White County was founded in 1835 from portions of Independence, Jackson, and Pulaski counties. It was named for Tennessee senator and presidential candidate Hugh Lawson White. Searcy serves as the county seat.

A list of the White 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 “White 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

African American History: White County

Cemeteries: White County

Census: White County 1850

Center Baptist Church Minutes, White County, Arkansas

Churches: Holly Springs Missionary Baptist Church, White County

Churches: Indian Creek Christian Church, White County

Churches: Providence Baptist Church, White County

Churches: Smyrna Methodist Church, White County

Churches: Stevens Creek Baptism, White County

Cobbites

Cobbites, White County

Corbett, Reverend R.R.

County school supervisors annual reports: White county, 1940-1941

Critz-Wells Family, White County

Early Arkansas tax records [White County]

Emily A. Brown Newman Walker

Eppes, William J.

Grey, C.C.

Gum Springs Cumberland Presbyterian Church Records, White County, Arkansas

Harrison, Mrs. Collie

Hart, W.H.

H. C. Brimmage: White County

Heard - White Family: White County

Index to Map Sheets, White County, Arkansas. 1 print, undated

Jentry, Reason Allen

Miller, James N.

Morgan, Mrs. Kate

Mt. Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church Records, White County, Arkansas

O'Neal, Stephen E.

Owens, W.M.

Quick, Mrs. Bettie

Roberts, Mrs. William Harvey

Sara E. Whitworth: White County

Tucker, Nancy J.

White County

White county cemetery records

White County Missionary Baptist Association Minutes

White County schools material

White - Looper Family: White County

Woodall, Mrs. Laura S.

Submissions from 2019

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White County

Submissions from 2007

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The Lost Black History of White County, Arkansas, 2000-2007

The collection contains manuscript writings, digital photographs, oral history interviews and research related to the African American history of White County, Arkansas.

Submissions from 1991

General Highway Map White County. 1 print, 1991

Submissions from 1981

Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, White County

Submissions from 1974

Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, White County

Submissions from 1967

Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, White County

Submissions from 1963

Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, White County

Submissions from 1961

Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, White County

Submissions from 1959

Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, White County

Submissions from 1953

McIntosh, Mrs. Sallie

Submissions from 1952

Cramer, Martha

Submissions from 1949

A strawberry pickers' camp near Bald Knob, White County, Arkansas

People working in a roadside strawberry stand near Bald Knob, White County, Arkansas

Roadside stand by a strawberry field near Bald Knob, White County, Arkansas

Roadside stand by a strawberry field near Bald Knob, White County, Arkansas

Strawberry pickers on a truck near Bald Knob, White County, Arkansas

Strawberry trucks at the railway loading platform near Bald Knob, White County, Arkansas

Workers transplanting strawberries in a field near Bald Knob, White County, Arkansas

Submissions from 1948

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Harty Curtis Brimmage papers, 1918-1948

This collection contains teachers licenses, justice of the peace certificates, and other items related to the career of Harty C. Brimmage of White County, Arkansas between 1918 and 1948.

Submissions from 1947

Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, White County

Burlison, Mrs. W.J.

Wilkes, Mrs. Lou

Submissions from 1943

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Hammons Chapel Methodist Church register, 1876-1943

This collection contains a church register from Hammons Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church South, White River Conference, White County, Arkansas.

Submissions from 1942

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Thomas-Jones family papers, 1868-1942

This collection consists of deed and tax records, cards, and legal documents of the Jones and Thomas families of White County, Arkansas.

Submissions from 1941

A woman picking strawberries in a field near McRae, White County, Arkansas

A woman picking strawberries in a field near McRae, White County, Arkansas

Strawberry pickers in a field near McRae, White County, Arkansas

Strawberry pickers in a field near McRae, White County, Arkansas

Submissions from 1937

Norwood, Mrs. Nellie

Submissions from 1936

Gaines, Mrs. Keron G.

Gentry, Helen Estell

Submissions from 1935

Cranford, Mrs. Janie

Rogers, Mrs. Mollie

Submissions from 1933

Huff, Mrs. Mahley S.

Submissions from 1932

Foster, Mrs. Elizabeth

Langley, Mrs. E.C.

Submissions from 1931

Lewis, J.P.

McClain, Mrs. Joseph

Images from 1930

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White County townships map, 1930

Submissions from 1927

Hall, Mrs. M.E.

Hicks, C.W.

Hicks, Mrs. C.W.

Submissions from 1925

Canfield, L.G.

Neely, A.

Submissions from 1923

Chapman, Mrs. Martha M.

Submissions from 1922

Quick, T.J.

Speer, Mrs. Caroline

Vann, Mrs. William H.

Vann, William H.

Submissions from 1921

McNamor, Mrs. M.J.

Submissions from 1920

Allen, Neil B.

Saunders, Ezell B.

Submissions from 1919

Benskin, Joseph O.

Submissions from 1918

Boothe, Mrs. M.E.

Davis, Mrs. Mary

Hopper, M.R.

Norville, Mrs. L.K.

Submissions from 1917

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White County (Ark.) assessor's notice, 1917 April 30

This collection contains one assessor's notice from White County, Arkansas.

Submissions from 1916

Figg, John L.

Sutton, Mary Ann