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United States Arkansas Hempstead County

	Arkansas Online Records

Hempstead County, Arkansas

Map

Map of Arkansas highlighting Hempstead County

Location in the state of Arkansas

Location of Arkansas in the U.S.

Facts

Founded

December 15, 1818

County Seat

Hope

Courthouse

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County Courthouse

Hempstead County Courthouse
PO Box 1420
Hope, AR 71801-1420
Phone: 870.777.2241

County Clerk has marriage and probater records from 1823
and land records from 1900^[1]

History

Parent County

1818--Hempstead County was created 15 December 1818 from Arkansas County. County seat: Hope ^[2] Its existence predates the state of Akansas which was admitted to the union in 1836. Hempstead County was part of the Missouri Territory from 1818 to 1819 and part of the Arkansas Territory from 1819 to 1836.

Boundary Changes

See an interactive map of Hempstead County border changes at N2Genealogy.

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

Resources

Cemeteries

Cemeteries are found on the Hempstead ARGenweb site, the Hempstead Archives website and the Findagrave website.

Census

1820 is missing

Church

Court

Index to Chancery Court Records Hempstead Co. ARGenweb

Land

Federal Land Records Hampstead County Hempstead County Archives

Local Histories

Maps

Military

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: FHL Collection 973 X2pc 1840. [See Arkansas, Hempstead County on page 191.]

Newspapers

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

Hempstead County Marriages, 1817 - 1875 Hempstead County Archives
Freedmens' Marriages Hempstead County Hempstead Co.ARGenweb

Societies and Libraries

Family History Centers

Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

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

References

↑ The Handybook for Genealogists : United States of America, 10th ed., (Draper, UT: Everton Publishers, 2002), p. 67.
↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).

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Extinct Co.	Clayton · Dorsey · Lovely · Miller (Old) · Sarber

Major Repositories	Arkansas History Commission · Downtown Branch Central Arkansas Library System · Southwest Arkansas Regional Archives · University of Arkansas · National Archives Southwest Region (Ft. Worth) · Dallas Public Central Library

Migration Routes	Arkansas River · Mississippi River · Ouachita River · Red River · St. Francis River · White River · Butterfield Overland Mail · California Road · Great Osage Indian Trail or Old Wire Road · Natchitoches Trace · Southwest Road · Tombigbee and Arkansas River Trail · Trail of Tears · Frisco Railway · Texas and Pacific Railway

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Topics	Introduction · African Americans · American Indians · Archives and Libraries · Bible Records · Biography · Cemeteries · Census · Church Records · Court Records · Directories · Emigration and Immigration · Gazetteers · Genealogy · History · Land and Property · Maps · Military Records · Naturalization and Citizenship · Newspapers · Online Records · Periodicals · Probate Records · Societies · Taxation · Vital Records · For Further Reading

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Extinct Counties	Allen · Arkansas · Ashley · Dodge · Hempstead · Kinderhook · Lillard · Niangua · Rives · Van Buren

Major Repositories	Missouri Historical Society Library · State Historical Society of Missouri · Missouri State Archives · Mercantile Library · Mid-Continent Public Library · St. Louis County Library · Wilson Creek National Battlefield Park · National Archives Central Plains Region (Kansas City) · National Personnel Records Center (St. Louis) · Newberry Library

Migration Routes	Mississippi River · Missouri River · Butterfield Overland Mail · California Trail · Chicago-Kaskaskia Road · Buffalo Trace · Mississippi and Tennessee River Trail · Mormon Trail · Nashville-Saline River Trail · National Road (or Cumberland Road) · Oregon Trail · Santa Fe Trail · Atlantic and Pacific Railroad · Santa Fe Railway · Texas and Pacific Railway

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