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Johnson County, Arkansas
Map
Location in the state of Arkansas
Location of Arkansas in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	November 16, 1833
County Seat	Clarksville
Courthouse
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County Courthouse

Johnson County Courthouse
215 W Main Street PO Box 57;
Clarksville, AR 72830
Phone: 501.754.3967

County Clerk has marriage records from 1855
and probate records from 1844; Clerk Circuit
Court has divorce, court and land records;
Extension office has burial records^[1]

History

Parent County

• 1833--Johnson County was created 16 November 1833 from Pope County. County seat: Clarksville ^[2]

Boundary Changes

See an interactive map of Johnson County boundary changes.

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Franklin
• Lonoke
• Madison
• Newton
• Pope

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Johnson County Township map^[3]

Military

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: FHL Collection 973 X2pc 1840. [See Arkansas, Johnson 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." FHL Collection 973 M24ur; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes veterans from this county; Arkansas section begins on page 439.]

Civil War

• Men from this county served in the 3rd Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry (Union)¹,  10th Regiment, Arkansas Militia and the 62nd Regiment, Arkansas Militia.
  

¹Allen, Desmond Walls. Third Arkansas Union Cavalry (Desmond Walls Allen: Conway, Arkansas) 1987, pp. 33-92.

Newspapers

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

Societies and Libraries

Family History Centers

• Introduction to Family History Centers
• Clarksville Arkansas Family History Center
  • Conway, Arkansas, United States

Web Sites

• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
  
• Family History Library Catalog
• Johnson County, Arkansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)

References

1. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists : United States of America, 10th ed., (Draper, UT: Everton Publishers, 2002), p. 68.
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
3. ↑ Wikipedia.com for Johnson County, Arkansas, accessed 4/15/2012

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