\ JACKSON COUNTY GENEALOGY

                                                                       

 

                                                                                                                     

                                                                                                                                       

                                                                        

                                     JACKSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE                                                                                                                         

                                                                                                                                          

 

                                                 JACKSON COUNTY WEBSITE BY CHARLOTTE  SMITH                                                                                         charcsmith@verizon.net

HISTORY OF JACKSON COUNTY:      CLICK TO SEE TOWNSHIP MAP

Jackson Co. was named for President Andrew Jackson. It was organized in accordance with an act of the legislature of theTerritory of Arkansas,5 Nov.1829. As then constituted it contained nearly all of what is now Woodruff Co.The site of the permanent seat of justice for the county was chosen in 1832 at Litchfied which was on the Jacksonport and Augusta road at the crossing of Village Creek about 3 miles north of the present town of Newport. In 1839 the seat moved to Elizabeth, a place on the northeast side of White River, midway between Jacksonport and Newport. It is now under the river and no longer there. In 1852 it was moved to Augusta which is now the Co seat of Woodruff Co. Next year 1853, Jacksonport became the Co. seat and finally it moved to Newport, the largest town in the county and there it has remained.

JACKSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE- Newport, Ark 72112-

County Clerk has marriage records from 1843-present. Check the marriage records online listed below.  Probate records from 1845 to present. Land Record from 1831 Clerk of the Circuit court has divorce, civil and court records.(see below for State record) Jackson County Courthouse-208 Main Newport, Ark 72112 and County Clerk County Courthouse, P.O.Box 641 Newport , Ark 72112-0641 Telephone 870-523-7420

Birth and death records are obtained from Arkansas Dept of Health, Vital Records, 4815 W Markam St slot 44, Little Rock, Ark 72205-3867

www.http:/ heathlyarkansas.com   for prices and dates of records

JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY-% Wayne Boyce 7 Pickens St. Newport, Arkansas 72112. publishes STREAM OF HISTORY quarterly.

JACKSON COUNTY LIBRARY 213 Walnut, P. O Box 190, Newport.Ark 72112,telephone 870-523-2952 or fax 870-523-4283  has great collection of local history and genealogical collection in its Arkansas Room.     E MAIL JacksonCoLibrary@hotmail.com     For newest information click on     LIBRARY . Library website  www.jacksoncolibrary.net

TUCKERMAN LIBRARY- 200    N. Main Tuckerman, Ark 72473 phone 870 349-5336-good local genealogy collection for the Tuckerman area.

ARKANSAS CIVIL WAR MESSAGE BOARD   

Be sure to check these records. You should go through each Jackson County group if you have any ancestors that were of age to be in the Civil War. You might find your surname or ancestors. To order records from the National Archives email inquire@arch2.nara.gov   put "form" in subject and in message include how many and the number of the form and your full name and mailing address  To order Arkansas records go to   www.state.ar.us/ahc/form3.txt   or form 4 for pension forms