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

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Miller County, Arkansas
Map
Location in the state of Arkansas
Location of Arkansas in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	April 1, 1820
County Seat	Texarkana
Courthouse
Address	Miller County Courthouse Vital Records 400 Laurel Street, Texarkana, AR 71854 Phone: 870-774-1501
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County Courthouse

Miller County Courthouse
Vital Records
400 Laurel Street, Texarkana, AR 71854
Phone: 870-774-1501

County Clerk has marriage, probate and land records from 1875; Clerk Circuit Court has divorce and court records.^[1]

History

Parent County

1820--Miller County was created 1 April 1820 from Lafayette County. It was abolished in 1836 and re-established in 1874.  County seat: Texarkana ^[2]

The county was named for James Miller, territorial governor of Arkansas.

Boundary Changes

See an interactive map of Miller County boundary changes.

Variant Spellings

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Towns and Cities:  Rondo, Garland City, Sulphur Township and Texarkana

The City of Texarkana is located in two states. In the middle of the city is a street called State Line Road which separates the city between Bowie County, Texas and Miller County, Arkansas. Texarkana is the county seat for Miller County, Arkansas, and a marriage license purchased in Miller County, Arkansas is not valid in the State of Texas.

Neighboring Counties

• Bossier Parish, Louisiana
• Bowie County, Texas
• Caddo Parish, Louisiana
• Cass County, Texas
• Hempstead
• Lafayette
• Little River

Genealogy Resources

Research Guides

African Americans

Bible Records

Cemeteries

• Cemeteries of Miller County  -  Miller County ARGenWeb
• Tombstone Transcription Project  -  USGenWeb Project
• Find A Grave
• Ancestors At Rest
• Cemetery and Tombstone Transcriptions and Registers

Census

• 1830 Census  Index  -  USGenWeb Archives
• 1880 Census Sulphur Township  -  USGenWeb Archives
• 1880 Federal Census Images  -  USGenWeb Archives

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.

Church Records - partial listing  -  USGenWeb Archives

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.

• Homestead and Cash Entry Patents Before 1908  -  USGenWeb Archives
• Miller County Land Records  1890  -  USGenWeb Archives
• Arkansas Land Records Interactive Search  -  Rootsweb

Local Histories

Local histories are available for Miller 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.

• Family Group Sheets  -  Miller County ARGenWeb
• Photo Album  -  Miller County ARGenWeb
• Miller County Surnames  -  Miller county ARGenWeb

Maps

Miller County Maps  -  Miller County ARGenWeb

Military

Revolutionary War

• Rejected or Suspended Applications for Revolutionary War Pensions. Washington, D.C., 1852. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1969, and 1991. Reprints include "an Added Index to States." FHL Collection 973 M24ur; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes veterans from this county; Arkansas section begins on page 439.]

World War I

• 1918 Military Dance Card  -  Miller County ARGenWeb
• World War I Monument  -  USGenWeb Archives

World War II

• World War II Casualties Miller County  -  Miller County ARGenWeb

Korean War

• Korean War Casualties State of Arkansas 

Vietnam War

• Texarkana Residents on Memorial Wall  -  Miller County ARGenWeb

Naturalization

Newspapers

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

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

• Newspapers Past and Present  -  Miller County ARGenWeb
• Texarkana Gazette

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

• 1875-1951 - Miller County Marriage Books A-Z, AA-ZZ, 1-33 Index 1875-1951 in Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]
• 1875-1921 - Miller County Marriage Books A-Z Index 1875-1921 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.^[4]

Death

Vital Record Substitutes

Genealogy Societies and Libraries

• Texarkana Public Library
• Miller County Genealogical Society:
  Texarkana USA Genealogical Society
  PO Box 2323, Texarkana, TX 75504-2323
  gensoctx@hotmail.com
• Southwest Arkansas Regional Archives
  Old Washington Historical State Park
  Box 134, Washington, AR 71862
  Tel: 870-983-2684 (Mon-Fri)
  870-983-2733 (Sat-Sun)
  Open 7 days a week 9:00a.m.- 4:00 p.m.

• Arkansas History Commission & State Archives
  One Capitol Mall
  Little Rock, AR 72201
  Tel: 501-682-6900

• Arkansas Historical Association
  History Department
  Ozark Hall, 12, University of Arkansas
  Old Main 416
  Fayetteville, AR 72701
  Tel: 501-575-5884

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Websites

• Miller County ARGenWeb Project
• ARGenWeb Project
• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
  
• Family History Library Catalog
• Miller County, Arkansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
• USGenWeb Archives Project Miller County
• Cyndi's List - Arkansas Resources

References

1. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists : United States of America, 10th ed., (Draper, UT: Everton Publishers, 2002), p. 69.
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
3. ↑ FamilySearch Wiki contributors, "Arkansas County Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)," in FamilySearch Wiki, accessed 18 April 2013.
4. ↑ 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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