{"title":"Arkansas: Jefferson County","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"101-e0902","title":"Index to the Arkansas General Land Office 1820-1907, Volume 1","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCovering the Counties of Arkansas, Desha, Chicot, Jefferson and Phillips\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpanish explorer Hernando DeSoto blazed the trails of the Arkansas area in 1541, followed by French explorers Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette. In 1682, French explorer La Salle claimed this wilderness in the name of France, naming it Louisiana. There were many Native American tribes living in this region: The Osage, Caddo, Akansa and the Quapaw. France then ceded this region to Spain in 1762. Spain permitted Americans to settle in the Arkansas area in 1783. In 1801 Spain returned the Louisiana area to France. 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-ar16","title":"Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Central Arkansas","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is probably one of the MOST VALUABLE set of books ever published on Arkansas Families. There are 7 volumes to the set, of which all have been reprinted by SHP, inc. with a NEW FULL NAME INDEX at one point in time. This 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 930 individuals and genealogical data of some 4,750 other families\/individuals for the following counties: Jefferson, Saline, Hot Spring, Pulaski, Garland, Lanoke, Perry, Faulkner and Grant. The New Index that was prepared for this reprint edition contains the names of over 14,500 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), 2017, paper, 760 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780893080792\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e117-AR16\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Southern Historical Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39914511401078,"sku":"117-AR16","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/117-ar16-1500px.png?v=1777314451"},{"product_id":"101e-ar0035","title":"Jefferson County, Arkansas History and Biographical Sketches","description":"\u003cp\u003eJefferson County, located in the southeastern portion of the state was created in 1829 and probably named for Thomas Jefferson. This material was originally published by Goodspeed Publishing in the late 1800's and this reprint contains memoirs and biographies of the early pioneers. Because the information was compiled by the referenced family, it should be very accurate and detailed. This volume also contains a brief history of the county as it developed up to the time this volume was written in the 1880s.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cblockquote\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eExample:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eJames C. Mitchell, one of the leading citizens and a prominent planter of Jefferson County, was born in that county December 25, 1846, and is a son of John B. and Mary (Dereuisseaux) Mitchell, of Arkansas. 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