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

63 pages including 86 family biographies plus 4 different historical maps featuring the locations of 35 Monroe County communities

An informative and historical overview of Monroe County, Arkansas including two separate books on CD which include 4 historical maps (1855, 1895, 1898, and 1915); plus the full 1890 Goodspeed Publishing Company "Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Monroe County, Arkansas" book including 86 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 Monroe County, Arkansas
Included here are the East Central region of Arkansas sections of 4 different historical maps:

A. A rare 1855 map that shows the area of Monroe County just 26 years after it was created. Locations shown include: Aberdeen * Clarendon * Lawrenceville * Rough & Ready * Tullyville * Valley Grove *

B. A map of 1895 Monroe County showing the locations of 20 different settlements including all of the following:  Aberdeen * Brinkley * Blackton * Cache River * Clarendon * Duncan * Eden * Glenwood * Holly Grove * Indian Bay * Midway * Monroe * Palmer * Pine City * Raymond * Roe * Roots * Saulsburg * Terry * Wagner *

C. A map of 1898 Monroe County showing the locations of 24 different settlements including all of the following: Bennett * Blackton * Brinkley * Cache River * Clarendon * Duncan * East Lake * Glenwood * Holly Grove * Indian Bay * Jones Island * Keevil (or Midway) * Lamberton * Lightle * Monroe * Oakdale * Palmer * Pine City * Raymond * Roots * Saulsburg * Wagnor * Wilsons * Zent *

D. A map of 1915 Monroe County showing the locations of 16 different settlements including all of the following:  Blackton * Brinkley * Clarendon * Duncan * Eden * Fargo * Holly Grove * Indian Bay * Keevil * Monroe * Palmer * Pine City * Raymond * Rich * Roe * Zent *



Book Two on CD: The complete 1890 "Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Monroe County, Arkansas" by the Goodspeed Publishing Company
This detailed (63 pages in all) book has an incredible amount of information about Monroe County, Arkansas from its earliest settlement up to 1890. This is an exact photo replica of all the pages pertaining to Monroe County, Arkansas including all of the historical and biographical information. Included are a total of 86 different family biographies.

Here is just some of the information included:

• Railroads in Monroe County
• Monroe County Statistics
• Agricultural Statistics
• Livestock Statistics
• Location of Monroe County
• Land and Soils
• Rivers and Streams
• Timber
• Pioneer Settlers of Monroe County
• Organization of Monroe County
• Monroe County Courthouses
• Monroe County Officials
• Courts of Monroe County
• Monroe County Population
• The Civil War in Monroe County, Arkansas
• Monroe County Towns, Villages, Post-Offices: Brinkley * Clarendon * Holly Grove * Indian Bay * Lawrenceville * Pine City
• School Statistics of Monroe County
• Monroe County Churches
• Monroe County Biographical Sketches (50 pages in the biography section)

Included is a total of 86 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):  Andrews * Bateman * Baxter * Benton * Black * Blaine * Boyce * Branch * Brickell * Brown * Burge * Carter * Cocke * Cooper * Counts * Craig * Davis * Dial * Ewan * Fitzhugh * Flora * Folkes * Frazer * Gannon * Govan * Green * Hall * Hooker * Hughen * Hughes * Hurst * Jackson * Johnson * Jones * Kerr * Kizer * La Belle * Lambert * McGill * Manning * Martin * Mayo * Miles * Mills * Mitchell * Montgomery * Myers * Owens * Palmer * Park * Parker * Peterson * Pointer * Powell * Renfro * Rich * Ridout * Roberts * Robinson * Sain * Salinger * Seale * Simmons * Simons * Simpson * Sims * Spencer * Sutton * Thomas * Toms * Vanderford * Vaughan * Walker * Wellborn * West * Whitfield * Williams * Woodfin *  

Monroe County is located in East Central Arkansas and is surrounded by the following counties: Prairie County, Arkansas * Arkansas County, Arkansas * Phillips County, Arkansas * Lee County, Arkansas * St. Francis, Arkansas * and Woodruff 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 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 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 Monroe County, Arkansas from its first settlement to 1890.