Dorsey County, Arkansas Genealogy Project

Welcome To The
Independance County, Arkansas
Genealogical Homepage

Independence County, Arkansas was created on October 23, 1820. According to the April 1976 Independence County Chronicle, page 23: "The act to create Independence County was reported by a committee of the territorial legislature on October 18, 1820. On October 23 the act creating the county and fixing the seat of justice at Charles Kelly's [residence] was approved and signed by Territorial Governor James Miller." It was created from land taken out of Lawrence County, which is also the mother county of Clay, Craighead, Randolph, Sharp, and Poinsett Counties. Batesville is the county seat of Independence County.

If you live in or have ties to the state of Arkansas and would like to host an Arkansas County,
contact Bill Couch.

County Information

Send and Post Queries for Independence County Arkansas

Edward's, Original Arkansas Civil War Page

Independance Co. Family Charts

The Langston Family

Arkansas Genealogical Links

The Original Arkansas Genealogy Project

The United States Genealogy Easy Index.

Social Security Death Index for Dorsey Co.

Gene Stark's Index of Names for all Gen Web Sites

Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet, US Arkansas

Ships and Passengers

Everton's Genealogy in AR, including a map of counties.

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