The last research day in Arkansas began in the Hot Spring County courthouse. We know from the 1850 census (see earlier post) that David and Cynthia lived in Clear Creek Township in Hot Spring County before they were married, but what about after they married? John L. Hughes, son, says he was reared in Hot Spring County, but as we saw in the last post, David and Cynthia owned a lot of land in Dallas County. Where did they live?
The answer, I don't know. It seems they may have lived in both counties, most likely in Hot Spring County and then later moving to Dallas. Remember, Cynthia married Benjamin Larkin at her home in Dallas County.
The question we began the day with was, Did David and Cynthia own land in Hot Spring County? Yes. We located in the deed books at the courthouse, two records for the sale of land by David and Cynthia in 1855. They sold 15 acres of a quarter section of land to Payton Parker and the rest to E. C. Jones. The land description for this quarter section was: NW4 of Section 18, Township 6 South, Range 16 West. We were not able to discover where they had first obtained the land.
While there are still many questions to be answered about David G. Hughes and Cynthia Henson Hughes, we feel we know them better having walked their counties and handled records they saw and signed. We leave Arkansas still hoping we will yet find answers to our questions, but it has been good. Now we must explore the lives of son, John Linnaeus Hughes and his wife, Sarah Kizziah Burleson Hughes. For that we follow John's travels to Grayson County, Texas.
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