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

74 pages including 124 family biographies plus 4 different historical maps featuring the locations of 31 Clay County communities

An informative and historical overview of Clay County, Arkansas  including two separate books on CD which include 4 historical maps (1855, 1895, 1898, and 1915); plus the full 1889 Goodspeed Publishing Company "Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Clay County, Arkansas" book including 124 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 Clay County, Arkansas
Included here are the Northeastern region of Arkansas sections of 4 different historical maps:
A. A rare 1855 map that shows the area of Clay County eighteen years before its formation from Greene and Randolph Counties. Locations shown include: Crowley's * Gainesville * Lorado * Oak Bluff * Walcott *

B. A map of 1895 Clay County showing the locations of 16 different settlements including all of the following: Boydsville * Brookings * Buckhorn * Corning * Greenway * Hammett * Knobel * Moark * Nimmons * Peach Orchard * Piggott * Pollard * Rector * St. Francis * Webbers Mill * Williams *

C. A map of 1898 Clay County showing the locations of 20 different settlements including all of the following: Boydsville * Bridgeport * Brookings * Corning * Crockett * Dugger * Greenway * Hammett * Knobel * Moark * Palatka * Peach Orchard * Piggott * Pollard * Rector * St. Francis * Success * Tabor * Thurman * Williams *

D. A map of 1915 Clay County showing the locations of 24 different settlements including all of the following: Boydsville * Brookings * Buckhorn * Carryville * Corning * Datto * Greenway * Hammett * Knob * Knobel * Leonard * Moark * Nimmons * Palstka * Peach Orchard * Piggott * Pollard * Pratt * Rector * Rhyne * St. Francis * Success * Webbers Mill * W. Kennett *



Book Two on CD: The complete 1889 "Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Clay County, Arkansas" by the Goodspeed Publishing Company
This detailed (74 pages in all) book has an incredible amount of information about Clay County, Arkansas from its earliest settlement up to 1889. This is an exact photo replica of all the pages pertaining to Clay County, Arkansas including all of the historical and biographical information. Included are a total of 124 different family biographies.

Here is just some of the information included:

• Boundary
• Physical Features
• Rivers
• Timber
• Soil
• Agricultural Crops
• Live Stock
• Property Values
• Population
• Railroads
• First Settlers
• County Organized
• Seats of Justice
• County Buildings
• County Officials
• The County Court
• The Civil War
• Cities, Towns, and Villages: Advance * Boydsville * Corning * Don * Greenway * Knobel * Moark * Peach Orchard * Piggott * Pitman * Rector * St. Francis * Thurman * Vidette * Williams
• Newspapers
• Schools
• Churches
• Biographical Sketches

Included is a total of 124 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): Alexander * Allen * Bare * Barnes * Bearden * Biffle * Bishop * Blackshare * Boshers * Bowers * Brennecke * Brobst * Brown * Calvin * Campbell * Cochran * Coleman * Cook * Cooper * Cox * Crews * Daniel * Davis * Deniston * Denny * Dollison * Downs * Dudgeon * Earle * Ermert * Forrest * Frew * Galvin * Gilchrist * Gills * Glasgow * Gleghorn * Goldsby * Green * Griffin * Griffith * Hancock * Harb * Hardin * Hawthorne * Holifield * Hollis * Hovey * Hudgens * Huston * Keller * Kelley * Ketchum * Kopp * Langley * Liddell * Lively * Loda * Looney * McDonald * McGuire * McNiel * McPherson * Magee * Mahan * Malone * Martin * Masterson * Mellert * Michell * Miller * Moore * Mowls * Myers * Nicolas * Orr * Paty * Payne * Pierce * Pollard * Redwine * Reed * Rouse * Royall * Scurlock * Schneider * Seegraves * Sellmeyer * Silverberg * Simmons * Simpson * Smith * Spence * Stokes * Swift * Symonds * Taylor * Throgmorton * Tisdial * Tucker * Turner * Ward * Watts * Weindel * Whitaker * Whitehorn * Williams * Wilson * Winstead * Wolf * Woodall * Wynn * Yancey * Yates * *



Clay County is located in Northeastern Arkansas and is surrounded by the following counties: Greene County, Arkansas * Randolph County, Arkansas * Ripley County, Missouri * Butler County, Missouri * and Dunklin County, Missouri 

Each of the two 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 books on this CD 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 I or higher computer with a CD drive.

The cost for this CD containing both books described above is only $7.95 plus shipping! A large amount of information for very little cost! A truly fascinating view of Clay County, Arkansas from its first settlement to 1889.