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United States Arkansas Woodruff County

Guide to Woodruff County, Arkansas ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse
Woodruff County Courthouse 500 North 3rd Street Augusta, AR 72006-0356 Phone: 870.347.5206 County Clerk has marriage and probate records from 1865; Clerk Circuit Court has divorce, court and land records.

Government and Related Websites
 * PublicRecords.com (unofficial site) Provides links to County officials and public records.

Record Loss
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Boundary Changes

 * 1862--Woodruff County was created 26 November 1862 from Jackson and St. Francis Counties.

County seat: Augusta


 * For animated maps illustrating Arkansas county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Arkansas County Boundary Maps" (1813-1925) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Cities and Towns

 * Click and select the link Places within... for cities and towns (most counties)

Populated Places

History Timeline
Events below gleaned from Woodruff County The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture

Biographies

 * All of the family biographies from Woodruff County, Arkansas included in The Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Eastern Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1890 are available free online at My Genealogy Hound.

African Americans

 * 1864-1872 at FamilySearch Historical Records — images

Guardianship

 * 1817-1979 at FamilySearch Historical Collections — images; includes guardianships

Local Histories

 * See also Cities and towns for resources in the FamilySearch Catalog

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Maps of Arkansas (1813-1925)
 * Map of 1889 Woodruff County, Arkansas (My Genealogy Hound)

Civil War

 * - 2nd Regiment, Arkansas Volunteers (Confederate), Company D

Civil War Battle The following Civil War battle was fought in Woodruff County.
 * July 7, 1862 Hill's Plantation, also known as Cache River, Cotton Plant, or Round Hill
 * Map showing Civil War battles in Arkansas.

Probate Records
Online Probate Records
 * 1818-1998 Arkansas Wills and Probate Records 1818-1998 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
 * 1817-1979 at FamilySearch Historical Collections — images; includes guardianships

Birth

 * 1873-1937 - Woodruff County Birth Index 1873-1937. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Marriage

 * 1864-1929, 1949 - Woodruff County Marriage Books A-R, 1-3 Index 1864-1929, 1949 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1837-1957 - at FamilySearch Historical Collections — Index. — Woodruff County Marriage Books D-Z, 1-3, and AA-EE Index 1883-1952

Death

 * 1894-1899 - Woodruff County Death Index 1894-1899. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Libraries
Major catalogs for books, microfilm, or collections pertaining to Woodruff County
 * - Select Places within... for cities and towns
 * WorldCat — Click an item for libraries near you. For more information, see WorldCat Online Catalog.
 * Allen County Public Library — Located in Indiana, they are heavily involved in digitizing much of their collection.
 * Arkansas History Commission Select the county — Arkansas state agency involved in organizing, digitizing, and maintaining the records of state and local history.
 * Local libraries and Arkansas Archives and Libraries may suggest other catalogs

Websites
Sites with online indexes or images of records
 * ARGenWeb - Data may be submitted by individuals or complete transcriptions
 * USGenWeb Archives - Data may be submitted by individuals or may be complete transcriptions
 * RootsWeb resources - Data may be submitted by individuals or may be complete transcriptions

More Woodruff County genealogy links
 * Linkpendium - Click links. Some sites they link to may have fees ($)
 * CyndisList - Click links. Some sites they link to may have fees ($)