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Guide to Lawrence County Arkansas genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

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Lawrence County, Arkansas
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Location in the state of Arkansas
Location of Arkansas in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	January 15, 1815
County Seat	DeWitt
Courthouse
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County Courthouse

Lawrence County Courthouse
PO Box 553, 315 W Main;
Walnut Ridge, AR 72476
Phone: 870.886.1111

County Clerk has marriage and probate records^[1]

History

Parent County

• 1815--Lawrence County was created 15 January 1815 from New Madrid County, Missouri.

County seat: Walnut Ridge ^[2]

Boundary Changes

See an interactive map of Lawrence County boundary changes.

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Craighead
• Greene
• Independence
• Jackson
• Randolph
• Sharp

Resources

Cemeteries

• Lawrence County Cemeteries Lawrence County ARGenWeb
• Lawrence County Cemeteries Find A Grave
• Lawrence County Cemeteries Nancy's Lawrence County Corner

Census

1820 is missing

• 1850 Lawrence County Sharp County ARGenWeb
• 1860 Lawrence County Lawrence County  USGenWeb Census

Church

Court

Land

• Lawrence County Federal Land Records USGenWeb Archives
• Lawrence County Assessor's Searchable Public Records Database
• Lawrence County Landmarks

Local Histories

• Early Lawrence County History  Nancy's Lawrence County Corner
• Settlement of Lawrence County and Powhatan 1803-1890  Arkansas Historic Preservation Program
• Arkansas Territorial Papers Part 1  USGenWeb Archives
• Arkansas Territorial Papers Part 2 USGenWeb Archives
• Arkansas Territorial Papers Part 3  USGenWeb Archives
• Arkansas Territorial Papers Part 4 USGenWeb Archives
• Arkansas Territorial Papers Part 5 USGenWeb Archives

Maps

• Arkansas Maps and Atlases

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, Lawrence County on page 191.]

Civil War

• Edward Gerdes' Arkansas Civil War Rosters
• Men from this county served in the 7th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry¹,  3rd Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry (Union)²,  45th Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry³ and the 1st Regiment, Arkanas Mounted Rifles (Confederate)⁴.
  

   ^{1.  Allen, Desmond Walls.The Seventh Arkansas Confederate Infantry (Desmond Walls Allen, Conway, Arkansas, 1988.}

     ^{2.  Allen, Desmond Walls. The Third Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry (Union)  (Arkansas Research: Conway, Arkansas) 1987.}

     ^{3. Allen, Desmond Walls. Forty-fifth Arkansas Confederate Cavalry (Desmond Walls Allen: Conway AR, 1988) p. 1.}

    ^{4. Allen, Desmond Walls. First Arkansas Confederate Mounted Rifles (Desmond Walls Allen: Conway AR, 1988) p. 2.}

Newspapers

• The Times Dispatch
• Jonesboro Sun

Probate

Taxation

• 1829-1838 Lawrence County Tax Index USGenWeb Archives

Vital Records

• Lawrence County Arkansas Marriages Lawrence County ARGenWeb

Societies and Libraries

• Lawrence County Historical Society

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

• Lawrence County Arkansas ARGenWeb
  
• Family History Library Catalog
• Lawrence County, Arkansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
• Lawrence County  My Arkansas Genealogy

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).