Included here are the Northeast region of Arkansas sections of 4
different historical maps:
A. A rare 1855 map that shows
the Cross County, Arkansas area 7 years before Cross County was
created. Cross County was created in 1862.
B. A map of 1895 Cross County showing the locations of 11
different settlements including all of the following: Bay Village
* Cherry Valley * Crowleys * Hamlin * Hickory Ridge * Levesque *
Parkin * Tilton * Vanndale * Wittsburg * Wynne *
C. A map of 1898 Cross County showing the locations of 17
different settlements including all of the following: Bay Village
* Burkes Mill * Cherry Valley * Crowley * Fair Oaks * Hamlin *
Hickory Ridge * Hydrick * Langeal * Levesque * Parkin * Smithdale
* Tilton * Vanndale * Wade Spur * Wittsburg * Wynne *
D. A map of 1915 Cross County showing the locations
of 12 different settlements including all of the following:
Birdeye * Cherry Valley * Fair Oaks * Hamlin * Hickory Ridge *
Levesque * Parkin * Princedale * Smithdale * Tilton * Vanndale *
Wynn *
Section
Two of two, all on one CD: The complete 1890 "Biographical and
Historical Memoirs of Cross County, Arkansas" by the Goodspeed
Publishing Company
This detailed (73 pages in all) book has a large amount of
information about Cross County, Arkansas from its earliest
settlement up to 1890. This is an exact photo replica of all the
pages pertaining to Cross 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:
- Cross County Established
- Boundaries of Cross County
- Cross County Early Settlers and Settlement
- First White Settler in Cross County
- Cross County Seat Established
- Erection of Cross County Court House
- Topography
- Rivers
- Cross County Towns, Villages, Post-Offices: Cherry Valley * Vanndale * Wittsburg * Wynne
- Judges and Lawyers
- First Legal Execution in Cross County
- Martin Mitchell, Desperado
- Churches in Cross County
- Cross County Schools
- Cross County Officials
- Lodges and Societies
- The Civil War and Cross County
- Railroads in Cross County
- Real Estate
- Crowley’s Ridge
- Agriculture
- Cross County Biographical Sketches (54 pages in this section)
Included is a total of 103 Cross 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): Allen * Austell * Bailes * Bamson * Bedford * Berry * Block
* Brown * Bruner * Bryant * Casbeer * Cobb * Cole * Copland * Daltroff * Ellis *
Erwin * Fannin * Faulkner * Fountain * Futrell * Ganley * Gardner * Graham *
Griffin * Halk * Hamilton * Hare * Harris * Hinton * Hodge * Hodges * Johnson *
Jones * Jordan * Julian * Killough * Lancaster * Levesque * Lewellen *
Littlefield * Logan * Lyon * Malone * Martin * May * McElroy * McKie * Mebane *
Neely * Oliver * Orr * Phillips * Pierce * Pope * Raulston * Riley * Roberts *
Robinson * Rogers * Rolfe * Sigman * Slocum * Smith * Spain * Sparks * Stacy *
Stoner * Taylor * Toole * Tyer * Vann * Warren * White * Wilkins * Winters *
Wright *
Cross County is located in Northeast Arkansas and is
bordered by the following counties: Jackson
County, Arkansas * Poinsett County,
Arkansas * St. Francis County, Arkansas *
Crittenden
County, Arkansas * and
Woodruff County, Arkansas
Each of the two sections on this CD is in Adobe Acrobat pdf format and requires
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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 sections described above is only $7.95 plus
shipping! A large amount of history and genealogy information for very little
cost! A truly fascinating view of Cross County, Arkansas from its first
settlement to 1890.
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