Johnson County, Arkansas
From RoyalWeb
"Johnson County was created from a portion of Pope County, by the Act of November 16, 1833, and was named Johnson honoring the first Territorial Judge of Arkansas, Judge Benjamin Johnson." (A Brief History, cited.)
The first BLM record I've found, indexed in Johnson is for 7 May 1838 to James K Polk which you can view here
Research sources
- A Brief History of Johnson County, by Lillian Mickel, hosted at Oklahoma.Net
- Johnson County Genealogy website
- "Johnson", part of "Arkansas" as a Placename search in the Family History Library (LDS) Catalog
- "Probate court records : wills, estate settlements, deeds, 1835 tax list--1840 census : Johnson Country, Arkansas, over 10,000 names", by Mickel, R. W., Wimberly, Vera. Montgomery County Genealogical & Historical Society, Inc., Conroe, Tex. : 1981.
