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.
Submissions from 2020
Arkansas secondary school annual reports: Prairie county, 1971-1972
Churches: Rogers Chapel Methodist, Prairie County
Early Arkansas tax records [Prairie County]
Nichols Family: Prairie County
Petition to move Prairie County Court
Prairie County Home Demonstration Clubs Year Book 1950
Submissions from 2019
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
Submissions from 1939
Submissions from 1937
Submissions from 1936
Submissions from 1932
Submissions from 1931
Images from 1930
Prairie County townships map, 1930
Submissions from 1926
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.
Thomas J. Hibbs estate settlement, 1926
This collection contains documents related to the settlement of the estate of Thomas J. Hibbs.
Submissions from 1924
Submissions from 1923
Submissions from 1911
Submissions from 1910
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, Arkansas
Submissions from 1880
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
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
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
Update to the Register of Legal Voters of Prairie County
Images from 1867
Prairie County Maimed Soldiers list
Register of the Legal Voters of Prairie County
Submissions from 1865
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
This collection contains one Civil War letter.
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
Letter, Capt. Samuel McClain to Gov. Henry M. Rector
This collection contains one receipt from Prairie County for the "use of the McIver Guards."
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.
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
Samuel Kennedy apprenticeship agreement, 1856
This collection contains one apprenticeship agreement.
Submissions from 1852
This collection contains one deed of conveyance for land in Prairie County, Arkansas.