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

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139 pages including 204 family biographies plus 4 different historical maps featuring the locations of 33 Conway County communities

An informative and historical overview of Conway County, Arkansas  including two separate books on CD which include 4 historical maps (1855, 1895, 1898, and 1915); plus the full 1890 Arkansas Historical Publishing Company "Historical Reminiscences and Biographical Memoirs of Conway County, Arkansas" book including 204 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 Conway County, Arkansas
Included here are the West Central region of Arkansas sections of 4 different historical maps:
A. A rare 1855 map that shows the area of Conway County just thirty years after its formation. Locations shown include: Cadron * Green Grove * Lewisburg *

B. A map of 1895 Conway County showing the locations of 15 different settlements including all of the following: Ada * Arthur * Black V. * Cleveland * German T. * Hattie V. * Lick Mountain * Menifee * Morrillton * Oppelo * Plumerville * Roberts * Ruralhome * Solgohachiu * Sprinfield *

C. A map of 1898 Conway County showing the locations of 24 different settlements including all of the following: Ada * Arthur * Blackville * Center Ridge * Cleveland * Divide * Germantown * Hall * Hattie V. * Hawkstone * Index * Jerusalem * Lick Mountain * Menifee * Morrillton * Old Hickory * Oppelo * Plumerville * Pt. Reinove * Roberts V. * St. Vincent * Solgohachia * Springfield * Wolverton *

D. A map of 1915 Conway County showing the locations of 19 different settlements including all of the following: Blackwell * Blick * Center Ridge * Cleveland * Divide * Germantown * Hattieville * Index * Lanty * Menifee * Middleton * Morrillton * Oppelo * Plumerville * Pontoon * Solgohachia * St. Vincent * Springfield * West *



Book Two on CD: The complete 1890 "Historical Reminiscences and Biographical Memoirs of Conway County, Arkansas" by the Arkansas Historical Publishing Company
This detailed (139 pages in all) book has an incredible amount of information about Conway County, Arkansas from its earliest settlement up to 1890. This is an exact photo replica of all the pages pertaining to Conway County, Arkansas including all of the historical and biographical information. Included are a total of 204 different family biographies.
    Here is just some of the information included:
  • History of Conway County
  • County Organization
  • County Seats
  • County Buildings
  • Municipal Townships
  • The Civil War
  • Streams and Rivers
  • Topography
  • Minerals
  • Little Rock & Fort Smith Railroad
  • County Officials
  • Newspapers
  • Early Settlers of County
  • Churches
  • Schools
  • Morrilton Male and Female College
  • Resources
  • Taxation
  • The Courts
  • Soils
  • Timber
  • Agriculture
  • Climate
  • Property Valuation
  • Lodges and Societies
  • Cities, Towns, and Villages: Morrilton * Lewisburg * Springfield * Cleveland * Centre Ridge * Solgohatchia * Ada * Oppello * Divide * Menifee * Plummerville
  • A Call to Conway County
  • Biographical Sketches


Included is a total of 204 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): Adams * Allen * Amis * Armstrong * Asbury * Avants * Baird * Balinga * Barker * Bearden * Bird * Blackburn * Blakeney * Bolton * Box * Bradford * Bradley * Bratcher * Brents * Brizzell * Broun * Brown * Burrow * Carlock * Carpenter * Castleberry * Cathcart * Cheek * Cherry * Cleveland * Clifton * Coblentz * Cole * Collins * Combs * Comes * Cox * Cross * Crowder * Crowell * Crozier * Cullens * Dean * Dille * Duran * Durham * Ellis * Evans * Fitzhenry * Ford * Frazier * Garrison * Gipson * Glenn * Green * Greer * Griffin * Halbrook * Hamm * Hanna * Hannaford * Hanserd * Hastings * Hatcher * Hendrickson * Henry * Hill * Hobbs * Holt * Houstion * Howser * James * Jobe * Jones * Kennimer * Kirkland * Kissire * Lane * Ledbetter * Leigh * Lucas * Mallet * Malone * Marshall * Mason * Massey * McBride * McCullough * McDaniel * McMahan * Melton * Miller * Mitchell * Moore * Moose * Morlock * Morrow * Muratta * Murray * Nabors * Neal * Newberry * Noland * Norman * Norwood * Oates * Odell * Palmer * Parker * Plummer * Powell * Presley * Rapier * Reed * Reeves * Reid * Roberts * Russell * Sayle * Sandlin * Scarborough * Scroggin * Scroggins * Seaman * Shewmake * Simmons * Skipper * Slaughter * Sloan * Smith * Snyder * Spears * Steele * Stein * Stell * Stephens * Steward * Stobaugh * Stout * Stover * Stowers * Straughan * Stripling * Stubbs * Summerhill * Tate * Taylor * Teel * Thomas * Thompson * Todd * Toombs * Toon * Treadwell * Truett * Vandeventer * Vaughan * Venable * Walkers * Walsh * Weatherly * Wells * Westerfield * Wheeler * Wilder * Wilkerson * Willbanks * Williams * Winingham * Wolf * Woolverton * Yancey * Yeates *



Conway County is located in West Central of Arkansas and is surrounded by the following counties: Pope County, Arkansas * Faulkner County, Arkansas * Van Buren County, Arkansas * Perry County, Arkansas * and Yell County, Arkansas

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 $9.95 plus shipping! A large amount of information for very little cost! A truly fascinating view of Conway County, Arkansas from its first settlement to 1890.


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