The Russellville Democrat., 1876-07-13
A Sketch or Her Early Days--- Her Progress anu Present
 Condition.
The Patriotism of Her Sons--- The Richness of Her SOii--- The yastHess and Value
 OT Her pinerics.
Also a Sketch of Her Towns.
PINE KNOB, Pope Go, Ark ]
 July 4th, 1876. ]
the editor of the DEMOCRAT:

| ing me to give q historical sketch of the early history and times O Pope county, with q description of lands, timber, resources, &c. is at hand. My dear Sir, 1 fee my inability to do justlce to sucl an undertaking and to form sucl a history in such readable man. uer as would likely be interesting however, I win try and pen down
 in my style and manner, leading events, circumstances, changes &c., that have trarspired in tho last 46 years. In doing so, I vii simply gl.e, to some extent, my own history, experience and ob seryation in Pope County.
 My father immigrated to the county ill the autumn of 1880, To cated at Old Dwight mission tenn 1 perarily for one year. The mis
 sionaries had year or two pre-
 viously removed to the Cherokee nation and formed what was cal
 led New Dwight. Old Dwigh, was left in the possession of A. w. Lyon, now of Batcsville, and was a neat well fixed, back woods vii. lage, with many convenient and comfortable buildings. Mr. Ly- on came to this county about the year 1928 or 1929, from the state of New Jersey. During the years of 1850 and 1881 he taught school at Dwight, and boarded a portion of his pupils, who were youths from different parts of the then territory, a few of whom are fresh in my mind: Maj. Ben Du- val, sister and cousin, of Ft. Smith Franklin Desha, of Batesyille, and our old and respected citizen, Hon. John R. II. Scott and bis brother Augustus. Mir. Lyon wss ;.n able and efficient teacher, and l think taught the first school of any consequence within tho original limits of Pope county, which extended west to the Craw- ford county line, south to the mountain dividing the waters of the Arkansas and Red rivers, east to the Conway county line, north to the top of the Boston Mountain or the divide between the waters of the Arkansas and White rivers. (Quite little State in territory. ]
 The principal inhabitants of the present limits in the vicinity of the river who were here in the year 1851, most of whom came to the county about the year of its formation the year 1928 or 1929, many of whom 1 can name: Hon. Andrew Scott, from Little Rock, John Boolingner, of St. Francis county, John J. Morse and sons, residence not known, Samuel Norris, Philadelphia, Robert Da- vidson, east Tenn, Dr, J. II. Brearly, New Jersey, Mrs. Duval, widow of Maj. Duval, Indian agent, New Hampshire, Thomas Murry, jr. Washington City, James M. Crutchficld, Middle Tenn, Robert A. Logan and sons, Mo-, Kirkbride Potts. New Jer- sey, George Carter, residence not known, several MT. Boat rights, of Mexico or Texas provinces, Daniel Gilmore, New Hampshire, Samuel K. Blythe, large family, black ana white, Sumner county, Tenn, John Will hanson, large family, black and white, three sons grown, K. T., J. l.. x D. F., Wilson Co. Tenn, and Dr. Wm. Ward, La. The settlements on Illinois Bayou above where Dover is located was the most numerous and compact in the county, and for morality and being orderly, good citizens and we'll to do, compared favor ably with tEe same number in any country, many of whom can name: Hon. Ben Langiord, and four sons-in law, to-wit: John $. Price, Thos. Gardner, R. $. Bew- ley and John Ridge, all from north Alabama; John Roland and his father, quite ar old man, and George Roland, all large families, white and black, Smith county, Tenn; Edward, John E. and Owen Williams, and Willis Hodges, all from the last named place; Rev. John Bruton and son, I think were from Miss; Rev. NJ. 1 Bewley, very old man, and Rev. James Bewley, Absalom Sinus, Those in and aoout where Dover is located Meredith 1 Webb, Murray Co. Tenn; John and Robert McCarley, Henry and | Andrews, Dr. Wear, Eze- kicl Wallace, and George Pop land, North Alabama. Inhabi- tants on big Piney, very few, to- wit; Hon. Isaac Brown, John Brown, Samuel Lcnard, N. Mad duN, Ala; two Mir Icarns and Tenn; and Gen. John Wood, $. Carolina. fhe inhabi- tants at tine time above alluded to only very few are now in the county: Kirkbride Potts, Wm. Logan, Dr. J. II. Brierly, Mrs. Harrist Williamson, Rev. John Bewly, k. s. Bewly, A. Bewly, B. Bewley, Nathan Roland, John