Randolph County, Arkansas Genealogy

United States &gt; Arkansas &gt; Randolph County

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.]

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)