Logan County, Arkansas Genealogy

United States Arkansas  Logan County

Guide to Logan County, Arkansas ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse
Logan County Courthouse Courthouse Square Paris, AR 72855 Phone: 501.963.2618 County Clerk has marriage and probate records; Clerk Circuit Court has divorce, court and land records.

Parent County

 * 1871--Logan County was created 22 March 1871 from Pope, Franklin, Johnson, Scott, and Yell Counties.

County seat: Paris

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Arkansas county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Arkansas County Boundary Maps" (1813-1925) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss
1878 All records from county formation to 1878 destroyed by fire.

Places/Localities
Town/city records in the FamilySearch Catalog'

Neighboring Counties
Franklin • Johnson • Pope • Scott • Sebastian • Yell •

History Timeline
Emphasis for this timeline is on events that affected migration, records, or record-keeping. Unless otherwise mentioned, the events below were taken from the Arkansas County page on the website, The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture.


 * 1800s (early) - A series of treaties with different tribes gradually removed their claim to the land, opening western Arkansas for white settlement.
 * 1830-1860 - settlers from states east of the Mississippi River poured into western Arkansas, establishing small farms and communities.
 * 1861-1865 - The population of Logan /County suffered tremendous hardships, and families who could afford it moved to other states for the duration of the war.
 * 1871 March 22 - An act was passed on March 22, 187l, creating “a county called Sarber.”
 * 1875 December 14 -The name was changed to Logan County, with Paris named as the official county seat.
 * 1930s - Hard times fell on the county in the Depression years of the 1930s. A decline in farm prices and a series of drought years devastated the farm economy. Unemployment became a major problem, and many families moved out of state to seek work

Biographies

 * All of the family biographies from Logan County, Arkansas included in The Biographical and Historical Memoirs ofLogan County, Arkansas published by Southern Publishing Company in 1891 are available free online at My Genealogy Hound.

Maps

 * Maps of Arkansas (1813-1925)
 * Family Maps of (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.
 * Map of 1889 Logan County, Arkansas (My Genealogy Hound)

Civil War

 * Men from this county served in the 58th Regiment, Arkansas Militia (Confederate).

Probate Records
Online Probate Records
 * 1783 – 1998 Arkansas Wills and Probate Records 1783-1998 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
 * 1817 – 1979 at FamilySearch — images
 * Probate Records 1877-1894 Logan County portion of the collection: : Arkansas Probate Records, 1817-1979 FamilySearch Historical Collections (Free, browse images)
 * Includes Inventories and appraisements 1881-1894; Probate records 1877-1881.

Vital Records
See also How to order Arkansas Vital Records

Marriage

 * 1877-1958 - Logan County Marriage Books B-R Index (1877-1953), Southern District Books 1-11 Index (1901-1958) in at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1877-1924 - Logan County Marriage Books B-K, 1-5 Index 1877-1924 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.

Genealogy Societies and Libraries

 * List of Arkansas Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical & Genealogical Societies

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers