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Lovely County, Arkansas Territory
"Lovely County" existed for one year, from Oct 13, 1827 to Oct 17, 1828.

The following information is from
"The Benton County Pioneer"
published by the Benton County Historical Society, Vol 12, No 1, Jan. 1967.
Copied By
Nalora Burns [email protected]

1828 Lovely County census by Will Johnson

The Benton County Pioneer
Almost mythical because its legal papers were not available either in files
or in museums, this changed in late 1966, when Mr. "Dutch" Morrows living
on Ward Bluffs above the Illinois River near Watts, Adair Co., Oklahoma
discovered many brown and yellowed papers scattered about near a dump.
He took them to Mr. Jack Gregory, principal of Watts school, who recognized
their historical value. 
Dr. Caldeen Gunter of Siloam Springs made a careful appraisal of the fragile
papers, and contacted Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa. They were definitely interested
not only in making copies but in making the copies available for interested
historical societies,  museums and publications.
There were no printed forms for the County, so all material is handwritten.
Documents and signatures of many prominent persons of that era are listed,
some of the persons are: S P (Sam?) HOUSTON, Wm WOODRUFF, Robert
CRITTENDEN, C F M NOLAND, A P CHOUTEAU, B L D BONNEVILLE and others.
Historically the inventory of papers is important in that Lovely County existed
for one year only, and was carved out of Lovely's purchase, bounded on the
west by the Verdigris river ands south just east of Fayetteville.
Its termination was the Cherokee Treaty and subsequent, present day,
Oklahoma-Arkansas boundary. 
Whites living in the cherokee lands were ordered east of the boundary and
were given squatters rights to  320 acres in Arkansas territory. John
NICKS accepted many of the listings, at his Nicksville trading post.
Lovely County was bordered on the east by the Fiery Prarie or Brown line
to the Verdigris in the west, encompassing most of present day Benton, Washington
and parts of Crawford county, Arkansas; Deleware, Adair, Sequoyah, Cherokee,
and Mayes counties in present day Oklahoma.
The papers were given the name" Nicks and Gibson Papers of Lovely County".
The following is a list of names found in the papers and compiled by the
Benton County Historical Society. Dates of documents are shown where known.

Nicks-Gibson Papers, Lovely County, Cantonment Gibson,
Arkansas Territory, 1824 and later.

ADAIR, Trustran, settler
AKINS, James 1827
ALLEN, John, Fort Smith 1852
ALTHA, Wilson 1827
ANDERSON, Abraham
ARBUCKLE, Col M
ARCHER, Lieutenant John 1827
ARMITAGE, Robert 1827
ARMSTRONG, Wm 1827
ASBURY, Francis
ASHER, Wm P C 1827
ASHLEY, Chester
AUGUST, Francis 1827
BAGLEY, John
BAKER, Henry 1827
BARKER, H P 1827
BAYLOR, Dr. J W
BEAN, Mark 1827
BEATTE, P 1827 (order on Osage Agent, D BARBER)
BELL, Eli, Sherriff, Crawford county 1840-6
BELL, Robert 1820, 1827
BENNETT, Samuel 1827
BERTRAND, Charles P 1843 "Advocate", 1830, Bro-in-law Robert Crittenden
Big Soldier (Blk Dog, Osage)
BILLINGSLEY, John 1827
BLEGGS, I 1827
BLEVINS, Wm settler
BOND, Issac 1827
BONNEVILLE, Capt B L E, 1827
BONS, Paul 1827
BOWEN, James, Justice of the Peace
BOWES, Charles 1827
BRADLEY, P E
BRATTR, Louis 1827
BRATZ, Thomas 1827
BROCKWAY, SIMEON G 1827
BROWN, D G 1827
BRUNT, Stephen, settler
BURTON, Orsomel I 1827
BUTLER, Capt P M 1827
BYRD, Richard G 1843 - Acting Governor
CALHOUN, William 1827
CAMPHA, Charles 1827
CANTRALL, Fr John 1827
CAPPS, John
CARNEY, Edward
CARNEY, Wm 1827
CARTER, Lieut. L F 1827
CARTER, O, 1827
CATHANNA, Andrew 1827
CATLIN, Wm 1827
CATRON, Minitree
CAULDER, Peter (runaway) 1827
CERROES, Ralph 1827
CHAMBERS, Adam 1827
CHOTEAU, A P -1827
CHOUTEAU, A A - 1827
CHURCH, James
CLARK, Daniel 1827
CLARK, Lorenzo N
CLARK, Mrs Wm 1827
CLARK, Samuel 1827
CLARK, Wm--Supt Indian Affairs 1822-1838
CLAYTON, Wiley 1843 Guardian of Cloyes
CLERAMBUCK, T 1827
CLOYES, Nathan H 1843--a minor
COCHE, John W 1843
COGHLUN, Michael 1827
COLE, Daniel 1827
COLLINS, Mrs M 1827
Company B, Cantonment Gibson, 1826
Company C, Cantonment Gibson, 1827
Company G, Cantonment Gibson, 1826
Company H, Cantonment Gibson, 1827
Company K, Cantonment Gibson, 1827
CON, Wm settler
CONWAY, E N
CONWAY, James S 1843
COREY, William 1827
CRAIG, Silas 1843
CRAWFORD, Wm
CRITTENDEN, 1829, Robert, Sec of Ark Ter, 1819-1829
CUNNINGHAM, Henry A- Ft Smith 1852
CUNNINGHAM, L B -register Fayetteville Land office 1860
CURLEY, Dennis 1827
DANIEL, William W. --settler
DAVID, Jope W 1840
DAVIDS, John-- settler
DAVIDSON, Isha 1827
DAVIS, Anthony, 1843
DAVIS, J E 1840
DAWSON, Leiut. J L, 1827
DAY, W A --Second Auditor, Wash. DC when Richard C GATLIN applied in 1885
for extra pay as Capt. in Mexican war.
DELONG, Jonathan 1827
DIAMOND, Daniel 1827
DICKSON, R J -Rec. Fayetteville Land Office 1860
DILLARD, John 1827
DOAN, Eliazur 1827
DOFS, W R 1840
DOSS, I - Justice of the Peace 1828 for Conway County, Hardin Twp.
DOUGHTERY, Wm 1840
DOYLE, Francis 1827
DRENNER, John 1843
DUCON, Grover 1827
DUGAN, Mrs R 1827
DUNLAP, George
DUPREY, A
DUVAL Ben 1840
DUVAL, Anthony 1840
DUVAL, Columbus 1840
DUVAL, George--Capt Rogers was attny for his estate 1836
DUVAL, Peter, 1840
DUVAL, Reece, 1840
EATON, John 1827
EDMONDSON, J P
EGMON, Jas 1827
ELLIS, Mr
ENGLES Geo 1840
ENLOWE, Henry-- Settler
ERDELL, John 1827
ETTINGER, James G
FAULKNER, Frederick 1827
FAULKNER, Sanford C. --Real Estate Bank 1843
FELLOWS, C G Fort Smith 1852
FIELDS, John 1828
FLEMMING, Francis 1827
FORD, David 1827
FORKS, David 1827
FOSTER, Francis 1827
FOX, Theophilus 1840
FRIET, James, 1827
GADBERRY, Sam'l 1827
GARRETT, Wiley--Fort Smith 1852
GATLIN, Mary, Richard C's wife, daughter of Sarah Price Perkins NICKS
GATLIN, Richard C
GETER, Oliver 1840
GIBSON, Charles G 1827
GIBSON, Col R S --Justice of the Peace Lovely County
GIBSON, Robert Stuart, son of Col R S.
GIBSON, Wm W
GILLOCK, Linsey 1827
GIRAND, Michael 1828 --settler
GIST, Thomas, --settler
GORDON, J C 1827
GOULD, J E 1840
GRADY, Burgess 1827
GRADY, Samuel D U --Crawford County 1828
GREEN, Johan 1827
GREEN, Wm 1840
GREENE, A O
GREGORY, Edmon
GRIFFITH, Elizabeth, Samuel's wife, daughter of John Nicks and Sarah PricePerkins
NICKS, born 1826 Ft Gibson
GRIFFITH, Samuel S Memphis TN
GROP, Geoge--Deputy Sheriff Crawford County
GUINN, John 1827
HAGERTY, Wm B
HALES, Benjamin --settler
HARDISTY Ragin W
HARRALSON, H --Served one term as clerk in Pulaski County 1843
HARREL, Elizabeth, Joel's wife
HARREL, Jane
HARREL, Joel
HARTEM, Wm 1827
HAWKINS, Lieut. E L 1827
HAYMES, Edmond 1827
HAYS Jacob 1827
HECKMAN, Ruben 1827
HEMPSTEAD, Samuel H 1843
HENDERSON, Alfred
HIGBY, Wm
HIGGINS, John
HILL, George 1843
HILLYARD, Joseph
HOCKERDAY, Willis G
HOGAN, Samuel
HOGG, L 1840
HONOR, John 1827
HOOFMAN, John
HOOPER, Elias and Mary E 1843
HOUSTON, J P 1827
HOWARD, William 1827
HOWARD, Wm
HOWEL, E J Pittsburgh Ark, 1856
HUDSPETH, James M
HULIT, George 1827
INGRAHAM, Wm --Settler
IORNS, Wm 1827
IRVIN, Wm 1840
ISSAC, Alfred 1840
JACKSON, M S 1840
JENNINGS, Wm 1827
JOHNSON, Leiut. Th 1827
JOHNSTON, James 1827
KAMPTON, John
KEENER, Hugh 1827
KEENEY, R W 1840
KELLY, John--settler
KELTON, John 1840
KELTON, Luamine 1827
KENNEY, John 1827
KILGORE, James 1840
KILLOP, David
KINNEY, James--Settler
KINTON, N W 1827
KITVEL, Jonathan 1827
KROUSER, A M 1840
KUYKENDALL, Benjamin 1840
LACOUR, Vinson
LADD, Curtis
LAFERTY, John C
LAMETTE, Joseph 1840
LANE, LOVELL & Co, New Orleans
LEEPER, Matthew,-- rec Fayetteville Land Office 1838
LEVEL, Wm--settler
LEWIS, Joshua --first District Judge LA 1829
LINCOLN, Nathe 1840
LOOP, John I 1840
LOUDIN, Iss. B 1840
LUCH, John H
LYPARDO, Frederick
LYPUS, Ohniscian 1840
MACKEY, Thomas 1840
MACNAMARA, Henry 1827
MACNAMARA, Thomas 1827
MAJORS, Charles 1827
MALDEN, John O 1827
MANING, Michael 1840
MARCUM, John 1827 --William's son.
MARCUM, William 1827
MATTHEWS, Andrew 1828--settler
MAY, George 1840
MAYER, A G 1840
MCANANY, Daniel 1827
MCCARTY, Samuel 1827
MCCASLIN, Richard, 1827
MCCOLLUM, Elizabeth--settler
MCCONNELL, George 1827
MCCOY, Thomas 1827
MCDERMED, Francis--settler
MCDONALD Mrs. 1827
MCDONALD, John 1827
MCFADDEN, John 1827
MCGEE, J D
MCIUTYN, Robert 1827
MCKAY, J P 1827
MCKESICK, James --reg Fayetteville Land Office 1838
MCKRAND, Henry 1827
MCLEAN, Alexander, --Clerk Circuit Court Crawford County
MCMILLAN, Wm 1840
MCMILLIN, Colin W 1827
MCPHERSON, J B 1840
MEOILT (?) W. Sept 9, 1846 War Dept Office Indian Affairs
MILES, Lieut D L 1827
MILLER, Dan'l O 1827
MILLER, Peter 1827
MILLMAIN, John 1827
MILLSPAUGH, Ira and Mrs M. 1827--settlers
MITCHELL, Jacob 1843
MOORE, Matthew, -settler
MOORE, Rachel--Matthew's wife
MOORE, William 1827
MORGAN, Samuel T --com for Ark
MORRISON, John 1827
MORRISON, John 1840
MORSE, Joseph 1840
MUNACA, Jeremiah 1827
MURPHEY, Michael
MURRAY, Thomas 1827
NEVILLE, Prestty 1827
NICKS, Elizabeth Price --who later married Samuel S GRIFFITH and lived in
Little Rock
NICKS, John --For whom "Nicksville" is named.
NICKS, John Quinton --their son
NICKS, Sarah Price Perkins--his wife, who later married R S GIBSON
NIXON, Wm 1827
NOLAN, C F M --Carried the Ark Terr. Petition for statehood to Wash DC;Dep
clerk for Indep Co., Batesville Feb 1829
ODONNELL, Rich 1827
OFFICER, William P 1827
O'FIELD, Benjamin
OGUN, Thomas 1840
OWENS, Peter 1827
PARROTT, William H --settler
PASCHAL, Augustus B 1845
PASCHAL, George--settler
PASCHAL, Sarah--George's wife
PATTERSON, John 1827
PEET, Francis 1827
PELHAM, Wm --settler
PENDLETON, Henry F 1843
PENFORD, Henry 1827
PENROD, John --settler
PERCIFULL, John 1834
PERKINS, John M--It is his invoice from which all the 1840 names come
PERRY, James --settler
PEYTON, Wm
PHARES, J H, --settler
PHILBRICK, Capt John 1827
PHILLIPS, Lieut J A 1827
PICKETT, George C 1827--Court Clerk 1832
PITCHER, James--settler
POLKE, Benson--settler
PORTER, P B --Sec of War 1829
PORTER, Samuel 1827
PORTER, William
POSEY, G 1840
POST, Wm--settler
POTTS, John 1840
PRASSY, John 1827
PRITCHARD, George--Lawyer, New Orleans, 1829
PRITCHARD, Richard--Lawyer, New Orleans, 1829
PRYOR, Nathaniel 1827 --Crawford County
PUTNAM, John 1840
PYNON, C L 1840
QUARLES, William 1827
QUIRK, John 1827
QUISENBERRY, Henry A 1827
QUISENBURY Bob 1840 --Thos's son.
QUISENBURY Thos 1840
QUISENBURY, William 1840
RANDOLPH, Francis
RANKIN, Anthony 1827
REARDON, Lambert 1843
REDDLE, August 1840
REDMAN, F 1840
REDMON, John --Justice of the peace County Of Conway 1829
REYNOLDS, Thomas S 1827
RHODES, Charles
ROANE, Sam --Trustee of Real Estate Bank of Arkansas 1843
ROBERTS, (Alias Blk Bob) 1827
ROBINS John 1843
ROBINSON, Richard, --settler
ROGERS, Capt John of NICKS, ROGERS & Co. 1824
ROGERS, William 1840
ROSE, E M 1827
RUMPHRIS, Edmond 1827
RUSSELL, William 1843
SADLER, Alonzo C
SAWYER, Adam --settler
SAWYER, Mrs A 1827
SCHOVLER, John 1827
SCOTT, I J 1827
SCOTT, J F 1827
SEMS, M O L --settler
SHAW, Andrew
SHAW, Wm D
SHILLING, P G 1840
SHIPP, James William 1827
SIMMONS, James 1827
SIMS, John B 1827
SIMS, Wm 1827
SINCLAIR, Robert
SISSON, John 1827
SLOVER, James --settler
SMITH Enoch T 1843
SMITH, George 1827
SMITH, John 1827
SNYDER, Michael 1827
SOFTON, Sam 1827
SPENCER, Josiah 1827
SPRUCE, Quinton T 1827
STAPLES, John 1840
STAYNIR, Andy 1840
STAYNIR, Barnabus 1840
STAYNIR, Edgar 1840
STAYNIR, G B 1840
STAYNIR, Iplsn. 1840
STEPHENS, J R (missing) 1827
STEPHENS, S G 1840
STEWART, Henry 1840
STEWART, IRVIN --settler
STEWART, John 1827
STEWART, Nancy --Irvin's wife
STILL, John H 1840
STIMECKE, Dr H A 1827
STIRMAN, (Sterman) Henry
STOCKTON, Charles C 1827
STRALEY, Lampion 1840
STRATTON, Newell 1840
STUBBS, John 1827
STUBBS, Wm 1827
SU, John 1827
SUMMER, James --settler
SUMMERVILLE, John 1827
SUTTON, Rufus 1840
TAMIL, Mrs
TAYLOR, B B 1827
TAYLOR, Timothy 1827
TENNALLA, A
TENNALLA, Charles
THOMAS, Lieut F 1827
THURSTON, Doc
TIBBETTS, Wm
TIBBS, John
TILDEN, C E H
TILLINGHAST, Lieut N 1827
TILLINGHAST, Mrs N. -the Lieut's wife
TRAPNALL, Frederick
TUMMY, Moses
TWEEDY, Lewis S
WAGGONER, John --settler
WAGNON, Thomas 1827
WALKER, James H
WALKER, Jefferson M
WALTERS Saul 1840
WALTERS, Ebenezer -Trustee, of Real Estate Bank of Arkansas 1843
WALTON, Bennett
WANACE, Wm
WARD, Esther
WARREN, Eli 1827
WASSETT, Benj 1827
WATKINS, George C 1843
WAUGH, Wm
WEAVER, Powell--settler
WHEELOCK, Leiut I 1827
WHIRY, Wm 1827
WHITE, Sam 1827
WHITE, William 1827
WILKINS, Samuel 1827
WILKINSON, N G
WILLIAMS, J
WILLIAMS, John 1827
WILSON James
WILSON, E J 1840
WINN, John 1827
WINTERS, Henry 1827
WOOD, James C 1827
WOOD, John --Acting Justice of the Peace, Lovely County 1828
WOOD, Sam 1827
WOODMAN, Joshua
WOODRUFF, Wm E (Arkansas Gazette) & 1843 Bank Trustee
WRIGGS, Ezra L 1827
WYATT, Benjamin T 1827
YORTER (?) John G
Example Of Documents:
This day came personally before me as Justice of the Peace in aforesaid
county, Territory and Township, Louis P CHOUTEAU and Stephen BRUNT, who being
of lawful ages and duly sworn on the Holy Evangelist, is according to law
say they are  personally acquainted with Michael GIRAND and that they
knew him on the twenty-third day of May, eighteen hundred and twenty eight
to have actually settled both before and after said date in that part of
Arkansas Territory which the first article of the treaty between the United
States Government and the Cherokee Indians west of the Mississippi ratified
the twenty eighth day of May one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight
had ceased to be a part of said Territory and that the said Michael GIRAND
is over the age of twenty-one years and that the settlement of said Michael
GIRAND is about four miles from Cantonment Gibson and out of the Jurisdiction
of that place and that he is the same person who has sold all his rights
by reason of said settlement to B L E BONNEVILLE & Thos MCNAMARA and
given said Bonneville & MCNAMARA full power touching his name.

Sworn and Subscribed by me Louis CHOUTEU

Stephen BRUNT His mark This 28th Day of July 1828

R S GIBSON, Justice of the Peace."

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