The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1907-11-07
EARLY SETTLERS OF FAULKNER
Interesting Bits of County's His
tory.
Pioneer Families of This Section Of Arkan-
sas Described by historian Shinn in
Sundays Gazette.

Last Sunday s Gazette contains
an historical sketch OF considerable
local interest, written by Historian
Josiah H. Shinn, in which the
early families OF what is now
Faulkner county are described in
an entertaining manner. The ar
ticle is one of series which in
cludes the whole state, and will
when completed probably be pub
lished in book form.
Many of the descendants Of the
families described by Mr.. Shinn
are still living in the county in
which their forefathers settled gen
erations ago. Reference is also
made in the article to the location
of the state capitol at Cadron.
Cadron, it may be explained, was
situated at the junction Of Cadron
creek and the Arkansas river, seven
miles northwest of Conway. There
was at one time a considerable
settlement at this point and large
tract was divided into town lots,
but now not vestige remains of
the one time ambitious state CAPT
tai. :"
A few extracts from Mr.. Shinn' S
article are reproduced below:
The Hardin Family.
Ioab Hardin was born in Vir-
ginia, moved to Kentucky and
then to Arkansas. He served in
the war of 1912, but was more Of a
politician than a soldier. Like his
kinsman, OLD Ben Hardin, of Ken
tucky fame, he believed it less sin
ful to fight with his tongue than
guns. He settled II Lawrence
county, Arkansas, in 1918, and at
the first election in the territory be-
gan to run for Office, trait char
acteristic Of the Hardin family, if
not of the human family. He not
only ran but was elected, and
served in the first and second Ter
ritorial legislatures.
He had not the Hardin gift of
eloquence, but was a speaker very
hard to down. He could talk we'll
on his feet without notes, being
master of human nature and we'll
acquainted with the foibles OF man
kind. He fell in with the Cadron-
ties in their efforts to make Cadron
the capital of the state, and it was
to his influence that the measure
finally carried. He owned land
not only in Lawrence county, but
also in Pulaski county in the
neighborhood of Cadron. In 1928
he moved from his Lawrence coun-
tv home down into Pulaski county,
into what is now Faulkner county,
and without any effort whatever
became the most influential man in
that part of the county. On &C
count of this influence they called
his settlement The Hardin Set
tlement of Pulaski county, - and
when townships were named the
one containing this settlement took
old Toab's surname, which name 1t
holds to this good day. When
Conway county was formed Hardin
township fell into that county, and
in 1873 was set off into Faulkner
county. The town of Conway
forms the center of the old Cadron
settlement, while the Cadron mills
were located in another settlement,
now called Matthews township.
In October, 1924, Joab Hardin
died in Hardin township, Pulaski
county, and John Lin isey Latterty,
then living in Pulaski Co. and in
same township, administered rPon
his estate. John Hardin represented
Hardin township from Conway in
1914. In this way the Hardins go
back to the beginning of things.
Abner Harold.
Another old pioneer in that part
of Pulaski which is now Faulkner
was Abner Harold. He appears
to have been Kentucky born and
to have entered the territory in
1920, locating in the neighborhood
in which he lived and died. He
was a man OF most forceful con-
victions, of splendid influence
among his neighbors and friends,
but without political aspirations.
Modest, unassuming, honest and
industrious, Abner Harold made
an impression on the neighborhood
in which he lived and was in every
respect one of the most respectable
citizens of Pulaski county.
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