Jefferson County was established in 1829 from portions of Arkansas and Pulaski counties. The county was named for President Thomas Jefferson. The county seat is Pine Bluff.
A list of the Jefferson 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 “Jefferson 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 2021
Mrs. J.S. Adamson Civil War reminiscences, undated
The reminiscences in this collection are undated.
Submissions from 2020
20th century atlas of Jefferson County, Arkansas
Armstrong Family: Jefferson County
Bradshaw Family: Jefferson County
Brown Family: Jefferson County
Cemeteries: Locust Cottage, Jefferson County
Cemeteries: Phillips Cemetery, Jefferson County
Cemeteries: White Sulphur Springs, Jefferson County
Churches: Brown Cemetery and Chapel, Jefferson County
Early Arkansas tax records [Jefferson County]
Gillespie Family: Jefferson County
Harding Family: Jefferson County
Jefferson county historical quarterly
Providence Missionary Baptist Church Minutes, Jefferson County, Arkansas
St. Joseph's cemetery records, Jefferson county, Arkansas
WPA county histories collection: Jefferson county
Submissions from 2019
Submissions from 1989
Rob Roy River Bridge traffic log, 1973-1989
This collection contains the record of boat movement on the Arkansas River at the Rob Roy railroad bridge, and a set of operation instructions for the bridge.
Submissions from 1988
Jefferson County Historical Quarterly, Volume 9 Number 3 - Volume 16 Number 4
Submissions from 1986
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Jefferson County
Submissions from 1981
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Jefferson County
Jefferson County Historical Quarterly, Volume 1 Number 1 - Volume 9 Number 3
Submissions from 1979
Submissions from 1974
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Jefferson County
Smith altar plat book of Jefferson County
Submissions from 1967
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Jefferson County
Submissions from 1963
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Jefferson County
Submissions from 1961
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Jefferson County
Submissions from 1960
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Jefferson County
Submissions from 1958
Pierce family history notebooks, 1892-1958
This collection contains pedigree charts, genealogical abstracts, clippings, correspondence, lists, applications, coats of arms, and notes related to the Pierce family, early settlers of Jefferson County, Arkansas.
Submissions from 1957
Images from 1954
Submissions from 1949
View of Lake Chicot from the shore near Lake Village, Jefferson County
Submissions from 1947
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Jefferson County
Submissions from 1941
Two people in a fishing boat on Lake Dick, Jefferson County
Submissions from 1937
Submissions from 1935
Submissions from 1934
Submissions from 1933
Submissions from 1932
Cox, Mrs. Jennie Belle Burnett
Submissions from 1931
Images from 1930
Jefferson County townships map, 1930
Submissions from 1927
Submissions from 1926
Submissions from 1925
Submissions from 1924
Submissions from 1923
Submissions from 1922
Submissions from 1920
Submissions from 1919
Submissions from 1918
World War I Record of Descendants of Confederate Soldiers from Jefferson County, 1918 September
The records in this collection pertain to descendants of Confederate soldiers from Jefferson County.
Submissions from 1917
Submissions from 1914
Submissions from 1898
G.J. Maxwell papers, 1894-1898
This collection contains a teacher's contract and license issued to G.J. Maxwell of Jefferson, County, Arkansas between 1894 and 1898.
Submissions from 1886
The item in this collection is a photocopy of a record from February 1886.
Submissions from 1881
Benjamin F. Richardson deposition, 1881 June 4
The deposition in this collection is dated June 4, 1881.
Books from 1867
Index to Register of Legal Voters of Jefferson County
Jefferson County Maimed Soldiers list
Register of the Legal Voters of Jefferson County
Update to the Register of Legal Voters of Jefferson County
Submissions from 1865
Jefferson County (Ark.) certificates of election, 1865 March 13
This collection contains a certificate of election for William W. Bryant for County Treasurer of Jefferson County and a certificate of election for W.T. Bryant for Justice of the Peace for Jefferson County.
Submissions from 1860
This collection contains a land grant signed by President James Buchanan. This land patent is for section one, township five south, range eleven west, which lays in modern day Jefferson County, Arkansas.
Submissions from 1838
This letter was written by D.G.W. Leavitt to David Thompson, apologizing for the delay in appraising Thompson's land in Jefferson County.
Books from 1830
1830 November 28: Creed Taylor, Sheriff of Jefferson County, to John Fisher, Receipt for taxes
