Genealogy Projects tagged with Arkansas on the Geni Family Tree

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  • St. Francis County, Arkansas

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in St. Francis County, Arkansas. The county was formed on October 13, 1827 and was named for the St. Francis River. Adjacent Counties Cross County Crittenden County Woodruff County Lee County Monroe County Cities, Towns & Townships Blackfish Caldwell Colt Forrest City (County Seat) Franks Garland Good...

  • Montgomery County, Arkansas

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Montgomery County, Arkansas. Official Website Montgomery County is Arkansas's 45th county, formed on December 9, 1842, and named after Richard Montgomery, an American Revolutionary War general. Adjacent Counties Garland County Hot Spring County Clark County Pike County Yell County Scott County Polk County

  • Little River County, Arkansas

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Little River County, Arkansas. Little River County is Arkansas's 59th county, formed on March 5, 1867, during the Reconstruction era and named for the Little River. Adjacent Counties Howard County Hempstead County Miller County Sevier County McCurtain County, Oklahoma Bowie County, Texas Cities, Towns, Townships ...

  • Jefferson County, Arkansas

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Jefferson County, Arkansas. Official Website The area that would later become Jefferson County was occupied by the Quapaw when French explorers established the Arkansas Post in the 17th century; the foreigners claimed this area as Louisiana, part of New France. It was formed on November 2, 1829 and named for Thomas Jefferson, third ...

  • Jonesboro, Arkansas

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas. Official Website At the time of European encounter, historic tribes included the Osage, the Caddo, and the Quapaw. The name of the state of Arkansas comes from the Quapaw language. French and Spanish traders and trappers had relations with these groups. After the United States acquired this te...

  • Nevada County, Arkansas

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Nevada County, Arkansas. Nevada County is Arkansas's 63rd county, formed during the Reconstruction era on March 20, 1871and was named after the state of Nevada because of the perceived similarity between their physical shapes; the Arkansas county's shape, inverted, roughly follows the same outline as the state's boundary. Adjacent ...

  • Phillips County, Arkansas

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Phillips County, Arkansas. Official Website The county was formed on May 1, 1820, and named for Sylvanus Phillips, the area's first-known white settler and representative to the first Territorial Legislature of the Arkansas Territory. From September 30-October 1, 1919 during the Elaine race riot in Phillips County, 237 black were k...

  • Hempstead County, Arkansas

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Hempstead County, Arkansas. Official Website Formed on December 15, 1818, the county is named for Edward Hempstead, a delegate to the U.S. Congress from the Missouri Territory, which included present-day Arkansas at the time. Adjacent Counties Howard County Lafayette County Little River County Miller County Nevada Cou...

  • Hart's Chapel Cemetery, Curtis, Arkansas

    Memorial Plaque – “Hart’s Chapel Cemetery was established in 1877. It was named for Joe Hart, a benefactor of Hart’s Chapel Church. The land was provided by the Margaret Turner family. The deed was recorded March 26, 1883. The metal fence was erected in 1982. The Hart’s Chapel Trust Fund, a non-taxable foundation, was established in 1978, at Elkhorn Bank, Arkadelphia, AR in 1990. Due to limited...

  • Union County, Arkansas

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Union County, Arkansas. The county was formed on November 2, 1829 and named in recognition of the citizens' petition for a new county, which said that they were petitioning "in the spirit of Union and Unity." Called by boosters the "Queen City of South Arkansas", El Dorado was at the heart of the 1920s oil boom in South Arkansas. Mo...

  • Greenwood Cemetery, Hot Springs, Arkansas

    This cemetery is located on 701 Greenwood Avenue, Hot Springs, Garland County, Arkansas. Find a Grave Arkansas Gravestones Roots Web

  • Greenwood Cemetery, Camden, Arkansas

    Greenwood Cemetery, also known as Camden City Cemetery , and is maintained by the City of Camden in Ouachita County, Arkansas. It is located on Maul Road and Greenwood Street between Memorial Park Cemetery and Greenwood Annex. Find a Grave

  • Little Black, Randolph, Arkansas, USA

    Randolph County, Arkansas=From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaRandolph County is located between the Ozark Mountains and Arkansas Delta in the U.S. state of Arkansas. The county is named for John Randolph, a U.S. senator from Virginia influential in obtaining congressional approval of the Louisiana Purchase, which includes today's Randolph County. Created as Arkansas's 32nd county on October 2...

  • Grants Chapel Cemetery, Bonnerdale, Arkansas

    This project is for those buried in Grants Chapel Cemetery, Bonnerdale, Hot Spring County, Arkansas. Find a Grave

  • Grant County, Arkansas

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Grant County, Arkansas. Official Website Formed on February 4, 1869, Grant County was named in honor of U.S. President-elect Ulysses S. Grant. The Battle of Jenkins' Ferry (April 30, 1864), also known as the Engagement at Jenkins' Ferry, was fought at Jenkins' Ferry, southwest of Little Rock, during the American Civil War. It was t...

  • Gass Cemetery, Omaha, Arkansas

    This cemetery, established in 1903, is located on Center Loop, Omaha, Boone County, Arkansas. Find a Grave Arkansas Gravestones AR Gen Web

  • Franklin County, Arkansas

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Franklin County, Arkansas. The county was formed on December 19, 1837, and named for Benjamin Franklin, American statesman. Adjacent Counties Crawford County Madison County Sebastian County Johnson County Logan County Cities & Towns Altus Branch Charleston (County Seat) Denning Fly Gap Ozark (County ...

  • Fort Pillow Naval Battle (1862), US Civil War

    The naval battle at Fort Pillow, Tennessee (sometimes known as the engagement at Plum Point Bend) took place on the Mississippi River between ships of the Confederate River Defense Fleet, which consisted of a number of wooden sidewheel paddleboats converted to naval rams, and ships of the Union Mississippi River Squadron, which consisted of a number of ironclads, approximately four miles above ...

  • Garland County, Arkansas

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Garland County, Arkansas.= Official Website =This area was occupied by the historic Natchitoches people, who frequented the hot springs for their healing powers. Garland County was formed on April 5, 1873. It was named for Augustus H. Garland, eleventh governor of Arkansas. This area was occupied by the historic Natchitoches people, w...

  • Forest Hills Memorial Park, Alexander, Arkansas

    This cemetery is located on 10200 Stagecoach Road (Arkansas 5), Alexander, Saline County, Arkansas. Find a Grave Arkansas Gravestones

  • Marion County, Arkansas

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Marion County, Arkansas.= Official Website =The county is named for Francis Marion, the famous "Swamp Fox" of the Revolutionary War and was created as Arkansas's 35th county in 1836. The county included part of what is now Searcy County, Arkansas, with many opposed to dividing them, which helped fueled the bloody Tutt-Everett War betw...

  • Columbia County, Arkansas

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Columbia County, Arkansas. Official Website The county was formed on December 17, 1852, and was named for Christopher Columbus. Adjacent Counties & Parishes Nevada County Ouachita County Union County Claiborne Parish, Louisiana Webster Parish, Louisiana Lafayette County Cities, Towns, Communities & Townships

  • Bethel Cemetery, Gravette, Arkansas

    The historic Bethel Cemetery is south of Gravette, [in Benton County], just a short distance east of Arkansas 59. The burial ground has a long history, with some tombstones dating to 1818. At least 50 veterans are buried in the cemetery, including 28 Confederate veterans and six unknown soldiers buried during the Civil War conflict. An article in the 1993 Gravette history book written by Loui...

  • Fayetteville, Arkansas

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Official Website History In 1828, George McGarrah settled at Big Spring with his family on the modern day corner of Spring and Willow, founding the town of Washington, and starting work on the courthouse. On October 17, Washington County was established, Washington chosen as the county seat. The Washington ...

  • Fairview Memorial Gardens, Fayetteville, Arkansas

    This cemetery is located on 1728 East Mission Boulevard, Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas. Find a Grave Arkansas Gravestones

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