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1875 Methodist Church - History
Lucas Brooks Poindexter
John William Martin
Murder of Arthur W. Shirey
Powhatan Suspension Bridge
1875 Methodist Church - Architecture
W.K. Surridge
John R. Wells (September 5, 1838- July 6, 1918) was a resident of Powhatan and a practicing doctor ...
John R. Wells
George Walter Wells (b. 1868/9 , d. 1943) was the son of Dr. John R. Wells and Henrietta ...
George Walter Wells
Milton Dyer Baber (always referred to after his service in the CSA as Colonel Baber) was born on ...
Milton Dyer Baber
James P. Coffin was the county clerk and commissioner of public buildings in Powhatan. In 1879, he was ...
James Park Coffin
Champ T. Stuart Sr. was born in 1810 and died in 1884. He is buried in the Powhatan ...
Champ T. Stuart Sr.
Historic buildings in Powhatan include: 1888 Courthouse Powhatan Jail Log House Powhatan Male and Female Academy 1875 Methodist ...
Standing Buildings in Powhatan
Summary From Goodspeed: Democratic politician, born April 23, 1842. Moved to Lawrence County in 1869. Son of Charles ...
Charles Coffin
Steamboats were a vital part of Powhatan's history. Before the advent of automobiles and railroads, America's rivers were ...
Steamboats
The jail, located a short walk from the courthouse, is a small single-story limestone and concrete structure with ...
Powhatan Jail
The following businesses are listed as existing in Powhatan during the following years. Sources from R.L. Polk's Arkansas ...
Businesses and Commerce
"Trusty No. 49"
The following individuals are listed by their professions listed on census records, or by what profession research has ...
People of Powhatan by Profession
Black River and Lower Mississippi Floods of 1890
The North Arkansas Telephone Company was formed in 1887 to provide telephone service between Black Rock, Portia, Powhatan, ...
North Arkansas Telephone Company
Frank C. Stuart was a resident of Powhatan and merchant, who likely owned the Commercial Building. He was ...
Frank Charles Stuart
· Baber, Milton Dyer · Baird, William B. · Balfour, Andrew · Balfour, H.W. · Barnett, B.J.W. · ...
People of Powhatan by Name
Clay Sloan
The following murders were tried in Powhatan. 1871- Murder of Henry Braswell 1873- Murder of George Coffman 1874- ...
Murders Tried in Powhatan
The courthouse sits on a rise overlooking the Black River. It is a two story brick building, set ...
1888 Courthouse
Sanders J. Zimmerman
Charles Augustus Stuart Sr. was born in Powhatan in 1841. He married Martha DeArman (daughter of John DeArman ...
Charles Augustus Stuart Sr.
Laura Wells was born in Powhatan on October 8, 1866. She was the daughter of Dr. John R. ...
Laura Wells
Aaron Whitney was a resident of Lawrence County, Arkansas. On the night of August 26, 1842, his body ...
Murder of Aaron Whitney
For much of its early life, Arkansas did not have a formal, organized public education system. Private establishments ...
Lawrence County School Districts
George Thornburgh (January 25, 1847--March 9, 1923) was a politician, soldier, educator, and resident of Powhatan. Early Life ...
George Thornburgh
Frank Stuart Wells was born April 29, 1882 in Powhatan, Arkansas. He was the son of Dr. John ...
Frank Stuart Wells
Charles C Childers
Most of this information came from "The Doctrine of Creative Destruction: Ferry and Bridge Law in Arkansas" by ...
Harry E. Bovay
Transportation Bridges Ferries Roads Steamboats
Transportation
Lewis K. Coffman was born in 1837 in Muhlenberg Co. Kentucky. By 1860, he was residing in Lawrence ...
Lewis K. Coffman
The following is a chronological list of Lawrence County Judges that served in the courthouse at Powhatan. W.A. ...
Judges
John L. Wells was born in Powhatan in 1871. He was the son of Dr. John R. Wells ...
John L Wells
The Powhatan Woolen Manufacturing Company manufactured jeans, tweeds, cassimeres, flannels, blankets and shawls in Powhatan in the late ...
The Powhatan Woolen Manufacturing Company
The following crimes were tried in Powhatan during its time as county seat. Current records are indexed from ...
Crime
Charles H. Coffin was the son of James Park Coffin and brother of Maxwell Coffin2. He attended Arkansas ...
Charles H. Coffin
In the 1870 County election the following men were nominated for candidacy Joseph Judkins for Sheriff Champ T. ...
1870 County Elections
Ada Wells was born in 1874 in Powhatan, Arkansas. She was the daughter of Dr. John R. Wells ...
Ada Wells
The lynching of Andrew Springer was an extra-judicial hanging that occurred in Powhatan on May 21, 1887. Incident ...
The Lynching of Andrew Springer
J.M. Percival
Stella Coffman was born in 1873. She was the daughter of Lewis K. Coffman and Martha Ruby. She ...
Stella Coffman
John S. Ficklin (1804-1846) was a merchant, politician, and soldier from Lawrence County, Arkansas who is considered by ...
John S. Ficklin
Sam Milton Payne
F.W. Tucker
James A. Martin & Bros was a wagon, carriage, and farm implement manufacturer based in Powhatan. It was ...
James A Martin & Bros - Wagon Manufacturing
H.H. Collins was the deputy circuit clerk in Powhatan beginning in 1922. He succeeded E.H. Hall after he ...
H.H. Collins
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
Beth Goza was a resident of Lawrence County, Arkansas and suspected murderer. On June 13, 1883, Beth was ...
Beth Goza
From Wikipedia This is a single-story brick building, standing at a historically major street corner in Powhatan. It ...
Commercial Building
The following hotels and boarding houses were known to exist in Powhatan: J.Rufus Eudaly's Hotel (1906) Rex Boarding ...
Hotels and Boarding Houses
Winthrop Rockefeller and Powhatan
Maxwell Coffin was a prominent real estate agent in Little Rock, born in Powhatan to James Park Coffin. ...
Maxwell Coffin
Businesses and Commerce Banks Drug Stores Merchants Farms Grocers Hotels and Boarding Houses Laundries Manufacturers Masons Mills Newspapers ...
Business of Powhatan
The following is a list of Lawrence County Clerks from 1888 to 1965. Clay Sloan (1888-1890) J.Bowen Coffman ...
County Clerks
Helen M. King (1895-1988) was a rug-hooking artist. She was born in Powhatan on September 20, 1895. She ...
Helen Martin King
Silas and Beth Gaza were accused of murdering Carlos Conklin on January 13, 1883 in Lawrence County. According ...
Murder of Carlos Conklin
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
The Powhatan Weekly Advertiser was a weekly newspaper published in Powhatan, Arkansas. It was a short-lived venture, printed ...
Powhatan Weekly Advertiser
Summary from Mother of Counties F.G. was father of Josiah Martin. Owned wagon business in Powhatan. Later sold ...
Felix G. Martin
People of Powhatan Alphabetical Order By Profession By Census Year
People of Powhatan
In 1893, J.C. Smith was indicted for incest involving his niece Dollie McLaughlin. In August 1903, Joe Starr ...
Incest
Standing Historic Buildings in Powhatan Churches Hotels and Boarding Houses Mills Factories
Buildings of Powhatan
The Powhatan Weekly Visitor was a newspaper in Lawrence County, Arkansas founded by J.C. Shook in 1857. Source: ...
Powhatan Visitor
In 1898 the following officials were elected Position Winner Votes Loser Votes Probate Judge Cunningham 1262 Pearce 558 ...
1898 County Elections
On August 7, 1906, Alicia farmer John Hammond was found dead from a gunshot wound. A week after ...
Murder of John Hammond
Bob Doyle, a deputy sheriff, was stabbed to death by Joe Mize in April 1899. The two men ...
Murder of Bob Doyle
Act No. 85 was a law enacted by the State of Arkansas on March 26, 1887. It divided ...
Act No. 85
The Spring River Valley, which comprises the western line of the Black River valley is bordered by a ...
Mining
W.M. Steadman operated a general merchandise store in Powhatan in the early 1900s. By 1908 he had relocated ...
W.N. Steadman
James W. Butler (1829-1913) was a resident of Batesville, Arkansas who served as judge on the Third District ...
James W. Butler
The community was the economic hub of Lawrence County before its first platting in 1849. Situated on the ...
Powhatan, Arkansas
In 1912, the following individuals were elected Office Winner Succeeding Representative Jefferson D. Boyle J.J. Bellamy County/Probate Judge ...
1912 County Elections
In late 19th and early 20th centuries, natural pearls were rare and valuable. The pearl rush that swept ...
Pearling and Button Making
Summary from Mother of Counties Son of B.F. Matthews. Husband of Lavinia Martin (sister of J.A., J.W. Martin). ...
William Matthews
William Drew Starr (1834-1876) was the jailer of Lawrence County. In 1875, Samuel Helms was convicted of murder ...
William Drew Starr
Webster Walker was a resident of Powhatan who died in 1886 while working at the Martin Brother's wagon ...
Webster Walker
Dave Donigan was murdered by Dan Allen on November 20, 1898. Governor Jones offered a reward of 100 ...
Murder of Dave Donigan
Robert E. Craig (1824-1837) is the earliest recorded death at Powhatan (if current evidence is correct and the ...
Robert Emmett Craig
Champ T. Stuart Jr. was the son of Champ T. Stuart Sr. He was born February 17, 1858 ...
Champ Terry Stuart Jr.
R.S. Madison was the Lawrence County Tax Collector in 1915. According to a contemporary newspaper, he was the ...
R.S. Madison
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
On Sunday February 28, 1875, around 4 am, a fire broke out in downtown Powhatan that destroyed much ...
The Fire of 1875
Baber, Milton Dyer Balfour, Andrew Bennett, ZT Bovay, Harry Elmo Caldwell, Henry H Childers, Charles C Coffin, James ...
People of Powhatan - By Last Name
John R. Long was the sheriff of Lawrence County in the early 1920s. The Arkansas Daily Gazette tells ...
John R. Long
E.H. Hall was the deputy circuit clerk in Powhatan until 1922, when he resigned. Sources: "Deputy Clerk Resigns." ...
E.H. Hall
Personal Life and Family James Rufus Eudaly was born in 1846 in Tennessee. He had arrived in Powhatan ...
J. Rufus Eudaly
Jack LeMay was a deputy sheriff of Powhatan in 1921. He was fined for carrying and potentially brandishing ...
Jack LeMay
Summary from "Mother of Counties" Owned a two story home overlooking Black River in Powhatan. Served as mayor ...
George W Flippo
The following is a description of Powhatan in the year 1889. Goodspeed "Powhatan proves a profitable center for ...
1889
"Powhatan Manufacturing Company" formed on June 1st, 1874. Formed for the purpose of general milling and cotton factory. ...
Mills
The failure and liquidation of the Bank of Black Rock was a sensational legal case in the early ...
Bank of Black Rock Scandal
John McManus, George Roberts, and William Brooks were accused of the murder of Charles Buster in 1885. They ...
Murder of Charles Buster
8 rapes were tried in Powhatan during its time as an active courthouse. November 1911: victim: Minnie Nichols. ...
Rape
Due to the proximity to the Black River, Powhatan experienced several drownings in its heyday. In 1873, three ...
Drownings
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