Included here are the Northeast region of Arkansas sections of 4
different historical maps:
A. A rare 1855 map that shows
the Woodruff County, Arkansas area 7 years
before Woodruff County was created. Woodruff County was
primarily created from the southern portion of Jackson County in 1862.
Communities shown are: Augusta * Cotton Plant * Gaye's Point
B. A map of 1895 Woodruff County showing the locations of 17
different settlements including all of the following: Augusta *
Becton * Bemis * Colona * Cotton Plant * Fair Oaks * Fakes * Grays
* Gregory * Howell * Hunter * Jelks * McCrory * Morton * Riverside
* Seay * Wiville *
C. A map of 1898 Woodruff County showing the locations of 27
different settlements including all of the following: Augusta *
Augusta Station * Becton * Bemis * Colona * Cotton Plant * Cowan *
De View (DeView) * Fakes * Grays * Gregory * Henderson * Howell *
Hunter * Krumits * Joberta *
Martin Junction * McCrory * Meredith * Morton * Riverside * Rosser
* Rozell * Seay * Snapp * Wiville * Woodruff *
D. A map of 1915 Woodruff County showing the locations
of 20 different settlements including all of the following:
Augusta * Bemis * Cotton Plant * Deview * Fakes * Fitzhugh *
Goodrich * Grays * Gregory * Hillemann * Howell * Hunter * Maberry *
McClelland * McCrory * New Augusta * Penrose *
Riverside * Taylorville * Wiville *
Book Two on CD: The complete 1890
"Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Woodruff County, Arkansas"
by the Goodspeed Publishing Company
This detailed (59 pages in all) book has a large amount of
information about Woodruff County, Arkansas from its earliest
settlement up to 1890. This is an exact photo replica of all the
pages pertaining to Woodruff County, Arkansas including all of the
historical and biographical information. Included are a total
of 69 different family biographies.
Here is just some of the information included:
- Original Settlers in Woodruff County
- Creation of Woodruff County
- Woodruff County Court House
- Woodruff County Courts
- Woodruff County Officials
- The Civil War in Woodruff County
- Woodruff County Boundaries
- Climate
- Rivers and Streams
- Soils
- Timber
- Agriculture
- Railroads in Woodruff County
- Population of Woodruff County
- Woodruff County Schools
- Woodruff County Churches
- Woodruff County Towns, Villages, Post-Offices: Augusta * De View * Gray’s Station * Howell Station * McCrory * Riverside
- Woodruff County Biographical Sketches (34 pages in this section)
Included is a total of 59 Woodruff 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): Andrews * Battle * Beard * Becton * Burkett * Buster * Byrd * Campbell * Cariker * Carter * Chaney * Cole * Compton * Conner * Crossett * Dale * Dent * Douglas * Echols * Eldridge * Fakes * Felker * Ferguson * Fitzhugh * Fletcher * Folsom * Gordon * Grigsby * Hamblet * Hightower * House * Howell * Ingalls * Jett * Jones * Leach * Lewis * Locke * Lynch * Marsh * Martin * Mathis * McDonald * McGregor * Murray * O'Shields * Penn * Price * Reed * Revel * Roddy * Scales * Shearer * Shoup * Snapp * Spradlin * Stanley * Stoker * Thompson * Trice * Vaughan * Waide * Westmoreland * Widener * Woods *
Woodruff County is located in Northeast Arkansas and is
bordered by the following counties: Monroe County,
Arkansas * Prairie
County, Arkansas * White
County, Arkansas * Jackson County, Arkansas * Cross
County, Arkansas * and
St. Francis County, Arkansas
Each of the two books on this CD is in Adobe Acrobat pdf format and requires
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available exclusively from Hearthstone Legacy Publications.
The cost for this CD containing both books described above is only $5.95 plus
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cost! A truly fascinating view of Woodruff County, Arkansas from its first
settlement to 1890.
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