Phillips County, Arkansas Genealogy

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Parent County

 * 1820--Phillips County was created 1 May 1820 from Arkansas and Hempstead Counties. County seat: Helena

Neighboring Counties

 * Arkansas
 * Bolivar County, Mississippi
 * Coahoma County, Mississippi
 * Desha
 * Lee
 * Monroe
 * Tunica County, Mississippi

Census
1820--Census is missing.

Land
Phillips County deed records from 1886 to 1906 were microfilmed by the Arkansas History Commission in cooperation with the Arkansas History Commission. This was a part of a project which was completed in 2007. The filming project is discussed in an Internet news item in the Arkansas History Commission website.

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.]

Vital Records
Phillips County marriage records from 1921 to 1951 were microfilmed by the Arkansas History Commission in cooperation with the Arkansas History Commission. This was a part of a project which was completed in 2007. The filming project is discussed in an Internet news item in the Arkansas History Commission website.

Societies and Libraries

 * Tri-County Genealogical Society, PO Box 580, Marvell, AR 72366, covers Lee, Monroe, and Phillips Counties, Arkansas. The society publishes Tri-County Genealogy.

Web Sites

 * USGeWeb Project usgenweb.org/. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state www.argenweb.net/ then the county. Phillips County ARGenWeb Project www.argenweb.net/phillips/
 * Helena-West Helena, Arkansas (Wikipedia)
 * Helena-West Helena, Arkansas in The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History &amp; Culture
 * Phillips County, Arkansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Phillips County in The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History &amp; Culture
 * Phillips County in The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History &amp; Culture