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 PREFACE. 
 
 This little book contains a synopsis of the early history of Pope County, 
 its first settlements, County sites, Churches, Courts, dn'ef mention of the 
 wars of 1S36, 1846, 1861, also Brooks and Baxter. Also an agricultural 
 Allegory and a new year story to amuse lawyers, encourage young men, 
 please children, gratify and defend the ladies, for whom and to whom, I 
 have written and dedicated, for the'r gratification and defense, as you will 
 see, "Only A Small Family," makes enough work for one little woman. 
 
 I am now in my 75th year. This little token oi remembrance I submit 
 for inspection, hoping that its contents may be instructive and gratifying 
 to many children, grand-children and great grand-children, whose parents' 
 names appear in this book It also contains the confession of Lee Barnes 
 in full. I here attach extract from the Russellville Courier-Democrat, of 
 July 27, 1905: "Perhaps no other living man is so well acquainted with 
 the County of Pope as Mr. West, who has watched with interest its 
 advancement in all its stages. He has written a series of articles for county 
 papers on the early history of the County, dating from 1S28, and upon 
 perusal of many of his writings, we find them gotten up in an interesting 
 and complete manner, and displaying quite a literary talent. His writings 
 on Pope County would truly be valuable in book form." I did not write 
 the articles for a book, but after they appeared and were read, I was 
 solicited by my friends, Capt. J. R. Homer Scott, Hon. Charles E. Tobey, 
 F. M. Hudson and many others, who were contemporaries, to have them 
 published for preservation, for the posterity of those whose names appear 
 therein. 
 
 Most respectfully, 
 
 D. Porter West. 
 
EARLY HISTORY OF POPE COUNTY 
 
 By D. PORTER WEST 
 
 ARTICLE I. 
 
 NORRISTOWN AND DWIGHT 
 
 Dover, Ark., Feb. 11, 1903. 
 
 In compliance with your request, I pencil you a short 
 article. If there were plenty of old time acquaintances, such 
 as my friend Capt. Jno. R. Homer Scott, I could enter upon 
 this task with ease and pleasure. 
 
 I was born in Cross Plains, Robinson county, Tenn., 
 June 30, 1831. My father immigrated to Arkansas and landed 
 at Old St. Martin, near Scotia, on May 7th, 1839. We re- 
 mained on Big Piney a short time, and when Dover was 
 selected in 1842 for county side, (in the woods) we moved 
 here and this place has been my home since. There was no 
 postoffice, but Mathew T. Logan, within 1-2 mile was post- 
 master. He employed me to ride the mail for him every 
 Saturday; the other postoffice at Old Dwight Mission, 4 miles 
 west of the prairie, where Russellville is now located. I was 
 paid two-bits a week; and to get a letter from Tennessee cost 
 two-bits cash, paid on receipt of the letter. The postoffice 
 
Early tii story of Pope County 
 
 at Dwight was kept by Joe and Bob Davidson. At this time 
 and place, I met and made the acquaintance of Hon. Jesse 
 S. Hayden; the father of Mrs. Ella Crownover, Misses Gary, 
 Lucy and Will Hayden of Dardanelle. I was at th^ double 
 wedding when Hon. Jesse S. Hayden married Miss Clara, 
 and G. W. Holledger and Miss Tennie Rye, daughters of Mr.' 
 Stephen Rye. 
 
 The postoffice was soon moved to old Norristown, Sam'l 
 Norris, postmaster. I still rode the mail, this move caused 
 me to pass through the prairie where the beautiful and flour- , 
 ishing city of Russleville now stands. There were only four 
 houses in sight from the cross roads. Dr. Thos. Russell^ Dan- 
 Petray, Coke Darnell and Madison Shinn. My first ac- 
 quaintances were Sam'l M. Hays, Judge Andrew Scott, Jno. '' 
 R. Homer Scott, James Madden, Dr. Jno. Wilson, father of 
 R. J. Wilson, Joseph Brearley, who laid off and plotted the 
 the town of Dover. 
 
 In 1830 the Missionaries removed to the Cherokee nation 
 and formed what was called New Dwight. • Old Dwight was 
 left in possession of A. W. Lyon who afterwards moved to 
 Batesville. Mr. Lyon came to this county about the year 1828 
 from the state of New Jersey. During the years 1830 and 
 1831 he taught school at Dwight, and boarded a portion of 
 his pupils, who were youths from different parts of the then 
 territory a few of whom I will name; Major Ben Duvall of 
 Ft. Smith, Franklin Desha of Batesville and our old and . 
 respected citizen Hon. John R. Homer Scott and his brother, 
 Augustus. Mr. Lyon was an able and efficient teacher, and 
 I think taught the first school of any consequence within the 
 original limits of Pope county, which extended west 
 to Crawford county line, south to the mountains, dividing 
 the waters of Arkansas and Red Rivers, east to the Conway 
 county line, north to the top of the Boston Mountain, near 
 the divide between the waters of the Arkansas and White 
 Rivers (quite a little State in territory). 
 
 Norristown was settled in 1829, by Samuel Norris, of 
 Pennsylvania from whom the place took its name. Norris- 
 town was the home of the gifted Edward Washburn for a 
 number of years. Washburn's "Arkansas Traveler" has ac- 
 
State and Riissellvillc 
 
 quired a world wide fame, and might have been a source of 
 immense income to the family. Norristown was the birth- 
 place of my wife, Miss Kate Hallock daughter of Major 
 Daniel Hallock of Pennsylvania afterwards step-daughter of 
 the late Mr. Henry Kirchhof of Dover— also I think it was 
 the birthplace (there is where I first saw him) of Mr. Ed 
 Langford who was killed at Cassville, Mo., who I think 
 married a Miss Abbie Washburn and was father-in-law of 
 the esteemed editor of the Record who married a Miss 
 Langford. 
 
 The first county site (temporarily) of the original limits 
 of the county was Scotia, on the Arkansas river about two 
 and one-half miles below the mouth of Big Piney, on the 
 north bank, now known as the Jesse May place. Commis- 
 sioners were then appointed to locate a county site of whom 
 John Williamson was one, I do not remember the others. 
 Said commissioners located the site about one mile below the 
 mouth of Big Piney on the north bank of the Arkansas river, 
 and called the place Benton. Before their report was con- 
 firmed the county of Johnson was formed in the fall of 1833, 
 and Old Dwight made the temporary county site, at which 
 place two or more courts were held by Judge Johnson. 
 
 Commissioners were again appointed and located the site 
 at Norristown, some time in the year 1834, at which place 
 the site remained until the county of Yell was formed 
 in the year 1842. Soon after commissioners were again 
 appointed, Henry Stinnet and R€v. James Bruton, and they 
 located the site of Pope county at Dover. 
 
 ARTICLE H. 
 
 STATE AND RUSSELLVILLE 
 
 Having heretofore given the status of the county I will 
 now refer to the State and City of Russellville. For the 
 formation of a State government the territorial legislature 
 passed an act in the fall of 1835 authorizing the election of 
 delegates to frame a State constitution, which election took 
 
Early History of Pope Comity 
 
 place in November 1835. There was one delegate each and 
 one at large for Pope and Johnson counties. Thomas Murry, 
 Jr. was delegate from Pope county, and Hon. Andrew Scott 
 delegate at large. The convention convened January 1836 
 and State constitution framed, and the State admitted into 
 the Union the same year. The first circuit court held under 
 the new State government was held by Hon. Charles Cald- 
 well at Norristown, Col. J. J. Clendenin prosecuting attorney, 
 James B. Logan clerk; and Samuel M. Hays (a brother-in- 
 law of mine) sheriff, who executed the first man ever hung 
 in the county and John W. Quinn the second. The first was 
 a man by the name of Brown, hung at Norristown for wife 
 killing, from what is now Yell county. The second was Lee 
 Barns, hung at Dover, May 21st 1836, for the killing of Hol- 
 man, near Plummerville, Conway county, by change of venue. 
 The judges who presided on down to 1876 were; C. C. Brown, 
 W. W. Floyd, Wm. Fields, J. J. Clendenen, J. J. Green, 
 Thos. Boles, W. N. May and Hon. W. W. Mansfield. 
 
 The latitude of the county is near the belt between 
 the cotton and grain region, hence is adapted to the 
 growth of almost any product, common to the United States. 
 Now let us take a stenographer and kodak and select an 
 eminence at cross roads in the prairie and sketch from 1836 
 to 1876 a period of 40 years, leaving out last 27 years. The 
 prairie is three miles north of Arkansas river and is sur- 
 rounded by a fair farming country. In 1846 a young man 
 whose name was Jacob L. Shinn organized Symp Moffit's 
 company of mounted men, which company was called into 
 the service of the United States by the president of the 
 United States under the act of congress calling for volun- 
 teers approved May 13th, 1846. During the time they were 
 preparing to get ready to march, they were called together 
 for the purpose of drilling, the music furnished was by Mat- 
 ison Shinn fif er, and Daniel Hallock of Norristown drummer. 
 The company prepared commissary wagons and the day set 
 for them to leave was a big day. They mounted their horses 
 and under the firing of cannon, started on the line of march 
 to join Gen. Taylor in Mexico. I can't describe the scene, 
 it was really heart rending to see mothers parting with sons, 
 
S/atc and Riissel/7'illc 
 
 wives with husbands, sweethearts and lovers, and friends 
 shaking hands with friends, perhaps for the last time. 
 Many never returned, Capt. Symp Moffit never returned. 
 Going to Mexico at that time was harrowing to think of 
 much less to face an infuriated foe. No railroads, no tele- 
 graphs. After a battle it took months to get particulars. 
 
 At the close of the war Mr. Jake Shinn returned home 
 in 1847. He had saved his wages and opened up a small 
 store; pointing west opposite to Mr. Hugh Wells. Shortly 
 afterwards a number of neighbors from the settlement of 
 the prairie casually met, and the question of a name for the 
 town arose and the subject was discussed pro and con. Mr. 
 Shinn 's friends claimed the name upon the ground of his 
 having the first store, Mr. Russell's for occupying the first 
 house. The vote was taken and the result was the town 
 was named Russellville. 
 
 Mr. Shinn was a representative man of Russellville and 
 a prime factor in the most gigantic enterprise of the city, 
 the "Mel-Rose" factory. This factory was named by my 
 friend, Capt. John R. H. Scott. He named it for two young 
 ladies, Miss Melvina Jamison, a niece of his and sister of Mr. 
 James Alston Jamison of Russellville, and Miss Rose Patter- 
 son, who is now with Mrs. Lenora Augustus Howell and 
 Capt. Scott of your city; hence, "Mel-Rose" factory. 
 
 Mr. Shinn was a representative manof the place ever af- 
 terward. He was well and favorably known in all commercial 
 circles. He aided in every enterprise for the promotion of 
 the town and county. The situation is most beautiful, being 
 a small prairie, dotted all over with nice little groves of 
 trees. The prairie was settled in 1834 by P. C. Holledger 
 who built the first house. The house was purchased the fol- 
 lowing year by Dr. Thos. J. Russell. Mr. Holledger moved 
 and built near Shiloh on the Dover rhad. He was a saddler 
 by trade; made and presented me a nice leather whip for 
 bringing his mail from Old Dwight while I rode the mail. 
 The house still stands (did when I was last it that part of 
 the City) in the western part on Main street. The chimney 
 at the east end of the house was the first stone chimney ever 
 built in Pope county, was built by Mr. Maddox. Dr. Russell 
 
lO Early History of Pope County 
 
 moved here in 1835 and made this his home continuously 
 (the interval of the rebellion excepted) until the year 1885, 
 the date of his death, at his home in this place. The town 
 improved but little until the completion of the L. R. & Ft. 
 S. Ry., since that time it has enjoyed a steady growth. 
 Nov. 1876—27 years ago, there was a school of some magni- 
 tude, with a neat building and fancy grounds. First by 
 Prof. J. T. Whorton, second by Prof. Haddock. There were 
 15 stores, one each, tin shop, shoe shop and saddlery shop, 2 
 blacksmith shops, two carpenter and cabinet shops, 2 cotton, 
 gins, 1 flouring mill and wool carding factory, 2 silver smiths, 
 2 hotels, 1 barber shop, 1 livery stable, 1 market house and 
 1 saloon. Had two churches, Presbyterian and Methodist 
 Episcopal. The professions were well represented at that 
 time; 6 doctors, 5 lawyers and one dentist. Of orders and 
 societies, 1 Lodge of I. 0. of G. T., 1 lodge of F. A. M. and 
 a fine Sunday-school. The county and town sustained one 
 newspaper, "The Democrat." 
 
 ARTICLE in. 
 
 The part that Pope county played in the drama of the wars 
 of 1836, '46, '61, and Brooks and Baxter. 
 
 Dover, Ark. , March 4, 1903. 
 
 In this article I will change the tenor of the subject, 
 and give a synopsis of the part that Pope county played in 
 the drama of the wars of 1846, 1861 and the Brooks and 
 Baxter. I would not attempt to give a history of said wars, 
 it would be futile and unnecessary; therefore I do not wish to 
 be misunderstood. It may in some respects, appear inde- 
 corous, but I trust my readers will be lenient this time, and 
 turn me loose and let me talk. To speak of wars I must 
 have latitude, hence, as you will see I have visited all the 
 old Forts in the West, the Old Independence Hall on Chest- 
 
JJ^a?s of 1S12 and 18^6 1 1 
 
 nut Street, Philadelphia, the noted bell that was rung at the 
 Declaration of Independence, on July the 4th, 1776. Also 
 the Washington Monument (not completed), saw the exer- 
 cises and practicing of the trained horses and flying artillery. 
 Also the St. Nicholas Hotel, 517 Broadway, New York City, 
 the Grand Crystal Palace, the second one in the world, 
 (now burned), and so on ad infinitum. The reason that I 
 select this subject, for the present article, is the date is sug- 
 gestive. On tho 4th day of March 1857, this day 46 years 
 ago, I was in the City of Washington, attending President 
 James Buchanan's inauguration and levee at night. I also 
 paid my respects to the world renouned "Smithsonian In- 
 stitute," and Patent Office: Then and there I met Dr. John 
 I. Stirman and John Jacoway of Dardanelle, the latter, at 
 this time received the appointment of United States Marshal 
 and succeeded S. M. Hays, who received his appointment 
 under President Franklin Pierce and was there giving an 
 account of his stewardship. Also met my well known friends 
 James H. VanHoose, Fayetteville, and Charley Fox Brown. 
 Van Buren, in fact there were a good many people in the 
 city, and it reminded me of Saturday in Russellville and 
 Dover. 
 
 I must here state to my readers that they must not be 
 surprised at the frequent appearance of the names of Capt. 
 Scott, Col. Sam Hays and Major West; as you will see, they 
 naturally drift into the current events of early days in Pope 
 County. In a military point of view, the inhabitants have 
 ever been noted for a military spirit and high order of 
 patriotism. 
 
 In 1836 about the time of the invasion of Texas by Mexi- 
 cans, the United States called on Arkansas for one regiment 
 of mounted volunteers, to guard the frontier, bordering on 
 Texas. Col. L. C. Howell raised one company of which J. 
 R. H. Scott and S. M. Hays were Lieutenants; the various 
 companies rendezvoused in the southern part of the State; 
 and were formed into a regiment of which Col. L. C. Howell 
 was made commander. They were stationed for a number 
 of months at Fort Towson, on Red River, in Choctaw Nation, 
 then a short time at Fort Gibson Cherokee Nation, at which 
 
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 Early History of Pope County 
 
 place they were discharged. Bro. S. M. Hays and I passed 
 through Choctow Nation in 1853, (17 years after they were 
 removed and just one half century ago,) while performing 
 the duties of United States Marshal and deputy. We left 
 the main road, a short distance for him to show me Old Fort 
 Towson. There were a few cast cannons, and enough men 
 to take care of and keep up the Fort. He also showed me a 
 little way off, where a portion of the command were so im- 
 bued with a desire to try their guns, that they had prepared 
 powder and ball and stationed themselves, when, just in 
 time to avert mutiny, (over Col. Howell and Col. Fowler) 
 calmer persons settled the matter. I'll not chronicle par- 
 ticulars. 
 
 In 1846, when the Mexican war came up, Pope County 
 raised two companies most promptly, one of cavalry by Capt. 
 Symp Moffit with J. N. Taylor first Lieutenant, which com- 
 pany was ordered to Mexico to join Gen. Taylor. The day 
 they started was a big day in the prairie of which I gave a 
 little account heretofore. Capt. Moffit died and Lieutenant 
 Taylor was promoted and filled his place as captain, The 
 other company was infantry and raised by my father, Capt. 
 D. West. The Lieutenants were, Caleb Davis, Stephen Rye 
 and Newton Brown, a brother of the well known Hon. Ben- 
 ton J. Brown, of Little Rock, formerly of Van Buren. When 
 all the various companies were formed into a battallion Capt. 
 D. West received the appointment of adjutant major. When 
 this company was complete and all necessary arrangements 
 made, they were called to meet at Dover on the 24th day of 
 June, 1845, formed into line, marched around the public 
 square, under rapid and heavy firing of cannon, took up line 
 of march at 2 p. m. to go to a place near by to camp the first 
 night. It was here as at the prairie a few weeks previous 
 when Capt, Moffit started to Mexico with his company of 
 mounted men to join Gen. Taylor. Parting of mothers and 
 sons, wives and husbands, sweethearts and lovers, and 
 friends shaking hands with friends perhaps for the last time, 
 many of whom never returned. I was going with them to 
 the first camp, when we had got one mile from town the 
 firing ceased, a runner soon overtook us and brought the sad 
 news that Mr. Lowery had accidentally shot and killed himself 
 
War of 1861 , Brook and Baxter 
 
 while loading the cannon. The company marched to Fort 
 Smith. I have the first Muster Roll before me, and will 
 copy heading thereof . "Muster Roll of Capt. David West, 
 Company B, in the Battalion Regiment of Arkansas Volun- 
 teers; commanded by Lieutenant Colonel William Gray; 
 called into the service of the United States by the president 
 of the United States under the act of congress approved 
 May 13th, 1846, from the first day of July 1846 (date of this, 
 muster) for the term of 12 months, unless sooner discharged. 
 There are 85 names enrolled on this document and today 
 there are only 5 living to my knowledge to-wit: Melvin 
 Story and Sol Crouch, near Hector, J. E. Duvall, Gum Log, 
 Jake Graves, Logan County and John Whittle, Portland, Ore. 
 My brother, Thos. B. West first seargent, died while station- 
 ed at Fort Gibson, of the measles. Please pardon another 
 short digression which I think dates far enough to be en- 
 titled to a place is these articles. My father was born in 
 1792, served in the war of 1812, for which he drew a pension 
 before the act granting pensions to Mexican war veterans 
 was passed, died at the age of 89. He had told me that he 
 had served in every war the United States had ever had 
 against a foreign foe, since the struggle for Independence, 
 which closed July 4th 1776. 
 
 ARTICLE IV. 
 
 WAR OF 1861, BROOKS AND BAXTER 
 
 I have given as best I could, the part that Pope County 
 played in the wars of 1836 and 1846. Now I present a syn- 
 opsis only of 1861 and Brooks and Baxter, as these are of 
 such recent date that in would be presumptuous in me to try 
 to present my readers any new points, but will merely men- 
 tion them, to prove that they have not been over-looked. 
 
 During the civil war of 1861, at the first tap of the drum, 
 a number of companies were raised most promptly, two of 
 which Capt. Jno. R. H. Scott commanded as a squadron. 
 
[4 Early History of Pope County 
 
 The county furnished two colonels of regiments; Col. Ben T. 
 Embry and Col. J. L. Williamson. This Squadron was 
 stationed for a while across the Boston Mountains, at Yell- 
 ville, perhaps to guard against the 9th Kansas. They were 
 soon moved from their drilling quarters to take part in the 
 approaching struggle which was near at hand. Fortunately 
 my part in this war was rather an easy position. I was 
 assistant quartermaster in Gen. Albert Pike's brigade of 
 Indians while stationed on Rive Blue, near Old Fort Towson, 
 Choctaw Nation. In 1862 the general gave me a pass to 
 come home. I have it before me and will give a true copy. 
 "Permit D. P. West to pass, A. Pike." I'll refer to this 
 later on. After a few days rest I received a big envelope, 
 lo and behold it was an imperative summons, October 12, 
 1862, to forthwith attend the Confederate States court at 
 Little Rock as grand juror. I had A. Pike's pass, so I went. 
 Maj. Wassel, of some notoriety, was foreman. The jury 
 found about half a cotton basket full of true bills of which I 
 never heard again. In about two weeks it adjourned. When 
 I returned home. Gen. Pike had been removed, so I have 
 been going on that pass to this day. 
 
 How could I do any better than to pay my respects to 
 this gentleman. Gen. Albert Pike perhaps, possessed more 
 attributes of greatness than any man in the State, which 
 were well known to his contemporaries, as a lawyer, orator, 
 statesman, poet, general and mason. He was a beacon light 
 in Free Masonry and stood at the head of that fraternity in 
 the State of Arkansas. He was an associate of my friend 
 Hon. James Van Hoose of Fayetteville who was also recog- 
 nized throughout the State as a Mason. In all the above 
 attributes Gen. Pike stood eminently high. I am unable to 
 find language, adequate to express my esteem and appre- 
 ciation of this gentleman, I hope my readers will pardon me 
 for this digression, for I deem it a privilege and a duty to 
 hold such men in esteem and remembrance. 
 
 The last and rather extraordinary, the so called Brooks 
 and Baxter war, one company was most promptly raised 
 and went to the capitol for the defense of Baxter and state 
 government. Such has been the spirit of the population 
 and extraordinary love of liberty and deep rooted hatred to 
 
Early Officers of the County i 5 
 
 oppression, gave rise to the many difficulties to inforce what 
 is known as reconstruction with disfranchisement, with all 
 its attendant horror, oppression, the few domineering and 
 ruling the many, hence the county remained for a series of 
 years almost in a state of war, until the new Constitution of 
 1874 removed the shackles of oppression; since which time a 
 more peaceable and law abiding county does not exist in the 
 United States. In this last Brooks and Baxter war, I also 
 lost another brother, Daniel Webster West. Extract from 
 Little Rock Gazette. "Friends of Webster West ask space 
 for a few lines. West was a soldier in Gov. Baxter's army, 
 a member of Capt. John Hale's company. He was accident- 
 ally shot while on picket guard. To Gov. Baxter's generosity 
 we desire to do honor. Accept thanks for the splendid burial 
 garments and metalic case, provided for our much esteemed 
 friend. To the kind hearted ladies of Little Rock, who with 
 their delicate hands decorated the case with rare and lovely 
 flowers and the young men who escorted his remains home, 
 to Dover, many thanks are due." Parents and friends of 
 Dan West. 
 
 ARTICLE V. 
 
 EARLY OFFICERS 
 
 I will change the order of this article a little and give 
 the names of our early officers, for the information and 
 gratification of their descendants, and then visit Atkins. 
 
 SENATORS. 
 
 In 1831, Isaac Hughes. 1833 John Williamson, who 
 continued in succession up to the year 1851: G. W. Lemoyne, 
 W. W. Foyd, A. J. Ward. 1862 Col. Ben. T. Emery— closed 
 by the war. The counties Pope and Johnson, formed a sen- 
 atorial district for 4 or 5 elections; Pope and Conway one. 
 Pope and Yell for a number of years. First after the war 
 was Jordan E. Cravens; Reconstruction, 1868 Rev. Zack 
 Keeton, 1872 a Mr. Thomas. Under the new constitution, 
 ratified 1874, Hon. Chas. E. Toby. 
 
1 6 Early History of Pope County 
 
 REPRESENTATIVES FROM 1831 TO 1876. 
 
 The representatives of the original Hmits of Pope County 
 for the year 1931, Hon. Andrew Scott; 1833 Wesley Garret, 
 Johnson County was now formed; 1835 Col. L. C. Howell; 
 1838 J. M. Morse; from this date up to 1845, Rev. Pleasant 
 Tarkett, Rev. John Bruton, Sr; and 0. Sadler; from 1846 
 S. M. Hays, Jas. Logan, C. E. Tobey, Jas. Bruton, Jr., after 
 which on down to 1862 Matison Shinn. J. I. Stirman, Jas. 
 Bruton, W. A. Barker, Maj. D. West, J. S. Bowden and Dr. 
 Jno. McFadden. After the war, 1866, C. E. Tobey. Time 
 of reconstruction 1868, Walter Brashears, 1870 N. H. Clellen, 
 1872 Y. B. Shapard. Under new constitution ratified 1874; 
 N. D. Shinn. 
 
 COUNTY TREASURERS. 
 
 None until State Government, D. F. Williamson, the 
 first and was continued for ten years; successors James M. 
 Patterson (father of Miss Rose), Walter F. Scott, brother 
 and brother-in-law of Capt. J. R. H. Scott. Walter moved 
 to California in 1849 or 1850 and died there. Dr. G. R. 
 Davis, who was a citizen of Dover, and died here, was father 
 of Hon. Marcellus L. Davis, the well and favorably known 
 lawyer of Dardanelle, who was born in Dover, Wm. S. 
 Johnson, Ben Young, Sr., H. Erwin and S. R. Parker. I 
 was a candidate against him in 1860; he carried his violin 
 and crutches the whole round of the campaign, and with 
 those auxiliaries beat me 8 votes in the county. 
 
 ATKINS. 
 
 We will pass by Hebron, Perry Station, Benton, Scotia, 
 Bolesville and Georgetown as they were ephemeral. Atkins, 
 27 years ago, at 3 years old; a fiourishing young town, on 
 the F. S. & L. R. Ry. Dirt was broken for the first building 
 in the place by E. A. Darr, one of the representative men of 
 the town and leading merchant. In July or August 1873 he 
 erected a store and dwelling. During the same summer and 
 fall the following acquisitions were added: Emery & Emery, 
 Waisonant & Dicky, Darr & Darr, merchants, Whiteside & 
 Whiteside, druggists, and later J. M. Guest, Mourning & 
 
Dover, the Historic Tozvn of tJie State 17 
 
 Bro., N. Holderfield, afterward Holderfield & Guest. There 
 was one church, Methodist Episcopal, one school by Rev. 0. 
 H. Tuckey and lady; one Sabbath-school superintended by 
 Rev. 0. H, Tucker. There was a Lodge each of A. F. & A. M. , 
 I. 0. 0. F. and I. 0. G. T. A terpsichorean league, a base 
 ball club, constituted the other societies of the town. Of 
 professional men there were three physicians of acknow- 
 ledged ability and skill; Drs. Whiteside, Potts and Warren. 
 Of lawyers, not one. Hotels, one; livery stable, one and a 
 very fine mill nearly completed. 
 
 ARTICLE VL 
 
 DOVER, THE HISTORIC TOWN OF THE STATE 
 
 Dover in 1842. The first settlers were Capt. Scott, Web- 
 ster Jamison, M. T. Logan, Peter Finger, J. E. Manley, A. 
 J. Bayliss, D. James, D. West, Sam Loupe, Tom Moss, who 
 built the first grocery — there were no saloons in those days— 
 the room still stands, northeast of public square and is owned 
 by Mrs. Elizabeth A. Rowland, mother-in-law of Mr. T. M. 
 Neal of Russellville and George Morrell of Morrillton. Bettis 
 Alston and Ranee Bettis built the first store. This room still 
 stands on the northwest corner. These are the only two 
 original rooms in the place. Alston and Bettis came here 
 from the old Spadra Coal mines near Clarksville. I was at 
 the mines in 1840 and they were operated then. Robert 
 Cunningham, father of Judge Geo. S. Cunningham of Dar- 
 danelle, built the first hotel, on the southeast corner of Water 
 street. The whole town, including courthouse (except a 
 few onthe north side) was burned in Ayril, 1865, by five men 
 called "bushwhackers," all dead but one, he's gone. 
 
 In 1853 this was the best town between Little Rock and 
 Fort Smith. In the month of May of that year the first 
 railroad meeting ever held in the state, in regard to the Little 
 Rock and Fort Smith railroad was held here, it being equi- 
 
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1 8 Early History of Pope County 
 
 distant between the two places. That meeting was largely 
 attended and well represented by men of stamina, ability 
 and wealth. The company was organized, stock taken, etc. , 
 and a Mr. Barney employed to make a preliminary survey. 
 It moved on slowly until the approximation of the war, then 
 lay dormant a few years, but so soon as the smoke of the 
 war cleared away, it was resuscitated, and a Mr. Shumache 
 employed to make another survey, who located the road at 
 or near its present location. In Dover is where that grand 
 enterprise originated, just fifty years ago next 
 month. That meeting was largely attended by 
 the leading men of Little Rock, Fort Smith, Van Buren, 
 and the intermediate places, such as P. Pennyweight, Col. 
 Drennon, Van Buren; Obe Alston, Ozark; M. Rose, Clarks- 
 ville. Those are the men, and Dover, "The Historical Town" 
 the place, where that ball was started, that you see whistling 
 through Russellville, and many other nice towns, which were 
 then in the embryo stage. Until the building of this road 
 there were no such places as Conway, Morrilton, Atkins, 
 Lamar, etc. 
 
 I will now give the names of some more of our early 
 county officials, to-wit: Clerks; Twitty Pace, Alf Pace, R. 
 T. Williamson, W. H. Evants. After State government; 
 J. B. Logan, Josh Ferguson, J. R. H. Scott for a number of 
 years, Wm. Stout, Rufe H. Howell, A, J. Bayliss (step-fath- 
 er of Mrs. Betty Reynolds and Mrs. John Young of Russell- 
 ville.) First after the war: Wm. Stout, A. J. Bayliss, 
 Wallace Hickox, Elijah Poe and A. J. Bayliss. Sheriffs:, 
 First sheriff under State government, S. M. Hays, John Jones 
 and John Hickey. A word in regard to Mr. Hickey. ' Ii;i 
 1850 as I was on my way home from Bastrop, and Monroe, 
 Louisiana I stopped at Little Rock. I met an acquaintance 
 who told me our sheriff was in the city and that he was in 
 bad shape; that he got into a game of poker the night before 
 and lost all his state revenue he had. I hunted him up, paid 
 his way and brought him home with me. John Hickey was 
 a good, honest man, a blacksmith by trade. His bond was 
 paid and he was a good and respectable citizen until his 
 death, in this township. I mention this because, perhaps 
 the only instance of the kind ever occurred. Rufe H. Howell, 
 
 ^-. 
 
Description of County 19 
 
 L. W. Linton, D. C. Brown (father-in-law of Jim Miller, 
 Russellville, ) J. B. Erwin. In 1863 civil authority closed by 
 the war. First after the war, Napier, Morris Williams, Joe 
 Petty, Jas. Clair, E. W. Dodson, J. B. Erwin and Joe Petty. 
 The above may not interest the general reader, but I 
 give it for the information and gratification of their children 
 and posterity. The surveyors have been so few I will here 
 name them, to-wit: Joseph Brearly Norristown, Mr. Miller 
 (Jim's father,) John Wiley Chambers, Jim Potts, a number 
 of years. Bill Hale, who perhaps has a lifetime installment. 
 
 April 4th, 1903. 
 
 ARTICLE VII. 
 
 DESCRIPTION OF COUNTY, CHURCHES, CAMP-MEET" " 
 INGS AND FIRST SETTLERS 
 
 The southern boundary of the county is the Arkansas 
 River, beginning at the mouth of Big Piney, down the river 
 a short distance below the mouth of Petit Jean River, thence 
 north 35 or 40 mitles to the top of the Boston Mountain, the 
 divide between the Arkansas and White River waters, west 
 on said divide, on the Newton County line, to the Jonnson 
 County line, thence south to the place of beginning, 35 or 40 • 
 miles. 
 
 There are the very finest bodies of river lands in the 
 southern part, joined for a number of miles north with fine 
 productive up-lands, finely timbered. The eastern portion 
 borders on, and includes a portion of the noted stream, Pt. 
 Remove, with timber of almost every kind. The northern 
 portion is interspersed with smaller streams forming the 
 main streams of the Pt. Remove, IllinoisBayou and Big Piney. 
 A large district of the western portion, from the Arkansas 
 River to the Boston Mountain, affords perhaps, the largest 
 and most compact body of fine pine timber in the State, in 
 
20 Early History of Pope County 
 
 short, nearly every kind of timber abounds, of the best qual- 
 ity known in any of the western or southern states. Stone, 
 coal and iron ore exist in abundance. Copper, lead and zinc 
 in northern parts of the county, and also salt water. Stone 
 for building purposes, the county has no equal. 
 
 CHURCHES, CAMPMEETINGS, ETC. 
 
 The first church was built by the Methodist about the 
 year 1832, in the vicinity of what is known as the Boiling 
 Spring Campground, near the Illinois Bayou. The second 
 church was organized in September, 1833, at the house of 
 Sanford King, on Point Remove, they then and there 
 roganized the Baptist Church of Christ. Elder James Brew- 
 ton was called to the chair, assisted by brethren deacons 
 Thomas Yeates and John Gray. The church made choice of 
 James Brewton her pastoral care and the church was called 
 the 'Point Remove Church. Members assembled at that time 
 were as follows: James Brewton, Thomas Yeates, John 
 Gray, John Isabell, Jeremiah King, Avis Yeates, Rebecca 
 Isabell and Polly Ennis. From this small number that 
 gathered themselves together for Christian work, the church 
 prospered and many others were brought into its fold from 
 time to time, to-wit: William Burnett, Richard Griffin, Ira 
 Griffin, Ephriam Lemley and many others whose descendents 
 that live today are among the best citizenship of the county. 
 Seventy years have possed away since then and we trace the 
 history of this organization down to the breaking out of the 
 civil war between the states. 
 
 The third about the year 1837, by Cumberland Presby- 
 terians, at Shiloh, at what is known and called the William- 
 son camp grounds. The first camp-meeting, or rather an 
 imitation, was held at Old D wight by Cumberland Presby- 
 terians, in July, 1832 by Rev. Andrew Buchanan, of Cane 
 Hill, and Rev. William Larymore. A few families moved to 
 Dwight with bedding and provisions, and remained for a 
 short time. There were a few old Presbyterians; A. W. 
 Lyon and family, Samuel K. Blythe and family. Hon. John 
 Williamson and his two sons, Robert T. and J. L. were 
 
Description of County 2 1 
 
 Cumberland Presbyterians. There were but three members 
 of the Cumberland Presbyterian church in the community, 
 and perhaps, all in the present limits of the county. The 
 first regular camp-meeting held on the old style, was by the 
 Methodists about the year 1833, at the place known as Boiling 
 Springs. The Methodists and Cumberland Presbyterians 
 are and have been the most numerous. While there are 
 many others of reputable numbers, to-wit: Old Baptists, 
 Missionary Baptists, Old Presbyterians, Christian church, 
 and Seceeders. The places of worship of all the above 
 named denominations number between 40 and 50, many 
 worship at the same places. The most of which places of 
 worship, Sunday schools and prayer meetings are kept up. 
 
 Permit me to give the names of some of the very earliest 
 settlers who came here from the year 1829 to 1839— Hon. 
 Andrew Scott and son. J. R. H., from Little Rock; John 
 Bolinger, Samuel Norris, Philadelphia; Robert Davidson, East 
 Tennessee; Dr. J. H. Brearley, New Jersey, Maj. Ben Du- 
 Val. Indian agent. New Hampshire; Thomas Murry, Wash- 
 ington City; J. M. Crutchfield, Middle Tennessee, R. A. 
 Logan, Missouri, Kirkbride Potts, New Jersey; Daniel Gil- 
 more, New Hampshire; S. K. Blythe, Tennessee; John 
 Williamson and three sons, K. T., J. L., and D. F., Tennes- 
 see; Dr. Wm. Ward, Louisiana. 
 
 The settlements on the Bayou, between Dover and Boil- 
 ing Springs were the most numerous and compact in the 
 county, and for morality and being orderly, good citizens 
 and well-to-do, compared favorably with the same number 
 in any county; hence. Boiling Springs had the first church in 
 the county, some of whom I will nane: Hon. Ben Langford, 
 and his four sons-in-law, to-wit: J. S. Price, Thos. Gardiner, 
 Rev. R. S. Bewley and John Ridge, all from Alabama, John 
 and George Rolland, Tennessee; Ed, J. E. and Owen Willianis, 
 and Willis Hodges, (father of Mrs. Lucinda Wells, of Rus- 
 sellville,) Rev. John Bruton, MississippiT^evTMalon Bewley, 
 Absalom Simms, Alabama. Those in and about where Dover 
 is located, Meridith Webb, Tennessee; John and Robert Mc- 
 Carley, Henry and Wm. Andrews, Dr. Wear, Ezekiel Wal- 
 lace and George Wallace, Alabama. Settlers on Big Piney 
 
22 Early History cf Pope County 
 
 very few up to 1839. Hon. Isaac Brown, who built the sec- 
 ond court house, John Howard, Sr., who made the shingles 
 and Hon. Joe Howard, ex-representative, wno hauled them, 
 when a boy, for I saw him in Dover at that time. 
 
 Wm. Reynolds, of Dover, late of Atkins, built the third 
 court house — brick. John Brown, Samuel Leonard, N. 
 Madox, Alabama; Gen. John Wood, South Carolina, Dr. 
 John and Joseph Wilson, Phillip Mason, Maj. D. West and 
 David Rushing and five sons, George, David, Burrell, Wm. 
 and Dennis, Tennessee. Uncle Burrell was a young man 
 when I first saw him. He first married Miss Mary Hays, 
 second. Miss Amanda Maloy, daughter of Rev. Anderson 
 Maloy, Cumberland minister, She was the mother of Bill 
 and Joe Rushing, the twins, who reside alternately at Rus-» 
 sellville and Dover. The latter is father-in-law of Dr. Will 
 Brown of Dover, brother-in-law of Dr. Truitt, son of Henry 
 Truitt, deceased, son of Elijah Truitt, of Norristown, three 
 miles south of Russellville, which place, as is well known,, 
 came within one vote getting the capitol of the state. 
 
 Dover, Arkansas, April 11, 1903. 
 
 ARTICLE VIII. 
 
 THE FAMOUS WILSON SPRINGS, CISCO TRAGEDY, ETC. 
 
 The Wilson Springs, near the base of the Cisco Moun- 
 tain on Big Piney, a health and summer resort. Dr. John, 
 father of R. J. Wilson, who owned and resided on what is 
 now known as the Hop Tate place on Piney, fitted up these 
 springs with neat buildings and outhouses, and at his resi- 
 dence, not far away, had a well-furnished country store. At 
 this "Long Branch" the doctor and his five sons-in-law and 
 families would spend the summer months hunting, fishing, 
 cutting bee trees, etc. There were Robert Cunningham, Dr. 
 Ed Adams, Abb Adams, Rufe H. Howell (brother of Mrs. 
 
TJie Famous Wilson Springs 23 
 
 Bettie White, White Hotel) and Rev. Frank Bernard. Of 
 the six families there were twelve adults, of whom but one 
 is now living-, my friend. Abb Adams, of Dardanelle. 
 
 THE CISCO MOUNTAIN TRAGEDY. 
 
 In this mountain, in a cave, lived Adam Cisco, alone, 
 who killed deer, of which there were plenty at that time, 
 dressed their hides and sold them for making pants. He 
 also mended shoes, sold wild honey, etc., and from what 
 follows was supposed to have some money. It was, per- 
 chance, at some delightful twilight hour, when this poor old 
 man lay musing on his bearskin pallet, lulled to quiet reveries 
 by the low music and mirth of the joyous waters. Every 
 voice is hushed, every owl is silent and departed, every wing 
 is folded in the bowers. The purple glow now fades from 
 the western sky, and the moon rises up in majesty in the east 
 and sheds a soft halo on the quiet groves around, and mir- 
 rors her queenly beauties in the bosom of the crystal waters 
 of Big Piney nearby. A deep, pensive silence now pervades 
 the scene, and balmy sleep suffuses the form of this old man. 
 
 At this juncture 
 
 Stealthily approaches a youth, 
 
 With musket for his attire, 
 And views him as he slumbers 
 
 Beside a glimmering fire. 
 Then the fatal shot was fired, 
 
 tearing his coonskin nightcap into atoms; thus ending the 
 career of this poor, old, solitary man. From this circum- 
 stance, and tragedy, the mountain derived its name. This 
 well-known Cisco Mountain is on the Clarksville road, be- 
 tween Dover and Piney bridge. 
 
 I will now go back to Dover in 1872, when we had carpet- 
 bag rule, militia, etc. I can't give any idea of conditions at 
 that time, but like Job, we had patience and bore it. I will 
 therefore relate a brief anecdote and ask my readers to re- 
 vert back to Dover in those days, make and apply the appli- 
 cation. 
 
24 Early History of Pope- County 
 
 Now, with all due deference to the memory of my old 
 friend, Col. Benjamin Tanneyhill, The colonel owned slaves, 
 among them, Dick and Joan, his wife. Dick purchased 
 some of Cisco's dressed deer hides and made him a pair of 
 superb pants for Sunday. Those pants > in process of time 
 became soiled, and Joan, hoping to bring them to their ac- 
 customed appearance, put into a pot and boiled them thor- 
 oughly, hung them in the hot summer sun to dry. I have 
 searched the vocabulary of the English language vainly 
 trying to find words adequate to describe the condition of 
 those pants after being dried. The sun having contracted 
 the fibers, and solidified the gluten, they were one heteroge- 
 neous mass. In this condition Dick finds them. Early that 
 morning the colonel heard an unusual racket at the cabin, 
 and goes down to ascertain the cause; he found Dick and 
 Joan in a heated row. He did his utmost to reconcile Dick, 
 but with little avail, and finally resorting to scripture told 
 Dick to have patience like Job. "Job," said he, "was a 
 man of great patience. He lost his children, his cattle, and 
 was afflcted, his provisions were all gone, yet, at the same 
 time, he was a man with great patience, and bore it all with 
 fortitude and resignation." "Oh, yes, Mas Ben, I knows all 
 dat, but Job ne'ber had his leather breeches boiled." 
 
 Thanking the editor for the space given my 12 letters, 
 and his patrons for the many expressions of appreciation, I 
 can only add, that while reviewing the county and the names 
 in those days, I could not help thinking of an appropriate 
 verse: 
 
 "I feel like one who treads alone, . 
 Some banquet hall deserted; \ 
 
 Whose lights have fled, and garlands dead, \ 
 And all but he departed." 
 
 With highest regards. 
 
 Most respectfully, 
 
 D. Porter West, 
 
 Dover, Arkansas, April 24, 1903. 
 
Tlie Next Campaign 25 
 
 ARTICLE IX. 
 
 THE NEXT CAMPAIGN. 
 
 Dover, Ark., May 14, 1903, 
 
 Next year is the time for the general elections, therefore 
 we must begin to prepare for that momentuous ordeal. The 
 candidates will be groomed for the ordeal. There will be 
 platforms setting forth the changes necessary to better the 
 conditions of the government, state and county, and for the 
 general good of all mankind. I do not wish to enter into 
 the arena, it would be like a ship at sea without rudder or 
 ■compass. 
 
 The world is well acquainted 
 
 With mauy wrongs and. woes 
 Which men and nations suffer, 
 
 Sometimes from friends and foes; 
 But writers have been silent 
 
 About more common wrongs, 
 The honest poor man suffers 
 
 Wherever he belongs. 
 
 The annals of the nation, 
 
 That publish many crimes, 
 And flatter all tlieir readers 
 
 To keep up with the times, 
 Will hardly tell the story, 
 
 That poor men are oppressed; 
 The3''ll bow to every rich man. 
 
 And pass by all the rest. 
 
 The earth was made for all men, 
 
 But not for me or you; 
 The Lord designs his blessings 
 
 For all and not a few; 
 But man has long perverted 
 
 The blessings nature gives; 
 Some grasp at all creation, 
 
 Let others die or live. 
 
 — D. Porter West. 
 
26 Eaidy History of Pope County 
 
 ARTICLE X. 
 
 MISSION AMONG THE CHEROKEES OF THE ARKANSAS. 
 
 Fresno, Cal., Mar. 25, '03. 
 
 Courier Democrat: There has just fallen into my 
 hands, while rambling amcng some musty old tombs in this 
 city, a moth-eaten volume, which a citizen of Pope county 
 could not help but prize. It is a leather bound volume of the 
 Boston Missionary Herald of the year 1822. Imagine my 
 surprise upon carelessly picking up the worn old book, to 
 have my eyes fall upon this caption: "Mission Among the. 
 Cherokees of the Arkansas, ' ' and reading further to see the 
 vivid accounts, so familiar to Capt. Jno. R. Homer Scott, D. 
 P. West and other pioneers of Pope, of the trials, toils and 
 privations of those sainted missionaries. Revs. Cephas Wash- 
 burn, Daniel Hitchcock and others, at old Dwight Mission 
 near Russellville, in 1821. 
 
 The book reads like a romance. There are five published 
 extracts from the journal running at intervals throughout 
 the volume, and recording the founding of the mission, the 
 regular Sunday services, the addition of forces at the little 
 colony in the Arkansas Territory wilderness, the slow pro- 
 gress of christianizing the Indians, and such other topics of 
 interest as the little band saw fit to record. Entries were 
 made in the journal daily. 
 
 As is well known by Pope countians, Dwight being one 
 of the first Indian Protestant mission points west of the 
 Mississippi, was naturally a station of considerable interest. 
 All are familiar with the site, but the following description 
 by Mr. Washburn will be of interest. There are doubtless 
 few of these bound copies of the Herald in existence today, 
 even among the descendants of Mr. Washburn now living in 
 and around Russellville, hence a few random extracts will 
 not be out of order. 
 
 "Sabbath, May 13, 1821. Had public worship for the 
 first time in the place where we hope to publish the glad 
 tidings of the gospel to sinners enveloped in the thick mists 
 of heathen darkness. Four or five Cherokees were present; 
 
Mission Antony the Chej'okees 27 
 
 but we could communicate nothing of the gospel to them, as 
 we have no interpreter. Blacks, and people from the white 
 settlement south of the river, composed a congregation re- 
 spectable for members. Brother Washburn. 
 
 "May 16. Bro. Orr rode out for the purpose of pur- 
 pose of purchasing oxen and transacting other business, up 
 Spadra creek. In the afternoon we experienced a severe 
 and unusually long hailstorm, which has considerably injured 
 vegetation. 
 
 "Bro. Orr returned; had a safe ride and successful 
 journey. He had an interview with the U. S. factor. Col. M. 
 Lyon, and with the U. S. interpreter, Capt. J. S. Rogers, 
 and found them and others fortified and fortifying against 
 attacks from the Osages. Our friends at the north, and the 
 friends of missions, have doubtless learned the fact the 
 Osages and Cherokees are at war with each other, and may 
 have some anxiety for us while among them in this hostile 
 state. * * * 
 
 ' 'June 3. So small is the intercourse which we have yet 
 with the people around us, and so few the events which 
 transpire within the circle of our observations, aside from 
 the daily labors of our hands, that we have little to record 
 except the weekly return of the holy Sabbath, and the con- 
 tinual goodness and mercy of our Heavenly Father. The 
 light of this day shines here upon a small spot surrounded 
 by the night of moral darkness. An open space of 10 feet 
 by 20, between two log cabins, serves us at present for a 
 dining hall, a chapel and a sanctuary. But the presence and 
 blessing of God can come to us here, as in the most capacious 
 temple. * * * 
 
 ' 'August 2. Find ourselves under the necessity of send- 
 ing to the Arkansas Post for Peruvian bark, of which we 
 are entirely destitute. It cannot be obtained short of that 
 place, and is indespensibly necessary in the cure of the in- 
 termitten fever, with which several of the families are yet 
 afflicted. * * * 
 
 "August 3. Find ourselves under the necessity of send- 
 ing a man to the Union Mission to procure nails for our 
 school house. We have depended on the coming of nails for 
 
Early History of ^ Pope Co7iuty 
 
 which we sent to the north. This has prevented our making 
 arrangements to procure them from Natchez or New Orleans. 
 None are now to be had anywhere on the Arkansaw river. 
 
 ' 'August 17. Bro. Hitchcock and Mrs. Finney consider- 
 ably ill. Our messenger to Union Mission returned. Our 
 brethren of that mission sent us nails sufficient for our 
 school house, as they had more than they would use before 
 we can replace them. * * * 
 
 "Sept. 3. Hitherto we have been as entirely excluded 
 from all intercourse with the Christian world as we should 
 be in the Japan Isles. We have heard of the arrival of let- 
 ters for us in the Arkansaw Territory, but as yet have been 
 unable to trace them." 
 
 The next report is accompanied by extended editorial 
 comments, and a descriptirn of the mission home on the 
 banks of the Illinois bayou. The following details are given: 
 
 "The site selected was a wilderness. The first tree 
 was felled on the 25th of August. Since that time we have 
 cleared and enclosed with a substantial fence about 20 acres, 
 most of which is improved. We have also erected four 
 cabins of hewed logs for dwelling houses; two of which are 
 20 feet square, with piazzas on two sides, and two are 18 by 
 22, with piazzas on one side. A school house 24 feet by 36, is 
 nearly completed, constructed on the Lancasterian plan, and 
 designed to accommodate 100 children. A considerable part 
 of the the work is done for a dinsng hall and kitchen. Aside 
 from what has been mentioned, we have built a corn crib 
 and stable, and have cleared and fenced a garden, yards, etc. 
 The property at present belonging to the establishment con- 
 sists principally of stock and farming utensils— three horses, 
 two yoke of oxen, ten cows and calves, between 30 and 40 
 head of swine, two wagons, one cart and plough. 
 
 "October 18. Bro. Finney left us to journey to the 
 white settlements for the purpose of hiring female help, and 
 transacting other business. 
 
 "October 21. Bro. Finney returned. He arrived with- 
 in half a mile last night, where he was obliged to wait the 
 return of light, being unable to keep the path. 
 
Mission Among tJic Chcrokccs 29 
 
 ' 'October 26. A gentleman ascending the river informs 
 us that the hulk of the keel-heel we lost last summer, had 
 sustained no injury till a white man, living near where it 
 was lodged, wantonly set fire to it, to obtain the nails and 
 iron. We feel it our duty to compel him to pay for the boat. 
 
 ' 'October 28. A considerable number from the white 
 settlements were present at public worship. Bro. Finney 
 preached from John V; 39, 'Search the Scriptures.' 
 
 "Nov. 5. Again permitted to join with the children of 
 the kingdom in all parts of the world in the concert of prayer 
 for Zion. 
 
 "Nov. 6. Brother Orr left us to journey down the river 
 for some communications from the postoffice, of which we 
 have heard. 
 
 "Nov. 23. The weather is now as cold as it usually is, 
 at this season, in New England. During most of the after- 
 noon snow has been flying in the atmosphere, and this even- 
 ing is falling with great rapidity. We are but poorly pre- 
 pared for winter, as our dining hall and kitchen are not 
 completed, and we have no place for taking our meals, but 
 a passage way between two cabins, where we are exposed 
 to all the severities of the season. We feel much solicitude 
 for our brethren and sisters on their way. They are doubt- 
 less in the wilderness, with no shelter but blankets. 
 
 "Dec. 22. This morning our hearts were made to rejoice 
 by the arrival of our dear sisters, Ellen Stetson and Nancy 
 Brown. They left the wagon about two miles back and 
 walked to Dwight. Bro. Asa Hitchcock arrived with the 
 wagon about twelve o'clock. Our joy at the termination of 
 their journey and exposures in the wilderness, during this 
 inclement season, and at this accession to our number and 
 strength, was mingled with heart-felt sorrow that one of 
 their num.ber (Mr. Daniel Hitchcock) was left by the way. 
 (Here follow some lengthy reflections on the death of Mr. 
 Hitchcock.) 
 
 "Dec. 29. Bro. Washburn rode out to give notice that 
 our school would be opened at the commencement of the 
 year. We have limited the number of scholars, which we 
 shall be able to take this winter, to fifteen. 
 
pearly fiisforv of l^opc Coiiutv 
 
 ''January 1, 1822. (Opening of the school.) Three 
 Cherokee children were brought us today by parents, who 
 had waited long and anxiously for an opportunity to commit 
 them to our care and instruction. * * * 
 
 "Jan. 2. A little girl, about six years old, was brought 
 us today, with the request that we keep her till she herself 
 was satisfied she had learned enough. When her grand- 
 mother, who came with her, was about to go away, the 
 child clung fast to her, and cried to go also; but she em- 
 braced an opportunity to get away unobserved. 
 
 "Jan. 12. Sabbath. Our little congregation, which has 
 consisted mostly of our own family and hired help, is begin- 
 ning to increase. Today the number was about 75; some of 
 them from a distance of 25 miles. Eight additional children 
 were also brought us, which makes the whole number 
 eighteen. * * * v 
 
 "February 6. Several chiefs and head-men called, on"^ 
 their return from a visit to the Governor. They brought us 
 a letter to read, that it might be interpreted to them. It 
 appeared that a company of Osage hunters had come down 
 upon the Cherokee frontiers, and done considerable damage 
 by the destruction of property; but no lives were lost. 
 
 "March 23. Governor Miller called upon us, and made 
 a short visit. He is on a tour to the Cherokees and Osages, 
 to make one more attempt to effect peace between them. 
 When about to leave us, he added, to his former expres- 
 sions of good will, a donation for the benefit of the school. 
 
 "April 14. Enjoyed for the first time in this wilderness, 
 the high privilege of sitting together at the table of our 
 common Lord. The exercises and privileges of the day were 
 very pleasant and refreshing to our hearts, and we trust re- 
 viving to our languid graces. A goodly number of specta- 
 tors were present, many of whom had never witnessed such 
 a scene. * * * 
 
 ' 'April 18, 1822. Passed through an interesting and af- 
 fecting scene. This day has been set apart for fasting and 
 prayer, and for organizing ourselves into a church. (A de- 
 tailed account follov/s of the various hindrances to the little 
 work, and the dedication and formal initiatory service.) 
 
Court in the Olden Time 3 1 
 
 ' 'April 24. Last evening information was brought that 
 the Osages, Kickapoos, Sacks and Foxes were on their way. 
 to the Cherokees and orders were given by the chiefs and 
 head-men, for every Cherokee able to bear arms to be ready 
 in two days to meet the invaders. This information has pro- 
 duced very considerable alarm, and the whites in the Nation 
 are removing their effects to a place of safety as fast as 
 possible. The department of the U. S. factory on the Ill- 
 inois is thought to be unsafe, and the sub-factor brought the 
 goods to us, as it is believed the Osages will not molest 
 us. * * * 
 
 T. Elmore Lucey. 
 
 ARTICLE XI. 
 
 COURT IN THE OLDEN TIME. 
 
 Officers and Jurors of Session at Van Buren in 1854. 
 
 The Van Buren Press of last week contains the following 
 bit of historic lore, furnished by D. Porter West, of Dover, 
 Pope County, Arkansas: 
 
 Editor Press: Please give space for a short recapitula- 
 tion of the November term of the U. S. District Court, No- 
 vember, 1854. To be brief, I will open court at the order 
 of Daniel Ringo, judge. 
 
 Attorneys— John Joseph Green, Wm. Walker, Jesse 
 Turner, Clem Vann, Hugh F. Thomason, Napoleon (Bona- 
 parte Burrow. 
 
 Commissioner— John B. Ogden. 
 
 Clerk-A. McLean. 
 
 Prosecuting Attorney— Alford Wilson. 
 
 Marshal— Samuel M. Hays. 
 
 Deputy Marshals— Major Russell, Wm. Pryor, Alex Mc- 
 Kisn, W. 0. P. Hays, and your humble servant, D. Porter 
 West. 
 
32 Early History of Pope County 
 
 I herewith hand you the original list of grand jurors 
 which please copy verbatim. 
 
 List of grand jurors to the Western District of Arkan- 
 sas. November term, A. D. 1854: 
 
 Green J. Clark, foreman; S. Alman, Johnson McDaniel, 
 Levi McThuspoon, Joseph J. Tomlinson, Michael Mayers, 
 James G. Stevenson, William J. Meadors, Charles Heard, 
 Samuel L Phagan, John S. Latta, Westly Woodruff, Wm. 
 Lester, James Trousdale, William Odel, Joseph Walton, John 
 Cooper, John Grayum, A. McLean, clerk. 
 
 Four being excused, the following were substituted: 
 Harvey B. Howell, James Sangsten, Wm. Meadows, Whit- 
 field Bouran. ^ 
 
 As my mind reverts back to the time and place of a 
 half century ago, please allow me a few remarks: 
 
 Geo. W. and A. Clark were editors of the Van Buren 
 Intelligencer; Bostick and Geo. Gross, hotels; doctors-^ 
 Dibrell, Pernot, Thurston, McGee, Charley Fox Brown. 
 Sutton F. Cottrell, sheriff. 
 
 I would like to go from Drennen, Penny wit and Charles 
 Scott, on the north side and P. H. White on the east, and 
 give a directory to north end of street for 1854. 
 
 A word more. Any person whose name appears in the 
 foregoing recapitulation write to me, I will answer letter. 
 I would be pleased to know how many, if any, were with me 
 at that term of United States court. 
 
 D. Porter West. 
 
 P. S.— At the close there were thirteen convicts con- 
 veyed to Little Rock in a wagon driven by Jack Foster, son 
 of Uncle Cy Foster, and it took six days. 
 
 Fayetteville, Ark., Jan'y 18, 1905. 
 D. Porter West, 
 
 Dover, Arkansas, 
 Dear Sir: — The opening District Court, November term, 
 1854, called to mind many old time friends whom you men- 
 tion and others not mentioned, all of whom are now gone, 
 you and I only remaining, and we too must soon follow. 
 
 I am glad you wrote me, and hope you will write again 
 and oblige, 
 
 Your friend, 
 
 A. M. Wilson. 
 I have been sick and hence the delay. 
 
Agricultural Allegory 33 
 
 ARTICLE XII. 
 
 Dover, Ark., May 1, 1903. 
 
 The following Allegory is reproduced after 28 years, and 
 
 as will be seen from the date, was before the Centennial to 
 
 which reference is made, and \ prophecies in the application. 
 
 D. P. West. 
 
 [Written for the Democrat.] 
 
 AGRICULTURAL ALLEGORY 
 
 Dover, Ark., Nov. 11, 1875. 
 Suppose that on the 4th day of July, 1776, at the Inde- 
 pendence Hall in the City of Philadelphia, the Father of our 
 country had arose and addressed the "sons of soil" similarly 
 to the following: Gentlemen and fellow countrymen! After 
 finishing the important business pertaining to this eventful 
 occasion, and before we seperate never again to meet upon 
 one of similar character, permit me to congratulate you upon 
 our glorious triumph and wonderful achievements. All this 
 vast domain of rich and fertile lands, extending from ocean 
 to ocean, interspersed with mountains, valleys and navigable 
 streams, is ours— all ours, for us and our posterity. Go 
 forth and clear up the vast and extensive forests and culti- 
 vate the land for a subsistence. Here permit me to further 
 say, for your information and encouragement, that one hun- 
 dred years from this very day, in this city, on the 4th day of 
 July, 1876, there will be a grand Centennial celebration. 
 There will be magnificent buildings erected and preparations 
 made for the occasion that would at this day astonish the 
 most imaginative mind to contemplate, and all the business 
 that we have accomplished pertaining thereto will be refer- 
 red to, and many of our names mentioned in terms, a de- 
 scription of which would be futil'e. At that celebration there 
 will be delegates from all the states and visitors from the 
 four quarters of the globe. There will be on exhibition 
 specimens of all the attainable wonders, novelties, curiosities, 
 &c., &c., and also the rare products of the earth, there will 
 be a vast number of premiums and prizes awarded. The 
 grand national prize is offered to the "sons of the soil," on 
 
34 Early History of Pope County 
 
 this condition: The man, who, through his own exertions 
 and that of his posterity, shall during the next century, 
 make the gratest havoc upon the natural fertility of the soil, 
 and accomplish the most towards its depletion, reducing the 
 greatest amount to complete sterility, or sending it into the 
 ocean, or otherwise placing it beyond a possibility of a suc- 
 cessful re-accumulation, thus destroying the greatest amount 
 of the valuable elements of vegetable growth, is to be 
 awarded the grand prize. There will be a competent and 
 faithful committee appointed to superintend the whole trans- 
 action. Said committee will be supplied with an instrument, 
 which for sake of brevity may be called a Cla-kish-e-ma- 
 king-go, in which is combined all the appliances of accuracy, 
 weight, measure, analysis and so on, ad infinitum. With 
 this assurance contestants may now enter upon their labor, 
 with perfect assurance that their works will be manifest on 
 the 4th day of July, 1876. 
 
 APPLICATION. 
 
 Mr. Editor:— After the above visionary preamble, used 
 to elicit reflection from the otherwise inconsiderate, super- 
 ficial reader. Suppose that the above statement and offer 
 had been real and boni fide, what would the farmers, as a 
 nation, have done, that has not been done, I say, what 
 course would have been persued, that has not been practiced ? 
 They have cleared Georgia, Virginia, and the Carolinas, and 
 many other states, and cropped the land heavily, until some 
 portions are reduced to complete sterility and the cul- 
 tivators of those lands necessitated to import from Peru the 
 essential elements of fertility in a consentrated form, and 
 apply them to the soil before a remunerative crop can be 
 produced. What next? Being unable to purchase commer- 
 cial fertilizers, the only alternative left is to up lines and 
 move West, even making innovations upon the poor Indians 
 in search of virgin soil, devastating as they go, taxing the 
 land to its utmost capacity annually; not satisfied with this 
 heavy drain upon its vital energies— so to speak — but is 
 careful to cut, rake and burn all the debris, leaving nothing 
 but a meagre portion of alkali, and to facilitate its exit into 
 
Agricultural Allegory 35 
 
 the mammoth reservoir, cultivation up and down hill is prac- 
 ticed, the residue passes away in vapor. There is no system 
 of rest, rotation or turning under green sward to endeavor 
 to restore vegetable mould and place humus in the soil. Is 
 not this state of affairs true, and greatly to be deprecated by 
 a philanthropic people? 
 
 Well, but some may say, I am going beyond my baliwick; 
 let us come to old Pope then. But for the present I will for- 
 bear pointing out the malpractices in agriculture, which are 
 too apparent, from some illusions incorporated in the above 
 to need further comment. The imaginative reader is no 
 doubt expecting the risibility of this article to become more 
 apparent in the futile attempt to show or set forth the 
 remedy. 
 
 Now to the point in question. What we term land or 
 soil is composed of certain elements or ingredients, such as 
 vegetable mould, humus, ammonia, carbonic acid, lime, soda, 
 salt, &c. Therefore, when land fails to produce, it only 
 proves that it is deficient in some or all of these essential el- 
 ements. I believe that it is an axiom generally conceded 
 in materia medica, that a disease long in process of contrac- 
 tion, requires a corresponding length of time to effect a 
 cure. I do not contend that productiveness or fertility can 
 be restored by importing mineral or commercial fertilizers, 
 or husbanding all the resources of barn and lot manures, 
 but I hold this last as one of the grandest auxiliaries. In 
 short, if ever our depleted farms are recuperated and restor- 
 ed to fertility, it will be by a well directed and judicious 
 system of rest, rotation, and turning under green sward, 
 there is the remedy — in three words— controvert it if you 
 can. It will require time, patience, perserverance, and great 
 sacrifice. Stop a moment and think, for sooner or later he 
 will be compelled to think and act. After the next Centen- 
 nial, where will virgin soil be found? Mr. Editor, you have 
 a suburban farm owned by Mr. Hartsill, and cultivated upon 
 my favorite system— the intensive — which system will do 
 much to elicit thoughtfulness and economy among your 
 neighbors by observing a scientific application of manure, 
 economical proportioning of crops and judicial system of 
 tillage. D. P. West. 
 
36 Early History of Pope County 
 
 ARTICLE XIII. 
 
 "only a small family" 
 
 A New Year Story, By D. Porter West. 
 
 To Amuse Lawyers, Encourage Young Men, Please Clildren, 
 Gratify and Defend the Ladies. 
 
 Dover, Arkansas, January 1. 1903. 
 
 This is to represent and personify a lawyer and his wife 
 exchanging a day's work and the result: 
 
 '1 have made arrangements for you to spend a day in 
 the country," remarked the judge to his wife, as she was 
 placing breakfast on the table. "Have you? I'm sorry, 
 for I fear I shall be too busy to fulfill it. ' ' 
 
 "Busy about what? What can you possibly find to do? 
 You talk like one who is unacquainted with his subject. 
 Haven't I eyes, and can't I see?" 
 
 "You might without doubt, but whether you do is 
 another thing. ' ' 
 
 "When there is only a small family — " 
 
 "Only a small family," added the madam, quietly, "for 
 it is just as necessary that a few should eat as many." 
 
 "Well, it certainly must be a great undertaking to cook 
 a little food, wash a few dishes and set the table three times 
 a day." 
 
 "Those things you name do not comprise the whole of 
 housekeeping. Judge." 
 
 ' 'Perhaps not, but it certainly appears laughable to hear 
 a woman complain of the work, when there is only a small 
 family. ' ' 
 
 "Suppose you try it for one day; I'll go to the office and 
 do your work, and you can remain at home and do mine." 
 
 "It's rather a novel proposition, but I presume it will 
 be the easiest day's work I shall have this year," rejoined 
 the husband. Both being agreed, the next day was selected 
 for the exchange of employments. A quiet smile itirked 
 upon the lady's mouth, and the judge evidently thought it 
 a fine joke. 
 
0)ily a Small Faviily 37 
 
 The wife thought her time was fully occupied in keeping 
 a good-sized house tidy and in devising new means of grati- 
 fying the palate of the judge. 
 
 The wife made a list of the duties which demanded at- 
 tention the next morning. 
 
 The judge had been practicing law in Russellville for 
 some time and had acquired quite a competency, and his 
 wife had the independence to do her own house work, but 
 could not help thinking that she deserved some credit for so 
 doing. 
 
 Morning came and the judge aroused his wife and in- 
 formed her, in a significent tone, "that it was quite time to 
 dress and make a fire. ' ' 
 
 Our heroine had taken the precaution the night previous 
 to prepare the kindling, and in a short time had a brisk fire. 
 She allowed herself to do just what her husband had been 
 in the habit of doing and no more. He usually left the 
 ashes and shavings to clear away, and she did not feel in- 
 clined to limit his privileges at this time. The dining table 
 stood in the middle of the room, also covered with books, 
 papers, writing materials and other articles used the evening 
 before. These she did not molest, and without putting up 
 the shades or putting back the chairs, she took a newspaper 
 and began to read. The judge had evidently completed 
 his toilet quicker than usual, but it nevertheless took him 
 nearly an hour before he made his appearance. 
 
 It was something novel to see his wife reading before 
 breakfast, and he could not help smiling to witness her per- 
 fect sang fold. 
 
 "I think I should relish a piece of beef steak," remarked 
 the lady in the rocking chair. 
 
 "Ah, then, you shall have it," replied the hous^eeper 
 of the day, patronizingly, as he busied himself with napkins, 
 cups, saucers, plates, knives, forks, etc.. Adjoining to the 
 kitchen, the judge attended to the making of a delicious cup 
 of coffee and had a long struggle with beef steak, which re- 
 fused to broil to his satisfaction. The judge sat at the head 
 of the table and proceeded to pour out the coffee. 
 
 "The bread," suggested the lady. 
 
38 Eaj'ly History of Pope County 
 
 "Bless me, I forgot it—" 
 
 The bread was soon gotten and cut in slices, varying in 
 thickness from a wafer to chunks of four inches. 
 
 "The butter, Judge." 
 
 "Oh, yes; one can't think of everything." 
 
 "Muddy coffee again, Judge," abruptly said the lady. 
 
 The judge hadn't a word of reply. 
 
 "Very smoky breakfast, my dear; what have you done 
 to it?" she continued. 
 
 The judge had but little appetite. His wife remarked 
 the fact, and hoped "that the simple exercise of getting 
 breakfast" had not taken it away. The gentleman winced 
 and prepared himself a generous slice of bread and butter. 
 
 When the morning meal was concluded, Mrs. Judge 
 donned her bonnet and shawl and remarking that she would 
 send home something for dinner by one of Jerry Gray's 
 boys, left the house. 
 
 "Now, we'll consult the list," he added aloud, "and 
 have things go on in regular order. Here goes: 'Get 
 breakfast, clear table, wash dishes, put closet in order, wipe 
 down shelves, clean knives, cleanse sink, rub silver, black 
 stove, keep fire, attend the door bell, sweep hall, brush 
 stairs, sweep parlor, dining roorn and kitchen, dust furni- 
 ture, trim lamps, wash meat for oven, clean vegetables, 
 stew cranberries, make pudding, answer questions and en- 
 tertain visitors, if they happen to call. ' Bless me, is that 
 all," cried our housekeeper; "I think I'll clear the table to 
 commence with. " It did not occur to him that he could 
 carry several articles at a time, so he made many journeys 
 from the dining room to the kitchen, which necessarily con- 
 sumed much time. The dishwashing proved rather an awk- 
 ward affair. The knife cleaning was another thing alto- 
 gether; those wouldn't be in any danger of breakages and 
 he would "put 'em through quick." But the black spots 
 were deeper set than he expected. He contended longest 
 with the carving knife, which in consequence of being awk- 
 wardly handled, inflicted a deep cut, as a slight token of re- 
 membrance. This was a mistake that caused many other 
 mistakes during the day, owing to the clumsy bandage the 
 
Only a Small Family 39 
 
 judge wrapped about his hand. He attended to the silver 
 and then glanced at the clock. "What's next on the list?" 
 consulting his memorandum. "Ah, stove to black! Wal, I 
 must admit that the coffee which boiled over hasn't im- 
 proved its appearance much. I'll look up the brush," So 
 saying, he prepared the polish and set about the operation 
 at once. The stove was quite hot and he couldn't work to 
 any advantage. The more liquid he put on the more it 
 splutters and flies off with a crackling noise. He thickened 
 the liquid, but it would not adhere to the stove, and he be- 
 gan to think it was bewitched. At this stage of affairs he 
 happened to think that some old lady had said that milk- was 
 the best thing to wet the powder with; so hastened to the 
 pantry, and pouring out a quantity, applied it to the refrac- 
 tory stove. That did not mend the matters much, and the 
 smell of burned milk began to be quite disagreeable. The 
 room was filled with smoke, the floor around the stove was 
 all dotted with little spots of blacking, and the judge's 
 hands were certainly not the cleanest that ever was, his 
 nice shirt bosom all spotted with the blacking. Just at this 
 juncture the door bell sounded by some one who evidently 
 wished admission. He looked toward the door, then at his 
 hands, and finally at a large stain on his shirt bosom, which 
 bore a strong resemblance to blacking. "I won't go! They 
 may ring all day if they like!" he exclaimed impatiently, go- 
 ing to the wash-basin and trying to bring his hands to their 
 accustomed color, but a sounding warned him that soipe per- 
 son was not inclined to "give it up." 
 
 "Ah, good morning. Judge!" said a well-dressed, good- 
 looking young lady, who evidently expected to see somebody 
 else appear, "is your wife in home?" 
 
 "Yes — I — no, she isn't in," he stammered. "Excuse 
 the disorder of my dress this morning, Miss Perry," he ad- 
 ded. "I was so unfortunate as to upset the ink-stand just 
 as you rang, and you see the effects of the accident. ' ' 
 
 This, it must be confessed, was rather a departure from 
 the truth, but the judge couldn't think of any other way to 
 excuse himself from the dilemma. "What an ingenious ex- 
 cuse that was. Nobody but a lawyer would have thought of 
 it," soliloquized our hero. 
 
40 Early History of Pope County 
 
 The judge persued a hypotenudional course with a slow 
 step toward the kitchen, repeating a verse: 
 
 "1 teel like one who treads alone, 
 Some banquet hall deserted 
 Whose lights have fled and garlands dead, 
 And all but he departed." 
 
 To his utter astonishment it was twelve o'clock and he 
 had quite forgotten dinner. The fire was entirely out, the 
 room in bad plight, the list of duties not half completed, and 
 the meat, vegetables, etc., remained untouched. 
 
 Leaving the judge to work out the rest of the items, w^e 
 attend the footsteps of the wife to the office of her husband, 
 and note her experience there. Pettifogger, the judge's 
 clerk and law student, stared somewhat perservingly when 
 he saw the judge's wife enter the office with an assured step 
 and proceed to hang up her bonnet and shawl, with a genu- 
 ine business air. 
 
 ''Pettifogger," said Mrs, Judge, snapping her fingers 
 carelessly, "is this office in perfect order?" 
 
 "Yes ma'am," replied the infant barrister, more sur- 
 prised. 
 
 "I beg leave to differ with you, sir. Do you see those 
 papers scattered all around here? Pick them up and file 
 them in proper order. ' ' 
 
 "Where is the— judge?" asked Pettifogger, with mouth 
 agape. 
 
 "Fm judge today, and you are my man of business. 
 The judge told me that you had a memorandum of today's 
 work. Produce it if there is such a thing. " The young man 
 fumbled about awhile among the papers and succeeded in 
 finding the document in question. With the faintest possible 
 smile that a woman could possess, the lady attorney read as 
 follows: "Items— Habeas corpus for Teeter. A writ of re- 
 plevin for the distress of Zeke Morphis. Fill out a quit 
 claim deed for John Styles. Advise Capt. Saunders about 
 action for damages against farmer Jones, A writ of attach- 
 ment in the case of Brown vs. Smith, Examine letters re- 
 specting Miss Bright's breach of promise case. Send Hig- 
 
Only a Small Familv 41 
 
 gins' bill. Write a threatening letter to Falls. Terrify Al 
 Bradley if possible. Respectfully invite Cal Hall to call and 
 pay Jim Luker's bill. To take depositions in Wiggins' slan- 
 der case. Get up an issue between Bill Rankin and D. Love. 
 Make out costs and damages in case of Fowler and Folsom. 
 Examine the title of lands on the Crow Mountain claimed by 
 Turner and Mullins. The above to be done besides attending 
 to incidental office business as it may occur.." "Well, here's 
 work, ' ' thought our lady. ' 'Young man, do you know much?' ' 
 recovering her self-possession. 
 
 Boy didn't seem to know whether he did or not — yawned 
 twice— but expressed no opinion in words. 
 
 "I mean are you any part of a lawyer?" resumed our 
 fair lady. 
 
 "I know all about the judge's business, ma'am." 
 
 "Very good! I will test your knowledge a little, if you 
 please. What is habeas corpus?" 
 
 ' 'A writ for delivering a person from false imprisonment, 
 or from one court to another, ' ' said the student promptly. 
 
 "Very good. What about this Lewis case?" 
 
 "I made it out last evening ma'am." 
 
 ' 'You acted very properly. Next comes writ of replevin. ' ' 
 
 "That's already— finished it just as you came in." 
 
 "Two things are disposed of then— habeas corpus and 
 writs of replevin. Next comes the quit-claim deed. You 
 have got blanks to fill out, doubtless." 
 
 "Exactly!" While the boy was filling out the blanks 
 for Styles, in popped Captain Saunders, to take advice con- 
 cerning an actien for damages brought against him by Jim 
 Gates. 
 
 "My husband is not in at this moment, captain. Please 
 sit down and wait a little while. Please tell me something 
 about this difficulty of yours. Captain. I should like to know 
 the particulars. ' ' The Captain was quite ready to relate his 
 troubles to such a listener. 
 
 It appeared that his neighbor, Jim Gates' swine had 
 trespassed upon his grounds, and he had shot one of said 
 quadrupeds, for which act the owner had brought action. 
 
42 Early History of Pope County 
 
 ' '1 can tell you what to do in this case precisely as well 
 as the judge himself," said the lady smihng pleasantly. 
 "What was the animal worth, do you suppose?" 
 
 "Just about six dollars, madam." 
 
 ''What do you imagine the whole affair will cost if it goes 
 to trial?" 
 
 "Twenty-five or thirty dollars, perhaps." 
 
 "Then the cheapest way will be to leave me ten dollars 
 and I'll settle the case, Captain," added the lady, with a 
 smile that was really bewitching. The Captain mused a mo- 
 ment, and then exclaimed, "I'll do it! Blow me, if I don't 
 believe you can settle it if anybody can." 
 
 "The Captain left the money and departed. Immedi- 
 ately the plaintiff was sent for and the whole matter settled 
 for seven dollars. 
 
 Miss Bright's letters were examined, and nothing like a 
 promise of marriage could be found, and the lady wrote him 
 a letter advising her to drop the prosecution of the case. 
 Higgins bill was sent and the young man wrote a threatening 
 letter to Thompson. To get up an issue between Bill Rankin 
 and D. Love, "don't that mean a quarrel?" "Just that," 
 said Pettifogger. Well then let us prevent it by all means." 
 
 "We have only to let it stand as it is, then, for they are 
 peaceable fellows and won't quarrel of themselves." 
 
 With the able assistance of the young man, Mrs. Judge 
 reached the end of her list about time for dinner. ' 'We have 
 only a few spare moments. How are you on definitions?" 
 
 ' 'I know the meaning of some words, madam. ' ' ' 'What's 
 futile?" 
 
 "That means vain, fruitless." 
 
 "Give me an example." 
 
 "Alright — It would be futile to attempt to gild refine 
 gold, to paint the lily, to smooth the ice, add a perfume into 
 the violet, or a hue into the rainbow, or with lantern light to 
 seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish." 
 
 "All right— let me say to you, my friend, that in my 
 opinion, you possess a good share of natural and acquired 
 ability. Permit me to say to you further, that if you will be 
 studious, courteous and affable and maintain a good moral 
 
Only a Small Family 43 
 
 character, the time is not far distant when you may be pro- 
 moted and fill a position in the state legislature, senate, or 
 fill the governor's chair. (Now remember this.) " 
 
 "Lock the office sir, you will not be wanted this after- 
 noon." Mrs. Judge went home just in season. 
 
 "How long till dinner?" she inquired. 
 
 "Judging from present appearances, it will be ready in 
 about an hour and a half from this time, " said the new house- 
 keeper, opening the oven door to look at the meat, which was 
 not yet blistered with the heat. 
 
 "As there is 'only a small family' I cannot listen to any 
 excuse for this unpardonable delay." 
 
 "Come now, my dear, don't exult until your work has 
 been inquired into. There is such a thing as crowing before 
 one is out of the woods." 
 
 ' 'If you refer to my office business, I am very glad to be 
 able to inform you that it is successfully accomplished, and I 
 have half a day to spare," replied the lady, consulting her 
 watch. 
 
 "The habeas corpus," began the judge. "And writ of 
 replevins, ' ' interrupted the lady. ' 'And the Saunders case, ' ' 
 resumed the judge. "And the threatening letter," chimed 
 in the lady. "The land case and the breach of promise 
 affairs? All attended to sir. " 
 
 "Where is my office boy?" 
 
 "Locked the office and sent him off— didn't need him — 
 he will be back tomorrow." 
 
 "The deuce, my dear." 
 
 "And now have you attended the cases which I left you? 
 Ahem! let's see. Are the dishes washed, closets in order, 
 shelves wiped down, knives cleaned, stove blacked, fire kept 
 bright, hall swept, stairs brushed, parlor swept and dusted, 
 lamps trimmed, chamber work done""hold on, my dear, 
 for heaven's sake! No woman alive could do all of that in 
 one forenoon." "Beg your pardon; before you is a woman 
 who has done it every forenoon for years; 'for only a small 
 family,' my dear husband." 
 
 "Are you a woman of veracity, my dear?" asked the 
 judge, with a smile." 
 
44 Early History of Pope Coiiniv 
 
 ' 'No gentleman has ever yet presumed to call it in ques- 
 tion," responded the lady. 
 
 ''Then I give it up, and make a graceful surrender of 
 these premises and 'only a small family. ' Now, my dear, I 
 beg your pardon. I think that I am a little wiser than I was 
 this morning. I assure you, upon the honor of a gentleman, 
 that I will never speak disparagingly of woman's duties 
 again. A 'small family,' I find, makes considerable work; 
 enough at least for one little wife to perform. ' ' 
 
 "You are pardoned on the spot. And let me assure you 
 that I do not regret this day's experience; and perhaps the 
 widow — and several other persons will not." 
 
 "And your humble servant among the number," replied 
 the judge, bowing. 
 
 The circumstances which gave rise to this article, oc- 
 curred many years ago, but I am informed that "only a 
 small family" was never afterwards used, only as a pleasant 
 jest. 
 
 p. S. — 1 most respectfully ask Messrs. D. Love, Bill Rankin, Jim Oats, Etc., to pardon me 
 for using their names in the personifications of this article of fiction. 
 
 ARTICLE XIV 
 
 LEE BARNES, THE CONDEMNED MURDERER OF CHAS. HOL- 
 MAN, EXPIATES HIS CRIME ON THE GALLOWS. 
 
 Bpecial to the Russell ville Democrat. 
 
 Dover, Ark., May 21, 1 p. m. 
 
 Before nine o'clock this a. m. great crowds of peoyle from neigh- 
 boring towns and from tha country literally poured into town to wit- 
 ness the execution of Lee Barnes for the murder of Charles Hollman, a 
 gambler, in Conway county, on the 20th of Novembr, 1885, and brought 
 to this county on a change of venue. It is estimated that there are nearly 
 3,000 persons present. 
 
 At 12:20 p. m. the condemned man in custody of Sheriff Quinn and 
 eight deputies, mounted the scaffold with a firm and steady step, and 
 plainl.-' evinced by his demeanor that he was reconciled to his fate, and 
 ready to meet death like a man to atone for his crime. The scaffold, 
 erected on the north side of the jail-yard was surrounded with a i-ope 
 fence, and no one but reporters, guards and Barnes' spiritual advisers 
 were allowed within it. 
 
 As Barnes mounted the scaffold, he shook hands with Rev's. Hicks, 
 Kirkscey, Jolly and others, and said he never felt better in his life. 
 
Lee Barnes^ Confession 45 
 
 By his request the hymn "What a friend we have in Jesus," was 
 sung by an improvised choir, in which Barnes joined, singing a strong 
 and firm soprano, liis voice rising considerably above all others; several 
 broke down; but he continued until the hymn was finished. Sheriff 
 Quinn then read the death warrant, and in answer to the question 
 "whether he had anything to say," Barnes replied, "I have" and then 
 made the statement published below. 
 
 He spoke in a clear and distinct voice for 40 minutes, then after 
 joining with the choir in singing, knelt in pi-ayer, Rev. H. C. Jolly, lead- 
 ing. Sheriff Quinn then placed the black cap over his face and ad- 
 justing the noose around his neck, pulled the trigger exclaiming as 
 he did so "May the Lord have mercy upon his soul" and at the same 
 moment Barnes said "Lord have mercy on my soul" and went through 
 the fioor with the rapidity of lightning, the fall being eight feet, and 
 when the body straightened the feet were within two feet of the ground. 
 The trap fell precisely at 1:10% o'clock, and after it had remained hang- 
 ing 19 minutes he was pronounced dead by the attending physicians. 
 The body was taken down 28% minutes after the drop fell, placed in his 
 coffin and carried to the jail yard where an examination by attending 
 physicians Avas held and it was found that his neck was dislocated. Later 
 in the afternoon his remains were turned over to his brother Vv-ho gave 
 them interment. 
 
 DESCRIPTION. 
 
 He had black hair, deep blue eyes, light mustache, and was five 
 feet, nine inches high, and weighed about 130 pounds. 
 
 On Friday morning at nine o'clock your reporter obtained an in- 
 terview with Barnes, the doomed man, and he made the following state- 
 ment to me which he afterwards made on the scaffold: 
 
 STATEMENT. 
 
 "I am IZ years and two months old; was born in Blount county, 
 Tennessee. About the 8th of November, 1885, Charles Hollman, who 
 owned and run a gambling devise known as a Wheel of Fortune and 
 myself started from Plummer's, in Conway county, going to Pine Bluff, 
 Aikpusas, and returning on the 20th of the same month, and on the day 
 of the killing of Hollman at night. Before I left Plummer's for Pine 
 Bluff and so5ne time after Hollman had arrived at that place, John Cul- 
 lens and I had a conversation about the probable amount of money 
 that Hollman had at that time; and we agreed that if he had the amount 
 which we then supposed he had, we would kill him and take it from him. 
 However, we abandoned the idea for that time. When I returned with 
 Hollman to Plummer's I met Cullens and Russell Watson and we all had 
 a conversation together; during the conversation some one of the three, 
 which one I cannnot say, proposed that we get Hollman to go down 
 to a negro festival to be given about three miles from town, take his 
 'wheel' and exhibit it there, and after the festival was over, we would 
 kill hiivi for his money. The proposal was accepted and the agreement' 
 entered into by all of us. It was agreed that I was to go with Hollman 
 
46 Early History of Pope County 
 
 to the festival, and that Cullens and Watson should come at night; and, 
 after the festival broke, the two latter were to leave and start back to- 
 ward Plumrner's to avoid suspicion, and return to where Hollman and 
 I would camp that night, near the place where the festival .vas given. 
 Pursuant to agreement, after the festival was concluded, Cullens and 
 Watson, vv'ho had gone ckiiwn on horseback started back home, but re- 
 turned in about three quarters of an hour, and found Hcllman engaged 
 in a game of cards with two negroes. I told them to leave and return 
 in a short time and that I would get rid of the negroes. They left and 
 after remaining a few minutes returned — the negroes having gone. 
 Hcllman and I had made down our bed under the wheel table and were 
 lying down when the two returned; Hollman was lying next to the fire. 
 When Cullens and Watson rode up Hollman called to them and told 
 then to get down and renew the fire, and that he and I would play a 
 game of cards with them; as he finished speaking he lose to a sitting 
 posture on the bed, and I reached my hand under the place where his 
 head had been lying and got his pistol with which I shot him twice. It 
 was a 32- caliber Smith & Wesson five shooter. The first shot struck 
 him about two inches above the right ear, and the second about one 
 inch to the rear of the first. When the first shot was fired both Cullens 
 and Watson started to where their horses were hitched, and returned 
 voluntarily to where the dying man lay, and pulled him from under 
 the table by the feet and legs while I was putting on my shoes. Hollman 
 was groaning at this time, and Watson took a dirk knife from his per- 
 son and handing it to Cullens, told him to. cut Hollman's throat; Cul- 
 lens handed me the knife, but I did not use it; 1 picked up the axe ly- 
 ing near by. and struck the dying man three blows on the front part of 
 the head with it; we all then picked him up and put him into the wagon, 
 and he groaned once after we put him in; I struck him again 
 with the axe and immediately threw it into the lake. I told the 
 other two to harness the hoi'ses while I put the Ijalance of the plunder 
 into the wagon; but I had to assist them after gatherin;^ up the plunder, 
 both of them being so badly frightened that they could do nothing 
 without my assistance. When we had hitched the horses to the wagon, 
 Cullens held them while Watson got some corn stalks and burnt them 
 over the blood on the ground and I got a tow sack and an oilcloth that 
 we had over the wagon sheet and wrapped them around the head of the 
 murdered man to prevent the blood from running into the wagon-bed. 
 Cullens then turned the horses and wagon around, and he and Watson 
 asked for a division of the money we had gotten of Hollman, and we 
 divided it, they receiving $2U.OO each, and myself $12.00 in money, and 
 the l)alance of his property. After the division of the money, we started 
 back toward Plumrner's, Watson riding his own horse and leading Cul- 
 lens' in front and Cullens and myself in the wagon with the dead body. 
 The other two had some controvers*; about burying the murdered man 
 each one wanting to assist in the burial, and neither of them want- 
 ing to return the horses they were riding; but when wo got to Plum- 
 mer's, Watson took their horses to return to where they had been taken 
 from, and Cullens and I went on down to Si McCullough's. I got out and 
 went into the house and told Si that I was going away, but would be 
 
Lee Barnes' Confession 47 
 
 back in a few days to stand my trial, in a case where iie liad required 
 an appearance bond for me. Cullens and I then took the body down 
 into the thicket and buried it. Cullens wanted to leave the country 
 with me, but I persuaded him that if we both left at the same time 
 it might create some su.-picion on us, and he decided not to go. We 
 then went back, Cullens to riummer's and I to Morrilton. This was on 
 Saturday. On Sunday morning Cullens and Watson came up together in 
 a l)uggy to where I v. as in Morrilton: and Gullsns, holding up 
 his finger, showed me a ring that I recognized a^ one that 1 loll man had 
 owned. I said to him: "John, have you taken that fellow up and taken 
 that ring from his finger?" He replied that he had, and found a gold 
 dollar in his pocket that we iiad overlooked in taking Hollman's money, 
 and that he and Watson had buried the body in a better place. Watson 
 was present, and heard this conversation between us. During the d£.y 
 Cullens told me that, "if he thought ther-e was any danger in Watson 
 le'lingof the murder, he was in favor of kill!n.s him," I told him that I 
 did not think there was any danger. If there was any blood on Holl- 
 man's coat and vest, the one he was wearing when murdered, I do not 
 know it. When I struck hirn after he was put into the wagon the blood 
 spurted up into my face from the blow, but it did not get scattered over 
 his clothing. I left Morrilton on Monday morning after the killing, go- 
 ing to Paris, in Logan county. I remained there a little more than 
 two weeks, when I returned and was arrested. 
 
 "I state to you that I know nothing of the killing of the man Moore, 
 or the burning of Conway. The report that I did know of these two 
 crimes is utterly false. When I testified in the Ctillens case after ray 
 conviction, I was mad, and wanted him punished because I saw that I 
 had to die for the crime; for that reason I testified that either Cullens 
 or AVatson or both of them struck the murdered man with the axe while 
 lie was dying. This w,as not true; neither of them struck him at all. I 
 alone did the killing. I have no such feelings now. I sincerely trust that 
 Cullens may receive a paraon for this crime, and lead a better life in the 
 future. I make this solemn statement, knowing that it is the last that 
 I shall make in this world. Cullens, Watson and myself, made the agree- 
 ment to kill that man for his money; they did not help me to kill hira 
 becRuse they had not tke courage. None of us had anything on earth 
 against Hollman; we deliberately planned his murder, and I carried the 
 plan into execution for the sole purpose of getting his property. 
 
 "It was my intention after I had murdered Hollman to marry and 
 move to the Indian territory; a,nd, to make money in every way that I 
 could, that is, I intended 10 steal horses and cattle and if I knew a man 
 had as much as ten dollars, murder him and take it. 
 
 "I am glad that I was detected before I committed more crimes, and 
 I know that I am going to Heaven through the pardoning power of 
 Christ who died to save me. I want you to meet me there. I feel like I 
 C'Ught to die. This is the whole truth." 
 
 THE CRIME. 
 Barnes' statement is pretty much the same as he made in the Cul- 
 lens' trial after he himself was convicted. It differs, however, in one ma- 
 terial point from his testimony. He stated then that either Cullens or 
 
48 Early History of Pope County 
 
 Watson or both of them, struck the dying man with the axe and that he 
 himself dia Ihe shootinj^, but >V(\ not strike vdlh the axe. His testimony 
 and statement were srrongly corroborated by circumstances, and the 
 two negroes who were playing the game of cards with Hollman when Cul- 
 lens and Watson returned tu the scene of the murder the first time, cor- 
 roborated th(? statement of the three upon that point in the trial of 
 Barnes and of Cullens. Your reporter was present at both trials, and 
 could not make a more correct statement of the whole case than Barnes 
 has done. That statement is as nearly a full and correct detail of this 
 foul murder, as vvMil ever be known, and I firmly believe that Barnes has 
 approximated the truth as closely as he could do so without implicating 
 his friends who, not at the time, know of the murder, but who gave him 
 the assistance that any man's true friend would render when it was 
 needed. 
 
 Thus ends the sickening tragedy; and it is to be hoped that we will 
 never again see its repetition in this country. Three men deliberately 
 plan and put into execution one of the most diabolical assassinations that 
 has ever blotted the records of our courts, or stained the fair name of 
 the state; one alone receives the just and severe punishment of the law 
 for his crime; the other, the guiltiest villian that ever cheated the gal- 
 lows, or went tinwhipped of justice is tried by a jtiry upon the same testi- 
 mony, strengthened by his own statement, and receives the merciful and 
 pitiful punishment of 21 years in the penitentiary; Watson, the last of 
 the three, gave the state the benefit of his testimony and in conseqtience 
 received immunity from punishment. 
 
 Barnes' tragic end has its moral; a young man full of strength, vigor 
 and hope, with a life of usefullness and happiness before him, chooses in- 
 stead of the right the wrong path, and as the history of the world sanc- 
 tioned by our knowledge of and experience with mankind teaches, he has 
 reaped the harvest sown in crime. Let us hope that those young men 
 and boys who witnessed this execution will ever remember that 
 
 "Vice is a monster of such hideous mein, 
 That, to be hated, needs but to be seen; 
 But seen oft — familiar with his face 
 We first endure, then pity, then embrace," 
 
 and that sooner or later, the man who becomes immersed in crime, will 
 be visited by returning justice, lifting aloft her scale of right and wrong. 
 
 BRAZIL STATION ROBBERY. 
 
 Friday morning Barnes made the following statement to the press:' 
 "Early in June, 1885, Avhile traveling in the Indian territory, I found 
 a man named Capt. James Welsh living at Brazil station, 30 miles from 
 Fort Smith, who was a merchant and ran a mill and gin. I fotmd out that 
 he handled considerable money and I resolved to rob him. I returned 
 to Plummerville and arranged with Cullens to assist me in the robbery. 
 We perfected our plans and carried them into execution. We woke Capt. 
 Welsh one dark night about midnight and told him we wanted to buy 
 something to eat. We told him we were going across the country to 
 take charge of a herd of cattle. Welsh did not want to come out and 
 
Lee Barnes' Confession 49 
 
 said he had come near having a shooting scrape with some strangers 
 recently under just such circumstances. I laugiied and replied there is 
 no danger this time, and urged him to come on. He did so. The store 
 was about IJO yards or more from the residence. When we arrived at 
 the store Welsh and myself entered the store and Cullens stood guard in 
 the door. I bought some oysters and craclvers and some tobacco for 
 Cullens. I then asked for some peaches and as he turned to get them 
 I pulled down on him and told him I wanted his money. He almost 
 fainted. He told me I could have what was in the drawer but he could 
 not open the safe because he did not know the combination. I knew he 
 had a book-keeper when I was there before, and I believed he told the 
 truth about the combination of the safe. So I took twenty odd dollars 
 from the drawer and led Welsh by the arm across the field away from 
 his home and there told him if he would not put officers on my track, 
 it would be well for him, otherwise I would return and fix him. As he 
 left us and went hastily toward his home Cullens wanted to shoot him 
 hut I would not allow it. I never heard from Welsh and do not know 
 if he ever told ot the robbery or not. This was my first great crime." 
 
 BARNES' LOVE AFFAIR. 
 
 When Barnes was arrested he was engaged to a Miss Janie Orrell. 
 The girl followed him to Morrilton and visited him at the jail and sym- 
 pathized with him. Here she met a young lawyer from Boone county 
 who was employed to prosecute Barnes in his examining trial. The 
 two became interested in each other and with three days acquaintance 
 were married. Barnes who was devotedly attached to the girl, never re- 
 covered from the blow her desertion gave him. On the scaffold he de- 
 clared that her action gave him more pain than hanging. 
 
 BARNES' DREAM. 
 
 Barnes related the following dream to the reporters: 
 
 "On Wednesday night, the night I found forgiveness for my sins, I 
 dreamed I was in Heaven and a pretty girl came to meet me and kissed 
 me. In her I recognized a young lady with whom I associated in Tenn- 
 esse, and who had great attachment for me but I did not like her because 
 she was too good and pure for me. A few months after I left Tennessee 
 she died, so I was told by my father shortly after, and I am certain I 
 never thought of her again until I met her in my dream." 
 
 Barnes asked the reporters to publish it as his dying wish that he 
 entertained malice toward no one and wanted his friends and associates 
 to meet him in Heaven. 
 
 Barnes' last night upon earth was passed in peaceful slumber, un- 
 disturbed by dreams. He arose at 6:30 Friday morning feeling as well 
 as ever in life, ate breakfast with relish. During the forenoon he en- 
 tertained his friends and callers and seemed glad to see them all. At 
 noon he ate a hearty dinner, during which he chatted pleasantly. Hav- 
 ing finished his meal he remarked: "It is time to dress," and began prep- 
 arations for the final scene. He donned a well-fitting suit of black, col- 
 lar and cravat, and light straw hat, furnished by the sheriff. 
 
50 Early His tor /C of Pope County 
 
 He expressed thanl;s to his spiritual advisers, to the sheriff and his 
 deputies, and to the good citizens of Dover for their kindness and un- 
 remitting attention. 
 
 Fifty-one years have elapsed since there was a legal hanging in 
 Pope county until this one. 
 
 The Democrat reporters are placed under many obligations to Sheriff 
 Quinn, Deputies Bernard and White for courtesies extended to them. 
 
 ARTICLE XV 
 
 THE ARKANSAW TRAVELER 
 
 [The story of the "ArUansaw Traveler' ;s not published in this Vfc'ork 
 as a sample literary gem, or as an advfrtisement for the State, but, 
 because the famous colloquy is associated with those early days of which 
 the books treats, and, also, for the benefit of those readers of the present 
 day who have not read it and smiled over its ridiculousness.] 
 
 "An Arkansas Traveler, who has become lost, approaching the cabin 
 of a Squatter, about fi5 years ago, discovered the proprietor seated on an 
 old whisky barrel near the door, partly sheltered by the eaves, play- 
 ing a Fiddle, when the following dialogue ensued, the Squatter still con- 
 tinuing to play the same part over and over: 
 
 Traveler. — Hello, stranger. 
 
 Squatter. — Hello yourself. 
 
 T. — Can I get to stay all night with you? 
 
 S. — You can git to go to h 1. 
 
 T. — Have you any spirits here? 
 
 S. — Lots of 'em, Sail saw one last night by that thar ole holler gum, 
 and it nearly skeered her to death. 
 
 T. — You mistake my meaning, have you any liquor? 
 
 S. — Had some yesterday, but ole Bose he got in and lapped all uv 
 it out'n the pot. 
 
 T. — You don't understand me, I don't mean pot liquor. I'm wet and 
 cold, and want some whisky. Have you got any? 
 
 S. — Oh, yes — I drank the last this morning. 
 
 T. — I'm hungry, haven't had a thing since morning, can't you give 
 me something to eat? 
 
 S. — Hain't a d d thing in the house. Not a mouthful of meat, 
 
 or a dust of meal here. 
 
 T. — Well, can't you give my horse something? 
 
 S. — Got nothin' to feed him on. 
 
 T. — How far is it to the next house? 
 
 S. — Stranger! I don't know, I've never been thar. 
 
 T. — Well, do you know who lives there? 
 
 S.— I do. 
 
 T. — As I'm so bold, then, what might your name be? 
 
The Arkansinv Tra^'cler 51 
 
 S. — It might be Dick, and it might be Tom; but it lacks a d d 
 
 sight of it. 
 
 T. — Sir! will you tell me Avhere this road goes to? 
 
 S. — It's never been any whar since I've lived here, its always thar 
 when I get up in the mornin'. 
 
 T. — Well, how far is it to where it forks? 
 
 S. — It don't fork at all, but it splits up like the devil. 
 
 T. — As I'm not likely to get to any other house to-night, can't you 
 let me sleep in yours, and I'll tie my horse to a tree, and do without 
 anything to eat or drink. 
 
 S. — My house leaks. Thar's only one dry spot in it, and me and 
 Sail sleeps on it. And that thar tree is the old woman's persimon, you 
 can't tie to it, 'case she don't want 'em shuk off. She 'lows to make 
 bee/ out'n um. 
 
 T. — Why don't you finish covering your house, and stop the leaks. 
 
 S. — It's been raining all day. 
 
 T. — Well, why don't you do it in dry weather? 
 
 S. — It don't leak then. 
 
 S. — As there seems to be nothing alive about your place but 
 children, how do you do here anj^ how? 
 
 S. — Putty well, I thank you, how do you do yourself? 
 
 T. — I mean what do you do for a living here? 
 
 S. — Keep tavern and sell whisky. 
 
 T. — Well, I told you I wanted some whisky. 
 
 S. — Stranger! I bought a bar'l mor'n a week ago. You see me and 
 Sail went shares. Arter we got it here, we only had a bit tweenst us, 
 and Sail, she didn't want to use hern fust, nor me mine. You see I had 
 a spiggin' in one eend, and she in tother. So she takes a drink out'n my 
 eend, and pays me the bit for it; and then I'd take un out'n hern, and 
 
 give her the bit. Well, we's getting long fust-rate, till Dick, d d 
 
 skulking skunk, he bourn a hole on the bottom to suck at and the next 
 time I went to buy a drink, they wurnt none thar. 
 
 T. — I'm sorry your whisky's all gone; but, my friend, why don't 
 you play the balance of that tune? 
 
 S. — It's got no balance to it. 
 
 T. — I mean you don't play the whole of it. 
 
 S. — Sli-anger, can you play the fiddul? 
 
 T. — Yes, a little sometimes. 
 
 S. — You don't look like a fiddlur, but ef you think you can play 
 any more onto that thar tbune, you kin just git down and try. 
 
 (Traveler gets down and plays the whole of it.) 
 
 S. — Stranger, take a half dozen cheers and sot down. Sail, stir >our- 
 self round like a six horse team in a mud hole. Go round in the 
 holler, whar I killed that buck this mornin', cut off some of the best 
 pieces, and fotch it and cook it for me and this gentleman, directly. 
 Raise up the board under the head of the bed, and git the old black jug I 
 hid from Dick, and give us some whisky; I know thar'.s some left yit. 
 Till, drive old Bose out'n the bread tray, then cliine up in the loft and 
 git tiie rag that's got the sugar tied in it. Dick, carry the gentleman's 
 boss round under the shed, give him some fodder, as iiiuc'i as he kir. eal. 
 
52 Early History of Pope County 
 
 Til. — Dad, thar ain't knives enoiiff for to sot the table. 
 
 S. — Whar's big butch, little butch, ole case, cob-handle, granny's 
 knife, and the one I handled yesterday? That's nufC to sot any gen- 
 tleman's table, without you've lost um. D n me, stranger, ef you 
 
 can't stay ap long as you please, and I'll give you plenty to eat and drink. 
 Will you have coffee for supper? 
 
 T.— Yes, sir. 
 
 S. — I'll be hanged ef you do tho', we don't have nothin' that way 
 here, but Grub Hyson, and I reckon it's mighty good with sweetnin'. 
 Play away, stranger, you kin sleep on the dry spot to-night. 
 
 T. — (After about two hours fiddling.) My friend, can't you tell 
 me about the road that I'm to travel to-morrow? 
 
 P. — To-morrow! Stranger, you won't git out'n these oiggins for 
 six weeks. But when it gits so you kin start, you see that big sloo over 
 thar? Well, you have to git crost that, then you take the road up the 
 bank, and in about a mile you'll come to a two-acre and a half corn- 
 patch, the corn's mitely in the weeds, but you needn't mind that, jist 
 ride on. About a mile and a half, or two miles, from that you'll come 
 
 to the d dest swamp you ever struck in all your travels; it's boggy 
 
 enuff to mire a saddle blanket. Thar's a fust-rate road about six feet 
 under thar. 
 
 T.— How am I to get at it? 
 
 S. — You can't git at it nary time, till the weather stiffens down sum. 
 Well, about a mile beyant, you come to a place whar thur's two roads. 
 You kin take the right hand ef you want to, you'll toiler it a mile or so, 
 and you'll find it's run out; you'll then have to come back and try the 
 left, when j'ou get about two miles on that, you may know you are 
 wrong, fur they ain't any road thar. You'll then think you are mighty 
 lucky ef you kin find the way back to my house, whar you can come 
 and play that thune as long as you please." 
 
 The above article was composed by Col. Edward Washburn, who 
 resided at old Morristown and was a personal acquaintance of mine, and 
 is referred to in my first article of History. — D. Porter West. 
 
 ARTICLE XVI 
 
 MUSTER ROLL OF CAPTAIN WEST'S COMPANY 
 
 MUSTER ROLL of Captain David Wests Company B, m the Battal 
 ion Regiment, ( Brigade) of Arkansas Volunteers, commanded 
 
 by Lt. Colonel William Gray called into the service of the United States 
 by the President of tn^. United States under the act of Congress ap- 
 proved May i;3, 1846, from the First day of July, 1846, (date of this mus- 
 ter) for the term of Twelve months, unless sooner discharged. 
 
 1, David West, captain; 2, Stephen Rye, 1st lieutenant; 3, Newton W. 
 Brown, 2nd lieutenant; 1, I. S. Ellis, sergeant, aged 28; 2, G. W. Wil- 
 
The Mustci Roll 
 
 liams, sergeant, aged 35; 3, T. B. West, sergeant, aged 21; 4, I. E. Duval, 
 sergeant, aged 23; 1, Joseph Lewis, corporal, aged 43; 2, G. M. P. Wil- 
 liamson, corporal, aged 19; 3, I. K. Harkey, corporal, aged 21; 4, A. A. 
 Dickson, corporal, aged 21; 1, Joseph Eno, musician, aged 35; 2, J. A. 
 Vick, musician, aged 26; 1, I. K. Anthony, private, aged 20; 2, I. W. Au- 
 gustine, private, aged 36; 3, Willis Benefield, private, aged 32; 4, I. P. 
 Boon, private, aged 31; 5, John Brady, private, aged 25; 6, Isaac Bras- 
 hear, private, aged 31; 7, I. F. Brigance, private, aged 21; 8, I. D. Brown, 
 private, aged 21; 9, A. R. Bruton, private, aged 21; 10, I. C. Chambers, 
 private, aged 33; 11, William Crouch, private, aged 23; 12, Solomon 
 Crouch, private, aged 19; 13, Caleb Davis, private, aged 37; 14, James 
 Davis, private, aged 26; 15. I. C. Dickson, private, aged 18; 16, T. G. Dil- 
 lard, private, aged 22; 17, William Duval, private, aged 21; 18, Ryon Ellis, 
 private, aged 28; 19, I. T. Fowler, private, aged 21; 20, Jacob Graves, 
 private, aged 24; 21, Aaron Haire, pri\ate aged 24; 22, James Hifley, 
 private, aged 25; 23, Larkin Hill, private, aged 25; 24, Wiley Hillis, pri- 
 vate, aged 23; 25, W. N. Hufstedler, private, aged 18; 26, I. P. Hufsted- 
 ler, private, aged 19; 27, William Hulsey, private aged 20; 28, U. M. 
 Johnson, private, aged 19; 29. C. I. Keiser, private, aged 18; 30, I. M. 
 Kerndrick, private, aged 28; 31. W. C. Lane, private, aged 25; 32, Wil- 
 liam Lewis, private, aged 18; 33, T. I. Linam, private, aged 32; 34, T. 
 I. Linton, private, aged 19: 35, Wesley Martdox, private, aged 42; 36, 
 L H. Marshall, private, aged 17; 37, W. M. Marshall, private, aged 20; 
 38, Hiram McElya, private, aged 44; 39, Clement Mobley, private, aged 
 20; 40, G. A. Neely, private aged 26; 41, Hugh Nelson, private, aged 43; 
 42, William Nelson, private, aged 19; 43, Brown Ogle, private, aged 
 21; 44, W. N. Owens, private aged 23; 45, L M. Oliver, private, aged 
 23; 40, George Parlv, private, aged 22; 47, Jonathan Park, private, aged 
 2t; 48, David Parish, private, aged 37; 49, G. I. Parish, private, aged 
 19; 50, Mark Prince, private, aged 24; 51, Isaac Reed, private, aged 21; 
 52, Charles Reed, private, aged 23; 53, I. W. Rye, private, aged 33; 54, 
 I. G. Sevirs, private, aged 26; 55, Melvin Story, private, aged 18; 56, 
 William Stout, private, aged 40; 57, A. C. Tatom private, aged 20; 
 58, M. D. Tackett. private, aged 30; 59, W. M. A. Tedford, private, aged 
 19; 60, Jesse Taylor, private, aged, 17; 61, Washington Taylor, private, 
 aged 26; 62. William Tomlinson private aged 26; 63, Alfred Vick, pri- 
 vate, a|ed 23; 64, John W. Warner, private, aged 20; 65, Alexander 
 Wheeler, private, aged 27; 00, George W. White private, aged 36; 67, I. 
 W. Whittle, private, aged, 19; 68, John Whittle, private, aged, 18; 69, 
 I. S. Williams, private, aged 23; 70, W. M. Williams, private, aged 32; 
 71, G. S. Yates, private, aged. 25; 72, Elijah Yates, private, aged, 21. 
 
 All dead but five. This has been preserved 59 years by D. Porter 
 West.