Hempstead County was founded in 1818 by the Missouri territorial legislature before Arkansas Territory was established.
This scrapbook includes newspaper clippings, circa 1930s-1940s, and court documents, spanning 1821-1875, from what would become Hempstead County, Arkansas. This scrapbook was compiled circa 1930s-1940s by Lucile M. Carrigan, a worker of the Historical Records Survey. Loose documents were removed from the scrapbook by Arkansas State Archives staff in 2021 for conservation reasons, and original locations are recorded in the comments field of each item.
For more records on Hempstead County, Arkansas, click here.
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1847 February 22: Inventory, of the estate of Samuel Baldwin, deceased; includes list of 31 enslaved people: Louis, Ben, Moses, Jim Mulspe, Chela, Sam, Sally, America, Amy, Stephen, Henry, Jack, Wilson, Abram, Isaac, Bob, Winston, Dorothy, Caela, John, George, Louisa, Charles, Mariah, Mary, Davy, Ned, Margaret, William, Sam, Catharine; William Baldwin, guardian
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1847 April 13: Receipt, of John D. Spragins, executor of the estate for Samuel Baldwin; Anne E. Hannah, George C. Hannah; Mapelia, Sam, Sally, Stephen, Wilson, Abraham, Isaac, Bob, Winston, Dorothy, Coela, George, Louisa, Charles, Monica, Mary, Davy, Ned, enslaved people; includes cost for enslaved people; Joel M. Hannah, agent