SHARP COUNTY
RESOURCES - REFERENCE BOOKS - LOOKUP VOLUNTEERS

The following books may be found in your local library or genealogical society archives. If you know of any books that contain a goodly amount of Sharp County data, please send me the Title and Author so they can be post on the list for others. Thank you.

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Sharp County Published Reference Books

Reference Book and Author
HISTORY OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS by Goodspeed Publishing Company
ARKANSAS PENSIONERS, 1818-1900 by Dorothy Payne
ARKANSAS GAZETTE OBITUARIES INDEX by Stephen J. Chism

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Copies of the following Sharp County Journals are available and my be purchased at the Sharp County Library, or by mail. Please include complete mailing address with orders.

History of Wirth; $3.00; plus $1.00 postage

History of Calamine; $5.00; plus $1.00 postage

Yesterday's Williford; $5.00; $1.00 postage

The One Room Schools of Sharp County; $15.00; plus $2.00 postage

History of Sidney; $5.00; plus $1.50 postage

History of Liberty Hill; $6.00; plus $1.50 postage

offerd by
Sharp County Historical Society
P.O. Box 185
Ash Flat, Arkansas 72513

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A NEWSPAPER HISTORY OF CAVE CITY, ARKANSAS

Excerpts from the Sharp County Record, Batesville Guard, Batesville Record and Newark Journal Newspapers

Volume I 1877 - 1929 Volume II 1930 - 1959

Edited by Gary Perkey

Both book include local news, marriages, birth and death notices, church and school news, obituaries, and histories for the communities around and including Cave City: Cave Creek, Cedar Grove, Curia, Emery, Eutopia, Fairview, Grange, Hickory Valley, Hilltop, Maxville, Mt. Tabor, Mt. View, Mobley, Palestine, Pfeiffer, Reed's Creek, Sandtown, Shelbyville, etc. News articles are listed in chronological order along with the newspaper source cited. Each volume is fully indexed, perfect bound (glued), and includes a map of the area covered, drawn by Craig Ogilvie of Batesville, AR.

Volume 1 covers the years 1877 thru 1929 and was published in 2004 by the Batesville Genealogical Society. Volume 1, which contains 394 pages, is available for $30.00. (Limited copies of this volume are available. Please contact the author below before pay