The progenitor of the Carroll County, Mississippi branch of the
MINYARD family was JAMES MINYARD, SR.  Records indicate he was born
about 1768 and died about 1827.  Although several MINYARD families are
shown on the 1779-1784 tax list and the 1790 North Carolina census, a
firm conclusion as to the birthplace and parentage of James, Sr. has 
not been determined at this time.  Census records from Lawrence County,
Mississippi indicate he was about 50 years in 1819.
   It is believed JAMES MINYARD, SR. moved to Franklin County, Georgia 
around 1790.  By 1814, he had moved to Lawrence County, Mississippi 
where he was found on the tax rolls from 1814-1825, owning land in the
Bogue Chittos area.  
   In 1820, he was granted a US Patent by President James Monroe for 
300.92 acres of land in Lawrence County, Mississippi.  By 1827, JAMES
MINYARD, SR. was no longer found on the tax rolls, so, we must 
conclude he was deceased at this time.
   Deed records in Lawrence County, Mississippi show his heirs sold
the tract of land on Bogue Chitto in April 1833, possibly as a means 
of financing their move to Carroll County, Mississippi in 1834.  
   As of this date, no marriage records have been found and the name
of his wife remains unknown.  The couple were known to have had eleven
children:



Mary                Minyard      born:abt 1794  died:
John                Minyard      born:abt 1795  died:bef 1870
William             Minyard      born:abt 1798  died:bet 1870-1880
James               Minyard, Jr. born:abt 1801  died:bet 1850-1855
son                 Minyard      born:abt 1805  died:
Elizabeth "Betsy"   Minyard      born:abt 1805  died:bet1870-1880
Sela (or Celia)     Minyard      born:abt 1807  died:
Charity             Minyard      born:abt 1810  died:
Thomas              Minyard      born:abt 1815  died:1865-1870
Delaney             Minyard      born:abt 1817  died:
daughter*           Minyard      born:          died:

*This daughter may have been named Sarah and was possibly born about 1812.

   JAMES MINYARD, JR. was born about 1804 in Georgia.  He was one of
the pioneer settlers of Carroll County, Mississippi, having settled 
in the Bogue Chitto area, along with the other heirs of JAMES MINYARD,
SR. in 1834.  He was married to SARAH CARPENTER.  SARAH was born about 
1810 in Georgia.  She was a daughter of JOHN & ESTHER (KENNEDY)
CARPENTER.  This couple married about 1830.  JAMES MINYARD, JR. died
before September 29, 1848 in Carroll County, Mississippi.  SARAH
(CARPENTER) MINYARD died between 1870 - 1880 in Carroll County.
  This couple had at least nine children:



Owen                 Minyard  born:abt 1833    died:bet 1890-1900
William              Minyard  born:abt 1834    died:
Thomas               Minyard  born:abt 1836    died:
Melissa              Minyard  born:06-18-1837  died:
Adam                 Minyard  born:abt 1839    died:
Margaret             Minyard  born:07-00-1840  died:
Esther    Caroline   Minyard  born:abt 1845    died:
James     Peter      Minyard  born:07-20-1847  died:
Sarah     Ellen      Minyard  born:abt 1848    died:

   OWEN MINYARD was born about 1833, probably in Lawrence County, 
Mississippi.  He was married first to CHARITY CARPENTER on
March 3, 1853 in Carroll County, Mississippi.  CHARITY was born about
1837 in Mississippi.  Her parents are not known at this time.
   According to the Military Annals of Carroll County, Mississippi,
OWEN MINYARD served in the Confederate Army and is shown on the roll
of the Black Hawk Rifles, Conmpany G, Twenty-Second Mississippi 
Regiment, Featherston's Brigade, Lorings Division, Polk's Corps,
Army of Tennessee.
   It is believed CHARITY (CARPENTER) MINYARD died about 1872.  OWEN
MINYARD died between 1890 - 1900.
   Eight children were born to this couple:



James    Albert    Minyard      born:06-18-1854  died:05-10-1933
Thomas   Ulysses   Minyard      born:03-00-1856  died:
William  Henderson Minyard      born:09-21-1858  died:06-11-1931
Owen               Minyard, Jr. born:01-00-1864  died:
Nathan   Walter    Minyard      born:09-07-1866  died:00-00-1925
Angus    Martin    Minyard      born:12-08-1868  died:07-06-1960
Mahala             Minyard      born:00-00-1871  died:
Ada                Minyard      born:abt 1872    died:

  OWEN MINYARD married a second time to MELINDA CARPENTER on June 14,
1874.  They had three children:



Charley           Minyard      born:abt 1850    died:
Hettie            Minyard      born:08-00-1875  died:
Decatur           Minyard      born:abt 1882    died:
Silas             Minyard      born:abt 1889    died:

   NATHAN WALTER MINYARD was born in Carroll County, Mississippi on
September 7, 1866.  Marriage records of the Second District of Vaiden,
Carroll County, Mississippi show he married NANNIE PAPPS on 
October 18, 1893.  NANNIE PAPPS was born in Carroll County, Mississippi
on February 18, 1876.  She was a daughter of JOHN & HENRIETTA (DOSTER)
PAPPS. 
   NATHAN WALTER MINYARD died in 1925 in Mississippi County, Arkansas.
After his death, NANNIE remarried to BILL DEPRIEST.
   NATHAN WALTER & NANNIE (PAPPS) MINYARD had twelve children:



Robert     Lee        Minyard  born:07-31-1894  died:00-00-1981
Ruby                  Minyard  born:03-00-1896  died:
Kate                  Minyard  born:03-00-1897  died:
Lonnie     (Fannie)   Minyard  born:09-20-1900  died:
Dick                  Minyard  born:01-03-1903  died:
Dennis                Minyard  born:09-13-1905  died:
Curtis                Minyard  born:abt 1906    died:
Norma                 Minyard  born:10-20-1907  died:
Nathan                Minyard  born:08-17-1909  died:
Eddie                 Minyard  born:09-05-1911  died:
Martha                Minyard  born:08-02-1913  died:young
Everett               Minyard  born:00-00-1915  died:young

   ROBERT LEE MINYARD was born July 31, 1894 in Carroll County,
Mississippi.  He married LULA MAE CORLEY.  LULA MAE CORLEY was born
May 8, 1895 in Carroll County, Mississippi.  She was a daughter of
MATHEW & MAGGIE (BARRENTINE) CORLEY.
   After moving to Mississippi County, Arkansas, ROBERT cleared a farm
north of Dell, Arkansas.  He and his wife settled here and raised a
family.  Upon his retirement from farming in 1965, ROBERT sold the 
farm.   
   LULA MAE (CORLEY) MINYARD died in 1954 in Dell, Mississippi County,
Arkansas.  After the death of his first wife, ROBERT married again to
JOSEPHINE MOONEY.
  ROBERT LEE MINYARD died in 1981 in Dell, Mississippi County,
Arkansas.  The oldest of fifteen children, he had outlived all of his
siblings, both wives and five of his children.
   ROBERT LEE MINYARD stood six feet tall and weighed about 185 pounds.
His eyes and hair were brown.  He had a stout build and had a dark
complexion.  He was a good husband, a loving and honorable son and a
friend to all who knew him.  He was known for his generosity and 
compassion and was owed thousands of dollars by people who could never
afford to pay him back at the time of his death.  He was a hard worker
and was known to have been blessed with unusual strenth.  Although he
was admired for his physical strength, he was known most for his mild
manner, his great sense of kindness, compassion, loyalty and devotion
and love for his family and friends.  
   This couple had nine children:

Robert    Austin    Minyard   born:05-30-1916  died:08-15-1982
Mary      Lee       Minyard   born:12-05-1919  died:
Harold    James     Minyard   born:05-23-1923  died:
Juanita             Minyard   born:11-05-19??  died:
Ethel     Christine Minyard   born:09-01-1929  died:
Betty     Jean      Minyard   born:01-15-1934  died:08-11-1989
???                 Minyard   born:            died:young
???                 Minyard   born:            died:young
???                 Minyard   born:            died:young

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