Yell County, Arkansas Genealogy

United States Arkansas Yell 

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

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

County Courthouse
Yell County Courthouse PO Box 219; Danville, AR 72833-0219 Phone: 501.495.2630

County Clerk has marriage, divorce, probate, land, and court records from 1865

Parent County

 * 1840--Yell County was created 5 December 1840 from Pope and Scott Counties. County seat: Danville

Boundary Changes
See an interactive map of Yell County boundary changes.

Neighboring Counties

 * Conway
 * Garland
 * Logan
 * Montgomery
 * Perry
 * Pope
 * Scott

Cemeteries

 * Cemeteries

Military
Yell County Military

Civil War

 * Men from this county served in the 1st Regiment, Arkansas Mounted Rifles (Confederate)1 and the 3rd Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry (Union)2.

1 Allen, Desmond Walls. First Arkansas Confederate Mounted Rifles (Desmond Walls Allen: Conway AR, 1988) p. 2.

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

Marriage

 * 1831, 1841-1925 - Yell County Marriage Books A-J Index 1831, 1841-1925 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1841-1849, 1865-1959 - Yell County Marriage Books A-O Index 1841-1849, 1865-1959 in at FamilySearch - free.
 * Yell County Marriages

Death

 * Yell County, Arkansas Obituary Collection Free From GenealogyBuff.com. From Various Funeral Homes in the Dardanelle, Danville, Ola, Belleville, and Plainview areas.

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Yell County, Arkansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Yell County, Arkansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)