 History
of Jackson County
Click to see Township Map
Jackson Co. was named for President Andrew Jackson. It was organized in
accordance with an act of the legislature of the Territory of Arkansas,5 Nov.1829. As then
constituted it contained nearly all of what is now Woodruff Co. The site of the permanent
seat of justice for the county was chosen in 1832 at Litchfied which was on the
Jacksonport and Augusta road at the crossing of Village Creek about 3 miles north of the
present town of Newport. In 1839 the seat moved to Elizabeth, a place on the northeast
side of White River, midway between Jacksonport and Newport. It is now under the river and
no longer there. In 1852 it was moved to Augusta which is now the Co seat of Woodruff Co.
Next year 1853, Jacksonport became the Co. seat and finally it moved to Newport, the
largest town in the county and there it has remained.
JACKSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE, Newport, AR 72112
County Clerk has marriage records from 1843-present. Check the marriage
records online listed below.
Probate records from 1845 to present.
Land Record from
1831 Clerk of the Circuit court has divorce, civil and court records.
County Clerk
County Courthouse, P.O. Box 641 Newport , Ark 72112-0641
Telephone 870-523-7420
Birth and death records are obtained from Arkansas Dept of
Health, Vital Records, 4815 W Markam St slot 44, Little Rock, Ark 72205-3867
https://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/
for prices and dates of records JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY-% Wayne Boyce 7 Pickens St. Newport,
Arkansas 72112. publishes STREAM OF HISTORY quarterly.
JACKSON COUNTY LIBRARY 213 Walnut, P. O Box 190, Newport,
AR, 72112, telephone
870-523-2952 or fax 870-523-4283 has great collection of local history and
genealogical collection in its Arkansas Room.
Library website www.jacksoncolibrary.net
Tuckerman Library - 200 N. Main Tuckerman, AR 72473
Phone 870 349-5336, good local genealogy collection for the Tuckerman area.
Jackson
County Links
Contact
Info
Betsy Mills - ARGenWeb Project
State Coordinator
Jeff Kemp - ARGenWeb Project Assistant State Coordinator
Sundee Anderson - ARGenWeb Project Assistant State Coordinator
|
 |
12/24/2023 07:57 PM
|
