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

63 pages including 98 family biographies plus 4 different historical maps featuring the locations of 45 Craighead County communities

An informative and historical overview of Craighead 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 Craighead County, Arkansas" book including 98 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 Craighead 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 Craighead County just its formation. Locations shown include: Goldsboro * Greenfield * Greensboro * Newport * Oak Ridge * Sante Fe *

B. A map of 1895 Craighead County showing the locations of 21 different settlements including all of the following: Addie * Bay (or Big Bay) * Bobo * Bonner V. * Brookland * Cane Island * Cash * Claunch * Culberhouse * Dee (or Ridge) * Dryden * Gilkerson * Greensboro * Hancock * Jonesboro * Lake City * Mangrum * Nettleton * Powell * Rice Mill * Risher *

C. A map of 1898 Craighead County showing the locations of 23 different settlements including all of the following: Apt * Bay (or Big Bay) * Bono (Bonner V.) * Bowman * Brookland (or Powell) * Cane Island * Cash * Claunch * Culberson * Dee (or Ridge) * Dryden * Dwight * Gilkeson * Guber T. * Hancock * Herndon * Jonesboro * Lunsford * Macey (or Boynton) * Mangrum * Monette * Nettleton * Obear *

D. A map of 1915 Craighead County showing the locations of 30 different settlements including all of the following: Apt * Bay * Bellefield * Black Oak * Bono * Brookland * Cane Island * Cash * Claunch * Dee * Dryden * Egypt * Faliis * Gibson * Gilkeson * Hancock * Jonesboro * Lake City * Lepanto Jct. * Lunsford * Mangrum * Monette * Needham * Nettleton * Obear * Pekin * Powell * Risher * Shaw * Smithville *



Book Two on CD: The complete 1889 "Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Craighead County, Arkansas" by the Goodspeed Publishing Company
This detailed (63 pages in all) book has an incredible amount of information about Craighead County, Arkansas from its earliest settlement up to 1889. This is an exact photo replica of all the pages pertaining to Craighead County, Arkansas including all of the historical and biographical information. Included are a total of 98 different family biographies.

Here is just some of the information included:

• Boundary
• Physical Features
• Rivers
• Timber
• Soil
• Agricultural Crops
• Live Stock
• Property Values
• Railroads
• Population
• First Settlers
• County Organized
• Seat of Justice
• County Buildings
• County Officials
• The County Court
• The Civil War
• The Fight at Jonesboro
• Craighead County Cities, Towns, and Villages: Bay * Bono * Brookland * Culberhouse * Dee * Gilkerson * Greensboro * Gubertown * Jonesboro * Lake City * Macey * Nettleton * Stottsville * Wardsdale *
• Schools
• Churches
• Biographical Sketches

Included is a total of 98 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): Anderson * Barrett * Blalack * Boren * Bowman * Broadaway * Brookfield * Brown * Bryant * Cate * Christian * Claunch * Clements * Cobb * Cook * Cross * Culberhouse * Darr * Davis * Dixon * Dodds * Douglas * Dudley * Duncan * Echols * Evans * Finch * Frierson * Gage * Gatlin * Grady * Griffin * Hale * Harrell * Harrison * Houston * Hudson * Huggans * Hughs * Johnson * Joyner * Kirksey * Koehler * Lane * Lee * Lunsford * Lynch * McBroom * McDaniel * Malone * Mangrum * Matthews * Mead * Meek * Moss * Nash * Newcom * Newton * Nisbett * O'Guinn * Owens * Pagan * Penix * Perkins * Phillips * Pierce * Rains * Rodgers * Roy * Safley * Salmons * Self * Shelton * Shores * Sipes * Skelton * Springer * Stephens * Stotts * Taylor * Thorn * Thornton * Varner * Wallace * Warner * Wilkerson * Williams * Wilson * Witt * Wood *



Craighead County is located in Northeastern Arkansas and is surrounded by the following counties: Jackson County, Arkansas * Lawrence County, Arkansas * Greene County, Arkansas * Mississippi County, Arkansas * Poinsett County, Arkansas 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 $5.95 plus shipping! A large amount of information for very little cost! A truly fascinating view of Craighead County, Arkansas from its first settlement to 1889.