Clay County was established in 1873 from parts of Randolph and Greene counties. Originally called “Clayton,” the name was shortened in 1875 to “Clay” in honor of Kentucky senator Henry Clay. Piggott and Corning serve as county seats in a county that is surrounded on two sides by Arkansas and two sides by Missouri.
A list of the Clay 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 “Clay 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
Arkansas state comptroller's audits: Clay county (1932-1944)
Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Association
Clay County Records: Bess Family Records
Clay County Records: Bricker Genealogy
Clay County Records: Cox-Thomas Family Records
Clay County Records: Crawford Family
Clay County Records: Cunningham Genealogy
Clay County Records: Hartman, Collins, Bredwell, Hutchison, Hutchins: Family Records
Clay County Records: Jacob Bricker Genealogy
Clay County Records: Rudsill, Duncan, Abshire, Staats (Statts) Genealogy
Clay County Records: Troy Bricker Genealogy
History and traditions of Clay County: Robert T. Webb, Bruce Brown and Patsy Truscott
History of our county seats: an authentic record of the establishment of Clay county, by V.C. Wright
Plat of Big Slough in Clay County
Plat of T. 21N, R. 5E (Clay County)
Plat of T. 21N, R. 6E (Clay County)
Submissions from 2019
Submissions from 2003
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Clay County
Submissions from 2000
Clay County (Ark.) obituary collection, 1950-2000
The Clay County (Ark.) obituary collection includes two boxes of obituaries from the Clay County Times-Democrat collected between the years 1950 and 2000, arranged in alphabetical order with indices.
Submissions from 1985
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Clay County
General Highway Map Clay County. 1 print, 1985
Submissions from 1978
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Clay County
Submissions from 1973
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Clay County
Submissions from 1969
Memoirs of Early Days in Clay County, Arkansas, 1969 March
This collection contains "Memoirs of Early Days in Clay County, Arkansas," edited by Laud M. Payne.
Submissions from 1968
Clay County Records: Probate Records: Wills, Book "B" (part)
Clay County Records: Probate Records: Wills, Book "B" (part)
Submissions from 1967
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Clay County
Submissions from 1962
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Clay County
Submissions from 1958
Clay County Records: Orders for Birth & Death Certificates, Book "A"
Submissions from 1957
Clay County Records: Ministers Credentials (part)
Clay County Records: Ministers Credentials (part)
Submissions from 1955
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Clay County
Clay County Records: Probate Records: Administors Bonds & Letters, Book "A-B"
Images from 1954
Submissions from 1947
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Clay County
Submissions from 1944
Clay County Records: Miscellaneous Records (contains Ministers Credentials), Book "1"
Clay County Records: Soldier & Sailors Discharge Records, Book "I"
Submissions from 1943
Submissions from 1942
Clay County Records: J.P. Dockets
Submissions from 1939
Submissions from 1938
Clay County Records: Probate Court Records, Books "D-E"
Clay County Records: Probate Records: Guardianship Bonds Guardianship Bonds & Letters
Submissions from 1935
Submissions from 1931
Clay County Records: Probate Records: Wills, Book "1"
Clay County Records: Records: Piggott First Baptist Church
Clay County Records: Soldiers & Sailors
Images from 1930
Clay County townships map, 1930
Submissions from 1927
Submissions from 1925
Submissions from 1923
Clay County Records: Marriage Records, Book "J"
Hiram Phillips Engineering Company report, 1923
This 46 page journal contains plans, tables, photographs, correspondence and the report on the investigation of the failure of the Arkansas levee in Section 2 Township, Clay County, Arkansas.
Submissions from 1922
Clay County Records: Marriage Records, Book "11"
Clay County Records: Marriage Records, Book "11" (part)
Submissions from 1921
Clay County Records: Naturalization Records
Submissions from 1920
Clay County Records: Marriage Records, Book "10"
Clay County Records: Marriage Records, Book "I"
Clay County Records: Probate Records: Estate Sale Bills
Submissions from 1919
Clay County Records: Probate Court Records, Books "3-4"
Submissions from 1918
Clay County Records: Marriage Records, Book "9" (part)
Clay County Records: Marriage Records, Book "9" (part)
Clay County Records: Probate Records: Administrators Bonds & Letters, Book "1"
Submissions from 1917
Submissions from 1916
Clay County Records: Marriage Records, Book "8"
Submissions from 1915
Clay County Records: Marriage Records, Book "H" (part)
Clay County Records: Marriage Records, Book "H" (part)
Submissions from 1913
Clay County Records: Marriage Records, Book "7" (part)
Clay County Records: Marriage Records, Book "7" (part)
Submissions from 1912
Clay County Records: Marriage Records, Book "G"
Submissions from 1911
Clay County Records: Marriage Records, Book "6" (part)
Clay County Records: Marriage Records, Book "6" (part)
Clay County Records: Probate Records: Guardians & Executors Bonds & Letters, Book "1" (part)
Clay County Records: Probate Records: Guardians & Executors Bonds & Letters, Book "1" (part)
Submissions from 1909
Clay County Records: Probate Court Records, Books "B-C"
Submissions from 1908
Clay County Records: Marriage Records, Book "5"
Clay County Records: Probate Records: Inventories of Estates, Book "A"
Submissions from 1907
Clay County Records: Marriage Records, Book "F" (part)
Clay County Records: Marriage Records, Book "F" (part)
Submissions from 1906
Clay County (Ark.) court schedule, 1906
This collection contains one broadside, a schedule of courts of Clay County (Circuit, Chancery, Probate and County), compliments of Ira C. Langley, candidate for re-election to the office of Circuit Court Clerk.
Clay County Records: Probate Court Records, Book "1-2"
Submissions from 1905
Clay County Records: Marriage Records, Book "4" (part)
Clay County Records: Marriage Records, Book "4" (part)
Clay County Records: Probate Records: Wills, Book "I"
Submissions from 1903
Clay County Records: Marriage Records, Book "3"
Submissions from 1902
Clay County Records: Marriage Records, Book "E"
Submissions from 1901
Notice of sheriff's sale, 1901 January 18
The broadside in this collection is dated January 18, 1901.
Submissions from 1900
Clay County Records: Personal Property Tax Records
Clay County Records: Real Estate Tax Records
