Conway County, Arkansas Genealogy

United States Arkansas  Conway County

County Courthouse
Conway County Courthouse 117 South Moose Street; Morrilton, AR 72110 Phone 501.354.9621 County Clerk has marriage records from 1858 and probate records; Clerk Circuit Court has divorce and land records

Parent County

 * 1825--Conway County was created 20 October 1825 from Pulaski County. County seat: Morrilton

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Faulkner
 * Perry
 * Pope
 * Van Buren
 * Yell

Civil War
Men from this county served in the 1st Regiment, Arkansas Mounted Rifles (Confederate)1, 3rd Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry (Union),2undefined 31st Regiment, Arkansas Infantry (Confederate), Companies C and G.3

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

2. Allen, Desmond Walls. Third Arkansas Union Cavalry (Desmond Walls Allen: Conway, Arkansas) 1987, pp. 33-92.

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

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

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