The Independence County Historical Society met on Sunday, July 20, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. in the Rider Room at First Community Bank in Batesville, Arkansas. The program was outstanding! Brooks Blevins introduced four speakers who traveled to Washington and Michigan for the apple, strawberry, and other fruit harvests as teenagers in the 1950's and 1960's. Gerald Gaither, Craig Ogilvie, Gale Weaver, and Bill Nelson spoke of their experiences as migrant farm workers. The next meeting of the historical society will be on Sunday, October 19, 2008.
Dues for 2008 are $25.00. Checks should be made payable to ICHS.
The officers of the Independence County Historical Society for 2008-2009 are:
President Dr. George Lankford
Vice-President & Program Chair Jo Blatti
Corresponding Secretary Regina Weaver
Recording Secretary & Historian Mary Cooper Miller
Treasurer Kenny Gerhardt
Council Members
Brian Langston (Immediate Past President), Lenora Mobley, Lim Parks,
Arvie "Bubba" Burks, Bob Stroud
Nancy Britton, editor Jan Rorie (technology)
The Independence County Historical Society was organized in 1959 in Batesville,
Arkansas. Vol. I, No. 1 of the Independence County Historical Society Chronicle
was published in October of 1959. Paul T. Wayland was the first president of the ICHS.
The Independence County Historical Society announces the sale of
back issues
of the Chronicle.
Chronicle Index
October 1959 - October 1969
Chronicle
Index January 1970 - October 1979
Chronicle Index January 1980 - October 1989Chronicle Index January 1990 - October 1999
Chronicle Index January 2000 - July 2006
Here is a list of the issues which ARE NOT AVAILABLE:
October 1959, January 1960, October 1960
January 1961, April 1961, July 1961, October 1961
January 1962, April 1962, July 1962
January 1967, October 1974, April 1975, July 1975
October 1984-July 1985, April 1991-July 1991, April 1993-July 1993
April 1998-July 1998, October 2001-January 2002
Regular membership dues are $25.00 annually.
Contributing membership dues are $50.00 annually.
Back issues of the Independence County Chronicle are available at $6.00 per issue; please add
$1.50 per issue for postage. Three issues will cost $10.00: April 1976, January 1979, and Oct. 1984-July 1985.
e-mail for Kenny Gerhardt gerhardts@mac.com
Write to: Kenny Gerhardt, Treasurer ICHS P. O. Box 2722 Batesville, AR 72503 Checks may be made payable to the Independence County Historical Society (ICHS). The 1890 Personal Property Tax Assessment List for Independence County, Arkansas, transcription and research by Nancy Britton and Nana Farris, first published in 1985, has been reprinted and is available from the ICHS for $18.00 (this includes postage). A few copies of Independence Pioneers Volume I and Independence Pioneers Volume II are available from the ICHS for $15.00 (this includes postage).
The reconstructed 1820 Arkansas Territory census was published by James
Logan Morgan in 1984. The 1830 and 1840 censuses for Independence County
were compiled and published in paperback form by Mrs. Leister E. Presley.
The 1850 census was transcribed by James Logan Morgan and published by
the Northeast Arkansas Genealogical Association in Newport in 1971.
The 1860 census was transcribed and published by Ardith Olene Foster in 1982.
Part of Marriage Record A has been transcribed. See Marriage Record A,
Independence County, Arkansas
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This page updated on July 29, 2008.