Date Original
1854-1889
Description
This collection consists of memoranda, accounts, certificates, contracts, publications, correspondence, court orders, tax receipts, advertisements, and deeds.
Biographical/Historical Note
John C. Barrow (1836-1919) lawyer, prosecuting attorney, and politician, practiced law at Hampton, Calhoun County, Arkansas, before the Civil War. During the war he served in Company A, Fourth Arkansas Infantry, Confederate States Army. He participated in the battles of Pea Ridge and Chickamauga, and was taken prisoner at Franklin, Tennessee. After the war, he married and moved to Monticello, where he practiced law and farmed. In 1883 Barrow moved to Little Rock. He served in the Arkansas House of Representatives, 1889-1900. He died in Little Rock on November 23, 1919, and is buried in Oakland Cemetery. John Barrow Road in Little Rock was named for him.
Physical Description
Document, 8.5" x 11"
Geographical Area
Arkansas
Language
English
Identifier
MS.000032
Resource Type
Text
Collection
John C. Barrow papers, MS.000032
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
John C. Barrow papers, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Rights
Use and reproduction of images held by the Arkansas State Archives without prior written permission is prohibited. For information on reproducing images held by the Arkansas State Archives, please call 501-682-6900 or email at state.archives@arkansas.gov.
Disciplines
United States History
