Ralph Skelton (1787-1861) - early Washington County settler Birth and death: Born 16 May 1787 at Johns Creek, Union County, South Carolina; died 30 March 1861 at Greenland, Washington County, Arkansas. These vital details appear in the genealogy record for him and match county history narratives about the Skelton family’s early move to Washington County . War of 1812 and land in Washington County: Drafted for the War of 1812; afterward, with the help of Capt. Joseph Montgomery, he received an 80 acre land grant in Section 29, Township 16, Range 30 in Washington County. County land-patent maps also show entries for “SKELTON, Ralph” dated 1838 (Sec. 29, SWSW) and 1845, which aligns with that history write up . Marriages and children: First marriage: Fanny Latham in Knox County, Indiana, in 1810. Children included Jonathan L. (married Martha Mary Sharp in 1840), Martha Jane (1822-1863; married Abraham C. Males, later Milford Calvert), and Permelia (1825-1904; married Timothy Steels). The county history lays out this first family; the genealogy file lists Martha Jane and Permelia with dates and places in Washington County, Arkansas . Second marriage: After Fanny’s death, he married Cassana (Cassanda/Cassana) Conner circa 1825. Children named in the county history include William M., Martha Angeline (1830-1894), Sarah (1831-1901), Robert (1834-1882; married Julia Ann Winkle), Prudence, Alfred D. (1838-1914), Mary A., Phoebe, Jacob, Elizabeth Jane (1849-1920), and Catherine. This long list of second family children is detailed in the Washington County history narrative of the Skeltons . Lineage forward from Ralph The county history ties Ralph’s son Robert (1834-1882) to Julia Ann Winkle; their son Jonathan Robert “Buddy” Skelton (1860-1937) married Perlina Jane Stufflebeam, with later descendants spreading through Washington County families noted in that volume. This is the line from which many of the later Prairie Grove/Winslow Skeltons descend (for example, branches that include Henry Eli Skelton and John Harrison Skelton mentioned elsewhere in the local records) . You’ll also see numerous 20th century Skeltons in the memorial folders and cemetery lists around Prairie Grove and Cane Hill/Morrow; those later Skeltons are likely downstream of these early Washington County lines. For instance, Lawrence Burl “Burl” Skelton’s memorial folder identifies him as the son of John Harrison Skelton, a branch named in the county history’s family listing for Ralph’s descendants . Genealogy person page for Ralph Skelton For full lineage links, spouses, and children as recorded in the local genealogy database, open: https://www.luginbuel.com/genealogy/person/i49316 Notes, context, and small cautions The Washington County history essay is rich but has a likely typo stating Ralph “remarried Cassana Conner in 1925”; all context indicates this should be circa 1825. The same essay gives the land grant details and lists both sets of Ralph’s children, which aligns with the separate land patent mapping that shows his name on 1838 and 1845 entries in Washington County . If you want, I can chart Ralph’s descendants forward to a specific later Skelton in Prairie Grove or Bethesda cemeteries and show how they connect to him using the family records and the cemetery/memorial folder entries.