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Jefferson County, Arkansas References

Arkansas History Commission
One Capitol Mall
Little Rock, AR. 72201
Phone No. 501-682-6900
Research Room Hours: Mon.-Sat. 8am to 4:30 pm

Arkansas Township Digest: Minor Civil Divisions, 1820-1990
Compiled by Desmond Walls Allen; Copyright 1994
Published by Arkansas Research; PO Box 303; Conway, AR 72033
ISBN 0-941765-92-X (softbound); ISBN 0-941765-93-8 (hardbound)

JEFFERSON COUNTY RECORDS ON MICROFILM
located at the Arkansas History Commission

MARRIAGE RECORDS(see rolls 32 and 33)

1. Index to Marriage Records Bks. "A-B" 1830-1927 983663
2. Marriage Records Bk. "A" * 1830-1876 983664
3. Marriage Records Bks. "B-C" 1876-1883 983665
4. Marriage Records Bks. "D-E" 1883-1887 983666
5. Marriage Records Bks. "F-G" 1887-1891 983667
6. Marriage Records Bks. "H-I" 1891-1896 983668
7. Marriage Records Bks. "J" 1896-1898 983669
8. Marriage Records Bks. "K" 1898-1900 983323
9. Marriage Records Bks. "L-M" 1900-1903 983324
10. Marriage Records Bks. "N" 1903-1904 983325
11. Marriage Records Bks. "O" 1904-1906 983110
12. Marriage Records Bks. "P" 1906-1908 983112
13. Marriage Records Bks. "Q-R" 1908-1910 983113
14. Marriage Records Bks. "S" 1910-1911 983114
15. Marriage Records Bks. "T" 1911-1913 983115
16. Marriage Records Bks. "U" 1912-1914 983116
17. Marriage Records Bks. "V" 1913-1915 983117
18. Marriage Records Bks. "W" 1915-1916 983118
19. Marriage Records Bks. "X" 1916-1917 983119
20. Marriage Records Bks. "Y" 1917-1918 983120
21. Marriage Records Bks. "Z" 1918-1919 983890
22. Marriage Records Bks. "AA-BB" 1919-1920 983894
23. Marriage Records(colored) Bks. "I-II" 1865-1876 983891
24. Marriage Records (old) Bks. "III-VI" 1922-1939 983892
25. Marriage Records (old) Bks. "VII-VIII" 1939-1956 983893

WILL RECORDS

26. Will Records Bk. "A" 1865-1882
J.P. Court Docket 1860-1871
Will Records Bk. "B" 1847-1863 983902
27. Will Records Bk. "1" 1838-1898 983903
28. Will Records Bk. "2" 1898-1910 983904
29. Will Records Bk. "3" 1902-1921 983905

PROBATE COURT RECORDS

30. Administrators, Executors
and Guardian Bonds Bk. "C" 1859-1862
Guardian and Administra-
tors Bonds 1850-1869 983901
31. Records of Administration 1856-1861
Executor's Record Bk. "A" 1862-1930 983906
32. Probate Court Docket Bk. "A" 1860-1884 983907
33. Probate Court Docket Bk. "B" 1885-1889
Administrator's Record Bk. "A" 1862-1882 983908
34. Probate Court Docket Bk. "B" 1882-1906 983909
35. Probate Court Docket Bk. "A-C" 1829-1855 983911
36. Probate Court Docket Bk. "D-E" 1858 983912
37. Probate Court Docket Bk. "F-G" 1858-1862 983913
38. Probate Court Docket Bk. "H-I" 1865-1869 983817
39. Probate Court Docket Bk. "J" 1869-1872 983818
40. Probate Court Docket Bk. "K" 1872-1878 983153
41. Probate Court Docket Bk. "L" 1878-1883 983154
42. Probate Court Docket Bk. "M" 1884-1890 983155

COUNTY COURT RECORDS

43. County Court Records Bks. "A&B-A" 1837-1866 983895
44. County Court Records Bks. "C-D" 1847-1859 983896
45.
County Court Records Bks. "F-G" 1859-1863 983897
46. County Court Records Bk. "H" 1865-1869 983898
47. County Court Records Bk. "J" 1869-1873 983899
48. County Court Records Bk. "K" 1873-1877 983900

MINISTER'S CREDENTIALS

49. Minister's Credentials Bks. "A-B" 1871-1936 983910
(also contains some marriages)

DEED RECORDS

50. Atlas to Jefferson County: 1921
Index to Deeds: Direct Bks. "A-C" 1830-1865 983156
51. Index to Deeds: Direct Bks. "D-F" 1870-1889 983157
52. Index to Deeds: Direct Bks. "G-I" 1895-1905 983158
53. Index to Deeds: Direct Bks. "J-K" 1909-1912 983159
54. Index to Deeds: Direct Bks. "L-N" 1916-1919 983160
55. Index to Deeds: Direct Bks. "O-Q" 1920-1922 983161
56. Index to Deeds: Direct Bks. "R-T" 1923-1925 983162
57. Index to Deeds: Direct Bks. "U-V" 1926-1927 983178
58. Index to Deeds: Direct Bks. "W-Z" 1928-1931 983179
59. Index to Deeds: Indirect Bks. "A-C" 1830-1865 983180
60. Index to Deeds: Indirect Bks. "D-F" 1870-1889 983181
61. Index to Deeds: Indirect Bks. "G-I" 1895-1905 983182
62. Index to Deeds: Indirect Bks. "J-K" 1909-1912 983183
63. Index to Deeds: Indirect Bks. "L-M" 1916-1918 983184
64. Index to Deeds: Indirect Bks. "N-O" 1919-1920 983487
65. Index to Deeds: Indirect Bks. "P-Q" 1921-1922 983488
66. Index to Deeds: Indirect Bks. "R-U" 1923-1926 983489
67. Index to Deeds: Indirect Bks. "V-Z" 1927-1931 983490
68. Deed Records Bk. "A-B" 1830-1839 983493
69. Deed Records Bk. "C" 1839-1843 983494
70. Deed Records Bk. "D-E" 1843-1850 983495
71. Deed Records Bk. "F-G" 1850-1854 983496
72. Deed Records Bk. "H" 1854-1856 983497
73. Deed Records Bk. "I" 1856-1857 983498
74. Deed Records Bks. "J-K" 1857-1858 983499
75. Deed Records Bk. "L-M" 1858-1859 983500
76. Deed Records Bk. "N" 1859-1860 984001
77. Deed Records Bk. "O" 1860 984002
78. Deed Records Bk. "P" 1860-1861 984003
79. Deed Records Bk. "Q-R" 1861-1863 984004
80. Deed Records Bk. "A-2" 1863-1866 984005
81. Deed Records Bk. "B-2" 1866-1867 984006
82. Deed Records Bk. "C-2" 1866-1867 984007
83. Deed Records Bk. "D-2" 1867-1868 984008
84. Deed Records Bk. "E-2" 1868 984009
85. Deed Records Bk. "F-2-G-2" 1868-1869 984010
86. Deed Records Bk. "H-2" 1869 984011
87. Deed Records Bk. "I-2" 1869-1870 984012
88. Deed Records Bk. "J-2" 1870 984013
89. Deed Records Bk. "K-2" 1870 984014
90. Deed Records Bk. "L-2" 1870 984015
91. Deed Records Bk. "M-2" 1871 984016
92. Deed Records Bk. "N-2" 1870-1872
Deed Records Bk. "N-2" 1871-1872 984017
93. Deed Records Bk. "O-2" 1872-1873 984018
94. Deed Records Bk. "P-2" 1872-1874 984080
95. Deed Records Bk. "Q-2-R-2" 1874-1876 984081
96. Deed Records Bk. "S-2-T-2" 1876-1878 984082
97. Deed Records Bk. "U-2" 1877-1879 984083
98. Deed Records Bk. "V-2" 1879 984084
99. Deed Records Bk. "W-2" 1880-1881 984085
100. Deed Records Bk. "X-2" 1881-1882 984086
101. Deed Records Bk. "Y-2" 1882-1883 984087
102. Deed Records Bk. "Z-2" 1882-1884 984088
103. Deed Records Bk. "1" 1884 983491
104. Deed Records Bk. "2" 1885 983492

CIRCUIT COURT RECORDS

105. Circuit Court Records Bks. "A-B" 1830-1845 984093
106. Circuit Court Records Bks. "C-D" 1846-1855 984094
107. Circuit Court Records Bks. "E-F" 1855-1859 984095
108. Circuit Court Records Bks. "G-H" 1859-1863 984096
109. Circuit Court Records Bks. "I-J" 1865-1867 984097
110. Circuit Court Records Bks. "K-L" 1867-1875 984098
111. Circuit Court Records Bk. "M" 1875-1887
Probate Court Records "A" * 1865 984099
*See Rolls #30 - #42

CHANCERY COURT RECORDS

112. Chancery Court Records Bks. "A-B" 1841-1860 984089
113. Chancery Court Records Bks. "C" 1860-1864 984090
114. Chancery Court Records Bks. "D" 1869-1876 984091

TAX RECORDS

115. Tax Records 1830-1854
116. Tax Records 1855-1860 (part)
117. Tax Records 1860 (part)-1865 (part
118. Tax Records 1865 (part)-1868
119. Tax Records 1839-1855 ARP-1
120. Tax Records 1856-1860 ARP-2
121. Tax Records 1860-1861 ATRP-3
122. Tax Records 1862,1865 ATRP-4
123. Tax Records 1866-1867 ATRP-5

REAL ESTATE TAX BOOKS

124. Real Estate Tax Books 1869-1869(pt) ATRP-6
125. Real Estate Tax Books 1869-1870 ATRP-7
126. Real Estate Tax Books 1871-1872(pt) ATRP-8
127. Real Estate Tax Books 1872-1874(pt) ATRP-9
128. Real Estate Tax Books 1874-1876(pt) ATRP-10
129. Real Estate Tax Books 1876-1879(pt) ATRP-11
130. Real Estate Tax Books 1879-1881 ATRP-12
131. Real Estate Tax Books 1882-1884 ATRP-13
132. Real Estate Tax Books 1885-1887(pt) ATRP-14
133. Real Estate Tax Books 1887-1889(pt) ATRP-15
134. Real Estate Tax Books 1889-1890 ATRP-16
135. Real Estate Tax Books 1891-1892(pt) ATRP-17
136. Real Estate Tax Books 1892-1893 ATRP-18
137. Real Estate Tax Books 1894-1895(pt) ATRP-19
138. Real Estate Tax Books 1895-1896 ATRP-20
139. Real Estate Tax Books 1897 ATRP-21
140. Real Estate Tax Books 1898-1899(pt) ATRP-22
141. Real Estate Tax Books 1899-1900(pt) ATRP-23
142. Real Estate Tax Books 1900(pt) ATRP-24

PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX BOOKS

143. Personal Property Tax Books 1870-1876(pt) PT-1
144. Personal Property Tax Books 1876-1881(pt) PT-2
145. Personal Property Tax Books 1881-1886(pt) PT-3
146. Personal Property Tax Books 1886-1889(pt) PT-4
147. Personal Property Tax Books 1889-1891(pt) PT-5
148. Personal Property Tax Books 1891-1894(pt) PT-6
149. Personal Property Tax Books 1894-1896(pt) PT-7
150. Personal Property Tax Books 1896-1898(pt) PT-8
151. Personal Property Tax Books 1898-1900(pt) PT-9
152. Personal Property Tax Books 1900-1901 PT-10
153. Personal Property Tax Books 1902-1903 PT-11

PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENTS

154. Personal Property Tax Assessments 1869-1877(pt) PA1-A
155. Personal Property Tax Assessments 1877-1884 PA2-B
156. Personal Property Tax Assessments 1885-1889(pt) PA-1
157. Personal Property Tax Assessments 1889-1891(pt) PA-2
158. Personal Property Tax Assessments 1891-1894(pt) PA-3
159. Personal Property Tax Assessments 1894-1896(pt) PA-4
160. Personal Property Tax Assessments 1896-1899(pt) PA-5
161. Personal Property Tax Assessments 1899-1901 PA-6

SOLDIER'S AND SAILOR'S DISCHARGE RECORDS

162. Soldier's and Sailor's Discharge Record Book "A" W.W.1 984092

Atkins Family - DAR Vols. 4 and 11; LDS
Bellwood - DAR Vols. 1, 4 and 31; LDS
Big Sandy - DAR Vol 43; LDS
Blaloch and King Family - DAR Vol. 43; LDS
Branch Family - DAR Vol. 43; LDS
Brown - DAR Vol. 43; LDS
Caldwell Burial Ground - DAR Vols. 4 and 11
Catholic Churches - DAR Vol. 4
Cedar Branch Baptist - LDS
Coffin Place - Cornerstone - DAR Vols. 4 and 11
Curl - DAR Vols. 43 and 94; LDS
Davis - DAR Vols. 4 and 11
Derrissee - DAR Vol. 33
Donelson - DAR Vol. 4
Eaton - DAR Vol. 19
English - DAR Vol. 11
Fitzhue - DAR Vol. 43; LDS
Flat Bayou - DAR Vol. 10
Good Faith - DAR Vol. 43; LDS
Hardin - LDS
Harmony Missionary Baptist Church - DAR Vol. 43; LDS
Hooker - LDS
Hudson Family - DAR Vol. 43; LDS
Jackman's - DAR Vol. 19
Lee - LDS
Lee Springs Road - DAR Vol. 43; LDS
Leonard - DAR Vol. 5
Locust Cottage - Ark. History Commission
Lone Grove - DAR Vol. 43; LDS
McDill - DAR Vol. 33
Macedonia - DAR Vol. 43; LDS
Mount Ida - LDS
Old Confederate - DAR Vol. 43; LDS
Old Watts School Road - DAR Vol. 43; LDS
Providence - DAR Vol. 43; LDS
Quattlebaum - DAR Vols. 4 and 11
St. Joseph's - DAR Vol. 4
St. Mary's Church - DAR Vols. 10 and 11; LDS
St. Peter's Church (New Gascony) - DAR Vol. 11
Salem #3 - LDS
Shell Chapel - LDS
Sherrill - DAR Vol. 4
Smith (English) - DAR Vol. 4
Smith (Swan Lake) - DAR Vols. 4 and 11
Smithwick Family - DAR Vol. 43; LDS
Swan Lake - DAR Vols. 11 and 19
Taylor Family - Ark. Cemetery Inscriptions Vol. 1; Mrs Wm. H. Counts; 3812 Glenmere Rd.
Tucker - DAR Vol. 19
Wild Cat Landing - DAR Vols. 4 and 11

NOTE:
DAR = Arkansas State Society
Daughters of the American Revolution
Unpublished Records, Vol. 1
Copies available at:
Little Rock Public Library
Arkansas History Commission
NSDAR Library, Washington, D.C.

LDS= Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Salt Lake City, Utah


CEMETERIES OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, ARKANSAS

UNION CEMETERY

Also known as Greenlee Cemetery
Also known as Felix G. Smith Cemetery
Located in Southwest area of Pine Bluff near junction of Old Warren Road &
Brinkley Road on Brinkley Road in area referred to as Union Community.

Name                                    Birth                            Death
Phineas SMITH                   1819                            1874
        Father of F.G. Smith  (Family records b. 1809  d. 1878)
Sarah Jane PRICE                        1823                            1868
        Mother of F.G. Smith  (Family records b. 1815  d. 1878)
Nancy FLYNN                     1847                            1872
        1st wife of F.G. Smith
Tonia SMITH                     1870                            1877
        Dau. of F.G. Smith & Nancy Smith
Annie Mae SMITH                 1885                            1885 (2 months old)
        Dau. of F.G. Smith & Ann A. Dunnington Smith

Cemetery read and donated by Jane Mullikin, Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Submitted by Linda P. Smith   DougMIV@aol.com


THOMAS  DUNNINGTON  FAMILY CEMETERY

Located in Sulphur Springs area Southwest of Pine Bluff and Watson Chapel.

Name                                            Birth                            Death

Thomas DUNNINGTON                       1818                            1892
        (County Judge from 1868 to 1874)
Sarah Elizabeth Seils DUNNINGTON        1823                            1862
        Wife of T. Dunnington, an infant child is buried with her
Mary Virginia DUNNINGTON                1851                            1904
        Dau. of T. & S.E. Dunnington
Sarah Francis DUNNINGTON                1847                            1909
        Dau. of T. & S.E. Dunnington
Baby                                            1856                            1856
        Child of T. & S.E. Dunnington, lived one month
William Augusta DUNNINGTON              1861                            1882
        Son of T. & S.E. Dunnington
Lucie Gorce Dunnington DYER             1858                            1914
        Dau. of T. & S.E. Dunnington
William DYER                            1856                            1932
        Husband of Lucie D. Dyer
Thomas T. DUNNINGTON                    1862                            1938
        Son of T. & S.E. Dunnington
Anna Byson DUNNINGTON                   1830                            1872
        Second wife of Thomas Dunnington (the father)

Cemetery read and donated by Jane Mullikin, Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Submitted by Linda P. Smith   DougMIV@aol.com


ATKINS  FAMILY  CEMETERY

Atkins Lake, Jefferson County Hwy 65 S., Eight miles East of Pine Bluff, AR

Name                                            Birth                            Death

ATKINS, George W.                       ca. 1781                        8 January 1859
        (Aged 77yr. 7 mo.)
ATKINS, Martha J.                       17 May 1789             13 July 1859
        (wife of George W.)
ATKINS, Peyton R.                       11 October 1810         9 July 1859
        (Son of George  & Martha)
ATKINS, Ionee                           ca. 1842                        12 March 1859
        (Dau. of Peyton R. & Winney A. Atkins) (Aged 16 yrs. 4 mo. 13 da.)
ADKINS, Loemira C.                      3 November 1840 30 Sept 1941
        (Dau. of G.D. & E.A. Adkins)
Note: G.D. Adkins was Green D. Atkins, a son of George W. Atkins Sr.
E.A. Atkins, wife of G.D. Atkins, was Elizabeth Thomas of Philadelphia, PA
Source:   Mrs C.W. Pettigrew, Compiler of Atkins Genealogy Pine Bluff, AR

Cemetery read and donated by Jane Mullikin, Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Submitted by Linda P. Smith   DougMIV@aol.com

BLALOCK  &  KING  FAMILY  CEMETERY



Name                                            Birth                            Death

CRAIG, Louisa P.                        1 September 1870        24 February 1906
CRAIG, dau. of Louisa P. Craig          no dates
CRAIG, son of Louisa P. Craig           no dates
KING, Hattie E.                 21 September 1859       26 February 1899
        wife of John B. King
KING, Infant                                                    5 October 1910
        son of Sid E. & Lena King
KING, John B.                           1844                    3 February 1919
KING, John Hilton                               1872                            1939
KING, Marrein O.                        3 October 1898          23 October 1905
        child of John H. & J.C. (Millie)
KING, Millie                            4 May 1880                      31 July 1903
KING, Millie M.                         no dates
        child of John H. & J.C. (Millie)
KING, Rosa                                      no dates
KING, Rubye C.                  19 July 1914            23 March 1928
        dau. of J.H. & Ella Mae
LOWRY, Alexander Riley          1859                            1888
McLENDON, Emma                          no dates
McLENDON, Miller                                no dates
TAYLOR, Crumwell A.             18 November 1867        8 March 1941
TAYLOR, Ida B.                  9 January 1874          25 August 1938
WHITE, Sarah Jane               28 February 1883        28 November 1897

Courtesy Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Magnolia District
Donated by Jane Mullikin, Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Submitted by Linda P. Smith   DougMIV@aol.com

SOME JEFFERSON COUNTY NEWSPAPERS

NOTE: Some of these newspapers have incomplete microfilm copies due to various reasons, e.g.: destroyed by fires, floods, or neglect prior to the microfilming process. Below is a list that may help locate copies that were microfilmed -


Arkansas Dispatch (Black) - Pine Bluff     (1962, 1975-1976)
      University of Arkansas Library  Fayetteville, Ark. 72701
      Arkansas History Commission; 1 Capitol Mall; Little Rock, AR 72201

Arkansas Republican - Pine Bluff (1882) Arkansas History Commission; 1 Capitol Mall; Little Rock, AR 72201

Cardinal Herald - Pine Bluff (1963-1967) Arkansas History Commission; 1 Capitol Mall; Little Rock, AR 72201

Jefferson Republican - Pine Bluff (1868-1877) University of Arkansas Library Fayetteville, Ark. 72701 Arkansas History Commission; 1 Capitol Mall; Little Rock, AR 72201

Morning Courier - Pine Bluff (1897-1907) University of Arkansas Library Fayetteville, Ark. 72701 Arkansas History Commission; 1 Capitol Mall; Little Rock, AR 72201

Negro Spokesman (Black) - Pine Bluff (1938-1958) Arkansas History Commission; 1 Capitol Mall; Little Rock, AR 72201

Pine Bluff American - Pine Bluff (1850-1856) University of Arkansas Library Fayetteville, Ark. 72701

Pine Bluff Daily Commercial- Pine Bluff (1877-present) University of Arkansas Library Fayetteville, Ark. 72701 Arkansas History Commission; 1 Capitol Mall; Little Rock, AR 72201 Jefferson County Public Library; 200 E. 8th; Pine Bluff, AR 71601 University of Arkansas, Little Rock, Library; Little Rock, AR 72204

Pine Bluff Daily Graphic - Pine Bluff (1893-1942) University of Arkansas Library Fayetteville, Ark. 72701 Arkansas History Commission; 1 Capitol Mall; Little Rock, AR 72201

Pine Bluff Dispatch - Pine Bluff (1865-1868) University of Arkansas Library Fayetteville, Ark. 72701 Arkansas History Commission; 1 Capitol Mall; Little Rock, AR 72201

Pine Bluff Express - Pine Bluff (1863) University of Arkansas, Little Rock, Library; Little Rock, AR 72204

Pine Bluff Graphic - Pine Bluff (1886-1942) University of Arkansas Library Fayetteville, Ark. 72701 Arkansas History Commission; 1 Capitol Mall; Little Rock, AR 72201

Pine Bluff News - Pine Bluff (1964-present) Arkansas History Commission; 1 Capitol Mall; Little Rock, AR 72201

Pine Bluff Press (Black) - Pine Bluff (1940-?) Arkansas History Commission; 1 Capitol Mall; Little Rock, AR 72201

Pine Bluff Press - Pine Bluff (1868-1879) University of Arkansas Library Fayetteville, Ark. 72701 Arkansas History Commission; 1 Capitol Mall; Little Rock, AR 72201

Pine Bluff Shopper News - Pine Bluff (1964- ) Arkansas History Commission; 1 Capitol Mall; Little Rock, AR 72201

Pine Bluff Weekly Commercial- Pine Bluff (1868-1887) University of Arkansas Library Fayetteville, Ark. 72701 Arkansas History Commission; 1 Capitol Mall; Little Rock, AR 72201

Pine Bluff Weekly Herald (Black)- Pine Bluff (1900-1907) University of Arkansas Library Fayetteville, Ark. 72701

Pine Bluff Weekly Press - Pine Bluff (1868-1881) University of Arkansas Library Fayetteville, Ark. 72701 Arkansas History Commission; 1 Capitol Mall; Little Rock, AR 72201 Jefferson County Public Library; 200 E. 8th; Pine Bluff, AR 71601

Press Eagle - Pine Bluff (1881-1916) University of Arkansas Library Fayetteville, Ark. 72701 Arkansas History Commission; 1 Capitol Mall; Little Rock, AR 72201

True Southron - Pine Bluff (1861- ) University of Arkansas Library Fayetteville, Ark. 72701

Weekly Eagle - Pine Bluff (1879-1881) University of Arkansas Library Fayetteville, Ark. 72701

Wild Cat Scratch - Pine Bluff (1964-1967) Arkansas History Commission; 1 Capitol Mall; Little Rock, AR 72201

Redfield Update - Redfield (1987-present) Arkansas History Commission; 1 Capitol Mall; Little Rock, AR 72201 White Hall Branch Library; 300 Anderson St.; White Hall, AR 71602