Independence County, Arkansas Genealogy

United States Arkansas  Independence County

Guide to Independence 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
Independence County Courthouse 192 East Main Street; Batesville, AR 725091 Phone: 870.793.8828 County Clerk has marriage records from 1826 and probate records from 1839; Clerk Circuit Court has divorce, court and land records; County Library has burial records

Parent County

 * 1820--Independence County was created 23 October 1820 from Lawrence and Arkansas Counties.

County seat: Batesville

Boundary Changes
See an interactive map of Independence County boundary changes at N2Genealogy.

Populated Places
Batesville, Newark, Sulphur Rock, Southside, Magness, Pleasant Plains, Desha, Locust Grove, Bethesda, Cushman, Hickory Valley, Rosie, Oil Trough

Neighboring Counties

 * Cleburne
 * Izard
 * Jackson
 * Lawrence
 * Sharp
 * Stone
 * White

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, Independence County on page 91.]

Civil War

 * Men from this county enlisted in the 3rd Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry (Union)1, 4th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry.2,  7th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry3, 31st Regiment, Arkansas Infantry (Confederate)4, Companies Fand I, 38th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry (Confederate)5, Forty-fifth Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry (Confederate)6, and the 1st Regiment, Arkansas Mounted Rifles (Confederate)7.

1. Allen, Desmond Walls. Third Arkansas Union Cavalry (Desmond Walls Allen: Conway, Arkansas) 1987, pp. 33-92.

2. Allen, Desmond Walls. 4th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry (Desmond Walls Allen: Conway AR, 1988) p. 1.

3. Allen, Desmond Walls. The Seventh Arkansas Confederate Infantry (Desmond Walls Allen, Conway, Arkansas, 1988.

4.Bass, Ronald R. History of the Thirty-first Arkansas Confederate Infantry (Conway, Arkansas: Arkansas Research, 1996) p. 12

5. Allen, Desmond Walls. Thirty-eighth Arkansas Confederate Cavalry (Desmond Walls Allen: Conway AR, 1988) p. 1.

6. Allen, Desmond Walls. Forty-fifth Arkansas Confederate Cavalry (Desmond Walls Allen: Conway AR, 1988) p. 1.

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

Newspapers - Batesville Guard
www.guardonline.com

Marriage

 * 1826-1951 - Independence County Marriage Books [A]-Z, A1-F1 Index 1826-1951 in at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1826-1921 - Independence County Marriage Index 1826-1921 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.

Societies and Libraries
Independence County Historical Society

White River Regional Library

Lyon College

UACCB

Old Independence Regional Museum

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

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