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age: The lpyentpgy g: the_gggpty_n33hives.g£.nrkansas is one of a number ‘
ﬂ; of guides to historical materials prepared throughout the United States
\fi} by workers on Historical Records Survey projects of the Work Projects /
\fgl Administration. The publication herewith presented, an inventory of the
“ft/ archives of lzard County, is number 33 of the nrkansas series.
'7EI The historical Records Survey program was undertaken in the winter
~3%: of 1935—56 for the purpose of providing useful employment for needy un- ‘
“ﬂ, employed historians, lawyers, teachers, and research and clerical workers.
Eh: In carrying out this objective, the project was organized to compile in-
V5; ventories of historical materials, particularly the unpublished government ‘
f;§ documents and records which are basic in the administration of local gov -
f3 ernment, and which provide invaluable data for students of political, ~
0 ”g economic, and social history. The archival guide herewith presented is ‘
5%; intended to meet the requirements of daywto-day administration by the ‘
‘pﬁ officials of the county, and also the needs of lawyers, businessmen, and
{ﬁt other citizenS'who require facts from the public records for the proper
it? conduct of their affairs. The volume is so designed that it can be used
' tﬁj by the historian in his research in unprinted sources in the same way he
”3% uses the library card catalog for printed sourceso
‘33 ‘ The inventories produced by the Historical Records Survey projects
'ﬁf- attempt to do more than give merely a list of records-w‘thcv attempt farther
, ﬁg: to sketch in the historical background of the county or other unit of gov-
.ﬂf arnmant, and to describe precisely and in detail the organization and
J3EE functions of the government agencies whose records they list. The county,
fﬁ‘ town, and other lobal inventories for the entire country will, when com-
3; pleted, constitute an encyclope’ia of local government as well as a bib-
‘ ”it liography of local archives.Upyto the present time more than 1,500 Survey
_ ‘33 publications have been issued in the country as a whole.
fof The successful conclusion of the work of the historical Records
’“ﬁﬁ Survey projects, even in a single county, would not be possible with— v _
‘ﬁ?- out the support of public officials, historical and legal specialists,
‘vgﬁf and many other groups in the community. Their cooperation is grate-
??g fully acknowledged. ‘ ‘
f§ﬁ, ' The Survey Program was organized by Luther H. Evans, who served ;
n‘jti: as Director until March 1, 1940, when he was succeeded by Sargent B. - j
ofjﬁi' Child. The Survey operates as a Nation-wide series of locally spon-
pﬁé, sored projects in the Division of Community Service Programs, of
Let. which Mrs. Florence Kerr, Assistant Commissioner, is in chargeo
' .._;};:%f HOWARD o, HUNTER
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E The Historical Records Survey was initiated in Arkansas in March
. i 1956 as a branch of the Federal Writers’ Project, In November of the
E same year_the Survey became an independent unit of Federal Project No. l,
i and functioned under Federal sponsorship until September 1, 1939. On
E September 5, 1939, the unit became State-Wide locally sponsored project
a; under the supervision of Howard H. Jacoway. Mr. Jacoway resigned on
f September 5, 1940 to become State Chief of-the Research and Records Pro- ‘
} -grams and was succeeded by Raymond Foster who has served on the super-
[ .visory staff of the.Survcy since December 1958. _ ‘
3 The Survey is sponsored in Arkansas by the College of Arts and Sci— 3
E ences of the University of Arkansas and co-sponsorcd by the county f
E judges of the State. It operates under the jurisdiction of Research ‘
§ Hand Records Programs of the Division of Community Service Programs of
E the Work Projects Administration. The Arkansas unit is under the tech—
‘ i nical and editorial supervision of the Central office in uashington, D. C. ‘
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. 1 The Arkansas Survey has had as its chief objective the publication
, of county inventories, but at preSent is also making~a survey of State,
municipal, and church archives, early american imprints, manuscript de-
positories and collections, and is preparing a guidu to Arkansas news-
; papers. A list of former publications will be found on the last page of
i this volume. .
‘ The Survey is preparing a volume which will include detailed dis—
cussions of the organization, structure, and evolution of county govern—
l ment in Arkansas. The material for this volume will be assembled frOm
i the State's constitution, codes, and acts of the General Assembly. The
i material will consist of all those laws and constitutional provisions
3 that are governing and have governed county offices. it is believed
i that the publication of this volume will make it unnecessary to repeat
certain items of general information in forthcoming county inventories.
Accordingly, the essays in the volume herewith presented are limited to '
l the creation of the office, its present status, manner of selection and
; term of officials, and the chief function of the office or agency. Pen-
; ding issuance of the general volume on county government, it is suggest—
! ed that the reader consult the Inventory 3:.329.932§3X.££3§323§ giiérg-
} 4 ansas, No. 323 Faulkncr_§cunty chnwiyj for more detailed discussions ,
l than those found—in_this inventory. _
, A consultation of the table of contents of this volume will indi-
‘ cats that the inventory is divided into two parts. In the first, or
general section of the volume will be feund a historical sketch of the
county, and an essay on the housing, care, and accessibility of the
records. In the second section of the volume will be found a listing
E ,Of_the records of county foiCUS. The arrangement of offices by functions i
is as follows: General administration; recording; administration.of
[ justice; finance; elections; education; health and welfare, and mis-
Ccllaneous. The records are segregated under subject headings, accord-
" ing to office of origin or final deposit, unless other classification
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i is directed by lawa Under agenCies, records have been classified, i j
i so far as possible, according to the subjects with which they deal. ! .
‘ They are described in entries.whose style is formalized to give the , f ‘
j following information: Title of record, dates for which available, g :
3 'quantity, labeling of volumes or containers, variant titles, descrip- i j
j tion of record contents, manner of arrangement, indexing, nature of ‘ §
i recording, size of volumes or containers, and location. ” i
i . _ The inventory of the Izard County Archives was begun'during the E .
é latter part of 1959 and cempleted_in 3941. The original field workers i
1 were: Tom C. Rose, Ruth F. Boswell},Ruth E. Medley who worked under the g
f M supervision of Joel H, Spragins, and Hand Barker, District Supervisors. g
j , The work in the State office included the editing of forms,’ [
t writing of entries, historical and legal research, writing and editing ‘
i ._ of essays and publication of the volume. Persons in the State ' I
g r _ editorial office to whom credit is due are: Albert A. Ccndray, forms }
ﬂ editor; Mary H. hinburne and Jennie Bitkhead, entry editors; Gladys Lynn %
y and W, Jett,final editors; Irene Thibault, Maida nrnold, writers, who ’
i Vprepared the material for publication;' Frances Kennedy who directed the 1
i _ mimeographing and publication. Mabelle Neighbors, Avis Crawford, Flossie:
’1 mBlassingame, Leonora Robyn and H. F. Jernigan complete the unit responsible f
y . in the final publiCation of this volume, Oarl E. Ott prepared and directedl f
j‘ the indexing.‘ . i
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3i: . The editorial criticisms of Mabel S. Brodie, editor in charge of I
w ” public records inventories in the central office, and Guy P. Timboe, I
j; ~assistant editor, has been invaluable to.the Arkansas staff in pre- I
%§: paring_this volume for publication. The administrative personnel of, E
j - Wbrk ProjcCts Administration, of the Division of Cummunity Servide l
; Programs, and of Research and Records Programs have cooperated with
‘;‘ the Survey in all phases of its program. The helpful suggestions §
$1 and friendly counsel of John C, L. Andreassen, Regional Supervisor of r
i Historical Records Survey, is gratefully acknowledged. V
ff The Survey's official sponsor, its State—wide Advisory'Board, and g
V ‘_ the’Community Advisory Board of Izard County each contributed valuable g
r assistance to the project in the compilation and publication of this P
“ volume. 'Other,contributing_agencies Were: The Arkansas History Com— f
mission; the Arkansas Supreme Court Library; the Little Rock Public Li— f
, brary; the Secretary of State; the Arkansas State Lizrary Commission; ‘I
v Arkansas Writers’ Project, WPA; and the county officials of Izard }
; County; I
i ' . ‘ ' ‘ . mnﬁom FOSTER ;
g war Memorial Building State Supervisor h A
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%dl ! f.d. .............°...........;.....o...........:..o.og..~file drawer(s)
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Foreword one-onco-o-o-uoo-uoouooao-II-cucnoyouonce-u-ooonuoo-oooooun V J
' Preface OI...tocacti-taooIIDO‘IOIIo‘QOIIIJOIOOIOCo'ou-ncuuoooooontll Vii
Abbreviations, Symbols, and Explanatory Notes ...................... ix '
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J Historical Sketch ....;............................f{.;..ﬁ.......... l' ‘J
J Chattaof sassy Governments 17 ;J
J Housing, Care, and Accessibility of the Records 19 :“5‘9
J Floor Plans of Courthouse :................;..:..................... 25 yh
J‘ County Offices and Their Records' '— "h‘ " J n
J County Cour-pt...neocoou‘ouocanuI-o'o-_~ruu‘o-Iacq-.-convenes-o-co-co-oI-noo 51 JJ
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J Circuit Clerk as Recorder .......................................... 32 J
a Real Property conveyances: Deeds, leases, mortgages, mortgage H
J releases, liens and lis pendens, miscellaneous real.property r .J . :
conveyances. Personal property: conveyances, mortgages. Bonds, ' JJ
commissions, and credentials. Discharges. Miscellaneous. . _ ,
J Notary Public .....,................................................ 38 ‘H
J CirCuit Court Ute-IIIOIOIQOCUIDOCIIiﬁtl'IUOOOOIUUCtIlI-OII‘.0-0.0... 38 VJ
Civil division: Case papers, proceedings, judgments and executions, :,
J financial. Criminal Division: Inquests and indictments, proceod— 1‘
J ings, financial. ‘
Chancery Court .. 42 J
Probate C3drt coco-00'.tuna-oa-Qoocouu-uooIto-onouoopuoo-ncocoa-on. ‘45 J
J Case papers, Wills, Bonds, and Letters. Claims. Accounts J J
J Inventories, appraisemcnts, and sales bills. Proceedings. J
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“ Justice of the Peace ............................................... 46 J
J Sheriff ODOI‘OOIOO‘IU0.OIIOIO'CIOOIIOODIIOOOOOOIOIOOQOOIUDIOIIOICOIIO 46 J
' Quorm Court OOOIQIDIDCDOI.00.01.0...CDC-onlulilulIIOOO‘00-00-000... 46 J
' County Clerk 47 31
. Financial: Accounts, warrants, assessment and taxation: 4 J
Assessments, collections, tax sales, redemption, improvements district. 1‘
J Elections. Marriages. Corporation. Professional Licenses. J
J Livestock. Firearms. Roads. Pensions. Miscellaneous. J
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; ”.‘IZird County with its cqunty scat, Melbourne, is in the foothills of
' 1h Ithe Osirks in the northcentrdl part of Arknnsns. 0n the north, Fulton
County scpdric03.IZdrd_frem the-Missouri border; on the east is the county
of Sharp; on the south, Independence ind Stone; and on the west, Baxtef. ‘
The picturesque windings of the White River form i great pirt of the south- H
; ,ern and western boundaries. (1) 1 . ‘_ . l
f In nbiut i otird of the county is found the typicil landscape of the
. Ozarks, hills and ridges cut by numerous clear, swift streams, with an N
F occasional peak brooking the skyline.‘ Over the remainder of the county, 1W
‘ .‘ the land varies from rolling hills to level plains with sndrse vegetation.
(2)- The eletution ranges from7%0® feet at Guion in the Jhite River Jal—
1ey to 1250 feet on the summit of Turkey Knob, one of the eight mountains ‘
of the county. (5) On the wooded hills ind ridges are valuable growths
of short leaf pine, red and white oak, hickory, cedar, and walnut, with 3
' pine leading in'commercial value. (4) In-the sandstone and limestone
beds whicn prevail in the county, are.numerous CQVuS, some of which have
vast urens,.(5) like the Melbourne Cave which extends over 1 mile under- ‘
_ ground with branching corridors, stolictite and €t111ﬁmite formations of
striking luster, and so miny chambers that up to 1956 all of them had not
‘ been exolorod. A large cave dt Calico Rock, asiwsll is several other
‘ caves, vie with the Melbourne Care in beauty and interest, (6)
‘ ' In most of the county the soils resulting from the breakdown of the
sedimentary rock range from d productive dark sandy loam soil in the beta
tons to o sandy loam with a clay subsoil in the uplands. Between these
. , extremes eeeur the fertile sandy loam, or mulitto limestone, of the level ‘
lands, ind the close, ashy soil of the hillsh_(7) ‘
The drainage of Izard County finds its wny to the Mississippi through
the Jhite and.Blick River System. The Jhite River with its tributaries,
’ Rocky Bayou, Piney, Mill, Lufferty's, and Knob.Creeks, receives directly ‘
‘ most of the drainage. Strawberry River flows across the northeastern part
i of the county, and with its tributary