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

55 pages including 68 family biographies plus 4 different historical maps featuring the locations of 40 Grant County, Arkansas communities

An informative and historical overview of Grant 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 Grant County, Arkansas" book including 68 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 Grant County, Arkansas
Included here are the Central region of Arkansas sections of 4 different historical maps:

A. A rare 1855 map that shows the area that would become Grant County fourteen years later in 1869.  Grant County was created from Jefferson, Hot Spring, and Saline Counties.

B. A map of 1895 Grant County showing the locations of 24 different settlements including all of the following: Ain * Belfast * Bookman * Brady * Brooks * Cherry Grove * Darysaw * Dogwood * Doylestown * Ebb * Erin * Fenter * Grapevine * Ico * Jefferson Springs * Junet * Lucian * Patten * Poe * Prattsville * Sandy Springs * Sheridan * Tull * Turin *

C. A map of 1898 Grant County showing the locations of 22 different settlements including all of the following: Ain * Bassville * Belfast * Bookman * Brooks * Cherrygrove * Dogwood * Ebb * Erin * Ewing * Grapevine * Ico * Junet * Kelt * Obin * Orion * Poe * Prattsville * Sandy Springs * Sheridan * Tull * Turin *

D. A map of 1915 Grant County showing the locations of 27 different settlements including all of the following: Ain * Alice * Arthur * Belfast * Bookman * Brooks * Buie * Cherrygrove * Darysaw * Deer Creek * Dogwood * Ebb * Erin * Fenter * Gorham * Grant Junction * Grapevine * Ico * Junet * Lamont * Leola * Obin * Pierce * Prague * Saline River * Sheridan * Tull *



Book Two on CD: The complete 1889 "Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Grant County, Arkansas" by the Goodspeed Publishing Company
This detailed (55 pages in all) book has a large amount of information about Grant County, Arkansas. from its earliest settlement up to 1889. This is an exact photo replica of all the pages pertaining to Grant County, Arkansas including all of the historical and biographical information. Included are a total of 68 different family biographies.

Here is just some of the information included:

• Grant County Organized
• Grant County Townships
• Grant County Court House and Jail
• Grant County Officials
• Livestock
• Grant County Roads
• Indian Mounds
• Quapaw Indians
• Early Settlers in Grant County
• First Store in Grant County
• Civil War in Grant County
• Grant County Courts and Lawyers
• Schools in Grant County
• Churches in Grant County
• Grant County Cities, Towns, and Villages: Belfast * Grapevine * Prattsville * Sheridan * Post Offices
• Population of Grant County
• Grant County Topography
• Soil
• Timber
• Crops
• Grant County Biographical Sketches

Included is a total of 68 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):  Appling * Bales * Baugh * Beavers * Billingslea * Brashears * Butler * Carr * Clement * Cobb * Cole * Crutchfield * Dorn * Dorough * Fenter * Gartman * Gean * Gentry * Glover * Graves * Haley * Hall * Hamilton * Harrison * Henry * Hicks * Holiman * Johnson * Kemp * Lee * Lockhart * Lybrand * McCool * McDonald * Messenger * Moore * Morton * Nall * Nicholson * Paxton * Poe * Posey * Poss * Reese * Reid * Reynolds * Rhodes * Shell * Shepherd * Sudduth * Thompson * Veazey * Wallace * Watson * Wells * West * Williams * Wilson *

Grant County is located in Central Arkansas and is surrounded by the following counties: Hot Spring County, Arkansas * Saline County, Arkansas * Pulaski County, Arkansas * Jefferson County, Arkansas * Cleveland County, Arkansas * and Dallas County, Arkansas .

Each of the 2 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 ebooks 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 $5.95 plus shipping! A great deal of information for very little money! A truly fascinating view of Grant County, Arkansas from its first settlement to 1889.