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1875 Methodist Church - History
Lucas Brooks Poindexter
John William Martin
Murder of Arthur W. Shirey
Powhatan Suspension Bridge
George Walter Wells (b. 1868/9 , d. 1943) was the son of Dr. John R. Wells and Henrietta ...
George Walter Wells
W.K. Surridge
1875 Methodist Church - Architecture
John R. Wells (September 5, 1838- July 6, 1918) was a resident of Powhatan and a practicing doctor ...
John R. Wells
James P. Coffin was the county clerk and commissioner of public buildings in Powhatan. In 1879, he was ...
James Park Coffin
Milton Dyer Baber (always referred to after his service in the CSA as Colonel Baber) was born on ...
Milton Dyer Baber
· Baber, Milton Dyer · Baird, William B. · Balfour, Andrew · Balfour, H.W. · Barnett, B.J.W. · ...
People of Powhatan by Name
Champ T. Stuart Sr. was born in 1810 and died in 1884. He is buried in the Powhatan ...
Champ T. Stuart Sr.
Clay Sloan
The following businesses are listed as existing in Powhatan during the following years. Sources from R.L. Polk's Arkansas ...
Businesses and Commerce
The courthouse sits on a rise overlooking the Black River. It is a two story brick building, set ...
1888 Courthouse
Historic buildings in Powhatan include: 1888 Courthouse Powhatan Jail Log House Powhatan Male and Female Academy 1875 Methodist ...
Standing Buildings in Powhatan
Black River and Lower Mississippi Floods of 1890
The jail, located a short walk from the courthouse, is a small single-story limestone and concrete structure with ...
Powhatan Jail
"Trusty No. 49"
The following murders were tried in Powhatan. 1871- Murder of Henry Braswell 1873- Murder of George Coffman 1874- ...
Murders Tried in Powhatan
Frank C. Stuart was a resident of Powhatan and merchant, who likely owned the Commercial Building. He was ...
Frank Charles Stuart
Sanders J. Zimmerman
The North Arkansas Telephone Company was formed in 1887 to provide telephone service between Black Rock, Portia, Powhatan, ...
North Arkansas Telephone Company
Summary From Goodspeed: Democratic politician, born April 23, 1842. Moved to Lawrence County in 1869. Son of Charles ...
Charles Coffin
The following individuals are listed by their professions listed on census records, or by what profession research has ...
People of Powhatan by Profession
Charles Augustus Stuart Sr. was born in Powhatan in 1841. He married Martha DeArman (daughter of John DeArman ...
Charles Augustus Stuart Sr.
Steamboats were a vital part of Powhatan's history. Before the advent of automobiles and railroads, America's rivers were ...
Steamboats
H.H. Collins was the deputy circuit clerk in Powhatan beginning in 1922. He succeeded E.H. Hall after he ...
H.H. Collins
George Thornburgh (January 25, 1847--March 9, 1923) was a politician, soldier, educator, and resident of Powhatan. Early Life ...
George Thornburgh
The following is a chronological list of Lawrence County Judges that served in the courthouse at Powhatan. W.A. ...
Judges
The Powhatan Woolen Manufacturing Company manufactured jeans, tweeds, cassimeres, flannels, blankets and shawls in Powhatan in the late ...
The Powhatan Woolen Manufacturing Company
Aaron Whitney was a resident of Lawrence County, Arkansas. On the night of August 26, 1842, his body ...
Murder of Aaron Whitney
The following hotels and boarding houses were known to exist in Powhatan: J.Rufus Eudaly's Hotel (1906) Rex Boarding ...
Hotels and Boarding Houses
J.M. Percival
For much of its early life, Arkansas did not have a formal, organized public education system. Private establishments ...
Lawrence County School Districts
James A. Martin & Bros was a wagon, carriage, and farm implement manufacturer based in Powhatan. It was ...
James A Martin & Bros - Wagon Manufacturing
Frank Stuart Wells was born April 29, 1882 in Powhatan, Arkansas. He was the son of Dr. John ...
Frank Stuart Wells
Helen M. King (1895-1988) was a rug-hooking artist. She was born in Powhatan on September 20, 1895. She ...
Helen Martin King
People of Powhatan Alphabetical Order By Profession By Census Year
People of Powhatan
Winthrop Rockefeller and Powhatan
Ada Wells was born in 1874 in Powhatan, Arkansas. She was the daughter of Dr. John R. Wells ...
Ada Wells
Harry Gray v White and Black Rivers Bridge Company was a lawsuit brought before the Lawrence Circuit Court ...
Harry Gray v. White and Black Rivers Bridge Company
Lewis K. Coffman was born in 1837 in Muhlenberg Co. Kentucky. By 1860, he was residing in Lawrence ...
Lewis K. Coffman
John S. Ficklin (1804-1846) was a merchant, politician, and soldier from Lawrence County, Arkansas who is considered by ...
John S. Ficklin
Transportation Bridges Ferries Roads Steamboats
Transportation
Sam Milton Payne
Laura Wells was born in Powhatan on October 8, 1866. She was the daughter of Dr. John R. ...
Laura Wells
The following is a list of Lawrence County Clerks from 1888 to 1965. Clay Sloan (1888-1890) J.Bowen Coffman ...
County Clerks
Stella Coffman was born in 1873. She was the daughter of Lewis K. Coffman and Martha Ruby. She ...
Stella Coffman
Summary from Mother of Counties F.G. was father of Josiah Martin. Owned wagon business in Powhatan. Later sold ...
Felix G. Martin
Businesses and Commerce Banks Drug Stores Merchants Farms Grocers Hotels and Boarding Houses Laundries Manufacturers Masons Mills Newspapers ...
Business of Powhatan
Silas and Beth Gaza were accused of murdering Carlos Conklin on January 13, 1883 in Lawrence County. According ...
Murder of Carlos Conklin
Maxwell Coffin was a prominent real estate agent in Little Rock, born in Powhatan to James Park Coffin. ...
Maxwell Coffin
William P. Campbell (1838-1896) was a soldier and druggist who lived in Powhatan with his brother-in-law, J.M. Percival.1 ...
W.P. Campbell
John L. Wells was born in Powhatan in 1871. He was the son of Dr. John R. Wells ...
John L Wells
In the 1870 County election the following men were nominated for candidacy Joseph Judkins for Sheriff Champ T. ...
1870 County Elections
The lynching of Andrew Springer was an extra-judicial hanging that occurred in Powhatan on May 21, 1887. Incident ...
The Lynching of Andrew Springer
The following crimes were tried in Powhatan during its time as county seat. Current records are indexed from ...
Crime
Charles C Childers
Most of this information came from "The Doctrine of Creative Destruction: Ferry and Bridge Law in Arkansas" by ...
Harry E. Bovay
From Wikipedia This is a single-story brick building, standing at a historically major street corner in Powhatan. It ...
Commercial Building
Beth Goza was a resident of Lawrence County, Arkansas and suspected murderer. On June 13, 1883, Beth was ...
Beth Goza
Charles H. Coffin was the son of James Park Coffin and brother of Maxwell Coffin2. He attended Arkansas ...
Charles H. Coffin
F.W. Tucker
The Powhatan Weekly Advertiser was a weekly newspaper published in Powhatan, Arkansas. It was a short-lived venture, printed ...
Powhatan Weekly Advertiser
More stuff needs to be added here. Is there anything unique about the cemetery or the people buried ...
Cemetery
Dave Donigan was murdered by Dan Allen on November 20, 1898. Governor Jones offered a reward of 100 ...
Murder of Dave Donigan
Dolly Varden was a steamer that operated on the Black River. She does not appear in Way’s Packet ...
Dolly Varden
Philip K. Lester was a member of the Powhatan Lodge of Masons. He was born in 1819, the ...
Philip K. Lester
Robert Mosby was found dead in his cell at Powhatan jail on May 10, 1901. He had hung ...
Robert Mosby
The murder of Alfred "Perry Oaks" is also known as State of Arkansas v. Ida Oaks. Ida was ...
Murder of Alfred "Perry" Oaks
In late 19th and early 20th centuries, natural pearls were rare and valuable. The pearl rush that swept ...
Pearling and Button Making
James McCall was sheriff of Lawrence County in 1902-1903. 1902: removed an unnamed African American male from Powhatan ...
James McCall
Bob Doyle, a deputy sheriff, was stabbed to death by Joe Mize in April 1899. The two men ...
Murder of Bob Doyle
The following churches were known to exist: 1875 Methodist Church - History
Churches
What do you know about The Civil War and Powhatan? 1861- Confederate In july 1861, Captain Elliot Fletcher ...
The Civil War and Powhatan
Willis Matthews was a partner in the firm Weir & Matthews. He was born in Lawrence County on ...
Willis B. Matthews
Summary of Goodspeed Attorney and county examiner, born April 1, 1852. Came to Powhatan in 1882 and practiced ...
Charles C. Rogers
This page relates to the history of Lawrence County and Northeast Arkansas as it pertains to the Civil ...
Civil War
The failure and liquidation of the Bank of Black Rock was a sensational legal case in the early ...
Bank of Black Rock Scandal
"Powhatan Manufacturing Company" formed on June 1st, 1874. Formed for the purpose of general milling and cotton factory. ...
Mills
John McManus, George Roberts, and William Brooks were accused of the murder of Charles Buster in 1885. They ...
Murder of Charles Buster
Ella Hetch was a steamer built in Pocahontas, Arkansas in 1870. Her capacity was 125 bales.[1] She was ...
Ella Hecht
James W. Butler (1829-1913) was a resident of Batesville, Arkansas who served as judge on the Third District ...
James W. Butler
Also known as the Ficklin-Imboden house, this is a single-pen log structure with a gable roof, with a ...
Log House
Thomas C. Faulkner (1894-1918) was born in Denton, Arkansas but later moved to Powhatan. He served during World ...
Thomas C. Faulkner
Baber, Milton Dyer Balfour, Andrew Bennett, ZT Bovay, Harry Elmo Caldwell, Henry H Childers, Charles C Coffin, James ...
People of Powhatan - By Last Name
Coffin & Gibson was a real estate company that operated in Powhatan in 1873. It is unknown which ...
Coffin & Gibson
Wayland & Darter was a general merchandise business in Powhatan. The business failed in 1891 with assets of ...
Wayland & Darter
In February 1923, the Arkansas legislature passed Act 430, requiring all citizens to register their handguns with the ...
Gun Permits
Henry White was convicted of the death of Charley Hale in 1898 in State of Arkansas v. Henry ...
State of Arkansas vs. Henry White (Murder of Charley Hale)
In 1912, the following individuals were elected Office Winner Succeeding Representative Jefferson D. Boyle J.J. Bellamy County/Probate Judge ...
1912 County Elections
On Sunday February 28, 1875, around 4 am, a fire broke out in downtown Powhatan that destroyed much ...
The Fire of 1875
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
E.H. Hall was the deputy circuit clerk in Powhatan until 1922, when he resigned. Sources: "Deputy Clerk Resigns." ...
E.H. Hall
Standing Historic Buildings in Powhatan Churches Hotels and Boarding Houses Mills Factories
Buildings of Powhatan
Senter Wilkins Stuart was the son of Powhatan merchant Frank C. Stuart. His mother was Emma Moore. He ...
Senter Wilkins Stuart
Thomas Miller was killed by John Matlock. Matlock was described as a "new light" preacher, a "Mormon preacher" ...
Murder of Thomas Miller
Sidney Welch Smith was a resident of Powhatan. The Powhatan SP archive has a partial typescript which claims ...
Sidney Welch Normant
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