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.
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1875 May 25: Bond for execution, U.S. v. Booker Foster, murder; Thomas H. Simms, clerk; J.W. Williams, William Boatright, Sarah J. Boatwright, W.P. Powell, Jill Hunegan, F.N. Johnson, Peter Appleton, Peter Hester, J.H. Collins, A.H. Jobe, Thomas C. Smith Jr., Amanda Hemp, Lou Hanegan, Willie Hanegan, Adam Clark, Bettie Clark, Alex Simms, Isham Foster, P.F. Finley, J.W. Finley, D.W. Jones, paid fees
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1821-circa 1940s: Hempstead County scrapbook
Scrapbook entitled "Historical Documents and Newspaper clippings of Historical Interest from Old Newspapers of Hempstead County, Arkansas. 1819" and "Hempstead County, Historical Records Survey, Lucile M. Carrigan, worker." This scrapbook includes photos of the Hempstead County Courthouses, and newspaper clippings, circa 1930s-1940s, as well as court documents, spanning 1821-1875, from Hempstead County, Arkansas. The scrapbook was compiled circa 1930s-1940s by Lucile M. Carrigan, a worker of the Historical Records Survey to document some of the history of Hempstead County, established in 1819. 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.