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The value and extent of the merchantable tim- ber found here is brought out remarkably in the fact that the shipments of lumber from the county has for years exceeded the total shipments of all kinds from all other points along the line of the Little Rock & Fort Smith Railroad. An esti. mate of the merchantable forest was made in 1887, according to which it was assumed that the total standing timber aggregated in round num- bers. 1,400,000,000 feet, board measure. This has been reduced by reason of an increased export. and local demand, and by reason of timberland converted into farms and orchards, but it can be safely assumed that the aggregate at this time is not less than 1,200,000,000 feet, board measure. Of the whole, it was accepted in 1887, that the pre- dominant white oak and hickory forests footed up 716,000,000 feet; post oak, red oak and white oak forest, 498,000,000 feet, and the pine 249,000,000 feet, which ratio, no doubt, applies now as it did then. The locality of the white oak and hickory is that of the mountain surface of the country, notably the Boston range and its immediate rami- fications. The pine occurs in the eastern and south- eastern parts of the county. The locality of the post oak, red and white oak forest combined is that of the uplands and foot-hills.
According to topographical character of the total area of the county, 433,000 acres in extent, it is accepted that 12,000 acres is river lowlands; 47,000 acres, creek valley and prairie; 207,360 acres, mountain plateau and mountain slopes; and 176,640 acres, uplands and foot-hills. Of the whole, the proprietary control of 231,000 acres is vested in citizens of the county, 40,000 acres in the Little Rock & Fort Smith Railroad Company, about 120,- 000 acres Government land, and about 40,000 acres forfeited State tax lands, lands with uncompleted title, and water surface. The price of improved river land is from $30 to $50 per acre; improved creek land, $10 to $25; improved upland, $7.50
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to $12.50, unimproved, $2.50 to $7.50; improved mountain land, except when set in orchard, $7.50 to $12 50, unimproved, $1.25 to $5. On an aver- age the river lands produce 1,400 pounds cotton, or 40 bushels of corn to the acre. The average yield of creek valleys is, for cotton 1,000 pounds, corn 30 bushels, oats 30 bushels, and wheat 12 bushels to the acre; average yield of uplands -- cot- ton 800 pounds, corn 25 bushels, oats 30 bushels and wheat 12 bushels. This is exclusive of the mount- ain table lands, the average yield of which is as fol- lows: Corn 30 bushels, oats 40 bushels, wheat 15 bushels, and potatoes 200 bushels per acre. The soil is not adapted to any of the cultivated grasses, ex- cept German millet, which yields 4,500 pounds to the acre. Little or no attention has as yet been paid to live-stock industry, though there exist no reasons why it could not be made profitable if proper at- tention were given to it. The county is well wa- tered by running streams. The uplands are sup- plied by springs and wells, and the water is gener- ally soft and excellent for domestic purposes. There are no mineral springs of much note. Low Gap, a spring of very cold chalybeate water, situat- ed in the northern part of the county, has some local reputation and affords a summer resort for both health and pleasure.
Of the whole area of the country, the best fruit territory (something over 200,000 acres in extent) is that part which is classed as mountain plateau and mountain slopes. It is extraordinary in its excellence as a fruit region, and however unex- plained simply by reason of its soil and elevation (for there are like systems of elevation and soil in the State which do not compare with it), there is no question of there being not another part of the American continent which is seen to be so remark- ably adapted to fruit culture, as the system of this State and Missouri, known as the plateau of the Ozarks. The members of the mountain elevation of the county, in part occupied by bearing orchards, are known locally by the following names: Gillian Mountain, Low Gap Mountain, Woods Mountain, Red Lick Mountain, Satter White Mountain, Moon Hull Mountain, South Spur of Boston Mountain, and Batson township. It is ascertained that the
ยท number of bearing apple and peach trees in the mountain district is as follows: Apples about 70, - 000 and peaches about 30,000. This is exclusive of bearing trees in the valley and piedmont region which in all likelihood would swell the respective totals fifty per cent, and it is probable that the grand total in a few years will be increased two hundred fold. Excepting the "Ben Davis" and "Shockley," which grow equally well in the mount- ains and in the piedmont territory, the following varieties of winter apples are chiefly grown for market: "Arkansas Beauty," "Rome Beauty," " Wine Sap," "Jonathan," " Limber Twig," " Ben Davis," "Winter Pearmain," "Shannon," " Ste- vens' Pippin," and "Ozone."
This county is distinguished as affording the largest body of coal found in the northern division of the Arkansas coal basin, its distribution having an extent of nearly 170,000 acres, of which all ex- cept about 30,000 acres, is that part of the territory of the county lying in Townships 8, 9 and 10 north, and in Ranges 21-25 west. Of the total area of the coal fields of the county only a fraction is controlled at this time by coal operators-the ex- ception being an aggregation of several thousand acres of select coal lands controlled by options lodged in a company, the members of which are citizens of Clarksville. And in consequence of the absence of a particular demand for coal lands, the situation is found to be one which should have at- tractions for those who seek to "get in on the ground floor " in the matter of such properties. It is not exactly thrown at those who wish to buy, but in general it is valued at the amount it will bring in market as farm or timberland. The total coal shipments from the county per year, aggregate something like 150,000 tons. The principal ship- ping points are Coal Hill and Spadra, situated in the southwestern part of the county, on the Little Rock & Fort Smith Railroad. The number of coal miners and shippers is four, as follows: Stiewel & Co., Coal Hill and Eureka; Ouita Coal Company, Coal Hill; Black Diamond Company, Felker's Switch; and L. S. Philpott, distant five to six miles from Coal Hill. In a reclassification of the coals of the State by the Arkansas Geological Survey, the
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coals of the county (excepting the last named below) are termed semi-bituminous, instead of semi-anthra- cite, as distinguished by David Dale Owen, chief of the original geological reconnoissance of this State. The following is their analysis, taken from Vol. III of the annual report of the Arkansas Geological Survey, on the geology of the coal regions of the State: Philpott shaft-ash, 3.09; sulphur, .993; water, .S69; fixed carbon, 80.915; volatile hydro-carbon, 14.133; specific gravity, 1.292. Felker's slope-ash, 3.22; sulphur, 1.164; water, 1.128; fixed carbon, 81.277; volatile hydro- carbon, 13.211; specific gravity, 1.317. Mason's drift-ash, 5.863; sulphur, 1.155; water, 1.116; fixed carbon, 80.86; volatile hydro-carbon, 11.206; specific gravity, 1.339. Harkreader's Well-ash, 6.313; sulphur, 2.867; water, 1.562; fixed carbon, 78.91; volatile hydro-carbon, 10.347; specific grav- ity, 1.318. Stiewel & Co.'s Coal Hill shaft- ash, 8.351; sulphur, 3.672; water, 1.017; fixed carbon, 76.119; volatile hydro-carbon, 10.841; specific gravity, 1.333. Allister slope, Ouita Coal Company-ash, 8.332; sulphur, 3.531; water, 1.178; fixed carbon, 76.494; volatile hydro-carbon, 10.475; specific gravity, 1.32. Stiewel & Co.'s Eureka shaft-ash, 1.242; sulphur, 2.745; water, 1.1; fixed carbon, 72.835; volatile hydro-carbon, 11.278; specific gravity, 1.345. Pickartz drift -- ash, 3.561; sulphur, .862; water, .702; fixed carbon, 78.99; volatile hydro-carbon, 15.877; specific gravity, 1.308.
The coal basin, for which Coal Hill is the cen- ter and shipping point, is 10,000 acres in extent, and by actual test is known to afford a coal having a thickness of three feet seven inches, to four feet four inches, with the greater part running over four feet. Consequently the thickness being con- sidered in connection with the extent of the terri- tory, and also the fact that it is the best smokeless steam coal mined in the United States, there is at once suggested for its coal industry a magni- tude which soon will not be surpassed by the best developments possible in other large coal fields of the State. The property of the Ouita Coal Com- pany, in the Coal Hill district, is 1,060 acres, of which 620 acres are owned in fee simple, and the
remainder controlled on a lease of twenty-one years, only six years of which have expired. This is exclusive of 100 acres owned by the company under the title of the Montana Mine, situated on the line of the Little Rock & Fort Smith Railway, between Spadra and Hartman, this county. It is also exclusive of the well-known Ouita Mines, owned by them in Pope County, the coal territory of which is 600 acres in area, or, say in all, a total of 1,760 acres coal property owned and controlled in the Arkansas Valley. The seat of the company's plant in the Coal Hill district is known as the Allister Slope, distant from Coal Hill two and a half miles, and is connected with the main line by a branch road, operated by the Little Rock & Fort Smith Railroad. The coal at the head of the company's slope is 130 feet below the surface, and occurs in a vein having a thickness of four feet of merchantable coal. This thickness has been found to prevail throughout the entire basin of which its property is part, and, accordingly, as there is no better coal mined for steam and domestic uses, it is to be accepted that this company's industry, as that of the coal business of the district, will be car- ried to a magnitude equal to the importance which attaches to an inexhaustible supply of fuel. The present output is at the rate of twenty to twenty- five carloads a day.
The property of Stiewel & Co. is that which originally gave to the coal fields of the State their value and reputation, and even as in the beginning, it was found to give importance to the coal meas- ures of the Arkansas Valley, so at this day it tran- spires that the product of their Coal Hill shaft forms the standard of excellence by which the Ar- kansas coal is judged to be the best steam fuel mined in the United States. The extent of their property in the Coal Hill and Eureka Mine district aggregates 2,300 acres, which area distinguishes the company as the largest owners of coal lands in this State and Missouri, situated on the lines of the Missouri Pacific system. Of the whole, they control something over 1,500 acres in the district immediate to their Coal Hill shaft, and 800 acres in the Eureka Mine district, situated between Coal Hill and Clarksville. The depth to the coal is 180
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feet, or, say a hoist of 200 feet. Their present output per day is twenty to twenty-five carloads. Exclusive of coal furnished the Missouri Pacific system, which takes the bulk of their output, the markets supplied by Stiewel & Co. are Kansas City, Atchison, Topeka, Leavenworth, Galveston, Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth, Waco, Little Rock and Helena. The coal of both the Coal Hill and Eureka shafts is classed by Prof. Winslow, in the report of Arkansas Geological Survey, published in 1889, as semi-bituminous, and the analysis of both coals given as below. But at the same time it is deemed appropriate to supplement the analysis by remarks and an analysis taken from Dr. Owen's work, published in 1860. The table from Dr. Owen's report refers to the immediate basin in which the Eureka shaft is located. Coal Hill shaft-water, 1.017; sulphur, 3.672; ash, 8.351; fixed carbon, 76.19; volatile hydro-carbon, 10.841. Eureka shaft-water, 1.1; sulphur, 2.745; ash, 12.042; fixed carbon, 72.835; volatile hydro-car- bon, 11.278. The specific gravity of the Coal Hill coal was given at 1.345; that of the Eureka coal at 1.333. The analysis from Dr. Owen's report was as follows: Volatile matter, 8.4; coke, 91.6; moisture, .5; volatile gases, 7.9; fixed carbon, 85.6; ashes, 6. Following are the remarks ap- pended to Dr. Owen's analysis: "This coal con- tains a far higher percentage of fixed carbon than any western coal that has been analyzed in my laboratory, except some coals which I received from Arkansas some years before the commence- ment of the survey." The property is owned ex- clusively by A. Stiewel of Little Rock, who has been in the coal trade of the State since 1877. His control dates back ten years, and from a minimum output, when succeeding to the property, he has raised the industry to the rank of one of the largest interests of the kind in the Southwest. A diffi- culty in the way of the rapid development of the coal interests of the county is the same that is en- countered in the lumber districts of this State, a scarcity of cars in season; only that in coal dis- tricts the effect is to drive miners to other fields, and the local companies are consequently exposed to the danger of losing their men.
The population of Johnson County is about 18,000. The people represent every State in the Union, and in morals, industry and integrity, com- pare favorably with any community east or west. The temperate climate, great fertility and dura- bility of soil, adaptation to fruit culture and pro- duction of stock, together with the county's vast natural, undeveloped resources, both mineral and vegetable, can not fail to commend it alike to the capitalist and the man without money. Formerly game was plentiful, and deer, bears, turkeys, geese, ducks, quails, squirrels and rabbits were found. Black bass, salmon and other varieties of fish were plentiful in the mountain streams. Amusement more or less profitable for the sportsman can still be found in Johnson County, as the Arkansas River and other streams abound with fine fish, and wild turkeys and deer are to be found in certain locali- ties.
Lands were entered in this county by the fol- lowing named persons prior to 1850, and the per- sons so entering them were many of them among the pioneers who remained to do their part toward the development of the county. Names, unless known to have been wrongly spelled, are given as they appear in the record. It has been found im- practicable to present them in the chronological order of the entries, but care has been taken to as- certain the township in which each claim was located: Township 10, Range 21-Hiram A. Lind- sey, 1845. Township 8, Range 22-Jacob Robinson, 1841; James Harvey Jones, 1838; Thomas May, 1836; Richard W. Adams, 1836; Casander Robin- son, 1840; B. H. Zachary, 1838; Hugh E. Porter, 1838; W. W. E. Moreland, 1839; Samuel Adams, 1838; David Porter, 1838; Andrew L. Black, 1837; William Porter, 1838; Alexander Black, 1837; Isaac Hughes, 1837; W. W. Adams, 1842; Cabel Zachary, 1836; Colby Dennis, 1838; James Rod- gers, 1838; John R. Willis, 1841; James P. King, 1837; Philemon Williams, 1836; Caleb B. Zachary, 1836; Bartlett Zachary, 1838. Township 9, Range 22-Archibald D. Hogins, 1841; Owen B. Hogins, 1839; Isaac Wood, 1839; H. H. Herring and L. M. Wood, 1836; Parsons Jackson, 1839; John B. Brown, 1839; John Simpson, 1840; John Bales,
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1839; Samuel Adams, 1840; Nathaniel Simpson, 1842; Joab Durham, 1839; John Smith, 1839; Newton W. Brown, 1840; Adam T. Smith, 1836; William J. Parks, 1836; Shelton Wooster, 1836; Clayton R. Clark, 1844; Williamson Spears, 1839; Jeremiah Moreland, 1839; Robert McCaney, 1836; Nancy Seager, 1839; William Houston, 1839; John King, 1839; William Johnson, 1839; Ed- ward M. Simpson, 1839; Samuel Turner, 1839; Willis Collier, 1839; William C. Simpson, 1839; Jones Rogers, 1839; John Grounds, 1836, Charles Haynie, 1836; Hillary H. Herring, 1836; John Marshall, 1836; James and Phillip Madden, 1836; Peter Thornbury, 1836; Thomas Madden, 1836; David Slinkard, 1836; Christopher N. Gassett, 1839; Jeremiah Moreland, 1839; Logan M. Wood, 1836; William King, 1839; Lewis Johnson, 1839; Isaac L. Shelby, 1836; William Morgan Will- iams, 1846; Lewis Garner, 1850; Edward E. McConnell, 1839; Thomas May, 1840; James Madden, 1839; Thadeus F. Moreland, 1845. Township 10, Range 22-Mary Johnson, 1845; Robert B. Johnson, 1846; William Spears, 1844; George L. Patrick, 1844; Thomas King, 1847; E. G. Gilbreath, 1844; William M. H. Newton, 1844; Auger Price, 1844; Willis Darks, 1850; E. Newton, 1844; James P. Blancit, 1850; Catharine Whitlock and others, 1845; A. B. Joyner, 1846; Joseph Adkins, 1847; Sam- uel Towel, 1845; Thomas Sling, 1848; Hiram Tomlinson, 1848; Reuben Pierson, 1846; J. D. Pulliam, 1844; William H. Colthorp, 1849; John S. Price, 1844; Jesse May, 1844; William S. Swi- gart, 1849; Joshua Jones, 1849; Sterling May, 1845; George L. Patrick, 1847. Township 11, Range 22-Hamilton W. Blackwell, 1848; Will- iam Mears, 1848; B. W. Cox, 1848; Byrd George, 1848; James E. Harris, 1850; Martin W. Bunch, 1848; Sampson D. Free, 1848; Uriah Russell, 1848; Joseph Atkins, 1848. Township 12, Range 22 -- William Mears, 1847. Township 7, Range 23 -- Jor- dan Thomson, 1841; Maurice Brown, 1841; John Cravens, 1841; Rufus C. Sadler, 1831; John C. Ward, 1843; L. O. Sadler, 1841; Henry Buckman, 1841; Uriah Thompson, 1841; N. Cravens, 1841; Isaac N. Burnham, 1841; Lorenzo D. Rody, 1839; Er-
vin Rowland, 1839; Sandy Lipe, 1839. Town- ship 8, Range 23 -- W. W. E. Moreland, 1841; William H. Polk, 1836; John Howell, 1840; Rachel Crawford, 1829; John Knight, 1836; John R. H. Scott, 1839; James Ware, Jr., 1836; Phineas Williams, 1830; Thomas N. Ma- hon, 1841; David D. Watson, 1841; Edward E. McConnell, 1842; Hugh E. Porter, 1841; Daniel Porter, 1841; Minty Granthorn, 1841; Jacob Rogers, 1841; John R. Willis, 1841; Joseph James, 1830; James Patterson, 1836; Thomas G. Robinson, 1841; Matthew Willis, 1841; Peter Spingler, 1832. Township 9, Range 23-John Simpson, 1836; Andrew Houston, 1838; James T. White, 1839; Augustus M. Ward, 1839; Andrew D. Wolf, 1840; Joshua Simpson, 1839; Benjamin Ray, 1837; John Linton, 1837; Job Chrisman, 1836; Leonard Sorter, 1839; Littleberry Robinson, 1848; Moreau Rose, 1837; Edward E. McConnell, 1836; Josiah Cravens, 1837; Joseph James, 1837; William Collier, 1837; Kesiah Mason, 1836; B. H. Zachary, 1836; Philemon Williams, 1836; Joe Chrisman, 1836; Andrew Brown, 1838; David Ward, 1839; John Denning, 1847: John J. Dor- sey, 1848; Andrew M. Fulton, 1836; Thomas Powers, 1836; David Ward, Sr., 1836; Anthony Smith, 1850; William Sawyer, 1836; Presley Jami- son, 1838; Thomas G. Robinson, 1840; Thomas S. D. Young, 1848; John W. Patrick, 1836; Maj. Thompson, 1837; John Teague, 1838; Gabriel W. Payne, 1848; Peter Carpenter, 1850; H. J. Shropshire, 1837; John H. Johnson, 1837; Will- iam Johnson, 1837; James W. Karnes, 1836; Samuel Whitney, 1839; Thomas Simpson, 1838; John Howell, 1836; Sterling May, 1837; Cham- pion Choto, 1837; John Houston, 1838; Richard W. Adams, 1837; Seth J. Howel, 1838; Isaac N. Rob- inson, 1837; Joseph James, 1837; Elijah B. Al- ston, 1836; John M. Wilson, 1841; Francis Logan, 1836; Joseph Smith, 1845; Anthony Smith, 1849; Robert McMurray, 1836; William Sawyer and William Evans, 1836; Issac. N. Robinson, 1837; Preston Jamison, 1838; Thomas Arnold, 1837; William B. Walker, 1839; Greenberry Robinson, 1839; Jacob Robinson, 1839; Samuel Adams, 1837; James Keesie, 1836; Philip Jones, 1839; Robert
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Dielehay, 1839; Josiah Jenkins, 1830; Overton B. Alston, 1847; Nicholas Brewer, 1836; John R. H. Scott, 1837; John R. Somerset, 1838; James K. Polk, 1836; L. O. Saddler, 1836; John B. Howell and P. Jones, 1838. Township 10, Range 23-Oliver Barsham, 1847; John W. Patrick, 1840; Richard M. Lee, 1840; Cader Lee, 1839; Henry P. Bell, 1840; James Harris, 1840; Joseph James, 1848; John G. Brown, 1848; William Lee, 1840; Britton Lee, 1840; John M. Wilson, 1841; Margaret Payne, 1847; William R. Hill, 1840; George W. Smith, 1845; Absalom Pryor, 1840; Jephtha C. Payne, 1841; Nathaniel C. Pryor, 1849; George W. Garrett, 1840; Augustus M. Ward, 1840; James B. Harris, 1840; Jerome B. Annis, 1842; Laban C. Howell, 1840; James Richey, 1842; Joseph Stewart, 1850; Tolwer Block- ard, 1850; Joseph W. Ryan, 1840; Russell Lee, 1847; Benjamin F. Hartley, 1839. Township 11, Range 23 -- Eli Cowen, 1839; Oliver Barsham, 1847. Township 12, Range 23 -- William R. Hor- ner, 1839; Benjamin Pitts, 1839. Township 6, Range 24-George W. Wigginton, 1839. Town- ship 7, Range 24-Rufus C. Sadler, 1841. Town- ship 8, Range 24-Harmon H. Brewer, 1835; Web- ster McCaslin, 1830; Clayton R. Clark, 1834; Lor- enzo N. Clark, 1834; Willian D. Reed, 1830; James H. Jones, 1839; James Shepard, 1830; John and M. T. Logan, 1836; John Knight, 1836; George Jamison, 1835; James Murphy, 1835; Joshua Cates, 1839; Frederick J. Moore, 1836. Town- ship 9, Range 24-Hezekiah Dailey 1836; Leo- nard J. Garrett, 1837; Wesley Garrett, 1838; L. Armstrong, 1840; Robert H. Armstrong, 1845; James Hargraves, 1837; William M. Gwynn 1836; Samuel Davis and William M. Gwynn, 1836; William Aills, 1837; Moses Ham, 1838; William Fritz, 1837; Aaron J. Livingston, 1837; Jacob Ham, 1837; James P. King, 1837; Dixon Rey- nolds, 1836; Gilbert Robins, 1837; Hugh Dunivan, 1843; William C. Garrett, 1837; John Drennen, 1838; John Dunning, 1838; Thomas Powers, 1836; William May, 1838; William Tatum, 1839; Will- iam Collier, 1842; Thomas Madden, 1836; Josiah Perry, 1836; James Cravens, 1836; Peter Allen 1836; O. D. Hogins, 1838; James Logan, Jr., 1837;
David Logan, Jr., 1840; Nimrod W. Dart, 1839; Thomas Robins, 1838; E. B. Alston, 1836; David Thompson, 1839; David E. Smith, 1850; Francis Logan and Robert McMurray, 1836; William W. Wilkins, 1838; Nancy Roberts, 1830; Lorenzo N. Clark, 1836; Hugh Logan, 1836; G. D. Hayes, 1839; Henry B. Hays, 1836; Daniel B. Norris, 1838; Jonathan Logan, 1836; Alonzo C. Sadler, 1836; David Perkins, 1830. Township 10, Range 24-Abraham Laster, 1840; Frederick Laster, 1840; Burr H. Zachary, 1848; Thomas B. Porter, 1840; Joseph M. Porter, 1840; James W. Boyd- ston, 1841; Bartlett Zachary, 1840; George Lewis, 1844; Jane E. Hall, 1849; John Watson, 1849; William S. Ogilvie, 1849; Henry Ward, 1840; James B. Wilson, 1840; John M. Baskin, 1848; William H. Royer, 1848; Reese B. Ward, 1843; William Hamlin, 1849; Allen J. Hargraves, 1850; Seth J. Howel, 1840; William McCord, 1847; William Gray, 1841; James M. Ferguson, 1848; Wesley Garrett, 1840; William Williams, 1848; John Malloy, 1841; Henry B. Hays, 1840; John Penn, 1848. Township 11, Range 24 -- N. Flem- ing, 1849; Edwin Edwards, 1848; Township 12, Range 24-Spencer Homer, 1844; Nathan Byrd, 1844; John Arbaugh, 1844. Township 7, Range 25-James Cravens, 1847. Township 8, Range 25 -Ray Marsh, 1833; Noadiah Marsh, 1836; Joseph Stout, 1839; O. D. Hogins, 1850; Alexander Will- iams, 1836; Lee Foster, 1836; Anderson Nicks, 1839; Jonathan Logan, 1838; Daniel Connor, 1831; Arpheus A. Sadler, 1836; William K. Lee, 1839; John Knight, 1836; Elias W. Courtney, 1839; Nathan Nesbitt, 1841; James Murphy, 1836; Thomas Wilton, 1839; Augustus M. Ward, 1839; Thomas Whittaker, 1838. Township 9, Range 25-Abraham Laster, 1836; Thomas West, 1836; Joshua H. Cates, 1836; Jesse Brashear, 1836; Eli Patty, 1846; Henry S. Weathers, 1850; William E. Johnston, 1849; Renny Belen, 1839; Pleasant W. Hamblin, 1850; William A. Gwynn and Samuel Davis, 1836; Jonathan Courtney, 1836; Joseph Ring and Samuel Murray, 1837; John Fribs, 1836; Peter Allen, 1836; John S. Davis, 1836; Joseph King, 1836; James Cravens, 1836; Samuel Davis, 1836; Anderson Nieks, 1839; Mal-
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achi Iseley, 1839; William H. Bates, 1837; Rob- ert H. Brown, 1838; Jarat Wright, 1839; William A. Anderson, 1839; O. D. Hogins, 1837; Robert H. Brown, 1838; James W. Smith, 1836; Peter Allen, 1837; Simon Logan, 1839; William Logan, 1836; Thomas Anderson, 1836; Twitty Pace, 1836; Philemon Williams, 1837; Edward Davis, 1838; John Cargill, 1837; L. Whittle, 1836; Zadock Brashear, 1846; Lorenzo N. Clark, 1836; Walter Threadford, 1836; James Cargill, 1836 ;- Robert Cargill, 1836; Matthew T. Logan, 1836; Miles T. Scott, 1836; James Logan, 1836; Heirs of David Logan, 1836; John Logan, 1836; William A. An- derson, 1836; I. Taylor, 1836; James W. Smith, 1836; David Pearson, 1836; Dickinson Burt, 1839. Township 10, Range 25-James Morris, 1840; Willis Steele, 1840; George Lewis, 1844; Mandy F. Bartlett, 1847; William Johnson, 1840; Louis Hargraves, 1849; William Ake, 1840; Thomas I. Young, 1840; James Young, 1840; Robert R. Balls, 1847; Hartwell Morris, 1848; Bartlett Zach- ary, 1840; M. A. Kendall, 1848; James Cravens and others, 1840; Isaac Kersey, 1840; George Moore, 1843; Thomas Hale, 1844; Joseph T. Mile- ham, 1840; Claiborne Ake, 1840; Felix G. Ake, 1840; Isaac Kerser, 1840; William Crawford, 1840; John Ward, 1840; Jesse E. Crook, 1842; James Hargraves, 1847; John C. Cloud, 1848; Joseph James, 1839; John Swaggerty, 1840; Henry Ryan, 1840; William T. Hyden, 1847; Twitty Pace, 1839; Davis Hargraves, 1840; Robert Har- graves, 1840; John Ward, 1840; John Hamblin, 1840; Benjamin L. Pace, 1850; John Armstrong, 1840; John Johnson, 1850; William Williams, 1851; John Springer, 1841; Sarah M. Williams, 1840; Renny Belen, 1840; Jacob Arbaugh, 1841; E. N. Davis, 1850; Henry Ryan, 1840; Thomas West, 1844; Henry S. Weathers, 1850; Frances Arbaugh, 1839. Township 12, Range 25-Jonas L. Tebbuts, 1848; Joseph Stewart, 1848; Louis Eubank, 1848; John H. Davis, 1848; James F. Hill, 1848. Where different claims in the same township were pre-empted by one man, the earliest date only is given. Many of these are the names of Johnson County's pioneers-men who left com- fortable Eastern and Southern homes, surrounded
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