I need to know how to get in touch with an expert on Independence county, AR during the civil war but not soldiers. My great great grandfather and great great grandmother were William J? Prince and Martha Lamberson Prince listed on the 1860 census of Ind. Co AR. On the 1870 census the parents have died and the kids are living with an Eliza Warren (do not know her relation yet.) William and Martha just disappear. I have been told that it was so crazy with renegades, and outlaws that many Ind. Co citizens disappeared and may never be found. There is no record of William being in the war itself although his oldest son served. I was told that so many were murdered and just "went missing" that the county even discontinued recording and filing deaths because they couldn't keep up. Is this so? If it is, how can I find out about my ancestors? If something this tramatic happened in an area you would think that it would be in a diary, journal or oral history. Can anyone please help me? I live in VA and all the info is in AR. Thank you, Lisa Gower Montgomery