Ashley County was established in 1848, and named for early Arkansas politician Chester Ashley. The nation’s longest bayou, Bayou Bartholomew, flows through the county. Hamburg serves as the county seat.
A list of the Ashley County records microfilm available at the Arkansas State Archives can be found in our County records microfilm collection.
The results below are automatically collected from materials on this site that have been tagged with the Geographical Area of “Ashley County (Ark.)” This list does not include all of the Arkansas State Archives’ materials regarding this county, but provides a starting point for research. Please click on each title below to learn more about it and the collection to which it belongs.
Submissions from 2020
Ashley County Baptist Association Minutes
Ashley County Cemetery Records
Ashley County Letters and Poll Tax List
Charles Lewis Family: Ashley County
Charles Roberts Family: Ashley County
Daughters of the American revolution Ashley county tombstone inscriptions
Minutes of the Ashley County Baptist Association
Mt. Olive Baptist Church Records, Ashley County, Arkansas
Pine Hurst Home Demonstration Club, Ashley County
Zion [Mt. Zion] United Methodist Church Records, Ashley County, Arkansas
Submissions from 2019
Submissions from 2003
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Ashley County
Submissions from 1987
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Ashley County
Submissions from 1978
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Ashley County
General Highway Map Ashley County. 1 print, 1978
Submissions from 1969
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Ashley County
Submissions from 1967
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Ashley County
Submissions from 1960
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Ashley County
Submissions from 1957
Highway 82 bridge over the Ouachita River between Strong and Crossett, Arkansas
Images from 1954
Submissions from 1936
Submissions from 1934
Submissions from 1933
Submissions from 1932
Images from 1930
Ashley County townships map, 1930
Submissions from 1925
Submissions from 1923
Submissions from 1922
Submissions from 1920
Submissions from 1918
Submissions from 1915
Submissions from 1904
Washington Lovett Bell papers, 1852-1904
This collection contains land records and a funeral notice dated between 1852 and 1904 belonging to Washington Lovett Bell who lived in Ashley County, Arkansas.
Submissions from 1890
Images from 1867
Ashley County Maimed Soldiers list
Henry Morschheimer contract [photocopy], 1867
This collection contains a contract with the Freedmen's Bureau. It includes a list of the freedmen employed and their wages.
Register of the Legal Voters of Ashley County
Submissions from 1864
Ashley County (Ark.) companies raised for Civil War, 1861-1864
The list in this collection contains the name of the company and the year it was raised.
