Baxter county history of families book

Mountain home is a city in, and the county seat of, baxter county, arkansas, united states, in the southern ozark mountains near the northern state border with missouri. The folks around marion county are mostly kin to the yochum family and this was a. Baxter county history and genealogy public group facebook. Explore baxter genealogy and family history in the worlds largest family tree. Everyday discount prices and great customer service. Baxter county library local history and genealogy room. Local history and genealogy room collection our local history genealogy room contain items that may be one of a kind or are no longer readily available. Baxter county historical and genealogical society encyclopedia of. Additional records are listed on the county and state pages. It has been reproofed to make sure it is as was written corrections wiil be below in the generational section of the family. Among its first members were james keels, john broyles, john layman, william murphy, owen owens, william calvert, reuben, john and thomas bayless, thomas and francis baxter. Cherokee baptist church an american family history.

The history and heritage of baxter county is a hidden treasure, but its the purpose of the baxter county historical and genealogical society that it wont be lost. Soil survey of baxter and marion counties, arkansas larry b. From the foreword this family history of anderson county preserves the proud heritage of our county and communities as well as many of our churches, businesses, organizations and families. Baxter county arkansass 66th county, it was formed on march 24, 1873 and named for elisha baxter, the tenth governor of arkansas. Gassville baxter county has a history of settlement beginning in the 1840s. A complete history of baxter county, arkansas, for the first 100 years 18731973. The petition was granted, and mountain home was officially incorporated in 1888. Mountain home baxter county encyclopedia of arkansas. Lake view is a city in phillips county, arkansas, united states. Welcome to the baxter family page at surname finder, a service of genealogy today. Howard countys history howard county officially became the 21st of marylands 23 counties in 1851. Stafford county, virginia compiled genealogies genealogy. The settlement reportedly came into existence with the establishment of the nearby pilgrims rest baptist church in 1872.

The friends of the baxter county library aid in developing public understanding of the library and making it better known to the citizens of the community. They may include county histories, town histories, other types of histories, collections of biographies, genealogies of families, collections of records for a specific area, etc. Fulton, izard, marion, searcy the county seat is mountain home. He and a man named mcdonald, four slaves, and four other men poled a flat boat up white river until they found a spot to their liking. Baxter county, arkansas history and genealogy including. It was near enough to the river to provide transportation for marketing crops and far enough from the water to have a healthful climate. These are books that were published by a wide variety of publishers between the 1880s and recent years and are from our own collection. Includes history and genealogy for the cities of mountain home, arkana, big flat, clarkridge, colfax, cotter, gassville, lakeview, midway, norfork, salesville, civil war. Editors frequently monitor and verify these resources on a routine basis. Help others by sharing new links and reporting broken links. The historic genealogical society of marion county arkansas has updated all of these family histories in their book marion county families. The first baptist church organized in the county was the cherokee creek church, constituted in 1783 by tidence lane.

The small community of monkey run is located in a narrow valley on the western border of modernday baxter county. At this point, the townspeople petitioned the state to incorporate mountain home as a legal city. Here youll find record collections, history, and genealogy resources to help you trace your bell county ancestors. New book tells history of marion county through quilts. Its level, fertile plain and proximity to the white river made it an ideal location for families to build their homes. Our editors have compiled this checklist of genealogical resources, combining links to commercial databases along with usercontributed information and web sites for the baxter surname. An historical and genealogical account of baxter county, arkansas b mary ann messick editors note. There are already 504 users and over 5,000 genealogy profiles with the baxter surname on geni. He was a son of old erin ireland, lately of mcminnville, tennessee. Read the baxter surname history and see the family crest, coat of arms for the scottish origin.

Setting up the redemption portion of the baxter family series, this is the ideal introduction to the work of karen kingsbury overall. My genealogy hound is a free service of hearthstone legacy publications. After many years of collecting archival material relating to the history of baxter county the society. Baxter county, arkansas genealogy, books, cds, maps. Baxter county, arkansas family history and genealogy books, cds, maps products sort by product product v price price v default default v sales sales v per page 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 27 30 view all. Now we come to the pages that mention the lungeons. Most of these but not all are county history books that combine history and biographies of families within the county. The ozarks is a special place and the early indians and settlers knew it. The library continues to preserve the baxter family legacy in our collections including an accumulation of gorham history, maine history, and books written by local authors. In the event of a vacancy in the office, the quorum court fills the vacancy by. Baxter county, arkansas genealogy familysearch wiki. Publishing history this is a chart to show the publishing history of editions of works about this subject.

The site of the proposed town was first settled in the mid1880s and was called trimble flat, for the trimble family, first settlers on the flat fertile plateau overlooking the white rivaer. In a search to know more about this new area i have moved to, i came across this wonderful book. She speaks of a major jacob wolfe who in 1810 established a trading post and indian agency in baxter county, and is called the father of baxter county. Linkpendium s goal is to index every genealogy, geneology. Numerous families span baxter, boone, searcy, stone, madison and benton counties, among others in arkansas. During its heyday in the early 1920s, it was home to a number of thriving businesses and as many as seven zinc mining operations. It tells some of the history of baxter county arkansas from its beginnings, its establishment in 1873 through the 70s. A total of 41,307 persons lived within the city and micropolitan area combined, which encompasses the majority of baxter county.

Nov 09, 2019 new book tells history of mc through quilts. The condition of the baxter county film is very poor and at places impossible to read. Understanding where your ancestors lived, how they were employed, and what they did for fun, may give you a better appreciation of your heritage. According to the united states census bureau, the city has a total area of 0. Most of the land in baxter county is hilly and rocky, typical of the ozark plateau on which it lies. Baxter county was established on march 24 1873 and was formed from fulton county, izard county, marion county and searcy county. The town, due to its strong tradition of education, was already recognized as the county seat of baxter county, which had been established in 1873.

Unlike most of the other goodspeed history titles published, this volume consists almost entirely of detailed family biographies of. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that. Cotter ordered all african americans, save one family, to leave town im mediately. There is an index of surnames, but will need specific information. Full of delightful historic photos of its leading citizens over the vista of a century, the saga includes 40 chapters from four flags over baxter county to the mountain home picnics and the baxter county fairs, financial institutions to hello, central number, please, and theres gold in these here. A history of the baxter family of dekalb county, alabama baxter, duncan on. A reminiscent history of the ozark region use the links at the top right of this page to search or browse thousands of family biographies. To protect this collection so that it continues to grow and remains available for future users, the room is locked when a staff member or volunteer is not present. It was originally part of anne arundel county and was designated the howard district in 1839, in honor of john eager howard, statesman, soldier, and fifth governor of maryland. Hardcover in a search to know more about this new area i have moved to, i came across this wonderful book.

History of baxter county centennial edition 18731973. Here youll find record collections, history, and genealogy resources to help you trace your falls county ancestors. Our data is taken from margie garrs transcription and indexed book of the. Shortly after dodds arrival, professor howard and his family arrived. Scythia enfield fritter of stafford county, virginia and allied families.

Use the select gallery dropdown menu at the top right of the picture below to select and begin viewing an album. Over 700 pages, the book is about 9 inches by 16 inches, a very large book. County history and genealogy books hearthstone legacy. Baxter s longitude and latitude coordinates in decimal form are 41. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle. Apr, 20 now these displaced tribes settled on what the osages had considered their hunting grounds, and so warfare erupted between them and the emigrant tribes. Mountain home genealogy in baxter county, ar usa 1,015,348 arkansas 15,781 baxter county 199 mountain home 46 note. The organization, originally known as the baxter county historical society, is officially chartered in arkansas as a nonprofit organization. History of baxter county centennial edition 18731973 mary ann messick on. This title includes the history and genealogy for a total of twelve different arkansas counties and sixteen different missouri counties in the ozark region. Early origins of the baxter family the surname baxter was first found in forfarshire part of the tayside region of north eastern scotland, and present day council area of angus, where they held a family seat from ancient times. History of clay county with many submitted family histories. Goodspeeds a reminiscent history of the ozark region of. If you would like to receive the information on a family found in chapter 12 please use the lookup page and request a copy from one of the people there.

Local history and genealogy room collection baxter county library. Thats our mission, expressed in the phrase, preserving the past for the future. The baxter county historical and genealogical society is a non. I will not be transcribing, at this time, the information from the pioneer families of marion county, chapter 12. Pioneer life and pioneer families of the ozarks earl berry read. Some of these second generation families later migrated from rutherford county, including david baxter, whom it is said went to australia where he established an iron works. Search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a library.

It covers over 400 families that settled in marion county before 1900 and uses a modification of the modified register system recognized and accepted by professional genealogists for over 150 years. Archives baxter county historical and genealogical society. Other county boundry changes occured when line between izard and fulton defined 16 october 1875, line with marion changed 9 march 1881. Baxter county became the 68th county in arkansas on march 24, 1873, with the small village of mountain home as the county seat. An informative and historical overview of baxter county, arkansas and the ozark region with over 800 pages and including 668 biographies. Baxter county history and genealogy has 589 members. The extirpation of african americans from baxter county. It is in the northern part of the state, and shares a border with missouri. Baxter county, arkansas 1889 map my genealogy hound. The mountain home, ar, micropolitan statistical area includes all of baxter county. It is a county important to arkansas history because of its flood control projects and its early educational institutions. A pictorial history of baxter county arkansas bob qualls on.

Mary ann messick has done a lot of research on the lore and early families. The constitution of the state of arkansas provides for the election of the assessor to a fouryear term of office with the requirements that heshe be a qualified elector and resident of the county. This article, written specifically for the ags by,the author, is based on material found in miss messicks superb book, the history of buter county, 18731973, now in its second printing, as well. Elisha and taylor baxter migrated into arkansas, where they established a mercantile business in 1853 in batesville. Governor elisha baxter formed baxter county just prior to the brooks baxter war. Elisha soon thereafter took an active part in politics.

Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. You can order these items online and pay for them through paypal when you check out. Post photos, events, and other announcements for baxter county history andor baxter county. The baxter collection journals and personal papers of james phinney baxter are currently housed at the portland public library. The previous book has been revamped, added to, corrected and 20 years of new information is available. In addition, goodspeed published in 1894 a reminiscent history of the ozark region, which contains some information on families living in the northcentral arkansas counties that were left out of other goodspeed publications, covering baxter, boone, cleburne, fulton, izard, marion, newton, searcy, stone, and van buren counties. Quilts tell the stories of families, connecting people, places and events in this 58page book created for the marion county arkansas heritage society. Baxter county became the 68th county in arkansas on march 24, 1873, with the. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Preeuropean exploration and settlement hundreds of prehistoric sites. The county was created from parts of fulton, izard, marion, and searcy counties and was named for the governor of arkansas at that time, elisha elizah baxter. Emphasis for this timeline is on events that affected migration, records, or recordkeeping. Because there is also a lakeview in baxter county, many residents want to rename lakeview to lake helena.

Friends provide funds that would not otherwise be available through membership dues, special contributions, annual auction, and used book sales. Now these displaced tribes settled on what the osages had considered their hunting grounds, and so warfare erupted between them and the emigrant tribes. As of the 2010 census, the county s population was 41,5. Welcome to our bell county family history research page.

Bibles, biographies, cemeteries, census, genealogy, newspapers. Unless otherwise mentioned, the events below were taken from the baxter county page on the website, the encyclopedia of arkansas history and culture. It is in the northern part of the state, and shares a. You are welcome to join us whether you live in the baxter county. Our intent is to record a picture of the people, organizations and activities for future generations. Guide to baxter county, arkansas ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records. A history of the baxter family of dekalb county, alabama. The baxter county genealogy search arkansas links below open in a new window and take you to third party websites that provide access to baxter county public records. Post photos, events, and other announcements for baxter county history andor baxter county genealogy. Baxter family history and genealogy of lake maxinkuckee. Understanding the history of the area where your ancestor lived can be helpful to understand. The following are web links to genealogy, records and resources pertaining to baxter county. First published on 23rd of january, 2003, this was the second book in the series, as well as being the second part in the redemption series as well. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 12,448.

Baxter county, arkansas genealogy genealogy familysearch wiki. Goodspeeds 1894 a reminiscent history of the ozark region. It is arkansass 66th county, formed on march 24, 1873, and named for elisha baxter, the tenth governor of arkansas. Baxter family history there is more to exploring your baxter ancestry than just gathering a bunch of names and dates. Histories and genealogies are published books or collections that contain genealogical information. The county assessor is an elected official in county government. If you have any books about marion county you would like listed here please email me. What other genealogical resources are available in baxter county, ar. This page primarily lists records kept at the city level. Welcome to our falls county family history research page.