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

75 pages including 103 family biographies plus 4 different historical maps featuring the locations of 48 Phillips County communities

An informative and historical overview of Phillips County, Arkansas on CD 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 Phillips County, Arkansas" book including 103 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 Phillips 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 Phillips County just 35 years after it was created. Locations shown include: Barneys * Beach Grove * Big Cr. * Dunn's Land * Helena * La Grange * Marianna * Martins * North Creek * Old Town * Planters * Wayne *

B. A map of 1895 Phillips County showing the locations of 19 different settlements including all of the following:  Barton * Cheek * Coolidge * Helena * Hix * Huma * Hyde Park * Latour * Lexa * Marvell * Modoc * Newell * Pillows * Poplar Gr. * Red Store * Salvador * Trenton * Tyner * Westover *

C. A map of 1898 Phillips County showing the locations of 26 different settlements including all of the following: Avenue * Barton * Bounches Pt. * Coolidge * Cypert * Glen Mary * Helena * Howe * Huma * Hyde Park * Lake Ridge * Latour * Lexa * Marvell * Modoc * Newell * North Creek * Pillows * Poetelle * Poplar Gr. * Red Store * Salvador * Southland * Trenton * Turner * Tyner *

D. A map of 1915 Phillips County showing the locations of 22 different settlements including all of the following:  Axsom * Barton * Countiss * Cypert * Elaine * Ferguson * Helena * Hyde Park * Lakeview * Latour * Lexa * Marvell * Mellwood * Modoc * North Creek * Oneida * Poplar Grove * Postelle * Southland * Trenton * Turner * Wabash * 



Book Two on CD: The complete 1890 "Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Phillips County, Arkansas" by the Goodspeed Publishing Company
This detailed (75 pages in all) book has an incredible amount of information about Phillips County, ARK. from its earliest settlement up to 1890. This is an exact photo replica of all the pages pertaining to Phillips County, Arkansas including all of the historical and biographical information. Included are a total of 103 different family biographies.

Here is just some of the information included:

• Phillips County, Arkansas Organized
• Erection of Phillips County Court House
• Phillips County Officials
• Vote Totals for President in Phillips County
• Phillips County Population
• Courts of Phillips County
• Phillips County Bar
• Boundaries of Phillips County
• Crowley's Ridge
• Lands and Minerals
• Indian Artifacts in Phillips County
• Phillips County Topography
• Rivers and Streams in Phillips County
• Phillips County Agricultural Resources
• Railroads in Phillips County, Arkansas
• Early Settlers and Settlement in Phillips County
• The Civil War in Phillips County, Arkansas
• Phillips County Towns, Villages, Post-Offices: Helena * Poplar Grove * Marvell * Trenton * Barton
• Cemeteries in Helena, Arkansas
• Phillips County Schools
• Church History of Phillips County
• Phillips County Biographical Sketches

Included is a total of 103 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):  Barlow * Boetzkes * Bonner * Brame * Brickell * Brooks * Brown * Burke * Burnett * Bush * Carpenter * Clark * Clarke * Cleburne * Clopton * Cook * Cooke * Coolidge * Crebs * Dean * Dougherty * Ehrman * FitzHugh * Fitzpatrick * Fritzon * Gist * Glasscock * Graham * Grant * Graves * Hawkins * Henderson * Higgins * Hildreth * Holtzclaw * Hornor * Hubbard * Hudson * Hutchinson * Jacks * Jackson * Jaquess * Jarman * Jarrett * Johnson * Kendall * Kersey * King * Krow * Lanier * Lawrens * Lingg * Linthicum * Lowry * Lucado * Mangum * Manning * Mengoz * Meyers * Miller * Moore * Neal * Newman * Nicholls * O'Shields * Pillow * Polk * Porter * Rembert * Renfro * Reynolds * Rose * Sanders * Scott * Shell * Sliger * Sonfield * Spain * Stone * Stout * Tappan * Terry * Thomin * Thompson * Thweatt * Turner * Venable * Waddell * Weedman * Wilkes * Wooten * Yancey *  

Phillips County is located in East Central Arkansas and is surrounded by the following counties: Desha County, Arkansas * Arkansas County, Arkansas * Monroe County, Arkansas * Lee County, Arkansas * Tunica County, Mississippi * and Coahoma County, Mississippi  .

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 $7.95 plus shipping! A great deal of information for very little money! A truly fascinating view of Phillips County, Arkansas from its first settlement to 1890.