Montgomery County Library Resources

Montgomery County, Arkansas Library Resources

Montgomery CountyGenWeb Project

Montgomery County Library

P.O. Box 189
Mount Ida, AR 71957
phone/fax: 870-867-3812
email: montlibrary@hotmail.com
Hours: 9:30 am to 4:30 pm Mon., Wed., Thurs., Fri. Closed Tues., Sat., and Sun.
Contact person:
They are willing to make copies at $.50/page. Checks should be made out to Montgomery County Library and include a self-addressed, stamped envelope. The library is located in the Civic Center at 154D Whittington St. Mount Ida.

Partial list of genealogy material available:
-federal census abstracts for Montgomery Co. for 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910 and 1920
-1890 census "Reconstruction" for Garland and Montgomery Counties.
-indexes for the 1830, 1840 and 1900 census
-mortality schedules: 1850. 1860, 1870
-Montgomery County Cemetery Records (1986) (1998)
-The Arkansas Gazette Obituary Index (1819-1879)
-Arkansas Death Records Index, 1910-1940
-Myers Directory of Genealogical Societies In The USA and Canada (1990)
-Index of Arkansas Wills and Administrations From the Earliest to 1900
-Arkansas Township Atlas (1987)
-Whittington store ledger (1837)
-Memoirs of Mary Edith Cowles Williamson Gardner Vaught
-Fryar family group sheets complied by Joann Fryar Tims
-Montgomery County Will Record book "A"
-Montgomery County Marriage books "A", "B" and "C"
-Montgomery County Deed Record book "A'
-Montgomery County Loose Probate Records, 1842-1930
-Montgomery County News 1951-1994 on microfilm
-Arkansas's Damned Yankees, An Index to Union Soldiers in Arkansas Regiments
-Arkansas Union Soldiers pension application index
-Index to the three volumes of the Arkansas 1911 Census of Confederate Veterans (no one from Mont. Co.)
-They Never Came Back (Montgomery County Hunters)
-microfilm copies of the record books in the Montgomery County Arkansas Archives
        Circuit Court Records 1845-1883
        Deeds Records Books A-H 1845-1888
        General Index to Deeds 1907-1914
        Loose probate records 1842-1930
        Marriage Records Books 1A - G 1851-1923
        Index to Deeds Grantor and Grantee 1850-1910
        Mining Claim Records 1875-1889
        Personal Property Tax books 1865-1894
        Soldiers and Sailors discharges Book A
        Tax Records 1849-1967
-plus selected materials from the surrounding counties
e.g. Polk County History ISBN 0-88107-124-2 Troy Williams and Leon Toon, editors Curtis Media Corporation 1988 Publisher.
- Herstory, a collection of biographical sketches of selected pioneer ladies of Montgomery Co. Compiled by Montgomery Co. Extension Homemakers Council 1986-1988. The Montgomery County News, 25 Feb, 1988 contains an article with a photo* regarding this book.
     Mary Lumer Barber
    Annie Winne Fagan Bobo
    Goldie Mckinzie Booth
    Vada Frances Simpson Campell
    Mattie Evelyn Plemmons Davidson
    Ona Marie Wright Dunn*
    Edyth Gamble Garmon
    Nancy Chambers and Willie Chambers Garrett
    Helen "Germa" Shirley Garrett
    Edna Hicks Gortemiller*
    Bethal Hicks*
    Nancy Bell Singleton Hughes
    Hazel Beatrice Amerson Jackson
    Rosa Lee Hale Johnson
    Rhuie Malta Fair O'Neal
    Lucy Dell Kennedy Peppers*
    Audie Forbes Smith*
    Hattie Francis Pullen Taylor
    Nora Wattenbarger Clardy Thompson
    Ida Lee Ramsey Todd*
    Eloise Emma McKay Vincent
    Ola Mae Walton

Melinda Lee Riden-Jardine has placed a 100 page binder on the Satterfields, Ledbetters, Jacksons, Kirks, and Ridens that was placed in the Montgomery County library in the spring of 1999. This binder is complete with photos and the latest Internet resources. The same binder can be located in Lee Co. and Madison Co., as well. The Satterfields, Jacksons, and Kirks arrived in Oden and Pencil Bluff around 1890. Many of the descendants are still living in this area of the state.

The following institutions may have genealogical and historical records on Montgomery County.

Polk County Library
410 Eighth Street
Mena, Arkansas 71953
Hours:10:00 - 5:30 Monday through Friday
           9:00 - 2:00     Saturday.
Genealogical research room. Good collection not only Polk Co. info for the surrounding counties. Polk Co. collection includes: Census books & microfilm, Mena Weekly Star (microfilm only), obituaries, cemetery and marriage books, funeral records, researchers surname file, Teachers Record Books etc.

Visit Polk Co. Courthouse while in Mena as some Montgomery Co. residents had their marriage recorded here in Polk Co. There is a published marriage book on the shelf near the county marriage books that may be helpful in locating the book and page number.

Ft. Smith Public Library
61 South 8th
Ft. Smith, AR 72901
Arkansas Collection

Arkansas State Library
One Capitol Mall
Little Rock, AR 72201

Central Library, Butler Center, Little Rock
Encyclopedia of Arkansas

Department of State Lands
State Capitol
Little Rock, AR 72201

Arkansas History Commission
One Capitol Mall
Little Rock, AR 72201
ph 501 682 6900

databases: newspapers, county records,
holdings
photo collection

Photo submitted with certification application to the AR Board of Barber Examiners by Milos Victor Sekavec, age 37 in 1938. Sekavec was first certified by the board in 1938 in Mount Ida. His last date of certification was 1952.

Photo submitted with certification application to the Arkansas Board of Barber Examiners by W. E. (William Earnest) Kilby, age 50 in 1937. Kilby 1887-1982 was first certified by the board in 1937 in Mount Ida. His last date of certification was 1975.

Photo submitted with certification application to the Arkansas Board of Barber Examiners by Charles Sekavec, age 49 in 1937. Sekavec 1888-1963 was first certified by the board in 1937 in Mount Ida. His last date of certification was 1961.

Photo submitted with certification application to the Arkansas Board of Barber Examiners by Leslie Raines. Raines 1896-1973 was first certified by the board in 1938, age 41, in Caddo Gap. His last date of certification was 1973, same year as his death.

Photo submitted with certification application to the Arkansas Board of Barber Examiners by W. S. Phipps. Phipps was first certified by the board in 1938, at age 43, in Norman. His last date of certification was 1948.

Ernie Deane Collection

Photo Pine Ridge Post Office March 1960

Photo James Richard "Dick" Huddleston, the old time country store keeper. 1960

Photo Mt Ida Courthouse July 1959

Photo C. E. Bates is a realtor, cattle trader and owner of a service station and fisherman's supply shop in Mount Ida. Bates (left) hands over fishing supplies

Photo Mt Ida July 12 1959. In the background are the Lodge of the Mt. Ida Masons and Order of the Eastern Star, Homestead Cafe, Chamber of Commerce and L. L. Beavers Agency.

National Archives-Fort Worth Branch
P.O. Box 6216
501 West Felix Street
Fort Worth, TX 76115

Southwest Arkansas Regional Archives
Old Washington Historic State Park
Washington, AR 71862
Open seven days a week 9:00 - 4:00
Located one-half mile west of the Courthouse on Highway 195

Central Arkansas Library System
Main Library (Butler Center, Genealogy)
100 Rock St.
Little Rock, AR 72201 (501) 918-3000
Hours:    Monday, Tuesday, Thursday     9:00 - 8:00
               Wednesday, Friday, Saturday   9:00 - 6:00
             Sunday                                      1:00 - 5:00

Central Arkansas Libraries Catalog searchable

University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701

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Societies

Montgomery County Historical Society
P.O. Box 578
Mount Ida, AR 71957
Contact: Debbie Baldwin
The Crystal (newsletter) is no longer published.
The MCHS recently published the Montgomery County, Arkansas Cemetery Book

Arkansas Genealogical Society
Box 908
Hot Springs AR 71902-0908
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