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

39 pages including 43 family biographies plus 4 different historical maps featuring the locations of 37 Sharp County communities

An informative and historical overview of Sharp 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 Sharp County, Arkansas" book including 43 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 Sharp County, Arkansas
Included here are the Northeastern region of Arkansas sections of 4 different historical maps:
A. A rare 1855 map that shows the area of Sharp County just 13 years before the county was created. Locations shown include: Canton * Evening Shade * Reeds Creek *

B. A map of 1895 Sharp County showing the locations of 18 different settlements including all of the following: Armstrong * Ash Flat * Calamine * Canton * Center * Coats * Evening Shade * Hardy * Highland * King Mills * Matthews * Polk * Poughkeepsie * Ravenden * Reeds Creek * Williford * Winsted * Wirth *

C. A map of 1898 Sharp County showing the locations of 22 different settlements including all of the following: Armstrong * Ash Flat * Bengay * Calamine * Canton * Cave City * Center * Coats * Evening Shade * Fork * Grange * King Mills * Martin Creek * Maxville * Polk * Poughkeepsie * Reed * Reeds Cr. * Sidney * Williford * Winsted * Wirth *

D. A map of 1915 Sharp County showing the locations of 28 different settlements including all of the following: Armstrong * Ash Flat * Bailard * Balboa * Calamine * Canton * Center * Clarkson * Emery * Evening Shade * Flint * Frisbee * Grange * Hardy * Jonesville * Kings Mills * Maxville * Mobley * Polk * Poughkeepsie * Reed * Reeds Creek * Sitka * Stuart * Williford * Winsted * Wirth * Worill *



Book Two on CD: The complete 1889 "Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Sharp County, Arkansas" by the Goodspeed Publishing Company
This detailed (39 pages in all) book has an incredible amount of information about Sharp County, Arkansas from its earliest settlement up to 1889. This is an exact photo replica of all the pages pertaining to Sharp County, Arkansas including all of the historical and biographical information. Included are a total of 43 different family biographies.

Here is just some of the information included:

• County Location
• County Boundaries
• Physical Description of County
• Rivers and Springs
• Soils
• Minerals
• Timber
• Agriculture
• Livestock
• Real Estate Valuation
• Railroads
• Population
• County Organized
• County Seat Established
• County Buildings
• The Pioneer Settlers
• The County Court
• Crimes and Executions
• The Civil War
• Cities, Towns, and Villages: Ash Flat * Evening Shade * Hardy * Post Offices and Hamlets
• Schools
• Churches
• County Officials
• Biographical Sketches

Included is a total of 43 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): Abernethy * Adams * Baird * Cochran * Collins * Davidson * Durham * Edwards * English * Ford * Garner * Gawf * Gibson * Graddy * Hamilton * Henderson * Herrn * Higginbottom * Jordan * McCaleb * McKinney * Matheny * Medley * Meeks * Morgan * Nunn * Porter * Ratliff * Shaver * Sims * Sparks * Taylor * Turner * Vance * Walker * Wann * Wasson * Weaver * Williams * Yates * Yeager *

Sharp County is located in Northeastern Arkansas and is surrounded by the following counties: Fulton County, Arkansas * Izard County, Arkansas * Randolph County, Arkansas * Lawrence County, Arkansas * and Independence 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 $3.95 plus shipping! A large amount of information for very little cost! A truly fascinating view of Sharp County, Arkansas from its first settlement to 1889.