Goodspeed's History of ... Carroll County, Arkansas
Settlement and Development Con'd., p. 338.
Early Mills. -- Several mills came into existence in the county at an early date, and it is difficult to decide the question of priority. The first in the western part was a steel mill, turned by hand, brought by John Baker. people from this section had previously been obliged to go to mill thirty miles away, on War Eagle Creek. William Wood built a small water mill with the assistance of his neighbors in 1837-38. It was on Osage, and the land is now owned by Richard Walker. Henry Klinginbeard owned a small corn mill a short distance farther down the Osage, in 1838. The first mill on Yocum Creek was built by John Yocum about 1835. It was within a mile of Green Forest. It was a log building about 14x16 feet, and stood on four posts, one of which is yet to be seen. The dam was made of logs and brush, and was constantly being repaired. It was renewed after every freshet. The water was conducted by a chute over a tub wheel, communicating by shafting with the single "runner." The bed stone was stationary. This mill had a capacity of four bushels a day. Lassiter & Crawford built a mill on a branch of Osage several years later, and Thomas H. Clarke built another on the Osage River farther up about the same time. Both of these mills were in Liberty Township. John Boyd built a mill on Long Creek about 1836, and another was built by Malachi Reeves on the same stream, near Denver Post-office, at an equally early date. One Patton built the first mill on Dry Fork, and two or three others followed it in close succession. John Denny built the first mill on King's River so far as known. Steam mills have come into existence since the war, during which nearly all the old water mills were burned. A Mr. James built the first saw-mill in 1843 on Dry Fork, and Joel Blair built another on the same stream in 1844. B. H. Hobbs & Co. erected the first steam saw-mill nine miles northwest of Berryville in 1857.Roads. -- The
opening of the old Dubuque road has been mentioned. The road from
Huntsville via Rockhouse Creek, through Trigger Gap, crossing Carroll
County diagonally from southwest to northeast, was laid out in 1837 by
Thomas Hall, under the direction of the court. A road from Carrollton
through Green Forest to Sprngfield, Mo., and a military road from
Fayetteville through Carrollton to Jacksonport, twenty-five miles above
Batesville, on the White River, was laid out, or at least opened for
travel, prior to 1836.
Tanneries. -- Tanning
was at first effected by the most simple processes. The pelts were
rubbed with ashes or lime, stretched and dried. Charles B. Whiteley was
one of the first men in the county who made tanning a business. E.
Roper, who lived upon land now owned by Prof. A. B. Johnson, was
probably the first to introduce tanning by vats. At first these
consisted only of log troughs, in which the hides were placed. Roper's
tannery was continued five or six years.
Stores. -- At
the time when the first settlement of the county was in progress the
nearest trading points on the east were on White River, fifty mile
away; and on the west, Fort Smith and Fayetteville, an equal distance.
Powder and lead were the principal commodities of which the frontier
population stood in need. Business was done principally by barter. The
frontiersman exchanged pelts and honey for ammunition and other
supplies. The first stores in the county were at Carrollton, and
Henderson Lafferty was probably the first store-keeper. Merchandising
was profitable in those days.
Regulators. -- A
company of regulators was organized by the citizens of Carrollton and
vicinity in the spring of 1839 with Thomas A. Clarke as captain. It
numbered twenty or thirty members. The object was to suppress stealing
and punish the miscreants, a community of half-breek Cherokees. Several
were whipped and compelled to leave the county. Two or three confessed,
promised reformation, and were permitted to stay. After accomplishing
the object of its organization the company disbanded.
Early Land Entries. -- Four
land offices were established in the Territory of Arkansas in 1832,
that for the northwestern district being located at Fayetteville, and
here the first entries for Carroll County were made. The office was
subsequently removed to Clarksville and Huntsville, and in 1870 was
established at Harrison. The following is a list of persons who entered
land prior to 1850, and between 1850 and 1855, inclusive; where more
than one entry was made by the same individual, the first in order of
time is given:
Township 17, Range 22: 1849: Thomas Cisco, 80.16 acres,
Section 5; 1840 James Fancher, 118.26 acres, Section 6.
Township
18, Range 22: 1840, John Blevins, 160.62 acres, Section 4; 1840, John
Roberts, 80 acres, Section 4; 1841, John Blevins, 79 acres, Section 5;
1841, M. Clements, 40 acres, Section 5; 1842, Hugh L. Denton, 80 acres,
Section 7; 1842, Tilford Denton, 40 acres, Section 7; 1840, Charles
Sneed, 80 acres, Section 9; 1841, Samuel Sneed, 40 acres, Section 9;
1840, James Fancher, 80 acres, Section 31.
Township 19, Range
22: 1847, John F. King, 40 acres, Section 6; 1844, Jeremiah Meek, 35
acres, Section 6; 1847, B. H. Berry, 122 acres, Section 6; 1843, Bruce
Boyd, 40 acres, Section 15; 1840, Squire Blevins, Jr., 120 acres,
Section 33; 1839, Richard Blevins, 80 acres, Section 33; 1839, Martin
Standridge 91 acres, Section 33; 1843, James Wilson, 160 acres, Section
34; 1848, William Poynor, 38 acres, Section 34.
Township 20, Range 22: 1849, B. H. Berry, 40 acres, Section
19; 1849, James Myers, 40 acres, Section 19.
Township
17, Range 23, 1843: Samuel E. Kenner, 80 acres, Section 3; 1846, Robert
D. Chaney, 15 acres, Section 10; 1844, Benjamin Chote, 40 acres,
Section 18.
Township 18, Range 23: 1844, Thomas Rains, 80
acres, Section 5; 1843, John Potts, 40 acres, Section 4; 1843, Simeon
Moore, 40 acres, Section 5; 1849 Joseph L. Dickson, 40 acres, Section
9; 1846, Thomas H. Clarke, 80 acres, Section 9; 1847, Isaac B. Cadill,
40 acres, Section 9; 1849 Joseph L. Dickson, 80 acres, Section 15;
1849, William E. Armstrong, 40 acres, Section 22; 1847, Martin
Holiford, 40 acres, Section 22; 1849, Smith S. Matlock, 40 acres,
Section 24; 1844, Charles Sneed, 47 acres, Section 25; 1846, Thomas B.
Fancher, 40 acres, Section 25; 1846, Peter Sneed, 40 acres, Section 26;
1844, James C. Chaney, 40 acres, Section 20; 1845 Alexander F. Miller,
40 acres, Section 27; 1844, Keziah Sneed, 40 acres, Section 36.
Township 19, Range 23:
Township 20, Range 23: 1849, Charles G. O'Neall, 40 acres, Section 9;
1845 John Hayhurst, 80 acres, Section 29.
Township
17, Range 24: 1845, Hazael A. Sugg, 79 acres, Section 1; 1844, Nancy
Jackson, 40 acres, Section 10; 1846, Mary Jackson, 40 acres, Section
10; 1845, John Jackson, -- acres, Section 11; 1845, Cooper Wilmoth, 40
acres, Section 11; 1845, Jesse Seitz, 40 acres, Section 11; 1845,
George Brown Sugg, 40 acres, Section 11; 1846, John C. Rewes, 40 acres,
Section 12.
Township 19, Range 24: 1848, Moses Garrett, 40 acres, Section
10; 1847, John F. King, 40 acres, Section 25.
Township
20, Range 24: 1847, Nealy Butler, 43 acres, Section 3; 1847, John
Standlee, 43 acres, Section 4; 1848, Abram Standlee, 40 acres, Section
5; 1848, Stephen Holmesley, 160 acres, Section 18; 1847, John C.
Ernest, 130 acres, Section 18; 1848, William Plumlee, 60 acres, Section
29; 1847, William Wood 40 acres, Section 31.
Township 21, Range 24: 1847, Lorenzo D. High, 40 acres,
Section 33.
Township 19, Range 25: 1847, James Simmons, 40 acres, Section
1.
Township
20, Range 25: 1848, Jonathan Baker, 24 acres, Section 2; 1841, Isaac
Boren, 40 acres, Section 9; 1848, John C. Ernest, 20 acres, Section 13;
1848, Seneca Deadmon, 80 acres, Section 13; 1848, William M. Jones, 40
acres, Section 14; 1841, William K. Reid, 40 acres, Section 14; 1848,
Moses Garrett, -- acres, Section 21; 1841, Charles B. Whitely, 80
acres, Section 24; 1848, Mary B. Brown, 15 acres, Section 25; 1848,
William P. Jones, 50 acres, Section 25; 1845, William Baker, 40 acres,
Section 26; 1841, John Baker, 40 acres Section 27; 1849, Thomas Hall,
40 acres, Section 27; 1848, John Denny, 40 acres, Section 28; 1849,
Daniel Brumley, 40 acres, Section 29; 1841, John Musick, 50 acres,
Section 35; 1846, William G. Musick, 40 acres, Section 35.
Township 21, Range 25: 1847, Garrett A. Justice, 20 acres,
Section 27.
Township 20, Range 27: 1846, Ezekiel J. A. Dickson, 91 acres,
Section 2.
Entries between
1850 and 1855, inclusive. -- Township 17, Range 22: 1853,
A. H. Wilson, 40 acres, Section 4.
Township
18, Range 22: 1854, T. McMilon, 79 acres, Section 6; 1851, A. C.
Oliver, 40 acres, Section 5; 1854, William S. Payne, 40 acres, Section
5; 1851, J. S. Dickson, 80 acres, Section 5; 1852, John G. Maples, 40
acres, Section 6; 1853, William M. Rains, 40 acres, Section 6; 1855,
Henry Barr, 40 acres, Section 9; 1853, S. M. Hedgepith, 40 acres,
Section 9; 1854, Telford Denton, 40 acres, Section 15; 1855, Henry
Barr, 40 acres, Section 9; 1855, William Mathews, 80 acres, Section 19;
1852, John Ramsey, 40 acres, Section 31.
Township 19, Range
22: 1853, James I. Wilburn, 40 acres, Section 4; 1853, Jonathan Hicks,
81 acres, Section 19; 1853, M. C. Kirkham, 80 acres, Section 21; 1852,
Oliver Sharp, 80 acres, Section 19; 1851, Mary E. Weaver, 40 acres,
Section 29.
Township 20, Range 22: 1854, Thomas Potts, 40
acres, Section 3; 1853, George W. Myers, 80 acres, Section 19; 1852,
Redding B. Maddox, 41 acres, Section 10; 1854, Henry Frantham, 83
acres, Section 10; 1850, John S. Frazier, 40 acres, Section 15; 1851,
William Goforth, 77 acres, Section 18; 1851, Robert Donelson, 80 acres,
Section 21; 1851, Joel Hampston, 40 acres, Section 22; 1853, David W.
Beck, 40 acres, Section 28; 1850, William Barrington, 40 acres, Section
32; 1854, James P. Rush, 40 acres, Section 32; 1854, John P. Leathers,
40 acres, Section 32.
Township 21, Range 22: 1853, Elijah Golston, 40 acres, Section
22; 1853, Robert Braswell, 40 acres, Section 31.
Township
17, Range 23: 1853, James W. Kuhn, 40 acres, Section 3; 1854, Solomon
R. Aldred, 38 acres, Section 6; 1850, James Phillips, 40 acres, Section
6; 1851, Charles Phillips, 40 acres, Section 10; 1854, Emerson Miller,
30 acres, Section 10; 1854, William Hubbard, 40 acres, Section 14;
1850, Nathaniel Bunch, 80 acres, Section 18; 1850, Bradley Bunch, 80
acres, Section 18.
Township 18, Range 23: 1852, James G.
Maples, 37 acres, Section 1; 1851, Ransom Perry, 40 acres, Section 2;
1851, Nicholas lassiter, 40 acres, Section 3; 1854, J. m. Berry and A.
C. Oliver, 40 acres, Section 4; 1854, Daniel Scott, 40 acres, Section
5; 1852, Joseph Holcomb, 112 acres, Section 12; 1855, Burrell Bobo, 74
acres, Section 12; 1853, William E. Armstrong, 40 acres, Section 22;
1851, Riley Philips, 40 acres, Section 22; 1853, James W. Kenner, 40
acres, Section 34.
Township 19, Range 23: 1855, Allen R.
Dewitt, 40 acres, Section 2; 1853, W. C. Callen, 40 acres, Section 4;
1853, William B. Carter, 80 acres, Section 10; 1853, Philip Askins, 80
acres, Section 11; 1855, John Frantham, 80 acres, Section 13; 1853,
Alpha Orrill, 40 acres, Section 23; 1855, Thompson Ramsey, 37 acres,
Section 27; 1855, Matthew Griffith, 80 acres, Section 30; 1855, Fomley
D. Webb, 80 acres, Section 13; 1855, John W. Whitson, 100 acres,
Section 33.
Township 20, Range 23: 1850, Augustus V. Callin,
320 acres, Section 13; 1854, john C. Turney, 35 acres, Section 22;
1850, Isaac Rush, 160 acres, Section 23; 1851, Jacob Shipman, 32 acres,
Section 26; 1853, m. P. Mitchell, 80 acres, Section 26; 1853, Hugh
Magill, 40 acres, Section 31; 1850, Jesse Tabor, 40 acres, Section 32.
Township
17, Range 24: 1855, William Walker, 40 acres, Section 2; 1851, Reuben
S. Hawkins, 50 acres, Section 4; 1853, Jacob wens, 40 acres, Section 7;
1855, Lewis Bohannan, 82 acres, Section 10; 1851, Jesse Seitz, 40
acres, Section 11; 1853, John C. Rewes, 40 acres, Section 12.
Township
18, Range 24: 1852, Alexander Fancher, 40 acres, Section 15; 1853,
Jacob Arnott, 46 acres, Section 30; 1850, Stephen Howard, 40 acres,
Section 33.
Township 19, Range 24: 1853, Seth Johnson, 40
acres, Section 3; 1852, Harrison A. Riddle, 40 acres, Section 5; 1850
John M. Perryman, 81 acres, Section 26; 1853, Oliver H. Miller, 3
acres, Section 11; 1852, Moses Crawford, 80 acres, Section 24.
Township
20, Range 24: 1852, Swift Mullen, 40 acres, Section 5; 1853, John C.
Earnest, 52 acres, Section 6; 1851, Solomon Brammore, 40 acres, Section
17; 1853, Stephen Holmesley, 80 acres, Section 25; 1851, Raleigh C.
Miller, 100 acres, Section 30; 1852, William Woods, 12 acres, Section
331.
Township 21, Range 24: 1853, Nealy Butler, 80 acres, Section
17.
Townshp 19, Range 25, 1851, Isham Burks, 40 acres, Section 20.
Township
20, Range 25: 1852, William Reed, 40 acres, Section 10; 1853, Gideon
White, 40 acres, Section 11; 1854, Samuel Kay, 40 acres, Section 21;
1853, Nathan Harley, 30 acres, Section 23; 1852, Charles Dunny, 40
acres, Section 33; 1853, William C. Stephens, 40 acres, Section 35.
Township 21, Range 26: 1850, Adam Todd, 40 acres, Section 18;
1853, George L. White, 3 acres, Section 35.