Ashley County, Arkansas Databases


Formed November 30, 1848 from part of Drew County with final boundary adjustments made in 1861



Census Records on line


1850 Index to Census Ashley Co, Ark by USGenWeb

Vital Records


1850 Mortality Schedule Ashley Co, Ark by T.Moore
Social Security Death Index by Ancestoryhunt.com
Ashley County Marriages 1850 by lball3466@aol.com

Military Records


History of the Ashley Co Home Guards & Roster by Edward Gerdes
Ashley Light Infantry, Co. F, 8th Battalion Arkansas Infantry at Hamburg, Ashley County by Edward Gerdes
3rd Regiment of Arkansas Volunteers Company A "Arkansas Travelers" History & Roster by Edward Gerdes
3rd Arkansas Infantry Company B "The Berlin Beauregards" Roster by Edward Gerdes

Ashley Co, Arkansas WWII Casualities Army & Airforce by Access Genealogy

Church Records


Membership Rolls of Central Baptist Church July 1883 to December 1894 from the AshleyCountyLedger
Membership Rolls of Central Baptist Church January 1895 to February 1924 by the AshleyCountyLedger

Cemeteries and Stone Transcriptions


Antioch Cemetery by AshleycountyLedger
Antioch Cemetery by USGenWeb
Arkadelphia Cemetery by Ashleycountyledger
Beech Creek Cemetery East of Hamburg by AshleyCountyLedger
Bell Cemetery by Ashleycountyledger
Carter Family Cemetery by Ashleycountyledger
Central Baptist Church Cemetery by Ashleycountyledger
Cleveland Cemetery by Ashleycountyledger
Cross Roads Cemetery Crossett, Ark (partial) by Interment net
Dailey-Murphy-Sweeney Cemetery by Ashleycountyledger
Dry Bayou Cemetery just off County Rd 39 by Charlotte
Dry Bayou Cemetery by Ashleycountyledger
Duckworth Cemetery by Ashleycountyledger
Evergreen Cemetery by Ashleycountyledger
Extra United Methodist Churchyard Cemetery by Ashleycountyledger
Fine Point Cemetery (Af-American) now abandoned by AshleycountyLedger
Geddie-Rawls Cemetery by Ashleycountyledger
Grant Cemetery in Wilmot, Ark by USGenWeb
Green, George Ashley Road 60 north of U. S. Highway 82 at Snyder died in 1866 by Ashleycountyledger
Griswould Cemetery by Ashleycountyledger
Hall-Thompson Cemetery by Ashleycountyledger
Harris Cemetery (Af-American) by Ashleycountyledger
Hickory Grove Cemetery by Ashleycountyledger
Hogue Cemetery by Ashleycountyledger
Judson Baptist Church Cemetery by Ashleycountyledger
Mount Olive Baptist Church Cemetery by Ashleycountyledger
Mount Pleasant Cemetery by Ashleycountyledger
Mount Zion Baptist Church Cemetery by Ashleycountyledger
New Texas (aka Taylor)Cemetery by Ashleycountyledger
Nimmons Cemetery by Ashleycountyledger
Noble Cemetery (aka Spring Hill Cemetery) by Ashleycountyledger
Nutt Cemetery by Ashleycountyledger
Old Central Cemetery by USGenWeb
Old Union Cemetery by Ashleycountyledger
Parkdale Cemetery by Ashleycountyledger
Pinewood Memorial Cemetery (partial) by Interment net
Parkdale Cemetery Parkdale, Ark by Charlotte
Pleasant Grove Cemetery by USGenWeb
Pleasant Grove Cemetery by Ashleycountyledger
Poley Bridge-Gee-Wilhite Cemetery by Ashleycountyledger
Portland Cemetery, located Portland, Ark - not transcribed
Powell Cemetery by Ashleycountyledger
Pugh Cemetery (Af-Am; partial) by Ashleycountyledger
Rogers Cemetery by Ashleycountyledger
Saint Marion Cemetery in Portland, Ark; not transcibed
Saint Peter's Cemetery by Ashleycountyledger
Sanders Lake Cemetery (aka Holly Grove) Af-American by Ashleycountyledger
Simms Cemetery by Ashleycountyledger
Stevenson-White Cemetery by Ashleycountyledger
Trafalgar Cemetery by Ashleycountyledger
Unity Cemetery (aka Hickory Grove Cemetery) Partial by Interment Net
Waddell Cemetery by Ashleycountyledger
Walker Cemetery by Ashleycountyledger
Site of Althia Walker and Josephine Thompson Walker located west of U. S. Highway 425 just north of the Arkansas-Louisiana state line by Ashleycountyledger
Wilmot Indian Burial Mound History and Founding by Ashleycountyledger
Politicians born or resided in Ashley Co, Ark by Political Graveyard

Newspapers and Obituaries


8 Submitted by USGenWeb + several months from 1997 by USGenWeb

Ashley County Ledger
(archived obits from 1965-present)
107 N. Main Street
Hamburg, AR 71646

Siftings Herald
Arkadelphia area (archived 14 days)

Ashley News Observer
archive search, but doesn't mention how far back issues are available

Pine Bluff Commercial
(archives 14 days)
Pine Bluff area

Family Bibles and Bios


Bible Records Of Virigina Mae Parsons and James Page Crawley by Melissa Emerson

Maps


1900 Map of Ashley County, AZ by K12.ar.us

Towns and Communities of Ashley County (some non-existent now)


Berlin | Beech Creek | Berea | Boydell | Carriola | Cooter | Crossett | Cypress | Elon | Fountain Hill | Hamburg | Holly Grove (no longer) | Long View | Montrose | Milo | Nellie | Normandy | Parkdale | Petersburg | Portland | Ripley | Slemons | Snyder | Tenbury | Thebes (no longer) | Trafalgar | Wilmot

Did You Know?


1. Fountain Hill, AR is birthplace of Joseph Walter Jackson born July 26, 1929, father of Michael Jackson
2. Hamburg, AR is the birthplace of Scottie Pippen born September 25, 1965 ; professional basketball player
3. And Sadly
Ashley Co has been the site of several African-American lynchings

Historical and Genealogical Societies and Libraries


Ashley County Courthouse
205 East Jefferson Street
Hamburg, AR 71646-3007
(870) 853-2020

Ashley County Library
211 East Lincoln
Hamburg, Arkansas 71646
(870)853-8781

Ashley County Genealogical Society
PO Drawer R
Crossett, AR 71635

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