Arkansas/Marriages1851-1900
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This page writen and copyright 2008 by Will Johnson, Professional Genealogist, wjhonson@aol.com
Included Counties
The description on Ancestry for this database states: "This database of Arkansas marriage records between 1851 and 1900 includes records from [the 41 counties of] Ashley, Baxter, Benton, Carroll, Clark, Clay, Cleveland, Conway, Craighead, Crawford, Cross, Dallas, Fulton, Garland, Grant, Hempstead, Hot Spring, Howard, Independence, Johnson, Lafayette, Lawrence, Logan, Lonoke, Marion, Montgomery, Nevada, Phillips, Pike, Polk, Prairie, Randolph, St. Francis, Scott, Sebastian, Sharp, Stone, Union, Washington, White, and Yell Counties."
However there are 77 counties in Arkansas
Excluded Counties
Therefore this database does NOT include any records from the 36 counties of: Arkansas (cr. 1813), Boone (cr. 1869), Bradley (cr. 1840), Calhoun (cr. 1850), Chicot (cr. 1823), Cleburne (cr. 1883), Columbia (cr. 1852), Crittenden (cr. 1825), Desha (cr. 1838), Drew (cr. 1846), Faulkner (cr. 1873), Franklin (cr. 1837), Greene (cr. 1833), Izard (cr. 1825), Jackson (cr. 1829), Jefferson (cr. 1829), Lee (cr. 1873), Lincoln (cr. 1871), Little River (cr. 1867), Lovely (cr. 1827), Madison (cr. 1836), Miller (new cr. 1874), Miller (old 1820-36), Mississippi (cr. 1833), Monroe (cr. 1829), Newton (cr. 1842), Ouachita (cr. 1842), Perry (cr. 1840), Poinsett (cr. 1838), Pope (cr. 1829), Pulaski (cr. 1818), Saline (cr. 1835), Searcy (cr. 1835-6, cr2. 1838), Sevier (cr. 1828), Van Buren (cr. 1833), and Woodruff (cr. 1862)"
Included County Dates
In addition, it does not include all known marriage ranges, even for those counties which it does include.
Breakdown of when each included county formed and what years the linked database includes.
| Name | Formed | Includes | Notes | Name | Formed | Includes | Notes |
| Ashley | 1848 | 1851-1900 | Baxter | 1873 | 1871-1900 | ||
| Benton | 1836 | 1852-1875 | Carroll | 1833 | 1869-1900 | ||
| Clark | 1818 | 1851-1875 | Clay | 1873 | 1875-1900 | Originally named Clayton |
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| Cleveland | 1873 | 1873-1900 | Originally named Dorsey |
Conway | 1825 | 1851-1900 | |
| Craighead | 1859 | 1878-1900 | Crawford | 1820 | 1851-1900 | ||
| Cross | 1862 | 1862-1900 | Dallas | 1845 | 1851-1900 | ||
| Fulton | 1842 | 1887-1900 | Garland | 1873 | 1874-1900 | ||
| Grant | 1869 | 1877-1900 | Hempstead | 1818 | 1851-1900 | ||
| Hot Spring | 1829 | 1851-1900 | Howard | 1873 | 1873-1900 | ||
| Independence | 1820 | 1851-1874 | Johnson | 1833 | 1852-1900 |
Lafayette 1827, includes 1851-1900; Lonoke 1873, includes 1873-1900; Lawrence 1815, includes 1851-1900; Logan 1875, includes 1877-1900; Marion 1835, includes 1886-1900; Montgomery 1842, includes 1851-1900; Nevada 1871, includes 1871-1900; Phillips 1820, includes 1851-1875; Pike ??, includes 1875-1900; Polk 1844, includes 1881-1900; Prairie 1846, includes 1854-1890; Randolph 1835, includes 1851-1900; Sebastian 1851, incudes 1864-1900; Scott 1883, includes 1877-1900; Sharp 1868, includes 1866-1900; St. Francis 1827, includes 1875-1890; Stone 1873, includes 1873-1900; Union 1829, includes 1851-1899; Washington 1828, includes 1863-1900; White 1835, includes 1851-1885; Yell 1840, includes 1859-1900
