Jefferson County, Arkansas

133 pages including 136 family biographies plus 4 different historical maps featuring the locations of 59 Jefferson County communities

An informative and historical overview of Jefferson 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 Jefferson County, Arkansas" book including 136 family biographies.

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

Book One on CD: Maps of Jefferson 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 of Jefferson County just 26 years after it was created. Locations shown include: Camp Cr. * Darysaw * Lehi * New Gascony * Pine Bluff * Richland * Rob Roy * Straw Hat *

B. A map of 1895 Jefferson County showing the locations of 28 different settlements including all of the following:  Altheimer * Baldwin * Bankhead * Cornerstone * Darysaw * Dexter * English * Fairfield * Faith * Garrisons Landing * Jefferson (Jefferson Springs Sta.) * Ladd * Linwood * New Gascony * Noble * Pastoria * Pine Bluff * Plum Bayou * Redfield * Reydel * Samples * Sherrill * Sorrells * Swan Lake * Tamo * Tucker * Wabasseca (or Wabbaseka) * Williamette *

C. A map of 1898 Jefferson County showing the locations of 39 different settlements including all of the following: Altheimer * Astor * Baldwin * Bankhead * Corkscrew * Cornerstone * Darysaw * Dexter (or Samples) * Double Wells * Elerson * English (or Kawsey) * Faith * Garretson * Grace * Greer * Jefferson * Kearney * Ladd * L. Dick * Linwood * Locust Cottage * Madding * New Gascony (or Sennetts) * Nobles * Pastoria * Pine Bluff * Plum Bayou * Redfield * Rob Roy * Sherrill * Sleeth * Swan Lake * Toronto * Tucker * Tyrone * Wabbaseka * Wilkins * Williamette * Windom *

D. A map of 1915 Jefferson County showing the locations of 41 different settlements including all of the following:  Altheimer * Baldwin * Cornerstone * Darysaw * Dexter * Double Wells * Eastwood * Elerson * English * Fairfield * Faith * Ferda * Gethsemane * Greer * Hardin * Haywood * Jefferson * Kearney * Ladd * Lake Dick * Lakefarm * Langford * Locust Cottage * Madding * Moscow * New Gascony * Noble Lake * Pine Bluff * Plum Bayou * Redfield * Reydel * Robroy (Rob Roy) * Samples * Sherrill * Skinner * Sorrells * Swan Lake * Sweden * Tamo * Tucker * Wabbaseka * 



Book Two on CD: The complete 1889 "Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Jefferson County, Arkansas" by the Goodspeed Publishing Company
This detailed (133 pages in all) book has an incredible amount of information about Jefferson County, ARK. from its earliest settlement up to 1889. This is an exact photo replica of all the pages pertaining to Jefferson County, Arkansas including all of the historical and biographical information. Included are a total of 136 different family biographies.

Here is just some of the information included:

• Indian Settlements in Jefferson County, Arkansas
• Earliest White Settlements in Jefferson County
• French and Spanish Governors
• Early Settlers of Jefferson County
• Early Jefferson County Divisions
• Creation of Jefferson County, Arkansas
• Jefferson County Boundaries
• Topography
• Lands and Minerals
• Timber
• Agricultural Resources of Jefferson County
• Springs and Lakes
• Erection of Jefferson Court Houses
• Railroads in Jefferson County
• Jefferson County Population
• Courts of Jefferson County
• Jefferson County Bar
• Jefferson County Towns, Villages, Post-Offices: Pine Bluff * Redfield * Altheimer * Jefferson Springs * Rob Roy * Other Settlements
• Early Settlers in Pine Bluff
• Pine Bluff Businesses
• Incorporation of Pine Bluff
• The Civil War in Jefferson County
• Jefferson County Schools
• Church History of Jefferson County
• Jefferson County County Officials
• Biographical Sketches
• Biographical Sketches (Colored)

Included is a total of 136 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):  Adams * Altheimer * Anthony * Aschaffenburg * Austin * Bailey * Baldwin * Barrett * Bayliss * Bell * Blackwell * Bocage * Boisclair * Brewster * Browning * Brunson * Chamblee * Childress * Clayton * Cole * Cooper * Crockett * Crutchfield * Curlin * Currie * Dickson * Dodds * Dunn * Fergus * Geisreiter * George * Gibbs * Gocio * Goree * Grace * Greenfield * Hardister * Havis * Haycock * Hellums * Hicks * Hilliard * Hocker * Holmes * Hubbard * Hudgens * Hudson * Ingram * Jackman * Jackson * Johnson * Jones * Laporte * Ledbetter * Lemon * Lindsay * Lowry * Lytle * Madding * Marsh * McClure * McCracken * McGaughy * McGehee * McIntosh * McPhail * Merrill * Meyer * Middlebrooks * Mitchell * Moon * Moore * Motes * Murphy * Murray * Niven * Ormsby * Owen * Parse * Peters * Phillips * Pierce * Pitts * Pleasants * Pointer * Quattlebaum * Rawls * Rector * Reed * Reynolds * Richmond * Riggin * Ritchie * Roberts * Rowsey * Sallee * Sanders * Scull * Sennett * Shelby * Sherrill * Silverman * Smith * Sorrells * Stephens * Tate * Taylor * Thompson * Trimble * Triplett * Tucker * Vaugine * Walker * Wallis * Watkins * Weedon * Westall * Williams * Willis * Winfrey * Winters * Wright * 

Jefferson County is located in Central Arkansas and is surrounded by the following counties: Pulaski County, Arkansas * Lonoke County, Arkansas * Arkansas County, Arkansas * Lincoln County, Arkansas * and Cleveland 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 $9.95 plus shipping! A great deal of information for very little money! A truly fascinating view of Jefferson County, Arkansas from its first settlement to 1889.