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1875 Methodist Church - History
John William Martin
Murder of Arthur W. Shirey
Lucas Brooks Poindexter
Powhatan Suspension Bridge
1875 Methodist Church - Architecture
W.K. Surridge
Milton Dyer Baber (always referred to after his service in the CSA as Colonel Baber) was born on ...
Milton Dyer Baber
George Walter Wells (b. 1868/9 , d. 1943) was the son of Dr. John R. Wells and Henrietta ...
George Walter Wells
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
Summary From Goodspeed: Democratic politician, born April 23, 1842. Moved to Lawrence County in 1869. Son of Charles ...
Charles Coffin
Champ T. Stuart Sr. was born in 1810 and died in 1884. He is buried in the Powhatan ...
Champ T. Stuart Sr.
"Trusty No. 49"
The following businesses are listed as existing in Powhatan during the following years. Sources from R.L. Polk's Arkansas ...
Businesses and Commerce
Clay Sloan
The following individuals are listed by their professions listed on census records, or by what profession research has ...
People of Powhatan by Profession
The jail, located a short walk from the courthouse, is a small single-story limestone and concrete structure with ...
Powhatan Jail
Sanders J. Zimmerman
Historic buildings in Powhatan include: 1888 Courthouse Powhatan Jail Log House Powhatan Male and Female Academy 1875 Methodist ...
Standing Buildings in Powhatan
Charles Augustus Stuart Sr. was born in Powhatan in 1841. He married Martha DeArman (daughter of John DeArman ...
Charles Augustus Stuart Sr.
The North Arkansas Telephone Company was formed in 1887 to provide telephone service between Black Rock, Portia, Powhatan, ...
North Arkansas Telephone Company
· Baber, Milton Dyer · Baird, William B. · Balfour, Andrew · Balfour, H.W. · Barnett, B.J.W. · ...
People of Powhatan by Name
The courthouse sits on a rise overlooking the Black River. It is a two story brick building, set ...
1888 Courthouse
Steamboats were a vital part of Powhatan's history. Before the advent of automobiles and railroads, America's rivers were ...
Steamboats
The following murders were tried in Powhatan. 1871- Murder of Henry Braswell 1873- Murder of George Coffman 1874- ...
Murders Tried in Powhatan
Black River and Lower Mississippi Floods of 1890
Frank C. Stuart was a resident of Powhatan and merchant, who likely owned the Commercial Building. He was ...
Frank Charles Stuart
From Wikipedia This is a single-story brick building, standing at a historically major street corner in Powhatan. It ...
Commercial Building
F.W. Tucker
Businesses and Commerce Banks Drug Stores Merchants Farms Grocers Hotels and Boarding Houses Laundries Manufacturers Masons Mills Newspapers ...
Business of Powhatan
Ada Wells was born in 1874 in Powhatan, Arkansas. She was the daughter of Dr. John R. Wells ...
Ada Wells
Laura Wells was born in Powhatan on October 8, 1866. She was the daughter of Dr. John R. ...
Laura Wells
The following hotels and boarding houses were known to exist in Powhatan: J.Rufus Eudaly's Hotel (1906) Rex Boarding ...
Hotels and Boarding Houses
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 following is a list of Lawrence County Clerks from 1888 to 1965. Clay Sloan (1888-1890) J.Bowen Coffman ...
County Clerks
Transportation Bridges Ferries Roads Steamboats
Transportation
The following crimes were tried in Powhatan during its time as county seat. Current records are indexed from ...
Crime
J.M. Percival
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
George Thornburgh (January 25, 1847--March 9, 1923) was a politician, soldier, educator, and resident of Powhatan. Early Life ...
George Thornburgh
People of Powhatan Alphabetical Order By Profession By Census Year
People of Powhatan
Helen M. King (1895-1988) was a rug-hooking artist. She was born in Powhatan on September 20, 1895. She ...
Helen Martin King
The Powhatan Woolen Manufacturing Company manufactured jeans, tweeds, cassimeres, flannels, blankets and shawls in Powhatan in the late ...
The Powhatan Woolen Manufacturing Company
The lynching of Andrew Springer was an extra-judicial hanging that occurred in Powhatan on May 21, 1887. Incident ...
The Lynching of Andrew Springer
Summary from Mother of Counties F.G. was father of Josiah Martin. Owned wagon business in Powhatan. Later sold ...
Felix G. Martin
The following is a chronological list of Lawrence County Judges that served in the courthouse at Powhatan. W.A. ...
Judges
Lewis K. Coffman was born in 1837 in Muhlenberg Co. Kentucky. By 1860, he was residing in Lawrence ...
Lewis K. Coffman
Winthrop Rockefeller and Powhatan
Aaron Whitney was a resident of Lawrence County, Arkansas. On the night of August 26, 1842, his body ...
Murder of Aaron Whitney
Sam Milton Payne
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
Most of this information came from "The Doctrine of Creative Destruction: Ferry and Bridge Law in Arkansas" by ...
Harry E. Bovay
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
Beth Goza was a resident of Lawrence County, Arkansas and suspected murderer. On June 13, 1883, Beth was ...
Beth Goza
John L. Wells was born in Powhatan in 1871. He was the son of Dr. John R. Wells ...
John L Wells
Frank Stuart Wells was born April 29, 1882 in Powhatan, Arkansas. He was the son of Dr. John ...
Frank Stuart Wells
John S. Ficklin (1804-1846) was a merchant, politician, and soldier from Lawrence County, Arkansas who is considered by ...
John S. Ficklin
James A. Martin & Bros was a wagon, carriage, and farm implement manufacturer based in Powhatan. It was ...
James A Martin & Bros - Wagon Manufacturing
Stella Coffman was born in 1873. She was the daughter of Lewis K. Coffman and Martha Ruby. She ...
Stella Coffman
The Powhatan Weekly Advertiser was a weekly newspaper published in Powhatan, Arkansas. It was a short-lived venture, printed ...
Powhatan Weekly Advertiser
For much of its early life, Arkansas did not have a formal, organized public education system. Private establishments ...
Lawrence County School Districts
Charles C Childers
In 1893, J.C. Smith was indicted for incest involving his niece Dollie McLaughlin. In August 1903, Joe Starr ...
Incest
The Spring River Valley, which comprises the western line of the Black River valley is bordered by a ...
Mining
"Powhatan Manufacturing Company" formed on June 1st, 1874. Formed for the purpose of general milling and cotton factory. ...
Mills
James A. Martin was the son of Felix G. Martin and was of the firm J.A. Martin & ...
James A. Martin
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
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
William G. Mount was a resident of Powhatan. According to the Federal Census of 1870, he was listed ...
William G. Mount
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
Dolly Varden was a steamer that operated on the Black River. She does not appear in Way’s Packet ...
Dolly Varden
More stuff needs to be added here. Is there anything unique about the cemetery or the people buried ...
Cemetery
Isaac Warren was the father of Dr. Warren of Little Rock. John Means was accused of killing him, ...
Murder of Isaac Warren
Summary from "Mother of Counties" Owned a two story home overlooking Black River in Powhatan. Served as mayor ...
George W Flippo
The James Grigsby Gang was a criminal organization that operated in northeast Arkansas between 1886 and 1891.[1] The ...
James Grigsby Gang
Lon McCarrol was indicted and accused of killing George James on December 21, 1901 with a pistol. The ...
Murder of George James
Douglas Horton was a blacksmith who lived in Powhatan at the turn of the 20th Century. On August ...
Douglas Horton
Francis Wayland was born in Lawrence County on October 7, 1846 to Rev. Jonathan Wayland from Virginia and ...
Francis Wayland
Bob Doyle, a deputy sheriff, was stabbed to death by Joe Mize in April 1899. The two men ...
Murder of Bob Doyle
On August 7, 1906, Alicia farmer John Hammond was found dead from a gunshot wound. A week after ...
Murder of John Hammond
Senter Wilkins Stuart was the son of Powhatan merchant Frank C. Stuart. His mother was Emma Moore. He ...
Senter Wilkins Stuart
In late 19th and early 20th centuries, natural pearls were rare and valuable. The pearl rush that swept ...
Pearling and Button Making
Standing Historic Buildings in Powhatan Churches Hotels and Boarding Houses Mills Factories
Buildings of Powhatan
Mose Thompson was charged with murder in the first degree for the killing of Bob Weir near Black ...
Murder of Bob Weir
Baber, Milton Dyer Balfour, Andrew Bennett, ZT Bovay, Harry Elmo Caldwell, Henry H Childers, Charles C Coffin, James ...
People of Powhatan - By Last Name
Some say the first improved road in Arkansas was from Powhatan towards to Crowley's Ridge and was known ...
Roads
J. Bowen Coffman was born in Hempstead County on November 17, 1861, son of Joseph W. Coffman. His ...
J. Bowen Coffman
Summary from Goodspeed Robert P. Mack is a native of Tennessee born August 27, 1848. Came to Arkansas ...
Robert Mack
Titania was a 14-steamer built in Pittsburgh in 1856. She was purchased by John D. Adams to handle ...
Titania
The following is a description of Powhatan in the year 1889. Goodspeed "Powhatan proves a profitable center for ...
1889
The following churches were known to exist: 1875 Methodist Church - History
Churches
The community was the economic hub of Lawrence County before its first platting in 1849. Situated on the ...
Powhatan, Arkansas
Summary from Goodspeed John K. Gibson was an attorney and real estate dealer based in Powhatan. Born in ...
John K Gibson
Green P. Nunn was an attorney practicing in Powhatan. He was partnered with Milton Dyer Baber.1 In 1852, ...
Green P. Nunn
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)
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