Arkansas was not a Great Migration destination. Rather, it was a state from which thousands of African-Americans streamed North to cities like Chicago, Milwaukee, and Detroit. However, no doubt, many such families had come to eastern and central Arkansas from Wilson County in the 1880s and ’90s, such as:
- Ellis, Littleton, and Julia Barnes Ellis and children, unnamed location, ca. 1886
- Dixon, Luke, and Martha Tyson Dixon, DeValls Bluffs, 1889
- Armstrong, Haywood, and Agnes Bullock Armstrong, and children Charlie, Mollie, William, Joshua, and Herman, Lonoke County, ca. 1890
- Parker, Caesar, and Cinda Parker and children Mattie, Willis, Daniel, and Louvenia, Keo, Lonoke County, 1890
- Barnes, Nathan, and Lucy Barnes, and children Marson, Mary Jane, Claudie, and Elroy, Saint Francis County, ca. 1890
- Ruffin, Thomas, and Martha Farmer Ruffin, and children Wiley, Marina, and James, Brodie, Pulaski County, ca. 1891
- Scarborough, George, and Millie Armstrong Scarborough and children Walter, George, Martin J., and Charity, Lonoke County, ca. 1892
- Scarborough, George, and children Martin, Cromwell, Arie, Jesse, Fannie, Joseph, and Leon, Lonoke County, betw. 1893 and 1900
- Forbes, Wiley, and Penny Forbes and siblings Johnnie, Mary B., Martha J., and Tinsey, 12; and father Toney Forbes, bef. 1894
- Bynum, Isaac, and Martha Bynum and children, Lonoke County, ca. 1895
- Daniels, Henry, and Elizabeth Daniels, and children William H., Matilda A., and Mary J., Pine Bluff, bef. 1896
- Lucas, Ephraim, and Annie Lucas, and son Luther, Cross County, betw. 1896 and 1900
- Bullock, Harriet, county unknown, bef. 1897
- Taylor, George W., Pulaski County, ca. 1898
- Barnes, Smithy, and sons George, Sidney and Bruce Cooper, Pine Bluff, bef. 1900
- Farmer, Peter, and Mariah Farmer, and children John, Margaret, Isaac, Eli, and Louisa, Cross County, bef. 1900
- Armstrong, Isaac, and Laura Armstrong and children William, David L., Mary B., and James G., Ashley County, bef. 1900
- Jones, George D., Little Rock, bef. 1900
- High, Joseph W., Lafayette County, bef. 1900
- Farmer, Peter, and Mariah Lofton Farmer, and children Hardy and Essie, Cross County, bef. 1900
- Hines, Cherry Ward, Lonoke County, bef. 1900
- Barron, Mark, Ashley County, bef. 1900
- Aycock, Green, and Janie Aycock, and children Robert, Larry, and Peter, and mother Faine Aycock, Jefferson County, bef. 1900
- Davis, Paul, and Annie Davis and Louvinia, Sadie, Emma and Claud, Cross County, bef. 1900
- Armstrong, Burton, and Clara Armstrong, Ashley County, bef. 1900
- Barnes, Haywood, and Tena Barnes, and sons James and Clayton, Lonoke County, bef. 1900
- Wesley, Hayward, Columbia County and Pine Bluffs, bef. 1900
- Woodard, John H., Pope County, bef. 1900
- Lewis, Kinchen, and children Cora, John, William and Arthur, Marianna, Lee County, bef. 1900
- Adams, Abram, and Millie Adams, and Fannie Adams Owens, Union County, bef. 1900
- Hooks, Thomas, Pulaski County, bef. 1904
- Baker, James, Lonoke County, bef. 1910
- Harp, Adeline, Lee County, bef. 1910
- Brown, Rhoda Tabron Taylor, Saint Francis County, bef. 1910
- Thomas, Hattie Sharpe, Lonoke County, bef. 1910
- Griffin, Josh, Little Rock, bef. 1910
- Barnes, Clayton, and Jennie Barnes and sister-in-law Lucille Jones, Lonoke County, bef. 1910
- Smith, Jesse A., Crossett, Ashley County, ca. 1911
- Joyner, Ada Barnes, Pine Bluffs, bef. 1916
- Davis, Drew, Jefferson County, bef. 1926
- Barnes, Fred, Saint Francis County, bef. 1930
- Connor, Thomas F., Mississippi County, bef. 1930 (prior, in Mississippi)
- Horn, Gray, Desha County, bef. 1939 (prior, in Louisiana)
- Barnes, Richard B., Little Rock, bef. 1930
- Scarborough, Jesse, Pulaski County, bef. 1930
- Tabron, Elzie Jones, Cross County, bef. 1930
- Bynum, Lawrence, and Edna Bynum, and James C., Mary, Charlie, and Hattie, Lonoke, bef. 1930
- Bines, Lillie Ricks, North Little Rock, bef. 1931
- Robinson, Alvanie Sharp, Desha County, bef. 1937
- Jones, Andrew J., Bradley, Lafayette County, bef. 1940
- Bullock, Eliza Barnes, Chicot County, bef. 1940
- Langston, George W., Lewisville, Lafayette County, bef. 1940
- Horn, Henry, Dermott, Chicot County, bef. 1942
- Hooks, Elijah W., West Helena, Phillips County, bef. 1942
- Lassiter, Hardy, Pine Bluff, bef. 1942
- McDowell, Charlie, Bradley County, bef. 1942
- Aycock, Jethro, Scott County, bef. 1942
- Gay, Charlie, Blytheville, Mississippi County, bef. 1942
- Adams, Edward, Prattsville, Grant County, bef. 1942
- Hines, Paul, Sebastian County, bef. 1942
- Dillard, Mary Simms, Crittenden County, bef. 1951
- Phillips, Martha Farmer, Little Rock, bef. 1955
Death certificate of Hayward Wesley, who died 23 July 1924 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. The merchant was born in Wilson, North Carolina.