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

142 pages including 163 family biographies plus 4 different historical maps featuring the locations of 52 Franklin County communities

An informative and historical overview of Franklin County, Arkansas  including two separate books on CD which include 4 historical maps (1855, 1895, 1898, and 1915); plus the full 1889 Goodspeed's "History of Franklin County, Arkansas" book including 99 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 Franklin County, Arkansas
Included here are the North Western region of Arkansas sections of 4 different historical maps:
A. A rare 1855 map that shows the area of Franklin County just eightteen years after the county was formed. Communities shown are: Cass * Charles T. * Constitution * Mt. Gilead * Ozark * Pleasant Hill * Point Prairie * Roseville * State Salt Spr. *

B. A map of 1895 Franklin County showing the locations of 21 different settlements including all of the following: Alston (White Oak Sta.) * Altus * Brand * Cass * Cecil * Charleston * Donald * Dorietta * Etna * Fern * Flowery * Grace * Leon * Ozark * Pauline * Poping * Redding * Roseville * Vesta * Vineland * Webb City *

C. A map of 1898 Franklin County showing the locations of 35 different settlements including all of the following: Allister * Alston (White Oak) * Altus * Barnes * Branch * Cass * Cecil * Charleston * Cravens * Dahoma * Denning * Donald * Effa * Esther * Etna * Felkers * Fern * Grace * Hight * Leon * Lonelm * Lou * Meg * Mountaintop * Mulberry * Ozark * Plymouth * Poring * Sixmile * Subrosa * Toney * Vesta * Vineland * Webb City * White Rock *

D. A map of 1915 Franklin County showing the locations of 28 different settlements including all of the following: Alix * Alston * Altus * Anice * Barnes * Branch * Cass * Cecil * Charleston * Cravens * Denning * Effa * Etna * Fern * Jethro * Leon * Meg * Mountain Top * Ozark * Peterpender * Redding * Sixmile * Toney * Ursula * Vesta * Watalula * Webb City * White Rock *



Book Two on CD: The complete 1889 "History of Franklin County, Arkansas" by the Goodspeed Publishing Co.
This detailed (142 pages in all) book has an incredible amount of information about Franklin County, Arkansas from its earliest settlement up to 1889. This is an exact photo replica of all the pages pertaining to Franklin County, Arkansas including all of the historical and biographical information. Included are a total of 163 different biographies.

Here is just some of the information included:

• Boundary, Topography, etc.
• Early History and Settlement
• Archaeological
• Indians & Earliest Whites
• Actual Settlers
• Early Experiences
• Organization
• County Officers, etc
• Population and Statistics
• Societies
• Courts, etc
• Military Record
• Militia
• Mexican War
• The Civil War
• Towns and Villages: Roseville * Pleasant Hill * Ozark * Charleston * Mulberry City * Altus
• Other Places - Post-Offices * Webb City * Sub Rosa, Vista, & Alston
• Education
• Churches, Kindred Associations
• Biographical Appendix

Included is a total of 163 family biographies including each of the following surnames:
(Some surnames have multiple biographies) (thousands of other surnames are also mentioned throughout the text and within these biographies): Allen * Amis * Amos * Anderson * Austin * Bachelor * Bailey * Baker * Beneux * Bennett * Berry * Blaylock * Bridgman * Brigance * Brown * Bryant * Burt * Campbell * Canon * Carpenter * Carter * Colburn * Cole * Conatser * Corley * Cox * Crockett * Crossno * Davenport * Donaldson * Douglass * Elsey * Eichenberger * Ford * Fulks * Gammill * Garner * Garretson * Garrison * Greenlee * Greenwood * Greer * Hadley * Hamm * Hargrove * Hawkins * Henderson * Henry * Hiatt * Hicks * Hill * Holder * Hooper * Hopkins * Hopper * Hudson * Hunter * Hyams * Jeanes * Johnston * Kendrick * King * Kizer * Kobel * Lane * Linzy * Lish * McCain * McFerran * McIlroy * McKinney * McLane * McLaughlin * Mansfield * Marlar * Martin * Metz * Milam * Miller * Milton * Milton * Moomaw * Moore * Moon * Nichols * Nickell * Nixon * Obar * O'Donohoe * O'Kane * O'Neal * Parker * Parks * Patrick * Payne * Pendergrass * Peters * Pettigrew * Phillips * Pile * Powell * Quaile * Quesenbury * Randolph * Ransom * Remy * Rodman * Rice * Russell * Sadler * Sawyer * Shelton * Sherman * Simpson * Smith * Spencer * Stephens * Stokes * Stroup * Taylor * Tolbert * Turner * Volentine * Wagner * Weaver * Welton * Whitlock * Williams * Wilson * Woodruff *



Franklin County is located in the North West corner of Arkansas and is surrounded by the following counties: Crawford County, Arkansas * Madison County, Arkansas * Johnson County, Arkansas * Logan County, Arkansas * and Sebastian 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 Franklin County, Arkansas from its first settlement to 1889.