OLD BELFAST ARKANSAS
PIONEER MONUMENT
Erected in 1974
PIONEER MONUMENT
Erected in 1974
(On Front of Monument)
OLD BELFAST |
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ON THIS SITE STOOD THE PIONEER VILLAGE OF BELFAST, SETTLED
ABOUT THE YEAR 1850 WHILE THIS AREA WAS A PART OF SALINE COUNTY. BELFAST WAS A STAGE STOP ON THE ROAD FROM CAMDEN TO LITTLE ROCK. ALONG THE ROAD THE RETREATING FEDERAL ARMY PASSED IN 1864 FOLLOWING THE BATTLE OF JENKINS FERRY. |
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BELFAST SALINE COUNTY
ESTABLISHED ON MARCH 25, 1854 ... DISCONTINUED ON JUNE 22, 1866 |
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POSTMASTERS
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| JOHN W. DAWDY MARCH 25, 1854 | HENRY H. BEAVERS MARCH 21, 1857 |
| WAVEN HOLLEMAN MAY 14, 1857 | JOHN S. GEE JUNE 29, 1857 |
| DAVID J. PRYOR MAY 26, 1859 | RICHARD MACK SEPTEMBER 18, 1860 |
RE-ESTABLISHED IN GRANT COUNTY ON APRIL 19 1871
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POSTMASTERS
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| JACOB W. HALL APRIL 18, 1871 | DELANY L. GLOVER AUGUST 20, 1875 |
M.E. EDWARD MARCH 18, 1878
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MOVED FROM THIS SITE APRIL 18, 1878
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"IF ANY MAN DRAW BACK, MY SOUL SHALL HAVE NO PLEASURE IN HIM"
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HEB. 10:38
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Erected By The Descendants Of The Early Settlers On April 13, 1974
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(On back of Monument)
EARLY SETTLERS |
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| ALLEE | DAVIS | JORDAN | SCARBROUGH |
| ALLEN | DOUGAN | JULIAN | SHAW |
| ASHCRAFT | DOUGLAS | KING | SHEPPARD |
| ASHLEY | DRENNEN | LASTER | SHOCKLEY |
| BAILEY | DUVALL | LINDSEY | SHOPTAW |
| BARNES | ELLIOT | LOKEY | SINGLETON |
| BARNETT | ELROD | MARTIN | SLAUGHTER |
| BASS | FINLEY | MARVEL | SMITH |
| BECKWOOD | GILKEYSON | MCBURNETT | STALLINGS |
| BLACKWELL | GILL | MESSINGER | STEELE |
| BOND | GILLIS | MOONEY | STEPHENSON |
| BRADLEY | GRIMMET | MORTON | STOCKTON |
| BREWER | HALBERT | MOSLEY | STRICKLAND |
| BRIMMAGE | HALEY | NALL | SWAFFORD |
| BRUMBELOW | HARRINGTON | NICHOLS | SWEDEN |
| BRYANT | HARRIS | ORR | SWEETEN |
| BUIE | HENSLEE | PAGE | THOMPSON |
| BURROW | HICKS | PALMER | TROUT |
| BURTON | HOGUE | PASS | TULL |
| BUZZBEE | HOLIMAN | POE | WALKER |
| CAPLE | HOLLINGER | POWERS | WALTERS |
| CARSLILE | HOPE | PUMPHREY | WALTON |
| CHASTINA | HOPSON | RAINWATER | WARD |
| COBB | HUMPHRIES | RAMSEY | WILLMON |
| CRANFORD | JACOBS | REEVES | WILSON |
| CROWSON | JAMES | REYNOLDS | WORTHAN |
| DAVENPORT | JONES | RUSSELL | YORK |
Photos and transcription by
Charlotte
Curlee Ramsey May 25, 2003
This Monument is enclosed between locked gates now, in the Belfast Hunting Club area off of Hwy. 35, near Tull, AR.
This Monument is enclosed between locked gates now, in the Belfast Hunting Club area off of Hwy. 35, near Tull, AR.