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 84

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 84


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Stone is an interior county north, bounded north by Baxter and Izard counties, east by Independence, south by Cleburne and Van Buren, and west by Searcy. Its area is about 600 square miles.


In surface, the county is broken, one-fourth being mount- ainous and the rest hilly, with a few alluvial strips. Cotton, corn, wheat, oats and other farm products are grown. Fruits yield well. The county possesses considerable mineral indi- cations. It has no railroad, the nearest railroad point being Batesville, in the adjacent county of Independence.


There are thirty-four school districts and ten school-houses in the county, with a high school at Mountain View, and church-houses of the different denominations are throughout the county.


The towns of the county are Mountain View, Sylamore, Marcella, Saint James and Timbo.


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THE FOLLOWING HAVE BEEN THE COUNTY OFFICERS:


DATE.


JUDGE.


CLERK.


SHERIFF.


TREASURER.


CORONER.


SURVEYOR.


ASSESSOR.


1873 to 1874.


W. H. Rosa.


S. H. Winston.


A. Younger.


B. H. Emerson ..


J. Hixon. ....


John Hinkle.


1874 to 1876


T. D. Martin


J. E. Andrews.


J. H. Morris


E. Chappell.


B. H. Emerson


J. L. Patterson


John Hinkle.


1876 to 1878


T. D. Martin


J. E. Andrews.


J. H. Morris


E. Chappell.


B. H. Emerson.


J. L. Patterson


John Hinkle.


1878 to 1880.


A. B. Brewer.


W. II. H. Oyler ..


C. C. Beckham


R. E. Trevathan.


B. H. Emerson


Wm. Hixon.


J. Haney.


1880 to 1882


A. B. Brewer.


W. H. H. Oyler.


C. C. Beckham


R. E. Trevathan .


B. F. Hughes ...


Joshua Bond


J. Haney.


1882 to 1884


John Haney.


W. H. H. Oyler.


S. T. Martin .


R. E. Trevathan, 2 ...


G. R. Case ..


Joseph Hixon.


J. A. Cartright.


1884 to 1886.


C. C. Beckham


W. H. H. Oyler.


T. W. Storey


J. W. Whitfield ..


Robert Beard.


Joseph Hixon.


J. A. Cartright.


1886 to 1888.


C. C. Beckham


G. C. Hinkle


B. B. Evett ...


E. Chappell ..


T. Leatherwood.


Joseph Hixon.


E. C. Beckham.


1888 to 1890


W. B. Cothran.


G. C. Hinkle ..


B. B. Evett.


E. Chappell


S. W. Dugger.


Joseph Hixon ..


E. C. Beckham.


1-Resigned, and J.W.Whitfield elected October, 1877; W. H. Rosa elected the following November. 2-James W. Whitfield, Treasurer, appointed March 6th, 1883, vice R. F. Trevathan, resigned.


Mountain View, the county seat, was settled in 1870, and contains a population of about 300; has steam flour and grist mills, a church, school, and weekly newspaper, the Expositor, Hixon and Nel- son, publishers ; has a daily mail.


STONE COUNTY.


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CLEBURNE COUNTY.


Cleburne County, the seventy-sixth and last county cre- ated in the State, was formed February 20th, 1883, out of territory taken from the counties of Van Buren, Independence and White, and was named in honor of General Patrick R. Cleburne. The temporary seat of justice was directed to be at the town of Sugar Loaf, which was continued as the permanent seat of justice.


Seventy-six counties have been formed in the Territory and State, but there are only seventy-five now in existence, owing to the abolition of the county of Loveley, about one year af- ter its creation.


Cleburne is an interior county, northwest of Independence, north of White and Faulkner, east of Van Buren, and south of Stone county. Its area is 604 square miles.


In surface the county is broken, one-half being mountain- ous and a fourth hilly. In the valleys some alluvial lands of good fertility are to be found. In the mountains are consider- able mineral indications, of which lead, coal, silver and iron are shown.


The county has no railroad. The Little Red river is the only navigable stream, which is capable of being ascended by boats in high water.


There are numerous mineral springs in the county, among which the best known are the Sugar Loaf, the Quitman Cha- lybeate, and the Black Sulphur.


There are forty-nine public schools in the county, kept open from three to ten months in the year, and the Quitman College furnishes facilities for higher education.


There are eighteen Methodist, ten Missionary Baptist, four Cumberland Presbyterian, and one Christian church in the county.


The towns of the county are Sugar Loaf, Heber, Quitman and Shiloh.


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THE FOLLOWING HAVE BEEN THE COUNTY OFFICERS:


DATE.


JUDGE.


CLERK.


SHERIFF.


TREASURER.


CORONER.


SURVEYOR.


ASSESSOR.


1883 to 1884


W. G. Ward.


T. J. Andrews


S. J. Morton


T. J. Majors


James Arnett.


C. Sales


J. C. Barnes.


1884 to 1986


W. G. Ward.


T. J. Andrews


S. J. Morton


R. A. Oldham.


W. B. Wall.


C. Sales .....


J. C. Barnes.


1886 to 1888


R. F. McGee.


W. L. Thompson .. ...


J. E. Brewer.


J. H. Wilson


P. C. Menees.


Calvin Sales


C. P. Brooks.


1888 to 1890


P. C. Menees.


S. V. R. Casey ..


J. E. Brewer ..


J. H. Wilson.


H. B. Beasly


J. W. Blasingame ..


C. P. Brooks.


CLEBURNE COUNTY.


APPENDIX A.


LIST OF GOVERNORS OF ARKANSAS, AND OF THE COUNTRY OUT OF WHICH ARKANSAS WAS FORMED.


FRENCH GOVERNORS.


Robert Cavelier Sieur de La Salle was the first person appointed Commandant of the Province of Louisiana. His commission bore date April 14th, 1684. He, however, did not live to reach the country to discharge the duties of the office. He was murdered in Texas, March 20th, 1687.


1699 to July 22d, 1701


M. D. Sauvolle


1701 to 1712. Jean Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville


1712 to 1716. La Mothe Cadillac


.De L'Epinay 1716 to 1718.


1718 to 1724 Jean Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville


1724 to 1726


.Boisbriant, in the absence of Bienville


1726 to 1734


.Perier


1734 to 1743.


Jean Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville


1743 to 1753


Pierre de Rigand, Marquis de Vaudreuil


1753 to 1863.


The Baron de Kerlerec


1763 to 1765. D'Abbadie 1765 to 1768. M. Aubry, as Acting Governor, the last French Governor.


The Province of Louisiana was ceded by France to Spain in 1763, but Spain did not take actual possession of the country until 1768, Monsieur Aubry remaining up to that date and gov- erning in the name of Antonio de Ulloa, the Spanish appointee, and a part of the time govern- ing jointly with him.


SPANISH GOVERNORS.


1766. Antonio de Ulloa appointed Governor, taking nominal possession of the Province in that year, but was expelled by the French colonists in an insurrection in October, 1768. 1769 to 1770


.Count Alexander O'Reilly


1770 to 1777


Luys de Unzaga


1777 to 1784. Bernardo de Galvez


1784 to 1791. Estevan Miro


1791 to 1797.


Francisco Luys Hector, Baron de Carondelet


1797 to 1799.


Manuel Gayose de Lemos


1799 to 1801


Sebastian de Casa Calvo


Juan Manuel de Salcedo 1801 to 1803


In the year 1800 the Province of Louisiana was retro-ceded by Spain to France, but the French did not take immediate possession. Instead, the country remained under the Spanish authorities, and in charge, first, of De Casa Calvo, and next of De Salcedo, until November 30th, 1803, when, in the name of Spain, the Marquis De Casa Calvo, as Commissioner, with Governor De Salcedo, delivered possession of the country to citizen Pierre Clement Laussat, as the rep- resentative of France. On the 20th of December, 1803, twenty days after the delivery to him, citizen Laussat delivered formal possession of the country to Commissioners of the United States.


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HISTORY OF ARKANSAS.


AMERICAN GOVERNORS


OF THE PROVINCE OF LOUISIANA.


William C. C. Claiborne - December 20th, 1803, to March 26th, 1801


OF THE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA .- Formed March 26th, 1804.


March 26th, 1804, to March 3d, 1805 ..... William Henry Harrison, as Governor of Indiana Territory


OF THE TERRITORY OF LOUISIANA .- Formed March 3d, 1805.


March 3d, 1805, to 1807 General James Wilkinson


1807 to 1809 Merriwether Lewis


1809 to June 4th, 1812.


Benjamin A. Howard


OF MISSOURI TERRITORY .- Formed June 4th, 1812.


June 4th, 1812, to October 31st, 1812. Benjamin A. Howard October 31st, 1812, to July 4th, 1819, William Clark, but with Frederick Bates acting as Governor in 1818.


OF ARKANSAS TERRITORY .- Formed July 4th, 1819.


July 4th, 1819, to 1825, James Miller, with Robert Crittenden acting as Governor from July 4th to December 26th, 1819, and at intervals in 1821, 1823 to 1825.


1825 to 1828. George Izard


Robert Crittenden, Acting Governor 1828 to 1829


1829 to 1835


John Pope


William S. Fulton 1835 to 1836


OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS .- Created June 16th, 1836.


Number.


1 .- 1836 to 1840 James S. Conway


2 .- 1840 to April 29th, 1844 Archibald Yell


April 29th to November 9th, 1844 Samuel Adams, acting


3 .- November 9th, 1844, to 1848 .. Thomas S. Drew


November, 1848 to January 10th, 1849 Thomas S. Drew


January 10th to April 19th, 1849. Richard C. Byrd, acting 4 .- April 19th, 1849, to 1852


John Selden Roane 5 .- 1852 to 1856 1856 to 1860


Elias N. Conway


Elias N. Conway


6 .- 1860 to November 4th, 1862


Henry M. Rector


November 4th to November 15th, 1862 Thomas Fletcher, of Arkansas, acting


7 .- November 15th, 1862, to 1865


Harris Flanagin, Confederate Governor


8 .- April, 1864, to July, 1868.


Isaac Murphy


9 .- July, 1868, to March 14th, 1871. Powell Clayton March 14th, 1871, to January, 1873 Ozro A. Hadley, acting


Elisha Baxter


11 .- November 12th, 1874, to January 11th, 1877


Augustus H. Garland


12 .- January 11th, 1877, to January, 1879 William R. Miller


January, 1879, to January, 1881 .. William R. Miller


13 .- January, 1881, to January, 1883 Thomas J. Churchill


14 .- January, 1883, to January, 1885 James H. Berry


15 .- January, 1885, to January, 1887. Simon P. Hughes


January, 1887, to January 17th, 1889


Simon P. Hughes


16 .- January 17th, 1889, to January, 1891. James P. Eagle


.


10 .- January, 1873, to November 12th, 1874


APPENDIX B.


STATE, JUDICIAL AND LEGISLATIVE OFFICERS.


The following List of Officers, State, Judicial and Legislative, is taken from the Biennial Report of the Secretary of State, of date October 1st, 1888, with corrections and additions:


No. 1 .- SECRETARIES.


SECRETARIES OF ARKANSAS.TERRITORY.


Robert Crittenden appointed March 3d, 1819


William Savin Fulton


appointed March 8th, 1829


Lewis Randolph .appointed February 23d, 1835


SECRETARIES OF STATE.


Robert A. Watkins .September 16th, 1836, to November 12th, 1840


David B. Greer November 12th, 1840, to May 9th, 1842


John Winfrey May 9th to August 9th, 1842, acting


David B. Greer August 9th, 1842, to August 28th, 1859, died


Alexander Boileau September 3d, 1859, to January 21st, 1860


Samuel M. Weaver January 21st, 1860, to November 17th, 1860


John I. Stirman


November 17th, 1860, to November 13th, 1862


Oliver H. Oates.


.November 13th, 1862, to April 18th, 1864


Robert J. T. White, provisional, from January 24th, to April 19th, 1864, and from then to March 14th, 1871.


James M. Johnson March 14th, 1871, to November 12th, 1874


Benton B. Beavers .November 12th, 1874, to January 17th, 18.9


Jacob Frolich .January 17th, 1879, to January, 1885


Elias B. Moore January, 1885, to January, 1889


Benjamin B. Chism.


January, 1889, to January, 1891


No. 2 .- AUDITORS.


TERRITORIAL AUDITORS OF ARKANSAS.


George W. Scott. August 5th, 1819, to November 20th, 1829


Richard C. Byrd. November 20th, 1829, to November 5th, 1831


Emzy Wilson November 5th, 1831, to November 12th, 1833 William Pelham. November 12th, 1833, to July 25th, 1835


Elias N. Conway


July 25th, 1835, to October 1st, 1836


AUDITORS OF STATE.


Elias N. Conway October 1st, 1836, to May 17th, 1841 Alexander Boileau May 17th, 1841, to July 5th, 1841, acting


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HISTORY OF ARKANSAS.


Elias N. Conway. July 5th, 1841, to January 3d, 1849


Christopher C. Danley January 3d, 1849, to September 16th, 1854, resigned


William R. Miller


.September 16th, 1854, to December 26th, 1854


A. S. Huey .December 26th, 1854, to November 10th, 1856


William R. Miller


.. November 10th, 1856, to March 5th, 1860


Henry C. Lowe ...


March 5th, 1860, to January 24th, 1861, acting


William R. Miller


.January 24th, 1861, to April 18th, 1864 James R. Berry


April 18th, 1864, to October 15th, 1866


William R. Miller


.. October 15th, 1866, to July 2d, 1868


James R. Berry


July 2d, 1868, to January 6th, 1873


Stephen Wheeler January 6th, 1873, to November 12th, 1874


William R. Miller. November 12th, 1874, to January 11th, 1877


John Crawford January 11th, 1877, to January 17th, 1883


Abner W. Files .. January, 1883, to January, 1887


William R. Miller (died in office). January, 1887, to November, 1887


W. S. Dunlop .appointed November 30th, 1887, to January, 1889


January, 1889, to January, 1891 W. S. Dunlop.


No. 3 .- TREASURERS.


TERRITORIAL TREASURERS OF ARKANSAS.


James Scull August 5th, 1819, to November 12th, 1833


Samuel M. Rutherford November 12th, 1833, to October 1st, 1836


TREASURERS OF ARKANSAS.


William E. Woodruff


October 1st, 1836, to November 20th, 1838


John Hutt


November 20th, 1838, to April 20th, 1843


Jared C. Martin


.April 20th, 1843, to December 9th, 1846


Samuel Adams


.December 9th, 1846, to January 2d, 1849


William Adams


.January 2d, 1849, to January 12th, 1851


John H. Crease


January 12th, 1851, to January 26th, 1855


Archibald H. Rutherford


November 13th, 1856, to February 2d, 1859 John Quindley February 2d, 1859, to December 13th, 1860, died


Jared C. Martin December 13th, 1860, to February 2d, 1861


Oliver Basham February 2d, 1861, to April 18th, 1864


E. D. Ayers. April 18th, 1864, to October 15th, 1866


Lewis B. Cunningham


.October 15th, 1866, to August 19th, 1867; removed by military


Henry Page, August 19th, 1867 ( military appointment). Elected 1868, to May 29th, 1874; resigned


Robert C. Newton May 23d, 1874, to November 12th, 1874


Thomas J. Churchill. November 12th, 1874, to January 12th, 1881


January 12th, 1881, to January, 1891 William E. Woodruff, Jr.


No. 4 .- ATTORNEYS-GENERAL.


ATTORNEYS-GENERAL OF THE STATE.


Robert W. Johnson 1843


George C. Watkins. .. October 1st, 1844


.January 7th, 1851


Thomas Johnson


September 8th, 1856


J. L. Hollowell


.September 8th, 1858


Pleasant Jordan


September 7th, 1861


Sam. W. Williams


1862


Charles T. Jordan


1864


January 31st, 1865 Robert S. Gantt.


ESAF


John J. Clendenin


January 27th, 1855, to November 13th, 1856 John H. Crease


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Robert H. Deadman.


October 15th, 1866


John R. Montgomery ..


.July 21st, 1868


Thomas D. W. Yonley


January 8th, 1873


James L. Witherspoon


.May 22d, 1874


Simon P. Hughes


November 12th, 1873, to 1876


William F. Henderson .January 11th, 1877, to 1881


Charles Beattie Moore


January 12th, 1881, to 1885


Daniel W. Jones January, 1885, to 1889


W. E. Atkinson.


January, 1889, to 1891


No. 5 .- SOLICITORS-GENERAL OF THE STATE.


Samuel H. Hempstead. ...... 1857


John M. Harrell


J. D. Walker


W. W. Wilshire


1865


M. W. Benjamin


.1868


[Office abolished.]


No. 6 .- COMMISSIONER OF IMMIGRATION AND OF STATE LANDS.


James M. Lewis


July 2d, 1868


William H. Grey


October 15th, 1872


James Newton Smithee


June 5th, 1874


SUCCEEDED BY COMMISSIONER OF STATE LANDS.


James Newton Smithee. November 12th, 1874, to November 18th, 1878 D. W. Lear .. .October 21st, 1878, to November, 1882


William P. Campbell. October 30th, 1882, to March 31st, 1884


Paul M. Cobbs March 31st, 1884, to October 30th, 1890


No. 7 .- SUPERINTENDENTS OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.


Thomas Smith


1868 to 1873


J. C. Corbin.


.July 6th, 1873


G. W. Hill. December 18th, 1875, to October, 1878


James L. Denton October 13th, 1875, to October 11th, 1882


Dunbar H. Pope October 11th to 30th, 1882


Woodville E. Thompson October 20th, 1882, to October 30th, 1891


No. 8 .- SUPREME COURT STATE OF ARKANSAS.


CHIEF JUSTICES.


Daniel Ringo, 1836. Thomas Johnson, 1844. George C. Watkins, 1852. §


Elbert H. English, 1854. 1 John McClure, 1871. 11


Thomas D. W. Yonley, 1864. + David Walker, 1866. *


Elbert H. English, 1874. 2 Sterling R. Cockrill, 1884.


William .W. Wilshire, 1868. §


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HISTORY OF ARKANSAS.


Thomas J. Lacy, 1836.


Townsend Dickinson, 1836. George W. Paschal, 1842. William K. Sebastian, 1843. Williamson S. Oldham, 1844. Edward Cross, 1845. William B. Conway, 1846. Christopher C. Scott, 1848. David Walker, 1848 and 1874. Thomas B. Hanley, 1856. §


Felix I. Batson, 1858. §


Henry M. Rector, 1859. §


Elhanah J. Searle, 1872.


Freeman W. Compton, 1859. * 1 William M. Harrison, 1874.


Hulburt F. Fairchild, 1860. ||1


Albert Pike, 1864. 1


Charles A. Harper, 1864. Elisha Baxter, 1864. John J. Clendenin, 1866. * Thomas M. Bowen, 1868. # Lafayette Gregg, 1868. # John E. Bennett, 1871. # Marshal L. Stephenson, 1872. #


John T. Bearden, 1874. ** Jesse Turner, 1878. John R. Eakin, 1878. Wm. W. Smith, 1882, died 1888. Burrell B. Battle, 1886. 3 Simon P. Hughes, 1889. William E. Hemmingway, 1889. M. H. Sandels, 1889.


(*) Ousted by General C. H. Smith, Military Commander, sub-district Arkansas, under Re- construction Acts. (t) Under Murphy Constitution of 1864. (#) Constitution of 1868. (§) Re- signed. (TT) Removed. ( ** ) Appointed. (||) Died. (1) Also Confederate. (2) Died, 1884.


(3) Re-elected.


REPORTERS, FROM 1836 TO 1889.


Albert Pike, 1836. Elbert H. English, 1844.


Luke E. Barber, 1855. John M. Moore.


Norval W. Cox, 1868.


Beverly D. Turner.


William W. Mansfield, appointed 1887.


CLERKS.


Norval W. Cox, 1868.


Luke E. Barber, 1874.


William P. Campbell (present incumbent) 1886.


William Story.


Freeman W. Compton.


James L. Witherspoon.


G. N. Causin.


John Whytock.


Samuel H. Hempstead. Charles Beattie Moore. Thomas Johnson.


Isaac Strain.


Charles C. Farrelley.


N. Haggard.


William W. Smith.


Edward Cross.


Washington I. Warwick.


Robert A. Howard.


Richard C. S. Brown. Henry B. Morse.


George A. Gallagher.


Burrell B. Battle.


Lebbeus A. Pindall. Samuel C. Roane.


Beverly D. Turner.


George W. Caruth.


S. R. Harrington.


No. 9 .- CHANCELLORS PULASKI CHANCERY COURT.


Hulburt F. Fairchild, July 30th, 1855. Uriah M. Rose, July 2d, 1860.


Lafayette Gregg, November 25th, 1865.


Thomas D. W. Yonley, February 12th, 1867.


Washington I. Warwick, April 28th, 1873. John R. Eakin, November 6th, 1874, to 1878. Daniel W. Carroll, November, 1878, to 1886. Daniel W. Carroll appointed 1886 for four years.


CLERKS.


Andrew J. Smith. William H. Bevens.


Earl C. Bronough. Wm. Hunter.


Gordon N. Peay. Daniel P. Upham.


Allen R. Witt, November 2d, 1874, to 1876. Jonathan W. Callaway, October 31st, 1876, to October, 1886. S. R. Brown, October, 1886, to 1890.


H. Haralson, 1836. Luke E. Barber, 1841.


SPECIAL CHIEF JUSTICES.


Samuel W. Williams.


George Conway. Sacfield Macklinin.


Abner Brice Williams.


ASSOCIATE JUSTICES.


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APPENDIX B.


No. 10 .- JUDGES AND PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS.


TERRITORIAL AND STATE.


The judicial circuits of the State have been frequently changed. To give them all, and the Acts creating the same, would be to accumulate facts of but little interest or importance. In some instances the number of the judicial districts has been completely transferred to others, and new numbers adopted for the original. This will explain why it is that the name of an offi - cer found in one circuit will be afterwards on a circuit with a different number. The State in 1873 was divided into sixteen circuits, but only for a term, when they were reduced to twelve. In giving the list of Judges, the number of the circuit is taken through to the present, regard- less of the changes that have been made in the number of the circuit.


No. 101 .- TERRITORIAL CIRCUIT JUDGES.


FIRST CIRCUIT. COUNTIES AT FORMATION : ARKANSAS AND LAWRENCE. (*) Resigned. (t) Died.


JUDGES.


James Woodson Bates. August 3d, 1819


Stephen F. Austin, vice Bates July 10th, 1820, resigned


Richard Searcy November 11th, 1820


T. P. Eskridge December 10th, 1823


Samuel C. Roane April 17th, 1829, to 1836


PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS.


W. B. R. Horner, November 1st, 1823. Thomas Hubbard, Nov. 5, 1828, to Feb. 15, 1832. Shelton Watson, October 4th, 1835.


A. G. Stephenson, January 23d, 1836.


SECOND CIRCUIT.


COUNTIES AT FORMATION : PULASKI, CLARK AND HEMPSTEAD.


JUDGES.


Neill McLean. August 5th, 1819, to December 10th, 1820, resigned


Thomas P. Eskridge .1820


Richard Searcy December 10th, 1823


James Woodson Bates .November, 1825, to 1836


PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS.


Robert C. Oden, November 1st, 1823.


Bennett H. Martin, January 30th, 1831.


Townsend Dickinson, November 1st, 1823.


J. W. Robertson, September 17th, 1833.


Ambrose H. Sevier, January 19th, 1824.


Absolom Fowler, November 12th, 1859.


A. F. May, ; March 29th, 1825.


Samuel S. Hall, August 31st, 1831.


Samuel C. Roane, September 26th, 1826.


D. L. F. Royston, July 25th, 1835.


W. H. Parrott, April 21st, 1827.


B. B. Ball, July 19th, 1836.


THIRD CIRCUIT.


JUDGES.


Samuel S. Hall


.December, 1823, to 1836


PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS.


Townsend Dickinson, January 10th, 1823.


A. D. G. Davis, June 21st, 1829.


David Walker, September 13th, 1833.


David Walker, September 13th, 1833. Thomas Johnson, October 4th, 1835. Seaborn G. Sneed, November 11th, 1831.


G. D. Royston, September 7th, 1833.


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HISTORY OF ARKANSAS.


FOURTH CIRCUIT.


JUDGES.


Chas. Caldwell.


December 27th, 1828


PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS.


E. T. Clark, February 13th, 1830. J. C. P. Tolleson, February 1st, 1831. William K. Sebastian, January 23d, 1833.


No. 102 .- CIRCUIT JUDGES AND PROSECUTING ATTOR- NEYS OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS.


FIRST CIRCUIT.


JUDGES.


William K. Sebastian,* November 19th, 1840. J. C. P. Tolleson, February 8th, 1842. John T. Jones, December 2d, 1842.


Thomas B. Hanly.


George W. Beasley, September 6th, 1855. Charles W. Adams, November 2d, 1852. Mark W. Alexander.


Earl C. Bronough, August 25th, 1858.


Oliver H. Oates, March 3d, 1859.


Earl C. Bronough, August 23d, 1860. James M. Hanks, September 17th, 1865.


John E. Bennett, July 23d, 1868.


Charles C. Waters, February 23d, 1871.


Marshal L. Stephenson, March 24th, 1871. William H. H. Clayton, March 10th, 1873. Jesse N. Cypert, October 31st, 1874. M. T. Sanders, October 30th, 1882.


PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS.


W. S. Mosely, November 14th, 1840. Z. P. H. Farr, December 1st, 1862.


A. J. Greer, November 9th, 1841. Benjamin C. Brown, January 7th, 1865.


Stephen S. Tucker, January 20th, 1840.


Peter O. Thweat, October 15th, 1866.


Alonzo Thomas, August 5th, 1842. Charles B. Fitzpatrick, March 16th, 1871.


W. N. Stanton, December 2d, 1842. Willam H. H. Clayton, March 23d, 1871.


N. M. Foster, December 4th, 1843.


Eugene Stephenson, April 23d, 1873.


A. H. Ringo, March 2d, 1849.


C. A. Otey, October 31st, 1874.


D. D. Leach, October 13th, 1876.


P. D. McCulloch (three terms), October 4th, 1878. Greenfield Quarles, October 30th, 1884.


S. Burndridge, October 30th, 1886.


Counties in 1890: Phillips, Lee, St. Francis, Prairie, Woodruff, White and Monroe.


SECOND CIRCUIT.


JUDGES.


Isaac Baker, November 23d, 1840. W. H. Sutton, January 11th, 1845. Josiah Gould, February 26th, 1849. John C. Murray, August 18th, 1851. Theodore F. Sorrells, August 22d, 1853.


John C. Murray, August 22d, 1858. J. F. Lowery, December 12th, 1863. William M. Harrison, May 17th, 1865.


William Story, July 23d, 1868.


W. C. Hazeldine, April 14th, 1871.


William F. Henderson, April 26th, 1874.


L. L. Mack, October 31st, 1874.


John G. Frierson, October 31st, 1882.


William H. Cate, vice Frierson, deceased, March 17th, 1884, elected September 1st, 1884.


J. E. Riddick, October 30th, 1886.


PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS.


John S. Roane, November 15th, 1840. Samuel Wooly, September 19th, 1842. J. W. Bocage, November 29th, 1843. S. B. Jones, April 20th, 1846. Theodore F. Sorrells, February 26th, 1849.


William Porter Grace, August 22d, 1853. S. F. Arnett, August 23d, 1856.


Daniel W. Carroll, August 30th, 1860. C. C. Godden, May 17th, 1865.


William F. Slemmons, October 15th, 1866.


D. D. Leaclı, December 10th, 1868.


R. H. Black, May 6th, 1873.


J. E. Riddick, October 13th, 1876.


William H. Cate, October 14th, 1878.


E. F. Brown, May 5th, 1879. W. B. Edrington (four terms), Oct. 30th, 1880. J. D. Block, October, 1888.


Counties in 1890: Mississippi, Crittenden, Cross, Poinsett, Craighead, Greene, Clay and Randolph.


H. A. Badham, March 12th, 1851.


L. L. Mack, September 6th, 1855.


S. W. Childress, August 30th, 1856.


Lincoln Featherston, August 23d, 1860.


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APPENDIX B.


THIRD CIRCUIT.


JUDGES.


Thomas Johnson, November 13th, 1840. William B. Conway, November 15th, 1844. W. C. Scott, December 11th, 1846. B. H. Nealey, February 28th, 1851. W. C. Bevins, August 23d, 1856.


W. R. Cain, August 23d, 1860.


L. L. Mack, March 15th, 1866. Elisha Baxter, July 23d, 1868.


James W. Butler, March 10th, 1873.


William Byers, October 31st, 1874.


Richard H. Powell (three terms), Oct. 30th, 1882. James W. Butler, May, 1887.


PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS.


N. Haggard, November 13th, 1840. Stephen S. Tucker, January 20th, 1842. Samuel H. Hempstead, February, 1842. A. R. Porter, December 2d, 1842. S. C. Walker, December 2d, 1846.


Thomas J. Ratcliff, July 8th, 1865.


Milton D. Baber, October 15th, 1866.


W. A. Inman, December 8th, 1868.


J. L. Abernathy, October 31st, 1874. Charles Coffin, October 14th, 1878. M. N. Dyer (two terms), October 30th, 1882.


J. H. Byers, March 5th, 1849. William K. Patterson, August 30th, 1856. Frank W. Desha, August 30th, 1860.


William B. Padgett, October 30th, 1886.


J. L. Abernathy, October, 1888.


L. L. Mack, July 8th, 1861. Counties in 1890: Jackson, Lawrence, Stone, Independence and Sharp.


FOURTH CIRCUIT. JUDGES.


J. M. Hoge, November 13th, 1840. Seaborn G. Sneed, November 18th, 1844. A. B. Greenwood, March 3d, 1851. Felix Batson, August 20th, 1853. J. M. Wilson, February 21st, 1859. J. J. Green, August 23d, 1860. Yancey B. Sheppard, May 9th, 1863. Thomas Boles, August 3d, 1865.




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