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Arkansas History Commission
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
John L. Ferguson, State Historian
May 27, 1975
The following material has today been received by the Arkansas History
Commission for microfilming subject to any and all of the restrictions
listed below:
Pike County, Ark. Abstract of Title Book Prior to 1890
"Pike County Burnt Records Book"
Restrictions: Since these records are being made available by the Guaranty
Abstract and Title Company of Murfreesboro, Arkansas for historic purposes
only, no copies of this film or the contents thereof may be made for any
abstract or related purpose without the express written permission of the
Guaranty Abstract and Title Company. Those wishing to publish any segment
of these records should also obtain written permission from the Guaranty
Abstract and Title Company.
Seal R.P. Baker, Archivist
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Guaranty Abstract & Title Company
Murfreesboro, Ark. 71958
May 26, 1975
Received from Guaranty Abstract & Title Company of Murfreesboro, Arkansas,
"Burnt Records" Book of ... records prior to 1890. This Book is borrowed
for the purpose of micofilming and will be returned in approximately 2
weeks. I personally will be responsible for the safe return of this Book.
Russell P. Baker, Archivist
Arkansas History Commission
Little Rock, Ark. 72201
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Pike County Records
Pike County was created on November 1, 1833. The site of the courthouse was
located at what is now Murfreesboro. A log courthouse and a small frame
building for the clerk's office were erected soon thereafter. In the spring
of 1855 the clerk's office was destroyed by fire and all county records
burned. A new two-story courthouse was built in 1856 and continued in use
until it too was burned sometime in 1895 again destroying all county
records, with the exception of one small tax book.
The ... record book, sometimes called the "Burnt Records of Pike County"
was copied from the county records by a Prescott abstract firm about 1890.
It contains a summary of many of the records that were destroyed in the
1895 fire.
R.P. Baker
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David Kelley 1997