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

93 pages including 143 family biographies plus 4 different historical maps featuring the locations of 56 Lonoke County communities

An informative and historical overview of Lonoke 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 Lonoke County, Arkansas" book including 143 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 Lonoke 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 Lonoke County 18 years before the county was created. Locations shown include: Brownsville * Oakland Grove *

B. A map of 1895 Lokoke County showing the locations of 32 different settlements including all of the following: Ashvale * Austin * Bayou Meto * Bearskin * Butlerville * Cabot * Carlisle * Cobbs * Cypress * England * Fairmount * Goodpar * Holland * Jacksonville * Keo * Kerr * Lonoke * McCreanors * Meto * Parnell * Pettus * Prairie Cen. * Scotts * Seaton * Sisemore * Sylvania * Toltec * Tomberlins * Wattensaw * Wilober * Wooley * Wrightsville *

C. A map of 1898 Lonoke County showing the locations of 32 different settlements including all of the following: Austin * Bancum * Blakemore * Butlerville * Cabot * Carlisle * Cobbs * England * Hamilton * Holland * Jewel * Keers * Keo * Kirkpatrick * Lonoke * McCreanors * Melta * Needmore * Neill * Panola * Parnell * Pettus * Ross * Scott * Seaton * Sisemore * Speiser * Sylvania * Toltec * Tomberlins * Ward * Wattensaw *

D. A map of 1915 Lonoke County showing the locations of 26 different settlements including all of the following: Arroz * Austin * Brummitt * Cabot * Carlisle * Cobbs * Cullor * England * Furlow * Handain * Jebb * Keo * Kerrs * Lonoke * McCreanor * Perk 



Book Two on CD: The complete 1889 "Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Lonoke County, Arkansas" by the Goodspeed Publishing Company
This detailed (93 pages in all) book has an incredible amount of information about Lonoke County, Arkansas from its earliest settlement up to 1889. This is an exact photo replica of all the pages pertaining to Lonoke County, Arkansas including all of the historical and biographical information. Included are a total of 143 different family biographies.

Here is just some of the information included:

• Lonoke County Church History
• Lonoke County Schools
• Lonoke County Organized
• Erection of Lonoke County Court House
• Division of Townships
• Early Settlers and Settlement in Lonoke County
• Lonoke County Pioneer Days
• Lonoke County Officials
• Population of Lonoke County
• Courts of Lonoke County
• Lonoke County Boundaries
• Rivers and Streams in Lonoke County
• Lonoke County Topography
• Lands and Soils
• Timber
• First Public Highway in Lonoke County
• Railroads in Lonoke County
• Lonoke County Agricultural Resources
• The Civil War in Lonoke County
• Lonoke County Towns, Villages, Post-Offices: Austin * Brownsville * Cabot * Carlisle * England * Lonoke * Post-Offices
• Biographical Sketches

Included is a total of 143 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 * Agnew * Alexander * Allen * Apple * Baskerville * Bayne * Bizzell * Booe * Boyd * Boyte * Bradford * Brewer * Brietz * Brown * Buffalo * Butterworth * Canon * Carroll * Carson * Cate * Caviness * Chapline * Chrisman * Cobb * Crutcher * Davis * Dees * Dortch * Driskill * Duke * Eagle * Elcan * Ellingsworth * England * Fletcher * Furr * Galloway * Gateley * Gatewood * Gingle * Glover * Goodrum * Graham * Gray * Hamberg * Hamilton * Harper * Harrington * Harris * Hensley * Hicks * High * Hollis * Hopper * House * Howell * Hutson * Jackson * Jordan * King * Kirkland * Kirkpatrick * Kitley * Legate * Leigh * Long * Loretz * Lyons * Marble * Martineau * McCrary * Metcalf * Miner * Moore * Morris * Motter * Munnerlyn * Murrell * Muzzy * Neely * Nelon * Northcutt * Park * Patton * Percefull * Perry * Pinson * Portis * Puryear * Pyburn * Reiff * Roberson * Robinson * Rose * Ross * Rowley * Russell * Sanders * Savage * Scott * Seaton * Simmons * Smith * Solomon * Somers * Stephens * Stovall * Tanner * Temple * Thompson * Trimble * Verser * Walton * Watts * Weaver * Webb * Wheat * Whitfield * 

Lonoke County is located in Central Arkansas and is surrounded by the following counties: Faulkner County, Arkansas * Pulaski County, Arkansas * Jefferson County, Arkansas * Prairie County, Arkansas * and White 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 $8.95 plus shipping! A great deal of information for very little cost! A truly fascinating view of Lonoke County, Arkansas from its first settlement to 1889.