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The location of the county seat for Lawrence County has been contentious over the years. From the early ...
County Seat Relocation
Robert Mosby was found dead in his cell at Powhatan jail on May 10, 1901. He had hung ...
Robert Mosby
James A. Martin was the son of Felix G. Martin and was of the firm J.A. Martin & ...
James A. Martin
The Spring River Valley, which comprises the western line of the Black River valley is bordered by a ...
Mining
In February 1923, the Arkansas legislature passed Act 430, requiring all citizens to register their handguns with the ...
Gun Permits
Summary of Goodspeed Attorney and county examiner, born April 1, 1852. Came to Powhatan in 1882 and practiced ...
Charles C. Rogers
In 1893, J.C. Smith was indicted for incest involving his niece Dollie McLaughlin. In August 1903, Joe Starr ...
Incest
Douglas Horton was a blacksmith who lived in Powhatan at the turn of the 20th Century. On August ...
Douglas Horton
Personal Life and Family James Rufus Eudaly was born in 1846 in Tennessee. He had arrived in Powhatan ...
J. Rufus Eudaly
Summary from Mother of Counties Son of B.F. Matthews. Husband of Lavinia Martin (sister of J.A., J.W. Martin). ...
William Matthews
Charles Hall was a soldier from Lawrence County, one of over 70,000 men from Arkansas who served during ...
Charles Hall
Tanneries were an important part of the American economy in the 19th century. The Lawrence County tax records ...
Tanning Yards
H.H. Peden was a deputy postal clerk in Powhatan in 1883. He was charged with "depositing in the ...
H.H. Peden
J. Bowen Coffman was born in Hempstead County on November 17, 1861, son of Joseph W. Coffman. His ...
J. Bowen Coffman
Ella Hetch was a steamer built in Pocahontas, Arkansas in 1870. Her capacity was 125 bales.[1] She was ...
Ella Hecht
Henry Wickersham a resident of Powhatan and tinsmith. According to records found on Ancestry.com, he was appointed as ...
Henry Wickersham
The Powhatan Weekly Visitor was a newspaper in Lawrence County, Arkansas founded by J.C. Shook in 1857. Source: ...
Powhatan Visitor
"Powhatan Manufacturing Company" formed on June 1st, 1874. Formed for the purpose of general milling and cotton factory. ...
Mills
The following is a description of Powhatan in the year 1889. Goodspeed "Powhatan proves a profitable center for ...
1889
Mose Thompson was charged with murder in the first degree for the killing of Bob Weir near Black ...
Murder of Bob Weir
Due to the proximity to the Black River, Powhatan experienced several drownings in its heyday. In 1873, three ...
Drownings
Lon McCarrol was indicted and accused of killing George James on December 21, 1901 with a pistol. The ...
Murder of George James
The failure and liquidation of the Bank of Black Rock was a sensational legal case in the early ...
Bank of Black Rock Scandal
In 1912, the following individuals were elected Office Winner Succeeding Representative Jefferson D. Boyle J.J. Bellamy County/Probate Judge ...
1912 County Elections
Francis Wayland was born in Lawrence County on October 7, 1846 to Rev. Jonathan Wayland from Virginia and ...
Francis Wayland
William Drew Starr (1834-1876) was the jailer of Lawrence County. In 1875, Samuel Helms was convicted of murder ...
William Drew Starr
John A. Lindsay (July 7, 1820-February 14, 1894) was a soldier, land-owner, and businessman who lived in Powhatan.1 ...
John A. Lindsay
Act No. 85 was a law enacted by the State of Arkansas on March 26, 1887. It divided ...
Act No. 85
Summary from Goodspeed John K. Gibson was an attorney and real estate dealer based in Powhatan. Born in ...
John K Gibson
Dolly Varden was a steamer that operated on the Black River. She does not appear in Way’s Packet ...
Dolly Varden
James McCall was sheriff of Lawrence County in 1902-1903. 1902: removed an unnamed African American male from Powhatan ...
James McCall
Willis Matthews was a partner in the firm Weir & Matthews. He was born in Lawrence County on ...
Willis B. Matthews
Thomas Tewell murdered Lewis Cisssel on Christmas Day 1883. At the celebration of a wedding, Tewell arrived at ...
Murder of Lewis Cissel
In 1898 the following officials were elected Position Winner Votes Loser Votes Probate Judge Cunningham 1262 Pearce 558 ...
1898 County Elections
More stuff needs to be added here. Is there anything unique about the cemetery or the people buried ...
Cemetery
The schoolhouse is a single-story wood frame structure, with a side gable roof and a projecting front-gable section, ...
Powhatan Male and Female Academy
E.H. Hall was the deputy circuit clerk in Powhatan until 1922, when he resigned. Sources: "Deputy Clerk Resigns." ...
E.H. Hall
Thomas C. Faulkner (1894-1918) was born in Denton, Arkansas but later moved to Powhatan. He served during World ...
Thomas C. Faulkner
E.L. King was a veterinarian residing in Powhatan around 1910. He placed numerous ads in papers advertising his ...
E.L. King
Titania was a 14-steamer built in Pittsburgh in 1856. She was purchased by John D. Adams to handle ...
Titania
Henry H. Caldwell was a resident of Walnut Ridge. He owned and operated a barber shop there until ...
Henry H. Caldwell
In late 19th and early 20th centuries, natural pearls were rare and valuable. The pearl rush that swept ...
Pearling and Button Making
Richard Ward was killed by his nephew Charles Wilson in August 1891. They apparently quarreled over a woman. ...
Murder of Richard Ward
Standing Historic Buildings in Powhatan Churches Hotels and Boarding Houses Mills Factories
Buildings of Powhatan
Champ T. Stuart Jr. was the son of Champ T. Stuart Sr. He was born February 17, 1858 ...
Champ Terry Stuart Jr.
Summary of Goodspeed Born August 12, 1823 in Georgia. He came to Powhatan in 1854. In 1876 he ...
Benjamin F. Matthews
R.S. Madison was the Lawrence County Tax Collector in 1915. According to a contemporary newspaper, he was the ...
R.S. Madison
The Powhatan Zinc and Lead Mining Company incorporated in June 1906. The company was capitalized at $100,000. Incorporators ...
Powhatan Zinc and Lead Mining Company
Philip K. Lester was a member of the Powhatan Lodge of Masons. He was born in 1819, the ...
Philip K. Lester
Coffin & Gibson was a real estate company that operated in Powhatan in 1873. It is unknown which ...
Coffin & Gibson
Senter Wilkins Stuart was the son of Powhatan merchant Frank C. Stuart. His mother was Emma Moore. He ...
Senter Wilkins Stuart
John McManus, George Roberts, and William Brooks were accused of the murder of Charles Buster in 1885. They ...
Murder of Charles Buster
W.A. Townsend was county judge for Lawrence County. In 1897 he resided in Smithville and worked as a ...
W.A. Townsend
Clifton Mills was a flour and corn gristmill located in Powhatan operated by Upson and Mount.1 The mill ...
Clifton Mills
The James Grigsby Gang was a criminal organization that operated in northeast Arkansas between 1886 and 1891.[1] The ...
James Grigsby Gang
8 rapes were tried in Powhatan during its time as an active courthouse. November 1911: victim: Minnie Nichols. ...
Rape
Baber, Milton Dyer Balfour, Andrew Bennett, ZT Bovay, Harry Elmo Caldwell, Henry H Childers, Charles C Coffin, James ...
People of Powhatan - By Last Name
Dean Adams was a steamship that operated from 1880 to 1886. According to an issue of The Batesville ...
Dean Adams
Henry White was convicted of the death of Charley Hale in 1898 in State of Arkansas v. Henry ...
State of Arkansas vs. Henry White (Murder of Charley Hale)
This page will link to pages summarizing activities, and residents known to have occurred in their respective year. ...
Powhatan By Year
William G. Mount was a resident of Powhatan. According to the Federal Census of 1870, he was listed ...
William G. Mount
Joseph D. Boothe was a resident of Powhatan, originally from Indiana. Nothing is known about his life except ...
Joseph D. Boothe
Dave Donigan was murdered by Dan Allen on November 20, 1898. Governor Jones offered a reward of 100 ...
Murder of Dave Donigan
Green P. Nunn was an attorney practicing in Powhatan. He was partnered with Milton Dyer Baber.1 In 1852, ...
Green P. Nunn
Sidney Welch Smith was a resident of Powhatan. The Powhatan SP archive has a partial typescript which claims ...
Sidney Welch Normant
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