Randolph County, Arkansas Genealogy

United States Arkansas  Randolph County

County Courthouse


Randolph County Courthouse 107 W Broadway Pocahontas, AR 72455 Phone: 870.892.5822

County Clerk has marriage and probate records from 1837; Circuit Clerk has divorce, land, military, and court records 1836

Parent County

 * 1832--Randolph County was created 18 December 1832 from Lawrence County. County seat: Pocahontas

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Clay
 * Greene
 * Lawrence
 * Oregon County, Missouri
 * Ripley County, Missouri
 * Sharp

Local Histories

 * Cherokee Bay Post Office

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, Randolph County on page 191.]
 * 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 7th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry (Union).1
 * Men from this county served in Captain Ballard's Company, Arkansas Infantry (Confederate)
 * Men from this county served in the 45th Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry2.
 * Men from this county served in the 38th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry (Confederate)3.
 * Men from this county served in the 31st Regiment, Arkansas Infantry (Confederate), Companies A and B 4.

1. Allen, Desmond Walls. The Seventh Arkansas Confederate Infantry (Desmond Walls Allen, Conway, Arkansas, 1988.

2. Allen, Desmond Walls. Forty-fifth Arkansas Confederate Cavalry (Desmond Walls Allen: Conway AR, 1988) p. 1.

3. Allen, Desmond Walls. Thirty-eighth Arkansas Confederate Cavalry (Desmond Walls Allen: Conway AR, 1988) p. 1.

4.Bass, Ronald R. History of the Thirty-first Arkansas Confederate Infantry (Conway, Arkansas: Arkansas Research, 1996) p. 12.

Societies and Libraries
Randolph County, Arkansas Church

Riley-Hickingbotham Library Ouachita Baptist University OBU Box 3742 Arkadelphia, AR 71998 870/245-5119

Official depository for records of the Arkansas Baptist State Convention. See the every-name index to association records through the year 1900 (PDF). The index can be downloaded for off-line research.

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