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Henry Martin is listed as a resident of Powhatan in 1880. The 1880 census lists his profession as ...
Henry Martin
Thomas Tewell murdered Lewis Cisssel on Christmas Day 1883. At the celebration of a wedding, Tewell arrived at ...
Murder of Lewis Cissel
This page relates to the history of Lawrence County and Northeast Arkansas as it pertains to the Civil ...
Civil War
Lon McCarrol was indicted and accused of killing George James on December 21, 1901 with a pistol. The ...
Murder of George James
Mabel Lee Smith was found not guilty of the murder of her husband Charles Lee by poisoning strychnine ...
State of Arkansas vs. Mabel Lee Smith
Robert E. Craig (1824-1837) is the earliest recorded death at Powhatan (if current evidence is correct and the ...
Robert Emmett Craig
James McCall was sheriff of Lawrence County in 1902-1903. 1902: removed an unnamed African American male from Powhatan ...
James McCall
Dean Adams was a steamship that operated from 1880 to 1886. According to an issue of The Batesville ...
Dean Adams
John W. Kelley was born to Marvel and Sally Kelly in Georgia in 1830. After his father died, ...
John W. Kelley
Jack LeMay was a deputy sheriff of Powhatan in 1921. He was fined for carrying and potentially brandishing ...
Jack LeMay
"Dr. Coffman practiced medicine in Powhatan for 12 years, leaving for Black Rock in 1883, where entered the ...
James Coffman
John McManus, George Roberts, and William Brooks were accused of the murder of Charles Buster in 1885. They ...
Murder of Charles Buster
The location of the county seat for Lawrence County has been contentious over the years. From the early ...
County Seat Relocation
Henry H. Caldwell was a resident of Walnut Ridge. He owned and operated a barber shop there until ...
Henry H. Caldwell
Sidney Welch Smith was a resident of Powhatan. The Powhatan SP archive has a partial typescript which claims ...
Sidney Welch Normant
Summary from Goodspeed John K. Gibson was an attorney and real estate dealer based in Powhatan. Born in ...
John K Gibson
Isaac Warren was the father of Dr. Warren of Little Rock. John Means was accused of killing him, ...
Murder of Isaac Warren
The Powhatan Zinc and Lead Mining Company incorporated in June 1906. The company was capitalized at $100,000. Incorporators ...
Powhatan Zinc and Lead Mining Company
Summary from Goodspeed John H. Martin was a merchant and postmaster of Powhatan. He was born June 17, ...
John H. Martin
Green P. Nunn was an attorney practicing in Powhatan. He was partnered with Milton Dyer Baber.1 In 1852, ...
Green P. Nunn
Clifton Mills was a flour and corn gristmill located in Powhatan operated by Upson and Mount.1 The mill ...
Clifton Mills
The schoolhouse is a single-story wood frame structure, with a side gable roof and a projecting front-gable section, ...
Powhatan Male and Female Academy
The murder of Alfred "Perry Oaks" is also known as State of Arkansas v. Ida Oaks. Ida was ...
Murder of Alfred "Perry" Oaks
Dave Donigan was murdered by Dan Allen on November 20, 1898. Governor Jones offered a reward of 100 ...
Murder of Dave Donigan
Thomas Miller was killed by John Matlock. Matlock was described as a "new light" preacher, a "Mormon preacher" ...
Murder of Thomas Miller
Francis Wayland was born in Lawrence County on October 7, 1846 to Rev. Jonathan Wayland from Virginia and ...
Francis Wayland
Dolly Varden was a steamer that operated on the Black River. She does not appear in Way’s Packet ...
Dolly Varden
R.S. Madison was the Lawrence County Tax Collector in 1915. According to a contemporary newspaper, he was the ...
R.S. Madison
Baber, Milton Dyer Balfour, Andrew Bennett, ZT Bovay, Harry Elmo Caldwell, Henry H Childers, Charles C Coffin, James ...
People of Powhatan - By Last Name
Henry Wickersham a resident of Powhatan and tinsmith. According to records found on Ancestry.com, he was appointed as ...
Henry Wickersham
In 1875, Samuel Helms was convicted of murder and sentenced to be hanged. His appeal to the Arkansas ...
Samuel Helms
J. Bowen Coffman was born in Hempstead County on November 17, 1861, son of Joseph W. Coffman. His ...
J. Bowen Coffman
This page will link to pages summarizing activities, and residents known to have occurred in their respective year. ...
Powhatan By Year
Summary from Goodspeed Robert P. Mack is a native of Tennessee born August 27, 1848. Came to Arkansas ...
Robert Mack
E.H. Hall was the deputy circuit clerk in Powhatan until 1922, when he resigned. Sources: "Deputy Clerk Resigns." ...
E.H. Hall
Douglas Horton was a blacksmith who lived in Powhatan at the turn of the 20th Century. On August ...
Douglas Horton
Standing Historic Buildings in Powhatan Churches Hotels and Boarding Houses Mills Factories
Buildings of Powhatan
John A. Lindsay (July 7, 1820-February 14, 1894) was a soldier, land-owner, and businessman who lived in Powhatan.1 ...
John A. Lindsay
Tanneries were an important part of the American economy in the 19th century. The Lawrence County tax records ...
Tanning Yards
Mose Thompson was charged with murder in the first degree for the killing of Bob Weir near Black ...
Murder of Bob Weir
In 1898 the following officials were elected Position Winner Votes Loser Votes Probate Judge Cunningham 1262 Pearce 558 ...
1898 County Elections
In late 19th and early 20th centuries, natural pearls were rare and valuable. The pearl rush that swept ...
Pearling and Button Making
The North Arkansas Mining Company was incorporated in 1867. John F. Harrison of Pocahontas was president, J.E. Thompson ...
North Arkansas Mining Company
Act No. 85 was a law enacted by the State of Arkansas on March 26, 1887. It divided ...
Act No. 85
The community was the economic hub of Lawrence County before its first platting in 1849. Situated on the ...
Powhatan, Arkansas
Some say the first improved road in Arkansas was from Powhatan towards to Crowley's Ridge and was known ...
Roads
Philip K. Lester was a member of the Powhatan Lodge of Masons. He was born in 1819, the ...
Philip K. Lester
W.M. Steadman operated a general merchandise store in Powhatan in the early 1900s. By 1908 he had relocated ...
W.N. Steadman
In 1912, the following individuals were elected Office Winner Succeeding Representative Jefferson D. Boyle J.J. Bellamy County/Probate Judge ...
1912 County Elections
William Bell was a resident of Powhatan in 1902. He died of illness in Hoxie while riding the ...
William Bell
H.H. Peden was a deputy postal clerk in Powhatan in 1883. He was charged with "depositing in the ...
H.H. Peden
Ella Hetch was a steamer built in Pocahontas, Arkansas in 1870. Her capacity was 125 bales.[1] She was ...
Ella Hecht
The James Grigsby Gang was a criminal organization that operated in northeast Arkansas between 1886 and 1891.[1] The ...
James Grigsby Gang
On Sunday February 28, 1875, around 4 am, a fire broke out in downtown Powhatan that destroyed much ...
The Fire of 1875
Titania was a 14-steamer built in Pittsburgh in 1856. She was purchased by John D. Adams to handle ...
Titania
James and Wayland was a dry good, groceries, and clothing business that operated in Powhatan in the 1880s. ...
James & Wayland
Summary from Mother of Counties Son of B.F. Matthews. Husband of Lavinia Martin (sister of J.A., J.W. Martin). ...
William Matthews
On August 7, 1906, Alicia farmer John Hammond was found dead from a gunshot wound. A week after ...
Murder of John Hammond
John R. Long was the sheriff of Lawrence County in the early 1920s. The Arkansas Daily Gazette tells ...
John R. Long
Champ T. Stuart Jr. was the son of Champ T. Stuart Sr. He was born February 17, 1858 ...
Champ Terry Stuart Jr.
Due to the proximity to the Black River, Powhatan experienced several drownings in its heyday. In 1873, three ...
Drownings
The following was copied from the Lawrence County Historical Quarterly, Spring 2009. Vol. 13 No. 1. pp. 18-19. ...
James Barney Haley
Webster Walker was a resident of Powhatan who died in 1886 while working at the Martin Brother's wagon ...
Webster Walker
Larry Brown was a suspected robber from Lawrence County. Nothing is known about Brown's life before his brush ...
Larry Brown
"Powhatan Manufacturing Company" formed on June 1st, 1874. Formed for the purpose of general milling and cotton factory. ...
Mills
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