Jackson County, Arkansas Genealogy

United States Arkansas  Jackson County

County Courthous
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

History


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.

Neighboring Counties

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

Cemeteries
You will find all the cemeteries listed and inventory at:


 * http://www.usgwarchives.net/ar/jackson/jackcem1.html

Marriages

 * jacksoncountyclerk.0catch.com/marriage.htm

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.

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.
 * Jackson County, Arkansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Jackson County, Arkansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)