Jackson County, Arkansas Genealogy

United States Arkansas  Jackson County

Guide to Jackson County Arkansas genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Historical Facts


The county is named after President Andrew Jackson (1767-1845).

Parent County

 * 1829--Jackson County was created 5 November 1829 from Independence County. County seat: Newport

Boundary Changes
See an interactive map of Jackson County boundary changes at N2Genealogy.

Cemeteries
Cemetery records often reveal birth, marriage, death, relationship, military, and religious information.

Revolutionary War

 * A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census]. 1841. Digital version at Google Books. 1967 reprint: 973 X2pc 1840. [See Arkansas, Jackson County on page 191.]

Civil War


 * Men from this county served the the 1st Regiment, Arkansas Mounted Rifles4, 7th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry1, 3rd Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry (Union)2, The 31st Regiment, Arkansas Infantry (Confederate),Companies A and B.4  and the 45th Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry5.

1 Allen, Desmond Walls. The Seventh Arkansas Confederate Infantry (Desmond Walls Allen, Conway, Arkansas, 1988.

2 Allen, Desmond Walls.The Third Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry (Union), (Arkansas Research: Conway, Arkansas, 1987.)

3 Allen, Desmond Walls. Forty-fifth Arkansas Confederate Cavalry (Desmond Walls Allen: Conway AR, 1988) p. 1.

4 Allen, Desmond Walls. First Arkansas Confederate Mounted Rifles (Desmond Walls Allen: Conway AR, 1988) p. 2.

5. Bass, Ronald R. History of the Thirty-first Confederate Infantry (Conway, Arkansas: Arkansas Research), 1996) p, 12.

Courthouse
Jackson County Courthouse 208 Main Street Newport, AR 7212 Phone: 870.523.7420 County Clerk has marriage records from 1843 and probate records from 1845; Clerk Circuit Court has divorce and court records from 1845 and land records

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Taxation
Online Tax Records


 * 1865-1874 US IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918 at Ancestry.com - $, indexes and images, incomplete for all counties and years for Arkansas

Tax Records on Microfilm


 * 1830-1855 - microfilm available to order at your local Family History Center.

Marriage

 * 1846-1923 - Jackson County Marriage Index 1846-1923 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1923-1951 - Jackson County Marriage Books K-Q Index 1923-1951 in at FamilySearch - free.
 * jacksoncountyclerk.0catch.com/marriage.htm

Neighboring Counties

 * Craighead
 * Cross
 * Independence
 * Lawrence
 * Poinsett
 * White
 * Woodruff

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Jackson County, Arkansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Jackson County, Arkansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)