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Jackson county is situated in the White river valley, north- east from the center of the State, having Black river on the north, and White river running through it, each navigable
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for steamboats throughout the year. Its area is about 650 square miles.
In surface the county is level, but a small portion of it hilly. The soil is of alluvial character and generally fertile and productive. The usual products are grown, but cotton and corn are the chief staples. The timber product of the county is excellent, embracing oak, red gum, ash and cypress woods. It is well traversed by railroads, the St. Louis, Iron
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Mountain & Southern passing through from northeast to southwest, and the Batesville & Brinkley from northwest to southeast.
There are sixty-three public schools in the county, kept open from three to nine months each year. And there are church-houses of every denomination of Christians repre sented in the county.
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JACKSON COUNTY.
The principal towns of the county are Jacksonport, New- port, Auvergne, Swifton, Tuckerman, Elgin and Tupelo.
Jacksonport, the county seat, was established as a town about the year 1840. It was founded by Thomas Tunstall. It is situated at the junction of White and Black rivers. It was formerly a place of considerable importance, but upon the building of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railroad in 1872, which passed within three miles of it, a sta- tion was made called Newport, which from the superior facil- ities offered by railroad communication drew away from Jacksonport its business and residents, until but little remained of the town, while Newport grew into a flourishing city. The town of Jacksonport was incorporated as a town December 17th, 1852, and re-incorporated March 13th, 1867. Its pres- ent population is about 600. A substantial brick court-house was commenced in 1869 and completed in 1871.
A newspaper, called the Jacksonport Democrat, is pub- lished there.
Hon. Charles Minor was a resident of Jacksonport from 1866 to 1881. He was born at Charlottesville, Virginia, September 27th, 1841, son of Dr. Charles and Lucy Walker Minor. He was educated at the University of Virginia ; enlisted as a private in the Rockbridge Artillery of Virginia, in the Confederate Army, in which he served until 1862, when he was commissioned a Lieutenant in the Engineer Corps, serving therein to the end of the war. He came to Arkan- sas in October, 1866, locating at Jacksonport ; was admitted to the Bar in 1868 and practiced there, becoming a leading lawyer of that section. He was a member of the Arkansas Legislature of 1873 and 1879. He died at the University of Virginia, February 27th, 1881, at the house of his uncle, Dr. John B. Minor, Professor of Law in that institution, and in the same room which he had occupied as a student. On the 8th of June, 1869, he was married, at Jacksonport, to Miss Kate Board, who survives him.
WALNUT STREET PUBLIC SCHOOL, NEWPORT.
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Colonel Lucien C. Ganse, who was a Member of Congress from the district from 1875 to 1879, was a citizen of Jackson- port, and was a leading lawyer there.
Newport, on White river, is the most important town in the county. It has a population of about 2,500 persons, and is a flourishing, growing place. It contains Methodist, Episcopal and Baptist churches, among the latter being churches for the colored people. It has an opera house to seat 400 per- sons, an oil mill, foundries and machine shops, a flouring mill, four saw mills, a stave factory, planing mills, and many handsome and extensive stores. It has two weekly news- papers, the Jackson County Herald and the News. It has daily mails, telegraph, telephone and express offices, ice fac- tory and water supply.
Franklin Doswell, a prominent lawyer of Newport, was born in Hanover county, Virginia, May 5th, 1830 son of Henley C. Doswell, who was a farmer and native of that county, born in the same house in which the son was born ; died in the same house, having lived therein for 78 years. Franklin Doswell was mainly educated by his father, com- pleting his education at Washington College, Lexington, Vir- ginia, in 1849. Leaving home in 1851, he went to Lawrence county, Alabama, where he taught school and read law. He was admitted to the Bar in Moulton, Alabama, in 1855 ; moved to Jacksonport, Arkansas, where he arrived April 6th, 1856. Practiced law there till about 1884 or 1885, when he moved to Newport, three miles distant, where he now re- sides. In 1874 he was elected to fill a vacancy in the Legis- lature, and in the same year a Member of the Constitutional Convention. He was never married.
Lancelot Minor became a resident of Newport in 1881. He was born at Charlottesville, Virginia, June 16th, 1847, son of Dr. Charles and Lucy Walker Minor. He was educated at Brook Hill School, near Charlottesville. Came to Arkansas in December, 1872, locating at Jacksonport.
IMMENSE HARD WOOD LUMBER MILL, NEWPORT.
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He read law with his brother, Hon. Charles Minor; was admitted to the Bar in 1877, and was a partner with his brother up to the time of the death of the latter in 1881. In the same year he moved to Newport and continued the prac- tice, being now associated with Franklin Doswell therein. He served in the Confederate Army in the First Virginia Reg- iment, Stonewall Brigade, Hardaway's Battalion, Graham's Battery. He has been twice married. In October, 1868, at Charlottesville, he was married to Miss Emma Walker Minor. By this marriage there are two children, Charles L. and Louisa Noland. On the 6th of July, 1887, being a widower, he was married to Miss Theo Ferguson, of Augus- ta, Woodruff county, Arkansas.
MISSISSIPPI COUNTY.
Mississippi County, the twenty-fifth county created, was formed out of territory taken from Crittenden county Novem- ber Ist, 1833, and was named for the great river that it lies along. The seat of justice was directed to be at the house of Peter G. Reeves until permanently established. In 1836 Edwin Jones, Frederick Weller, Lasty McLang, John Buck- ner and John G. Davis were appointed Commissioners for the purpose, and located it at Osceola, where it now is.
Mississippi county is in the northeast corner of the State, and its northeast corner is the extreme eastern part of the State. It is bounded on the north by the State of Missouri ; on the east by the Mississippi river, and south by Crittenden county. Its area is about 900 square miles.
In surface the county is level. There are no hills or moun- tains. It contains in its limits a number of lakes, Big Lake, Tyronza lake, Walker's lake, Golden lake, Hudgens and Flat lake. The soil is alluvial and of a black, sandy loam, of richness and fertility. Cotton and corn are the principal and only important crops.
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THE FOLLOWING HAVE BEEN THE COUNTY OFFICERS.
DATE.
JUDGE.
CLERK.
SHERIFF.
TREASURER.
CORONER.
SURVEYOR.
ASSESSOR.
1833 to 1835
Edwin Jones
J. W. Whitworth
E. F. Lovd.
S. McLung.
G. C. Barfield ..
1835 to 1836.
Nathan Ross
J. W. Whitworth
E. F. Loyd
S. McLung.
G. C. Barfield.
1836 to 1838
John Troy
J. W. Dewitt
J. C. Bowen
Uriah Russell
T. L. Daniel.
J. G. Davis.
1838 to 1840.
Fred Miller ..
J. W. Dewitt
J. C. Bowen.
T. L. Daniel ..
J. Williams ..
1840 to 1842
Nathan Ross
J. P. Edrington ..
J. C. Bowen
T. L. Daniel.
Thomas Sears.
A. G. Blackmore .. A. G. Blackmore ...
1842 to 1844
H. A. Phillips ..
J. P. Edrington ..
J. C. Bowen
John Gibson
1844 to 1846
W. L. Ward ..
A. G. Blackmore
J. C. Bowen
John Gibson
1846 to 1848
H. A. Phillips ..
A. G. Blackmore
J. C. Bowen.
1848 to 1850
E. M. Daniel
A. G. Blackmore
Charles Bowen ..
John Gibson
J. Cunningham
G. Pendleton ..
1850 to 1852
E. M. Daniel
H. A. Phillips
Charles Bowen ..
W. C. Dillehay.
T. Williamson
Wm. Dillingham.
1852 to 1854
E. M. Daniel.
H. A. Phillips.
Charles Bowen ..
W. C. Dillehay.
.. E. O. Cromwell.
E. G. Sugg
1854 to 1856
E. M. Daniel
D. D. Dickson.
Charles Bowen ..
C. W. Bush ...
J. V. Lynch.
W. B. Word.
1856 to 1858
J. H. Williams
D. D. Dickson.
Charles Bowen.
D. Matthews.
W. D. W. Bond
A. Faucette.
1818 to 1860
L. H. Mckinney.
M. W. Nanney
Charles Bowen ..
C. W. Burk ..
1860 to 1862 ..
1
M. W. Nanney.
Charles Bowen
D. Matthews
L. W. D. Bond
William Femsite ..
1862 to 1864 1
J. W. Uzzell
1864 to 1866
J. W. Alris
M. W. Nanney
Charles Bowen
H. C. Edrington
D. Matthews John Pedigo
W. H. Craighead .. J. W. Uzzell
1868 10 1872
U. L. Moore.
J. B. Best ..
J. B. Murray
J. H. Edrington ..
1872 to 1874
J. B. Best ..
J. B. Driver ...
J. H. Sheddon, 2 ..
H. C. Rosa ..
F. L. James ..
H. C. Edrington. P. Mitchell, 3. L Ward.
1874 to 1876
L. M Carrigan
J. K. P. Hale
J. B. Driver
J. L. Driver.
A. W. Lucus ..
James Anthony, 4.
D. D. Dickson. W. M. Speed.
1830 to 1882
E. A. Garlick
B. H. Baccus
W. B. Haskins
J. W. Uzzell
J. M. Lawrence
B. H. Bacchus .. George Benton.
J. A. Lovewell.
1832 to 1884 ..
S. S. Semmes.
B. H. Baccus
W. B. Haskins
J. W. Uzzell, 5.
J. M. Lawrence
J. H. Caruthers.
J. R. Riggins.
1834 10 1886
E. Bevel.
Hugh R. Mcveigh-
W. B. Haskins
James Liston ..
J. M. Lawrence.
T. H. Musgrove.
J. R. Riggins.
1886 to 1888
L. D. Rozzell
H. R. Mcveigh
W. S. Hayes
James Liston
J. M. Lawrence
K. H. Clay
B. L. Hill.
1888 to 1890
L. D. Rozzell
J. B. Driver.
W. S. Hayes ..
C. H. Gaylord.
J. M. Lawrence ...
R. Archillon
B. L. Hill.
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1-Record incomplete for this term, while no record at all found for 1862 and 1864. 2-J. L. Driver from August, 1874. 3-John Rainey from May, 1873. 4-J. T. Burns from April, 1877. F. q. 5-Appointed G. Y Stowell, Treasurer, January 30, 1884, vice J. W. Uzzell, deceased. Elected G. F. Stowell March 15, 1884.
HISTORY OF ARKANSAS.
J. H. Rainey
1876 to 1878
Charles Bowen ..
J. K. P. Hale.
J. B. Driver
J. L. Driver
1878 to 1880
J. E. Felts
J. K. P. Hale ...
W. B. Haskins.
J. W. Uzzell
G. E. Pettey ..
1866 to 1868
L. H. Mckinney
W. A. Ferring ..
John Long
D. Matthews
A. W. Lucus
J. D. B. Sherman
John Gibson
Richard Pearson.
A. H. Fisher.
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MISSISSIPPI COUNTY.
The timber product of the county is most abundant, and embraces all kinds; cypress, ash, oak, cottonwood, walnut, hickory and pecan being found in abundance. The county has as yet no railroad.
There are forty free public schools in the county and one high school in Osceola, with church-houses in every principal. point. Of streams, the Little river and Pemiscott bayou are navigable for small boats in high water.
The principal towns of the county are Osceola, Blytheville, McGavock, Pecan Point and Barfield.
Osceola, the county seat, on the Mississippi river, is a place of considerable business activity. It has a fine court-house.
There are three churches, a Baptist and Catholic churches of those denominations, and a Union church occupied by the Methodists and Presbyterians, for white persons. The col- ored people have two Baptist and one Methodist church edi- fices.
The Osceola Times is a newspaper published there, edited by Leon Roussau.
Hon. Hiram M. McVeigh became a resident of Mississippi county in 1864. He was born in Fauquier county, Virginia, son of Hiram and Mary C. McVeigh. He was admitted to the Bar in Hannibal, Missouri, in 1860, and the same year was local editor, and afterwards editor of the Daily Messen- ger, of Hannibal, Missouri. On the breaking out of the war he became Assistant Ordinance Officer of Harris' Division of Missouri State Guards, but owing to ill health was unable to do active service in camp or field. He came to Arkansas in 1862, and located in Mississippi county in the summer of 1864. He was admitted to the Bar in Arkansas in 1865, and has since been engaged in the practice of law at Osceola. He was Prosecuting Attorney of his circuit ; was a Member of the Legislature of 1873 and 1881 ; one of the Board of Visitors of the State University of 1883. He is the author of the law creating the State Insane Asylum, the necessity for such an
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institution being brought prominently to his notice by the case of an unfortunate gentleman in his community who had been insane, and for whose treatment or keeping no facilities existed. Incited by this instance, and by a general knowl- edge of the urgent need for such an institution in the State, he introduced and put through the bill creating it. He mar- . ried Miss Susan H. Fletcher, daugher of Colonel Elliott H. Fletcher. By this marriage there are seven children, two sons and five daughters, to-wit: Elliott, Jesse, Frances, Hiram Bland, Agnes, Rose and Susan McVeigh.
CARROLL COUNTY.
Carroll County, the twenty-sixth county formed, was cre- ated November Ist, 1833, out of the territory taken from Izard county. It is believed to have been named in honor of Charles Carroll, of Carrollton, the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence, whose death was then fresh in the minds of the public. The temporary seat of justice was directed to be at the house of William Sneed, Jr., until per- manently established. An election for Commissioners and other county officers was to be held at this place in January, 1834, before William King, William Sneed and Samuel Bristo, Judges, and at the house of William Keeth, before Stephen Keeth, William Cooke and George Campbell, Sr., Judges.
The Commissioners located the county seat at Carrollton, where it remained until 1876, when it was moved to Berry- ville, where it now is.
Carroll county is in the extreme northwestern part of the State, bounded on the north by the Missouri line. Its area is about 640 square miles. In surface it presents a variety of kinds of country, being part mountainous, part hilly, part alluvial and part prairie land. Corn and grain is mostly
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THE FOLLOWING HAVE BEEN THE COUNTY OFFICERS.
DATE.
JUDGE.
CLERK.
SHERIFF.
TREASURER.
CORONER.
SURVEYOR.
ASSESSOR.
1834 to 1835.
George Campbell ..
John Bush
T. H. Clark
Abraham Shelly ...
William Nooner
1835 to 1836
William King ..
John Bush
T. H. Clark, 1
A. M. Wilson
Abraham Shelly ... M. L. Hawkins, 3 ... M. L. Hawkins
John McMillan
1838 to 1840
Hiram Davis ..
W. C. Mitchell
Charles Sneed
William Beller ..
1840 to 1842
M. Perryman
J. A. Hicks
Charles Sneed
William Beller .. -.
M. L. Hawkins ..
John McMillan
1842 to 1844
W. J. Essis ..
J. A. Hicks.
A. Thomas, 4
H. L. Denton ..
Thomas Moreland. T. B. Callen.
1844 to 1846
J. D. Blair
J. A. Hicks.
J. L. Wilburn.
E. Ford, 5 ..
John T. Spears ..... A. S. Dooly
T. B. Callen.
1846 to 1848
Matthew Bristow ..
Tilford Denton ..
J. L. Wilburn
Thomas Callen, 6. John Dunlap ..
Jesse Mckelay ..... John Bunch
A. V. Callen.
1850 to 1852.
Sam H. Ewing
John W. Peel ..
J. L. Wilburn ..
A. Hulsey ..
Gideon Weaver.
Price Byrne
1852 to 1854.
Matthew Bristow.
John W. Peel ..
A. C. Oliver.
A. Hulsey .. J. Albright ...
W. M. Raines ...
Price Byrne.
1856 to 1858.
J. B. Turney
George C. Gordon.
J. C. Shipman.
Jerry Hale
Joab Riddle.
Price Byrne.
1858 to 1860.
G. W. Walker.
Sam W. Peel
R. C. Campbell
Jerry Hale
N. P. Naples.
J, Bartlett
1$60 to 1862.
J. B. Turney
Sam W. Peel
David Smith, 8
J. M. Haggett.
Dan Grinlin.
J. Bartlett ..
1862 to 1864
J. B. Turney .....
Sam W. Peel
John Harper ...
J. S. Stanley
J. M, Pitman
Cyrus Maxwell ....
R. L. Evans.
1868 to 1872
Robert Rains, 9 ..
S. L. Hayhurst
A. M. Bradley.
Wil iam Wood, 12.
Thomas Bunch, 11 H. S. Shahan.
R. S. Nance.
1874 to 1876
A. Fanning.
J. P. Fancher
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S. L. Hayhurst
James Walker.
O. P. Crockett.
Thomas Bunch .... T. S. Bunch
R. S. Nance.
1876 0 1878
A. Fanning
1878 to 1880
A. Fanning
J. P. Fancher
T. C. Freeman
S. S. Meek
E. Thomas
J. M. Bunch
N. C. Charles.
1880 to 1882
T. S. Bunch ..
J. E. Jones.
T. C. Freeman
W. H. Woods
E. Winfield.
J. M. Bunch
T. G. Norris.
1882 to 1884
William Walker
J. E. Jones.
T. C. Freeman
W. H. Woods, 14
C. T. Dodson
W. P. Phillips
N. D. Charles.
1884 to 1886
H. A Pierce
H. H. Moose
Joel Plumlee.
H. D. Field
J. M. Mitchell ..
W. R. Phillips
W. J. Callen.
1886 to 1888
R. H. Jones ..
H. H. Moose ..
H. S. Shahan.
H. D. Field
C. S. Smith.
J. F. Kenner
J. M. Bunch.
1888 to 1890
Bradley Bunch ..
Len Nunnally ..
S. J. Morris ...
H. D. Field.
F. H. Kirtly
J. F. Kenner
A. P. Maples.
1864 to 1866
Sam H. Ewing
1866 to 1868
Sam H. Ewing
George J. Crump .. George J. Crump .. W. W. Davis
N. S. Mckennon
W. W. Bailey.
Henry McMillen .. H. McMillen
N. B. Crump ..
Tilford Denton ..
J. J. Grim.
J. Hale ...
G. D. Bull, 10.
1872 to 1874.
J. P. Fancher
J. C. Hanna.
A. C. Oliver
J. G. Walder
O. P. Crockett, 13 ..
A. V. Callen.
1848 to 1850
T. H. Clark, 7 ...
John W. Peel.
J. L. Wilburn
1854 to 1856
George C. Gordon
A. C. Oliver ..
J. F. Seaman.
William Nooner.
1836 to 1838
William King
W. C. Mitchell, 2
Charles Sneed
Elijah Tabor
R. A. Riggs
HISTORY OF ARKANSAS.
1-Resigned October, 1835, and N. Rudd in office. 2-Stallings filled the office for awhile in 1836. 3-Bnrt, Coroner, from the latter part of 1836. 4-The County Court of Carroll County, annulled the election of Thomas, and declared Charles Sneed Sheriff. The Governor revoked the County Court's ruling, and commissioned Thomas. Resigned, and Thomas Callen filled the office. 6-Deceased before his term expired, and W. E. Armstrong in office. 7- James Simmons held the office on decease of T. H. Clark. 8-Resigned in October, 1860, and R. C. Campbell in office. 9-Cyrus Maxwell in office from March, 1871, and office abolished by Act of 1873, page 153. 10-Declined to accept. 11 Removed October, 1868; R. S. Evans elected instead. 12-Declined to accept. 13- Died, and S. L. McKennon in office from January, 1878. 14-H D. Field, Treasurer, elected February 26, 1884, vice W. H. Wood failed to give bond.
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grown ; little or no cotton. Fruits produce well, and are a reliable crop. A railroad runs twenty miles into the county, coming from Seligman, Missouri, to Eureka Springs. Good quality of red and gray marble is found in the county, and lead exists.
There are eighty free, common schools, one academy and one college in the county. There are twenty Baptist, fifteen Methodist, three Christian, one Episcopalian, one Catholic and two Presbyterian churches.
The Eureka Springs in the county, which began to attract attention for their curative properities about 1879 or 1880, have attained great fame for their medicinal virtues, and have performed many wonderful cures, and annually attract great numbers of visitors. One of the noted features of the place is a fine hotel, the Crescent, which was opened in the spring of 1887.
Berryville, the county seat, is an interior town, near the center of the county. Its population is about 700. It con- tains a number of business places. There is a brick court house in the place, but a plain structure. A newspaper, called the "Progress," is published there, by Hailey Brothers. Isaac A. Clark is principal of Clark's Academy at the place.
Hon. Bradley Bunch has been a resident of Carroll county since 1838, his present residence being near Berryville. He was born in Overton county, Tennesse, December 9th, 1818, son of Nathaniel and Sarah Bunch. He acquired an ordi- nary business education. He came to Arkansas in the au- tumn of 1838, and settled in Carroll county. He lived there until 1842, when, on the creation of Newton county, the place of his residence fell in the limits of the new county. He resided in Newton county about five years, but in 1847, he moved into Carroll county and has since resided there, be- ing engaged in farming. In 1848 he was elected Justice of the Peace, and served six years, and was four years Associate Justice of the County Court. He was elected to the House
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of Representatives from Carroll county in 1854, again in 1856, 1858 and 1860, and was Speaker of the House at the last mentioned session. He served in the extra session of 1862; was elected to the State Senate in the fall of 1862 and served one short session at Little Rock, and a called session at Washing- ton, Arkansas, in 1864. He was elected to the Legislature for the sixth time in 1866, and was again made Speaker ; was then disfranchised until 1874, and was elected a Delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1874. He was elected to the Senate in the fall of 1874, and was President of the Senate; but at the end of this term retired from public life, and has since been engaged in farming ; but being appointed Probate and County Judge to fill a vacancy, he was unani- mously elected for a term of two years at the general election of 1886.
In 1836, in Tennessee, he was married to Jane Boswell. The children of this marriage now living are N. C. Bunch, a farmer in Carroll county ; T. S. Bunch, a lawyer in Ari- zona ; E. C. Bunch, a farmer and teacher in Arizona ; a son, L. B. Bunch, and daughter, Laura A., unmarried, living at home, and two married daughters living in the county.
PIKE COUNTY.
Pike County, the twenty-seventh county created, was formed November Ist, 1833, out of territory taken from the counties of Hempstead and Clark, and was named after Gen- eral Zebulon Montgomery Pike, a distinguished officer of the war of 1812. The seat of justice was directed to be at the house of Paschal C. Sorrells until permanently located. An election was directed to be held for Commissioners to locate it. The Commissioners located it, in 1834, at a place called Zeb- ulon. The place bore this name until sometime after 1836, when it was changed to Murfreesboro.
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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.
1833 to 1835
W. Sorrels
D. S. Dickson.
John Hughes
J. W. Dickson
1835 to 1836
W. Kelly
D. S. Dickson.
Isaac White
J. H. Kirkham
E. K. Williams
1836 to 1838
W. Kelly
D. S. Dickson.
Isaac White,
Henry Brewer
J. H. Kirkham
1838 to 1840
W. Kelly
D. S. Dickson.
Isaac White.
Henry Brewer.
1840 to 1843
D. Huddleston
D. S. Dickson.
H. Brewer
H. Kizzia
W. H. Atkins.
Wm. Johnson ..
1842 to 1844
D. Huddleston
D. S. Dickson.
L. Huddleston
R. Stringer
B. Scott
T. Scott ..
1844 to 1846
William Kelly ..
D. S. Dickson.
L. Huddleston
R. Stringer
Isaac Hay ..
1846 to 1848
William Kelly
D. S. Dickson.
L. Huddleston
R. Stringer
W. B. Speer ..
1848 to 1850
James Scott.
W H. Preston
L. Huddleston
R. Stringer.
T. J. Conway.
1850 to 1452
Isaac White.
T. K. Das y ..
L. Huddleston.
R. Stringer.
S. S. Thompson.
W. R. McFarlın.
1854 to 1856
D. Huddleston
W. R. McFarlin
W. Gilmer
D. uddleston
T. J. Conway ..
James Scott
185 i to 1858
D. Huddleston
W. J. Kelly ..
W. Gilmer
J. D. Brewer
C. M. Crawford ..
( yrus Hubble
1-58 to 1860
D. Huddleston
W. J. Kelly .
W. Gilmer.
J. D. Brewer.
Benj min Bryant ..
W. R. McFarlin
1×60 to 1862
D. Huddleston
W. J. Kelly ..
W. Gilmer.
J. B. P. Elzy ..
W. J. Thompson.
Cyrus Hubble ..
1862 to 1864
D. Huddleston
J. H. Howard
J. M. Davis
J. B. P. Elzy.
W. Huddleston
F. J. McFarlin
W. R. Smedley, 1.
1866 to 1868
E. Kelly.
H. P. Howard
B. S. Davis
John Wagner, 2 ..
G. W. Logan ...
C. S. Cox ..
John Wagner, 3.
1872 to 1874
H. P. Howard ..
W. J. Reed
T. G. Straun
G. W. Trapley ....
J. S. Corbell
W. N. McClure.
1874 to 1876
D. Huddleston
W. J. White, 4
A. F. Wilson
W. J. Jackson
C. N. Westerman ..
J. S. Corbell
G. W. Logan.
1876 to 1878
D. Huddleston
M. W. Hill
J. P. Copeland.
W. J. Smedley
John Gorman ..
J. S. Corbell
G. W. Logan.
1878 to 1880
D. Huddleston.
W. B. Thomasson ..
J. P. Copeland
J. A. Holland ..
John Gorman ..
J. S. Corbell
G. W. Logan.
1880 to 1882
J. C. MeKetchan
W. B. Thomasson ..
W. N. Mcclure.
J. A. Holland ..
John Gorman.
R. S. Burke.
G. W. Logan.
1883 to 1884
F. J. Talleson.
W. B. Thomasson.
W. N. McClure.
J. W. Covington.
C. N. Westerman ..
J. S. Thomasson
J. P. Gosnell.
1×84 to 1886
T. B. Stephen
J. O. A. Bush ..
W. N. McClure
H. F. Fagan
C. N. Westerman ..
J. S. Thomasson ...
1886 to 1888
Isaac Cooley
J. O. A. Bush
J. P. Gosnel
W.M. Kizzia
D. I. Bowen
J. S. Thomas on ... N. M. McFarland.
1888 to 1890
W. N. McClure. ..
J. O. A. Bush
A. W. Parker
W. M. Kizzia
J. J. Wingfield ...
J. S. Thomasson ... B. F. Bryant.
1864 to 1866
D. Huddleston
W. J. Kelly, 1
J. M. Davis, 1
T. W. McClure. 1 ... D. Womack, 1.
J. H. Howard
B. S. Davis
John Wagner .. ....
T. J. Straun
J. M. Southerland.
1868 to 1872
R. A. Cox
J. S. Owens ..
L. Huddleston
R. Stringer
W. Huddleston.
J. H. Kirkham
William Johnson ..
1852 to 1854
James McDavel
PIKE COUNTY.
1-E. Kelly, Judge ; J. L. Howard, Clerk; James Corbell. Coroner and Surveyor; D. Campbell, Treasurer; from July, 1865. 2-W. D. Kelly from Decem- ber, 1870. 3-J. M. Southerland from December, 1870. 4-M. W. Hill from June, 1875. 5-Succeeded by J. S. Thomasson.
J. P. Gosnell.
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John Hughes.
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HISTORY OF ARKANSAS.
The county of Pike is an interior southwest county. Its area is about 600 square miles.
Its surface is partly mountainous, but has much alluvial soil, rich and fertile. In the mountainous districts minerals exist and have been prospected for successfully, but not devel- oped. The county is watered by the Little Missouri river, which runs through it. It has as yet no railroad.
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