Yell County, Arkansas Genealogy

United States Arkansas Yell 

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

County Courthouse
Yell County Courthouse PO Box 219; Danville, AR 72833-0219 Phone: 501.495.2630

County Clerk has marriage, divorce, probate, land, and court records from 1865

Parent County

 * 1840--Yell County was created 5 December 1840 from Pope and Scott Counties. County seat: Danville

Boundary Changes
See an interactive map of Yell County boundary changes.

Neighboring Counties

 * Conway
 * Garland
 * Logan
 * Montgomery
 * Perry
 * Pope
 * Scott

Cemeteries

 * Cemeteries

Military
Yell County Military

Civil War

 * Men from this county served in the 1st Regiment, Arkansas Mounted Rifles (Confederate)1 and the 3rd Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry (Union)2.

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

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

Marriage

 * 1831, 1841-1925 - Yell County Marriage Books A-J Index 1831, 1841-1925 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1841-1849, 1865-1959 - Yell County Marriage Books A-O Index 1841-1849, 1865-1959 in at FamilySearch - free.
 * Yell County Marriages

Death

 * Yell County, Arkansas Obituary Collection Free From GenealogyBuff.com. From Various Funeral Homes in the Dardanelle, Danville, Ola, Belleville, and Plainview areas.

Web Sites

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