White County, Arkansas
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White County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 76,822. The county seat is Searcy. White County is Arkansas's 31st county, formed on October 2
White County Courthouse and Confederate monument in Searcy
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Hugh Lawson White
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Hugh Lawson White was an American politician and judge. After filling in several posts particularly in Tennessee's judiciary and state legislature since 1801, thereunder as a Tennessee Supreme Court j
White County, Arkansas
…Searcy. White County is Arkansas's 31st county, formed on October 23, 1835, from portions of Independence, Jackson, and Pulaski counties and named for Hugh Lawson White, a Whig candidate for President of the United States. It is an alcohol prohibition or dry county, though a few private establishments (such as the…
Hugh Lawson White by Ralph E. W. Earl c. 1830
Lloyd Branson's "Sheep-shearing scene," showing Hugh Lawson White (left), his future father-in-law Samuel Carrick (middle), and future wife, Elizabeth
Portrait of White by Emanuel Leutze
White's pocket watch on display at the Center for East Tennessee History