A pictorial history of Arkansas, from earliest times to the year 1890. A full and complete account, embracing the Indian tribes occupying the country; the early French and Spanish explorers and governors; the colonial period; the Louisiana purchase; the periods of the territory, the state, the civil war, and the subsequent period. Also, an extended history of each county in the order of formation, and of the principal cities and towns; together with biographical notices of distinguished and prominent citizens, Part 65

Author: Hempstead, Fay, 1847-1934
Publication date: 1890
Publisher: St. Louis and New York : N. D. Thompson Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 1268


USA > Arkansas > A pictorial history of Arkansas, from earliest times to the year 1890. A full and complete account, embracing the Indian tribes occupying the country; the early French and Spanish explorers and governors; the colonial period; the Louisiana purchase; the periods of the territory, the state, the civil war, and the subsequent period. Also, an extended history of each county in the order of formation, and of the principal cities and towns; together with biographical notices of distinguished and prominent citizens > Part 65


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St. Francis county is an eastern county, situated in the St. Francis River Valley. Its eastern boundary line is only six


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930


THE FOLLOWING HAVE BEEN THE COUNTY OFFICERS.


DATE.


JUDGE.


CLERK.


SHERIFF.


TREASURER.


CORONER.


SURVEYOR.


ASSESSOR.


1827 to 1829


Andrew Roane ....


William Strong ..


1829 to 1830


S. Crouch.


William Strong ..


G. B. Lincecum


Isaac Forbes


1830 to 1832


John Johnson.


S. Crouch


William Strong.


David Davis


Isaac Forbes ....


1832 to 1833


John Johnson ...


S. Crouch ..


T. J. Curl


D. W. Davis.


W. G. Bozeman ..


1833 to 1835


William Strong ..


Isaac Mitchell


T. J. Curl.


N. O. Little ..


H. M. Carothers ..


1835 to 1836


William Enos.


Isaac Mitchell


T. J. Curl ..


H. H. Curl.


Cyrus Little.


H. M. Carothers ...


1836 to 1838


William Enos.


Isaac Mitchell.


T. J. Curl ..


H. J. Curl ...


W. B. Harrison ..


W. Lewis ..


1838 to 1840


R. H. Hargrave ...


R. H. Hargraves ..


J. M. Halbert.


J. McDaniel


J. H. Forbes


1840 to 1842


E. Franks.


J. M. Parrott


J. M. Halbert ..


J. McDaniel.


J. H. Forbes


1844 to 1846


W. M. Fulkerson.


J. M. Parrott


J. M. Halbert.


J. McDaniel.


J. H. Forbes


1846 to 1848


W. M. Fulkerson .. ..


J. M. Parrott.


J. M. Halbert ...


J. McDaniel.


G. W. Seaborn


1848 to 1850


J. C. Johnson ..


J. M. Parrott ..


Widianı Du n


A. Allen.


John May.


William Lewis


1850 to 1852


J. M. Parrott.


G. V. C. Johnson. ..


J. W. Martin


F. M. Prewett.


J. W. Landrum.


1854 to 1856


J. M. Griggs, Sr.


J. M. Parrott.


J. W. Mallory.


J. Rudder.


J. B. Lipps


W. H. Patterson.


1858 to 1860


J. M. Griggs.


H. Halbert.


G. B. Michie


Robert Meek.


W. H. McDaniel ..


J. B. Lipps.


J. R. Dobson.


1862 to 1864


J. M. Griggs.


H. Halbert ..


G. W. Seaborn


Robert Meek.


P. P. Crawford.


J. C. Hill


G. R. Michie.


1864 to 1866


1 E. Mallory


H. Halbert


J. R. Gurley ..


C. Taylor


J. L. Roy


J. C. Hill


G. R. Michie.


1866 to 1868


E. Mallory.


H. Halbert .


J. R. Gurley.


A. Andrews ..


J. C. Hill.


H. W. Winthrop.


1868 to 1872


T. Pearce ..


W. Becker, 2


J. R. Gurley.


J. N. Grogan, 3


P. H. Thompson ...


B. F. Hood


C. C. Chapman


1874 to 1876


G. W Laughinghouse H. C. Davis ..


Robert Brown.


1876 to 1878


L. Finley


H. C. Davis ....


John Parham.


A. L. Wright


W. L. Seaborn


S. J. Bradshaw ... S. J. Bradshaw ...


Robert Brown. T. C. Folbre


1880 to 1882


R. T. Scott ..


J. M. Stewart.


W. J. Matthews


J. H. Thompson.


J. G. Baldwin.


J. E. Douglas.


1882 to 1884


R. T. Scott .. ..


J. M. Stewart ....


W. J. Matthews, 7 ... M. M. McCrarey.


J. G. Baldwin ...


J. E. Douglas.


T. C. Folbre


1884 to 1886.


R. T. Scott .....


J. M. Stewart .. .


D. M. Wilson.


A. C. Wood


J. G. Baldwin.


J. E. Douglas ..


P. A. McCullers.


1886 to 1888


W. H. Coffee


T. O. Fitzpatrick


D. M. Wilson.


A. C. Wood


William Elliott.


J. E. Douglas ...


P. A. McCullers.


1888 to 1890


W. H. Coffee


T. O. Fitzpatrick .. .--


D. M. Wilson.


J. M. Jackson


G. W. Ingram ..


S. R. Hammond ...


J. H. Jones.


1-Record for this term incomplete; the officers given are those from and during 1865. 2-W. A. Mills from March, 1870. 3-D. B. Abraham from March 1871. 4-J. R. Gurley after resignation of Brown. 5-J. M. Parrott after death of Davis. 6-J. R. Dobson was elected, but died ere commissioned. 7-John Parham, Sheriff, January 12, 1883, vice W. J. Matthews failed to qualify.


HISTORY OF ARKANSAS.


1872 to 1874


W. H. Wills ..


John Parham.


C. F. Brown, 4


B. G. Evans.


A. L. Wright


--


T. W. Whittaker ...


W. P. Watson ..


J. A. Higgs.


1878 to 1880


L. Finley


H. C. Davis, 5.


John Parham


J. H. Thompson


W. Trimble.


1856 to 1858


J. M. Griggs ..


G. B. Michie


G. V. C. Johnson .... G. B. Michie


J. D. Thomas.


Albert Bird.


J. C. Hill.


1860 to 1862


W. J. Jones ..


H. Halbert.


G. W. Seaborn


Robert Meek.


J. H. Forbes


D. Garretson.


P. Littell.


J. M. Parrott.


Wllham Dunn


J. L. Ward


1852 to 1854


P. Littell


J. R. Dobson.


W. W. Williams.


J. C. Hill


1842 to 1844


E. Franks ..


Isaac Mitchell ..


T. J. Curl ..


William Lewis


John Parham, 6.


J. S. Boney.


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ST. FRANCIS COUNTY.


miles from the Mississippi river, at one point ; its entire eastern boundary being the county of Crittenden, which lies along the river. Its present area is about 620 square miles, em- bracing about 397,000 acres, and its population about 12,000, of whom about one third are colored people.


The country is generally level, and the soil rich and of an alluvial character. The products of the county are all that the latitude produces, but more especially cotton and corn. Timber is excellent and of all varieties, and the facilities for reaching the markets are good. Two railroads penetrate the county, intersecting each other at Forrest City. The Mem- phis & Little Rock Railroad traverses the county from east to west, and the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railroad runs through it from north to south, the two roads crossing at right angles. The St. Francis and L'Anguille rivers run parallel to each other in a southerly direction, and both are navigable. About two and a half miles east of Forrest City is an immense marble bed covering about 320 acres of land from 8 to 20 feet deep, and producing a fine article.


Forrest City, the county seat, is on the Memphis & Little Rock Railroad, at its intersection with the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway. It contains a population of about 1,500; has four churches, Baptist, Methodist, Presby- terian and Catholic; two schools, a public library, a bank, the Bank of Eastern Arkansas; several hotels, a planing mill, a number of brick store houses and handsome stores, and two weekly newspapers, the "Forrest City Times" and the "Advocate." There are several hotels, of which the Avery Hotel, at the depot is a handsome brick structure.


Hon. Poindexter Dunn, of Forrest City, was born in Wake county, North Carolina, November 3d, 1834; removed with his father to Limestone county, Alabama, in 1836; received his primary education in the schools there; was four years in Jackson College at Columbia, Tennessee, where he graduated in 1854; removed to Saint Francis county, Arkansas, in


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March, 1856; engaged in cotton growing until 1861 ; was elected as a Democrat to the Lower House of the Arkansas Legislature in 1858; served in the Confederate Army during the war; commenced the practice of law in 1867; was on the Democratic electoral ticket for Arkansas in 1872 and 1876; and was elected to the Forty-sixth Congress as a Democrat, receiving 8,863 votes, without opposition.


Hon. Paul M. Cobbs was born in Somerville, Tennessee, December 15th, 1838, son of John and Elizabeth W. Cobbs. He was educated at Somerville, and came to Arkansas in September, 1857, engaging in farming in White and St. Francis counties. He was a resident of Forrest City up to 1884, when he became Commissioner of State Lands. On the breaking out of the war he entered the Fifth Arkansas Infantry, of General Hardee's original brigade in the Army of Tennessee, and served therein for the first part of the year. For the remainder of the time he was in the Trans- Mississippi Department, in the Fifth Trans-Mississippi Infantry, of General Dandridge McRae's Brigade, and served therein until the surrender. He was twice married. On the 13th of November, 1860, in St. Francis county, Arkansas, he was married to Miss Mary E. Oliver, and on the 20th of April, 1875, to Miss Julia E. Lombard. He died while on a visit at Forrest City, February 11th, 1890.


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LAFAYETTE COUNTY.


Lafayette County, the sixteenth county formed, was created October 18th, 1827, out of territory taken from Hempstead county, and was called after the Marquis of that name. The temporary seat of justice was directed to be at the house of Joshua Morrison, and by a subsequent Act of the 25th of October, an election was directed to be held at the houses of Collin Aldrich, of Lost Prairie, south of Red river, and Joshua


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THE FOLLOWING HAVE BEEN THE COUNTY OFFICERS.


DATE.


JUDGE.


CLERK.


SHERIFF.


TREASURER.


CORONER.


SURVEYOR.


ASSESSOR.


1827 to 1829


Jesse Douglas


Joshua Morrison


J. W. Ward.


J. T. Conway ..


1829 to 18.,0


Jacob Buzzard


Win. E. Hodges ..


J. Morrison ..


Geo. Dooley.


J. T. Conway


1830 to 1832


Jacob Buzzard


Jesse Douglass.


B. D. Jett


Geo. Dooley


Jeff Milam


1832 to 1833


Jacob Buzzard


Jesse Douglass


Geo. Dooley


J. M. Dorr ..


J. P. Jett


1833 to 1835


Jacob Buzzard.


W. B. Conway


Geo. Dooley ..


J.M. Dorr


J. P. Jett


1835 to 18336


Jacob Buzzard.


W. H. Conway.


Geo. Dooley


1836 to 1838


E. M. Lowe ..


W. H. Conway.


Geo. Dooley ...


Thos. Brooks.


Benj. Fuller


J. M. Miller


1838 to 1840


R. F. Sullivan ..


James Abrams


Morgan Cryer ..


H. G. Dooley.


D. A. Sullivan


1840 to 1812


L. B. Fort ..


R. F. Sullivan ...


James Abrams


E. L. Strange


H. G. Dooley.


M. Moore ..


1842 to 1844


John Steel


Jesse Douglass ..


A. C. Owens


H. M. Lemay


G. D. Perry.


W. W. Wynn.


1844 to 1816


James Trigg.


Jesse Douglass


A. C. Owens


H. M. Lemay.


S. L. Higgs .


W. W. Wynn.


1846 to 1848


James Trigg


alex Byrne.


W. P. Cryer.


H. M. Lemay.


F. S. Warner.


Wm. Click


1948 to 1850


James Trigg .


Alex Byrne ..


A. C. Owens


H. M. Lemay


W. H. Dillard ..


W. A. Fort


1850 to 1852


E. A. Murphy.


Alex Byrne ..


H. M. Lemay.


N. P. Hobson.


J. A. Strahan.


1852 to 1854


E. A. Murphy ..


J. M. Montgomery ...


J. S. French


T. Brooks.


D. T. Allen ..


A. R. Burks


1854 to 1856


J. J. Battle


J. M. Montgomery ...


J. S. French


T. Brooks


J. Waggoner.


R. P. Crowell.


1856 to 1858


G. W. Harris


J. M. Montgomery ... F. M. Waldrip


F. M. Waldrip.


J. J. Dood


T. P. Arnold ..


R. A. Strickland ..


1860 to 1862


E. R. Dodd


J. M. Montgomery ...


F. M. Wrldrip.


J. S. French


T. P. Arnold


M. A. Bryant


E. B. Steele. '


1862 to 1864


E. R. Dodd


J. M. Montgomery ...


F.


M.


Waldrip ..


J. M. Strikey


G. W. Russell


M. Bryant ..


E. B. Steele.


1864 to 1866


E. R. Dodd


J. M. Montgomery ...


F. M. Waldrip


J. M. Strikey


G. W. Russell.


M. A. Bryant


C. J. Steele.


1866 to 1868


E. R. Dodd


J. M. Montgomery ...


E. B. Steel ...


. ...


J. L. McDonald ..


G. H. Fort.


J. H. Lemay, 2.


E. A. Wilson, 3


1872 to 1874


Henry Moore.


1874 to 1876


E. A. Murphy ..


Henry Moore.


G. H. Thompson


Aaron Lomax


T. M, Porter


M. A. Bryant.


Y. Wallace.


1876 to 1878


W. N. Stricklin


Henry Moore


G. H. Thompson


Aaron Lomax.


W. T. Davis .


B. F. Avery


G. W. Dobson.


1878 to 1830


R. B. Ford


Henry Moore.


D. L. King


J. M. Norwood


Miles Haynes ..


B. F. Avery.


J. M. Powell.


1880 to 1882


W. N. Stricklin ..


B. P. Wheat.


Geo. W. Dobson.


J. M. Norwood.


E. A. Johnson ..


W. H. Featherston R. S. Thurston.


1882 to 1834


G. H. Thompson.


B. P. Wheat


Geo. W. Dobson ..


J. B. Ford, 5


Squire Grant.


W. H. Featherston C. J. Steele.


1884 to 1836


W. N. Stricklin.


B. P. Wheat ..


W L. Cornevey ..


J. P. Youmans


Louis Grant ..


W. H. Featherston John W. Connar.


1886 to 1888


--


R. H. Howell.


B. P. Wheat, 6


W. L. Cornevey


A. N. Lee.


W. J. Massey


W. H. Featherston W. J. Grimmett.


1888 to 1890.


.R. H. Howell.


W. L. Cornevey ..


R. C. M. Lemay .......


M. P. Sewell.


A. J. Price


J. B. Dooley


J. H. Hamiter.


1858 to 1860


J. D. Herndon


J. M. Montgomery ...


J. M. Strikey


W. B. Montgomery J. H. Lemay ..


C. M. Norword.


1868 to 1872


E. A. Murphy ..


V. V. Smith


T. M. Drewry, 2 ..


G. H. Thompson


Hattie Butler


J. W. Goodson .. ..


Thos. Orr.


W. H. Harper, 4


J. S. French


J. L. Howard.


J. W. Morris.


M. Bryant ..


T. V. Jackson.


G. H. Pickering ..


LAFAYETTE COUNTY.


1-T. C. Wood from July, 1870 2-R. L. Starks from February 7, 1871. 3-W. W. Tatum from August, 1870. 4-M. E. Hawkins from May, 1874. 5-J. M. Norwood, Treasurer, December 28, 1882, vice J. B. Ford, failed to qualify. 6-V. V. Smith seated as contestee.


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HISTORY OF ARKANSAS.


Morrison, north of the river, to select Commissioners for the purpose of fixing the permanent seat. The Commissioners chosen located it at Chickaninny Prairie, where it remained until 1841, when it was located at Lewisville, where it now is.


Benjamin R. Milam, who became famous in the Texas Revolution, lived at Lost Prairie in the county. He led the assaulting column at the Battle of San Antonio, and was killed in entering the town. Dr. Benjamin P. Jett was an early resi- dent at the same place. He was Postmaster in 1834. James S. Conway was a resident of the county from 1823 to 1834, living on a farm on Red river.


In 1829 there were only three post offices in the county, Lost Prairie, Conway and Lafayette Court-house.


Layfayette is a southwestern county, touching the State line of Louisiana on its southern boundary, and separated from Texas by the county of Miller. Red river borders it on the west the whole length of the county. Its area is about 500 square miles.


The soil is principally alluvial and very rich, producing large crops of cotton and corn, the principal staples. All other farm products likewise are grown. The timber products of the county are abundant, and comprise all varieties of woods indigenous to the latitude. The St. Louis, Arkansas & Texas Railway passes through the upper part of the county.


The town of Lewisville dates its existence from the year 1841. At that date a donation of lands was made by Dr. J. W. Wilson for the location of a town, and it was surveyed as such by D. A Sullivan. Besides Dr. Wilson, other residents of that date were Thomas Brooks, Henry Lemay, Richard Sullivan, D. A. Sullivan, B. Strickland, Judge L. B. Fort, Maj. Morehead Wright, Col. Garland and Judge John Steel.


The court-house there was built in 1841 or 1842.


Within the last year or two a distinct town called Galveston


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LAFAYETTE COUNTY.


has sprung up at the railroad depot about half a mile from the limits of the old town of Lewisville.


Major Ambrose Hundley Sevier became a resident of Lew- isville in 1880, engaging in mercantile business and farming. Prior to that date, from birth, his place of residence was Little Rock. He was born November Ist, 1842, in Washington City, District of Columbia, son of Senator Ambrose H. and Juliet E. Sevier, who was Juliet E. Johnson, daughter of Judge Benjamin Johnson. He was born in Washington while his father was there in attendance upon the session of Congress in the discharge of his duties as Senator. Major Sevier was educated at Georgetown College, D. C .; also attended the Georgia Military Institute one year. On the breaking out of the civil war he entered the Confederate Army ; was badly wounded at the Battle of Oak Hills, August 10th, 1861 ; was made prisoner at Arkansas Post in January, 1863. At the close of the war he was Major and Adjutant-General of Churchill's Division, having served four years. In 1878, 1879 and 1880 he owned and published the Arkansas Gazette, at Little Rock. At the last named date he became a resident of Lewisville, and has been Special Probate Judge of Lafayette county since 1884. On the 5th of October, 1871, at Little Rock, he married Miss Imogene Wright, daughter of Morehead Wright and grand-daughter of ex-Sen- ator Willliam S. Fulton. By this marriage there are four chil- dren, three daughters and a son : Maud, Ambrose Hundley, Amelie and Juliet Sevier.


SEVIER COUNTY.


Sevier County, the 17th county formed, was created October 17, 1828, from territory taken from the counties of Hempstead and Miller. It was named after Ambrose H. Sevier, the Delegate in Congress. The temporary seat of justice was directed to be at the house of Joseph English. By a second Act of October 22d, 1828, James Halman, George T. Boring,


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THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF THOSE WHO HAVE HELD OFFICE IN THE COUNTY:


DATE.


.


JUDGE.


CLERK.


SHERIFF.


TREASURER.


CORONER.


SURVEYOR.


ASSESSOR.


1828 to 1830


John Clark


H. Hartfield ..


G. Clark


J. T. Little


1830 to 1832


David Foran ..


P. Little.


William White


Charles Moore


A. Hartfield


1832 to 1833.


David Foran


P. Little.


Willianı White


David Foran


A. Hartfield


1833 to 1835


J. F. Little


David Foran


William White.


Henry Morris.


1835 to 1836


Henry Brown


David Foran


William White


George Halbrook ..


1836 to 1838


R. H. Scott.


David Foran


William White


R. H. Scott


George Halbrook ..


s S. Smith


1838 to 1840


R. H. Scott ...


David Foran


James Penny.


J. N. Jackson


James Wright.


C. B. Tollett.


C. P. Williams.


1844 to 1846


J. R. McCown.


M. M. Foran


J. N. Jackson


James Wright.


J. W. Robinson


Leroy May


1848 to 1850


David Foran


L. N. Holman.


J. N. Jackson


James Wright.


Samuel Morris.


Leroy May.


1850 to 1852


David Foran


B. H. Kinsworthy ....


J. S. Dollarhide


E. McIntosh ...


J. P. Stroud ...


J. Wright ...


1852 to 1854


David Foran


H. G. Rind


J. S. Dollarhide.


J. A. Williams


J. P. Hudgins.


Ira Smoot.


1854 to 1856


David Foran


H. G. Rind


A. W. Cole A. W. Cole


J. P. Stroud.


J. Peyms.


1858 to 1860


J .. S. Dollarhide ..


R. W. Barefoot ..


A. W. Cole


James Caughran ...


Wm. Stephens


Jesse Falls


1860 to 1862


A. B. Clements ...


W. J. Denson


H. C. Pride.


James Caughran ..


J. W. Russey ...


G. A. Vaughan


1862 to 1864


J. S. Dollarhide, 1.


W. J. Denson


H. C. Pride, 1.


Robert Grady


J. M. Russey ...


James Byrd


M. W. Locke.


1866 to 1868


L. W. Davis, 3


W. J. Denson.


James Hopson


Robert Grady


L. A. Norwood


A. J. Marsh


M. W. Locke. 1.


1868 to 1872


J. H. Wilson


H. H. Clay


J. B. Smith ..


L. Hamilton


J. Holliman ..


J. B. Wilson


M. D. Miller.


1872 to 1874


J. H. Denson.


R. D. Murphy


F. Luther ..


W. Wallace.


A. J. Marsh


J. S. Steele.


1874 to 1876


A. Collins


J. H. Denson.


R. D. Murphy ..


John Stallcup


R. E. B. Wallace ...


A. J. Marsh


N. P. Floyd.


1876 to 1878


W. T. Campbell.


J. H. Denson.


R. D. Murphy ..


G. H. Wall


R. E. B. Wallace ...


A. J. Marsh


J. M. Hubbard.


1878 to 1880


J. Holeman


J. H. Denson.


R. D. Murphy ..


G. A. Bell


R. M. Grady .. ..


A. J. Marsh ..


W. B. Milwee, 2 ..


1880 to 1882


J. Holeman


J. H. Denson.


J. S. Hankins.


G. A. Bell


G. W. Doggett


G. W. Johnson


W. H. McDonald


1882 to 1884


J. Holeman


J. H. Denson.


W. H. McDonald, 4 ..


F. C. Floyd.


H. L. Mcwhorter.,


G. W. Johnson ...


1884 to 1886


J. Holeman


J. H. Denson.


A. J. Welter


F. C. Floyd.


H. L. Mcwhorter .. Geo. A. Vaughan ..


W. H. Collins.


1886 to 1888


T. J. King.


Alex. Luther


W. K. Dollarhide.


R. W. Pettis


D. C. White ..


G. W. Johnson ..


B. J. Stuart.


1888 to 1890


T. J. King


Alex. Luther


W. K. Dollarhide.


J. R. Hutcheson


D. C. White.


G. W. Powell ...


N. P. Floyd.


1-J. M. Coulter, Judge; M. M. Miller, Clerk; John Gillcoat, Sheriff; C. A. Strong, Assesssor, from July, 1865. 2-D. L. Cowden, from February, 9, 1880. 3-J. Corbell appointed July, 1867. 4-A. J. Welter, Sheriff, elected March 14, 1883; W. H. McDonald, deceased.


HISTORY OF ARKANSAS.


F. B. Gilliam.


J. N. Jackson


James Wright.


J. P. Millwee.


C. P. Williams


1842 to 1844


William Wright.


James Penny ..


William White


William Wright ....


J. Howdershell .....


P. Coulter.


1840 to 1842.


B. H. G. Hartfield ..


J. N. Jackson.


William Wright ..


J. P. Leeper ..


1846 to 1848


J. R. McCown .. ..


L. N. Holman.


J. F. Locke.


H. C. Pride ..


Ira Smoot


1856 to 1858


David Foran


H. G. Rind


H. C. Pride


Robert Grady ..


L. C. Props ...


A. J. Marsh


1864 to 1866


J. S. Dollarhide .. W. J. Denson


W. W. Milwee.


937


SEVIER COUNTY.


Joseph Ladd, David Clark and Levi Davis were appointed Commissioners, to locate the county seat permanently. They located it in 1829 at Paraclifta. In 1871 it was moved to Lockesburg, where it now is.


Sevier county is in the southwestern part of the State, bounded west by the line of the Indian Territory, south by Little river, on the east by Howard county and on the north by Polk county. . Its area is about 597 square miles and its population about 10,000, of which about 2,000 are colored. In general the county is level in surface, but has some moun- tainous districts and hill lands. In the mountain ranges are evidences of valuable minerals, of which lead, copper and silver have been obtained, and antimony and manganese is found in quantities. All have been mined to a limited ex- tent and upon assays pronounced pure in quality and of satis- factory yield. The oldest of these is known as the Bellah mine. Specimens of this mine, assayed in Liverpool, yielded 148 ounces of silver to the ton, nearly three fourths being lead yield. Other mines in the region have yielded nearly one-half lead and 15 ounces of silver to the ton. Valuable roofing slate is also found here.


The county is watered by a number of streams. Little river on the south, the Saline river in the east and the Cossitot river and the Rolling Forks of Little River through the center and west; but it has as yet no railroad.


Of timber, pine is the chief kind, though other varieties are likewise found. The timber product of the county is as yet practically untouched, owing to the difficulties of shipment to distant markets, which must be done through Little River and its tributaries.


Lockesburg, the county seat, was founded in 1871, and is named after M. W. Locke. It has a population of about 500, three churches, a district school, a weekly newspaper, the Tocsin, and daily mail.


Judge T. G. T. Steel was for many years a resident of the county. He died in Lockesburg January 22d, 1889, in the 73rd year of his age.


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HISTORY OF ARKANSAS.


It is related by Judge Witter, that the town Paraclifta was named after a Comanche Chief, whom one of the Commis- sioners had met on a journey through the plains.


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WASHINGTON COUNTY.


Washington County, the eighteenth county formed, was created October 17th, 1828. It was made to take the place of Loveley county. By a subsequent Act of October 20th, Lewis Evans, Larkin Newton, Samuel Vaughan, John Woody and Israel Mars were appointed Commissioners to locate the county seat. The Commissioners in that year fixed upon the present town of Fayetteville. After the location had been made, the county seat established, and various improvements incident to its being a county seat had been made, the public survey of the lands of the territory was made, and it was dis- covered that the town had been located on a part of section sixteen of the township. Congress had previously reserved, each section numbered sixteen to be leased or sold for the benefit of schools. In this dilemma Congress passed a reliev- ing Act in March, 1834, whereby one section out of any unoccupied and unimproved lands in the township was set apart for school uses in lieu of the sixteenth section, on which Fayetteville proved to be located, and the Commissioners were directed to sell the lots and blocks embracing the town, and with the proceeds erect a court-house and jail for the use of the county.


Washington county is an extreme Northwestern county, bounded west by the Cherokee line of the Indian country, and separated from the Missouri line on the north by the county of Benton. Its general character of country is hilly and mountainous, with about one-third of the county level and of rich alluvial soil. Its area is about 890 square miles.


The products of the county are all varieties of grains and grasses, and all the general products of the latitude. In the


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THE FOLLOWING HAVE BEEN THE COUNTY OFFICERS.


DATE.


JUDGE.


CLERK.


SHERIFF.


TREASURER.


CORONER.


SURVEYOR.


ASSESSOR.


1828 to 1830


L. Newton ..


Lewis Evans.


John Skelton.


1830 to 18:12


Robert McAmy.


B. H. Smithson.


Lewis Evans


James Marrs


Y. Caruthers


1832 to 1833


John Wilson


B. H. Smithson.


Lewis Evans


James Coulter


J. T. Edmonston .. John McClellan.


1833 to 1835


J. M. Hoge.


B. H. Smithson.


Lewis Evans.


James Crawford ..


1835 to 1836


W. B. Woody ..


B. H. Smithson.


Lewis Evans ...


W. W. Hester.


John McClellan


1836 to 1838


John Cureton


B. H. Smithson.


L. C. Pleasants


Isaac Murphy.


D. Callaghan ..


John McClellan


1838 to 1840


Thomas Wilson


B. H. Smithson.


L. C. Pleasants


W. L. Wallace. M. Hubbard.


John Brixey.


E. H. Shipley ..


1842 to 1844


Thomas Wilson


Benjamin Pearson.


P. R. Smith


H. Hubbard ..


Ewing Babb.


E. H. Shipley ..


1844 to 1846


John Newman


James Pittman.


E. O'Bryan


W. M. Bowers.


W. Skelton


W. D. Sullivan


1846 to 1848


John Newman


P. R. Smith


E. O'Bryan.


W. M. Bowers.


H. W. Fincher


W. D. Sullivan


1848 to 1850


John Newman.


P. R. Smith


B. H. Smithson ..


William Bowers


Peter Vanhoose ....


H. P. Ross.


1850 to 1852


John Newman.


P. R. Smith


B. H. Smithson.


W. M. Bowers


H. W. Fincher


H. P. Ross


1852 to 1854


John Newman.


P. R. Smith


Z. M. Pettigrew ..


J. B. Simpson.


H. W. Fincher.


H. P. Ross.


1854 to 1856


John Newman


P. R. Smith


Z. M. Pettigrew.


J. B. Simpson.


H. W. Fincher


E. H. Shipley.


1856 to 1858


John Newman.


P. R. Smith


John Crawford ..


J. B. Simpson.


H. W. Fincher


H. P. Ross ..


1858 to 1860


John Newman.


P. R. Smith


Jolın Crawford ..


J. B. Simpson


H. W. Fincher


H. P. Ross.


1860 to 1862.


A. A. Crawford


P. R. Smith


George Gibson.


W. A. Watson.


H. W. Fincher


H. P. Ross.


1862 to 1864


R. W. Mecklin.


S. D. Lowery ..


A. S. Gregg ..


W. A. Watson.


J. R. Jackson.


H. P. Ross.


William Mitchell ...


G. W. M. Read, 3


B. F. Little ..


Thomas Carlile ..


William Graham ..


G. W. Cline ..


Wilson Shreve. G. H. Pettigrew.


1874 to 1876


Hiram Davis


P. R. Smith, 3


Z. M. Pettigrew ..


Lafayette Boone.


W. D. Holland


A. Buchanan.


William Mitchell.


1876 to 1878


Hiram Davis


P. R. Smith, 4 ..


Z. M. Pettigrew ..


Lafayette Boone


W. D. Holland


A. Buchanan.


William Mitchell.


1878 to 1880


Hiram Davis


P. R. Smith, 4 ..


Z. M. Pettigrew.


Lafayette Boone


J. J. Mount.


J. A. Buchanan.


J. W. M. Trent.


1880 to 1882


Thomas Mullins.


H. F. Reagan, 4 ..


C. M. Henry.


J. B. Rainwater.


George Vanhoose. J. A. Buchanan ..


J. W. M. Trent.


1882 to 1884.




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