(The information below is an excerpt, transcribed from BIOGRAPHICAL & HISTORICAL MEMOIRS OF SOUTHERN ARKANSAS. The Goodspeed Publishing Co. Chicago, Nashville & St. Louis. 1890. Other items from this book will be included from time to time in future messages. They should be of interest to those of us who have roots in Desha County.--LR) The officers of Desha County, since its organization, have been as follows: County and Probate Judges J. R. Morris, 1838-40 L. V. R. Ryan, 1840-42 J. Wilkinson, 1842-46 S. H. Davis, 1840-48 R. L. Mayson, 1848-52 W. R. Anderson, 1852-56, 1858-60 G. B. Watson, 1856-58, 1860-62 E. Randolph, 1862 to Jan. 1, 1865 Robert C. Mayson, Jan. 1, 1865, to 1866 John Hyde, 1866-72 W. B. Peterson, 1874-76, 1878-82, 1884-89 J. P. Clayton, 1876-78 B. F. Merritt, 1882-84 J. P. Jones, 1889-90 Clerks G. B. Watson, Jr., 1838-40 G. B. Watson, 1840-42 W. F. Berry, 1842-44 D. G. W. Leavitt, 1844-46 D. Ripley, 1846-48 W. A. Doherty, 1848-52 John Davis, 1852-54 J. P. Clayton, 1854-60 J. D. Murphy, 1860-62 I. M. Murphy, 1862-64 James Murphy, 1864-72 R. E. Doran, 1872-74 J. W. Grayson, 1874-76 J. P. Jones, 1876-86 H. Thane, 1886-90 This official is ex officio clerk of the county and probate courts and recorder. Sheriffs A. C. Jamison, 1838-40 H. C. Hinton, 1840-42 G. Cooper, 1842-50 E. Randolph, 1850-54 G. E. Mayson, 1854-58 J. V. Jacobs, 1858-60 S. C. Clayton, 1860-62 S. T. Howill, 1862-66 V. R. Ryan, 1866-68 A. A. Eddington, 1868 to May 3, 1873 W. W. Granger, May 3, 1873 to 1874 J. P. Jones, 1874-76 I. Bankston, 1876 to January 11, 1884 Jacob S. Ross, January 11, 1884 to February 11, 1884 S. W. Lowman, from February 11, 1884 M. W. Quilling, 1884-86 John G. Warfield, 1886-90 Treasurers William Sexton, 1838-50 C. Stroud, 1850-54 J. R. Chiles, 1854-56, 1880-84 J. L. Martin, 1856-60 B. B. Brett, 1860-62 S. C. Clayton, 1862-64 Thomas Scott, 1864-72 D. McGrath, 1872-74 E. Mills, 1874 to July 10, 1875, when J. R. Chiles was elected E. K. Eddington, 1876-80 R. W. Smith, 1884-88 J. S. Johnson, 1888-90 Coroners Rufus Mixture, 1838-40 E. Cheatham, 1840-42 L. J. Boyd, 1842-44 W. Wooley, 1844-46 W. Hodges, 1846-48 A. J. Cook, 1848-50 G. W. Knight, 1850-52 J. D. Turner, 1852-54 William Durr, 1854-56 D. F. Eddington, 1856-58 J. Simplins, 1858-60 T, McKallister, 1860-62, 1866-68 J. Hibbard, 1862 to Jan. 1866 P. M. Gilroy, 1868 to May, 1870 D. Alexander, Jr., May 1870-74 A. Jackson, 1874-76 Judge Hole, 1876-78 J. R. Chiles, 1878-80 J. H. Wellington, 1880-82 R. Dedman, 1882-84 J. C. Crenshaw, 1884-86 J. B. Amburn, 1886-90 Surveyors G. Cooper, 1838-40 L. B. Dickson, 1840-42 L. V. R. Ryan, 1842-46 G. W. Stokes, 1846-52 D. C. Weire, 1852-54 D. D. Weire, 1854-62 William Gardner, 1862-68 A. K. Moore, 1868-72 W. B. Dumas, 1872-74, 1880-82, 1884-86 W. N. Blockwell, 1874-78 H. E. Drake, 1878-80 Ben McGehee, 1882-84 C. C. Clayton, 1886-90 Assessors J. W. McThuston, 1862-64 J. T. Porter, 1864-66 W. A. Watkins, 1866-68 D. J. Murphy, 1868-72 P. Mitchell, 1872-74 L. Hunter, 1874-76 George Wilson, 1876-78 S. Williams, 1878-82 Acklin Patterson, 1882-84 Ed C. Wiliams, 1884-86 G. W. Grammar, 1886-88 Ed Gardner, 1888-90