John Davis Hardgrave Family Papers
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Scope and Content Note
The collection contains a manuscript notebook, dated February 9, 1825-February 26, 1826; a land certificate of title to Hardgrave, July 10, 1844; a letter from Skelton Demass to Hardgrave, December 5, 1851; a commission for William B. Smedley in Arkansas State Militia, January 28, 1862; and a land certificate of title to Kerney L. Harman, May 9, 1885.
Dates
- 1825-1885
Creator
- Hardgrave family (Family)
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
Access Information
Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.
Use Information
No Use Restrictions Apply.
No Interlibrary Loan.
Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Biographical Note
John Davis Hardgrave was born February 18, 1809, in Tennessee, the fourth of five children born to James Hardgrave. He was married to Virginia Armstrong on February 5, 1837, and around this date he relocated to Arkansas and settled in hand-hewn log house on the Wire Road near Horsehead Creek. At that time, the Wire Road was a main north-south highway from St. Louis. The house also served, at various points in time, as a stagecoach station and a post office for the town of Smedley, Arkansas. Hardgrave and later his daughter, Ally Almira, were the postmasters of the Smedley Post Office. Hardgrave died January 25, 1875, and was buried at the Hardgrave Cemetery.
Extent
1 Linear Feet (1 box)
Acquisition Information
Hal Milsap of Siloam Springs, Arkansas, donated his family's papers to the Special Collections Division in December 1994.
Processing Information
Processed by Vera Ekechukwu, October 1995. Special Collections Division, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville, Arkansas.
- Title
- John Davis Hardgrave Family Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Vera Ekechukwu
- Date
- 1995
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Department Repository
University of Arkansas Libraries
365 N. McIlroy Avenue
Fayetteville AR 72701 United States
(479) 575-8444
specoll@uark.edu