Carroll County, Arkansas Genealogy

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History


Carroll County, Arkansas from Izard County by a legislative act passed 1 Nov 1833. That act took effect on 25 Dec 1833, making the county Arkansas's 26th county.

In Jan 1834, Carrollton became the county seat. Currently, the county has dual county seats, Berryville and Eureka Springs.

The area contains some of the most mountainous portions of the Ozark Mountains. The county has been noted for its oak and hickory forests and, currently, for poultry and beef production.

Tourism is also a significant industry in Carroll County. This is largely because of Eureka Springs, known as "Little Switzerland." Eureka Springs is characterized by Victorian buildings clustered on steep mountain streets. The county's other county seat, Berryville, is home to the Saunders Museum.

The county is named after Charles Carroll (1737-1832) of Maryland. He was the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence. Carroll had died just the year before Carroll County was founded.

See also:


 * Bunch, Bradley, History of Carroll County Arkansas, 1876 (Carroll County Historical Society)

Parent County

 * 1833--Caroll County was created 1 November 1833 from Izard County. County seats: Carroll County currently has dual county seats, Berryville and Eureka Springs.

Boundary Changes

 * Carroll County initially was very large, comprising most of what is today Boone, Newton, and Carroll Counties, along with a small area that is now in northeastern Pope County. It's area was reduced considerably by the establishment of Newton County in 1842. In 1867, Carroll County increased its size by claiming the northern part of Madison County. In 1869, the formation of Boone County took away the eastern part of Carroll County. The county seat was moved to Berryville in 1875. In 1883, Eureka Springs was named as the co-county seat for the western county district.

Populated Places

 * Alpena (Boone and Carroll Cos.): Wikipedia page
 * Beaver: Historic Berryville, Arkansas (official site) | Wikipedia page
 * Berryville: Wikipedia page
 * Blue Eye: Wikipedia page
 * Carrollton: Wikipedia page
 * Eureka Springs: Eureka Springs: The Extraordinary Escape (official site) | Wikipedia page
 * Green Forest: Wikipedia page
 * Oak Grove

See also:


 * Carroll County, Arkansas - Populated Place Names (Carroll County Historical Society)

Neighboring Counties

 * Barry County, Missouri
 * Benton
 * Boone
 * Madison
 * Newton
 * Stone County, Missouri
 * Taney County, Missouri

Cemeteries

 * Carroll County Cemeteries (GenWeb)
 * Carroll County Cemetery Listings (Carroll County Historical Society)
 * Carroll County Cemetery Locations (Carroll County Historical Society)
 * Cemeteries (Linkpendium)
 * Surname Cemetery Index (A-H) (Carroll County Historical Society)
 * Surname Cemetery Index (I-J) (Carroll County Historical Society)
 * Surname Cemetery Index (O-Z) (Carroll County Historical Society)

General

 * Early Census Statistics (Carroll County Historical Society)

1830

 * 1830 census, Izard County (Carroll's parent county) (Carroll County Historical Society)

1840

 * 1840 U.S. Census, Carroll County, Arkansas. Wichita, KS: S-K Publications, [1987?]. WorldCat page
 * Worley, Ted R. United States Census (Index) Carroll County, Arkansas 1840; U.S. Census, Carroll County, Arkansas, 1850. Little Rock, AR: Arkansas History Commission, 1957. WorldCat page

1850

 * 1850 slave schedule (Carroll County Historical Society)
 * Crisp, Robert M. Index to Heads of Households, Carroll Co., Arkansas 1850 Census. Fayetteville, AR: University of Arkansas College of Engineering, 1991. WorldCat page
 * Melson, James E. Arkansas, Carroll County, 1850 Census. Muskogee, OK: Self-published, 1995. WorldCat page
 * Presley, Mrs. Leister E. Carroll County, Arkansas, 1850. Searcy, AR: Self-published, 1970. WorldCat page
 * Schunk, John F. 1850 U.S. Census, Carroll County, Arkansas. Wichita, KS: S-K Publications, 1987. WorldCat page
 * Worley, Ted R. U.S. Census, Carroll County Arkansas, 1850. [1959?]. WorldCat page

1860

 * 1860 census index (Carroll County Historical Society)
 * Buckley, Sandra Johns. 1860 Federal Census Carroll County, Arkansas. Fair Play, MO: Self-published, 1991. WorldCat page

1870

 * 1870 census index (Carroll County Historical Society)
 * Looney, Janice Soutee. Carroll Co. Arkansas 1870 Federal Census. Walnut Grove, MO: J.S. Looney, 1989. WorldCat page

1880

 * 1880 census surname index (Carroll County Historical Society)
 * Fayetteville Public Library Genealogy Dept. Partial Index to the 1880 Carroll County Arkansas Federal Census. Fayetteville, AR: Fayetteville Public Library, 1990. WorldCat page

1920

 * "Anna (Allred Smith) - Pension Mountain Teacher - 1920 Census" (article about collecting the 1920 census), Carroll County Historical Quarterly, Sep 1963, pp. 5-6 (Carroll County Historical Society)

1930

 * "Census Work" (article about preparations for collecting the 1930 census), Green Forest Tribune, 22 Mar 1900 (Carroll County Historical Society)

Church

 * Hicks, Freda Biggerstaff. Church Records of Union United Baptist Church, Carroll County, Arkansas. [AR?]: Self-published, 1989. WorldCat page

Education

 * Douglass Community School History (Carroll County Historical Society)
 * Green Forest High School 1892 Closing Exercise Program (Carroll County Historical Society)

General:

 * History and Families, Carroll County, Arkansas. Paducah, KY: Turner Publishing Co., 2003. WorldCat page
 * York, Courtney. Arkansas Carroll County Biographies, 1889. San Jose, CA: House of York, 1971. WorldCat page

Specific families:

 * [Bunch]: Bradley Bunch (Carroll County Historical Society)
 * [Gaskins]: Gaskins, John. Life and Adventures of John Gaskins in the Early History of Northwest Arkansas: True Tales by an Old Hunter. Eureka Springs, AR: Eureka Springs Historical Museum, [1980?]. WorldCat page
 * [Usrey]: Rob &amp; Janie (Phillips) Usrey (Carroll County Historical Society)

Land

 * Allen, Desmond Walls. Arkansas State Donation and Swamp Lands: Baxter, Boone, Carroll, Fulton, Izard, Madison, Marion, Newton, Searcy, and Stone Counties, 1855-2001. Conway, AR: Arkansas Research, 2003. WorldCat page
 * Allen, Desmond Walls, and Bobbie Jones McLane. Arkansas Land Patents, Carroll County: Granted Through 30 Jun 1908. Conway, AR: Arkansas Research, 1991. WorldCat page

Local Histories

 * Bunch, Bradley. History of Carroll County Arkansas, 1876. (Carroll County Historical Society)
 * History of Carroll County, Arkansas. Berryville, AR: Carroll County Historical Society, 2005 (reprint of Goodspeed's 19th century history with extra material added). WorldCat page
 * Cragon, Harvey G. The Eureka Springs Railway: An Automobile Tour into the Past. Dallas, TX: Cragon Books, 2007. WorldCat page
 * Griffith, Rue. History of Rule Community, 1955. (Carroll County Historical Society)
 * Hanley, Ray, and Diane Hanley. Carroll and Boone Counties, Arkansas. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 1999. WorldCat page
 * History and Families, Carroll County, Arkansas. Paducah, KY: Turner Publishing Co., 2003. WorldCat page
 * Lair, Jim, and O. Klute Braswell. An Outlander's History of Carroll County, Arkansas, 1830-1983. Marceline, MO: Walsworth Publishing Co., 1983. WorldCat page
 * A Pictorial Heritage of Carroll County, Arkansas. Paducah, KY: Turner Publishing Co., 2003. WorldCat page
 * Pyron, Shirley Hamby. Carroll County Families: These Were the First, Carroll County Arkansas. Berryville, AR: Carroll County Historical and Genealogical Society, 1996. WorldCat page

Maps

 * Carroll County Section/Township/Range Map (Carroll County Historical Society)

General

 * 1883 Pension List (Carroll County Historical Society)

Civil War

 * Captain Larkin Bunch's Civil War Unit Roster (Carroll County Historical Society)
 * Carroll County United Confederate Veteran Reunion Extractions fromGreen Forest Tribune (Carroll County Historical Society)
 * Civil War Unit of Captain George E. Gaddy, Carroll County, Arkansas (Carroll County Historical Society)
 * Known Confederate Soldiers Buried in Carroll County (Carroll County Historical Society)
 * Known Union Soldiers Buried in Carroll County (Carroll County Historical Society)
 * Lemley, J.B., Lester Finley, and Elaine Cia. Civil War Letters: Capt. Jno. R. Homer Scott's Squadron of Cavelry [sic] in Pope County, Arkansas and Carroll County, Arkansas. [no publication data]: 1986. WorldCat page
 * Massey, James Troy. Confederates Buried in Boone, Baxter, Carroll, Newton and Searcy Counties, Arkansas. Harrison, AR: Self-published, 1997. WorldCat page

World War II

 * McGaughey, Muriel. Carroll County Men with the Colors: 1942-1945. [S.I.]: O.K. Braswell, 194-. WorldCat page
 * WW 2 Army and Air Force Casualties Carroll County ARGenweb

Miscellaneous

 * Photos (Carroll County Historical Society)

Newspapers

 * Eureka Springs Flashlight, Friday, January 8, 1909 (transcriptions; Carroll County Historical Society)
 * Green Forest Tribune, Thursday, December 28, 1899 (transcriptions; Carroll County Historical Society)

Probate

 * Eastern District Will Book A, 1869-1930 (index; Carroll County Historical Society)
 * Western District Will Book A, 1883-1909 (index; Carroll County Historical Society)

Taxation

 * 1834 Tax List (Carroll County Historical Society)
 * Pyron, Shirley Hamby, and Juanita Norris Buell. 1890 Reconstructed Census of Carroll County, Arkansas, from 1890 Personal Property Tax Records. AR: Carroll County Historical and Genealogical Society, [1986?]. WorldCat page

Marriage and Divorces

 * Carroll County Arkansas Divorce Records, Chancery Court Book A, 1870-1897 (Carroll County Histoirical Society)
 * Carroll County, Arkansas Historic Marriage Index. Berryville, AR: Carroll County Historical and Genealogical Society, 1995. WorldCat page
 * Carroll County Arkansas Marriage Records Eastern District Grooms Index 1869-1930 (Carroll County Historical Society)
 * Carroll County Marriages (GenWeb)
 * Pinkerton, Shirley, and O. Klute Braswell. Carroll County, Arkansas Marriage Index, Eastern District. [no publication data], 1983. WorldCat page
 * Shubert, Dwight. Carroll County, Arkansas Marriage Index, 1869-1951. Sherwood, AR: Self-published, 1999. WorldCat page
 * Snow, John L. Carroll County, Arkansas Marriages 1869-1930 Eastern &amp; Western District, Grooms. Marshfield, MO: Self-published, 200-. WorldCat page

Deaths

 * Allen, Desmond Walls. Northwestern Arkansas Death Record Index: Benton, Boone, Carroll, Madison, Marion, Newton, Searcy, and Washington Counties. Conway, AR: Arkansas Research, 1996. WorldCat page
 * Parton, Reta DeShields, Tonya Parton Williams, and Vineta Wingate. Carroll County, Arkansas Burial Association, Member Deaths, 1941-1962. AR: R.D. Parton, [2002?]. WorldCat

Societies and Libraries

 * Carroll County Arkansas Historical Society

Web Sites

 * Carroll County, AR GenWeb
 * Carroll County Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Welcome to Carroll County (official site)
 * Welcome to Carroll County (official site)