Date Original
1889 September 12
Description
This collection contains one broadside, a notice of execution of sale by J.D. Hawkins, Crawford County Sheriff, to sell interest of R.M. Thurson in Crawford County land.
Biographical/Historical Note
An execution sale is a sale of property by the sheriff under authority of a court's writ of execution in order satisfy an unpaid obligation. James D. Hawkins was born in Crawford County on September 1, 1843, and was an apprentice in the harness and saddler's trade until the outbreak of the U.S. Civil War. He enlisted in Carroll's Company in 1861 under General Pierce and later in Company G, Twenty-second Regiment Arkansas Infantry, after his previous company disbanded. He was wounded on December 7, 1862, at Prairie Grove, but survived to also fight at Helena, Little Rock, and Camden. He was elected sheriff of Crawford County in 1886 and 1888, as well as being elected mayor of Van Buren in 1886. R.M. Thurston may have been a Private in Captain Thomas W. Marlar's Company.
Physical Description
Document, 8.5" x 11"
Geographical Area
Crawford County (Ark.)
Language
English
Identifier
SMC.BS.036
Resource Type
Text
Collection
Notice of execution of sale, SMC.BS.036
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
Notice of execution of sale, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Rights
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Disciplines
United States History
