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Pulaski County, Arkansas
Map
Location in the state of Arkansas
Location of Arkansas in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	December 15, 1818
County Seat	Little Rock
Courthouse
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County Courthouse

Pulaski County Courthouse
401 W Markham Street
Little Rock, AR 72201
Phone 501.340.8500

County Clerk has marriage records from 1838, probate records from 1820,
voter registration records from 1952, real estate tax records from 1828,
personal property tax records from 1869 and poll tax from 1892;
Clerk Circuit Court has court, land an naturalization records;
Clerk Chancery Court has divorce records; History Commission has
probate court records before 1920^[1]

History

Parent County

• 1818--Pulaski County was created 15 December 1818 from Arkansas County.  County seat: Little Rock ^[2]

Boundary Changes

See an interactive map of Pulaski County boundary changes.

Record Loss

Places / Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Faulkner
• Grant
• Jefferson
• Lonoke
• Perry
• Saline

Resources

Cemeteries

• Arkansas State Veterans Cemetery, North Little Rock BillionGraves

Census

1820--Census is missing.

Church

LDS Ward and Branch Records

• Little Rock

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Military

Revolutionary War

• 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 Pulaski County enlisted in the 3rd Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry (Union). Adjutant General. Official Army Register, Report of the Adjutant General, 1864.

Civil War Battle Fought in Pulaski County

The following Civil War battle was fought in Pulaski County.

• 1863 - September 10 = Bayou Forche, also known as Little Rock^[3]

Map showing Civil War battles in Arkansas.

Newspapers

• Southern Guardian, 1911-2001 - an ongoing digitization project to make these issues of the predecessor to the Arkansas Catholic available online.  As of April 2011, only 1911 issues are available. 

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

Societies and Libraries

Family History Centers

• Introduction to Family History Centers
  
• Jacksonville Arkansas Family History Center
  
  • Jacksonville, Arkansas
• Little Rock Arkansas Family History Center
  
  • Little Rock, Arkansas
    
• Pinnacle Mountain Arkansas Family History Center
  • Little Rock, Arkansas

Web Sites

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

References

1. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists : United States of America, 10th ed., (Draper, UT: Everton Publishers, 2002), p. 70.
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
3. ↑ Heritage Preservation Services, Civil War Battle Summaries by State, (accessed 26 April 2012).

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