A Ghost Town Remembered - Raymond, Arkansas
Joe May, a student at Arkadelphia (Arkansas) High School, uncovered the following information while writing about local history (in Clark County, Ark.) as part of a 4-H project:
Raymond is a sort of mystery town . . . (On the old Military Road,) Raymond was probably the settlement of Jacob Barkman, who lived very near the town site. Barkman was a very early pioneer in Clark County. His two story, slave built, brick home on the Caddo was torn down in the latter part of the 1800s, but his cistern and an ornate brick patio, along with some of the house foundations remain. Most of the foundation has fallen into the Caddo river, since in recent years the bank has eroded.
Nothing is known about the town of Raymond, except the location and the post office records. It appears that the first post office in the town was established by John S. T. Calloway on Jan. 11, 1835. On Oct. 2, 1838, the office was discontinued, only to be re-established on Dec. 3, 1838 by James M. Trigg, who served until Aug. 28, 1850 when Jacob L. Stroop took over. Two months later on Nov. 28, 1850, the office was discontinued, never to be re-established.
This article was originally published in the 1993 CFA Journal.
The family line of descent for John S. T. Callaway is as follows:
Peter Callaway
Peter Callaway II
Thomas Callaway
Thomas Callaway
Thomas Callaway
John Callaway
John S. T. Callaway
Raymond is a sort of mystery town . . . (On the old Military Road,) Raymond was probably the settlement of Jacob Barkman, who lived very near the town site. Barkman was a very early pioneer in Clark County. His two story, slave built, brick home on the Caddo was torn down in the latter part of the 1800s, but his cistern and an ornate brick patio, along with some of the house foundations remain. Most of the foundation has fallen into the Caddo river, since in recent years the bank has eroded.
Nothing is known about the town of Raymond, except the location and the post office records. It appears that the first post office in the town was established by John S. T. Calloway on Jan. 11, 1835. On Oct. 2, 1838, the office was discontinued, only to be re-established on Dec. 3, 1838 by James M. Trigg, who served until Aug. 28, 1850 when Jacob L. Stroop took over. Two months later on Nov. 28, 1850, the office was discontinued, never to be re-established.
This article was originally published in the 1993 CFA Journal.
The family line of descent for John S. T. Callaway is as follows:
Peter Callaway
Peter Callaway II
Thomas Callaway
Thomas Callaway
Thomas Callaway
John Callaway
John S. T. Callaway
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posted by DFM | 7/09/2004
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