Richland Township, Jefferson County, Arkansas

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Richland Township, officially the Township of Richland, is a township in Jefferson County, in the U.S. state of Arkansas. [1] Its population was 279 as of the 2020 census. [2]

History

French American Revolutionary War veteran Auguste Serville, having been wounded at Yorktown in attacking and carrying one of the enemy's redoubts on the evening of October 14, 1781, was found dead in the woods near the house of Antoine Barraqué, in Richland Township, on December 30, 1828. Killed by a falling tree; Serville was buried with military honors, [3] The funeral was attended by political and military notables. The site of the grave is unknown. [4]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Richland Township, Jefferson County, Arkansas
  2. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved April 12, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Communicated" . The Arkansas Gazette . Vol. X, no. 7. Little Rock, Arkansas Territory: Wm. E. Woodruff. February 10, 1829. p. 3. Retrieved April 12, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Pettigrew, Mrs. C. W. [Marion Louise] (August 1930). "Pine Bluff Chapter". Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine. Vol. LXIV, no. 8. Washington, D. C.: National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution. p. 503. ISSN   0011-7013. OCLC   2446314 . Retrieved April 18, 2023– via Internet Archive.

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