Clay County, Arkansas Genealogy

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County Courthouses
(Western District) Clay County Clerk's Office Western District 800 W 2nd St Corning AR 72422 870-857-3480

(Eastern District) Office of the County Clerk PO Box 306 Piggott AR 72454-0306 870-598-2813

According to History and Traditions of Clay County, compiled by Robert T. Webb, edited and indexed by Frank Cochran, the people moved the county seat from Corning to Boydsville in 1877. Most of the people lived in the eastern part of the county and it was difficult to travel through the bottoms to Corning. Changing the county seat did not change the difficulty of crossing the bottoms, but only transferred it to the people in the Western part. In 1881 the county was divided into two districts with Boydsville the Eastern county seat and Corning the Western county seat. In 1888 the people voted to move the eastern county seat to Piggott.

Early History of Clay County Seats

Western District Courthouse History

Parent County

 * 1873--Clay County was created 24 March 1873 from Randolph and Greene Counties. County seat: Piggott

Record Loss
The Western District courthouse burned in 1881 with total record loss.

The Eastern District courthouse burned on January 11, 1893 with total record loss.

Neighboring Counties

 * Butler County, Missouri
 * Dunklin County, Missouri
 * Greene
 * Randolph
 * Ripley County, Missouri

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.