Hempstead County, Arkansas Genealogy

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Parent County

 * 1818--Hempstead County was created 15 December 1818 from Arkansas County. County seat: Hope

Neighboring Counties

 * Howard
 * Lafayette
 * Little River
 * Miller
 * Nevada
 * Pike
 * Sevier

Cemeteries

 * Cemeteries are found on the Hempstead ARGenweb site, the Hempstead Archives website and the Findagrave website.

Census
1820 is missing

Court

 * Index to Chancery Court Records Hempstead Co. ARGenweb

Land

 * Federal Land Records Hampstead County Hempstead County Archives

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, Hempstead County on page 191.]

Vital Records

 * Hempstead County Marriages, 1817 - 1875 Hempstead County Archives
 * Freedmens' Marriages Hempstead County Hempstead Co.ARGenweb

Web Sites

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