Ouachita County was established in 1842 from a portion of Union County, and named for the Ouachita River which runs through it. Camden serves as the county seat.
A list of the Ouachita 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 "Ouachita 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
Bank of Stephens records, Ouachita county, Arkansas
Bethel Primitive Baptist Church Minutes, Ouachita County, Arkansas
Bridges: Covered, Ouachita County
Churches : Methodist Church, Ouachita County
Civil War: Battle of Poison Springs
Daughters of the American revolution Tate's Bluff chapter records
Daughters of the American revolution Tate's Bluff chapter records and applications: Adams-Latham
Daughters of the American revolution Tate's Bluff chapter records and applications: Latham-Sullivan
Early Arkansas tax records [Ouachita Counties]
History of Whitefield Church of Christ, Ouachita County, Arkansas
Hopewell Baptist Church Records, Ouachita County
Map of Arkansas State Forestry Commission Ranger District No. 3-5
Map of Arkansas State Forestry Commission Ranger District No. 8-5
Ouachita County Records: Cannefax-Gardner Family History
Ouachita County Records: Family History: Curry-Frazier-Gillispie-Simmons
Ouachita County Records: Family Records: Van Elizabeth Miller Smith
Ouachita County Records: History: First Presbyterian Church of Camden
Ouachita County Records: Index to Probate Records, Book "A"
Ouachita County Records: Township Plats
P.C. Grayson plantation ledger, Ouachita county, Arkansas
Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church Records, Ouachita County, Arkansas
Thomas Family: Ouachita County
Troy Community, Oachita County
Submissions from 2019
Submissions from 2003
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Ouachita County
Submissions from 1989
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Ouachita County
Submissions from 1981
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Ouachita County
Submissions from 1974
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Ouachita County
Submissions from 1967
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Ouachita County
Submissions from 1959
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Ouachita County
Submissions from 1955
Ouachita County Records: Records: Rushing Memorial Methodist Church
Images from 1954
Ouachita County Records: Records; Lakeside Methodist Church
Submissions from 1953
Submissions from 1952
Submissions from 1949
Bill Hanks Collection: Burial place of John Nunn near Camden, Ouachita County
Grave of Rowland B. Smith near Camden, Ouachita County
Unloading oil from a barge on the Ouachita River near Camden, Ouachita County
Unloading wheat from a barge on the Ouachita River near Camden, Ouachita County
Unloading wheat from a barge on the Ouachita River near Camden, Ouachita County
Unloading wheat from a barge on the Ouachita River near Camden, Ouachita County
Submissions from 1946
Ouachita County Records: Probate Records: Letters Testamentary, Book "A"
Submissions from 1942
Ouachita County Records: Soldiers and Sailors Discharge Records, Book "1"
Submissions from 1941
Ouachita County Records: Field Notes, Book "1"
Submissions from 1940
Ouachita County Records: Nunn Family Scrapbook
Submissions from 1939
Ouachita County Records: Family History: Winnie Hagnie Hamilton
Submissions from 1936
General highway and transportation map of Ouachita County, Arkansas
Map of Ouachita County, Arkansas,
Submissions from 1935
Ouachita County Records: Memoirs of P. W. Hollis
Submissions from 1934
Ouachita County Records: Deed Records: Greenwood Cemetery
Submissions from 1933
Fred J. Herring collection, 1827-1933
This collection contains correspondence written by Clarissa "Clara" Dickson Dunlap, Mary Elizabeth Gildersleeve Boddie, and Cornelia Dickson, all of Ouachita County, Arkansas, and correspondence written to Ralph Leland Goodrich. Other materials in the collection include business papers, advertisements, programs, and newsclippings related to Goodrich.
Submissions from 1930
Map of Ouachita County, Arkansas, showing land ownership
Ouachita County townships map, 1930
Submissions from 1929
Ouachita County Records: General Index to Deeds, Books "L, O, & P"
Submissions from 1928
Ouachita County Records: Records: Camden Circuit: Methodist Church
Submissions from 1927
Submissions from 1924
Submissions from 1923
Ouachita County Records: Burial Permits: City of Camden
Ouachita County Records: General Index to Deeds, Books "J-K"
Ouachita County Records: Records: First Methodist Church of Camden
Submissions from 1922
Ouachita County Records: General Index to Deeds, Books "E-F"
Ouachita County Records: General Index to Deeds, Books "H-I"
Ouachita County Records: Probate Records: Letters of Administration, Book "A"
Submissions from 1921
Ouachita County Records: Marriage Records, Books "Y-Z"
Submissions from 1918
World War I Record of Descendants of Confederate Soldiers from Crawford County, 1918 October 11
The records in this collection pertain to descendants of Confederate soldiers from Mississippi, County, Arkansas.
Submissions from 1917
Ouachita County Records: Marriage Records, Books "W-X"
Submissions from 1915
Submissions from 1914
Ouachita County Records: General Index to Deeds, Books "B-C"
Ouachita County Records: Marriage Records, Book "V"
Submissions from 1913
Ouachita County Records: Records: Hawkins Chapel Methodist Church
Submissions from 1912
Ouachita County Records: Marriage Records, Book "U"
Submissions from 1911
Ouachita County Records: Probate Records: Guardians Records, Book "A"
Submissions from 1910
Ouachita County Records: Marriage Records, Book "T"
Submissions from 1908
Ouachita County Records: Marriage Records, Books "R-S"
Submissions from 1907
Ouachita County Records: Records: Snow Hill School District #1
Submissions from 1905
Ouachita County Records: Marriage Records, Books "P-Q"
Submissions from 1903
Ouachita County Records: Marriage Records, Book "N-O"
Submissions from 1901
Ouachita County Records: Probate Records: Wills, Book "A"
Submissions from 1900
Ouachita County Records: Marriage Records, Books "L-M"
Submissions from 1898
Ouachita County Records: Marriage Records, Books "J-K"
Submissions from 1897
Notice of commissioner's sale, 1897 December
The broadside in this collection is dated December 1897.
Submissions from 1895
Ouachita County Records: Marriage Records, Books "H-I"
Submissions from 1894
Mattie Farris estate sale notice, 1894
This collection contains one broadside notice of land for sale in Ouachita County by John Bell guardian of Mattie Farris.
Submissions from 1892
Ouachita County Records: Marriage Records, Books "F-G"
Submissions from 1890
Ouachita County Records: Probate Court Records, Books "B-C"