Posted on: Jackson Co. Ar Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ar/Jackson/275 Surname: Jones, Johnson ------------------------- Searching for any and all information n Swifton, Jackson County, Arkansas. My father, grandparents and great grand parents all lived in Swifton. There names were William Esber Jones, Merle Jones Johnson, James Richard Jones (my father) and James Luby and Bessie Johnson. My grandmother ran the Swifton Drug Store for years until she retired. My grandfather was a chevrolet mechanic at Cheek's Chevrolet. I am searching for stories from Swifton about life in the early 1900's to the late 1900's. I am also searching for any pictures that might be available that might show life around the Swifton area, including the people that lived there. Any response to this email would be very much appreciated. Jim Jones

Hi Jim, You're in luck and not in luck at the same time. The good news: In 1973, a good-size book (maybe 100 pages?) was put together for the celebration of Swifton's centennial (1873-1973). This book includes sketches of the people and major events in Swifton's history, and a good number of pictures of families and buildings in Swifton. It includes everything you asked for in your note! The bad news: Finding a copy. I don't know who put the book together, since there are no credits inside. There is a copy at the Jackson County library in Newport, where I looked through the book today. Moreover, I don't know if the pictures from the book would reproduce well in photocopies. Another source of pictures from Jackson County is the book "Reflections: A Pictorial History of Jackson County" published by the Newport Daily Independent newspaper in 1996, I believe. Like the first book, it's at the Jackson County library, and the newspaper is sold out of the book. Mark Williamson ARJACKSO listkeeper [email protected] (-- I posted this to the ARJACKSO list, instead of to the query board, because I know that Jim has subscribed to the list, and because it's a wordy answer. -- Mark) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Jones" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 12:02 PM Subject: [ARJACKSO] Swifton > Posted on: Jackson Co. Ar Queries > Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ar/Jackson/275 > > Surname: Jones, Johnson > ------------------------- > > Searching for any and all information n Swifton, Jackson County, Arkansas. > My father, grandparents and great grand parents all lived in Swifton. There > names were William Esber Jones, Merle Jones Johnson, James Richard Jones > (my father) and James Luby and Bessie Johnson. My grandmother ran the Swifton > Drug Store for years until she retired. My grandfather was a chevrolet > mechanic at Cheek's Chevrolet. > > I am searching for stories from Swifton about life in the early 1900's > to the late 1900's. I am also searching for any pictures that might be > available that might show life around the Swifton area, including the people > that lived there. Any response to this email would be very much appreciated. > > Jim Jones > > > > ============================== > Search more than 150 million free records at RootsWeb! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/ >