Scott County, Arkansas Genealogy

United States Arkansas  Scott County

Guide to Scott County Arkansas genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

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

Marriage

 * 1882-1958 - Scott County Marriage Books A-I Index 1882-1958 in at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1882-1926 - Scott County Marriage Books A-D Index 1882-1926 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.
 * 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)