The log cabin Democrat., 1910-04-12
An Act Passed by General Assembly April 12, 1873, Created the County A Bit of History That Might Be Interesting to Readers of The Log Cabin Democrat John Standlee First Set
 tier in the Year 1778.

Today, April 12, is the thirty-sev- enth anniversary of the creation of Faulkner county, the county having been formed by an act of the general assembly of Arkansas, which became law on April 12, 1873. Although no celebration of this important event is being held, and the county's birth day would probably otherwise pass unnoticed, the Log Cabin Democrat believes that short sketch of the early history of the county will be of interest to it's readers.
 It may not be generally known, but it is nevertheless a fact, that the pres ent territory in the boundaries of Faulkner county once included the site of the county seat of Pulaski county, which carried with it the cap ital of the territory of Arkansas. When, in 1919, it was decided to re- move the territorial capital from Ar kansas Post, Arkansas county, to Pu- laski county, the commi ssioners ap- pointed to locate a county seat for Pulaski county, selected site at the junction of Cadron creek and the Ar kansas river, about seven miles west of Conway, and the almost exact geo. graphical center of the state. A town ..+ l,, T 1D ,atp pl lot nf which is still on record, and Cad ron'' seemed destined to become great city. Much dissatisfaction, however, followed the selection of this site, and two years later the capital was removed to Little Rock.
 Faulkner county was organized in accordance of the act passed by the state legislature, April F, l-a The act provided that all that port n of the counties of Conway and Pulaski included within the following bound aries: Beginning at the point where the township line dividing townships 3 and 1 crosses the Arkansas river, and running east with said line to rang dividing ranges 10 and II west; thence north with said range line to township line dividing town ships and north; thence west with said line to the section line dividing sections and 4, township 8, range II west; thence south with said line to the North Fork of Cadron Creek; ; thence with the meanderngs follow ing the middle of the channel of said creek, to the middle of the Arkansas river; thence with said river to the place of the beginning" should be formed into a separate and distinct county to be called and known by the name of Faulkner (named after San dy Faulkner, the original Arkansas Traveler'). However, part of this original survey was detached by an act of the general assembly, Decem- Der ', 1875, which provided that all of township north, range II west, should be attached to Pulaski county. and that all the portion of township 3 north, ranges 13 and fl west, lying in the fork of and between the Ar kansas river and Palarm creek should be detached from Pulaski and attach ed to Faulkner county.
 In the first act passed by the legis- lature a provision was made whereby A. D. Thomas, A. F. Livingston and U. F. Comstock were appointed com- missoners to locate the seat of jus tice, procure title of the seat there of, to lay out town, and sell the lots and make deeds of conveyance to individual purchasers, and to ap- propriate the proceeds arising from the sale of such lots for the erection of county court house and necessary public buildings. This act also pro- vided that the temporary seat of jus tice should be established at Conway station, and that the governor should appoint county officers, who were to hold their positions until the next general election.
 At this time the county courts of the state of Arkansas were composed of board of supervisors for each county and after the officers had been appointed by Governor Elisha Baxter
 E. L. Allen, M. R. Sevier and A. J Horton, members of the board of commissioners, met at Conway May
 5, 1873, and organized their court by
 taking the oath of office as prescrib-
 ed by ~faw, and electing E. L. Aller
 president of the board. At this meet
 ing c. H. Lander, clerk, and Bentor
 Turner, sheriff, were present in theil official capacity, and the first court