Jefferson County, Arkansas Genealogy

United States Arkansas  Jefferson County

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

County Courthouse
Jefferson County Courthouse 101 W Barraque Street Pine Bluff, AR 71601 Phone: 870.541.5360 County Clerk has marriage records from 1830 and probate records from 1845; Clerk Circuit Court has divorce, court and land records.

Collection of Birth,Death,Marriage,Divorce and Other Certificate procedures

Parent County

 * 1829--Jefferson County was created 2 November 1829 from Arkansas and Pulaski counties.

County seat: Pine Bluff

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Arkansas
 * Cleveland
 * Grant
 * Lincoln
 * Lonoke
 * Pulaski

African Americans

 * 1865-1871 - Jefferson County Colored Marriage Books I-II Index 1865-1871 in at FamilySearch - free.

Cemeteries
BillionGraves:


 * Cherry Hill Cemetery, Richland
 * Macedonia Cemetery, Pine Bluff
 * New Hope Cemetery, Grady
 * White's Cemetery, Pine Bluff

Genealogy

 * Biographies from The History of Jefferson County, Arkansas (1889) published by Goodspeed Publishing Company are available free on the My Genealogy Hound website.

Civil War Battle
The following Civil War battle was fought in Jefferson County.


 * October 25, 1863 = Pine Bluff


 * Map showing Civil War battles in Arkansas.

Newspapers
Obituary Indexes from the following from 1866 to current time:


 * Pine Bluff Commercial
 * Pine Bluff Graphic
 * Pin Bluff News
 * Pine Bluff Eagle
 * White Hall Journal
 * Pine Bluff Dispatch
 * The Negro Spokesman
 * The Jefferson Republican
 * Weekly Echo

Marriage

 * 1830-1950 - Jefferson County Marriage Books A-Z, I-VIII, AA-ZZ Index 1830-1950 in at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1830-1920 - Jefferson County Marriage Books 1-8, A-Z, AA Index 1830-1920 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Websites

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