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The U.S. acquired this territory with the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, requiring residents to file claims with the government in order to prove legal ownership of the land.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBetween 1820 and 1907, more than 13,700 entries were filed for the eastern Arkansas counties of Arkansas, Desha, Chicot, Jefferson, Phillips and Drew. Land was sometimes available for only $1.25 per acre, or a parcel could be bid upon. This index of land transactions filed with the General Land Office (GLO) is an excellent resource for the genealogist, containing abstracts of land transactions over an eighty-seven-year span beginning in 1820 after statehood. Records are arranged alphabetically by purchaser's last name, and include: first name, middle initial, a legal description and location of the land, the amount of land in acres, the date of purchase, and the county. Contact information is provided in the preface for obtaining access to the original records. This volume covers the following counties: Arkansas, Desha, Chicot, Jefferson, and Phillips.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSherida K. Eddlemon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(1998), 2008, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, alphabetical, 306 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780788409028\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-E0902\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51500580880,"sku":"101-E0902","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-e0902-1500px.png?v=1777146311"},{"product_id":"117-ar17","title":"Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Eastern Arkansas","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book is broken into two main sections. The first is devoted to the history of the counties, while the second section contains biographical sketches of some 1,250 individuals and genealogical data of some 4,750 other families\/individuals for the following counties: Arkansas, Crittenden, Cross, Lee, Monroe, Phillip, Prairie, and St. Francis. The New Index that was prepared for this reprint edition contains the names of over 17,500 individuals. Many of these biographical sketches of these early pioneers date well back into the early to mid 1700's.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGoodspeed Publishing Company\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(1891), 2018, cloth, 792 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780893080808\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e117-AR17\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Southern Historical Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39910789709942,"sku":"117-AR17","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/117-ar17-1500px.png?v=1777314452"},{"product_id":"101e-ar0001","title":"Arkansas County, Arkansas Biographical and Historical Memoirs","description":"\u003cp\u003eArkansas County, Arkansas was created in 1813; at that time, it covered the entire State. Now only the area located in the southeastern portion of the state retains the original name. The historical portion of the volume contains the history of the county from 1813 up to the time of the publication of the original material in the mid-1880s. The biographical sections were all submitted by the families themselves, therefore, they are more accurate than other sources.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cblockquote\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eExample from this volume:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eMajor M. M. Massey, a native of Tennessee, is the son of Isaac H. and Elizabeth (Crockett) Massey, who were born in South Carolina and Tennessee, respectively. 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