Book One on CD: Maps of Perry County, Arkansas
Included here are the West Central region of Arkansas sections of
4 different historical maps:
A. A rare 1855 map that shows the
area of Perry County just 15 years after Perry County was created. Locations
shown include: Dart * Perryville*
B. A map of 1895 Perry County showing the locations of 14
different settlements including all of the following: Adona *
Alpin * Ava * Casa * Dixie * Hollis * Houston * Kenney * Long
Creek * Moab * Nimrod * Perry * Perryville * Redemption *
C. A map of 1898 Perry County showing the locations of 18
different settlements including all of the following: Adona *
Alpin * Ava * Casa * Clem * Dixie * Esau * Fourche * Goza * Hollis
* Houston * Ledwidge * Moab * Nimrod * Perry * Perryville *
Redemption * Rutland *
D. A map of 1915 Perry County showing the locations of 14
different settlements including all of the following: Adona *
Alpin * Ava * Bigelow * Casa * Dixie * Hollis * Houston * Ledwidge
* Moab * Nimrod * Perry * Perryville * Redemption *
Book Two on CD: The complete 1889
"Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Perry County, Arkansas" by
the Goodspeed Publishing Company
This detailed (46 pages in all) book has an incredible amount of
historical and genealogical information about Perry County, Arkansas from its earliest settlement
up to 1889. This is an exact photo replica of all the pages
pertaining to Perry County, Arkansas including all of the
historical and biographical information. Included are a total
of 53 different family biographies.
Here is just some of the information included:
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Perry County, Arkansas Organized
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Timber
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Crops
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Shipping Points in Perry County
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Perry County Officers
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Perry County Population
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Boundaries of Perry County
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Wild Fruits
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Wild Game
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Perry County Rivers and Streams
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Perry County Lands and Minerals
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Topography of Perry County
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Early Settlers and Settlement of Perry County
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Pioneer Trading Posts in Perry County
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Organization of Perry County
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Erection of Perry County Court Houses
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Perry County Townships
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Land Divisions of Perry County
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Live Stock Values
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The Civil War
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Perry County Education Interests
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Perry County Church History
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Courts of Perry County
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Perry County Bar
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McCool & Lively Murder Trial
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The Hanging of J.M. Armstrong
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Banishment of Liquor in Perry County
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Towns, Villages, Post-Offices: Perryville * Alpin *
Post-Offices
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Biographical Sketches
Included is a total of 53 Perry County 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): Armistead * Barnett * Baskin * Bland * Blythe *
Carden * Clayton * Cobb * Cook * Creasey * Crist * Dooley * George
* Halcomb * Hambright * Harris * Herstein * Holmes * Johnson *
Jones * Lawson * Magie * Massy * McBath * McCabe * McCauly *
McGhee * Moody * Moore * Mosby * Oliver * Owen * Price * Ragsdale
* Ragsdill * Rankin * Reeder * Rison * Scoggins * Sellers * Smyers
* Tanner * Taylor * Trundle * Vollman * Wallace * Williams *
Wilson *
Perry County is located in West Central Arkansas and is
surrounded by the following counties: Yell, Conway, Faulkner, Pulaski, Saline, and Garland counties.