Bradley County, Arkansas: Biographies, History, and Historical Maps

44 pages including 64 family biographies plus 4 different historical maps featuring the locations of 30 Bradley County, Arkansas communities

An informative and historical overview of Bradley County, Arkansas including two separate books on CD which include 4 historical maps (1855, 1895, 1898, and 1915); plus the full 1890 Goodspeed Publishing Company "Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Bradley County, Arkansas" book including 64 family biographies.

This fascinating and detailed CD contains ALL of the following material in two separate books, ALL on one CD:

Book One on CD: Maps of Bradley County, Arkansas
Included here are the Southwest region of Arkansas sections of 4 different historical maps:

A. A rare 1855 map that shows the Bradley County, Arkansas area just 15 years after Bradley County was created.  Locations shown: Eagle Creek * Lanark * Moro Lan * Mount Elba * Warren *

B. A map of 1895 Bradley County showing the locations of 16 different settlements including all of the following: Adamsville * Craney * Gravel Ridge * Hermitage * Ingalls * Johnsville * Lanark * Marsden * Moro Bay * Saline * Simpson * Stix * Sturgis * Sumpter * Vick * Warren * 

C. A map of 1898 Bradley County showing the locations of 17 different settlements including all of the following: Adamsville * Allcorn * Gravelridge * Hermitage * Ingalls * Jersey * Johnsville * Lanark * Marsden * Morgan * Moro Bay * Palace * Saline * Simpson * Sturgis * Sumpter * Warren *

D. A map of 1915 Bradley County showing the locations of 17 different settlements including all of the following: Banks * Blue Springs * Carey * Conrad * Ferrell * Glynn * Gravelridge * Hermitage * Jersey * Johnsville * Lanark * Marsden * McKinney * Moro Bay * Sumpter * Vick * Warren *



Book Two on CD: The complete 1890 "Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Bradley County, Arkansas" by the Goodspeed Publishing Company
This detailed (44 pages in all) book has a large amount of information about Bradley County, Arkansas from its earliest settlement up to 1890. This is an exact photo replica of all the pages pertaining to Bradley County, Arkansas including all of the historical and biographical information. Included are a total of 64 different family biographies.

Here is just some of the information included:

• Partial Contents
• Bradley County Boundaries
• Topography
• Timber
• Soils
• Rivers and Streams
• Crops
• Livestock
• Bradley County Population
• First Settlements in Bradley County
• Early Settlers Bradley County
• Early Life in Bradley County
• The Civil War and Bradley County
• Education
• Early Bradley County Courts
• First Hanging in Bradley County
• Judges
• Bradley County Organized
• Bradley County Townships
• Post-Offices in Bradley County
• Taxation
• Warren, Arkansas - Bradley County Seat
• Bradley County Courthouse
• Bradley County Officials
• Bradley County Biographical Sketches (28 pages in this section)

Included is a total of 64 Bradley County family biographies including each of the following surnames: (Some surnames have multiple biographies) (hundreds of other surnames are also mentioned throughout the text and within these biographies):  Abernathy * Bailey * Balfour * Barry * Beasley * Bradley * Brooks * Broughton * Childs * Davis * Ederington * Evans * Ferrell * Fike * Gannaway * Gardner * Garison * Gill * Godfrey * Hairston * Hamilton * Herring * Hickman * Howard * Hoyle * Jackson * Jolly * Jones * Maroney * Martin * McClain * McLeod * Meek * Moseley * Neely * Pierce * Pirtle * Pope * Powers * Quimby * Rucker * Scobey * Simpson * Singer * Sutton * Thornton * Turner * Turner * Van Valkenburgh * Veazey * Watson * Wheeler * Wheless * Whiteside * Wilfong * Williams * Word * York *

Bradley County is located in Southeast Arkansas and is surrounded by the following counties: Calhoun County, Arkansas * Cleveland County, Arkansas * Drew County, Arkansas * Ashley County, Arkansas * and Union County, Arkansas *  

Each of the 2 books on this CD is in Adobe Acrobat PDF format and requires the free Acrobat Reader program to view. You probably already have this program on your computer but if not, a free copy of the program is included on the CD. Each of the ebooks is designed to look just like a regular book and is bookmarked to move easily and quickly from one section another. This CD will operate on any Pentium or equivilent computer with a CD drive.

The cost for this CD containing both books described above is only $4.95 plus shipping! A large amount of information for very little cost! A truly fascinating view of Bradley County, Arkansas from its first settlement to 1890.