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I am a professional genealogist. If you'd like to hire me you can email me at [mailto:wjhonson@aol.com wjhonson@aol.com]. Prior to 1819 there was no place called [[Arkansas]]. In the below narrative, when I say "Arkansas" for any time before 1819, I mean that area which was in 1819 created as the Arkansas Territory. Prior to 1800, Arkansas was owned by Spain. From 1800 to 1803, Arkansas was owned by France. In 1803, by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Purchase Louisiana Purchase], Arkansas and much more, was bought by the United States. In 1804, the part of Arkansas that would become Franklin County was called [[New Madrid]], in the Louisiana District of Indiana Territory. In 1805 the Louisiana District of Indiana Territory became the Louisiana Territory. In 1812, part of the Louisiana Territory was renamed the [[Missouri]] Territory. In 1813, Arkansas County was created in the Missouri Territory. In 1815, Arkansas County was divided into two parts, the upper part called Lawrence County and the lower retaining the name Arkansas County. The dividing line was the Arkansas River. So what is today Franklin County straddled both Lawrence and Arkansas, half in each. In 1817 the Cherokee Reservation, also called the Cherokee Tract was established. It covered part of what is today the Northern part of Franklin County. In 1818, the southern part of what is today Franklin County, was part of Pulaski County. In 1819 Arkansas Territory was created out of part of Missouri Territory. In 1820 Crawford County, including the area which is present-day Franklin County, was created. The first mention of *anything* in Northwest Arkansas, in the ''Arkansas Gazette'' is [http://www.arkansasties.com/Gazette/1821/August1821.htm here] where they state : "Benjamin Murphey is elected to the Legislative Council from the County of Pulaski and James Billingsley to the same branch of the General Assembly, from Crawford County. Thomas H. Tindall is elected to the House of Representatives to represent the counties of Pulaski and Crawford." In 1828 the Cherokee Tract was abolished, the Cherokee being given lands further west in what is today Oklahoma. At this point, everything that is today Franklin County, was within Crawford County. Franklin County, Arkansas was formed December 1837 by an act of the State Legislature, out of the Eastern half of Crawford County. The boundaries of Franklin County have changed only very slightly from the 1837 boundaries. ==Settlement== From a careful perusal of the [http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch/Default.asp? BLM records], I below present the list of every township, today in Franklin, and its first settlement. {| class="wikitable" |- | ! 30W ! 29W ! 28W ! 27W ! 26W ! 25W |- ! 12N | Crawford | Crawford | 1854 | 1845 | 1846 | Johnson |- ! 11N | | 1860 | 1855 | 1855 | 1855 | Johnson |- ! 10N | | 1845 | 1838 | 1836 | 1839 |- ! 9N | | 1829 | 1838 | 1845 | 1838 |- ! 8N | | 1836 | 1839 | 1838 | 1830 |- ! 7N | | 1846 | 1845 | Logan | Logan |} ==Resources== *''Franklin County, Arkansas : First County and Probate Court Minutes Book (1838-40), with an every-name index'', compiled by Will Johnson. Privately published, copyright 2005. The index to this book is [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wjhonson/FranklinARK/CountyCourtIndex.htm here]. *[[1840Franklin-Arkansas|''Annotated 1840 Census of Franklin County, Arkansas'']], (ed.) Will Johnson. Privately published, copyright 2005. *''Franklin County, Arkansas : Probate Court Minutes Book (1840-1850), with an every-name index'', compiled by Will Johnson. Privately published, copyright 2005. The index to this book is [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wjhonson/FranklinARK/ProbateCourtIndex.htm here]. *''1845 Tax List of Franklin County, Arkansas'', compiled by Will Johnson. Privately published, copyright 2005. The index to this book is [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wjhonson/FranklinARK/tax1845.htm here]. *''Probate Papers of Franklin County Arkansas (1838-1920)'', Compiled by Virginia McPhail, privately published, Copyright 2001. 286 pages. I have indexed these from 1838 to 1880 and my index is [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wjhonson/FranklinARK/ProbatePackets.htm here]. *''Marriages of Franklin County, Arkansas 1850-1916'', Copied by Virginia McPhail. [Privately published] [n.d.]. 236 pages plus unnumbered index *''Arkansas Newspaper Abstracts 1819-1845'', by James Logan Morgan, c1981. Reprinted by Arkansas Research of Conway, 1992. Four volumes combined of 98, 73, 73, and 78 pages, includes volume indexes. *''Franklin County, Arkansas Cemeteries : North of the Arkansas River'', Sue Clark and Virginia McPhail, Copyright 1995, privately published. 332 Pages with index. ==Sources== *[http://www.myarkansasgenealogy.com/ar_maps/ar_cf.htm County Formation Map for Arkansas] at the MyArkansasGenealogy website ==See also== *[[Franklin County, Arkansas Cemeteries]] *[[Franklin County, Arkansas Loose Probate]] *[[1860Franklin-Arkansas-pg59|1860 Census of Franklin County, Arkansas page 59]] *[[Goodspeed's_Bios_(Franklin_County,_AR)|Goodspeed's Bios for Franklin County, Arkansas]] ==External links== *[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wjhonson/FranklinCountyArkansas.htm Resources at the Franklin County, Arkansas Genealogical Society] [[Category:Franklin County, Arkansas]] [[Category:US Counties]]
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