Near Rector in Clay County, Arkansas — The American South (West South Central)

Scatterville

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, July 21, 2024

1. Scatterville Marker

Inscription. This early settlement, located on the military road which connected Chalk Bluff and Gainesville, is said to have acquired its name because stores and houses, were “scattered about” over the area. Civil War skirmishes were fought here August 3, 1862 and March 28, 1863. The cemetery is the burial place of many of the pioneers of Clay County.

Erected 1973 by Arkansas history Commission.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Civil. A significant historical date for this entry is August 3, 1862.

Location. 36° 16.95′ N, 90° 18.748′ W. Marker is near Rector, Arkansas, in Clay County. It is on County Road 430 0.1 miles east of County Road 418, on the right when traveling east. Marker is at the entrance of Scatterville Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Rector AR 72461, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Arkansas’ Crowley’s Ridge

and in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is

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in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 16 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Pfeiffer-Janes House (approx. 9½ miles away); Hemingway Barn-Studio (approx. 9½ miles away); Clay County Veterans Memorial (approx. 9.6 miles away); First Appointed Officals of Clayton County - Later Clay County, Ar. (approx. 9.6 miles away); Lafe School Est. 1938 (approx. 12.3 miles away); In Honor of all WW II Veterans of Greene County (approx. 14.9 miles away); Chalk Bluff (approx. 15.9 miles away); Chalk Bluff in the Civil War (approx. 15.9 miles away).

Also see . . .
1. Scatterville, Arkansas. Wikipedia entry on the defunct community, which withered after the railroad located south to Rector in 1881. (Submitted on August 27, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

2. Skirmish at Scatterville. During

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, July 21, 2024

2. Scatterville Marker

a raid of northeastern Arkansas and southeastern Missouri in the late summer of 1864, a battalion of Union cavalry under the command of Lieutenant Colonel John T. Burris defeated a Confederate recruiting party and a group of guerrillas at Scatterville (Clay County) on July 28, 1864. After the skirmish, the Union forces burned several structures in the town. (Derek Allen Clements of Black River Technical College for the Encyclopedia of Arkansas) (Submitted on August 27, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

3. Scatterville Cemetery (PDF). National Register of Historic Places nomination for the cemetery, the only physical remnant of the community and was listed in 1995. (Prepared by Patrick Zollner of the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program; via National Archives) (Submitted on August 27, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Credits. This page was last revised on April 13, 2026. It was originally submitted on August 27, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 274 times since then and 48 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 27, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.