Sandford C. Faulkner

Sandford C. Faulkner (March 3, 1803August 4, 1874), better known as Sandy Faulkner, was an American planter, raconteur and fiddler who personified the mid-19th century folk song "Arkansas Traveler," for which he received writing credit. It has since gone on to become the official state historic song of Arkansas.

Biography

Sandford C. Faulkner was born in Georgetown, Kentucky on March 3, 1803 to Nicholas and Sally ( Fletcher) Faulkner. He was responsible in large part for the story forming the basis of the "Arkansas Traveler", which was the official song of Arkansas from 1949 to 1963, and the state historical song since 1987. During the American Civil War, he served as an artillery officer detailed to ordnance duty in the Trans-Mississippi Department of the Confederate States Army.

Honors

Faulkner County, Arkansas (established 1873) is named after him.

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External links

Official

Faulkner Family Papers at UALR Center for Arkansas History and Culture

General information

1803 births

1874 deaths

19th-century American composers

19th-century American Episcopalians

19th-century American male musicians

19th-century storytellers

American male composers

American militia officers

American slave owners

American storytellers

Arkansas Democrats

Burials at Mount Holly Cemetery

Composers for fiddle

Confederate States Army officers

Deaths from typhoid fever

Deaths in Arkansas

Episcopalians from Arkansas

Farmers from Arkansas

Faulkner County, Arkansas

Folk musicians from Arkansas

Military personnel from Arkansas

Musicians from Little Rock, Arkansas

People from Chicot County, Arkansas

People from Georgetown, Kentucky

People of Arkansas in the American Civil War

People of the Brooks–Baxter War

Recipients of American presidential pardons

Southern old-time fiddlers