Liberty Bartlett Explained

Liberty Bartlett (1810 – March 17, 1893)^[1] was an American circuit judge in Arkansas.

Bartlett was born in 1810 in Williamstown, Massachusetts.^[2] He lived in California for a time, and later moved to Arkansas.^[2] He became a circuit judge of the fifth circuit in Little Rock on November 12, 1854.^{[2] [3]}

Judge Bartlett attempted to establish a settlement in 1872, at the present site of Marche, Arkansas.^[4] The settlement, which would have been named Bartlett Springs, did not succeed, and the Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad ended up acquiring the property and naming it Warren Station.^[4] It was later named Marche, and settled by Polish immigrants.

Bartlett was reported to have lived to "extreme old age."^[5]

Notes and References

1. News: Judge Liberty Bartlett . 27 November 2023 . The Memphis Commercial . 18 March 1893.
2. Book: Bartlett, Levi. https://archive.org/stream/genealogicaland00bartgoog#page/n89. 83–84. Hon. Liberty Bartlett. Genealogical and Biographical Sketches of the Bartlett Family in England in America. 1876. Geo. S. Merrill & Crocker.
3. Book: Goodspeed, Weston Arthur . The province and the states . The Western Historical Association . 1904 . 320 .
4. Encyclopedia: Metrailer . Jamie . Marche (Pulaski County) . The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture . The Central Arkansas Library System . 12 May 2008 . 22 July 2010.
5. Book: Perry, Arthur Latham . Williamstown and Williams College . Norwood Press . 1899 . 534 .