Below is the index to the 1881 Van Buren Press book I recently completed. The number out beside the individual or item indicates what page number this can be located on. This index can serve as a tool to let you know what year your ancestor's name appeared in the local Crawford County, Arkansas Newspaper, the Van Buren Press: A A Mother Murders Her Own Babe to Hide Her Shame 19 A Vacaro & Co. 18 A VAN BUREN GIRL MARRIED AT LAS VEGAS 35 Academy at Tishmingo 44 Adair, Rufus B 46 Adair, Y B 33 Adams, Frank 27, 29 Adams, Major J D 43 Adams, Major John D 56 Adams, Miss Mary 35 Adams, Miss Mollie 35 Adams, Mrs. Catherine 56 Adams, Sam 56 Addis, J R 9 Alexander, W J 51 Allen, Henry 42, 43 Allen, J T 12 Alma Independent 32 Alvis, Robert 27 Anderson, Captain H S 14 Anderson, Rev. Mr. 53 Arkabauer, Ed 51 Arkansas Intelligencer 1 ARKANSAS NORTHERN NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD 36 ARKANSAS NORTHERN RAILROAD 13 Arkloe 36 Austin, A 18 Austin, Andrew 18 Austin, James L 8 Ayers, Jake T 15 B Baker Hollow 39 Baker, Miss Tilly 15 Baldwin, Captain Jeff 27, 33 Banks, Payton 25 Barnes, James C 51 Barnes, L C 45 Baties Prairie 39 Baxter Springs 40 Bean,Cazar 19 Beavers, Rev. B F 6 Belle Grove Public School 56 Benson, Miss Sallie 2 Benton County 64 Benton Hollow 39 Bentonville 13 Bernett, B 17 Beven, Samuel 23 BILL PASSES AUTHORIZING THE RIGHT OF WAY TO THE 'FRISCO ROAD THROUGH THE NATION 60 Billy the Kid 42 Black Oak Grove 51 Black, James 51 Black, W T 27 Bland, Fayette 64 Bland, Jack 4 Bland, W R L 64 Bledsoe, Sol 54 Bloomfield 39 Blunt, General James G 44 Boatright, Jesse 51 Boling, W R 16 Bolling, W R 12 Bolten, Sherrod 12 Boone, Elizabeth 44 Boone, Scion C 44 Boonsboro 13, 38 Bostick House 3 Boston Mountain 37 Boston, John R 58 Boudinot Hotel 42 Boudinot, E C 43 Boudinot, Major 63 Bourland, A M 27 Bourland, Dr. 10 Bourland, Dr. A M 20, 64 Bourland, E L 64 Bourland, Mrs. Mary 64 Bourland, O 27 Bourland, T Dick 51 Bowen, Levi 50 Bowen, Major T M 14 Bowlin, Captain Jim 8 Bowlin, Captain William 64 Bowlin, Noble 17, 57 Bowlin, Wm 17, 23 Boyd, Harrison 17 Bradbury, William 47 Bradford, John 51 Bragg, L L 12, 16 Bratton, J M 23 Brewer, Barnett 2 Brimage, John 47 Britton, Captain W A 8, 44 Britton, Miss Ella 15 Britton, Miss Mary 15 Britton, W A 7 Brodie, Captain D W 57 Brodie, David 51 Brodie, John 29 Brodie, John S 5, 22 Brooks, H F 31 Brooks, W H 22 Broom Factory 5 Brown & Brown 9 Brown, C F 27 Brown, Colonel J M 67 Brown, J M, Jr. 67 Brown, Judge 4 Brown, Lillian 28 Bryant, Lewis 7 Bull, Charles O 54 Bullock, J B P 26 Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress 7 Bushmire Ford 47 Bushmire, Fred 52 Bushmire, Thomas 53 Bushong, J S 27 Busse, Earnest 65 Byars, L B 12, 16 Byers, Miss Bettie 4 Byers, W H 4, 51 C Cain, J W 12 Calcoat, Nick 52 Caldwell, Alexander 9 Callahan, Joshua 45 Cambridge, Clay County, Texas 56 Camel, Mrs. George 27 Cane Hill 13, 38 Cane Hill College 48 Canton, William 65 Capps, Columbus 21, 25 Capps, Lum 19, 20 Carney, Miss Julia 4 Carroll County 47 Carson, Robert 26 Casey, William 47 Cathey, Dr. 2, 4, 7 Cathey, Dr. W L 64 Cedar Creek 6 Cedar Creek Township 8 Cedarville 3, 7, 19, 46, 64 CEDARVILLE ITEM GRABBER 34 Chambliss, Jesse M 51 Chapin, J C 2, 21 Chapin, Justice 11, 19, 34, 65 Chapman, Captin Levi 57 Chapman, Levi 23 Cherokee Advocate 33, 63, 67 Cherokee City 39 Cherokee Nation 9, 39, 41, 46, 61 Cherokee National Council 15 Chickasaw Nation 11, 46 Chief of Indian Police 58 Choctaw Nation 15, 42, 46, 60 Churchill, Governor Thomas J 50 Churchill, T J 50 Churchill, Thomas J 50 Clarke, George W 1 Clegg, Joseph 19 Clegg, Maud 18 Clegg, Miss Maud 62 Clegg, Miss Maude 47 Cobb, Charles 27 Coggs, Tandy 23 Coil, Henry 56 Coil, Syrenie 18 Colbert Station 58 Coleman, Jesse 33 Colonel Yell's Regiment 52 Comstock, Monroe 52 Comstock, Thomas 12, 16, 26 Cook County, Texas 42 Coon Hollow 39 Coors, Henry C 35 Coors, Will 56 Coors, Wills 43 Cordingly, Tom 56 Cornelius, Morehead 10 Cornelius, N F 10, 13, 28, 33, 57 Cornelius' Store 3 Cottrell, Jack 59 Cottrell, Sam C 12, 16 COURT HOUSE BURNED 45 Cove City 6, 9, 14, 15, 37, 64 Cove City Township 6 Cove Creek 37 Covington, Dow 32 Cox, Madison 10 Cravens, George W 5 Crawford, Major John Brown 67 Creek Indians 32 Creek Nation 32 Creekmore, H G 18 Cross-Lane's School 7 Cross-Road Schoolhouse 5 D Daugherty, S D 51 Daugherty, Sam 21 Davenport, W A B 12, 16 Davis, W H 17 Davis, W S 17 Dean, J M 11, 47, 58 Dean, James M 12 Dean, Matthew 7 Dean, Pink 61, 64 Decherd, Ben 12, 17 Decherd, Dr. 6 Decherd, E C 6 Dell, Colonel 49 Dell, Miss Annie 45 Denckla, Colonel 66 Denckla, Wm P 66 Deputy Marshal Pettigrew 42 Devil's Home 30 Devil's Mountain 30 Dibrell, Dr. J A 20 Dibrell, J A 27 Dickenson, W L 55 Dickson, John 52 Dill, Hank 29 Dill, Miss Mollie 15 Divelbliss' Store 16 Dobbs, Sam 51 Dobbs, William 67 Drake, John 3 Drewery, M W 12 Drewrey, M W 17 Dripping Springs 48 Duncan, John 61 Duncan, Mr. 61 Dunham, J S 13 Dunham, J Starr 62 Dunham, Mary C 62 Dunham, Miss Mamie Starr 62 DuQuoin County, Illinois 56 Dutch Town 38 Dyer, George E 22 Dyer, Henry 17 Dyer, Stephen 51 E Eastman, Rev. J C 35 Echols, Obadiah (Professor) 34 Edmondson & Co.'s Store 56 Eiffert, Henry 42 Elevator Saloon 53 Elkins, J K 2 Emery, Cal 32, 33 English, A J 21 Eno, Miss Clara B 7 Eppstien, Mrs. Maria Jefferson 53 Erby, James 40 Evans, Frank 21 Evans, Joe 27 Evansville 8, 38, 46 F Faber, Mrs. 43 Fagan, General J F 57 Fagan, Major 14 Farrar, Frank 55 Farris, Frank 31, 34 Fayetteville Blade 62 Fayetteville Democrat 27 Fayetteville Sentinel 45 Fears, William 46 Federal Army 44 Federal Troops 4 FERN SPRINGS 30 Fielder, Mrs. I L 62 Fine, Walter 51 Fine, Watt 12 Fish, David 60 Fisher, E L 22 Fleming, S M 12 Flinn, Hugh 8, 23 Flint Creek 39 Flint District 33 Flint Hills 39 Ford, Boaz 10 Ford, James 13 Foreman, Rev. Stephen 67 Fort Gibson 9, 11, 63 Fort Smith Herald 61, 63 Fort Smith Independent 41 Foster, Josiah 58 Foster, Mrs. 36 Foster, Sandford 51 Foster, Tom 57, 61 Fowler, W H 47 Frields, Wm 64 Frisco Railroad 16 Frisco Railroad Company 59 Frog Bayou 10, 47 FROM IRELAND DIRECT 41 Ft. Gibson 43 Fundenburg, Miss Mary 30 G Gainsville, Texas 46 Galt, California 59 Gardner, John 66 Garrison, M Z 11 Gaylor, Reuben 23 Gear, Harris 19 Geer, James 21 General Fagan's Company 52 Giles County, Tennessee 54 Glass, Robert S 51 Good, Mr. 65 Goode, Granville 46 Graham, Alexander 23 Green, George 50 Green, Robert R 27 Greig, James 8, 23 Griffith, Granville 2 Grimes County, Texas 45 Gross, George 55 Gross, Mrs. Lotta 55 H Haines, H G 16 Ham, E D 4 Hamlin, Isaac 48, 53 Hamlin, William 48 Hammack, Dr. H D 57 Hansen, Colonel Joe 44 Hansen, Colonel Joseph 11 Hansen, Joe 46 Hansen, Joseph 11, 13 Hansen, Major Joseph 11, 26 Hanson, Joseph 33 Hanson, Mr. Joseph 6 Happy Hollow 37 Hargrave, John 40 Hargrove, John 39 Harkins, John R 47 Harris, Captain Reuben L 42 Harris, J F 51 Harris, Miss Luda 5 Harrison, Dr. 18 Harrison, J G 47 Harshaw, George 5 Harshaw, John 18 Harshaw, William 51 Harvey, C F 67 Hassett, Ed 51 Hawkins, Captain J D 11, 62 Hawkins, Wm H 17 Hayden, Walt 21 Hayman, H C 51 Hayman's Mill 46 Haynes, H G 12 Hays, A Y 59 Hays, Caroline 23 Hays, Sam 6 Hays, Samuel C 23 Heard, Allen C 15 Heard, James 51 Henderson, Elzy 51 Hicksville, California 59 Higgenbottom, G A 12, 16 Hindman, General 60 Hindman, Miss Susie 60 Hines, Captain R W 54 Hines, R S 13 Hinkle, James 10 Hinkle, Jim 45 Hinkle, John 10, 48, 51 Hinkle, Miss Henrietta 10 Hocket, B V 2 Hodges, Ben 12, 16 Hoffstatter, Camille 5 Hollis, Kate 18, 23 Hollowell, J T 12, 16 Holt, George 32 Honey Creek 39 Hood, Albert 61, 65 HORRIBLE CRIME 19 Horsehead Creek Station 28 Horton, Parilee 22 Howard, Jack 51 Howel, Henry Sr. 26 Howell, A B 53 Howell, Amasa B 52 Howell, Andrew 12 Howell, Miss Kate 18 Howell, Mr. 52 Howell, Phil 18 Huckleberry, J H 7, 13, 40 Hunnigan, Rufus 23 Huntsville Record 48 Huron, Edward E 5 Huron, Mrs. Jane 5 Hurricane Fork 30 Hurst, Major Mark 65 Hurst, Mr. 65 Hurst, Wm 62 Hynes, R S 40 I Ibbotson, Robert 12, 16 Illinois Township, Washington County 45 Indian Country 48, 66, 67 Indian Nation 8 Indian Territory 35, 44, 58, 59, 63 INDIAN TROUBLES 43 Irby, James 50 Iron Mountain Railroad 7 J Jackson, John 51 James, J D 11 Jamison, Miss 35 Jaques, Joseph A 12 Jasper Township 59 Jefferson, Thomas 53 Jennings, John 12 Johns, Parson 3 Johns, Unknown 7 Johnson, C C 12, 16 Johnson, John 12, 16 Johnson, Lum 30, 35 Johnson, Miss Emma 62 Johnson, Wm 56 Jones, Charles 21 Jones, N S 25 Judge Parker 35 K Keefer, Thomas 44 Keets, Elizabeth 32 Keller, Mary E 22 Kelley, Willis 51 Kelly, Miss Lucy H 56 Kennedy, Miss Bertie 42 Kennedy, Rev. Mr. 42 Kerns, J M 48 Kibler, H L 12 Kibler, Harry 19 Kibler, Mrs. Laura 19 Kibler, Ollie 19 Kibly, John 28 Kimball, Mrs. 42 Kimbrough, J A 9 Kimes, F M 15 Kimes, Hiram 12, 16 Kimes, J M 12, 16 KIMES' COTTON PLANTER 15 King, Tom 9 Kirk Bros' Saw Mill 40 Fran Alverson Warren e-mail: [email protected] 501-369-2703