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

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Grant County, Arkansas
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Location in the state of Arkansas
Location of Arkansas in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	February 4, 1869
County Seat	Sheridan
Courthouse
Address	Grant County Courthouse 101 W Center Street #106; PO Box 364 Sheridan, AR 72150 Phone: 870.942.2551
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County Courthouse

Grant County Courthouse
101 W Center Street #106; PO Box 364
Sheridan, AR 72150
Phone: 870.942.2551

County Clerk has marriage, divorce, probate, court and land records from 1877.^[1]

History

Parent County

• 1869--Grant County was created 4 February 1869 from Jefferson, Hot Spring, and Saline Counties.

County seat: Sheridan ^[2]

Boundary Changes

See an interactive map of Grant County boundary changes at N2Genealogy.

Variant Spellings

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Cleveland
• Dallas
• Hot Spring
• Jefferson
• Pulaski
• Saline

Genealogy Resources

Research Guides

African Americans

Bible Records

Cemeteries

General:

• Grant Co. AR Cemeteries

Individual Cemeteries:

• Brush Creek Cemetery, Tennessee BillionGraves

Census

Church Records

Church records and the information they provide vary significantly depending on the denomination and the record keeper. They may contain information about members of the congregation, such as age, date of baptism, christening, or birth; marriage information and maiden names; and death date. For general information about Arkansas denominations, view the Arkansas Church Records wiki page.

Court

Genealogy

Land and Property

Land and property records can place an ancestor in a particular location, provide economic information, and reveal family relationships. Land records include: deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and land patents.

See Arkansas Land and Property for additional information about early Arkansas land grants. After land was transferred to private ownership, subsequent transactions were usually recorded at the county courthouse and where records are currently housed.

Local Histories

Local histories are available for Grant County, Arkansas. County histories may include biographies, church, school and government history, and military information. For more information about local histories, see Arkansas Local Histories.

Maps

• Family Maps of Grant County, Arkansas (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.

Military

Civil War

Civil War Battle

The following Civil War battle was fought in Grant County.

• April 30, 1864 = Jenkins' Ferry^[3]

• Map showing Civil War battles in Arkansas.

Naturalization

Newspapers

Additional newspapers abstracts can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Grant County, Arkansas newspapers in online catalogs like:

• WorldCat
• FamilySearch. Do a Grant County, Arkansas Place-name search for these and other records in the Family History Library Catalog (For instructions see, FHL Catalog Place-name Search).

Occupations

Probate Records

Probate records of Arkansas have been kept by the probate or county courts. You can obtain copies of the original records by contacting the clerk's office in the county courthouse.

The Family History Library has microfilm copies of many Arkansas probate records. See Arkansas Probate Records for more information about Probate records in Arkansas, including statewide indexes.

Taxation

Arkansas tax records replace missing censuses and provide lists of residents during years between censuses. There may be gaps of several years for some counties. For more information see Arkansas Taxation.

Vital Records

Vital Records consist of births, adoptions, marriages, divorces, and deaths recorded on registers, certificates, and documents. A copy or an extract of most original records can be purchased from the Arkansas Vital Records State Department of Health or the County Clerk's office of the county where the event occurred. See also Arkansas Vital Records Online and Arkansas Statewide Indexes and Collections at the Family History Library.

Birth

Marriage

• 1877-1953 - Grant County Marriage Books A-K Index 1877-1953 in Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957 at FamilySearch - free.^[4]
• 1877-1921 - Grant County Marriage Books A-E Index 1877-1921 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.^[5]

Death

Vital Record Substitutes

Genealogy Societies and Libraries

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Websites

• Grant Co. AR Genealogy page
• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
  
• Family History Library Catalog
• Grant County, Arkansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)

References

1. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists : United States of America, 10th ed., (Draper, UT: Everton Publishers, 2002), p. 67.
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
3. ↑ Heritage Preservation Services, Civil War Battle Summaries by State, (accessed 15 August, 2012)
4. ↑ FamilySearch Wiki contributors, "Arkansas County Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)," in FamilySearch Wiki, accessed 18 April 2013.
5. ↑ Genealogical Society of Utah, Parish and Vital Records List (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/0/0d/Igiarkansasem.pdf.

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