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Pike County, Arkansas

The on-line card catalog includes catalog entries as of August 2001
Arkansas, Pike - Cemeteries
Arkansas, Pike - Census - 1850
Arkansas, Pike - Census - 1860
Arkansas, Pike - Census - 1870
Arkansas, Pike - Census - 1880
Arkansas, Pike - Census - 1890
Arkansas, Pike - Census - 1900
Arkansas, Pike - Court records
Arkansas, Pike - Genealogy - Periodicals
Arkansas, Pike - History
Arkansas, Pike - History - Periodicals
Arkansas, Pike - History - Personal narratives
Arkansas, Pike - Land and property
Arkansas, Pike - Land and property - Indexes
Arkansas, Pike - Military records
Arkansas, Pike - Military records - Pensions - Civil War, 1861-1865
Arkansas, Pike - Newspapers - History
Arkansas, Pike - Probate records
Arkansas, Pike - Public records
Arkansas, Pike - Social life and customs
Arkansas, Pike - Taxation
Arkansas, Pike - Vital records
Arkansas, Pike - Vital records - Indexes

CEMETERIES
Glenwood Cemetery, Pike County, Glenwood, Arkansas

Microreproduction of original typescript - 3 leaves; Format: Manuscript on microfilm; Film Location FHL US/CAN Film 1036568 Item 7; Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1978; microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

Pike County, Arkansas cemetery records, Pike County Extension Homemakers Council

Arranged alphabetically by cemetery, then alphabetical by name; Call Number-Location 976.7485 V3p FHL US/CAN Book; Format: Books, Monographs; Publication Murfreesboro, Ark. : Pike County Extension Homemakers Council, c1986; Physical pp. 445, 2 p. ill.

CENSUS
Pike County, Akansas census, 1850 ...

Memeograph. Call Number-Location 976.7485 X2p 1850 FHL US/CAN Book; Format: Manuscript; Publication San Jose, Calif. : York Geneal. Research, c1969; Physical 52 leaves.

Pike County Arkansas 1860 United States census

Typescript. Includes index. Call Number-Location 976.7485 X2p 1860 FHL US/CAN Book; Format: Books, Monographs; Publication Hot Springs, Ark. : Arkansas Ancestors, 1985; Physical pp. 55, 4 p. index.

1870 federal census, Pike County, Arkansas

Complete transcription compiled by Dorothy Lee Partain and William Andy Cooley; Authors, Partain, Dorothy Lee (Main Author) Cooley, William Andy (Added Author); Cover title: 1870 United States Census, Pike County, Arkansas. Includes full-name index. Call Number-Location 976.7485 X2p 1870 FHL US/CAN Book; Format: Books, Monographs; Publication Fort Smith, Ark. : The Ancestor Shoppe, c1987; Physical ii, 123 p.

1880 federal census, Pike County, Arkansas

Abstracted by Dorothy Kennedy Partain ; typed by Linda Willingham Meek; Authors, Partain, Dorothy Kennedy (Main Author) Meek, Linda Willingham (Added Author); Cover title: 1880 Pike County, Arkansas federal census; Includes full-name index; Contains the following townships: Brewer, Thompson, Muddy Fork, Missouri, Wolf Creek, Caney Fork, Antoine, Clark, Mountain, and White; Call Number-Location 976.7485 X2p 1880 FHL US/CAN Book; Format: Books, Monographs; Publication S.l. : s.n., 19--; Physical 222 p.

1890 census of Pike County, Arkansas

Russell Pierce Baker; Author, Baker, Russell Pierce; This census is a reconstruction of the destroyed-by-fire federal census of 1890 from the 1893 Pike County tax receipt book. This reconstruction contains the name of the tax payer, the legal description of his/her property (section, township, range), and the number of males (females could not vote at this time and thus did not pay the poll tax) in the household over 21 paying the poll tax. This listing also contains the names of people owning land in Pike County but living elsewhere. However, those paying the poll tax were county residents; Call Number-Location 976.7485 X2b 1890 FHL US/CAN Book; Format: Books, Monographs; Publication S.l. : s.n., 19--; Physical 89 leaves : map.

1900 Pike County, Arkansas federal census By J. Shane Hill & Dorothy Kennedy Partain; Authors Hill, J. Shane (Main Author); Partain, Dorothy Kennedy (Added Author); Includes full-name index; Call Number-Location 976.7485 X2h 1900 FHL US/CAN Book; Format: Books, Monographs; Publication Murfreesboro, Ark. : Pike County Archives and History Society, c1995; Physical 303 leaves.

COURT RECORDS
Chancery Court records, 1895-1962

Author, Arkansas. Chancery Court (Pike County); Microfilm of original records in the Pike County Courthouse, Murfreesboro, Arkansas; Format: Manuscript on microfilm; Publication Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1995; Physical 3 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.

GENEALOGY
Periodicals

The Gems of Pike County, Arkansas

Author, Pike County Archives and History Society (Murfreesboro, Arkansas); Quarterly: Vol. 1, no. 1 (Jan. 1990) simply titled: PCAHS, Pike County Archives & History Society Newsletter; Includes index for vol. 1; includes separate indexes; Description based on: Vol. 2, no. 1 (winter 1991); Format: Serial on microfiche; Publication Murfreesboro, Ark. : Pike County Archives and History Society, 1990- ; Physical v.; Numeric Designation Vol. 1, no. 1 (Jan. 1990)- ; Contains Index v. 2, nos. 1-4; v.3, no.1; v. 2, no.1 Winter 1991; v. 2, no. 2 Spring 1991; v. 2, no. 3 Summer 1991; v. 2, no. 4 Fall 1991; v. 3, no. 1 Winter 1992; v. 3, no. 2 Spring 1992; v. 3, no. 3 Summer 1992; v. 3, no. 4 Fall 1992; v. 4, no. 1 Winter 1993; v. 4, no. 2 Spring 1993; v. 4, no. 3 Summer 1993; v. 4, no. 4 Fall 1993; v. 5, no. 1 Winter 1994; v. 5, no. 2 Spring 1994; v. 5, no. 3 Summer 1994; v. 5, no. 4 Fall 1994; v. 6, no. 1 Winter 1995; v. 6, no. 2 Spring 1995; v. 6, no. 3 Summer 1995; v. 6, no. 4 Fall 1995; v. 7, no. 1 Winter 1996; v. 7, no. 2 Spring 1996; v. 7, no. 3 Summer 1996; v. 7, no. 4 Fall 1996; v. 8, no. 1 Winter 1997; v. 8, no. 2 Spring 1997; v. 8, no. 3 Summer 1997; v. 8, no. 4 Fall 1997; v. 9, no. 1 Winter 1998; v. 9, no. 2 Spring 1998; v. 9, no. 3 Summer 1998; v. 9, no. 4 Fall 1998; v. 10, no. 1 Winter 1999; v. 10, no. 2/3 Spr/Sum 1999; v. 10, no. 4 Fall 1999; v. 11, no. 2 Spring 2000; v. 11, no. 3 Summer 2000; v. 11, no. 4 Fall 2000; v. 12, no. 1 Winter 2001.

Pike County, Arkansas, 1815-1899

Author, Kelley, David L.; Quarterly. This serial "is designed to retore and preserve much of the county's lost history because of the destruction of the official county records in 1855 and 1895" - Vol. 1, no. 1, p. 2.; Format: Serial also on microfiche; Publication S.l. : David L. Kelley, 1990-1993; Delight, Ark. : Alexander Print.; Physical 3 v.; Numeric Designation Vol. 1, no. 1 (Nov. 1990) - v. 3, no. 4 (Aug. 1993); Contains v. 1, no. 1 Nov 1990; v. 1, no. 2 Feb 1991; v. 1, no. 3 May 1991; v. 1, no. 4 Aug 1991; v. 2, no. 1 Nov 1991; v. 2, no. 2 Feb 1992; v. 2, no. 3 May 1992; v. 2, no. 4 Aug 1992; v. 3, no. 2 Feb 1993; v. 3, no. 3 May 1993; v. 3, no. 4 Aug 1993.

HISTORY
Crater of diamonds, jewel of Arkansas

By Bobbie Lou Hendrix; Author, Hendrix, Bobbie Lou; Bibliography: p. 40.; Includes names and photographs of those involved with the diamond industry in Pike County, Arkansas; Call Number-Location 976.7 A1 no. 149 FHL US/CAN Book; Format: Books, Monographs; Publication Antoine, Ark. : B.L. Hendrix, c1989; Physical 40 p. : ill., ports.

Early history of Pike County, Arkansas : the first one hundred years

Compiled and published (originally) by Pike County Heritage Club; Authors, Pike County Heritage Club (Pike County, Arkansas) (Added Author); Pike County Archives and History Society (Murfreesboro, Arkansas) (Added Author); Reprint. Originally published: c1978; Bibliography: p. 230; Includes indexes; Call Number-Location 976.7485 H2e FHL US/CAN Book; Format: Books, Monographs also on microfiche; Publication Murfreesboro, Ark. : Pike County Archives and History Society, 1989; Physical 262 p. : ill., maps, ports; Edition 3rd ed.

Sweet remembrance : Caney Valley childhood memories of Flora Adella Adams Cosby

Compiled by Karen Cosby; Author, Cosby, Karen); Cover title; Includes Adams, Bankston, Horn, Minor, Neighbors and related families; James Cozby married Nellie Gillespie during or before 1795, and lived in Abbeville District, South Carolina. Nellie was the daughter of William Gillespie (b.1759), the granddaughter of Matthew Gillespie, and the great granddaughter of English immigrants to Bucks County, Pennsylvania Matthew Gillespie and Lucy Pickens. Descendants (chiefly spelling the surname Cosby) and relatives of James and Nellie lived in South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas, Texas and elsewhere. Includes a personal memory of childhood life in Caney Valley, Pike County, Arkansas; Call Number-Location 929.273 C82c JSMB US/CAN Book; Format: Books, Monographs; Publication Sims, Ark. : Noah Cosby Printing, c1984; Physical 113 p. : ill., geneal. tables, maps, ports.

Periodicals

The Gems of Pike County, Arkansas

Author, Pike County Archives and History Society (Murfreesboro, Arkansas); Quarterly: Vol. 1, no. 1 (Jan. 1990) simply titled: PCAHS, Pike County Archives & History Society Newsletter; Includes index for vol. 1; includes separate indexes; Description based on: Vol. 2, no. 1 (winter 1991); Format: Serial on microfiche; Publication Murfreesboro, Ark. : Pike County Archives and History Society, 1990- ; Physical v.; Numeric Designation Vol. 1, no. 1 (Jan. 1990)- ; Contains Index v. 2, nos. 1-4; v.3, no.1; v. 2, no.1 Winter 1991; v. 2, no. 2 Spring 1991; v. 2, no. 3 Summer 1991; v. 2, no. 4 Fall 1991; v. 3, no. 1 Winter 1992; v. 3, no. 2 Spring 1992; v. 3, no. 3 Summer 1992; v. 3, no. 4 Fall 1992; v. 4, no. 1 Winter 1993; v. 4, no. 2 Spring 1993; v. 4, no. 3 Summer 1993; v. 4, no. 4 Fall 1993; v. 5, no. 1 Winter 1994; v. 5, no. 2 Spring 1994; v. 5, no. 3 Summer 1994; v. 5, no. 4 Fall 1994; v. 6, no. 1 Winter 1995; v. 6, no. 2 Spring 1995; v. 6, no. 3 Summer 1995; v. 6, no. 4 Fall 1995; v. 7, no. 1 Winter 1996; v. 7, no. 2 Spring 1996; v. 7, no. 3 Summer 1996; v. 7, no. 4 Fall 1996; v. 8, no. 1 Winter 1997; v. 8, no. 2 Spring 1997; v. 8, no. 3 Summer 1997; v. 8, no. 4 Fall 1997; v. 9, no. 1 Winter 1998; v. 9, no. 2 Spring 1998; v. 9, no. 3 Summer 1998; v. 9, no. 4 Fall 1998; v. 10, no. 1 Winter 1999; v. 10, no. 2/3 Spr/Sum 1999; v. 10, no. 4 Fall 1999; v. 11, no. 2 Spring 2000; v. 11, no. 3 Summer 2000; v. 11, no. 4 Fall 2000; v. 12, no. 1 Winter 2001.

Pike County, Arkansas, 1815-1899

Author, Kelley, David L.; Quarterly. This serial "is designed to retore and preserve much of the county's lost history because of the destruction of the official county records in 1855 and 1895" - Vol. 1, no. 1, p. 2.; Format: Serial also on microfiche; Publication S.l. : David L. Kelley, 1990-1993; Delight, Ark. : Alexander Print.; Physical 3 v.; Numeric Designation Vol. 1, no. 1 (Nov. 1990) - v. 3, no. 4 (Aug. 1993); Contains v. 1, no. 1 Nov 1990; v. 1, no. 2 Feb 1991; v. 1, no. 3 May 1991; v. 1, no. 4 Aug 1991; v. 2, no. 1 Nov 1991; v. 2, no. 2 Feb 1992; v. 2, no. 3 May 1992; v. 2, no. 4 Aug 1992; v. 3, no. 2 Feb 1993; v. 3, no. 3 May 1993; v. 3, no. 4 Aug 1993.

Personal narratives

The diary

By Carleton E. Denny; Authors Denny, Carleton E.; Cover title; "A story of Edgar A. Denny, a young man of the 1880's who fell in love with Pike County, Arkansas. Based on a diary, old letters, and incidents as told to his son, the author."; Call Number-Location 976.7485 H2d FHL US/CAN Book; Format: Books, Monographs; Publication S.l. : s.n., 19--; Physical 44 p. : ports.

LAND-PROPERTY
1890 census of Pike County, Arkansas

Author, Baker, Russell Pierce; This census is a reconstruction of the destroyed-by-fire federal census of 1890 from the 1893 Pike County tax receipt book. This reconstruction contains the name of the tax payer, the legal description of his/her property (section, township, range), and the number of males (females could not vote at this time and thus did not pay the poll tax) in the household over 21 paying the poll tax. This listing also contains the names of people owning land in Pike County but living elsewhere. However, those paying the poll tax were county residents; Call Number-Location 976.7485 X2b 1890 FHL US/CAN Book; Format: Books, Monographs; Publication S.l. : s.n., 19--; Physical 89 leaves : map.

Deeds, 1895-1898 : index, 1895-1940

Author, Pike County (Arkansas); Recorder; Microfilm of original records in the Pike County courthouse; Format: Manuscript on microfilm; Publication Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1976 ; Physical 4 microfilm reels : 35 mm.

Plat book 1890

Author, Pike County (Arkansas); County Clerk; Microfilm of original records in the Pike County courthouse; Format: Manuscript on microfilm; Publication Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1976; Physical 1 microfilm reel : 35 mm.

Indexes

Arkansas land patents, Pike County : granted through 30 June 1908

Prepared for publication by Desmond Walls Allen and Bobbie Jones McLane; Authors Allen, Desmond Walls, 1950- (Main Author) McLane, Bobbie Lee Jones, 1927- (Added Author); Bibliography: p. 12; This vol. is an index with annotations; Contents transcribed from patent books housed in Alexandria, Va. ; Call Number-Location 976.7485 R22a FHL US/CAN Book; Format: Books, Monographs also on microfiche; Publication Conway, Ark. : Ark. Research, c1991; Physical 83 p. : ill., maps; ISBN/ISSN 1565460421.

MILITARY RECORDS
Record of soldiers and sailors discharges, vol. A, 1919-1954

Author, Pike County (Arkansas); County Clerk; Microfilm of original records at the Pike County courthouse; Format: Manuscript on microfilm; Publication Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1976; Physical 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

Pensions-Civil War, 1861-1865

Arkansas Confederate pension applications from Clark, Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery and Pike counties

Compiled by Desmond Walls Allen; Author, Allen, Desmond Walls, 1950- ; With: other vols. of Arkansas Confederate pension applications by the author that include the following counties: Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian, Columbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Miller, Nevada, Benton, Washington, Grant, Saline, Carroll, Baxter, Boone, Madison, Marion, Newton, Searcy, Calhoun, Dallas, Ouachita, Union, Howard, Little River, Polk & Sevier; Includes a county by county list of applicants for the Arkansas Confederate Home. Also includes a county by county list of pensioners who became as such through legislation; This vol. is a county by county index; These applicants were residents of Arkansas between 1891 & 1939; Names are in alphabetical order; This vol. discusses other sources for research on the county level; Library has combined this vol. with 7 other vols. by the author; Call Number-Location 976.7 M22adL v. 1 FHL US/CAN Book; Format: Books, Monographs also on microfiche; Publication Conway, Arkansas : Arkansas Research, c1991; Physical 47 p. : map; ISBN/ISSN 0941765695.

NEWSPAPERS
History

Happenings in Okolona and Antoine Township : from the Southern Standard and Gurdon Times

Clark County, Arkansas publication compiled by Allan B. Syler; Author, Syler, Allan B.); Includes index; Contents: v. 1. 1869-1930 -- v. 2. 1931-1936 -- v. 3. 1937-1939 -- v. 4. 1940-1941; Library has vol. 3-4 bound together; Call Number-Location 976.7 B3s v. 1 FHL US/CAN Book; 976.7 B3s v. 2 FHL US/CAN Book; 976.7 B3s v. 3 FHL US/CAN Book; 976.7 B3s v. 4 FHL US/CAN Book; Format: Books, Monographs; Publication Arkadelphia, Ark. : Clark County Historical Association, 1999-2000; Physical 4 v. bound in 3 : ill., maps, ports; Title Also Known As Gurdon times (Gurdon, Arkansas) Southern standard (Arkadelphia, Arkansas).

PROBATE RECORDS
Pike County, Arkansas burned records, 1855-1890 : wills, 1839-1887, abstract of title book prior to 1890

Transcribed and edited by David L. Kelley; Author, Kelley, David L.; Includes full-name index; The 1839-1887 time period represents these records; Call Number-Location 976.7485 P2k FHL US/CAN Book; Format: Books, Monographs; Publication S.l. : s.n., 1993; Physical 46 p.

Probate records, 1895-1918

Author, Arkansas. Probate Court (Pike County); Microfilm of original records in the Pike County courthouse; Format: Manuscript on microfilm; Publication Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1976; Physical 2 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.

PUBLIC RECORDS
Minister's credentials, vol. A, 1895-1976

Author, Pike County (Arkansas); Recorder; Microfilm of original records in the Pike County courthouse; Format: Manuscript on microflim; Publication Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1976; Physical on 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

SOCIAL LIFE-CUSTOMS
Sweet remembrance : Caney Valley childhood memories of Flora Adella Adams Cosby

Compiled by Karen Cosby; Author, Cosby, Karen); Cover title; Includes Adams, Bankston, Horn, Minor, Neighbors and related families; James Cozby married Nellie Gillespie during or before 1795, and lived in Abbeville District, South Carolina. Nellie was the daughter of William Gillespie (b.1759), the granddaughter of Matthew Gillespie, and the great granddaughter of English immigrants to Bucks County, Pennsylvania Matthew Gillespie and Lucy Pickens. Descendants (chiefly spelling the surname Cosby) and relatives of James and Nellie lived in South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas, Texas and elsewhere. Includes a personal memory of childhood life in Caney Valley, Pike County, Arkansas; Call Number-Location 929.273 C82c JSMB US/CAN Book; Format: Books, Monographs; Publication Sims, Ark. : Noah Cosby Printing, c1984; Physical 113 p. : ill., geneal. tables, maps, ports.

TAXATION
List of real estate assessed for taxation, 1883, 1894 : record for tax receipts for 1893

Author, Pike County (Arkansas); County Clerk; Microfilm of original records in the Pike County courthouse; Format: Manuscript on microfilm; Publication Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1976; Physical 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

VITAL RECORDS
Marriages, 1895-1941

Author, Pike County (Arkansas); County Clerk; Microfilm of original records in the Pike County courthouse; Format: Manuscript on microflim; Publication Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1976; Physical 5 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.

Pike County marriage records

Pike County marriage records by Dorothy Kennedy Partain and Linda Meek; Authors, Partain, Dorothy Kennedy (Main Author); Meek, Linda Willingham (Added Author); Title from cover; Includes full surname index of brides; Contains: Book A : April 3, 1895 - November 27, 1899; Book B : November 9, 1899 - November 15, 1904; Book C : November 23, 1904 - March 13, 1910.; Call Number-Location 976.7485 V2p FHL US/CAN Book; Format: Books, Monographs; Publication Murfreesboro, Ark. : Pike County Archives and History Society, 19--; Physical 34 leaves.

Indexes

Arkansas, 1850-1900

You must have a CD-ROM drive; You must also have either version 3.02 or higher of Family Tree Maker for Windows or for Macintosh, or, version 3.02 or higher of the Family Archive Viewer; Title from title screen; "Provides marriage date, spouse's name, and location for approximately 287,000 individuals married in Arkansas between 1850 adn 1900. Information was collected from the following counties: Arkansas, Ashley, Baster, Benton, Calhoun, Clark, Clay, Conway, Crawford, Crittenden, Desha, Fulton, Garland, Hempstead, Hot Springs, Howard, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Lafayette, Logan, Lonoke, Marion, Monroe, Montgomery, Nevada, Phillips, Pike, Polk, Pope, Prairie, Pulaski, Randolph, Saline, Scott, Sebastian, Sevier, Sharp, St. Francis, Union, Washington, White, and Yell." -- from back of case; Call Number-Location no. 9 pt. 244 FHL ARC Compact Disc; Format: Books, Monographs on CD; Publication S.l. : Br�derbund, c1999; Physical 1 computer laser optical disc ; 4 3/4 in.; ISBN/ISSN 1579441653; Series: Family tree maker's family archives. Marriage index. : no. 244

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