Descendants of Charles Woolverton

Joseph Erwin (Grandpap) Halbrook and Molinda Rebecca Hilburn

Husband Joseph Erwin (Grandpap) Halbrook ¹
           Born: 9 Oct 1818 - Bedford, TN ¹
       Baptized: 
           Died: 9 Jan 1897 - Van Buren, AR
         Buried:  - Halbrook Cem, Van Buren, AR
         Father: William Erwin Halbrook ¹
         Mother: Judith McGee
       Marriage: Abt 1836 - Perry County, TN, on Coon Creek
Wife Molinda Rebecca Hilburn ¹
           Born: 1820
       Baptized: 
           Died: Abt 1911
         Buried: 
         Father: Richard Hilburn
         Mother: Campbell
Children
1 M John Reynolds Halbrook ¹
           Born: 1840 - Perryville, Perry Co, Tenn ¹
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Huie
         Spouse: Frances Driver
           Marr: 10 Oct 1869 - Lick Mt., Conway Co., Ak ¹
2 F Elizabeth (Betsy) Halbrook
           Born: 
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: William (Buck) McAlister
3 F Sarah Judith Halbrook
           Born: 
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Andrew Holloway
4 M Jerimiah Thomas (Tom) Halbrook
           Born: 
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Rebecca Parker
5 F Southey Halbrook
           Born: 
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: William Reid
6 F Rececca Molinda Halbrook
           Born: 
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: James Johnson
         Spouse: Brad Harris
7 M Ernest (Ernie) Boggs
           Born: 
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Irene Bailes
8 U Halbrook
           Born: 
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
9 U Halbrook
           Born: 
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
10 M Wiley Uriah Halbrook ¹
           Born: 21 Mar 1854 - Headwaters of Point Remove Creek, near Morrilton, Van Buren County, AR
       Baptized: 
           Died: 8 May 1904 - RFD, Cleveland, Van Buren, AR
         Buried:  - Woolverton Cem, Northeast of Morrilton, Van Buren, AR
         Spouse: Sarah Elizabeth Woolverton
           Marr: Dec 1875
General Notes: Husband - Joseph Erwin (Grandpap) Halbrook

FTM BIRT: RIN MH:IF32692
BIRT: RIN MH:SC129
DEAT: RIN MH:IF32693
BURI: RIN MH:IF32694
RIN MH:SC128
NOTE: PRIN MH:I22698

from William Erwin Halbrook - "A School Man of the Ozarks"

"In the later part of my teens I lost both of my grandfathers.
Not many boys have had the pleasure and profit
of association with all four of their grandparents till
they were grown. I had that pleasure. My Grandfather
Halbrook often used me to turn squirrels for him, for he
was slightly nervous in his old age and had to have rest
for his rifle. So time after time he took me along to assist
his hunting, for he was a hunter, in fact that was the main
reason he migrated to Arkansas where he found plenty of
game.

My Grandfather Halbrook had largely by
himself built a little boxed house near his home as a community
meeting house in which was organized a Methodist
church. It was seated with split logs arranged around the
walls. This being near the center of the new school district
it was used for the district's school sessions. Here I attended
my first school and among the first in the new school
district with my mother's brother as my first teacher."
Research Notes: Husband - Joseph Erwin (Grandpap) Halbrook

Joseph was a family name. Andrew Jackson supposedly spent a lot of money
for a race horse that would win over a horse of one Joseph Erwin, a
well-known racer in Nashville, TN. William Erwin Halbrook says that it
accounted for his grandfather's middle name, Erwin.

Joseph was called "Pappy" by his children and "grandpap" by his
grandchildren. The search of a new country with plenty of game was what
attracted him to Arkansas from Tennessee.

He learned to read fairly well not to have had any school, was well versed
in the state statutes and for years served as the ony justice of the peace
for a large section of the country, was the only one for miles around
where pioneer couples could come to get married officially. He was a
fiddler, played it by using the bow in his left hand. He was a fair
marksman, winning first place in many shooting matches. In those days, he
shot for beef, first two won hind quarters, two next each a fore quarter,
fifth the hide and tallow, and sixth got the lead from the target board.

He was not what one would call religious, though he once joined a
Methodist church. He was generous, too much so at times for his own
good--a characteristic of the Halbrooks. He had an even temper, was not
profane, lived a high standard of virtue and integrity for his day, and
was popular among his neighbors. He was a typical, first class pioneer.

He organized a Methodist Church (?).
General Notes: Wife - Molinda Rebecca Hilburn

FTM BIRT: RIN MH:IF32695
DEAT: RIN MH:IF32696
RIN MH:SC130
NOTE: PRIN MH:I22699

Research Notes: Wife - Molinda Rebecca Hilburn

"Molinda Hilburn could neither read nor write but was blessed with common
sense. She was the least superstitious of any old person I ever knew.
She was plain spoken, unsophisticated, devoted to her husband and her
children, worked in the field, could plow oxen and use an axe. She
carded, spun, and wove her own cloth, knitted the socks for the family,
cooked her meals on the fireplace, garnered dried fruits and vegetables
for the family's use, but never attempted to bake a cake or pies.

"She was most sympathetic for all sufferers, attended on the sick in the
neighborhood, treated them by brewing teas and concoctions from the common
herbs. In her leisure she enjoyed smoking her pipe filled with pure raw
home grown tobacco, never using any lighter and not even a match, but
always lit her pipe with coals of fire that she picked up from the
fireplace in summer as well as winter with an iron paddle that grandpap
had made for her.

"She gave birth to ten children, seven lived to be grown and married. At
the birth of every grandchild, of which she had 44, she would walk at her
first opportunity--she never rode--and bring two yards of calico as a
present for a dress to the new born.

"She was a Primitive Baptist in belief, a sort of fatalist, believing that
the saving of souls was God's business. She never joined any church. She
was the least childish of any old person I ever knew, lovely to the last.
She patiently waited and hoped for the call of her Lord and died at the
grand old age of 91."

Elsewhere (p28), he says "both of my grandmothers lived till after I was
married. They were each in their 80's when they passed away."

from William Erwin Halbrook's "A School Man of the Ozarks".
Notes: Marriage

FTM
MARR: RIN MH:FF9580

Death Notes: Child - Southey Halbrook

died about 15 mo. after her marriage
Death Notes: Child - Halbrook

Died young
Death Notes: Child - Halbrook

Died young

Sources

1. Conway County - Our Land, Our Home, Our People.

Sources

1 Conway County - Our Land, Our Home, Our People.

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