Phillips County Resources


Phillips County Court House
600 Cherry St.
Helena, AR 72342
All Records available from the beginning until date. The first marriage book is missing, but they have the index to this book.

Tri-County Genealogy Society
P O Box 580
Marvell, AR 72366
Organized 1985; membership open, dues $15.00/year; interested in genealogy and local history of Lee, Phillips, and Monroe Counties.

Tri-County Genealogical Society Library
Davidson Civic Center
Midway Drive
Marvell, AR 72366
(mail to PO Box 580)
Hours: 2:00pm - 5:00pm on Sunday, 1:00pm - 4:00pm on Thursday
Mail inquiries directed to society volunteers. Special interest: large selection of research materials on tri-county area; Keehan-Lambert Funeral Home records; Helena World newspaper from 1894 to date; 8,000 fiche and films.

1860 Census of Phillips County, Arkansas
By Rose White and Flora Turner
122 pages - $12.50 postpaid
Order from Tri-Counties Genealogical Society
PO Box 580
Marvell, AR 72366
Transcribed in enumeration order; lists dwelling and family numbers, names, ages, sex, occupations, birthplaces, and values of real and personal property; surname index.

1870 Federal Population Census, Phillips County, Arkansas
By Rose White and Flora Turner
101 pages - $12.00 + 2.00 p/h
Order from Tri-Counties Genealogical Society
PO Box 580
Marvell, AR 72366
Transcribed in enumeration order; lists dwelling and family numbers, names, ages, sex, race, birth month for those less than 1 year old, and values of real and personal property for whites only; surname index.

Old Cemeteries of Phillips County
$10.00 postpaid
Order from Tri-Counties Genealogical Society
PO Box 580
Marvell, AR 72366


Connell Point Community Between 1819 and 1990
By Wynona Crisp and Dorothy Crisp
$5.00 postpaid
Order from Dorothy Crisp, 2171 Phillips 623 Rd., Marvell, AR 72366
Brief history of small community in western Phillips County and eastern Monroe County (road runs through the middle of town on the county line); index to families listed by house number.

Neighbors of Crisp's Crossing, Creigh, and Connell's Point, Arkansas
By Dorothy Crisp
99 pages - $10.00 + $2.00 p/h
Order from Dorothy Crisp, Route 2, Box 102, Marvell, AR 72366
Compiled from interviews with older residents in these communities; covers pioneer life, schools and churches, school papers; indexed.

1890 Phillips County, Arkansas, "Census" from Real Estate Tax Records
By Rose White and Carrie Davison
84 pages - $10.00 postpaid.
Order from Tri-County Genealogical Society
PO Box 580
Marvell, AR 72366
Contains land descriptions by section, township, and range, as well as town lots, placing taxpayers on exact pieces of land; surname index.

Cemetery Inscriptions
Phillips County Arkansas Cemeteries Vol. I, Western Area - Marvell, etc.. .$20.00 postpaid
Phillips County Arkansas Cemeteries Vol. II, Helena/West Helena. . . $20.00 postpaid
Order from Loyd and Flora Turner, PO Box 311, Brinkley, AR 72021



The Phillips County Historical Society
623 Pecan Street, Helena, AR 72342
Organized 1962; membership open, dues $10.00/year; interested primarily in local history; meets the fourth Sunday of January, April, June, and September. Publishes Phillips County Historical Review twice yearly; some back issues for sale.

Phillips County, Arkansas, Marriages, 1820 - July, 1879
By Mrs. W. Gill Bonner
$15.00 + $1.00 p/h
Order from Mrs. W. Gill Bonner, Route 3, Box 61, Marianna, AR 72360
Includes records from earliest marriage books which are now lost, leaving only records on 3x5 cards at the courthouse; contains a number of marriage records for people who were never residents of the area, who probably were in the county because of the military road crossings on the Mississippi River; contains a bride index.

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