Pike County, Arkansas Genealogy

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Parent County

 * 1833--Pike County was created 1 November 1833 from Clark and Hempstead Counties.

County seat: Murfreesboro

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Clark
 * Hempstead
 * Howard
 * Montgomery
 * Nevada
 * Polk

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, Pike 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).

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