Bradley County, named for Captain Hugh Bradley first Territorial Representative, is located in south central Arkansas. This material was originally published by Goodspeed Publishing in the late 1800's and this reprint contains memoirs and biographies of the early pioneers. Because the information was compiled by the referenced family, it should be very accurate and detailed. This volume also contains a brief history of the county as it developed up to the time this volume was written in the 1880s.
Example Daniel W. McClain is the owner of an estate comprising 901 acres, with 200 acres under fence, and in addition to looking after his farm is engaged in ginning cotton for his neighbors, hiis fine steam cotton gin being erected in 1887 at a cost of $1200, it having a capacity of about six bales per day and thirty per week. Mr. McClain was born in York County, S.C., May 31, 1850, his father, A. D. McCalin, having also been born there in 1814, and so was his mother, Margaret Muskelly, in 1815. ...etc..
Surnames Included in this Publication ABERNATHY, ADAMS, ADKINS, AGNEW, AINSWORTH, AKAINS, ALLIS, ARNETT, AXTON
BAILEY, BAKER, BALFOUR, BARKER, BARNETT, BARRINGER, BARROWS, BARRY, BARTLETT, BARTON, BAXTER, BEARD, BEARDSLEY, BEASLEY, BELAN, BELL, BENTLEY, BERLIN, BERRY, BINNS, BLACK, BLANKENSHIP, BOCAGE, BOND, BRADLEY, BRADY, BRAGG, BRANTLEY, BROOKS, BROUGHTON, BROWER, BROWN, BURBAZE, BURBRIDGE, BURNETT
CABEEN, CALDWELL, CALEEN, CALLAWAY, CAMMACK, CAMPBELL, CAPLINGTON, CARCROFT, CARROLL, CASTNER, CATHEY, CHANDLER, CHILDS, CHISHOLM, CHOTE, CLARK, CLARY, CLAYTON, COKER, COLBATH, COLEMAN, COLLINS, CORNISH, COWARD, COX, CRAM, CRANE, CRAWFORD, CREED, CULBUTH
DALES, DANIEL, DAVIS, DENSON, DENXON, DILL, DIXON, DOBSON, DORRIS, DOUDY, DRAKE, DRUMMOND, DUNN
EDERINGTON, EDMONDS, EDWARDS, ELDRINGTON, ENGLAND, ETHRIDGE, EVANS
FAGAN, FERRELL, FERRILL, FIELD, FIKE, FORREST, FOWLER, FRANKLIN, FRASER, FRAZIER, FRENCH, FULLER
GANNAWAY, GARDNER, GARISON, GARRISON, GILL, GILLIS, GLASGOW, GODDEN, GODFREY, GOOCH, GORDON, GOULD, GRACE, GRANT, GRAY, GRIFFITH, GRISSOM, GROSE, GROSS
HAGAN, HAIRSTON, HALE, HALEY, HALL, HAMILTON, HAMPTON, HANDLY, HARISTAN, HARRISON, HASKELL, HAVIS, HAWKINS, HAWLEY, HAY, HAYLE, HENDERSON, HERRING, HICKMAN, HICKS, HILEY, HOLLOWAY, HOLMES, HOWARD, HOWSTON, HOYLE, HUDSPETH, HUGHEY, HURSTON
IVY
JACKSON, JOHNSON, JOHNSTON, JOLLY, JONES, JOYCE
KEMP, KING, KOONCE
LANGSTON, LEE, LEISTER, LEPHIEU, LEWIS, LIGHTFOOT, LINCOLN, LOUERY, LUCATUN, LYTHE
McALLISTER, McCAMMON, McCLAIN, McCLENDON, McCORMICK, McCULLOUGH, McDANIEL, McFADDEN, McGEHEE, McGUIRE, McKINNEY, McKINNIE, McLAUGHLIN, McLEAN, McLEOD, McTAMMON, McWILLIAMS, MACK, MACKIN, MARKHAM, MARKS, MARONEY, MARTIN, MEEK, MERRITT, MERRIWEATHER, MERRIWETHER, MILLER, MINKERT, MONTROSE, MOORE, MORELAND, MORRIS, MORROW, MORSE, MORSWORTHY, MORTON, MOSELEY, MOSELY, MOSLEY, MURPHY, MURRAY, MUSKELLY
NEAL, NEELEY, NEELY, NELSON
O'SHIELDS, OSMENT, OWEN, OWENS, OZMEND
PAGE, PARKER, PARROTT, PENNINGTON, PIERCE, PIRTLE, POPE, POWERS, PRICE, PRIGMORE
QUIMBY
RAMSEY, RAWLS, RAY, REAVES, REEVES, REYNOLDS, RICHARDS, RICHARDSON, RIDGWELL, RITCHEY, ROANE, ROBERTS, ROBERTSON, ROGERS, ROWELL, RUCKER, RUSSELL
ST. JOHN, SAUNDERS, SCARBOROUGH, SCARBOUGH, SCOBEY, SEAY, SHADWICK, SHARP, SHOURET, SIMMILL, SIMPSON, SINGER, SLAUGHTER, SLEMMONS, SMITH, SORRELS, SPENCIL, SPLAWN, STARR, STEPHENS, STOLLINGS, STONE, STRINGFELLOW, STROOP, STURGIS, SUMMAY, SUTTON, SWEENEY
TEMPEST, TEMPLE, TETTS, THOMAS, THORNTON, THURMAN, TIDWELL, TINDALL, TOUCHSTONE, TURNER
URQUHART
VAN VALKENBURG, VAN VALKENBURGH, VEAZEY
WADE, WALDRUFF, WALKER, WALL, WALPOOL, WARDLOW, WATERS, WATSON, WEBB, WEIR, WEISS, WELLS, WHEAT, WHEELER, WHELESS, WHITE, WHITESIDE, WILFONG, WILLIAMS, WISE, WOOD, WOOLDRIDGE, WOOLY, WORD
YORK, YOUNG