In the vault at the County Clerk's Office Montgomery County Courthouse,
Mt Ida.
RECORD OF MARKS AND BRANDS, 1868.
Last entry 1933. 1 Vol.
1845-49 in Deed Record, entry 6.
Illustrated description and record of marks and brands of livestock to identify
ownership, specifying the earmark and place upon the body where brand is
applied, showing name and place of residence of owner, township, date recorded,
and signature of county clerk. Arranged chronologically by date recorded.
Indexed alphabetically by first letter of surname of owner. 480 pages. 16 x 12 x
3
George Speer, Crop off right and swallow fork in left
M.V. Pool, smooth crop off right ear and smooth crop and slit in left ear
P.A. Buck, swallow fork and under bit in each ear of hogs, cattle, and sheep
W.T. Hall, smooth crop in each ear and a split in the left ear
H.H. Williamson, swallow fork in the right and a crop off the left ear.
The following early settlers of the approximate Lake Ouachita reservoir area
filed their unique marks and brands in these years:
1868, Thomas C. Hunnicutt, Ripley F. Brady
1870, Ezekiel Golden, Jesse A. Muse, Henry H. Williamson
1871, George Robbins
1873, George H. Speer
1874, Hugh Calhoun
1880, G.W. Elder, Eli Bledsoe
1882, P.A. Buck, Wesley Williams, Levi Briggs
1883, W.O. Smith
1884, J.W. Ault
1886, William Crutchfield, William M. Howell
1887, J.W. Freeman, J.C. Freeman, Albert F. Kilby, Moses M. Avant, Charles A.
Minton
1889, B.A. Ault, S. Hatmaker
1890, Abigail Hays
1893, T.B. McKelroy
1896, W.T. Hall
1900, Jasper Muse, A.M. Fryar
1903, B.A. Ault
1905, W.C. Ault
1907, W.T. Beard
1909, M.V. Pool
1910, G.C. Smith, B.W. Martin
1911, J.W. Jones
1914, G.H. Bradley.