Yell County, Arkansas - A "Haston Place"
Yell County is Arkansas’s 42nd county, formed on December 5, 1840, from portions of Scott and Pope counties.
Why Yell County, Arkansas?
Why did so many descendants of Daniel Haston from the Tennessee Haston Homeland move to Yell County, Arkansas, between 1850 and 1880? Frankly, I don’t know for sure. There was no major booming industry there to attract them with lucrative jobs. It probably had something to do with cheap land, some of which was very fertile. But, for “whatever” reason there were several Van Buren County, TN Haston families that moved there within those thirty years–1850 to 1880.
Van Buren County, TN Hastons to Yell County, AR
In future weeks, but not necessarily consecutive weeks, I will share what I know about the following Van Buren County, TN Hastons, who settled, temporarily or for the long term, in Yell County, Arkansas.
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Within a couple of months after mid-Decmber 2024.
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