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Subject: Re: Coulters in Missouri and Arkansas
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 15:29:17 EDT

Warren,
Thanks for the information. Looking forward to getting the name of the
Coulter contact. I'm optimistic that we are talking about the same family.
Will follow up on your other suggestions also.

Thanks for your help,
Sam

In a message dated 8/17/2001 3:14:22 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
writes:


> Sam,
> I believe some of her family are still in the area of Fayetteville,
> Arkansas, and Springfield, Missouri. I used to live in Northwest Arkansas
> and did a little research for one of the members of this family several
> years ago; just as a favor, I am not a professional genealogist.
> None of the names you have mentioned, however, are familiar to me. Off
> hand, all I remember is a James Coulter and his brothers who took a herd of
> horses from a ranch claiming they belonged to them. On their way to Fort
> Smith to sell the horses, the people they took them from caught up with
> them in the mountains and an angered argument ensued and one of the Coulter
> brothers was gunned down. Have you heard this story? These Coulters came
> from Tennessee, as best as I recollect.
> Call the Public Library in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The staff in the
> Genealogical Library there are very helpful, knowledgeable and cordial.
> They are always talking on the phone giving answers to somebody. I do not
> know what their procedures are for conducting research or mailing copies,
> but it will be a pittance I'm sure. They have a surprisingly excellent
> library for a town that size.
> Another good place is the Genealogical Room at The Peel Mansion in
> Bentonville, Arkansas. They will equally give you a good reception. I am
> sorry that I do not have the addresses or phone numbers of either place.
> Nor did I keep copies of my research.
> In the meantime I will hunt up the name and address of someone in this
> family and put you in touch. Every year in June there is a Coulter Reunion
> in Springfield, MO of unrelated Coulters who are trying to find a
> connection and who share their research. Some of your Coulter family is
> usually there.
> CAVEAT: Hopefully, I am talking about the same family; I may not be.
> Good luck and best regards,
> Warren Coulter
>

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