Conway County, Arkansas Genealogy

United States Arkansas  Conway County

Guide to Conway County Arkansas genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse
Conway County Courthouse 117 South Moose Street; Morrilton, AR 72110 Phone 501.354.9621 County Clerk has marriage records from 1858 and probate records; Clerk Circuit Court has divorce and land records

Parent County

 * 1825--Conway County was created 20 October 1825 from Pulaski County. County seat: Morrilton

Boundary Changes
See an interactive map of Conway County boundary changes at N2Genealogy.

Neighboring Counties

 * Faulkner
 * Perry
 * Pope
 * Van Buren
 * Yell

Civil War
Men from this county served in the 1st Regiment, Arkansas Mounted Rifles (Confederate)1, 3rd Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry (Union),2undefined 31st Regiment, Arkansas Infantry (Confederate), Companies C and G.3

1. Allen, Desmond Walls. First Arkansas Confederate Mounted Rifles (Desmond Walls Allen: Conway AR, 1988) p. 2.

2. Allen, Desmond Walls. Third Arkansas Union Cavalry (Desmond Walls Allen: Conway, Arkansas) 1987, pp. 33-92.

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

Marriage

 * 1851-1923 - Conway County Marriage Books C-W Index 1851-1923 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.

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