Important Arkansas historical events and significant anniversaries for October 19, and notable births and deaths of native Arkansans born on this date. Information is drawn from state archives, historical societies, contemporary newspapers and other media archives, and legal records. Historical Arkansas events and birthdays occurring on October 19. ChatGPH has collected this data.
Indian Removal logistics change in Little Rock (1831): The Arkansas Gazette announced on October 19, 1831 that Capt. Jacob Brown had arrived to replace Maj. Richard Graham Clark as head of the Office of Removal and Subsistence in Little Rock, an office that provisioned Choctaw, Cherokee, Muscogee (Creek), Seminole, Chickasaw and oversaw Quapaw removal operations across Arkansas.
Execution in Pope County (1838): William Brown was hanged on October 19, 1838 at Dover for murdering his pregnant wife, one of the earlier recorded lawful executions in Arkansas…