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Early Settlers |
Settlers arriving before 1850 | Settlers arriving between 1850-1860
Settlers mentioned in Goodspeeds Biographical & Historical Memoirs of Southern Arkansas
Early Calhoun County Officials | Early Legislators from Calhoun County
Augustus Barker
Lundy Bass
Dr. Bass
O. H. P. Black
Lucinda Smith Roark Blann
William "Bill" Young Henry Blann
Tilmon Brawner
Jacob Bull
David Bunn
Martin Calaway
Thomas Chambers
Asa R. Cone
Mr. Cook
Calvin Davidson
Preston Davidson
Jonathan Davis
Mr. Davis
Allan Dunn
Ezekiel Z. Dunn
James Dunn
Jerry Dunn
Joseph Dunn
William Dunn
Robert Earnest
Joseph Graham
John Hanna
Bennett Harrell
Stephen Hearnsburger
Jeremiah Hollis
Dr. Huey
Nathaniel M. Hunt
Moses Johnson
Stephen Laws
A. B. Leary
Augustus Madera
J. H. Means
Newton Means
Captain L. Moore
Thomas B. Newton
Thomas Nowlin / Nowling
Ira Oliver
Thomas Oliver
Zeptha Oliver
James Ricks
James Riggs
Sidney Riggs
P. K. Rounsaville
Green Berry Talbot
D. H. Tobin
S. G. Abernathy
James Adams
John C. Avant
Nathan T. Avant
Andrew L. Black
Christopher Brown
William Bullock
James Dickinson
J. W. Frost
Elizabeth Ann Halsell
C. C. Hollingsworth
Washington Johnston
Col. Met L. Jones
Frank Little
Col. Hugh D. Marr
Wilburn Mayfield
Dr. Ed Moore
Abraham Nettles
John Nettles
W. J. Pickett
Captain I. T. Robinson
Judge Strong
Benjamin Teague
Benjamin Thomason
Perry Tomlinson
William Wood
D. Walter Bass, a prominent educator
A. J. Biggers, prominent farmer and stock raiser
Dr. Thomas A. Black, Physician
William Francis Brandon, M. D., Physician
Martin P. Calaway, farmer and Baptist Church Minister
William Jasper Craven, postmaster, Summersville
Robert F. Dedman, County Judge and farmer
William J. Dunn, Road Overseer
Joseph Brittain Dunn, Sr., farmer
John A. Grubbs, farmer and stock raiser
Mrs. Sarah A. Hearnsberger, homesteader
Squire William M. Hines, farmer
Dr. W. B. Jones, Physician and businessman
John H. Marks, first magistrate and county surveyor
Samuel L. Owens, State Representative
James Houston Peacher, editor and proprietor of the Calhoun Courier
W. R. Pearson, owner and proprietor of Pearson's Mill
J. B. Ponder, M. D., physician and surgeon
Dr. Freeman A. Remley, physician, surgeon and druggist
J. C. N. Robertson, M. D., physician
J. B. Wood, owner/opeartor of saw and grist mill
JUDGES:
Johnathan Davis, 1850-1854
John C. Avant, 1854-1856
Michael Yeager, 1856-1858
Alex Toney, 1858-1860
R. B. Earnest, 1860-1862
W. S. Harris, 1862-1866
R. B. Earnest, 1866-1868
A. S. Johnson, 1868-1872
W. R. Pickett, 1874-1876
John J. Harris, 1876-1882
O. H. P. Richardson, 1882-1886
W. J. Bunn, 1886-1888
R. F. Dedman, 1888-1890
CLERKS
J. H. Means, 1850-1860
Alex Mason, 1860-1866
J. H. Means 1866-1874
W. J. Bunn, 1874-1884
H. A. Pickett, 1884-1890
SHERIFFS
Jermiah Hollis, 1850-1856
A. J. Barker, 1856-1860
J. M. Brown, 1860-1862
A. G. Barker, 1862-1868
John Gardner, 1868-1872
A. H. Cone, 1872-1880
W. S. Evins, 1880-1886
W. A. Tomlinson, 1886-1890
TREASURERS
James Newton, 1850-1854
W. A. Thomas 1854-1856
James Newton 1856-1860
E. J. Riggs 1860-1866
W. B. Stringfellow, 1866-1868
John H. Haslan, 1868-1871
Henry F. Durham, 1871-1872
John B. Cook, 1827-1882
C. V. Murray, 1882-1886
James B. Wood, 1886-1890
CORONERS
J. B. Dunn, 1850-1852
A. S. Lidion, 1852-8154
A. Shoemaker, 1854-1856
E. J. Riggs, 1856-1858
Harvey Oliver, 1858-1860
W. B. Stringfellow, 1860-1862
W. G. Hollingsworth 1862-1866
S. Allsul, 1866-1868
W. G. Smith, 1872-1874
N. W. Thompson, 1874-1876
J. S. Mitchell, 1876-1878
C. W. Davidson, 1878-1880
H. P. Shoffner, 1880-1882
W. W. Jones, 1882-1886
George B. Adams, 1886-1888
T. N. Means, elected in 1888, but declined to qualify
SURVEYORS
Nathan T. Avant, 1850-1852
G. W. Johnson, 1842-1854
John Frazer, 1854-1858
J. H. Marks, 1858-1864
J. H. Marks, Jr. 1864-1868
H. F. Durham, 1868-1872
G. B. Talbot, 1872-1874
J. H. Marks 1874-1876
W. Robertson, 1876-1878
H. C. Black, 1878-1880
F. E. Tobin 1880-1882
H. C. Black, 1882-1890
ASSESORS
T. A. Black, 1864-1866
J. R. Webb, 1868-1870
L. Ivy, 1870-1872
C. D. Tobin 1872-1874
T. C. Bass, 1874-1880
William McDonald, 1880-1882
T. C. Bass 1882-1884
William McDonald, 1884-1886
W. S. Cottrell, 1886-1890.[TOP]
House of Representatives:
In 1852-8153, William S. Thornton; from 1854-1855, J. J. Harris; 1856-1857, W. H. Ashley; 1858-1859, Willis Robertson; 1860-1861, Elam Williams; 1862, B. T. Teague; 1864-1865, E. A. Acruman; 1866-1867, M. L. Jones; 1868-1869, Clahoun with Union County formed the Sixteenth District, and was represented by R. F. Catterson and Lovinski Ivy; 1871, Thomas Gray and Alexander Mason; 1873, W. Robertson and W. W. Colt; 1874, B. W. Johnson and O. P. Richardson. In 1874-75 Calhoun County was represented by Mose Hill, re-elected and served in 1877, 1879, O. H. P. Richardson; 1881, J. G. Hill; 1883, Green B. Talbot; 1885, R. G. Harper; 1887, S. L. Owens; 1889, G. W. Dickerson.
The Senators from this senatorial district were: A. S. Huey, J. H. Scrogin, J. B. McCulloch, E. H. Whitfield, W. H. Harper, John R. Fellows, H. A. Mellen, J. H. Askew, W. A. Colt, C. Thrower, J. R. Thornton and J. W. Meek.[TOP]
