Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-06-01
A meeting to Establish a New County

Pursuant to public notice given, meeting was held at R. 5. Fears store, in the east end of Conway county, Ark, on Saturday. the 8th day of May, 1858, composed of citizens of Conway, White, Van Buren, Prairie and Pu- laskl counties. There being quite number of l cltlzens present, and at one o'clock, P. M.. on motion of pr. G. W. Sherman, the meeting was called to order, by appointing Mr. Jas. l.. Castleman, of White county, chairman, and MT. J h. Bell, of Conway county, secretary of the l meeting. When the chair rose, and in few words explained the object of the meeting as follows, to-wit:
 lst Owing to the amount of surplus territory belonging to each of the above counties. to-wit: Conway, 15O; White, 235; Van Buren. 342: Prairie, 18O; and Pulaski, 2ll square miles of surplus territory, (beiny an area over and above the constitutional limits of each of the above named counties,) of HOS square miles. I'd. And owing to the now already densely populated, and still rapid increase of population upnn this surplus territory
 3d And owing to the very great distance which they live from their respective county seats, and the many harlships and difficulties which they have in getting there makes it necessary to form new county.
 Whereupon the Hon. yohp T. Hamilton, the democratic nominee for Representative in Con way county, being called upon to address the meeting and give his views relttive to the con template new county, rose and expressed him. self Tn favor of new county and at some length addressed the meeting upon the pro- pnety of forming new county, upon which the chair appointed Messrs. R. s. Fears Dr. G W. Sherman, Dr. E. L. Williams, Dr. David Lewis, F. K. Brown, esq; Wm. B. Hendrickson. Anderson Atkinson, James R. Elliott and Vol- entlne Hill, as committee to draft petition memoriallzlng the next Legislature of this State tor new county to be composed out of the above named counties, to-wit: Conway, White Van Buren, Prairie and Pulaski, when said con- mittee retired, and n a few moments returned and deslred further time necessary to draw up the petition, etc, and upon motion, it is ordered that sad committee meet at this place on Mon- dar, the 17th inst, and report their proceedings, and copy of the petition, when drawn up, be Forwarded to the Hon. J ohm J. Hamilton, Spring field, one to Benj. Isbell, Searcy, one to Dr. M'Rae, West Point, and one to Lanny Herrod. in Prairie county, and as soon as practicable after the meeting of said committee, the said committee to cause to be advertised at the court house door of the respective counties notice of the application that will be made at the next Legislature for new county as above conten plated, as is required by law
 On motion it is ordered that public mass meeting be held at Sampson Adkinson's Bold Spring, near his residence in Conway county, on the 3d day of July, 1858, and the citizens Of adjoining counties are respectfully invited to attend.
 On motion it is ordered that copy of the proceedings of this meeting be forwarded to the Searcy Eagle for publication.
 Ordered that the meeting adjourn sine die
 J. L. CASTLEMAN, Ch'm
 J. R. BELL, Sec'y.