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Sebastian County, Arkansas
Map
Location in the state of Arkansas
Location of Arkansas in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	January 6, 1851
County Seat	Fort Smith
Courthouse
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County Courthouse

Sebastian County Courthouse
35 S 6th;
Fort Smith, AR 72901
Phone: 501.782.5065

County Clerk has marriage records from 1865
and probate records from 1866; Clerk Circuit 
Court has divorce, court and land records^[1]

History

Parent County

• 1851--Sebastian County was created 6 January 1851 from Scott, Polk, Crawford, and Van Buren Counties.

County seat: Fort Smith ^[2]

Boundary Changes

See an interactive map of Sebastian County boundary changes.

Record Loss

Places / Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Crawford
• Franklin
• LeFlore County, Oklahoma
• Logan
• Scott
• Sequoyah County, Oklahoma

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Military

Civil War

Civil War Battle

The following Civil War battle was fought in Sebastian County.

• September 1, 1863 = Devil's Backbone, also known as Backbone Mountain^[3]

Map showing Civil War battles in Arkansas.

Men from this county served in the 51st Regiment, Arkansas Militia.

Newspapers

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

Societies and Libraries

Family History Centers

• Introduction to Family History Centers
• Fort Smith Arkansas Family History Center 
  • Fort Smith, 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
• Sebastian County, Arkansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
  

A wkik article describing this collection is found at:

Arkansas, Sabastian County Births and Deaths; Including Fort Smith Death Records (FamilySearch Histaorical Records)

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, CivilWar Battle Summaries by State, (accessed 2 August 2012).

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