Columbia County was founded in 1852 from portions of Hempstead, Lafayette, Ouachita, and Union counties. The county was named for Columbia, a personification of the United States. Magnolia serves as the county seat.
A list of the Columbia 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 “Columbia 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 1911
Submissions from 1909
Columbia County Records: Probate Records: Guardian's Bonds and Letters, Book "B"
Submissions from 1908
Columbia County Records: Marriage Records, Books "I-J"
Submissions from 1903
Columbia County Records: Marriage Records, Books "G-H"
Columbia County Records: Records: Victory Baptist Church
Submissions from 1900
Columbia County Records: Records: Corinth Missionary Baptist Church
Submissions from 1898
Columbia County Records: Marriage Records, Books "E-F"
Columbia County Records: Minutes: Columbia Baptist Association
Submissions from 1895
Columbia County Records: Records: Atlanta Methodist Church
Submissions from 1892
Columbia County Records: In Old Calhoun
Submissions from 1891
Columbia County Records: Probate Court Docket, Book "C"
Submissions from 1889
Columbia County Records: Licenses to Peddle and Sell Goods
Columbia County Records: Marriage Records, Book "E", "D2"
Submissions from 1887
Columbia County Records: Deed Records, Books "O-P"
Submissions from 1886
Columbia County Records: Probate Court Records, Book "D"
Columbia County Records: Probate Records: Estate Docket
Thomas Jefferson Grimmitt court record, 1886
This collection contains a sheriff's sale notice from Columbia County, Arkansas signed by Sheriff Thomas Jefferson Grimmitt
Submissions from 1884
Columbia County Records: Personal Property Tax Records
Submissions from 1883
Columbia County Records: Chancery Court Records, Book "B"
Columbia County Records: Circuit Court Records, Book "D"
Columbia County Records: Deed Records, Books "M-N"
Submissions from 1882
Columbia County Records: Minutes: Ouachita Primitive Baptist Association
Columbia County Records: Records: First Baptist Church: Magnolia
Location of the Texas and St. Louis Railway through Columbia County
Submissions from 1880
Columbia County Records: Minutes: Columbia Colored Baptist Association
Submissions from 1879
Columbia County Records: Deed Records, Books "K-L"
Submissions from 1878
Columbia County Records: Marriage Records, Books "A-D"
Submissions from 1874
Columbia County Records: Deed Records, Books "I-J"
Submissions from 1873
Columbia County Records: Records: Antioch East Baptist Church
Submissions from 1872
Arkansas and Texas Railroad certification of election, 1872
The certification in this collection is dated January 15, 1872.
Columbia County (Ark.) petition, 1872
This collection contains one petitions for the election of the president and directors of the Trenton and Fulton Railroad for a stock subscription of one hundred thousand dollars, dated 1872.
Columbia County petition on Trenton and Fulton Railroad Company, 1872
This collection contains one petition for election of president and directors of Trenton and Fulton Railway Company, Columbia County, Arkansas, dated January 20, 1872.
Columbia County Records: Deed Records, Books "G-H"
Columbia County Records: General Index to Deeds, Books "A-B"
Submissions from 1870
Columbia County Records: Personal Property Tax Records
Submissions from 1869
Columbia County Records: Probate Court Records, Books "C"-C-2"
Submissions from 1868
Columbia County Records: Circuit Court Records, Books "B-C"
Columbia County Records: Probate Court Docket
Update to the Register of Legal Voters of Columbia County
Images from 1867
Columbia County Maimed Soldiers list
Columbia County Records: County Court Records, Books "A-B"
Columbia County Records: Deed Records, Books "E-F"
Columbia County Records: Tax Records
Register of the Legal Voters of Columbia County
Submissions from 1866
Columbia County Records: County Bond and Marriage Records
Columbia County Records: Tax Records
Submissions from 1865
Columbia County Records: Probate Court Records, Books "A-B"
Submissions from 1863
Columbia County Records: Tax Records
Submissions from 1861
Columbia County Records: Tax Records
Union Academy trustee's report on children, 1861
The trustee's report in this collection is dated 1861.
Books from 1860
Columbia County Common School teacher's certification, 1860 November 9
The certification in this collection is dated November 9, 1860.
Columbia County Records: Deed Records, Books "C-D"
John M. Gillispie teaching certificate, 1860 January 19
This collection contains a teaching certificate for John M. Gillispie signed by M.G. Kelso, Common School Commissioner for Columbia County, Arkansas.
Submissions from 1858
Columbia County Records: Records: Shiloh-Lamartine Baptist Church
Submissions from 1857
Columbia County Records: Circuit Court Records, Book "A"
Columbia County Records: Deed Records, Books "A-B"
Columbia County Records: Tax Records
