Content Description Deed documenting sale of property in Washington County, Ark. from R. H. Bean and his wife, Mary L. Bean, to John M. Lacy, as well as accompanying document with Circuit Court clerk’s certification of the deed, 1870; deed documenting sale of property in Washington County, Ark. from Richard H. Bean and Mary L. Bean to Mark Bean, 1857, with an addendum dated 1862 by Mark and Nancy Bean bequeathing the property to John M. Lacy and Eliza P. Lacy, as well as accompanying document with Circuit Court...

Scope and Content Note Series 1 contains 33 items of correspondence. Twenty of the 24 letters dated 1857-1898 are to James Albert Buchanan, and pertain to land, familial, and other affairs of the Buchanan family of Washington County, Ark., especially to the role of County Surveyor J. A. Buchanan in work performed 1880-1881 for railroads under construction in the vicinity. Nine letters dated 1928-1929 pertain to Herbert Earle Buchanan's candidacy for presidency of Washington and Lee University; correspondencents...

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Deed executed March 27, 1886 by J. C. Kirby and Mary Kirby of Washington County, Arkansas, conveying to named members of Board of Trustees of Cane Hill College, for $175.00, approximately 4 acres in East half of Northeast quarter of Section 8, T14N, R32W, in Washington County; attaching MS/PR "Cirtificate [sic] of Record" executed February 15, 1887 by Washington County Cleark J. N. Tillman.

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The collection contains genealogical research, correspondence, photographs, property records, and other materials related to the Divelbiss and Reel families. The materials follow the ancestry of Maude Divelbiss Reel and her husband, Blanchard Frank Reel. Many materials relate to family members who lived in Washington County, Arkansas, and particularly in Elkins, Arkansas.

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The collection consists of papers relating to the Frost and Boone families of Tennessee and Arkansas, particularly property and financial records. Also included are records pertaining to estates administered by Thomas Wright Frost, and records relating to the Regular Baptist Church of Washington County, Arkansas.

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The collection consists of materials pertaining to the Johnson family of Washington County, Arkansas, and to family homes (particularly the Johnson House in Johnson, Ark.) and a family business (the Johnson Mill), as well as to Johnson Baptist Church and to local politics and elections. Materials include photographs, business records, property records, autograph books, correspondence, and clippings.

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The collection consists of correspondence, photographs, property records, newspaper clippings, and other materials pertaining to Judge David Walker and the Walker family. Included are materials related to the service of David Walker and other family members in the Confederate Army during the U. S. Civil War, as well as materials related to David Walker's judicial and legal career, and to Senator James David Walker's legal and political career.