Howard County was established in 1873 as Arkansas’s seventy-fourth county, from portions of Hempstead, Sevier, Polk, and Pike counties. It was named for state senator James Howard. Nashville serves as the county seat.
A list of the Howard 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 “Howard 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 1938
Howard County Records: School Census Records, Bluff Springs #14 - Smyrna #24
Howard County Records: School Census Records, Mineral Springs #3
Submissions from 1937
Howard County Records: Justice Of The Peace Court Docket
Howard County Records: Marriage Records, Books "Q (part)-S" (part)
Howard County Records: School Census Records, Childress #39
Submissions from 1934
Howard County Records: Probate Records: Administrator's Bonds, Book "A"
Submissions from 1932
Howard County Records: Marriage Records, Books "O (part)-Q" (part)
Howard County Records: Probate Court Records, Books "D (part)-F"
Images from 1930
Howard County townships map, 1930
Submissions from 1929
Submissions from 1926
Howard County Records: Marriage Records, Books "M (part)-O" (part)
Submissions from 1925
David A. Hutchinson account books, 1888-1925
This collection consists of account books from Hutchinson's medical practice.
Submissions from 1924
Submissions from 1922
Submissions from 1921
Howard County Records: Howard-Sevier County Road District No. 1-2 Records
Howard County Records: Marriage Records, Books "M-N"
Submissions from 1920
Submissions from 1919
Howard County Records: Marriage Records, Book "K-L"
Submissions from 1917
Submissions from 1916
Howard County Records: General Index to Deeds and Mortgages, Books "D-F"
Howard County Records: Voter List
Submissions from 1915
Howard County Records: Probate Court Records, Books "B (part)-D" (part)
Submissions from 1914
Howard County Records: Marriage Records, Book "J"
Submissions from 1913
Howard County Records: Marriage Records, Book "I"
Submissions from 1912
Howard County (Ark.) tax collector's notice, 1912
This collection contains one broadside, a notice by J.K. Hutchinson, Howard County Sheriff and Collector, announcing his schedule for collection of real and personal property taxes.
Howard County Records: Probate Records: Letters of Guardianship, Book "A"
Submissions from 1911
Howard County Records: Probate Court Docket, Book "B"
Howard County Records: Probate Records: Guardianship Bonds
Submissions from 1910
Howard County Records: Jury Lists
Howard County Records: Real Estate Tax Books
Howard County Records: Redeemed Lands
Submissions from 1909
Howard County Records: Marriage Records, Books "G-H"
Submissions from 1908
Ebenezer Camp Ground papers, 1857-1908
This collection contains deeds, promissory notes, and proceedings of trustee meetings.
Howard County Records: Index to Deeds and Mortgages, Books "A-C"
Submissions from 1905
Howard County Records: Chancery Court Docket, Book "A"
Howard County Records: Real Estate Tax Books
Submissions from 1903
Howard County Records: Marriage Records, Books "E-F"
Submissions from 1902
Asa J. Forgy certificates, 1886-1902
This collection contains five certificates for Asa J. Forgy for the years 1886, 1897, 1898, 1900, and 1902.
Submissions from 1901
Notice of land forfeited, 1901 December 10
The broadside in this collection is dated December 10, 1901.
Submissions from 1899
Howard County Records: Personal Property Tax Books
Submissions from 1898
Howard County (Ark.) tax collector's notice, 1898
This collection contains a tax collector's notice by C.L. Haller, Howard County tax collector.
Submissions from 1897
Howard County (Ark.) tax collector's notice, 1897 December 23
This collection consists of one tax collector's notice for Howard County, Arkansas, dated December 23, 1897.
Howard County Records: Probate Records: Guardianship Docket, Book "A"
Howard County Records: Real Estate Tax Books
Submissions from 1896
Howard County Records: Circuit Court Docket, Book "A"
Howard County Records: Court Docket, Book "D"
Submissions from 1894
Howard County Records: Marriage Records, Books "C-D"
Submissions from 1893
Howard County Records: Personal Property Tax Books
Howard County Records: Real Estate Tax Books
Submissions from 1890
Howard County Records: Chancery Court Docket, Book "A"
Submissions from 1889
Howard County Records: Justice Of The Peace Court Docket
Howard County Records: Personal Property Tax Books
Howard County Records: Probate Court Records, Books "A-B"
Howard County Records: Real Estate Tax Books
Submissions from 1888
Howard County Records: Deed Records, Book "K"
Submissions from 1886
Howard County Records: Marriage Records, Books "A-B"
Submissions from 1885
Howard County Records: Deed Records, Book "I-J"
Howard County Records: Real Estate Tax Books
Submissions from 1883
Howard County Records: Deed Records, Book "H"
Howard County Records: Land Sold for Taxes
Howard County Records: Personal Property Tax Books
Submissions from 1882
Howard County Records: County Court Records, Books "A-B"
Howard County Records: Deed Records, Book "G"
Submissions from 1881
Howard County Records: Deed Records, Books "E-F"
Submissions from 1880
Howard County Records: Circuit Court Docket
Submissions from 1879
Howard County Records: Deed Records, Books "C-D"
Submissions from 1876
Howard County Records: Deed Records, Books "A-B"
Submissions from 1845
Blue Bayou Circuit, Methodist Episcopal Church committee statement, 1845
This collection contains one committee statement from a Methodist Church circuit in Arkansas.
