Scott County, Arkansas Genealogy

United States Arkansas  Scott County

County Courthouse
Scott County Courthouse 100 W 1 St Ste 1; Waldron, AR 72958 Phone: 501.637.2155 County and and Circuit Clerk has marriave, divorce, probate, land and court records from 1882

Parent County

 * 1833--Scott County was created 5 November 1833 from Pulaski, Crawford, and Pope Counties.

County seat: Waldron

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

Record Loss
Courthouse fire on 22 May 1882 destroyed all previous county records.

Neighboring Counties

 * LeFlore County, Oklahoma
 * Logan
 * Montgomery
 * Polk
 * Sebastian
 * Yell

Cemeteries
Scott County AR Cemeteries

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, Scott County on page 191.] 

Civil War

 * Men from this county served in the 3rd Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry (Union)1.

1Allen, Desmond Walls. The Third Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry (Union) Infantry (Arkansas Research: Conway, Arkansas,1987).

Probate
Scott County AR Will Book A, 1882 - 1918, Index

Vital Records
Scott County AR Marriages

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * Scott County ARGenWeb Has cemeteries, marriages, biographies, photographs, census indexes, many other county records.
 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Scott County, Arkansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Scott County, Arkansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)