Sevier County was established in 1828 from parts of Hempstead and Miller counties. It was named for Ambrose Sevier, territorial delegate to Congress and Arkansas’s first U. S. senator. DeQueen serves as the county seat.

A list of the Sevier 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 “Sevier 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 1877

Sevier County Records: Deed Records, Books "15-16"

Submissions from 1875

Sevier County Records: Deed Records, Books "13-14"

Submissions from 1874

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J.H. Anderson letters, 1873-1874

This collection contains correspondence from J.H. Anderson to his brother H.W. Anderson about the recently opened silver and lead mines in Howard and Sevier counties, Arkansas.

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Sevier County (Ark.) election records, 1874

This collection contains a broadside; a list of voters in Washington Township, Sevier County; and a notice for the election of a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1874.

Submissions from 1872

Sevier County Records: Deed Records, Books "11-12"

Sevier County Records: Probate Court Records, Books "10-11"

Sevier County Records: Tax Records

Submissions from 1870

Sevier County Records: County Court Records, Book "F"

Submissions from 1869

Sevier County Records: Circuit Court Records, Books "C, 8-9"

Submissions from 1868

Sevier County Records: Deed Records, Books "9-10"

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Update to the Register of Legal Voters of Sevier County

Books from 1867

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Index to Register of Legal Voters of Sevier County

Sevier County Records: Probate Court Records, Books "8-9"

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Undated [1867]: Citizens of Sevier County to the County Court, Petition asking for special election to move county seat from Paraclifta to a different site

Submissions from 1866

Sevier County Records: Tax Records

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U.S. v. James M. Coulter, libel of information, plea

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U.S. v. Libel of Information, property of James Colter [Coulter], publication of notice, with news clipping

Submissions from 1864

Sevier County Records: Chancery Court Records

Submissions from 1863

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"Needy and Destitute" families of soldiers list, Sevier County (Ark.), 1863

This collection contains a list of needy and destitute families of soldiers in Sevier County, Arkansas from 1863.

Sevier County Records: County Court Records, Books "D-E"

Submissions from 1862

Sevier County Records: Probate Court Records, Books "5-7"

Sevier County Records: Probate Records: Administrator's Bonds, Books "A-B & D"

Submissions from 1861

Sevier County Records: Deed Records, Books "6-8"

Sevier County Records: Tax Records

Submissions from 1860

Sevier County Records: Circuit Court Records, Books "B, 5-6"

Sevier County Records: Index to Deeds: Direct, Book "1"

Sevier County Records: Index to Deeds: Indirect, Book "1"

Submissions from 1856

Sevier County Records: Deed Records, Books "3-5"

Submissions from 1855

Sevier County Records: Probate Court Records, Books "2-4"

Submissions from 1854

Sevier County Records: Surveyor's Fieldnotes, Books "1-2"

Books from 1850

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1850 April 23: James Penny, et al., to the State of Arkansas, Security bond for Penny, Sheriff and Collector of Sevier County

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1850 August 19: Wrapper for stock note, Number 145E, Sevier County

Sevier County Records: County Court Records, Books "1, B-C"

Submissions from 1849

Sevier County Records: Deed Records, Books "1-2"

Books from 1848

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1848 August 29: Ira Holman, Clerk of Circuit Court, Sevier County, to Elias N. Conway, Auditor, Order for collection of taxes in county

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Isaac Newton Jackson letter to the people of Sevier County, 1848

This broadside was written by Isaac Jackson in defense of his record as a tax payer of Sevier County and accuses James Penney of altering the tax record during his time as county clerk.

Submissions from 1846

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James Penney broadside , 1846

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