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D. J. McDonald
J. H. Shoppach.
W. W. Thompson.
J. Kirkpatrick
William Brent.
W. S. Lee ...
J. L. Crabtree.
1880 to 1882
D. J. McDonald.
J. F. Shoemaker.
J. F. Shoppach.
J. Kirkpatrick.
T. Lewis
J. W. Hammond.
J. L. Crabtree.
1882 to 1884
B. Howard, 4
J. F. Shoemaker.
J. F. Shoppach
J. Kirkpatrick.
H. Holland
J. W. Hammond.
J. L. Crabtree.
1884 to 1886
A. A. Crawford.
J. F. Shoemaker
J. F. Shoppach.
John A. Wilkerson ..
W. S. Winchester ..
J. W. Hammond ..
J. L. Crabtree.
1886 to 1888
A. A. Crawford.
John F. Shoemaker.
John F. Shoppach
J. A. Wilkerson.
J. F. Wright.
D. A. Cameron.
1888 to 1890.
A. A. Crawford.
J. L. Parham
J. F. Shoppach.
J. A. Wilkerson ...
D. F. Dobbins.
J. F. Wright ..
D. A. Cameron
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1-Record of this term incomplete. 2-T. A. Morris, Judge, from July, 1868, to February, 1869; L. G. Williams, Sheriff, from July to October, 1868; W. L. Lee, Surveyor, from March, 1871; and R. Thompson, Assessor, from January, 1870. 3-Hughes held until 1845. 5-John L. Laymon, County Judge, November 6, 1883, vice Barton Howard, deceased.
HISTORY OF ARKANSAS.
J. H. Nisewander
1848 to 1850
Robert Calvert ...
A. R. Hockersmith .. J. M. Mills
D. E. Steel ....
J. B. Lane
F. Leech.
Thomas Pack
James Carter
W. H. Keltner
1852 to 1854
W. E. Beavers
1866 to 1868
W. Scott
M. J. Henderson ...
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SALINE COUNTY.
Benton, the county seat, may be said to date its existence from the month of May, 1836. At that date a post-office was established there, and Green B. Hughes was appointed Postmaster. About that date it was laid out as a town, and a public sale of lots was had June Ioth and IIth, 1836, by Rezin Davis and John S. Lockert, the Commissioners elected for the purpose, at which the aggregate sales amounted to $3,385. The highest that any lot brought was $195. A substantial brick court-house in the center of the town was erected with part of the proceeds, and the town began to build up around the square on which it stood. Thomas Pack kept a hotel opposite it and near at hand. It was conducted for many years under the name of "Pack's Hotel." Judge Jabez M. Smith was a resident of the place of the year 1856. He was Circuit Judge for a number of years, and held the office at the date of his death, April, 1888, though at that time he was not a resident of the county.
S. H. Whitthorne established a newspaper there, called "The Saline Courier," which he still edits. B. B. Beavers, who was Secretary of State from 1874 to 1879, lived there a number of years.
Hon. Charles Caldwell became a citizen of Arkansas in 1827. He was born in Christian county, Kentucky, Decem- ber 12th, 1782. Came to Arkansas in 1827, and settled near Pine Bluff. In 1830 he moved to Little Rock, and began the practice of law. He entered politics shortly after this, and became, locally, a prominent leader of the Democratic party. His influence and activity was so great that he became famil- iarly known in political life as "Old Charley at the wheel." In all his political life he was only defeated for office once, and that was by Samuel W. Reyburn. He was a Member of the Constitutional Convention of 1836, and of the Legisla- ture the same year and was Speaker of the House during the years 1829, 1831 and 1835. He served several sessions of the Legislature, during the years 1829, 1831, and 1835, from
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HISTORY OF ARKANSAS.
Pulaski county-1837 and 1838 from Saline county, and was also Circuit Judge several terms. He was a member of the Christian church, under Elder W. W. Stephenson, at Little Rock. He was twice married, the last marriage was near Hopkinsville, Kentucky, in 1820, to Miss Sarah New. By this marriage there is one descendant now living, to wit : Rev. James E. Caldwell, a Methodist minister, living at Tulip. Charles Caldwell died at his home, near Benton, Saline county, November 20th, 1844, at the age of 56 years.
Green B. Hughes was an early settler of the county. He was a native of Iredell county, North Carolina. He came to the Hot Springs, Arkansas, in 1818, at the age of eighteen years. Subsequently, in 1825, he moved to Clark county, and settled at "Old Greenville," the then county site (now Holly- wood). He conducted merchandising at the old county site until some time in 1828, and then moved to Ecore a Fabre, now Camden, Arkansas. In 1835 he moved to Saline county, and was instrumental in having the county site located at Benton, where it has since remained. He served as Clerk of Saline county from 1836 to 1838, and as County Judge, and was in the Lower House of the General Assembly of 1846. His two sons, George W. Hughes and John L. Hughes, became well known men in the State. George W. Hughes assisted in making the survey of the Cairo & Fulton Railroad. He married a daughter of Alexander Butler, of Tulip, Arkan- sas, and for some years has lived at Los Angeles, California.
John L. Hughes was for many years a resident of Benton, but now resides in Little Rock. He was born in Camden, Ouachita county, October 2d, 1833, but when he was three years old his father moved to Benton. Just after the war he began merchandising at Benton. In 1859 he married Miss Hattie Cone, daughter of Major Asa Cone, of Calhoun county. By this marriage there are three children-a son, George, and two daughters.
Rev. Andrew Hunter, one of the Patriarchs of the Meth-
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odist church in Arkansas, was born in County Antrim, in the North of Ireland, December 26th, 1814, son of John and Rachel Hunter. He emigrated to America prior to 1835, and at that date came west to attend college in Missouri. Not being pleased with the institution, he came to the Creek Nation as a missionary ; came to Arkansas, January Ist, 1836; was licensed to preach, and was admitted into the . Arkansas Conference, which was held for the first time at Batesville, in 1836, becoming an itinerant preacher of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. He lived at Little Rock in 1845 and 1846; has lived at Batesville, Tulip, Camden, and now resides near Bryant, Saline county. He represented the counties of Dallas and Bradley in the State Senate, and was President of the Senate in 1867. He was elected United State Senator in 1866, but was unable to take the "iron-clad oath," hence resigned. In 1844 he was married to Anna Maria Jones, of York, Pennsylvania. By this marriage there are three children living: William P. Hunter, of Saline county, Florence B. Field, wife of William P. Field, Deputy Clerk of the United States Court, and Andrew J. Hunter, Little Rock. Although Dr. Hunter is now in his seventy-fifth year, he is a hale and vigorous man, both physically and men- tally active, and looking back over the long record of his min- isterial labors, "rests, for the happiness of a future life, on his Redeemer."
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MARION COUNTY.
Marion County, the thirty-fifth county formed, was cre- ated November 3d, 1835, out of territory taken from Izard county. The petition of the citizens of Izard, praying for the establishment of the new county, expressed a wish that the name of the county might be Marion, but the Legis- lature gave it the name of Searcy county, after Richard Searcy, and under this name it existed for a year. At the
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THE FOLLOWING HAVE BEEN THE COUNTY OFFICERS.
DATE.
JUDGE.
CLERK.
SHERIFF.
TREASURER.
CORONER.
SURVEYOR.
ASSESSOR.
1836 to 1838
T. E. Everett
William Kavanaugh R. B. Tutt
J. B. Hudson.
William Murphy ...
J. N. Everett.
1838 to 1840
William Wood
Jesse Goodman.
I. B. Everett.
..
J. B. Hudson ...
Thomas Quarles ...
W. B. Flippin ..
1840 to 1842.
T. E. Everett.
J. M. Cowdry.
I. B. Everett.
J. B. Hudson ..
William Murphy ...
W. B. Flippin.
1842 to 1844
John Hargrave ..
J. M. Cowdry ..
T. D. Wood ..
James Gage ..
H. Tutt.
W. B. Flippin ....
1844 to 1846
M. Young ..
T. T. Austin
J. Mooney ...
James Gage
B. Duvall.
T. H. Flippin ...
1846 to 1848
M. Rowlett ..
William Barrett ..
J. Mooney ...
1848 to 1850
T. D. Wood
T. E. Wilson, 1
J.Mooney, 2
William Hurst.
I. Stinnett
J. M. Fulton.
1850 to 1852
William Wood, Sr ..
T. F. Austin
William Wood, Jr ... I. Stinnett ..
George Adams.
Ben Duvall
W. B. Flippin.
1852 to 1854
Thomas Jefferson ... M. Rowlett
T. F. Austin
W. M. Brown.
George Adams ..
A. B. Taylor
W. C. Bearden
1856 to 1858
J. H. Swafford
E. Dodson.
Ralph Arnold ..
John McGee
S. Russell ..
W. B. F. Treat ..
1858 to 1860
R. Maynard, 3 ..
J. W. Methvin
I. M. Stinnett ..
J. R. McCracken
Ben Duvall
T. B. Goforth ..
1860 to 1862
T. E. Wilson
Henderson Fee ..
I. M. Stinnett ..
J. R. McCracken
Ben Duvall
T. B. Goforth.
1864 to 1866
4|W. B. Flippin.
Henderson Fee
D. R. Brown
John Estes, Sr
M. Matthews.
1866 to 1868
W. B. Flippin ..
Henderson Fee ..
J. H. Thompson
H. W. Hudson
P. G. Carter, 8
John Dobbs.
J. W. Harris
Thomas Jefferson.
1874 to 1876
Austin Brown
H. Fee.
J. R. Dowd.
W. P. Jefferson
J. Burleson
J. W. Harris
W. T. Elam.
1876 to 1878
J. Bearden
L. M. Duren
H. W. Hudson
W. P. Jefferson
D. A. Bridgman
J. W. Harris
W. T. Elam.
1878 to 1880
Eli Dodson.
K. F. Cantrell
J. J. Keeter.
G. A. Glenn.
James Pigg.
J. W. Harris ..
W. C. McBee.
1880 to 1882
W. S. Floyd ...
K. F. Cantrell
J. J. Keeter
M. H. Wolf.
Thomas Estis ..
J. D. McGregor
J. W. Harris.
1882 to 1884
H. Fee
D. H. N. Dodd
J. J. Keeter
M. H. Wolf.
Van Shoup.
J. H. Watts.
J. W. Harris.
1884 to 1886
W. M. Horn ..
Neal Dodd
J. J. Keeter.
M. H. Wolf
Joe Burleson.
J. W. Black
A. G. Cravens.
1886 to 1888
W. M. Horn
Neal Dodd
J. J. Keeter.
M. H. Wolf
W. J. Burleson
William Black
A. G Cravens.
1888 to 1890.
J. S. Owen
A. W. Wickersham .. C. C. Poynter ..
A. S. Callahan
Joseph Burleson ...
J. W. Black
J. B. Taylor.
1-T. H. Flippin from December 3, 1849. 2-Wm. Wood from December 3, 1849. 3-J.'Mooney from March, 1859. 4-Record of his term of office incom- plete. 5-Office vacated for awhile by change in county line; C. B. Lance from December, 1870. 6-Office vacated by change in county line; William Roylston from April, 1870. 7-Declined to accept. 8-W. P. Jefferson from November, 1873.
HISTORY OF ARKANSAS.
J. F. Jones.
1868 to 1872
G. W. Cooker, 5
H. W. Hudson
William Williams, 6.
J. Smith, 7.
P. A. Cox ...
1872 to 1874
William Noe
I. M. Stinnett ...
John Estes
D. D. White
W. P. Hargroves ...
J. W. Methvin
I. M. Stinnett
John McGee.
D. D. White
T. B. Goforth.
1862 to 1864
T. E. Wilson
T. F. Austin
Thomas Jefferson ..
William Jones
William Vance.
1854 to 1856.
T. H. Flippin ..
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MARION COUNTY.
next session of the Legislature the subject of the choice of the name was brought up, and in accordance with the prayer of the original petition, the name was, by Act of September 29th, 1836, changed to Marion, being in honor of General Francis Marion. A county called Searcy was subsequently created, to-wit: December 13th, 1838, out of portions of Marion. The temporary seat of justice of the county was directed to be at the house of Thomas Adams.
Marion is a northern county, bordering on Missouri, the State line being its northern boundary. Its area is about 900 square miles.
It is watered by White river, which flows across the north- ern part of the county, and by Clear creek, running through the central part. It possesses ores, and in the western part a fine variety of marble.
The ordinary products are grown, corn being the chief.
The principal towns are Yellville, the county seat, Eros, Doddsville, Rosslow, and Sylva.
Yellville, the county seat, is a place of about 400 people. Contains three churches, a district school, grist mills, cotton gins, and a weekly newspaper, the Mountain Echo; has a daily mail.
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MADISON COUNTY.
Madison County, the thirty-sixth county created, was formed September 30th, 1836, out of territory taken from Washington county, and was named after President James Madison. The temporary seat of justice was directed to be at the house of John Saunders. On the 22d of July, 1839, the county seat was located at Huntsville, where it has since remained.
Madison county is in the northwestern part of the State, separated from Missouri by Carroll county, and from the Indian Territory by Washington county. Its area is about
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THE FOLLOWING HAVE BEEN THE COUNTY OFFICERS.
DATE.
JUDGE.
CLERK.
SHERIFF.
TREASURER.
CORONER.
SURVEYOR.
ASSESSOR.
1836 to 1838
John Bowen
H. B. Brown
P. M. Johnson
H. C. Daugherty ..
M. Perryman.
T. McCuiston.
1838 to 1840
H. B. Brown
P. M. Johnson
H. C. Daugherty ..
Elias Henele.
T. McCuiston.
1840 to 1842
J. McMurray.
H. B. Brown
P. M. Johnson.
H. C. Daugherty ..
W. G. Phillips.
T. McCuiston. ...
1842 to 1844
J. McMurray ..
H. B. Brown
P. M. Johnson
J. Dennis
W. G. Phillips
..
T. McCuiston.
1844 to 1846
John Berry.
H. B. Brown
P. M. Johnson.
J. Dennis
W. G. Phillips
T. McCuiston
1846 to 1848
John Berry ..
H. B. Brown
Joseph Bowen
John C. Calico
W. G. Phillips.
1848 to 1850
D. S. Saunders
P. M. Phillips, 1
B. Vaughan
John C. Calico
W. G. Phillips
1850 to 1852
Joseph McMurray ... J. S. Polk
Henry Killian ..
1852 to 1854
Smith Elkins.
J. R. Berry ..
B. Vaughan
1854 to 1856.
S. T. Vaughan ..
J. R. Berry ..
B. Vaughan
1856 to 1858
E. B. Chenoweth
J. R. Berry ..
B. Vaughan
J. Williams
R. L. Fagan ..
1858 to 1860
S. T. Vaughan
J. R. Berry.
T. D. Berry.
J.
Williams ..
E. Chapel.
S. Burchett.
1862 to 1864
G. W. Seamans.
B. B. Davis
E. Drake
Williams.
J. W. Canady
Enoch Ball
E. Drake.
1864 to 1866
J. S. Polk
O. D. Johnson
Lee Taylor, 3
J. Williams.
H. Combs ....
F. H. Shipley.
J. Haynes, 7.
1868 to 1872
G. W. Vaughan.
F. M. Sams 5
A. K. Berry ..
J. Phillips, 8
J. K. Austin
F. T. Shipley ..
B. Vaughan.
1874 to 1876
F. M. Sams.
Andrew Gage.
J. Gilliland.
J. Williams
L. R. Parks ..
R. W. Young.
B. B. Davis.
1876 to 1878
J. S. Polk
W. A. Gage
B. Vaughan
J. Williams
Morgan Reaves.
E. H. Shipley .. ..
D. D. Phillips.
A. Neeley.
1878 to 1880
J. S. Polk.
W. A. Gage
J. J. Taylor.
W. R. Phillips.
Thomas Bottom.
Calvin Evans ..
S. F. Vaughan.
1880 to 1882
Wm. Deramirah
W. A. Gage
J. C. Long ..
W. R. Phillips
Thomas Bottom ..
1882 to 1884
A. L. Thompson
J. H. Bohanan
J. C. Long.
W. A. Marrs
J. M. Hawkins, Jr.
W. G. Canady.
1884 to 1886
M. D. Lucas.
J. H. Bohanan
C. C. Hill ..
C. B. Sanders
John Bowen ..
W. G. Canady
George Williams.
1886 to 1888
M. D. Lucas ..
J. H. Bohanan
C. C. Hill
W. B. Lowry
J. M. Hawkins, Jr. W. E. Keefer.
J. A. Bell.
1888 to 1890
Benjamin Drake
John A. Bunch.
W. L. Lowry.
H. M. Hatfield
Henry Johnson .....
J. O. Mckinney ..
James Isaacs.
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1-J. S. Polk from November, 1849. 2-Record for this term of office incomplete. 3-B. Vaughan from March, 1867. 4-B. F. Vaughan from September 1867. 5-O. D. Johnson from March, 1870. 6-Died, March, 1871, and succeeded by G. W. R. Smith, 7-Wm. Tweedy from March, 1871. 8-J. Williams from August, 1874.
HISTORY OF ARKANSAS.
J. M. Wilson.
W K. Henderson
Johnson.
B. B. Bailey
J. M. Denny, 4.
1866 to 1868
G. D. Niell
P. W. Newton
R. Johnson ..
John Sisemore.
S. Burchett.
B. Vaughan.
1872 to 1874.
F. M. Sams
G. W. R. Smith ..
J. Williams.
James Bynum
B. B. Davis ..
B. B. Davis
1860 to 1862
G. W. Seamans ..
B. B. Davis
E. Drake
C. H. Boatright ...
I. Council.
B. B. Davis
B. Vaughan
John C. Calico
W. G. Phillips
S. E. Renner
John C. Calico
W. G. Phillips
T. McCuiston.
E. Davis
J.
G. D. Niel.
S. N. Welten.
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MADISON COUNTY.
838 square miles of generally broken lands, about one-half of its area being mountainous or hilly.
A considerable portion of the county, is alluvial soil, on which the usual products are grown. The timber of the county is abundant, and of excellent kinds. It is well watered by White river, King's river, War Eagle, Richland, Lollars, Wharton, Brush and Baldwin creeks, none of which, however, are navigable.
Of minerals, stone coal, lead, iron and specimens of silver have been found, but are undeveloped.
There are one hundred free schools, and, at Huntsville, an excellent high school.
There are a number of church-houses owned by the Baptist, Methodist, Cumberland Presbyterian, Christian and other denominations.
The principal towns are Huntsville, the county seat, Mar- ble, Wesley, Clifty, Kingston, St. Paul and Hindsville.
Huntsvile, the county seat, was founded and laid off July 22d, 1839, by Evan S. Polk, John Saunders, J. L. Trout, J. D. Blair, J. C. Long, Joseph McMurray, James Phillips and Thomas McCuistain. Its present population is 500 souls. It contains two church-houses, the Methodist Episcopal, South, a frame building, Rev. J. H. Corley, Minister ; and a Cumberland Presbyterian, brick structure, Rev. J. C. Long, Minister.
A newspaper is published there, called the Madison County Democrat, by J. T. Gage, editor.
There are three hotels in the town: the Grand Central Hotel, George A. Newson, proprietor; the Huntsville Hotel, E. Drake, proprietor ; and the Polk House, C. K. Polk, pro- prietor.
The town was incorporated November 3d, 1877.
James R. Berry is one of the prominent citizens of Hunts- ville. He was born near Bellefonte, Jackson county, Ala- bama, January 14th, 1830. He came to Madison county in 1841; was Clerk of the county in 1852; was Auditor of
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ISAAC MURPHY. Eighth Governor of the State.
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MADISON COUNTY.
State, 1864 to 1866, and in 1868 and 1872 ; was again elected to the position, and served to 1874. In 1877 he returned to Huntsville to live. On the 18th of November, 1855, he married Miss Malilla Murphy, daughter of Governor Isaac Murphy. By this marriage there are six children, four daughters and two sons.
Gov. Isaac Murphy, eighth Governor of Arkansas, was a resident of Huntsville from 1854 until his death. A fuller account of him will be found in the history of his administra- tion, chapter XXV.
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Benton County, the thirty-seventh county created, was formed by Act of September 30th, 1836, out of territory taken from Washington county, and was named after Missouri's greatest statesman, Thomas H. Benton. The temporary seat of justice was directed to be at the house of George P. Wal- lace, who became the first County Judge. In 1837 the county seat was located at Bentonville, where it has since remained. The first court ever held in the county was held at the house of George P. Wallace, about one mile east of the present court-house, October 15th, 1837. The place was afterwards called Bentonville.
Benton county is the extreme northwest corner of the State, having the Missouri line for its northern boundary line and the Indian Territory for its western border. Its area is about 900 square miles, and its population about 31,000, with a very small proportion of the colored race, they numbering not more than 400.
Its surface presents wooded, mountainous, rolling country and open prairie, interspersed with creek bottom lands. The growing of grain, corn, wheat, rye, oats and grasses, with fruits and tobacco are the chief productions. But little cotton is raised. The county is well watered by creeks and streams, but none navigable. Some mineral indications are
THE FOLLOWING HAVE BEEN THE COUNTY OFFICERS.
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DATE.
JUDGE.
CLERK.
SHERIFF.
TREASURER.
CORONER.
SURVEYOR.
ASSESSOR.
1836 to 1838
Geo. P. Wallace
John B. Dixon
Gideon Pace
Henry C. Hastings ...
Henry Ford
A. McKissick.
1838 to 1840
Matthew English.
John B. Dixon
Gideon B. Pace
Henry C. Hastings ...
James Beaman
W. H. McLean
1840 to 1842
T. M. Duckworth.
John B. Dixon.
Gideon B. Pace
Henry C. Hastings ...
James Jackson
James White.
1842 to 1844.
David Mitchell
John Smith ..
J. H. Hammock ..
Henry C. Hastings ...
James Jackson
W. H. Woods.
1844 to 1846.
J. A. P. Carr
John Smith.
J. H. Hammock ..
Henry C. Hastings ...
James Jackson
Dr. Hayden ..
1846 to 1848
T. M. Duckworth, 2 ..
J. D. Dickinson.
John Galbreath
S. Langston ..
James Jackson
D. Chandler
1848 to 1850.
J. M. Rogers
J. D. Dickinson ..
John Galbreath
Wm. McDaniel.
W. B. Covey ..
D. Chandler
1850 to 1832.
W. J. Howard
J. D. Dickinson.
John Galbreath
Wm. McDaniel
H. O. Gilbert.
J. McBrown ...
1852 to 1854
J. W. Cowan
A. G. Williams.
John Galbreath
Wm. McDaniel ..
H. O. Gilbert.
Henry Land.
1854 to 1856.
Wm. McDaniel
A. G. Williams
John Galbreath
H. C. Hastings
John ยท Wilcox ..
M. B. Maxwell
1856 to 1858
Enoch Troil
John Galbreath
H. Hammock
H. C. Hastings
Hardy Wilson
J. Candill.
1858 to 1860
John Kincheloe, 3
R. S. Williams, 4 ..
J. R. Woods
E. W. Smith.
Wm. Morgan
M. Maxwell
1860 to 1862
H. Marly.
J. R. Woods
Jo. Henry
S. Langston
Alfred Dean
1862 to 1864
H. Marly
J. R. Woods.
R. E. Doak
E. W. Smith
John Galbreth
M. Maxwell
1866 to 1868
D. Woods
J. W. Sikes
J. Simmons ..
S. Langston
I. S. Reynolds.
M. W. Maxwell
1868 to 1872
J. McPherson, 6
J. R. Rutherford.
W. C. Lefors
Joseph Thomas.
J. C. January ..
M. Maxwell.
J. N. Cartiss.
1872 to 1874
D. Woods, 7.
John Black.
Wm. Isbel.
John Galbreath.
J. E. Plummer
S. Peak.
W. L. Cowan.
1874 to 1876.
Harvey Marley ..
John Black.
J. W. Simmons.
Haley Jackson
J. H. Hogan
W. B. Maxwell
W. L. Cowan.
1876 to 1878
S. N. Elliott.
John Black
J. W. Simmons.
B. F. Dunn
J. W. Bland
W. B. Maxwell
W. L. Cowan.
1878 to 1880.
S. N. Elliott ...
John Black
J. H. McClinton.
B. F. Dunn
P. H. Thorne
W. B. Maxwell
H. Higgfill.
1880 to 1882
S. N. Elliott.
John Black, 9
J. H. McClinton ..
Thomas Wood
R. W. Hansard
W. B. Maxwell.
A. G. Gamble.
1882 to 1884
T. D. Bates
John Black. 9.
R. A. Hickman
T. H. Wood
R. N. Corley.
D. W. German
A. G. Gamble.
1884 to 1886
T. D. Bates
John Black
F. P. Galbreath.
T. H. Wood.
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R. N. Corley ..
M. B. Maxwell
W. H. Haines.
1886 to 1888
S. A. Cordell
John Black ....
W. H. Cloe ..
H. C. Smith
R. N. Corley.
S. B. Bobertson.
W. H. Haines.
1888 to 1890.
S. A. Cordell
*C. C. Huffman.
F. P. Galbreath.
H. C. Smith
Robt. N. Corley ..
J. A. Murray.
W. H. Haines.
E. L. Taylor
*C. C. Huffman ..
1-Wm. B. Woody was appointed until Pace complied with Section 7th of the then existing revenue laws of the State. 2-Resigned, and James Jackson elected instead, September, 1846. 3 - Resigned, and J. W. Cowan filled the vacancy. 4-Resigned, and John Galbreth filled his place. 5-Left the State, and T. W. Norwood took the office. 6-It is incomplete from 1870 to 1872. 7-Office abolished in 1873. 8-Resigned in 1873, and W. C. Leflors in office. 9-B. F. Dunn, Clerk Circuit Court. Office divided. 10-J. W. Simmons, vice Wm. Isbell, resigned August, 1874. * Circuit Clerk.
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HISTORY OF ARKANSAS.
M. Maxwell
1864 to 1866.
D. Woods
C W. Rice
R. Tolan, 5.
S. Langston.
Alfred Dean
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BENTON COUNTY.
found in the county. Owing to the altitude at which the county is situated above the sea level, it is thought to be unusually salubrious.
There are several mineral springs in the county, of which the Benton County White Sulphur spring, situated in the northwestern part of the county ; Siloam springs group, south- western part of the county ; Crystal springs group, near Ben- tonville; and the Electric and Esculapia groups, situated near Rogers, are the best known.
Bentonville, the county seat, is a flourishing little city, with a population of about 2,500. It lies near the center of the county, and is reached by a branch from Rogers of the St. Louis & San Francisco Road, commonly called "The Frisco." The town dates its existence from the year 1837. Robert Cowan, Robert Weaver and Swaggerty were appointed Commissioners to lay off the town. Weaver and Swaggerty dying, their places were filled by David McKissick and Bar- nett Forsyth, and these three laid it off into lots in the year mentioned. The place contains a number of handsome and substantial structures.
Of churches, the Presbyterian, Cumberland Presbyterian, Methodist Episcopal, South, and Baptist are neat brick struc- tures, and there are also frame churches of the Christian and Methodist, North.
Three newspapers are published there, the Benton County Democrat, the Journal and Bulletin.
Two banks are in operation, the Benton County Bank and People's Bank.
Judge Alfred B. Greenwood was a prominent citizen of Bentonville, having been a resident from 1838. He was born in Franklin county, Georgia, July 11th, 1811, and came to Arkansas about 1836. He settled in Bentonville in 1838. In 1842 and 1844 he represented Benton county in the Legis- lature. From 1845 to 1851 he was Prosecuting Attorney of the Benton Circuit, and from 1851 to 1853 was Circuit Judge. In 1853, 1855, and 1857 to 1859 he was Member of Congress
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from what was then the First District. After the war he engaged in the practice of law at Bentonville. He died in Bentonville in October, 1889, aged 78 years, and having been 5 1 years a resident of that place.
Hon. Samuel W. Peel, Member of Congress from the Fifth District, is one of the prominent citizens of Bentonville. He was born on his father's farm, near Batesville, September 13th, 1831, son of John W. Peel, an early settler of that place, and was educated in the schools of Batesville. On the breaking out of the war he enlisted in the Confederate Army, and became a Colonel. After the war he studied law in the office of his brother-in-law, Judge J. M. Pittman, and was admitted to the Bar in 1866. In 1873 he was elected Prosecuting Attorney of the Fourth Circuit, and in 1882, 1884 and 1886 was elected to Congress from the Fifth Dis- trict. He married a sister of Senator James H. Berry.
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