Washington County, Arkansas Genealogy

United States &gt; Arkansas &gt; Washington County

History
Washington County is Arkansas's seventeenth county, formed on October 17, 1828, and named for George Washington, the first President of the United States.

Parent County

 * 1828--Washington County was created 17 October 1828 from Crawford County. County seat: Fayetteville

Populated Places
Elkins Elm Springs Farmington Fayetteville Goshen Greenland Johnson Lincoln Prairie Grove Springdale Tontitown West Fork Winslow

Neighboring Counties

 * Adair County, Oklahoma
 * Benton
 * Crawford
 * Madison

Cemeteries

 * Cemeteries of Washington County - Index and Transcriptions - Washington County ARGenWeb
 * Roberson Cemetery
 * Tharp Cemetery
 * Zion Cemetry

Church

 * Churches in Fayetteville AR -  ChurchAngel
 * Churches in Springdale, AR -  ChurchAngel

Land
Federal Land Patents

Homestead and Cash Entry Patents Before 1908 -  USGenWeb Washington County Archives

Local Histories

 * Penny Postcards from Washington County -  USGenWeb Washington County Archives
 * National Register of Historic Places for Washington County AR
 * American Memory for Washington County - Library of Congress
 * St. John's College of Arkansas -  Washington County ARGenWeb

Maps
Gold Bug Historic Maps - reflect changes in county

Interactive Battle Map for Arkansas

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: 973 X2pc 1840. [See Arkansas, Washington 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." 973 M24ur; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes veterans from this county; Arkansas section begins on page 238.]

Mexican War

 * Fayetteville Roster Mexican War -  Washington County ARGenWeb

Civil War

 * Confederate Soldiers Buried in Washington County -  Washington County ARGenWeb
 * Arkansas Civil War Biographies -  Washington County ARGenWeb
 * United Daughters of Confederacy -  Prairie Grove, AR

Newspapers

 * Northwest Arkansas Online
 * Northwest Arkansas Times
 * Fayetteville Free Weekly
 * Springdale Morning News

Vital Records

 * Washington County Marriages - submitted to Washington County ARGenWeb
 * Arkansas Marriage Records -  GenWed.com
 * 1830 Census -  Tripod  Mika Jackson
 * 1840 Census -  Tripod  Mika Jackson
 * 1850 Census with Index - USGenWeb Washington County Archives
 * Obituaries submitted to Washington County ARGenWeb

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
 * Washington County, Arkansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)