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

122 pages including 158 family biographies plus 4 different historical maps featuring the locations of 53 Independence County communities

An informative and historical overview of Independence County, Arkansas on CD 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 Independence County, Arkansas" book including 158 family biographies.

This fascinating and detailed CD contains ALL of the following material on 2 separate books, ALL on 1 CD:

Book One on CD: Maps of Independence 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 Independence County just 35 years after its formation. Locations shown include: Alder Brook * Batesville * Curia * Graham * Oil Trough * Pleasant L. * Pleasant Plains * Polk Bayou * Rock Point * Sulphur Rock * Wallace Cr. * Walnut Grove * Wolf Bayou *

B. A map of 1895 Independence County showing the locations of 22 different settlements including all of the following: Alvis * Batesville * Charlotte * Desha * Dota * Floral * Hazel Gr. * Hickory Val. * James * Jamestown * McHue * Mobley * Moorefield * Newark * Oil Trough * Olyphant * Paroquet * Pleasant Plains * Sharp * Sulphur Rock * Virgie * Walnut Grove *

C. A map of 1898 Independence County showing the locations of 33 different settlements including all of the following: Akron * Alvis * Batesville * Bethesda * Charlotte * Christian * Cord * Curia * Cushman * Denieville * Desha * Dota * Ellers * Elmo * Floral * Graham * Hazel Gr. * Hickory Valley * Jacksonport * James * Jamestown * Mobley * Moorefield * Newark * Oil Trough * Paroquet * Pleasant Plains * Rosie * Salado * Sandtown * Sharp * Sulpher Rock * Victor *

D. A map of 1915 Independence County showing the locations of 31 different settlements including all of the following: Alonzo * Batesville * Bethesda * Charlotte * Cord * Curia * Cushman * Denieville * Desha * Dota * Dunnington * Ellers * Elmo * Graham * Hutchinson * James * Jamestown * Moorefield * Magness * Newark * Oneal S. * Paroque * Penters Bluff * Pleasant Plains * Rosie * Sandtown * Sulphur Rock * Walls Ferry * Walnut Grove * White River Jc. * Wrenton *



Book Two on CD: The complete 1889 "Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Independence County, Arkansas" by the Goodspeed Publishing Company
This detailed (122 pages in all!) book has an incredible amount of information about Independence County, ARK. from its earliest settlement up to 1889. This is an exact photo replica of all the pages pertaining to Independence County, Arkansas including all of the historical and biographical information. Included are a total of 158 different family biographies.

Here is just some of the information included:

• County Organized
• County Seat Established
• County Buildings
• County Officials
• The County Courts
• French Trappers and Traders
• The Pioneer Settlers
• County Boundaries
• County Location
• Physical Description of County
• Rivers and Springs
• Minerals
• Timber
• Soils
• Agriculture
• Livestock
• Real Estate Valuation
• Population
• Railroads
• Churches
• Cities, Towns, and Villages: Batesville * Cushman * Jamestown * Newark * Pleasant Plains * Sulphur Rock
• Schools
• The Civil War
• Biographical Sketches

Included is a total of 158 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): Albright * Allen * Aydelott * Bailey * Baker * Ball * Barnes * Bartlett * Baxter * Bell * Best * Bevens * Bone * Bradley * Brewer * Bullington * Byers * Canon * Carpenter * Carter * Case * Cason * Chambers * Childress * Churchill * Cobb * Coble * Cook * Craig * Crow * Cullins * Denton * Desha * Dickinson * Dickson * Dobson * Dodd * Dorr * Duck * Duffey * Dumas * Earnheart * Erwin * Ewing * Flinn * Gardner * Glass * Glenn * Goodwin * Gossett * Gray * Griffin * Hail * Hathcock * Handford * Harrelson * Headstream * Hinkle * Hodge * Hodges * Huddleston * Hulsey * Hurley * James * Jeffery * Jernigan * Kimmer * Kirkland * Lacy * Leggett * Lindsey * Logan * Long * McCauley * McClain * McClendon * McClure * McGuire * McHenry * McKee * Mack * Magness * Martin * Massey * Mayfield * Mayhue * Meacham * Meriwether * Mills * Miniken * Montgomery * Moore * Morgan * Neill * Nesbit * Norvell * Osborne * Ottinger * Owen * Padgett * Patterson * Pearce * Pierce * Ramsey * Rosenthal * Runyan * Rutherford * Saffold * Saylors * Simmons * Smart * Smith * Starnes * Stone * Stroud * Suit * Swain * Tarpley * Trimble * Vaughan * Waldrip * Weaver * Webb * Williams * Williamson * Wilson * Wyatt * Wycough * Yancey *

Independence County is located in Northeastern Arkansas and is surrounded by the following counties: Stone County, Arkansas * Izard County, Arkansas * Sharp County, Arkansas * Lawrence County, Arkansas * Jackson County, Arkansas * White County, Arkansas * and Cleburne County, Arkansas .

Each of the 2 books on this CD is in Adobe Acrobat 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 on CD described above is only $9.95 plus shipping! Tons of information for very little money! A truly fascinating view of Independence County, Arkansas from its first settlement to 1889.