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	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
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	1851-1900
Lonoke	1873	1873-1900		Lawrence	1815	1851-1900		Logan	1875	1877-1900
Marion	1835	1886-1900		Montgomery	1842	1851-1900		Nevada	1871	1871-1900
Phillips	1820	1851-1875		Pike		1875-1900		Polk	1844	1881-1900
Prairie	1846	1854-1890		Randolph	1835	1851-1900		Sebastian	1851	1864-1900
Scott	1883	1877-1900		Sharp	1868	1866-1900		St. Francis	1827	1875-1890
Stone	1873	1873-1900		Union	1829	1851-1899		Washington	1828	1863-1900
White	1835	1851-1885		Yell'	1840	1859-1900