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If you know of any others books that are published for Sharp County that are not listed...please email me Gary Wiles

ASH FLAT HISTORICAL SOCIETY

There is new book on the history of Ash Flat that was published in January, 1999, containing 724 pages. Price is $65.00 plus postage and handling. Send to Ash Flat Historical Society, Box 100, Ash Flat, Arkansas, 72513 or call Nancy Orr at 870 994-7325.


HISTORY OF CAVE CITY


SHARP COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

These books maybe purchased from the
Sharp County Historical Society, PO Box 185, Ash Flat, Ar. 72513

Published Books
History of Wirth
History of Calamine
Yesterday's Williford
The One-Room Schools of Sharp County
History of Sidney and it's Schools
History of Liberty Hill and King's Mill
History of the Armstrong Community
Early History of Evening Shade and Sharp County, by Caruth Shaver Moore
The Hardy History, by The Hardy Timely Club
History of Center
History of Armstrong
History of Hilltop
A History of the Corinth United Methodist Church in Sharp County


"The Rush Family History"


The family history begins with Abraham Rush, Senior (born abt 1752), who immigrated to South Carolina about 1740. His descendants are well documented with: Census Records, Land Deeds, Estate Records, Church/Bible/Cemetery Records, Newspaper Articles, Military Records, County History Books, Who's Who of America and oral family history. Abraham had 10 documented grandchildren and the book contains the pictures of two of his grandsons: Rev. Leonard Rush and Carroll Bailey Rush (who's son, Alexander Walker Rush settled in Sharp County, Arkansas). All total there are 145 pictures dating from 1862-1950's of Abraham's descendants. There are 65 pages of family names who are cross indexed. Other surnames in the family are: Posey, Buchanan, Jenkins, Callahan, Benson, Belk, Goodroe, Powell, Taylor and Lee. The book is 5 x 7 hardback, with over 500 pages. There are about 60 books still available at $40.00 each, including shipping. To order send an Email to:
by Phoebe Lee Davis Finks



These books may be purchased from:
Joyce Hambleton Whitten
762 County Road 502
Monette, AR 72447-9113

Published Books
1870 Census .... $11.75 postpaid
1880 Census .... $20.80 postpaid
Marriages ......... $36.75 postpaid (1880-1910) Includes ages, residence, consent when given, bondsman, minister/JP, original book & page
1860 Census Lawrence Co. AR ... $18.75 postpaid
3 Sharp Co. books for $63.00 postpaid
Order all 4 .... $80.00 postpaid


These books may be purchased from Desmond Walls Allen through:

Arkansas Research
PO Box 303
Conway, AR 72033


Abstracts from the Sharp County Record Newspaper:
Published in Evening Shade, Arkansas,
1890-1891

By Desmond Walls Allen
ISBN 1-56546-189-4, 104 pages, $19.00
Ready for more good stuff from the newspaper? Click on the index link and look for your folks. This book covers all the extant issues for 1890 and 1891. It's in the same format as the book listed below.


Abstracts from the Sharp County Record Newspaper:
Published in Evening Shade, Arkansas,
1885-1888

By Desmond Walls Allen
ISBN 1-56546-174-6, 119 pages, $20.00

This book contains abstracts from the Sharp County Record newspaper published at Evening Shade, Arkansas, from February 12, 1885, through November 22, 1888. A complete index follows the abstracts. This book doesn’t contain all the information printed in the newspaper. It just contains the material of interest to genealogists — news about accidents, advertisements, anecdotes, animals, announcements, births, businesses, churches, court verdicts, crimes, crops, deaths, divorces, estray ads, fires, fraternal events, funerals, gossip, illnesses, indictments, jury lists, land office notices, marriages, migrations, moves, mules, natural disasters, obituaries, political news, preachers, probate court notices, railroads, roads, rumors, sales, schools, society events, subscription lists, teachers’ meetings, vacations, visitors, warning orders, and any other item that might give a genealogist an idea about what was going on in the community.

Index to the Sharp County Record Newspaper,
Evening Shade, Arkansas 1877-1883

By Desmond Walls Allen
ISBN 0-941765-09-1, 113 pages, $20.00
Births, deaths, murders, suicides, accidents, marriages, land redemptions, stray notices, court dockets, religious meetings, school news, social events, fights, visits, trips, and gossip - 7,161 names - are included. The newspaper covered Sharp, Izard, Fulton, Randolph, Lawrence, Jackson, Independence, Stone & Baxter Counties. Entries list name, newspaper issue, article title and a brief summary.

Census View (actual census on CD-ROM)
1870 Sharp Co., AR
The URL is http://www.censusview.org
Email: censusview@censusview.org

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Gary Wiles
Baltimore, Maryland