Franklin County was established in 1837 from a portion of Crawford County, and named for United States founding father, Benjamin Franklin. Ozark and Charleston serve as county seats.
A list of the Franklin 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 “Franklin 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
Blanton Family: Franklin County
County school supervisors annual reports: Franklin county correspondence, 1976-1977
Enon Primitive Baptist Church records, Franklin County, Arkansas
Franklin county cemetery records
Franklin County Home Demonstration Clubs Year Book
Knox-Agee-Glover-Graham Family Photograph Collection: enclosed grave site at Gar Creek Cemetery
Ozark Baptist Church Records, Franklin County, Arkansas
Sadler Family: Franklin County
Submissions from 2019
Submissions from 1993
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Franklin County
Submissions from 1984
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Franklin County
Submissions from 1979
General Highway Map Franklin County. 1 print, 1971, photorevised 1979
Submissions from 1975
General Highway Map Franklin County. 1 print, 1971, revised 1975
Submissions from 1974
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Franklin County
Submissions from 1967
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Franklin County
Submissions from 1961
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Franklin County
Images from 1954
Submissions from 1951
Submissions from 1943
Submissions from 1941
Close-up of a quilt airing over a fence in the Ozarks
Mulberry Creek north of Ozark on State Highway 23, Franklin County
Mulberry Creek north of Ozark on State Highway 23, Franklin County
Submissions from 1939
Submissions from 1938
Submissions from 1936
March 14, Walter J. Lemke
Images from 1930
Franklin County townships map, 1930
Maple Grove School District number 6, Franklin County, Arkansas, records, 1922-1930
This collection contains teachers' records, school registers, annual reports, election records, contracts, one publication, and photographs.
Submissions from 1926
Submissions from 1921
Submissions from 1920
Submissions from 1918
World War I Record of Descendants of Confederate Soldiers from Franklin County, 1918 September 28
The records in this collection pertain to descendants of Confederate soldiers from Franklin County, Arkansas.
Submissions from 1914
Submissions from 1911
Books from 1905
Franklin County Records, 1906, T. A. Pettigrew
Submissions from 1899
Franklin County (Ark.) sale notice, 1899
This collection contains a sale notice given by Franklin County Probate Court for the Estate of Reverend Anton Wirtschoreck; Charles Kuhlmann, Executor; Anthony Hall, Attorney.
Submissions from 1896
Franklin County (Ark.) order, 1896
This collection contains an order calling in county scrip or outstanding warrants by Franklin County, Arkansas.
Submissions from 1893
Franklin County (Ark.) sale of land notice, 1893
This collection contains a Franklin County Commissioner's sale of land for the James P. King, Jr. Estate, registered by W.A. Milton, Franklin County Commissioner.
Submissions from 1890
Notice of sale of lands, 1890 March 12
The broadside in this collection is dated March 12, 1890.
Submissions from 1888
Goodspeed Publishing Company delivery agreement, 1888 October 9
This collection contains a delivery agreement between Goodspeed Publishing Company and C.L. Hunter. In the agreement, Hunter agrees to pay for one copy of Goodspeed's history of Franklin County.
Submissions from 1882
Elizabeth Griffin property description, 1882
This collection contains one description of personal property and cattle owned by Elizabeth Griffin of Franklin County, Arkansas, dated December 6, 1882
Submissions from 1879
Robert Henry Hicks commission, 1879
This collection contains a Justice of the Peace Commission for Robert Henry Hicks of Franklin County, Arkansas.
Submissions from 1878
Franklin County (Ark.) commissioner's sale notice, 1878
This collection contains one Franklin County commissioner's notice of land sale, 12 miles south of Ozark, Arkansas, dated July 6, 1878.
Books from 1868
Update to the Register of Legal Voters of Franklin County
Images from 1867
Franklin County Maimed Soldiers list
Update to the Register of Legal Voters of Franklin County
Submissions from 1861
Franklin County Common School promissory note, 1861
The promissory note in this collection is dated October 21, 1861.
J.R. Titsworth commission, 1861
This commission for J.R. Titsworth was signed by Governor Henry M. Rector.
Muster roll, Third Regiment, Arkansas Infantry Volunteers
Books from 1860
Samuel Lawrence bill of sale for Milly, slave
Submissions from 1856
David A. Stuart indenture for apprentices, 1856
The indenture contract in this collection is dated 1856.
Submissions from 1847
Powell Family letters, 1845-1847
This collection contains two letters from George C. Powell of McLeans Bottom, Morrison Bluff, Franklin County (Ark.) to his family. The first is dated December 1, 1845 to addressed to Charles F. Powell of Elbridge, Onondago County, New York. The second is dated February 14, 1847 and addressed to Powell's parents, Nancy and Daniel Powell of Elbridge, New York.
Submissions from 1815
Alexander Miller land record, 1815
This 1815 document pertains to land in what is now Franklin County, Arkansas.
