Logan County, Arkansas GenWeb

Originally called Sarber County when formed in 1871, Logan County was renamed in 1875 in honor of early pioneer James Logan who participated in the first territorial and state legislatures. Logan County was formed from Johnson, Yell, Scott and Franklin Counties. The county has two courthouses, Paris, and Booneville. Paris was incorporated in 1875 and Booneville was incorporated in 1878. Major towns within Logan County include Blue Mountain, Booneville, Caulksville, Magazine, Morrison Bluff, Paris, Ratcliff, Scranton and Subiaco. There were courthouse fires in 1874 and 1877. Read more of the history here.

Logan County, AR STARTING POINT
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Logan County Courthouse 25 W. Walnut, Rm. 22 Paris, AR 72855 Phone: 479-963-3601   FAX: 479-963-2590 Logan County Clerk Courthouse 366 N. Broadway St. Booneville, AR 72927 (479) 963-2618
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BIOGRAPHIES All Offsite Links
Goodspeeds Biographies, 1891	Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Western Arkansas - Logan County, Arkansas  OffSite Link
Alexander BARNHILL, Jr
Capt. Claiborn W. CAUTHRON	Samuel Jasper CROSSNO
James Madison HISE	Paul Adolph HUNTER
George KINCANNON	Rufus Fletcher McCOY Sr.
General John Paul McCONNELL	M.W. PARKER

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BUSINESS
Polks's Arkansas State Gazetteer Business Directories 1884-1885	Polks's Arkansas State Gazetteer Business Directories 1888-1889	Polks's Arkansas State Gazetteer Business Directories 1892-1893
County Officials 1871 to 1890	Paris Hotel ca. 1880's Built by William H. FORT

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CEMETERIES Disclaimer: I provide the "links" to various cemeteries within Logan County as a service to researchers. Please contact the web host of the page where the cemetery is located if you have questions or complaints. The majority of these cemeteries are not located within my domain and I have no control over their content.
A LOT of Logan County Cemeteries An Off Site Link with a search engine		Doss Cemetery An Offsite Link
Flood Mountain Cemetery An Offsite Link	Garrison Cemetery An Off Site Link	Graves Cemetery An Offsite Link
Elizabeth Hall Cemetery An Off Site Link	Johnson Family Cemetery, Delaware An Off Site Link	Liberty Cemetery or Rogers Cemetery, Yell-Logan County Line, Arkansas An Off Site Link
May Cemetery An Off Site Link	McReynolds Cemetery An OffSite link	Mobley Cemetery An Off Site Link
	Pledger Family Cemetery  An Off Site Link
Sugar Grove Cemetery An Off Site Link		Utley Cemetery An Off Site Link

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CENSUS
1910 Logan County Townships Barber - Blue Mountain - Cane Creek - Cauthron - Clark Delaware - Driggs - Ellsworth - Logan - Mountain - River Petit Jean - Shoal Creek - Sugar Creek - Titsworth Tomlinson - Washburn		Logan County Quick Facts from the US Cenus Bureau
1880 Census An Offlink Site	Arkansas Naturalization Records Index 1809-1906	Arkansas Census Records An Offlink Site
County, State and National Census Maps An Offlink Site	1840 Census of Pensioners - Military An Offsite Link	Electronic census spreadsheets An Off Site Link

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CHURCHES
Churches of Logan County An Offsite Link	Ione Baptist Church Minutes An Offsite Link

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COUNTY -Official Pages
State and Local Taxes	Paris Area Chamber of Commerce	South Logan County Chamber of Commerce

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DEATHS
An Offsite Link	An Offsite Link	Logan County Funeral Homes

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DEEDS
Logan County, Arkansas Federal Land Records An Offsite Link	The Official Federal Land Patent Records Site An Offsite Link	An Offsite Link

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DISASTER, MURDER & MAYHEM
Murder of Captain William ELLINGTON and his son W.E. ELLINGTON, 1890	HAMBY Brothers Murdered, 1881

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EDUCATION
Booneville Public Schools	First basketball game at Ratcliff High School	Historical information about Logan County Schools
	Logan County School, 1905 to 1915
Paris School District	Revilee School Photograph, 1924	Rockey Valley School, 1920
Six Mile School Photograph, abt. 1910	Subiaco Abbey and Academy	Wilburn School 1905-1914

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FAMILY
Reed, Farmer, Woodall, McBride, Smith and West An Offsite Link	BAUCUM An Offsite Link
CHURCHMAN An Offsite Link	CROW Family An Offsite Link
	DENTON An Offsite Link
DILL An Offsite link	GREGORY An Offsite Link
HAMBY An Offsite Link
LEE An Offsite Link	SPRINGER An Offsite Link
TERRY - Includes Terry Logan County Marriages An Offsite Link	TUCKNESS An Offsite Link

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HISTORY All Off Site Links
Logan County Places on the National Register of Historic Places	1872 Southern Claims Commission Disallowed Claims Index (States A-N) P2257 roll 1 of 1 National Archives & Records Administration
"Shaking the Cotton Trees" by Gene Bartsch Scroll down the page to see links for stories and photos in the book - Some great photos of Logan County places!	The Last Public Hanging In Arkansas - Paris, Logan County, Arkansas July 14, 1914

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LIBRARIES
Online Arkansas Library Project An Offsite Link	Logan County Library	Gattis Logan County Library

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MAPS
County, State and National County Formation Maps An Off Site Link	1895 Map of Logan County	Arkansas Maps An Off Site Link

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MARRIAGES
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MISC GENEALOGY RECORDS
	Genealogical Terms & Descriptions (Meanings & Definitions) An Offsite Link	Common Nicknames An Offsite Link

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MUSEUMS All Off Site Links
Logan County Museum, Paris, 204 N. Vine, 479-963-3936 Small museum of local history is housed in the old jail where the state's last hanging took place; listed on the National Register of Historic Places

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NATIVE AMERICAN All Offsite Links
Arkansas Native American Links	Indian Removal Through Arkansas, 1830 - 1849

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NEWSPAPERS
Booneville Democrat An Offsite Link	The Paris Express An Offsite Link	Newspapers in 1890 - Paris Express, Paris Serpent

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OBITUARIES
Eatta BEAN, 1906	Mac BEAN, 1944
Mrs. John FRANKS, 1937	John FRANKS, 1952	Martha FRANKS, 1970
James McCoy, 1951	Nancy McCoy, 1928	Polly McCoy, 1959
R.F. McCoy, 1925	Vivian TAYLOR, 1966	Ransom WIGGINS, 1895

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ORGANIZATIONS
Logan County Historical Society P.O. Box 40 Magazine, AR 72943 Dues are $15 per individual, $20 for a couple. Membership will get you two issues of Wagon Wheels each year and a newsletter.	Arkansas Genealogical Society P.O. Box 17653 Little Rock, AR 72222

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PENSIONS All Offsite Links
Pension Application, Calvin J. & Elizabeth HOLLEY

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PHOTOGRAPHS
BENNETT Family - about 1893 An Offsite Link	CHRISTY Family Photo
	McCOY Family Photo

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PLACES Towns in 1890 were Paris (incorporated February 8, 1879), Boonsville, Magazine, Rosevill, National Springs, Chismville, Caulksville, Ellsworth, Prairieview, Morrisons Bluff and Dublin
Arkansas State Tuberculosis Sanatorium 1910 - 1973 An Offsite Link  Click here for information on any surviving records	Arkansas History Commission An Offsite Link	Booneville, AR An Offsite Link
1901 Political Townships of Logan County	Early History of Ione, Logan County, Arkansas An Offsite Link	History of Lucas, Logan County, Arkansas An Offsite Link
	Mt. Magazine State Park	Western Arkansas' Mountain Frontier An Offsite Link

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POSTCARDS

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WAR
Revolutionary War Units An Off Site Link	AR Union Regimental History	AR Confederate Regimental History
Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Home Page	The Civil War in Arkansas	CW Battles in AR
Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System	WWII Dead of Logan County, AR	List of Korean War Casualties for Logan County

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WILLS
	Jacob HICKS, 1893

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GENEALOGY HELPERS
Geographic Nameserver Put in a city name and find out what county it is in	USGenWeb Archive Search Engine, State-by-State	Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism
Where to write for Vital Statistics	Calculate a Birthdate	University of AR: Special Collections
Search the LDS website	The Association for Gravestone Studies	Search the DAR Library Catalog
Native American Resources	Create a time line of History

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