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1862 to 1864
J. A. Freeman
J. A. Stall
W. C. Simpson ....
A. Jones
William Smith
R. S. Burk.
1864 to 1866
G. Whittington, 1.
J. J. Laird, 2
W. C. Simpson, 3 ..
A. Jones
J. Standridge.
R. S. Burk
1866 to 1868
G. R. Kymes, 4 ..
D. S. Campbell, 5
T. L. Martin.
A. Jones.
J. Standridge.
J. Cogburn ..
1868 to 1872
M. Ussery.
Z. L.
Cotton
William Reeves.
H. H. Williamson, 7.
C. W. Cearley, 7 ...
L. Melson, L ...
N. A. Penland. Stephen Muse.
1874 to 1876
J. H. West
G. D. Goodner
J. B. Fulton.
W. M. Williams, 8 ...
H. S. Autrey
H. R. Collier
C. Snider.
1876 to 1878
J. H. West
G. D. Goodner.
H. S. Goodner
O. H. Overstreet ..
Q. C. Rowton ..
H. R. Collier
J. F. Robins.
1878 to 1880.
J. B. Fulton
G. D. Goodner.
H. S. Goodner
J. A. Watkins.
J. A. Coffman.
L. Melson
J. F. Robins.
1880 to 1882.
J. B. Fulton
G. D. Goodner ..
H. S. Goodner.
J. A. Watkins ..
W. J. Hay.
W. H. Highsmith ..
G. B. Willis.
1882 to 1884
J. B. Fulton
G. D. Goodner.
G. W. Golden
J. M. Anderson
N. B. Rifle.
W. H. Highsmith ..
G. B. Willıs.
1884 to 1886
A. S. Logan
G. D. Goodner
G. W. Golden.
S. M. Smith
Jos. Shirley ..
W. H. Highsmith ..
G. B. Willis.
1886 to 1888
Silas P. Vaught ...
G. D. Goodner
George W. Golden .. S. M. Smith.
C. H. Greene
W. H. Highsmith ..
J. N. Wasson.
1888 to 1890
S. P. Vaught ..
G. D. Goodner.
G. W. Golden.
S. M. Smith. ...
Frank Gross
H. R. Collier
G. B. Willis.
1872 to 1874
G. W. Gray
G. H. Speers
W. W. Sanders.
S. Standridge.
L. Melson ..
HISTORY OF ARKANSAS.
1-N. W. Cabler from November, 1864, to August, 1865, and C. R. Kymes from August, 1865. 2-D. S. Campbell from August, 1865. 3-T. L. Martin from August, 1865. 4-N. W. Cabler from March, 1867. 5-G. D. Goodner from March, 1867. 6-Wm. Sutton from December, 1867. 7-Held the office from 1870. 8-O. H. Overstreet from December, 1875., 9-Martin Mondy and then John Cook were Judges for a short time before Garrett.
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MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
The towns are Mount Ida, Black Springs, Buckville, Sil- ver City, Cedar Glades and Oden, all small towns.
Mount Ida, the county seat, is an interior town, lying near the center of the county. It dates from the year 1840. Its present population is about 150. There are two churches at the place, a Methodist and Christian church. There are two hotels, the Watkins Hotel and the Smith House. As yet there is no newspaper published there.
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NEWTON COUNTY.
Newton County, the forty-seventh county created, was formed December 14th, 1842, out of territory taken from the county of Carroll, and was named after Hon. Thomas W. Newton. The temporary seat of justice was directed to be at the house of John Bellah, on "Hutson's Fork of Buffalo." It was afterwards established at Jasper, where it now is.
Newton county is a northwest county, separted from Mis- souri by Boone and Carroll counties. Its area is about 900 square miles. In surface, the county is considerably broken, but a considerable portion of the northern part of the county is level and prairie lands. It is watered by the Buffalo Fork of White river, with numerous creeks as tributa- ries, but none of them navigable. There is no railroad in the county as yet. The timber growth of the county is varied and extensive, but difficult of shipment.
There are sixty-nine free common schools in the county, kept open from four to eight months in the year, and church- houses of the Methodist, Baptist and other denominations, in all the principal neighborhoods.
The chief towns are Jasper, Marshall, Prairie, Mt. Judea and Limestone Valley.
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THE FOLLOWING HAVE BEEN THE COUNTY OFFICERS.
DATE.
JUDGE.
CLERK.
SHERIFF.
TREASURER.
CORONER.
SURVEYOR.
ASSESSOR.
1842 to 1844
Samuel Bristow
J. M. Ross.
Allen Bellah
William Ramsey.
T. G. Blackard
1844 to 1846
P. Bassham ..
J. M. Ross
Allen Bellah
William Ramsey ..
Z. J. Harmerson ..
Thomas Jones.
1846 to 1848
R. H. Harrison
Thomas Jones
John Cecil
S. G. Witherspoon ...
J. E. Casey Nathan Holt
James Salmon
1848 to 1850
S. M. Ross ..
George B. Cecil
John Cecil.
G. O. Daniel
1850 to 1852
J. E. Casey
G. B. Cecil
A. J. Boen ....
G. O. Daniel.
1852 to 1854
Thomas Jones
H. F. Cooper.
A. J. Boen
J. R. Truman
B. B. Rose
E. Randle.
1854 to 1856
A. J. Morris.
H. F. Cooper
James Salmon
J. R. Truman
J. F. Boin.
A. W. Hull
1856 to 1858
H. Brewer
A. J. Morris.
H. C. Dickey
J. E. Casey.
William Kegs.
Thomas Jones
1858 to 1860
H. Brewer
J. S. Bennett.
H. C. Dickey
J. E. Casey.
E. Daniels ..
Thomas Jones
1860 to 1862
Wm. Skaggs
Dennis Cole
J. W. Salmon ..
J. E. Casey .
A. F. Davis ..
Thomas Jones.
1864 to 1866
1 A. K. McPherson
A. C. Phillips
W. G. Harris
D. Sexton
S. R. Reynolds. E. Daniels
Thomas Nichols ...
A. F. Davis.
1868 to 1872
J. M. Dickey ..
W. G. Harris, 2.
L. R. Jones, 3.
A. C. Phillips
W. B. Farmer, 4
H. Vallines
G. W. Penn, 5.
J. Lee.
1874 to 1876
W. W. Derring
J. C. Key
A. C. Phillips .
J. H. Alexander ....
A. C. Beebe.
Alex Coleman
L. Stamps.
1876 to 1878
A. Vallines
J. C. Key
V. W. Murphy ..
Wm. Houston
W. T. Criner
A. Casey
J. W. Coen.
1878 to 1880
A. Vallines
..
S. W. Davis
T. J. Shinn
Wm. Houston
J. C. Hensley ..
B. F. Dodson
A. F. Casey.
1882 to 1884
J. Murphy ..
B. F. Ruble ..
F. M. Greenhaw
Wm. Houston
James Legrand
Wm. A. Harp.
John Lee.
1884 to 1886.
D. D. Stegall
T. J. Shinn
John A. Lee
J. C. Cooper
T. F. Suiton ..
B. F. Dodson .....
J. C. Key.
1886 to 1888
W. W. Derring
J. C. B. Lindsey
J. A. Lee
J. C. Cooper ..
William Braden ..
Dan Murray ......
J. A. Thomason.
1888 to 1890.
J. L. Moss ..
B. F. Ruble
F. E. Shaddox
A. Carlton.
J. M. Castell
D. G. Murray ..
J. C. Key.
1-Record of this term of office very incomplete. 2-A. C. Phillips from March 10, 1870. 3-John Harrison from November, 1869. 4-G. B. Greenhaw elected December, 1875. 5-J. J. Waters elected December, 1875.
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HISTORY OF ARKANSAS.
James Dickey ..
1866 to 1868
W. A. Skaggs.
A. C. Phillips ...
D. Sexton
W. W. veering.
G. W. Penn ...
A. F. Davis.
1872 to 1874
Dennis Cole ..
W. R. Seabolt
A. Carlton
H. Brewer
W. C. Evans ..
John Cecil
A. Skaggs.
1862 to 1864
D. Cole
S. W. Davis
A. J. Casey.
1880 to 1882.
A. Vallines.
Urby Self
J. M. Dickey.
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FULTON COUNTY.
Jasper, the county seat, is in the interior of the county, a little north of center. It was formed about 1842, and has a population of about 400. It has three churches, a district school, grist mill, cotton gin, a weekly newspaper, The Ar- kansas Wheel, and several stores. It has a daily mail.
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FULTON COUNTY.
Fulton County, the forty-eighth county created, was formed December 21st, 1842, out of territory taken from Izard county, and was named for Governor William S. Ful- ton. The temporary seat of justice was directed to be at the house of Peter Ground. Early in 1843 it was established at Salem, which has since remained the county seat.
Fulton county is an extreme northern border county, lying along the Missouri line. Its area is about 800 square miles. In surface, about one-half of the county is level or undulating, the remainder is hilly. The usual products of corn, wheat, oats, farm products and fruits are grown, but only little cot- ton. The upper portion of Black river flows through the county, and various creeks also serve to water it. The Kan- sas City, Springfield & Memphis Railroad runs through the northeast corner of the county.
There are sixty-nine free common schools in the county, kept open from four to six months in the year, and church- houses of the Baptist, Methodist and Presbyterian denomina- tions in the principal neighborhoods.
The chief towns are Salem, Myatt, Union and Viola.
Salem, the county seat, is an interior town, near the center of the county. It was founded in 1843 by William P. Morris, and became at once the county seat. Its present population is about 150. It has one church-a frame build- ing-of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, of which Rev.
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THE FOLLOWING HAVE BEEN THE COUNTY OFFICERS.
DATE.
JUDGE.
CLERK.
SHERIFF.
TREASURER.
CORONER.
SURVEYOR.
ASSESSOR.
1843 to 1844
E. C. Hunter
Isaac King
F. Tolbert ..
D. Hubble
B. Adair:
B. Archer
1844 to 1846
E. C. Hunter.
Isaac King
Daniel Beck
W. Falkenberry.
W. B. Temple .. ..
B. Archer
1846 to 1848
John Plumlee
Isaac King
C. E. Simmons
W. Falkenberry.
H. Riddels
H. Long
1848 to 1850
S. Billingsley
Isaac King
S. H. Tolbert
W. Falkenberry ...
J D. Isenhower ..
H. Long
1850 to 1852
I .. Bowling
Isaac King ..
N. L. Barker.
W. Falkenberry ..
J. M. Rowan
W. E. Davis
1852 to 1854
L. Bowling
W. M. Bennett
N. L. Barker.
W. Falkenberry ..
1854 to 1856
R. L. Brantley
J. A. Simpson
R. Benton
W. Falkenberry ..
J. H. Bullion
J. O. Brown
1856 to 1858
S. Billingsley
J. C. Todd
L. D. Bryant
W. Falkenberry ..
D. Sanders .
J. O. Brown ..
1858 to 1860.
E. C. Hunter
S. W. Davis ..
T. Martin
W. Falkenberry ..
T. Blackburn.
J. T. Livingston
1860 to 1862
L. Bowling
S. W. Davis
L. D. Bryant
J. Montgomery .
J. J. Brown ..
S. H. Tolbert.
1862 to 1864
W. R. Chestnut .. ...
T. N. Estes
E. O. Wolf
J. Montgomery ..
R. A. Stinnett.
M. F. Billingsley ... S. Vanatta
J. W. Kennedy. W. H. H. Orr.
1866 to 1868
W. R. Chestnut ..
J. P. Cochran
E. O. Wolf
J. M. Archer ..
E. C. Hunter.
S. Vanatta.
J. W. Cleghorn.
1868 to 1872
H. Turner, 2
Wiley King, 3
W. E. Spear ..
J. Andrews
1872 to 1874
4 W. P. Rhea
W. T. Livingston
T. W. Chestnut.
John Durham ..
|S. H. White.
1874 to 1876
T. J. Cunningham ...
W. P. Rhea
B. R. P. Todd
E. D. Hays
W. S. Southworth. S. H. White.
1876 to 1878
T. J. Cunningham
W. P. Rhea.
W. T. Livingston ..
T. W. Chestnut.
A. Hemphill
C. C. Torrance
1878 to 1880
T. J. Cunningham ..
W. P. Rhea.
W. T. Livingston
T. W. Chestnut ...
Abe Hughes
C. C. Torrance ..
S. H. White.
1880 to 1882
S. H. White
W. P. Rhea
D. P. Tunstall
T. W. Chestnut ...
L. J. Young
Wm. Anderson
M. T. Price.
1882 to 1884
R. E. Richardson ...
L. P. Kay
W. P. Livingston
T. W Chestnut .::
S. A. Floyd
W. C. Anderson
C. C. Torrance.
1884 to 1886
T. N. Chestnut
L. P. Kay ..
D. T. Tunstall
S. P. Weldon
None on returns ..
C. C. Torrance
W. C. Anderson.
1886 to 1888
T. N. Chestnut
H. F. Northcutt.
W. T. Livingston ...
S. P. Weldon
John Foster.
C. C. Torrance
...
T. H. Hammond.
1888 to 1890
T. N. Chestnut
H. F. Northcutt ..... ..
A. F. Basham
S. P. Weldon
D. C. Rhea.
C. C. Davis.
1-Record for this term-1864-1866-incomplete. 2-J. W. Ball from May, 1870. 3-A. R. Brantley from December, 1871. 4-Abolished in 1873.
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HISTORY OF ARKANSAS.
1864 to 1866
J. D. Isham ..
J. P. Cochran
M. V. Shaver
S. Billingsley
John Wells .
Wm. Raines
J. M. Archer.
A. L. Pearson.
S. H. White.
T. H. Hammond.
J. O. Brown
1077
POLK COUNTY. .
Mr. Brooke is pastor. The court-house is a frame structure. There are two hotels in the place, one in a brick building kept by William Wainright, and one in a frame building, kept by John M. Richmond. Two newspapers are published there : The Fulton County Informer, and The Banner. It is not an incorporated town.
POLK COUNTY.
Polk County, the forty-ninth county created, was formed November 30th, 1844, out of territory taken from Sevier county, and was named in honor of the newly elected Pres- ident, James K. Polk. The temporary seat of justice was directed to be at the house of James Pirtle, who was the first County Treasurer, at which place there was a post-office, called Panther. In the year 1844 the name was changed to Dallas, and it has since remained the county seat.
Polk county is a western border county, lying along the Choctaw boundary line, south of the Arkansas river. Its northern boundary is the Rich Mountains. Its present area is about 900 square miles, and its population about 6,000. It is watered by the upper part of the Ouachita river and the Cossitot river, both of which have their sources in the county.
In surface, the county is about one-third broken, being hilly and mountainous in the northern part, but from the middle to the southern extremity there are some level lands.
The soil is of average fertility, and the usual crops-cotton, corn, wheat and oats-are grown.
There are mineral indications through the upper portion of the county, and traces of silver ores are in the eastern portion, but to what extent existing is but imperfectly known.
There are sixty-two school districts in the county.
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THE FOLLOWING HAVE BEEN THE COUNTY OFFICERS.
DATE.
JUDGE.
CLERK.
SHERIFF.
TREASURER.
CORONER.
SURVEYOR.
ASSESSOR.
1844 to 1846.
J. T. Hayden
J. Scott.
B. Pope ..
J. Pirtle
H. Dixon
D. Hamilton
1846 to 1848
Samuel Nichols.
I. A. Morris
J. Pollock ..
E. Bull
B. M. Cravens.
1850 to 1852.
Samuel Nichols
E. E. Story.
J. S. Winton
H. W. Jones.
J. C. Thompson
J. A. Morris.
1852 to 1854.
Samuel Wilkins ..
J. Brumley
John Lewis
H. W. Jones.
J. R. Richards.
J. A. Morris
1854 to 1856
John Bolin ..
D. B. Harrison
J. S. Winton
H. W. Jones.
L. Borton
1856 to 1858.
Wm. Nichols
G. S. Turrentine
A. D. Flinn.
J. Cagle.
J. McDonald
J. W. Eads
1858 to 1860
D. Foran
D. B. Harrison
A. D. Flinn
J. Cagle.
J. McDonald
J. W. Eads.
1860 to 1862.
D. B. Harrison
S. M. White
J. W. Earp
J. Cagle
B. L. Tanner.
J. A. Morris
1862 to 1864
J. B. Barker
J. W. Miller
J. W. Earp
J. Cagle
J. Thompson.
J. W. Eads
A. P. Alexander. M. C. Duggan.
1864 to 1866
D. H. Howell
A. P. Alexander
D. M. Baird
J. Cagle
E. Young
J. W. Eads ..
1866 to 1868
G. V. Bates
A. P. Alexander
D. M. Baird.
S. White
J. J. Josslin
J. W. Eads
G. H. Warren.
1868 to 1872.
M. Morris ..
A. P. Alexander
A. D. Flinn
J. M. Morris ..
J. A. Morris.
J. F. Lane, 2.
1872 to 1874
W. J. Davis ..
G. R. Miller.
A. W. Cole
B. O. Pylam
S. Posey
D. T. Lawrence.
1874 to 1876.
Thomas Mills
H. G. Rind
J. R. Lane
J. M. Hilton.
H. H. Hoover.
S. Posey.
D. T. Lawrence.
1876 to 1878.
Thomas Mills
H. G. Rind
J. R. Lane.
S. B. White
S. Crawford.
S. Posey ...
D. T. Lawrenee.
1878 to 1880.
T. J. Robinson
H. G. Rind, 3
J. R. Lane.
S. B. White
W. J. Barton
M. Williams.
1880 to 1882
T. M. Carder
W. J. Davis
J. L. Pipkins
L. Joplin
J. W. Bates.
W. J. Barton
W. M. Williams.
1882 to 1884
T. M. Carder
W. J. Davis.
J. L. Pipkins
L. Joplin.
J. W. Bates ..
W. J. Barton
W. M. Williams.
1884 to 1886
G. B. Bates.
W. J. Davis
J. M. Hopkins
Minor Pipkins
F. M. Beavers.
J. W. Eads
W. M. Williams.
1886 to 1888
J. D. Garland
W. J. Davis
J. M. Hopkins
R. J. Robbins.
F. M. Beavers ..
S. M. Imoe
W. M. Williams.
1888 to 1890
T. R. Rowe
W. J. Davis
J. M. Hopkins.
Minor Pipkins
T. M. Edwards .....
S. M. Imoe.
W. M. Williams.
1-W. N. Nichols from July, 1865. 2-R. C. Embry from April. 1871. 3-Died; J. M. Hilton elected March, 1879.
HISTORY OF ARKANSAS.
J. M. Scott.
B. F. Pope.
J. Pirtle.
H. Overby ...
W. G. McCanish ..
1848 to 1850.
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DALLAS COUNTY.
The towns of the county are Dallas, Cove, Mountain Fork and Big Bend.
Dallas, the county seat, is near the center of the county, on a tributary of the Ouachita. It was first settled about the year 1845, and was incorporated as a town July 7th, 1879. Its population is about 300. It has four churches, a good school, steam grist and flouring mills, cotton gin, and a weekly paper. Mail, tri-weekly.
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DALLAS COUNTY.
Dallas County, the fiftieth county created, was formed Jan- uary Ist, 1845, out of territory taken from the counties of Clark and Bradley, and was named after the Vice-President elect, George M. Dallas. The temporary seat of justice was directed to be at the house of Presley Watts, but in the month of January, 1845, the county seat was established at Princeton, where it has since remained.
Dallas is an interior county, south. It lies along the Ouachita river, which forms its southwestern boundary. It is east of Clark county and south of Hot Spring and Grant, which bound it on the north. Its area is 650 square miles. In surface, it consists of about one-third hilly country, and one- third uplands, and one-third of level alluvial bottom lands. Cotton and corn are the principal crops grown, although all the usual products do well. Fruits of all kinds flourish, and are extensively produced. The timber product of the county is enormous, and the facilities for getting it to market are good, by way of the Saline river on the northeast and the Ouachita on the southwest. The St. Louis, Arkansas & Texas Railroad crosses the southeast corner of the county, there being only one station in the county, Fordyce.
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THE FOLLOWING HAVE BEEN THE COUNTY OFFICERS.
DATE.
JUDGE.
CLERK.
SHERIFF.
TREASURER.
CORONER.
SURVEYOR.
ASSESSOR.
1845 to 1846
William Owen
Presley Watts
P. S. Bethel
J. H. Wyatt.
J. T. Craig
W. R. McCoy.
1846 to 1848
H. H. Coleman.
Presley Watts
E. M. Harris
J. H. Wyatt
L. D. Cooper
C. Humphreys.
1848 to 1850
John Brown.
Presley Watts
E. M. Harris ...
A. H. Phillips
L. D. Cooper
C. Humphreys ..
1850 to 1852
J. W. Thomasson
Presley Watts
H. M. Bouldin
N. F. Goodrich
H. Stanfield
John Pryor.
1852 to 1854
W. L. Somervell.
Joseph Gray ..
H. M. Bouldin.
G. W. Mallett.
J. Council.
John Pryor
1854 to 1856
Presley Watts
Joseph Gray ..
W. B. Holloway ..
G. W. Mallett
B. N. Barnes
John Pryor.
1856 to 1858
(Presley Watts
Joseph Gray.
W. B. Holloway ..
1858 to 1860
Presley Watts
J. H. Brooks.
W. B. Holloway ..
S. H. Jones
H. Lindsey ..
S. T. Woodworth
1860 to 1862
E. R. Harrison
J. H. Brooks
William Daniels.
S. H. Jones
H. Lindsey ..
J. A. Russell
1862 to 1864
E. R. Harrison
J. L. Cheatham. . .
William Daniels ..
G. V. Childers
H. Lindsey ...
William Orr
1864 to 1866
W. R. Harley.
J. L. Cheatham.
William Daniels, 2.
J. R. Broach
H. Lindsey, 3
A. Langston ..
1866 to 1868
W. R. Harley, 1.
J. L. Cheatham ..
G. W. Mallett
J. R. Westbrook
1868 to 1872
A. Y. Schulenberger G. W. Mallett.
G. B. Doty
J. R. Harris
1872 to 1874
J. L. Cheatham ..
R. W. Cheatham
E. H. Green
A. Mattock
1874 to 1876
W. R. Harley
E. M. Harris
Robert Ross.
B. H. Holmes
J. B. Wheeler
W. T. Wozencraft
A. L. Russell.
1876 to 1878
W. R. Harley.
E. M. Harris
Robert Ross
B. H. Holmes ....
W. J. Bass
G. M. D. Overman
A. L. Russell.
1878 to 1880
E. H. Green.
E. M. Harris ..
Robert Ross
B. H. Holmes, 5
S. Winstead
G. M. D. Overman
J. L. Walsh.
1880 to 1882
T. Peterson
R. A. Lea
J. T. Holloway
Lewis Amis
John Estis ...
G. M. D. Overman.
N. A. Clark.
1882 to 1884
T. Peterson
R. A. Lea
N. A. Clark
Lewis Amis
W. H. Young
G. M. D. Overman.
W. A. Hawkins.
1884 to 1886
T. Peterson
R. A. Lea
Neil A. Clark
Lewis Amis.
D. A. Stell.
G. M. D. Overman.
W. A. Hawkins.
1886 to 1888
E. H. Green
R. A. Lea
N. A. Clark .
Lewis Amis.
E. Poole.
Isaac Holmes ..
W. A. Hawkins.
1888 to 1890
S. H. Smith
Robert A. Lea.
N. A. Clark ..
Lewis Amis, Jr
M. M. Duffie
Isaac W. Holmes ..
R. F. Holmes.
1-W. R. Harley from June, 1865. 2-G. W. Mallett from September, 1865. 3-S. D. Cooper from June, 1865. 5-Failed to give bond, and Lewis Amis elected February, 1879. R. H. Dedman, County Judge, October 4, 1883, vice Thomas Peterson removed; Thomas Peterson reinstated County Judge, March 27,1884.
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N. F. Goodrich
J. Council
W. R. Mckay ..
W. T. Wozencraft
W. T. Wozencraft
W. H. Smith.
W. T. Wozencraft
W. H. Reed.
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DALLAS COUNTY.
There are about twenty-eight school-houses, and churches of the Baptist, Methodist and Presbyterian denominations. There are forty school districts.
The chief towns are Princeton, Fairview, Fordyce, Tulip and Holly Springs.
Princeton, the county seat, was founded in 1845. The first person who ever lived at its site was Presley Watts, who set- tled there in 1840. Its present population is about 200 per- sons. It has a good frame court-house, built in 1856, and four frame churches, a Methodist, Baptist and Presbyterian, and the colored people have a Methodist church. A hotel is kept there, called the Holmes Hotel. As yet there is no newspaper published in the town.
M. M. Duffie was born in Fairfield county, South Carolina, graduated at Erskine College in 1856, came to Arkansas and settled in Princeton the same year, and has resided there ever since. In 1858 he began the practice of law there. He has been a Member of the Legislature from Dallas county, and Member and President of the State Senate; was Presidential Elector on the Cleveland ticket in the election of 1884, and as such carried the returns of the vote of Arkansas to Washing- ton.
Judge Willis Lewis Somervell became a resident of the county in 1848, and settled at Tulip. He was born April 19th, 1811, in Mecklenburg county, Va. His father, John Somervell, was a planter, and his mother was Frances Taylor, of Granville county, N. C. At an early age he went to West Tennessee with his uncle, Willis Lewis, for whom he was named, and whose wife was his mother's sister. He studied medicine, and was prepared to attend lectures when the death of his father and uncle changed all his plans. Mrs. Lewis would not consent for him to leave her, so he became him- self a planter. He married Mary Ann Martin, of Wake county, N. C., while on a visit to her sister, the wife of Gen- eral N. G. Smith, in Hardeman county, Tennessee, January
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16th, 1834; lived in that county until 1848, when they moved to Dallas county, Arkansas, and settled at Tulip.
In 1863 he went to Texas, stopping at Waco, where he died November 18th, 1864, and is buried in the old cemetery on the Brazos, in Waco. His widow still survives him. His children now living are two sons, John M., Clerk of Howard county, and William, a planter, in Jefferson county ; and four daughters, Mrs. Fannie King, Mrs. Sue Jones, wife of Senator James K. Jones; Mrs. Bettie Johnson, of Texarkana, and Miss Annie L. Somervell. The eldest daughter, who was Mrs. Kate Eaton, is dead; and the eldest son, Willis, was killed at the battle of Sharpsburg, in Maryland, September 17th, I862.
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PRAIRIE COUNTY.
Prairie County, the fifty-first county formed, was cre- ated November 25th, 1846, out of territory taken from the county of Pulaski. The temporary seat of justice was directed to be at the dwelling house of Hunt, on the Memphis road. Its name comes from the nature of the country, a large part of its area being prairie land, common to the western country. The county seat was first established at Brownsville, but after a time was located at Devall's Bluff. In 1875 it was moved to Des Arc, where it has since re- mained.
A circumstance in the history of the county, which has occa- sioned much trouble and inconvenience, was the destruction by fire, on the 16th of September, 1854, of the Clerk and Re- corder's office, with all the records and all papers of the courts, the records of deeds, mortgages and schedules, and the entire contents of both offices. The inconvenience arising from such a disaster never dies out, and the immediate effects are felt for years in innumerable directions.
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THE FOLLOWING HAVE BEEN THE COUNTY OFFICERS.
DALE.
JUDGE.
CLERK.
SHERIFF.
TREASURER.
CORONER.
SURVEYOR.
ASSESSOR.
1846 to 1848
w. S. Scroggs
E. M. Williams.
A. Barksdale
J. Perciful
H. Avery.
P. Horton
1848 to 1850
H. Reynolds
E. M. Williams.
J. A. Barksdale ..
W. Sanders
T. Furlow ..
S. J. Ragan.
1850 to 1852
H. Reynolds
E. M. Williams.
J. A. Barksdale ..
W. Sanders.
C. Harvey ..
J. W. Utley ..
1852 to 1854.
J. Evans
E. M. Williams.
E. E. Dismukes.
W. H. England.
N. Kennedy ...
J. W. Utley
1854 to 1856
J. S. Hunt
W. H. England.
E. E. Dismukes ..
A. Tipkin ..
N. Kennedy ..
K. H. Williford ..
1856 to 1858
W. J. Rogers
W. H. England ..
E. E. Dismukes ..
J. Robinson.
Benj. Faucett ..
K. H. Williford
1858 to 1860
J. S. Hunt
W. H. England, 1 ... J. M. King
L. Byram, 2
J. N. Henderson ...
E. R. McPherson ..
1860 to 1862.
J. S. Hunt
Wm. Goodrum
W. A. Plunket
w. Langford.
L. Harrison
E. A. Howell.
1862 to 1864
J. S. Hunt.
Wm. Goodrum.
J. M. King.
Geo. Hallum
J. H. Quisenberry.
J. R. Alexander ..
1964 to 1866 3
W. Sanders
Robert Dodson.
J. R. Gray
William Griffin
J. R. Gray
F. M. Griffin
Whit Kennedy.
W. D. Anthony .... C. W. Richardson ..
J. E. England.
J. J. Booth
H. Brown.
J. A. Woolen.
W. Fishburn
W. S. Mccullough.
1874 to 1876
A. O. Edwards
C. B. Mills
H. O. Williams
H. Brown
J. G. Becton.
E. K. McPherson.
G. J. Rubell.
1876 to 1878.
W. M. Warren
C. B. Mills
H. O. Williams.
J. R. Reid
J. G. Becton.
R. A. Richmond.
G. J. Rubell.
1878 to 1880.
W. L. Kirk.
C. B. Mills
A. S. Reinhardt
H. Brown ..
J. B. Jamieson
R. A. Richmond.
J. G. Worsham.
1880 to 1882
H. P. Vaughan
C. B. Mills ..
A. S. Reinhardt.
W. J. Frith.
J. B. Jamieson
R. A. Richmond
T. A. Canon.
1882 to 1884.
J. S. Thomas.
W. L. Williford.
A. S. Reinhardt
E. A. Winslow.
J. B. Jamieson
R. A. Richmond.
Wm. Homer.
1884 to 1886.
J. S. Thomas ..
W. L. Williford .. ...
A. S. Reinhardt.
Hugh R. Ward
J. R. Mallory ..
R. A. Richmond.
W. R. Brown.
1886 to 1888
J. S. Thomas
W. L. Williford .
A. S. Reinhardt
H. R. Ward.
J. R. Mallory.
R. A. Richmond ..
W. R. Brown.
1888 to 1890
J. M. Dorris.
W. L. Williford
J. W. Brians ..
S. R. Mason.
Wm. Dixon
N. C. Dodson ...
R. Dinsdale.
1866 to 1868
1868 to 1872
G. K. Morton
L. Bilheimer
J. M. Mcclintock
R. Dinsdale.
C. P. Landon ..
W. S. Mccullough.
1872 to 1874
E. L. Beard
Wm. Goodrum
...
1-Wm. Goodrum after death of England. 2-W. Langford after death of Byram. 3-Record incomplete in this term of office.
PRAIRIE COUNTY.
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HISTORY OF ARKANSAS.
Prairie county is an east-central interior county, lying along the Memphis & Little Rock Railway which passes through the county east and west near the center. It comprises in its area 460,800 acres of land, of which about 150,000 is prairie land. The entire surface of the county is a level plain, em- bracing in its limits very little uneven or broken land, being chiefly rich bottom lands or timbered uplands. The principal crops are cotton, corn, wheat, oats, potatoes and hay. Fruits also thrive well, and are largely produced.
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