CSPAN3 Civil War In Fayetteville February 4, 2018
Historical society. The Washington County Historical Society purchased the house in 1967 from paris green. The house is built in 1853 by Jonas Tebbetts who was from New Hampshire but came to arkansas in 1838 to study law in van buren. And once he passed the bar and was traveling the law circuit, he came up into fayetteville and he happened to meet Matilda Winlock so he and matilda got married in 1847. In february of 1862, the confederates were being driven out of missouri and down here into arkansas. And as they were being driven down here in arkansas, they came through the town of fayettevill...