1875 Methodist Church - History
John William Martin
Lucas Brooks Poindexter
Murder of Arthur W. Shirey
Powhatan Suspension Bridge
W.K. Surridge
1875 Methodist Church - Architecture
Milton Dyer Baber (always referred to after his service in the CSA as Colonel Baber) was born on ...
Milton Dyer Baber
George Walter Wells (b. 1868/9 , d. 1943) was the son of Dr. John R. Wells and Henrietta ...
George Walter Wells
John R. Wells (September 5, 1838- July 6, 1918) was a resident of Powhatan and a practicing doctor ...
John R. Wells
James P. Coffin was the county clerk and commissioner of public buildings in Powhatan. In 1879, he was ...
James Park Coffin
The jail, located a short walk from the courthouse, is a small single-story limestone and concrete structure with ...
Powhatan Jail
Sanders J. Zimmerman
The following murders were tried in Powhatan. 1871- Murder of Henry Braswell 1873- Murder of George Coffman 1874- ...
Murders Tried in Powhatan
Black River and Lower Mississippi Floods of 1890
Historic buildings in Powhatan include: 1888 Courthouse Powhatan Jail Log House Powhatan Male and Female Academy 1875 Methodist ...
Standing Buildings in Powhatan
Frank C. Stuart was a resident of Powhatan and merchant, who likely owned the Commercial Building. He was ...
Frank Charles Stuart
The courthouse sits on a rise overlooking the Black River. It is a two story brick building, set ...
1888 Courthouse
"Trusty No. 49"
Summary From Goodspeed: Democratic politician, born April 23, 1842. Moved to Lawrence County in 1869. Son of Charles ...
Charles Coffin
Steamboats were a vital part of Powhatan's history. Before the advent of automobiles and railroads, America's rivers were ...
Steamboats
Charles Augustus Stuart Sr. was born in Powhatan in 1841. He married Martha DeArman (daughter of John DeArman ...
Charles Augustus Stuart Sr.
The North Arkansas Telephone Company was formed in 1887 to provide telephone service between Black Rock, Portia, Powhatan, ...
North Arkansas Telephone Company
Champ T. Stuart Sr. was born in 1810 and died in 1884. He is buried in the Powhatan ...
Champ T. Stuart Sr.
The following businesses are listed as existing in Powhatan during the following years. Sources from R.L. Polk's Arkansas ...
Businesses and Commerce
· Baber, Milton Dyer · Baird, William B. · Balfour, Andrew · Balfour, H.W. · Barnett, B.J.W. · ...
People of Powhatan by Name
Clay Sloan
The following individuals are listed by their professions listed on census records, or by what profession research has ...
People of Powhatan by Profession
Helen M. King (1895-1988) was a rug-hooking artist. She was born in Powhatan on September 20, 1895. She ...
Helen Martin King
The following is a list of Lawrence County Clerks from 1888 to 1965. Clay Sloan (1888-1890) J.Bowen Coffman ...
County Clerks
Maxwell Coffin was a prominent real estate agent in Little Rock, born in Powhatan to James Park Coffin. ...
Maxwell Coffin
The following crimes were tried in Powhatan during its time as county seat. Current records are indexed from ...
Crime
George Thornburgh (January 25, 1847--March 9, 1923) was a politician, soldier, educator, and resident of Powhatan. Early Life ...
George Thornburgh
Most of this information came from "The Doctrine of Creative Destruction: Ferry and Bridge Law in Arkansas" by ...
Harry E. Bovay
Charles H. Coffin was the son of James Park Coffin and brother of Maxwell Coffin2. He attended Arkansas ...
Charles H. Coffin
The Powhatan Weekly Advertiser was a weekly newspaper published in Powhatan, Arkansas. It was a short-lived venture, printed ...
Powhatan Weekly Advertiser
J.M. Percival
The following is a chronological list of Lawrence County Judges that served in the courthouse at Powhatan. W.A. ...
Judges
Ada Wells was born in 1874 in Powhatan, Arkansas. She was the daughter of Dr. John R. Wells ...
Ada Wells
Harry Gray v White and Black Rivers Bridge Company was a lawsuit brought before the Lawrence Circuit Court ...
Harry Gray v. White and Black Rivers Bridge Company
Sam Milton Payne
Transportation Bridges Ferries Roads Steamboats
Transportation
Silas and Beth Gaza were accused of murdering Carlos Conklin on January 13, 1883 in Lawrence County. According ...
Murder of Carlos Conklin
Aaron Whitney was a resident of Lawrence County, Arkansas. On the night of August 26, 1842, his body ...
Murder of Aaron Whitney
Charles C Childers
John S. Ficklin (1804-1846) was a merchant, politician, and soldier from Lawrence County, Arkansas who is considered by ...
John S. Ficklin
John L. Wells was born in Powhatan in 1871. He was the son of Dr. John R. Wells ...
John L Wells
James A. Martin & Bros was a wagon, carriage, and farm implement manufacturer based in Powhatan. It was ...
James A Martin & Bros - Wagon Manufacturing
In the 1870 County election the following men were nominated for candidacy Joseph Judkins for Sheriff Champ T. ...
1870 County Elections
Lewis K. Coffman was born in 1837 in Muhlenberg Co. Kentucky. By 1860, he was residing in Lawrence ...
Lewis K. Coffman
Stella Coffman was born in 1873. She was the daughter of Lewis K. Coffman and Martha Ruby. She ...
Stella Coffman
The lynching of Andrew Springer was an extra-judicial hanging that occurred in Powhatan on May 21, 1887. Incident ...
The Lynching of Andrew Springer
Beth Goza was a resident of Lawrence County, Arkansas and suspected murderer. On June 13, 1883, Beth was ...
Beth Goza
Winthrop Rockefeller and Powhatan
From Wikipedia This is a single-story brick building, standing at a historically major street corner in Powhatan. It ...
Commercial Building
People of Powhatan Alphabetical Order By Profession By Census Year
People of Powhatan
Summary from Mother of Counties F.G. was father of Josiah Martin. Owned wagon business in Powhatan. Later sold ...
Felix G. Martin
Laura Wells was born in Powhatan on October 8, 1866. She was the daughter of Dr. John R. ...
Laura Wells
For much of its early life, Arkansas did not have a formal, organized public education system. Private establishments ...
Lawrence County School Districts
William P. Campbell (1838-1896) was a soldier and druggist who lived in Powhatan with his brother-in-law, J.M. Percival.1 ...
W.P. Campbell
Frank Stuart Wells was born April 29, 1882 in Powhatan, Arkansas. He was the son of Dr. John ...
Frank Stuart Wells
F.W. Tucker
Businesses and Commerce Banks Drug Stores Merchants Farms Grocers Hotels and Boarding Houses Laundries Manufacturers Masons Mills Newspapers ...
Business of Powhatan
H.H. Collins was the deputy circuit clerk in Powhatan beginning in 1922. He succeeded E.H. Hall after he ...
H.H. Collins
The Powhatan Woolen Manufacturing Company manufactured jeans, tweeds, cassimeres, flannels, blankets and shawls in Powhatan in the late ...
The Powhatan Woolen Manufacturing Company
The following hotels and boarding houses were known to exist in Powhatan: J.Rufus Eudaly's Hotel (1906) Rex Boarding ...
Hotels and Boarding Houses
In 1912, the following individuals were elected Office Winner Succeeding Representative Jefferson D. Boyle J.J. Bellamy County/Probate Judge ...
1912 County Elections
The Democratic Primary of 1920 was a contested election in Lawrence County. The Forty-Third General Assembly of Arkansas ...
Democratic Primary Scandal of 1920
E.H. Hall was the deputy circuit clerk in Powhatan until 1922, when he resigned. Sources: "Deputy Clerk Resigns." ...
E.H. Hall
The following is a description of Powhatan in the year 1889. Goodspeed "Powhatan proves a profitable center for ...
1889
Henry Martin is listed as a resident of Powhatan in 1880. The 1880 census lists his profession as ...
Henry Martin
Mose Thompson was charged with murder in the first degree for the killing of Bob Weir near Black ...
Murder of Bob Weir
Richard Ward was killed by his nephew Charles Wilson in August 1891. They apparently quarreled over a woman. ...
Murder of Richard Ward
This page will link to pages summarizing activities, and residents known to have occurred in their respective year. ...
Powhatan By Year
Tanneries were an important part of the American economy in the 19th century. The Lawrence County tax records ...
Tanning Yards
Summary from Goodspeed John H. Martin was a merchant and postmaster of Powhatan. He was born June 17, ...
John H. Martin
Thomas Tewell murdered Lewis Cisssel on Christmas Day 1883. At the celebration of a wedding, Tewell arrived at ...
Murder of Lewis Cissel
What do you know about The Civil War and Powhatan? 1861- Confederate In july 1861, Captain Elliot Fletcher ...
The Civil War and Powhatan
Act No. 85 was a law enacted by the State of Arkansas on March 26, 1887. It divided ...
Act No. 85
William G. Mount was a resident of Powhatan. According to the Federal Census of 1870, he was listed ...
William G. Mount
James A. Martin was the son of Felix G. Martin and was of the firm J.A. Martin & ...
James A. Martin
Thomas Miller was killed by John Matlock. Matlock was described as a "new light" preacher, a "Mormon preacher" ...
Murder of Thomas Miller
W.M. Steadman operated a general merchandise store in Powhatan in the early 1900s. By 1908 he had relocated ...
W.N. Steadman
Philip K. Lester was a member of the Powhatan Lodge of Masons. He was born in 1819, the ...
Philip K. Lester
Senter Wilkins Stuart was the son of Powhatan merchant Frank C. Stuart. His mother was Emma Moore. He ...
Senter Wilkins Stuart
From Goodspeed "In 1873 the first court-house at Powhatan, a large two-story brick structure, with offices below and ...
1873 Courthouse
William Bell was a resident of Powhatan in 1902. He died of illness in Hoxie while riding the ...
William Bell
Summary of Goodspeed Attorney and county examiner, born April 1, 1852. Came to Powhatan in 1882 and practiced ...
Charles C. Rogers
Henry H. Caldwell was a resident of Walnut Ridge. He owned and operated a barber shop there until ...
Henry H. Caldwell
H.H. Peden was a deputy postal clerk in Powhatan in 1883. He was charged with "depositing in the ...
H.H. Peden
Francis Wayland was born in Lawrence County on October 7, 1846 to Rev. Jonathan Wayland from Virginia and ...
Francis Wayland
Dean Adams was a steamship that operated from 1880 to 1886. According to an issue of The Batesville ...
Dean Adams
More stuff needs to be added here. Is there anything unique about the cemetery or the people buried ...
Cemetery
Summary from Goodspeed John K. Gibson was an attorney and real estate dealer based in Powhatan. Born in ...
John K Gibson
In 1898 the following officials were elected Position Winner Votes Loser Votes Probate Judge Cunningham 1262 Pearce 558 ...
1898 County Elections
"Dr. Coffman practiced medicine in Powhatan for 12 years, leaving for Black Rock in 1883, where entered the ...
James Coffman
Summary from "Mother of Counties" Owned a two story home overlooking Black River in Powhatan. Served as mayor ...
George W Flippo
Thomas C. Faulkner (1894-1918) was born in Denton, Arkansas but later moved to Powhatan. He served during World ...
Thomas C. Faulkner
John W. Kelley was born to Marvel and Sally Kelly in Georgia in 1830. After his father died, ...
John W. Kelley
On Sunday February 28, 1875, around 4 am, a fire broke out in downtown Powhatan that destroyed much ...
The Fire of 1875
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