Arrick / Arick / Ark / Orrick / Orick / Orrock Genealogy Research Working to connect these families:         Arrick, Arick, Ark, Arke, Orrick, Orick, Orrock, Rock, O'Rourk, etc. Related names:         Allen, Alphin, Anderson, Ashley, Bates, Beckham, Cockrum,         Cash, Elkins, Erwin, Evans, Ford, Jarrell, Hardin, Harrison, Lance, Meredith,         Milcaney, Muncy, Nall, Northcutt, Nunley, Parker, Rains, Ricketts, Scott,         Smith, Summers, Talley, Whitlock, Williams, Wood, etc. Places:         United States, Scotland, Australia, and beyond...

John Riley and Minerva Arrick

Collaborate with Us Please share your pictures and information with us. roger@arrick.com   Roger Arrick, Tyler, TX randy@arrick.com   Randy Arrick, Bedford, TX timsmith76522@yahoo.com   Tim Smith, TX What we freely receive, we freely share... Everything else, we share too! Looking to connect to Claude Harrison Arrick's branch and Pauline Ethel Arrick's branch

Family Tree Project View our 1200+ member tree at: • RootsWeb - Free but no pictures. • Ancestry.com - Pictures and documents but requires registration. The tree contains Orricks from TN and branches that went by Arrick, along with other surname branches

Most Wanted See the Big Question List and earn a steak dinner on me! • Lewis, Allen, or Matthew Orrick from the 1800's. • Old Orrick Cemetery Info - Warren Co. TN. • Any Orricks in KY, SC, NC, GA from 1750-1850. • John Riley Arrick's grave, obit, death cert, pictures. • Thomas Burris Thomasson's grave, obit, pictures. • Info on Woodmen of the World Camp #770 - Kaufman Co TX.

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Scottish naming traditions and the most common surnames

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Latest Research

10/12/08 Orrick history in the USA Chart 10/3/08 Member of N. Indiana Arricks joined DNA project 8/23/08 Arrick Reunion pictures - Temple TX 2008 8/20/08 Member of Pike Co AR Orricks joined DNA project 8/10/08 Orrick Cemetery ad in Southern Standard Newspaper 7/26/08 Updated John Orrick 1827 Tree Drawing 7/26/08 William B. Nunley Grave Nunley Cemetery, Warren Co, TN Husband of Margaret Arrick 7/20/08 Fannie Arrick found! John Riley Arrick's half-sister! 7/11/08 My Maxwell-House Funny Tombstone published in Family Tree Magazine Aug Issue 7/6/08 Dollins Family Reunion photo 1908 Orrick Descendants 5/5/08 Nancy Orrick Research Page 5/3/08 John and Margaret Orrick Family of Mid-TN 5/1/08 DNA Project Updates! 4/23/08 Pictures and documents from trip to TN (1730 miles) John Riley Arrick Marriage Cert James C. Arrick Marriage Cert Coffee Co TN Lincoln Co TN Hardin Co TN Warren Co TN - McMinnville, Centertown Wayne Co TN Mt. Pleasant Cemetery - Coffee Co. TN McClure Cemetery - Franklin Co. TN Old Orrick Cemetery - Warren Co. TN Oak Grove Cemetery - Warren Co. TN Blanton's Chapel Cemetery - Coffee Co TN Cherry Cemetery - Cannon Co TN Wilson's Chapel Cemetery - Warren Co TN Whitlock Cemetery - Warren Co TN Buchannan Cemetery - Wayne Co TN Prairie Plains Cemetery - Coffee Co TN Zion Hill Cemetery - Coffee Co TN Centertown Cemetery - Warren Co TN Stricklin/Harrison Cemetery - Hardin Co. TN Paynes Church Cemetery - Franklin Co. TN 4/6/08 Margaret Ark Nunley pension app documents (6mb PDF) 4/6/08 Manley Wilson Story Eye-Witness to shooting of John Orrick at Battle of Shiloh 4/5/08 Letter from Willene Orrick Rigney (2mb PDF) 1978 about Nancy Orrick, John Rains, the demise of the old Orrick cemetery, and the headstone used to build a porch. 4/5/08 Back of John Riley and Minerva tin type (large) 4/1/08 Orrick Spreadsheet to help us organize events to aid research 3/28/08 Family Tree Charts Page Started 3/18/08 DNA Project partial results! Warren TN Arricks and E-TN Oricks are from the Maryland Orricks! And more. 1/11/08 Places of Orrick, Orick, Orrock, etc. 12/25/07 History of Orrick and Duzan Families in KY (PDF) 12/23/07 Jesse J. Smith Obit - Husband of Pauline Ethel Arrick 12/17/07 Florence Ada Nall's birth certificate Showing 6 kids for Mary and JG. We only know of 4. Mistake? 12/15/07 Willoughby W. Orrick 12/15/07 Pictures of Roger doing the DNA test 11/25/07 DNA Project to connect Arricks, Orricks, Oricks and others 11/2007 Randy and Roger West Texas Trip Erwins and Randy, Erwins and Roger, Erwin house Abilene Brick Company, Plum and 13th Cisco Cemetery - Nall, etc Seaton Cemetery - Thomasson, Stiles, Kirkendoll, etc Abilene Cemetery - Arrick, Claxton, Thomasson, Rich, etc Phantom Hill Cemetary - Myatt, Berryhill, etc Pleasant Valley Cemetery Potosi Cemetery - Kirkendall, Glover, Fuqua, etc Grace Methodist Bulldozed Leonard L. Arrick burial flag Large Mollie Thomasson picture Thomas Burris Thomasson page Forney Woodmen picture #1 1909 -- picture #2 -- picture #3 Misc stuff from the Kaufman library: Infant Nalls Grave at Blackland JG Nall Pension App 1914 Ollie Cash and Wm.J. (Billie) Starnes - Terrell, TX Jessie J. Roddy Group Sheet, Jesse J. Roddy History #1 Jesse J. Roddy History #2 Jesse J. Roddy History #3 (w/Levi) Jesse J. Roddy History #4 Pauline Ethel Arrick Baby picture found in the Forney Archives Leonard L. Arrick page Pauline Ethel Arrick's Death Certificate Pages have been created for John Riley's siblings James C, Elizabeth Violet, Sarah Elizabeth and Laura. James and Susan Harrison Gravesite and Homeplace - Hardin Co, TN Map 1, Map 2, Map 3 Famous and Infamous Orricks Lewis and Henry Orrick - Outlaws in Missouri Article 1, Article 2, Article 3 Old Orrick Cemetery Near Centertown, TN - Pushed into a Well? Modern Day Orrick Distribution Oreck Family as in vacuum cleaners John Riley Arrick in the 1900 Kaufman Co Tax Rolls ARRICK, James T and Frances B Grave Thank you Joyce for the Picture! Laura Arrick Husband Peter Cornelison - Coffee Co, TN See how some Mid-TN Orricks Became Modern-Day Arricks Warren Co Plat Records showing Allen and Lewis Orrick Barren Fork and the Barrens James Andrew Orrick Pictures of Orrick graves in Rylie Cemetery - Dallas, TX These Orricks are descended from James Allen Orrick and Elizabeth Muncy, TN through their son James Andrew Orrick and wife Mary Pearl (Nelms) Orrick. Beckham Family Connection Mary Frances Beckham married James C. Arrick 1877 - Hardin Co, TN Forney TX Woodmen Picture about 1908- Small - Large Mary Lee Arrick Husband James Granville Nall Sr. - John Riley's Daughter James Allen Orrick John Riley Arrick's Uncle Sallie Bleer Breshers Wooley Signed as 'Aunt' on Mary Lee Arrick's birth certificate. Also info on Fannie E. Alewine who signed it. And possible connection to Jane Prator, her sister. The John Orricks of TN Born 1863 Hamlin/Abilene trip 10/06 - Randy and Roger Abilene Brick Plant Riley TX Orricks Civil War Arricks, Orricks and others List of all 80 Arrick in the 1850 census List of all 86 Aricks in the 1850 census List of all 155 Orricks in the 1850 census List of all 71 Oricks in the 1850 census John Ark

John and Margaret Orrick Family of Mid-TN This family was the basis of many future Arricks Follow them in the 1850-1880 Census See the Giant Tree Drawing See how these Mid-TN Orricks Became Arricks Children: Sarah Elizabeth (Bettie) - 1848-1927 - Married James B. Anderson James C (Jim) - 1850-1907 - Married Mary Frances Beckham Laura - 1853-1922 - Married Peter Cornelison William Calaway - 1855-? Elizabeth Violet (Eliza) - 1857-1899 - Married Manley Wileman (Mack) Cash Margaret - 1859?-? John Riley - 1863?-1906 - Married Manerva Viola Harrison Fannie - 1867-1938 - Father: Nunley - Married Wm A. Baugus

John Riley and Minerva Arrick Family Under Construction - Claude's page is awating info See how these Mid-TN Orricks Became Arricks Children: Leonard L - 1890-1942 - Married Ellie Mae Thomasson Infant - 1892 Mary Lee - 1893-1959 - Married J.G. Nall Sr Claude Harrison - 1899-1969 - Married Jewell Hartgraves Pauline Ethel - 1903-1973 - Married Roscoe Ashley

Miracle Picture
Pauline Ethel Arrick around 1904 - Forney Texas
When the Forney archives were being moved to the Kaufman library
in Sept 07, this picture fell out and Kathey Hunt saw the writing
on the back 'Ethel Arrick'. Thank You Kathey!
Click the picture for a giant size.

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