Sevier County, Arkansas Genealogy

United States Arkansas  Sevier County

County Courthouse
Sevier County Courthouse 115 N 3rd; De Queen, AR 71832 Phone: 870.642.2425 County Clerk has marriage and probate records from 1829; Clerk Circuit Court has divorce, court and land records

Parent County

 * 1828--Sevier County was created 17 October 1828 from Hempstead and Miller Counties. County seat: De Queen

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Hempstead
 * Howard
 * Little River
 * McCurtain County, Oklahoma
 * Polk

Revolutionary War

 * Rejected or Suspended Applications for Revolutionary War Pensions. Washington, D.C., 1852. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1969, and 1991. Reprints include "an Added Index to States." 973 M24ur; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes veterans from this county; Arkansas section begins on page 439.]

Civil War

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

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

Vital Records
Southwest Arkansas Daily Local area current obituaries Southwest Arkansas/Southeast Oklahoma

Societies, Archives and Libraries
Southwest Arkansas Regional Archives Old Washington

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * Sevier County ArGenWeb, a USGenWeb project.
 * Sevier County, Arkansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Sevier County, Arkansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)