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SMYRNA CHURCH

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CENSUS 1840

Union

1850 complete

1860 complete

1860

1870

1880

1890

none exists- see the 1890 tax roll

1900

Dist.137Antioch& Cane
Dist. 138 Bald Knob (inc Bald Knob town)
Dist. 139 Big Creek & Clay
Dist. 140 Cadron& Kentucky
Dist. 141 Cleveland & Marshall
Dist. 142 Coffey & Gravel Hill
Dist. 143 Velvet Ridge
Dist. 144Denmark&
Jackson
Dist. 145 Des Arc
Dist. 146 Dogwood & Garner
Dist. 147 El Paso & Royal
Dist. 148 Gray (exc Searcy) & Gum Springs
Dist. 149 Searcy
Dist. 150 Harrison (inc Judsonia town)
Dist. 151 Higginson & Kensett
Dist. 152 Liberty (inc Bradford town) & Russell (inc Russell town)
Dist. 153 Marion
Dist. 154 Negro Hill & Red River (inc West Point town)
Dist. 155 Union (inc Beebe town)

1910

Dist. 150 Albion Township & Marion Township
Dist. 151 Antioch & Coffey Township
Dist. 152 Bald Knob
Dist. 153 Big Creek &
Clay
Dist. 154 Cadron & Gravel Hill
Dist. 155 Cane
Dist. 156 Cleveland & Royal
Dist. 157Coldwell Township &Velvet Ridge
Dist. 158 Denmark & Jackson
Dist. 159Des Arc
Dist. 160 Dogwood (inc. Griffithville town) & Walker
Dist. 161 El Paso & Jefferson
Dist. 162 Garner & McRae
Dist. 163 Gray (exc Searcy)
Dist. 164Searcy Wards 1-4
Dist. 165Gum Springs &
Higginson (inc Higginson town)
Dist. 166Harrisonall north of St. Louis, Iron Mtn. & Southern RR (inc Judsonia town)
Dist. 167Harrison (all south of of St. Louis, Iron Mtn. & Southern RR) & Kensett
Dist. 168Kentucky & Marshall
Dist. 169Liberty(inc Bradford town)
Dist. 170Negro Hill & Red River (inc West Point town)
Dist. 171Russell (inc Russell town)
Dist. 172 & 173 Union (north of St. Louis, Iron Mtn. & Southern RR

1920

Dist. 152Albion & Marion(inc Letona)
Dist. 153Antioch & Coffey
Dist. 154Bald Knob (inc Bald Knob town)
Dist. 155Big Creek (inc Pangburn town) & Clay
Dist. 156Cadron & North Cadron & Gravel Hill
Dist. 157Cane & Des Arc
Dist. 158 Chrisp
Dist. 159Cleveland & Royal
Dist. 160Coldwell & Velvet Ridge
Dist. 161 Crosby
Dist. 162 Cypert
Dist. 163Denmark, Hartsell & Jackson
Dist. 164 Dogwood (inc Griffithville town) & Walker
Dist. 165 El Paso & Jackson
Dist. 166 Garner & McRae
Dist. 167 Gray (inc White County Poor Farm, exc Searcy and White County Jail)
Dist. 168 Searcy town Wards 1-4 (inc White County Jail)
Dist. 169 Gum Springs & Higginson (inc Higginson town)
Dist. 170 Harrison (inc Judsonia town) All north of St. Louis, Iron Mountain, and Southern Railroad
Dist. 171 Kensett (inc Kensett town) & Harrison (exc Judsonia)
Dist. 172 Kentucky & Marshall
Dist. 173 Liberty (inc Bradford town)
Dist. 174 Negro Hill & Red River (inc West Point town)
Dist. 175 Russell (inc Russell town)
Dist. 176 Union Township (exc Beebe)
Dist. 177 Beebe town

1930

1912 FISHING TRIP WAS ONE TO FORGET
1941 ANTIOCH COMMUNITY NEWS
AFTER THE DEPRESSION
A BUS FOR THE KIDS ACROSS THE RIVER (Only way to get to High School in the 40's)
A FUN & INFORMATIVE DAY (Arts Council spring tour)
A FULL BUSHEL, GOOD ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM (Bald Knob’s Model Farmer Anson Turley)
A GRANGER MEETS A COBBITE
A GROCERY STORE ON WHEELS
A HOUSE ON MARSH MOUNTAIN (What a young girl saw)
A ROUGH START AT GRIFF IN 1932
ALLEN’S QUALITY BAKERY
A MEAL FOR THE MINISTER - Steprock's Great Chicken Chase
AN ANTIOCH GIRL’S TRIP FROM A SMALL TOWN TO A BIG WAR
A PINK TEA IN 1894
ARMSTRONG SPRINGS' OLD ONE-ROOM SCHOOLHOUSE - (The Teacher Married His Student)
A STAR IS BORN IN 1928 (Pangburn Eastern Star organized)
A STEADFAST LADY'S LAST DIARY (Story of Conant)
A WAC REMEMBERS WWII (Ruth Chaney of Bald Knob)
A WHITE COUNTY HOBO (Bill and Ina Leach’s 1933 guest)
AGRI PIONEERS – THE LAMBERTS
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE HISTORY
AND THEN CAME ELECTRICITY (Power to the people)
ARKANSAS MISCHIEF – WHITEWATER’S JIM MCDOUGAL
B-25 LOGBOOK: TERRIFYINGLY ROUTINE
BASEBALL IN THE GOOD OL' DAYS (Augusta to Pangburn)
BEAST OUTSIDE MY WINDOW
BEATING THE BUSHWHACKERS WITH A SHOVEL IN FLOYDF
BEATING THE HEAT IN OUR UNDERWEAR (Summer of '41)
BEEBE CLASSES OF ’38 -'39-'40
BEEBE’S TENNESSEE COLONEL, WILLIAM H. SCRAPE SR.
BEFORE SHORTY’S THERE WAS SMALL’S
BENNETTS CAME TO SIDON IN 1869
BERTHA COX HANTHORN – TOUGH AS A BOOT AT 101
BERRY PICKERS
BEST AND WORST OF WHITE COUNTY NEWS
BEYOND THE LITTLE RED TO HIRAM BLUFF
BILL DICKEY – KENSETT’S GREATEST CATCHER
BILL OWENS AND THE GEORGETOWN BRIDGE
THE BLUE & GRAY DIARY - A Tale of Two Soldiers
BOTTLE COLLECTING IN 1903
BOUNTY OF BLESSINGS IN THANKSGIVING PAST
BOXCAR SCARE ENDS AN ICE CREAM SUMMER
BRADFORD CHRISTMAS MEMORIES
BRADFORD GIRL VISITS THE BUTTON FACTORY
BRIEF MARRIAGE (She ran away with the rolling store man)
BRING YOUR CHAIR FOR THE MEDICINE SHOW
BROTHER JULIAN’S FAREWELL TO MORRIS SCHOOL
BURNED THE MORTGAGE (Harding College celebration)
CARLTON AUTOBIOGRAPHY – CURSING THE YANKEES AT CENTER HILL
CENTER HILL (170 years of history)
CHANGES AND PROGRESS (We’ve Come A Long Way From Steprock)
CHASING BED BUGS IN MARCH (Spring cleaning)
CHICKENS AND MISSILES DON'T MIX (Farming at Clay)
CHRISTMAS AT THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE (WWII)
CHRISTMAS IN THE COUNTRY
CIVIL WAR DOCTOR HONORED (West Point memorial)
CLOIE PRESLEY COLLECTION
COME SATURDAY AFTERNOON (Farm kids' day in town)
COOL MEMORIES ON A HOT DAY (Beebe ice plant)
CORINNE HART CELEBRATES HER 93RD
COTTON STARTED THE PICKENS CHAPEL CHURCH
COUNTYJUDGE BOB PARISH’S PRESERVATION PLEDGE
CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN(150 years in Searcy)
CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN HISTORY Gum Springs
DANDRIDGE McRAE AN ARKANSAS GENERAL
DID YOU KNOW? – HISTORY OF WEST POINT, HIGGINSON, MORNING SUN & GEORGETOWN
DOC RAYBURN'S 11-YEAR-OLD RAIDER (Bob Scott of West Point in the Civil War)
DOING WITHOUT AND MAKING DO (Scrimping in 1932)
DREAMING OF WHITE CHRISTMAS (Pangburn memories)
EARLY ROADS TO SEARCY (Judge Forrest Waller’s history)
EASTER IN NO MAN'S LAND (Temporary truce in WWII)
ECHOES - SEARCY CLASS OF 1980 (20-year reunion message)
ECLECTIC “CHARLATAN” SOLD REJUVENATION AND RELIGION (Dr. John R. Brinkley Offered “Tired” Men A Goat Gland Remedy
ELIJAH BAILEY DESCENDANTS CELEBRATE $4.20 LAND DEAL
EL PASO REMEMBERS APRIL 18, 1880 (Deadly tornado)
ELLIS SCRAPBOOK (Newspaper Clippings of notable people)
ENTERTAINING OURSELVES IN THE 1930s
FATHER'S DAY AND A SPECIAL FEELING (Wagon sounds)
FIRST ARRIVALS IN NEW DONIPHAN
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CELEBRATES 150 YEARS (The Searcy Church That Was Once a Military Chapel)
FLOYD’S OLD TRAVELERS CAMPSITE
FLOYD’S TARHEEL CONFEDERATE – L. D. DAVIS
FOLLOW THE DOGWOOD TRAIL TO DRIPPING SPRINGS
FOX HUNTING IN THE ROARING TWENTIES
FROM AN APARTMENT WINDOW (Watching America Change)
FROM DROPOUT TO DEPRESSION ERA RETAILER
FROM LAMPLIGHTER TO MASTER SURVEYOR (Kensett’s David Moss)
FRONT PORCH MEMORIES (Watching the World From a Swing)
FUN TIMES IN PAPA'S TIDY CORNCRIB (Roosevelt Farm Life 70 Years Ago)
GARNER DEPOT DONATED TO THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
GARNER WINS WITH A LADY COACH (Faye’s Boys Were Unbeaten in 1945)
GEORGE FISHER,CARTOONIST & HERO
GEORGETOWN BRIDGE WAS A HEADACHE (1927 jinx)
GERMANS IN THE FIELDS STRAWBERRIES DID GROW
GETTING HOOKED AT THE OLD TASTEE FREEZ
GLEANINGS FROM JUDGE DAVENPORT'S BIBLE
GLEN BELEW INTERVIEW – ROSE BUD POSTMASTER
GOING BANANAS IN BALD KNOB (Town veterinarian)
GOVERNOR DAVIS ENJOYED WHITE COUNTY COOKING
GRADUATING TO THE BIG ROOM AT LETONA IN 1939
GRANDFATHER TAUGHT IN THE PIONEER VILLAGE SCHOOL
GRANDFATHER WROTE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
GRANDMA THE STORY TELLER (Rose Bud’s Jennie Benton)
GRANDMOTHER'S PRIDE (Antique quilt was a traveller)
GRANDPA MORGAN'S MADSTONE (Curing a snakebite)
GRANDPA THARP’S LAST STORY (How a Wild Hog Became Meat in the Pot)
GRANDPA RODE THE WHIRLWIND (Uplifted at Hiram)
GRANNY'S CABBAGE AND GRANDPA'S DRINKING GOURD
GRAVEL HILL IN 1937
GRAVEL HILL - INDIAN TERRITORY
GREAT MOMENTS IN SMALL TOWN SPORTS
GREAT MYSTERIES OF WHITE COUNTY
GROWING UP AT CROSBY IN THE 1940'S
HALLOWEEN IN A SMALL TOWN
HANGING AROUND AT HARDING (A Glimpse of Life After Homework)
HARD TIMES & HIGH FUR PRICES (Trapping in the Depression)
HARD TIMES AT LIBERTY HILL ($6 for a 2-room log cabin)
HARDING TIMELINE (Milestones for the Searcy university)
HARRY AND NEWBERN'S ADVENTURE (McRae politics)
HARTSELL BURIALS
HASN'T SCRATCHED YET (Advertising in the Depression)
CHICKEN SALAD AT HEADLEE'S WASN'T Inside Story on a Long-Gone Drug Store
HE RAN A COLLEGE A YEAR FOR $65 IN PAY
HE WROTE 'WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN' FOR $5
HER FATHER SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR
HISTORICAL PLACES ALONG DES ARC CREEK AND HARMONY COMMUNITY
HISTORY OF ARMSTRONG SPRINGS RESORT
HISTORY OF HARDING UNIVERSITY
HISTORY OF JUDSONIA
HISTORY OF SEARCY -- ITS GROWTH AND ITS LEADERS
HISTORY OF THE HARDING SWING (Campus fixture)
HOLLY SPRINGS WELL DRILLER CHARGED BY THE FOOT
HOSPITALITY IN THE HOBO JUNGLE? (How it wasn’t)
HOT TIMES IN THE TOWN OF BRADFORD
HOW ROMANCE REALLY GOT ITS NAME
ICE CREAM MEMORIES (Searcy’s Yarnell Ice Cream Co.)
I'LL HANG HIM FOR YOU (Searcy’s last execution)
IN SEARCH OF CAPT. JOHN A. DOLLAR
IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO MOVE A VILLAGE
JONES CULT STIRS MEMORY OF COBBITES (A Bizarre Murder in 1876)
JUDGE SHARES MILLS FAMILY HISTORY
JUDSONIA'S BRIEF SEASON IN HELL (1952 tornado)
JUST LOOKING FOR A HOME (A White County Couple Struggles to Sink Roots)
KEEPING THE SPIRIT OF MORRIS SCHOOL
KENSETT BANK ROBBERY (Jim Wiseman changes careers)
KENSETT'S FIRST AND SECOND GRADERS IN 1928
KICKED BY A MULE (Pangburn girl can smile now)
KING CHRISTMAS PARTY (The orphan’s favorite holiday)
KING OF CROPS LOSES ITS CROWN Strawberry history)
KNOWING THEIR TEARS AND HEARING THEIR LAUGHTER
LAST BLACKSMITH SHOP (Closing of a Searcy landmark)
LEARNING TO SELL AND SERVE AT STOTT'S DRUG STORE
LEE LACKEY'S POOL HALL (Hanging out at McRae)
LEGEND OF THE HEADLESS WOMAN OF FLAT CREEK
LEGEND OF THE OWL EYES SILVER MINE
LIVING IN TERMITE TERMINAL
LOOKING BACK ON 100 YEARS (Noah Martin’s story)
LUDIE SHOURD REMEMBERS CROSBY
MAKING A PIONEER ROOF (Historic Fair Grounds cabin)
MAMA'S COUNTRY COOKING IN THE 1920'S
McRAE FOUND BLAMELESS LONG AFTER HELENA LOSS
McRAE'S CHAMBERS HOTEL - Staying There at Twice the Price
McRAE’S PIONEER BURTON FAMILY LOST FOUR TO FLU
MEETING THE TRAIN AT PANGBURN
MEMORIES OF AUTUMN

MEMORIES OF CENTER HILL(1902 letter)
MEMORIES OF SERVING WITH JFK
MEMORIES OF SIDON – WHO WE ONCE WERE
MEMORIES OF THE JUDSONIA TORNADO 50 YEARS AGO
MIRACLE SPRING OF WATER-(Witching for a well at Judsonia)
MISS CONNIE – HALL OF FAME TEACHER
MISS IRENE TAUGHT FOR 60 YEARS
MOTE THE MCRAE MOVING MAESTRO (A truck load!)
MT. BETHEL CELEBRATES 100 YEARS
MT. PISGAH VALENTINE PUZZLER (Look for her beaus)
MULE HEADED (Humor by Earnest Best of Rose Bud)
MURDER IN THE PLEASANT GROVE CHURCH
NAMES - GRANDFATHER GOT HIS FROM UNCLE SAM
NEVER GO VISITING WITH YOUR HANDS AT YOUR SIDE
NO ERA IN 1934
NO KISSING AT CLAY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
NO RETURN GUESTS AT THE OLD CALABOOSE
OFF TO THE RACES WITH POKEWEED WINE (No More Canned Poke Sallet)
OLD DEPOT MOVES TO PIONEER VILLAGE
OLD GRIFFIN SPRINGS IN 'THE GAY NINETIES'
OLD NEWSPAPERS BRING JUDSONIA'S ELEGENT '80 TO LIFE
OLD SEARCY FLOUR MILL HID A TREASURE-It Closed in 1905 But Was Irresistible in the 1930s
OLD SOLDIER’S DEATH WAS FRONT PAGE NEWS
OLD STAMPS PLACE WAS STAGECOACH STOP
ONE BIG ROCK (27-carat diamond found in…)
ON OUR WAY TO RICHES (Strawberry Market)
ORPHAN OF THE STORM (Only the Baby Survived the Little Red Tornado of 1903)
OUR LIBRARIES ARE BURNING (Preserving history)
PANGBURN 1929 EIGHTH GRADE GRADUATING CLASS
PANGBURN CIVIL WAR VETERAN TAKEN PRISONER TWICE
PAPAS COUNTRY STORE (1911-1916 at Little Red)
PAUL MILLER RECALLS A THRIVING JUDSONIA
PHOENIX CLUB NURTURES SEARCY’S LIBRARY
PICKING BUTTER BEANS
PICKING FOR RC’S AND MOON PIES
PIONEER SPIRIT ALIVE AND WELL (Searcy museum)
POLITICS BY GEORGE (Beebe cartoonist George Fisher)
POP PREACHED AND MOM FANNED
PRISONER OF WAR (Captured by Nazis WWII)
PRUETT FAMILY OF ROMANCE
RAILROAD TOOK THE BALD ROCK
READING, WRITING, AND CHICKEN BITING (Enlightening the Searcy Class of 1940)
RED ROSES FOR LEISTER (Luther G. Presley Writes a WWII Song for his Son)
REFLECTIONS ON A LONG-GONE RAILROAD
REMEMBERING THE EDITOR’S WIFE
REMEMBERING THE FOURTH OF JULY
REMEMBERING THE RENDEZVOUS (Searcy’s Depression Era Café)
REMEMBERING THE RIALTO
RESTLESS PREACHERS BOY (Salute to a Searcy airman)
RETURNING TO JUDSONIA (An Orphan Goes Home)
ROBERT R. DOUGLAS "A JOURNALIST WHO GOT IT RIGHT"
ROSE BUD MAN HEADS THE MEDAL OF HONOR SOCIETY
SAD STORY OF SPENSER WASHINGTON STOUT
SAVED BY AN ANGEL (How Lonnie Glosson lived to be 93)
SAVING COUSIN CLINTON ON GEORGIA RIDGE
SAWMILL EXPLOSION OF 1906 (Tragedy at Dogwood)
SAY 'AHHH' (Surviving the Pangburn Tonsil Clinic)
SCHOOL DAYS AT 63 COMMUNITY
SEARCH FOR CONFEDERATE LEAD (Patton Hollow’s secret)
SEARCY BARBERS OF THE 1930S
SEARCY CLASS OF 1906 PROGRAM
SEARCY HIGH CLASS OF 1928 (Corinne Hart nostalgia)
SEARCY WAS BRIGHTER DOWNTOWN (1900 light plant)
SEARCY FEMALE INSTITUTE (1891-1907)
SEARCY'S FIRST DRUG STORE (Robertson’s in 1860)
SEARCY HISTORY WAS A BIRTHDAY GIFT TO AMERICA
SEARCY'S HOME GUARD MINUTE MEN (Civil War unit)
SEARCY'S OLDEST HOTEL-THE MAYFAIR OR THE GILL HOUSE?
SEARCY'S SPRING STREET IN THE 1930'S
SEARCY WAS A SPECIAL STOP ON HIGHWAY 67
SHARECROPPER’S SON RETURNS WITH A SEQUEL
SHE RODE AWAY ON SAM'S MULE (Floyd mystery)
SHILOH CHRISTMAS
SHIPPING STRAWBERRIES THAT PASS THE WHITE SHIRT TEST (Getting Them Ready for the Train Ride to Market Took a Lot of Work)
SHOOTING ANVILS ON ARMISTICE DAY (Searcy, 1918)
SILO FIRE SURVIVOR (53 die in 1965 Titan disaster at Clay)
SMOKEY MEMORIES OF AUTUMN
SORGHUM TIME ON THE FARM (Favorite recipes)
STAGECOACH HOTCAKES AND THE HOWERTON INN
STAYING COOL IN THE OLD DAYS
STEAMBOAT CALAMITIES
STORIES MY PARENTS TOLD (Steprock to Little Red)
STRAWBERRY FIELDS & MORNINGS IN MAY
STRUGGLING TO FEED A FAMILY IN THE 1930's
SUICIDE CYCLE
SWEET DREAMS IN THE WAGON YARD
SWINGING BRIDGE IS FALLING DOWN (Little Red tragedy)
TAKING THE BIBLE OUT OF THE SCHOOLHOUSE
TATERS HAVE EYES
THE AWFUL M&NA STRIKE
THE BAPTISM OF WHITE COUNTY'S FIRST JUDGE (1840 Mormon diary)
THE BIGGEST TURTLE I EVER RODE
THE CHURCH AND THE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS (Rose Bud History)
THE DAVENPORTS OF ENGLAND AND WHITE COUNTY
THE DAY PREACHER ROE FANNED 26 IN ONE GAME
THE DAY THE COLLEGE MOVED (Harding comes to Searcy)
THE DAY THE PLANE CRASH-LANDED IN THE PASTURE
THE DAY THE SMYRNA METHODISTS SWARMED(How White County’s Oldest Church Was Formed)
THE DAY THEY ROBBED THE BANK AT KENSETT
THE FIRST WHITE COUNTIAN (Georgetown’s Francure)
THE GALLOWAY GHOST - 1950 (How it started)
THE GALLOWAY GHOST - 1998 (Searcy’s Halloween legend)
THE GHOST IN THE TURNIP PATCH (Lebanon hair raiser)
THE GIANTS AT WEST POINT - Myth of a Lost Race of Seven-Foot Native Americans
THE GRAYS OF MT. PISGAH
THE GREAT ELECTION BET OF 1936
THE GREAT THANKSGIVING STORM OF 1926
THE HOBO WHO BECAME SHERIFF (McRae’s Sam Turner)
THE JOHN MARTIN STORY (1912 in Bald Knob)
THE LITTLE TRAIN TO DES ARC
THE LONG ROAD FROM DONIPHAN TO NEW DONIPHAN
THE MCRAE DIPPING VAT
THE MONSTER IN MISS SIDNEY'S CLASS
THE MORNING SUN BLACKSMITH (Snakes and horseshoes)
THE MORNING THE WAR ENDED (McRae celebrates)
THE MORRIS BROTHERS (A Denmark family’s patriotism)
THE NIGHT THE CASTLEBERRY BURNED
THE OLD HERMIT AT GEORGETOWN (Francois Francure)
THE ONE YEAR BUS RIDE (Senior year at Beebe)
THE ONE-ROOM SCHOOLHOUSE AT MILLVILLE
THE OUTLAW BUSCHE BROTHERS OF 1935
THE PIKER LETTERS FROM BRADFORD (A Yankee Settles in White County)
THE RELUCTANT REBEL (Uncle Lum in the Civil War)
THE ROBBINS OF ROSE BUD
THE SCHOOL BUS WITH A GRIN (Riding to Pangburn)
THE SCREAM OF THE PANTHER, THE HOWL OF THE WOLF...
THE SEARCY BOYS BAND OF 1936
THE TALK JUDGE WALLER NEVER GAVE
THE TALKING HARMONIC MAN (Lonnie Glosson’s story)
THE TERRIBLE TORNADO OF JUDSONIA (1953 review)
THE THANKSGIVING DAY TORNADO OF 1926
THE UNION SOLDIER THAT SETTLED IN PLAINVIEW
THE WHITE COUNTY TIME MACHINE (Rain on a tin roof)
THEY RODE THE RAILS IN HARD TIMES (Lonnie & Hobo)
THIS CRUEL WAR (A Beebe mayor’s Civil War letters)
THOSE WE REMEMBER (Our boys who didn’t come back)
THOUGHTS ON THE M&NA (History of a Rural Railroad)
TUF NUT IN MY POCKET AND THE WORLD'S TALLEST MAN ON MY MIND
TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY COUNTY LEADERS (Searcy town fathers)
TWO RINGERS AND A KNIFE AT THE WEST POINT TOURNMENT
UNCLE BART SIMS, PANGBURN MAILMAN OF THE DEPRESSION
UNCLE MIKE DOYLE, DEPRESSION LAWMAN
UNION HILL, A SYMBOL OF PLEASANT DAYS IN WHITE COUNTY
UPON THIS ROCK (Judsonia church of Christ history)
W.E. ORR MADE HISTORY AND RECORDED IT
WAR JOURNAL MEMORIES (Beer Barrel Polka Salute)
WALKER SCHOOL 1929-30
WASH DAY DEPENDED ON THE WEATHER
WE ALL DRANK FROM THE SAME BUCKET Gravel Hill in the 1930's
WEST POINT GIRLS WENT 74-0
WETTING DOWN THE TEACHER
WHAT HAPPENED IN THE TITAN II SILO? (53 Men Die in 1965 Disaster at Clay)
WHERE DID THE HOBO GO? (Secrets of life on the road)
WHITE COUNTY COURTHOUSE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT
WHITE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ELECTION
WHITE COUNTY LAND WAS CHEAP IN 1848 ('Very Fine Country About Sircy')
WHITE COUNTY PAIR MARRIED 64 YEARS
WHITE COUNTY WAR MEMORIAL (1998 dedication)
WHITE COUNTY’S FRANK KING (“Soldier was hard to catch”)
WILBUR THE BOY WONDER (Wilbur D. Mills’ first race)
WORKING AT THE MAYFAIR
WWI FLU EPIDEMIC CLAIMS BEEBE BROTHERS
WWI IN BERLIN (tale of the 7 horned beast)

Arkansas State Library Page
County Formation Maps
Family Information Request
Lookup
Map of White County, Arkansas Railroad routes - takes a while to load but informative.
Missouri Pacific Historical Society - to preserve the rich history of the Missouri Pacific Railroad
Microfilm information for White County research
Old Statehouse Museum - A Multimedia of Arkansas History, People, and Culture.
Other Genealogy Related Websites
Queries (Ancestry.com)
Queries (Genforum)
Searcy's Chamber of Commerce
Searcy's Government Page
University of Arkansas
White County Historical Society Information and News
White County Information at the Arkansas Historical Commission
White County Mailing List - a discussion with other researchers via email
White County weather
Where to write for vital records from the State

PUBLICATIONS
PHOTOS OF YESTERDAY

ALBION

W.S. Jowers Homestead

ANTIOCH

1926 ANTIOCH ELEMENTARY
1928 ANTIOCH BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM
1941 ANTIOCH COMMUNITY NEWS
ANTIOCH 1927/28 MIDDLE GRADES
Eastern Star or Church c.1920
Masonic Lodge early 1920's
Moore Sisters c1929
Quail Hunters – Welze Moore and Pierce Rice
Woodmen of the World c. 1900

ARMSTRONG SPRINGS

BALD KNOB

BEEBE

CALICO ROCK

Steamboat Ozark In 1890

CENTER HILL

Harrison Family

CLAY

CROSBY

DENMARK

DES ARC

DRAKE SPUR

EL PASO

FLOYD

FOUR MILE HILL

GARNER

GEORGETOWN

GRIFFITHVILLE

HAMMONSVILLE

HIRAM

JOY

JUDSONIA

Judsonia Patriarchs - Some of the Power People in 1921-22
1947-1948 First Grade Providence School
JUDSONIA NATIONAL GUARD - 1898
JUDSONIA BRIDGE
WALLER BERRY FARM C1915
Humphries Store 1888
Blacksmith Joe Glosson’s Home 1909
Old Newspapers bring Judsonia Elegent 80's to Life

KENSETT

LETONA

LITTLE RED

McRAE

MT. PISGAH

1918 Ball Team
Mt. Pisgah Valentine Puzzler(Look for her beaus)
Milam Harrison & Whisnant Girls
Baptist Church and John Gray 1900
School and Teacher 1910

MT. VERNON

OPAL

PANGBURN

ROOSEVELT

Dinner on the grounds at Roosevelt Missionary Baptist Church

ROSE BUD

MILITARY SALUTE- GAYLER BROTHERS
MT. BETHEL FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH 1930 SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS

RUSSELL

SEARCY

Union Grove School 1923

The Fritts Rudesill House in 1952

VINITY

WALKER

WEST POINT

Pate Bros. Groceries, 1915

1850 MORTALITY SCHEDULE
1860 MORTALITY SCHEDULE
1870 MORTALITY SCHEDULE
1890 TAX ROLLS
BIBLE RECORDS - WHITE & CLEBURNE CO.
BIOGRAPHIES (White& Cleburne Co. families) included are GOODSPEED'S (Biographical Memoirs, 1890)
BONDS - (White Co.)

A-H
L-Z

CITIES & COMMUNITIES WITHIN WHITE CO. ARK.
DANIEL FUNERAL HOME (1970s deaths - ages included)
FAMILY REUNIONS (add yours!!!) UPDATED
FAMILY STORIES (The unusual ones!) (White & Cleburne Co.)
FAMILY GROUP SHEETS (& FAMILY HISTORIES)
HARBOUR & RELATED FAMILY BOOK (Incredible!!)
HIGHSMITH AND BEST WEBSITE
LOOSE PROBATE RECORDS 1835 - 1920
MARRIAGE CERT. INFORMATION (how to obtain them)
MARRIAGES, Book "A" - 1836-1858
MARRIAGES, Book "B" A-B,
C-D, N-P
MARRIAGES in Prairie County of White County Residents
MARRIAGES, UNCLAIMED MARRIAGE LICENSES
MISC. - White County information that doesn't fit into a specific category
MISC. WHITE COUNTY MARRIAGE RECORDS
NATIVE AMERICAN LINKS

ARKANSAS HISTORY COMMISSION RECORDS
BLACK HISTORY- Arkansas Black History Online
CARING FOR EVERGREEN CEMETERY IS PEACEFUL WORK.
CENTER HILL BAPTIST CHURCH HISTORY
CENTER HILL - A History
CHANCERY COURT RECORDS 1845-1856
COBBITES IN WHITE COUNTY
CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR BURIED IN WHITE COUNTY
COURT RECORDS (Circuit Court)
CROW CEMETERY - A Clean Up
GEORGETOWN CAFE
GOAD, JOHN
HISTORIC PLACES IN WHITE COUNTY - listed in the National Register
HISTORY OF THE ROSE BUD CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL
HISTORY OF HARMONY CEMETERY
JOHN A. FOSTER HISTORY
LAND RECORDS - pre 1908 White Co records Info
about them
LETTERS (old ones!) to/from White Co. folks
LEWIS SCHOOL 1925 picture
LONG ROAD TO ROMANCE -The Story of Asbury Hooks
LONNIE GLOSSON-Harmonica Man
LONNIE GLOSSON - Harmonica Ambassador
MAP 1895 MAP OF WHITE CO. (warning! memory intensive!)
MAP of 1930 TOWNSHIPS in White Co.
Morris School for Boy - A Brief History
OFFICIALS of White Co. 1836-1921
PETITION TO LOCATE COURTHOUSE IN LATE 1830s
PLEASANT GROVE AND ITS PEOPLE
POST OFFICES - HISTORICAL AND CURRENT
PROBATE - A2, 1862-67(index & some abstracts)
ROSS FAMILY OF MOSSY POINT -A History
SEARCY HISTORICAL TRAIL
SCHOOL DAYS (Various student rosters & anything else!)
TORNADO - THE WORST IN ARK. HISTORY (White Co. 1952)
HOW WERE THEY NAMED?
VANMETER ROOTS RUN DEEP
WHITE COUNTY COURTHOUSE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT
WHITE COUNTY JUDGES
WILBUR MILLS - A Tribute to Wilbur Daigh Mills
WOOLS OF THE CHICAGE ARKANSAS COLONY
USGS -COMPLETE LISTING (Find out if any features in White Co are named for your family!)

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