Influential Figures

Arkansas Confederate Mounted Rifles: A Tale of Bravery and Sacrifice

Desmond Walls Allen of Arkansas Research, PO Box 303, Conway, AR, published 1988 “First Arkansas Confederate Mounted Rifles.” Dorothy W Wilson, published in 1995 by ARC Press of Cane Hill, Arkansas, the “Rial Williams’ Thirty-One Children.” Both authors drew upon “Reminiscences of Company “H” First Arkansas Mounted Rifles” by Dr. Robert H. Dacus, August 1, […]

Influential Figures

A Deep Dive into the Life and Legacy of Zachary Babington

Gate piers that survive in the brick wall in Fisherwick Road (more or less opposite Whittington House) belonged to the house pictured here to the left of the Old Hall. The stone piers bear the initials “ZB” and the date “1673”. Zachary Babington’s will of 1686, transcribed below, tells us he lived in Whittington in […]