POINSETT COUNTY HISTORY
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Source: The Goodspeed Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northeast Arkansas, 1889, The Goodspeed Publishing Company, p 570-571.
JUDGES
CLERKS
SHERIFFS
TREASURERS
CORONERS
TREASURERS
Richard Hall, 1838-40
Charles Shaver, 1840-42
William Smith, 1842-46
Samuel Read, 1846-48
J. P. Mardis, 1848-52
J. M. Hale, 1852-56
B. Brown, 1856-62
A. J. Goodloe, 1862-65
J. Z. H. Mayors, 1865-66
William Ainsworth, 1866-68
James P. Jones, 1868-72
H. J. Thorn, 1872-74
E. Mitchell, 1874-80
J. J. Smith, 1880-82
W. C. Landers, 1882-86
William Ainsworth, 1886-
CORONERS
J. C. Shaver, 1838-40
B. McCaven, 1840-42
B. F. Marcum, 1842-44
T. F. Arledge, 1844-46
Daniel McMillin, 1846-48
J. M. Broadway, 1848-50
G. J. Ward, 1850-52
E. Robinson, 1852-54
J. E. Dukes, 1854-56
J. M. Cross, 1956-58
W. H. Smith, 1858-62
B. Brown, 1862-64
J. H. Hall, 1864-65
W. S. Griffin, 1865-68
John Jones, 1868-74
F. Walbrink, 1874-78
J. P. Jones, 1878-80
W. J. Sligh, 1880-82
S. G. Stone, 1882-84
Lewis Minton 1884-86
James Houston, 1886-88
James Aston, 1888-
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Source: The Goodspeed Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northeast Arkansas, 1889, The Goodspeed Publishing Company, p 570-571.
JUDGES
CLERKS
SHERIFFS
TREASURERS
CORONERS
As a
consequence of the
destruction of the early records of Poinsett County, by fire, but
little can be said pertaining to its early courts. Inasmuch
as
the creative act was approved February 28, 1838, it is evident that the
county court was organized soon thereafter, or in the spring of that
year, and that the circuit court was held also in the same year.
The county belongs to the Second judicial circuit, of which
J. E.
Riddick is the present judge.
Poinsett was organized in accordance with the provisions of an act of the General Assembly of the State, approved February 28, 1838. Its territory originally belonged to Lawrence County, and subsequently, and up to its formation as a separate county, to Greene.
Bolivar, a point about three miles north of the present site of Harrisburg, was chosen for the seat of justice, and here in 1838, the first court-house and clerk's office, consisting of a log cabin, was erected. The county seat thus remained until September 1856, when it was moved to Harrisburg, where it has since continued. The first commissioners of the new county seat were A. B. Scott and A. B. Puckett. Here, also a log-cabin cour-house was erected in 1857, and in 1859-60 a fine brick courthouse was constructed, costing $8,800, by A. Hamilton, contractor. In the spring of 1872 this building, together with the public county records, was destroyed by fire. Then for a year or more, the building now known as Sloan's boarding house was used as a courthouse, after which the Methodist Episcopal Church edifice and one toher structure served a smiliar purpose. In 1875 the courthouse was rebuilt, by Contractor A. Hamilton, and is still standing. The Poinsett County jail was erected in 1886, at a cost of $1,600. It is a one-story frame, containing two rooms, and a hallway six feet wide running length-wise of the building. Prior to its construction the prisoners were kept in a cage, constructed for the purpose, in the courthouse.
JUDGES
William Harris, 1838-40
Richard Hall, 1840-44
Rollis Perry, 1844-46
W. H. Harris, 1846-48
G. W. M. Stacy, 1848-50
W. H. Harris, 1850-54
S. H. Henton, 1854-56
W. H. Harris, 1856-63
W. C. Malone, 1863-64
A. B. Scott, 1864-66
B. Harris, 1866-68
G. W. Sloan, 1868-72
H. A. Hays, 1874-76
D. W. Beecker, from April 1876-end of Hays' term
J. T. Haley, 1876-78
N. J. Willis, 1878-80
J. T. Roy 1880-82
T. H. Jones, 1882-84
A. A. Coppage, from March 4, 1884, Jones, left the county
E. A. Owens, 1884-86
Jasper Wright, 1886-88
J. T. Roy, present incumbent, elected in 1888
CLERKS
Thomas Jones, 1838-40
William Thrower, 1840-42
L. H. Suftin, 1842-48
R. H. Stone, 1848-60
M. W. Lewis, 1860-62
O. Y. Neely, 1862-64
W. C. Malone, 1864-68
G. W. Mott, 1868-70
J. T. H. Mayors, 1870-73
T. H. Sparks, 1873-78
T. H. Jones, 1878-80
W. G. Godby, 1880-86
T. A. Stone, 1886-88
A. A. Coppage, present incumbent, elected in 1888.
SHERIFFS
W. G. Arledge. 1838-40
James Staats, 1840-44
R. H. Stone, 1844-48
J. Davidson, 1848-56
T. S. Stanley, 1856-60
J. Davidson, 1860-62
J. Sherrod, 1862-64
W. B. Stafford, 1864-68
A. Thorn, 1868-72
A. S. Thorn, 1872-74
J. S. Smith, 1874-78
J. H. Hall, 1878-80
T. B. Sparks, 1880-86
Add Harris, present incumbent, first elected in 1886.
Poinsett was organized in accordance with the provisions of an act of the General Assembly of the State, approved February 28, 1838. Its territory originally belonged to Lawrence County, and subsequently, and up to its formation as a separate county, to Greene.
Bolivar, a point about three miles north of the present site of Harrisburg, was chosen for the seat of justice, and here in 1838, the first court-house and clerk's office, consisting of a log cabin, was erected. The county seat thus remained until September 1856, when it was moved to Harrisburg, where it has since continued. The first commissioners of the new county seat were A. B. Scott and A. B. Puckett. Here, also a log-cabin cour-house was erected in 1857, and in 1859-60 a fine brick courthouse was constructed, costing $8,800, by A. Hamilton, contractor. In the spring of 1872 this building, together with the public county records, was destroyed by fire. Then for a year or more, the building now known as Sloan's boarding house was used as a courthouse, after which the Methodist Episcopal Church edifice and one toher structure served a smiliar purpose. In 1875 the courthouse was rebuilt, by Contractor A. Hamilton, and is still standing. The Poinsett County jail was erected in 1886, at a cost of $1,600. It is a one-story frame, containing two rooms, and a hallway six feet wide running length-wise of the building. Prior to its construction the prisoners were kept in a cage, constructed for the purpose, in the courthouse.
JUDGES
William Harris, 1838-40
Richard Hall, 1840-44
Rollis Perry, 1844-46
W. H. Harris, 1846-48
G. W. M. Stacy, 1848-50
W. H. Harris, 1850-54
S. H. Henton, 1854-56
W. H. Harris, 1856-63
W. C. Malone, 1863-64
A. B. Scott, 1864-66
B. Harris, 1866-68
G. W. Sloan, 1868-72
H. A. Hays, 1874-76
D. W. Beecker, from April 1876-end of Hays' term
J. T. Haley, 1876-78
N. J. Willis, 1878-80
J. T. Roy 1880-82
T. H. Jones, 1882-84
A. A. Coppage, from March 4, 1884, Jones, left the county
E. A. Owens, 1884-86
Jasper Wright, 1886-88
J. T. Roy, present incumbent, elected in 1888
CLERKS
Thomas Jones, 1838-40
William Thrower, 1840-42
L. H. Suftin, 1842-48
R. H. Stone, 1848-60
M. W. Lewis, 1860-62
O. Y. Neely, 1862-64
W. C. Malone, 1864-68
G. W. Mott, 1868-70
J. T. H. Mayors, 1870-73
T. H. Sparks, 1873-78
T. H. Jones, 1878-80
W. G. Godby, 1880-86
T. A. Stone, 1886-88
A. A. Coppage, present incumbent, elected in 1888.
SHERIFFS
W. G. Arledge. 1838-40
James Staats, 1840-44
R. H. Stone, 1844-48
J. Davidson, 1848-56
T. S. Stanley, 1856-60
J. Davidson, 1860-62
J. Sherrod, 1862-64
W. B. Stafford, 1864-68
A. Thorn, 1868-72
A. S. Thorn, 1872-74
J. S. Smith, 1874-78
J. H. Hall, 1878-80
T. B. Sparks, 1880-86
Add Harris, present incumbent, first elected in 1886.
TREASURERS
Richard Hall, 1838-40
Charles Shaver, 1840-42
William Smith, 1842-46
Samuel Read, 1846-48
J. P. Mardis, 1848-52
J. M. Hale, 1852-56
B. Brown, 1856-62
A. J. Goodloe, 1862-65
J. Z. H. Mayors, 1865-66
William Ainsworth, 1866-68
James P. Jones, 1868-72
H. J. Thorn, 1872-74
E. Mitchell, 1874-80
J. J. Smith, 1880-82
W. C. Landers, 1882-86
William Ainsworth, 1886-
CORONERS
J. C. Shaver, 1838-40
B. McCaven, 1840-42
B. F. Marcum, 1842-44
T. F. Arledge, 1844-46
Daniel McMillin, 1846-48
J. M. Broadway, 1848-50
G. J. Ward, 1850-52
E. Robinson, 1852-54
J. E. Dukes, 1854-56
J. M. Cross, 1956-58
W. H. Smith, 1858-62
B. Brown, 1862-64
J. H. Hall, 1864-65
W. S. Griffin, 1865-68
John Jones, 1868-74
F. Walbrink, 1874-78
J. P. Jones, 1878-80
W. J. Sligh, 1880-82
S. G. Stone, 1882-84
Lewis Minton 1884-86
James Houston, 1886-88
James Aston, 1888-
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