A. A rare 1855 map that shows the area that
would become Grant County fourteen years later in
1869. Grant County was created from Jefferson, Hot
Spring, and Saline Counties.
B. A map of
1895 Grant County showing the locations of 24
different settlements including all of the
following: Ain * Belfast * Bookman * Brady * Brooks
* Cherry Grove * Darysaw * Dogwood * Doylestown *
Ebb * Erin * Fenter * Grapevine * Ico * Jefferson
Springs * Junet * Lucian * Patten * Poe *
Prattsville * Sandy Springs * Sheridan * Tull *
Turin *
C. A map of 1898 Grant County showing the
locations of 22 different settlements including all
of the following: Ain * Bassville * Belfast *
Bookman * Brooks * Cherrygrove * Dogwood * Ebb *
Erin * Ewing * Grapevine * Ico * Junet * Kelt * Obin
* Orion * Poe * Prattsville * Sandy Springs *
Sheridan * Tull * Turin *
D. A map of 1915 Grant County showing the
locations of 27 different settlements including all
of the following: Ain * Alice * Arthur * Belfast *
Bookman * Brooks * Buie * Cherrygrove * Darysaw *
Deer Creek * Dogwood * Ebb * Erin * Fenter * Gorham
* Grant Junction * Grapevine * Ico * Junet * Lamont
* Leola * Obin * Pierce * Prague * Saline River *
Sheridan * Tull *
Book Two on CD: The complete
1889 "Biographical and Historical Memoirs
of Grant County, Arkansas" by the Goodspeed
Publishing Company
This detailed (55 pages in all) book has a large
amount of information about Grant County, Arkansas.
from its earliest settlement up to 1889. This is an
exact photo replica of all the pages pertaining
to Grant County, Arkansas including all of the
historical and biographical information. Included
are a total of 68 different family biographies.
Here is just some of the information included:
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Grant County Organized
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Grant County Townships
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Grant County Court House and Jail
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Grant County Officials
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Livestock
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Grant County Roads
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Indian Mounds
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Quapaw Indians
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Early Settlers in Grant County
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First Store in Grant County
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Civil War in Grant County
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Grant County Courts and Lawyers
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Schools in Grant County
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Churches in Grant County
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Grant County Cities, Towns, and Villages:
Belfast * Grapevine * Prattsville * Sheridan *
Post Offices
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Population of Grant County
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Grant County Topography
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Soil
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Timber
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Crops
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Grant County Biographical Sketches
Included is a total of 68 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): Appling * Bales
* Baugh * Beavers * Billingslea * Brashears * Butler
* Carr * Clement * Cobb * Cole * Crutchfield * Dorn
* Dorough * Fenter * Gartman * Gean * Gentry *
Glover * Graves * Haley * Hall * Hamilton * Harrison
* Henry * Hicks * Holiman * Johnson * Kemp * Lee *
Lockhart * Lybrand * McCool * McDonald * Messenger *
Moore * Morton * Nall * Nicholson * Paxton * Poe *
Posey * Poss * Reese * Reid * Reynolds * Rhodes *
Shell * Shepherd * Sudduth * Thompson * Veazey *
Wallace * Watson * Wells * West * Williams * Wilson
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Grant County is located in Central Arkansas and
is bordered by the following counties: Hot
Spring County, Arkansas * Saline
County, Arkansas * Pulaski
County, Arkansas * Jefferson
County, Arkansas * Cleveland County, Arkansas *
and Dallas County,
Arkansas