Hempstead County, Arkansas Genealogy

United States Arkansas  Hempstead County

County Courthouse
Hempstead County Courthouse PO Box 1420 Hope, AR 71801-1420 Phone: 870.777.2241 County Clerk has marriage and probater records from 1823 and land records from 1900

Parent County

 * 1818--Hempstead County was created 15 December 1818 from Arkansas County. County seat: Hope Its existence predates the state of Akansas which was admitted to the union in 1836. Hempstead County was part of the Missouri Territory from 1818 to 1819 and part of the Arkansas Territory from 1819 to 1836.

Boundary Changes
See an interactive map of Hempstead County border changes at N2Genealogy.

Neighboring Counties

 * Howard
 * Lafayette
 * Little River
 * Miller
 * Nevada
 * Pike
 * Sevier

Cemeteries

 * Cemeteries are found on the Hempstead ARGenweb site, the Hempstead Archives website and the Findagrave website.

Census
1820 is missing

Court

 * Index to Chancery Court Records Hempstead Co. ARGenweb

Land

 * Federal Land Records Hampstead County Hempstead County Archives

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, Hempstead County on page 191.]

Vital Records

 * Hempstead County Marriages, 1817 - 1875 Hempstead County Archives
 * Freedmens' Marriages Hempstead County Hempstead Co.ARGenweb

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * Hempstead County ARGenweb
 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Hempstead County, Arkansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Hempstead County, Arkansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)