In the matter of the Petition for Enrollment as Cherokee Citizens of N.J. Hibbs, G. W. Sivley Et Al heirs of Lewis and Dempsey Tyner N. J. Hibbs one of the applicants being sworn deposes and says: My name is Newton J. Hibbs. I live in Paris, Logan County, Arkansas. I am 64 years of age. I was born in the Cherokee Nation East in Tennessee. My mother was Obedience called Rhody Tyner before she married my father Jeremiah Hibbs. My mother was the daughter of Dempsey Tyner (or Tiner) and Dempsey Tyner was also the father of Lewis Tyner who moved to the Cherokee Nation Indian Territory. Leaving before the war. I was small but remember my Grand-father Dempsey Tyner coming to our home. He was a half-blood Cherokee Indian and moved to Alabama and died there. Lewis Tyner, my uncle I knew well. He left the Cherokee Nation East in Tennessee many years ago, I cannot definitely state the year and moved to the Indian Territory and I have always understood enrolled on the 1851 & 1852 rolls as a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. His name as I am informed and believe appears on the rolls of 1835. My mother was a quarter - blood Cherokee Indian and preferred to live among them. My father moved from the Cherokee Nation East in Tennessee to the Cherokee County in Alabama and lived with them until Jackson gathered them up and brought them west. Lewis Tyner was my uncle, my mothers brother, and I know was a quarter - blood Cherokee as was also my mother. I am the father of Ellena Parker and Elizabeth Nichols. Lewis Tyner had by Mary Ann Tyner his first wife children as follows: John H. Tiner, who is the father of John W Tyner, Ellen More, Joe Tyner and Fanny Tyner; Stephen J commonly called “Jack”, who was the father of Tennessee Davis, Liz Surguine, Lewis Tyner. Hiram Tyner. Lewis Tyner and Jess L. Tyner. Obedience Tyner, who is the mother of James R. Sivley, G. W. Sivley, Mary A Tygart and Parthence Weatherton; Mary Tyner, who was the mother of Mary Farmer, Martha Spicer, Louisa Reid, and “Doc” Hibbs. I am well acquainted with all the applicants for citizenship set out above and know them to be of Cherokee blood as follows: myself Newton J. Hibbs 1/8, Ellena Parker and Elizabeth Nichols 1/16 Each, J. H. Tyner 1/8, J. R. Sivley, G. W. Sivley, Mary A Tygart. Parthena Westherton, John W. Tyner Ellen More, Joe Tyner, Fanny Tyner, Martha Spicer, Louisa Reed , and Dock Hibbs, Tennessee Davis, Liz Surguine, Lewis Tyner Jr. 1/16 each. Further deponent sayeth not. /s/ Newton J. Hibbs State of Arkansas County of Logan I G. J. Ross, Clerk of the Circuit Court within and for the County and State above named do certify that Newton J. Hibbs who is to me well know to be a person whorthy of credit and belief personally appeared before me this the 27th day of August 1896 and swore to the above. ----
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