Elkhorn Tavern 1860 : The Pea Ridge Community

Limited First Edition Hardback - 100This publication is a must for any Arkansas family history researcher or history buff! Over three years and 1,000's of hours of research have gone into this book. It contains a complete transcription of the 1860 census of Mount Vernon & Sugar Creek townships near the battlefield at Elkhorn Tavern, a significant conflict and early turning point in the Civil War west of the Mississippi River. Each of the 172 households has been carefully researched with name transcriptions with accepted surname spellings. Also included, when known, are the maiden names of wives, former wives, former married names of spouses for widowed or remarried women, explanation of relationships in single & multiple family households and family locations in the 1850 census. This work is more than a census transcription, Elkhorn Tavern, 1860 is also a storybook of the families who lived and received their mail at Pea Ridge, Arkansas that summer before the Civil War began. Families hailed from the states of North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois and Mississippi to name a few. The contents of this book are the product of careful records examination, adhering to practiced genealogical methodologies. Gleaned from all available historical records and public and private documents, it is a rich look at the lives of those who were about to experience war at their back door. Research aides included but were not limited to available Arkansas and other state and federal Civil War era microfilm records, subsequent and previous Federal Census Images (1840-1920), marriage records, land records, published indexes, diaries, newspaper articles, pension applications, obituaries, reunion photographs, maps and family histories. *** BONUS *** Benton County, AR - 1859 Tax ListIncluded in the Appendix is a complete name transcription of the 1859 Benton County, AR Tax List, some 1470 individuals.McCoy, Patrick Lee is the author of 'Elkhorn Tavern 1860 : The Pea Ridge Community', published 2005 under ISBN 9780976232902 and ISBN 0976232901.