Prairie County was founded in 1846 from a part of Pulaski County, and was so named because the county sits on level land between rivers in an area described early on as the Grand Prairie. Des Arc and DeValls Bluff are the county seats.

A list of the Prairie 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 “Prairie 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.

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Submissions from 2020

Arkansas secondary school annual reports: Prairie county, 1971-1972

Churches: Rogers Chapel Methodist, Prairie County

Crutcher, James George

Early Arkansas tax records [Prairie County]

Extension Service: Annual narrative & statistical reports from state offices and county agents, 1928-1929: Prairie county-county agent leader

Lowery Family: Prairie County

Nichols Family: Prairie County

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Petition to move Prairie County Court

Prairie County

Prairie County Home Demonstration Clubs Year Book 1950

Submissions from 2019

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Prairie County

Submissions from 1981

Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Prairie County

Submissions from 1973

Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Prairie County

Submissions from 1965

Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Prairie County

Submissions from 1961

Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Prairie County

Submissions from 1959

Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Prairie County

Submissions from 1940

Small, Mrs. R.W.

Submissions from 1939

Prairie County

Submissions from 1937

Sparks, Mrs. Mollie

Submissions from 1936

Pond, Mrs. Nancy B.

Submissions from 1932

Lee, Mrs. Mattie

Powell, William

Submissions from 1931

Harshaw, Mrs. M.L.

Images from 1930

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Prairie County townships map, 1930

Submissions from 1926

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Thomas Hibbs estate records, 1926

This collection contains legal documents and correspondence related to the sale of Thomas Hibbs' estate. Thomas Hibbs lived in Prairie County, Arkansas and died in 1926.

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Thomas J. Hibbs estate settlement, 1926

This collection contains documents related to the settlement of the estate of Thomas J. Hibbs.

Submissions from 1924

Reynolds, Mrs. J.H.

Submissions from 1923

Lee, Margarte E.

Submissions from 1911

Birkhead, David Sparks

Davis, Joshuway

Erwin, Ambrose S.

Hazen, Alexander R.

Livesay, William Turner

Submissions from 1910

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Prairie County (Ark.) seat petition, circa 1910

This collection contains one broadside, a petition by Prairie County residents to move the county seat from Des Arc to Hazen or DeValls Bluff.

Submissions from 1906

Soil map Arkansas, Prairie County Sheet

Submissions from 1892

Map of Prairie County

Map of Prairie County, Arkansas

Submissions from 1880

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W.H. Brooks land papers, 1878-1880

This collection contains a proof of improvement form and a donation deed-forfeited lands for land belonging to W.H. Brooks. It also contains a written statement from J.J. Vaughan to D.W. Lear, Commissioner of State Lands concerning W.H. Brooks' land. The documents are dated 1878-1880.

Submissions from 1878

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Adolphus Flannigan donation deed, 1878 November 11

This collections contains one donation deed for Adolphus Flannigan relating to land in Prairie County, Arkansas. It is dated November 11, 1878.

Submissions from 1870

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Arkansas Colony land warrants, 1870

This collection contains Amos Walker's land warrant for 160 acres and town lots in Arkansas Colony, Prairie County, AR dated July 26, 1870 and N. Briggs's land warrant for town lots in Arkansas Colony, Prairie County, AR dated August 15, 1870.

Books from 1868

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Update to the Register of Legal Voters of Prairie County

Images from 1867

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Prairie County Maimed Soldiers list

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Register of the Legal Voters of Prairie County

Submissions from 1865

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Logan H. Roots quartermaster ledger , 1864-1865

The collection consists of abstracts of quartermaster returns of military stores of the Union Army during the Atlanta Campaign in 1864-1865.

Submissions from 1862

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Harvey Wallace letter, 1862

This collection contains one Civil War letter.

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Prairie County (Ark.) promissory note, 1862

This collection contains one promissory note from N.L. Ragland and John Jackson to Prairie County School Commissioner William P. Preston.

Books from 1861

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Letter, Capt. Samuel McClain to Gov. Henry M. Rector

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McIver Guards receipt, 1861

This collection contains one receipt from Prairie County for the "use of the McIver Guards."

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M.W. King Civil War letters (photocopy), 1861

This collection contains one photocopy of a letter from Martha Ann Jordan of Prairie County, Arkansas to her sister, Minerva W. King, Maury County, Tennessee, dated July 12, 1861, as well as two photocopied items providing context.

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Prairie County Home Guard election of officers, 1861

This collection contains one record of the elections of officers for the Prairie County Home Guard.

Submissions from 1856

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Samuel Kennedy apprenticeship agreement, 1856

This collection contains one apprenticeship agreement.

Submissions from 1852

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Harriet A. McBride deed, 1852

This collection contains one deed of conveyance for land in Prairie County, Arkansas.

Books from 1848

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1848 April 26: Edwin M. Williams, Clerk of Circuit Court, Prairie County, to Elias N. Conway, Auditor, Order for collection of taxes in county