Editing Sandford C. Faulkner

{{Short description|American planter, raconteur and fiddler (1803–1874)}}
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{{Infobox person<!-- EDITORS NOTE: Please do not change the template to "Infobox military person" or "Infobox officeholder". Thank you. -->
| name = Sandford C. Faulkner
| image = Sandford C. Faulkner.jpg
| caption = Faulkner in uniform, {{circa|1862|lk=yes}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1803|3|3}}<!-- EDITORS NOTE: Please do not change to "1805", "1806", or 1807 as it would be historically incorrect. Thank you. -->
| birth_place = [[Georgetown, Kentucky]], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1874|8|4|1803|3|3}}
| death_place = [[Little Rock, Arkansas]], U.S.
| resting_place= [[Mount Holly Cemetery]],<br />{{Nowrap|Little Rock, Arkansas}}, U.S.
| resting_place_coordinates = {{coord|34|44|16.7|N|92|16|44.2|W|region:US-AR_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| occupation = {{Hlist|planter|[[Humorist|raconteur]]|[[fiddle]]r}}<!-- EDITORS NOTE: Please do not add the words "composer", "military officer", "politician", or "soldier". Thank you. -->
| notable_works = "[[The Arkansas Traveler (song)|Arkansas Traveler]]"
| party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| boards = Real Estate Bank of<br />Arkansas
| spouse = {{Marriage|Evelene M. Peak|<!--unknown-->|June 1871|reason=died}}
| children = 4
| parents = {{Unbulleted list|Nicholas Faulkner|Sally Fletcher}}
| module = {{Infobox military person
| embed = yes
| embed_title = Military service
| allegiance = [[Confederate States of America|Confederate States]]
| branch = [[Confederate States Army|Army]]
| branch_label = [[Military branch|Branch]]
| serviceyears = 1861–1865
| rank = [[Captain (armed forces)|Captain]]<!-- EDITORS NOTE: Please do not change to the honorific "Colonel" as it would be historically inaccurate. Thank you. -->
| commands = {{Unbulleted list|[[Tower Building of the Little Rock Arsenal|Little Rock Arsenal]] (1862–63)|Marshall Ordnance Depot (1863–65)}}
| battles = {{tree list}}
* American Civil War
** [[Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War|Trans-Mississippi Theater]]
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'''Sandford C. Faulkner''' (March 3, 1803{{spaced ndash}}August 4, 1874), better known as '''Sandy Faulkner''', was an American planter, [[Humorist|raconteur]] and [[fiddle]]r<!-- EDITORS NOTE: Please do not add the words "military officer", "politician", or "soldier". Thank you. --> who [[Personification|personified]] the mid-[[19th century]] [[Folk music|folk]] song "[[The Arkansas Traveler (song)|Arkansas Traveler]]," for which he received writing credit. It has since gone on to become the [[List of U.S. state songs|official state historic song]] of [[Arkansas]].

== Biography ==
Sandford C. Faulkner was born in [[Georgetown, Kentucky]], on March 3, 1803<!-- EDITORS NOTE: Please do not change to "1805", "1806", or 1807 as it would be historically incorrect. Thank you. --> to Nicholas and Sally ({{nee|Fletcher}}) Faulkner.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Death of Col. S. C. Faulkner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/131021705/ |url-access=subscription |work=[[Arkansas Gazette|The Arkansas Gazette]] |location=Little Rock |date=August 5, 1874 |page=4 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=December 9, 2021}}</ref> He was responsible in large part for the story forming the basis of the "Arkansas Traveler,"<ref>{{cite book |last=Pope |first=William F. |date=1895 |editor-last=Pope |editor-first=Dunbar H. |title=Early Days in Arkansas; Being for the Most Part the Personal Recollections of an Old Settler |url=https://archive.org/details/earlydaysinarkan00pope/page/230/mode/2up |location=Little Rock, Ark. |publisher=Frederick W. Allsopp |pages=230–233 |lccn=rc01001258 |oclc=1042982348 |ol=23296431M |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Teske |first=Steven |date=January 25, 2017 |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/sandford-c-sandy-faulkner-2408/ |title=Sandford C. "Sandy" Faulkner (1803?–1874) |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]] |location=Little Rock |accessdate=September 8, 2021}}</ref> which was the official song of Arkansas from 1949 to 1963, and the official state historic song of Arkansas since 1987.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Worthen |first=William B. |date=July 17, 2018 |url=http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=505 |title=Arkansas Traveler |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]] |location=Little Rock |accessdate=November 11, 2018}}</ref> During the [[American Civil War]], Faulkner served as an [[artillery]] [[Officer (armed forces)|officer]] detailed to ordnance duty in the [[Trans-Mississippi Department]] of the [[Confederate States Army]].<ref>{{Citation |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Compiled Service Records of Confederate General and Staff Officers, and Nonregimental Enlisted Men. NARA Microfilm Publication, M331, 275 rolls. War Department Collection of Confederate Records, Record Group 109 |publisher=[[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives]] |publication-place=Washington, D.C.}}</ref>  

From November 1862 to August 1863, Faulkner served as the commanding officer of the [[Tower Building of the Little Rock Arsenal|Little Rock Arsenal]]. In late September 1863, The Little Rock facility relocated to [[Tyler, Texas]], and was redesignated Tyler Ordnance Works. On October 1 of the same year, the Little Rock ordnance stores were turned over to Lieutenant-Colonel G. H. Hill, officer in charge at Tyler.<ref>Ordnance Department – Miscellaneous Record Book, Little Rock Arsenal, Arkansas & Tyler Ordnance Works, Texas, 1862 – 1865, Record Group 109, Chapter IV, Vol. 148</ref> Faulkner was then assigned as commanding officer of the ordnance depot at [[Marshall, Texas]], and served there to the end of the war.<ref>{{cite book |last=Albaugh |first=William A. III |date=1958 |title=Tyler, Texas C.S.A. |location=Harrisburg, Pa. |publisher=[[Stackpole Books|Stackpole Co.]] |lccn=58012307 |oclc=1099590 |ol=30522064M}}</ref>

== Honors ==
[[Faulkner County, Arkansas]] (established 1873) is named after him.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ |title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States |location=Washington |publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office|Government Printing Office]] |edition=2nd |last=Gannett |first=Henry  |author-link=Henry Gannett |year=1905 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n123 124] |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref>

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== Further reading ==
* {{cite journal | last = Ross | first = Margaret Smith | year = 1955 | title = Sandford C. Faulkner | journal = [[The Arkansas Historical Quarterly]] | volume = 14 | issue = 4 | pages = 301–314 | jstor = 40027531}}

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* [https://arstudies.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/findingaids/id/2855 Faulkner Family Papers] at [[Center for Arkansas History and Culture|UALR Center for Arkansas History and Culture]]
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