Included here are the Southeast region of Arkansas sections of 4
different historical maps:
A. A rare 1855 map that shows
the Cleveland County, Arkansas area 18 years
before Cleveland County was created. Cleveland County was
originally named Dorsey County when it was created in 1873.
B. A map of 1895 Cleveland County showing the locations of 17
different settlements including all of the following: Annover *
Calmer * Clio * Como * Croak * Draughon * Kedron * Kingsland *
McKinney * New Edinburg * Orlando * Pansy * Randall * Rison *
Rowel * Saline * Toledo *
C. A map of 1898 Cleveland County showing the locations of 22
different settlements including all of the following: Annover *
Calmer * Clio * Como * Croak * Draughon * Eagle Creek * Kedron *
Kingsland * Lehigh * McKinney * New Edinburg * Orlando * Pansy *
Randall * Rison * Rowell * Saline * Scobey * Staves * Toledo *
White Oak *
D. A map of 1915 Cleveland County showing the locations
of 19 different settlements including all of the following:
Annover * Bleeker * Clio * Como * Croak * Draughon * Kedron * Kingsland *
Lehigh * Mckinney * New Edinburg * Pansy * Randall * Rison *
Rowell * Rye * Sneed * Staves * Trigg *
Book Two on CD: The complete 1890
"Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Cleveland County, Arkansas"
by the Goodspeed Publishing Company
This detailed (52 pages in all) book has a large amount of
information about Cleveland County, Arkansas from its earliest
settlement up to 1890. This is an exact photo replica of all the
pages pertaining to Cleveland County, Arkansas including all of the
historical and biographical information. Included are a total
of 75 different family biographies.
Here is just some of the information included:
- Cleveland County Location and Boundaries
- Topography
- Rivers and Streams in Cleveland County
- Creation of Dorsey County (the original name for Cleveland County)
- Cleveland County Organization
- First Cleveland County Court House
- Cleveland County Township Boundaries
- Cleveland County Officials
- Courts of Cleveland County
- First Legal Execution in Cleveland County
- Churches
- Schools
- Cleveland County Towns, Villages, Post-Offices:
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Kingsland
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New Edinburg
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Rison
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Rowell
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Toledo
- Pioneer Settlers in Cleveland County
- The Civil War and Cleveland County
- Cleveland County Biographical Sketches (42 pages in this section)
Included is a total of 75 Cleveland 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): Ashcraft * Atkins * Attwood * Baggett *
Barnett * Breathwait * Brewer * Bridges * Carmical * Carpenter * Chowning * Clements * Crook * Davis * Draughon * Dykes * England *
Fritts * Graves * Hagins * Hall * Hargus * Hollis * Holmes *
Hopson * Johnson * Kendall * Kendrick * Leali * Lochridge *
Mallett * Marks * Martin * Matlock * May * McCaskill * McElheny *
McMurtrey * Moseley * Mosley * Mullis * Niven * Norton * Overton *
Pinckard * Reap * Reed * Renfrow * Robertson * Roebuck * Rogers *
Ross * Rucks * Sadler * Smith * Sparks * Stewart * Swift * Thomas
* Thomasson * Tims * Tolson * Trucks * Varnell * Waldrop * Watts *
Williams * Wilson * Wynn *
Cleveland County is located in Southeast Arkansas and is
bordered by the following counties: Calhoun County,
Arkansas * Dallas County, Arkansas * Grant County, Arkansas
* Jefferson County, Arkansas * Lincoln
County, Arkansas * Drew County, Arkansas * and
Bradley County, Arkansas
(highlighted county names can be clicked on for further
description)
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 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 equivalent computer with a CD drive. This CD was designed by, and is
available exclusively from Hearthstone Legacy Publications.
The cost for this CD containing both books described above is only $4.95 plus
shipping! A large amount of history and genealogy information for very little
cost! A truly fascinating view of Cleveland County, Arkansas from its first
settlement to 1890.
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