Notes state: Bracken was in the 14th Powers CSA. Children are James W.'s and Sallie's.

            1870 Census:
                 Martha Moten, 38, NC

                 John W. 14, AR
                 Rosa Crutchfield, 17
                 James, 13
                 Rebecca, 13

John Wellaton Moten, born 14 January 1855, died 24 March 1943. Julia M. (Pope) Moten born 18 August 1860, died 13 April 1931, wife of John Wellaton. They are in the Western Grove Cemetery

Another source stated:
James W. Crutchfield married Lavinia Lashley 15 Mar 1836, Orange Co., NC. 1849 James W. is reported to have moved to White Co., AR, took up 160 acres of Govt. land near Searcy. Moved the following year to Newton Co., bought 80 acres and entered 80 acres more. Lived here until his death. Sallie is reported to have died about 1859 in Newton Co. Both may be interred near their land in Newton Co. Sallie is reported to have been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and could be buried in a related cemetery.

Marion D. Crutchfield was born in Orange Co., NC in 1846, and is a son of James W. Crutchfield, who was born in NC, July 6, 1811. The latter first married Levinia, daughter of Alexander Lashley, their union taking place on the 13th of March, 1836, but her death occurred the following year, she having borne one child, Salina. For his second wife, he took in 1841, a daughter of Acquilla Jones, her name being Sallie P., and three sons and three daughters have been born to them. Mr. Crutchfield emigrated from NC to White Co., AR in 1849, and here he took up government land to the amount of 160 acres, near Searcy, but the following year he moved to Newton Co., and bought eighty acres and entered eighty acres more, and here made his home until his death in 1860.

Marion D. Crutchfield, having learned farming and blacksmithing of his father, began doing for himself in 1861, and when the war broke out he joined the infantry, but afterward joined the cavalry under Capt. Harvey Lane. In 1863 he was captured in Newton Co., and at the end of about three weeks, after being kept at Springfield, was released, and joined the Federal army. After his return home he resume farming and blacksmithing, and by his own good management has a fine farm of 580 acres, with 250 acres under cultivation, his principal products being corn, cotton, millet and the small grains. He has a fine fruit orchard of about 500 bearing trees, and has one of the finest and best improved farms in the county. In connection with his farm work, he has also been engaged in blacksmithing. He is a Democrat, a member of the I.O.O.F., and he and his wife, whom he married on the 7th of Jan., 1869, and whose maiden name was Martha M. Cargill, are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and are the parents of the following children: Lucian E., Ida A., Elmer W., and Henry G. Those deceased are James P., Florence I., and Marion F. His wife was born in Kentucky in 1846 and is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John P. Cargill.

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