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

73 pages including 103 family biographies plus 4 different historical maps featuring the locations of 19 Cross County, Arkansas communities

An informative and historical overview of Cross County, Arkansas including two separate books on one CD which include 4 historical maps (1855, 1895, 1898, and 1915); plus the full 1890 Goodspeed Publishing Company "Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Cross County, Arkansas" book including 103 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 Cross County, Arkansas
Included here are the Northeast region of Arkansas sections of 4 different historical maps:

A. A rare 1855 map that shows the Cross County, Arkansas area seven years before Cross County was created. 

B. A map of 1895 Cross County showing the locations of 11 different settlements including all of the following: Bay Village * Cherry Valley * Crowleys * Hamlin * Hickory Ridge * Levesque * Parkin * Tilton * Vanndale * Wittsburg * Wynne *

C. A map of 1898 Cross County showing the locations of 17 different settlements including all of the following: Bay Village * Burkes Mill * Cherry Valley * Crowley  * Fair Oaks * Hamlin * Hickory Ridge * Hydrick * Langeal * Levesque * Parkin * Smithdale * Tilton * Vanndale * Wade Spur * Wittsburg * Wynne *

D. A map of 1915 Cross County showing the locations of 12 different settlements including all of the following: Birdeye * Cherry Valley * Fair Oaks * Hamlin * Hickory Ridge * Levesque * Parkin * Princedale * Smithdale * Tilton * Vanndale * Wynne *



Book Two on CD: The complete 1890 "Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Cross County, Arkansas" by the Goodspeed Publishing Company
This detailed (73 pages in all) book has a large amount of information about Cross County, Arkansas from its earliest settlement up to 1890. This is an exact photo replica of all the pages pertaining to Cross County, Arkansas including all of the historical and biographical information. Included are a total of 103 different family biographies.

Here is just some of the information included:

• Partial Contents
• Cross County Established
• Boundaries of Cross County
• Cross County Early Settlers and Settlement
• First White Settler in Cross County
• Cross County Seat Established
• Erection of Cross County Court House
• Topography
• Rivers
• Cross County Towns, Villages, Post-Offices: Cherry Valley * Vanndale * Wittsburg * Wynne
• Judges and Lawyers
• First Legal Execution in Cross County
• Martin Mitchell, Desperado
• Churches in Cross County
• Cross County Schools
• Cross County Officials
• Lodges and Societies
• The Civil War and Cross County
• Railroads in Cross County
• Real Estate
• Crowley's Ridge
• Agriculture
• Cross County Biographical Sketches (54 pages in this section)

Included is a total of 103 Woodruff 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):  Allen * Austell * Bailes * Bamson * Bedford * Berry * Block * Brown * Bruner * Bryant * Casbeer * Cobb * Cole * Copland * Daltroff * Ellis * Erwin * Fannin * Faulkner * Fountain * Futrell * Ganley * Gardner * Graham * Griffin * Halk * Hamilton * Hare * Harris * Hinton * Hodge * Hodges * Johnson * Jones * Jordan * Julian * Killough * Lancaster * Levesque * Lewellen * Littlefield * Logan * Lyon * Malone * Martin * May * McElroy * McKie * Mebane * Neely * Oliver * Orr * Phillips * Pierce * Pope * Raulston * Riley * Roberts * Robinson * Rogers * Rolfe * Sigman * Slocum * Smith * Spain * Sparks * Stacy * Stoner * Taylor * Toole * Tyer * Vann * Warren * White * Wilkins * Winters * Wright *

Cross County is located in Northeast Arkansas and is bordered by the following counties: Woodruff County, Arkansas * Jackson County, Arkansas * Poinsett County, Arkansas * Crittenden County, Arkansas * and St. Francis 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 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 $7.95 plus shipping! A large amount of information for very little cost! A truly fascinating view of Cross County, Arkansas from its first settlement to 1890.