Plummerville in Conway County, Arkansas — The American South (West South Central)

Conway County in the Civil War
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Murder of John Clayton

Conway County in the Civil War Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, August 3, 2016

1. Conway County in the Civil War Marker

Inscription. Conway County in the Civil War Conway County men served in both the Union and Confederate armies in the Civil War. Co. I, 1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles, Co. B, Carroll’s Cavalry, Co. I, 36th Arkansas Infantry, and several companies of the 10th Arkansas Infantry fought for the Confederacy. Two companies of local men served in the 3rd Arkansas Cavalry (U.S.) and were based in Lewisburg (modern-day Morrilton). While no major battles were fought in Conway County, several skirmishes occurred there and the 3rd Arkansas spent much of its time fighting with guerrillas and Witt’s Cavalry.

Murder of John Clayton John Clayton, the brother of Arkansas’s Reconstruction Governor Powell Clayton, came to Arkansas in 1867 and became active in Republican politics. He served as both representative and senator in the state legislature and was a five-term sheriff of Jefferson County. In 1888, Clayton ran for U.S. Congress, losing by 746 votes out of 34,000 cast. In January 1889, he came to Plumerville to investigate the theft of a ballot box from an African American precinct that supported him. On Jan. 29, he was fatally shot. His murderer was never identified.

Erected 2015 by Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission Plummerville Cemetery Arkansas

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Humanities Council Department of Arkansas Heritage Arkansas Historic Preservation Program. (Marker Number 100.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Government & Politics • War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission series list. A significant historical month for this entry is January 1889.

Location. 35° 9.217′ N, 92° 39.802′ W. Marker is in Plummerville, Arkansas, in Conway County. It is at the intersection of Sardis Road (County Road 61) and Puddin Drive, on the right when traveling west on Sardis Road. Located within the Plumerville Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Sardis Road, Plumerville AR 72127, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Arkansas River Valley.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

and in the Ozarks.

Globally, it is 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 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Old Lewisburg (approx. 4.2 miles away); Historic Moose House (approx. 4.2 miles away); Lewisburg in the Civil War (approx. 4.2 miles away); Conway County World War II Memorial (approx. 4.6 miles away); Conway County Veterans Memorial (approx. 4.6 miles away); Conway County World War I Memorial (approx. 4.6 miles away); Conway County (approx. 4.6 miles away); Conway County Korean War Memorial (approx. 4.6 miles away).

Also see . . .
1. Wikipedia article on 10th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment.

Murder of John Clayton Marker (Side 2) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, August 3, 2016

2. Murder of John Clayton Marker (Side 2)

(Submitted on August 3, 2016, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)
2. Wikipedia article on John M. Clayton. (Submitted on August 3, 2016, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)

Wide view in Plumerville Cemetery of Marker. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, August 3, 2016

3. Wide view in Plumerville Cemetery of Marker.

John Middleton Clayton (October 13, 1840 – January 29, 1889) image. Click for full size.

Public Domain (PD-US)

4. John Middleton Clayton (October 13, 1840 – January 29, 1889)

Credits. This page was last revised on November 24, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 3, 2016, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 1,394 times since then and 31 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 3, 2016, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.

Conway County in the Civil War⎯⎯⎯Murder of John Clayton

Conway County in the Civil War
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Murder of John Clayton