Phillips bayou cemetery also may be known as oberchain church cemetery phillips bayou, arkansas. Phillips county, ar land for sale 9 listings land and farm. This detailed 75 pages in all book has an incredible amount of historical and genealogical information about phillips county, arkansas from its earliest. I am proud to have been the sheriff here since january 1, 20, and it is an honor to serve the citizens of phillips county. Sep 30, 2019 an africanamerican man being marched into town by members of a white posse, arkansas, october 1919. Arkansas newspapers declared a race riot was in motion in the county. Online databases are available for research purposes. Grooms marriage index for van buren county, arkansas 18651991. Best known as the hometown of musician levon helm, marvell is one of the largest communities in phillips county. The arkansas state archives has a wide variety of types of records. The american history and genealogy project phillips county cemetery list source. Phillips county is part of the delta region of arkansas. Phillips county arkansas 1860 slaveholders and 1870. Governor charles brough received a telegram requesting troops.
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Helena phillips departed this life at helena, arkansas territory, on sunday evening, the 28th august, about 8 oclock, miss helena phillips, daughter of the late sylvanus phillips, deceased, aged about 15 years. An informative and historical overview of phillips county, arkansas with 75 pages including 103 family biographies plus 48 different phillips county communities on 4 different maps. Phillips county arkansas genealogy, history, maps with helena. Starting out with a book collection of 533 books to what is now 48,035 located in 3 different locations.
Compare properties, browse amenities and find your ideal property in phillips county, arkansas. Phillips county phillips county is located in the southeast central part of the state bordering the mississippi river. Probate records have been published see old miller county under books for sale mississippi county courthouse arkansas history commission information shows record loss from a courthouse fire in 1865. Cemeteries in phillips county, arkansas find a grave. Phillips county is arkansas s seventyfifth 75th county, formed on may 1, 1820, and named for sylvanus phillips, the areas firstknown white settler and representative to the first territorial legislature of the arkansas territory. Phillips county, arkansas genealogy familysearch wiki. Phillips county, ar birth, death, marriage, divorce records phillips county vital record request such as certified copies of death records, birth records, marriage records, or divorce record certificates can be obtained by ordering online or visiting the local office. Phillips county, arkansas genealogy and history genealogy trails.
Where can find phillips county birth, marriage, divorce and death records. Lucy couey abbott cleveland lucy couey abbott, 86, of cleveland, formerly of phillips county, ark. Phillips county, arkansas genealogy, books, cds, maps. Articles on the early history of phillips county by patty smith cemetery pages. In the late 1800s, the women of helena, fed up with the lack of books avaliable in the town, took over the responsibility of running the local library from the hook.
History of boone county, arkansas with a narrative by roger v. Phillips county phone 8703385500 address 600 cherry street helenawest helena, ar 72342. The encyclopedia of arkansas history and culture duncan in phillips co. While its deepest roots lay in the states commitment to white supremacy, the events in elaine phillips county stemmed from tense race relations and growing concerns about labor unions. Census slave schedules for phillips county, arkansas nara microfilm series m653, roll 54 reportedly includes a total of 8,941 slaves. Rich soil deposited by mississippi river floods over the years made phillips county attractive to cotton farmers, who created large plantations throughout the area in the early nineteenth century. Phillips county tax collector record search arcountydata. Ruby neal clark, mae shull holloway, eleanor bowling ryman, alma dean stroud, river road press, conway, arkansas description. The assessor is responsible for the assessment of all personal and real estate properties within the county per arkansas state code 2626717. The legislative body of county government is called the quorum court and is composed of 9, 11, or 15 members depending on the population of the county. Quorum court phillips county, arkansas sheriffs office. Library holdings consist of traditional print materials such as books, journals, and newspapers, as well as a growing collection of electronic resources that include audio books and videos.
Helena library helenawest helena phillips county library. Phillips county, arkansas genealogy genealogy familysearch wiki. Guide to phillips county, arkansas ancestry, genealogy and family history. Phillips county is arkansas s seventh county, formed on may 1, 1820, and named for sylvanus phillips. Covering the counties of arkansas, desha, chicot, jefferson and phillips. Phillips county, arkansas genealogy and history volunteers dedicated to free genealogy. You take the low road and turn west onto 260 where the phillips bayou hannons store used to be. Includes history and genealogy for the cities of fayetteville, springdale, elm springs, west fork, prairie grove, boonsboro, evansville, cincinnati, farmington, ar, civil war, map, goodspeed. Arkansas ashley baxter benton bradley calhoun carroll chicot clark clay cleveland columbia conway craighead crawford crittenden cross dallas desha drew faulkner franklin fulton garland grant greene hempstead hot springs howard independence izard jackson jefferson johnson lafayette lawrence lee lincoln. You will find a list of cemeteries in the tricounty area. Books about boone county books and other resources for sale at the museum. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 1,395. Phillips county, arkansas sheriffs office helena, arkansas. Phillips county, arkansas 1889 map my genealogy hound.
The circuit clerk is the focal point for the orderly flow of paperwork through the circuit, chancery, and juvenile courts of the county. Everyday discount prices and great customer service. Phillips county is a county located in the eastern part of the u. The city of marvell began as a railroad town in the 1870s. Find a grave phillips county, arkansas cemeteries source. At approximately 2 am on october 1st, hours after the initial gunfire outside the hoop spur church, phillips county law enforcement sent a deputized posse from helena to investigate the shooting. The helena museum of phillips county works to preserve the history of the arkansas delta. The earliest known inhabitants were native indians, noted for building large earthen mounds for ceremonial purposes and to bury their chiefs. Arkansas phillips county remembers the racial massacre. Available also through the library of congress web site as a raster image. Phillips county, arkansas obituaries and death notices.
Prairie county, arkansas shows the names of some residents. Phillipsleemonroe regional library hq phillips county library. Marvell was featured on abc newss world news with charles gibson october 6, 2009 telecast as a center of infestation by newer pesticideresistant strains of pigweed, threatening the region and raising the possibility of hand harvesting crops. Land for sale in phillips county, arkansas lands of america. The helenawest helena, ar micropolitan statistical area includes all of phillips county. Phillips county, arkansas history, genealogy, and maps use the links at the top right of this page to search or browse thousands of family biographies. Assessor name gloria jones phone 8703385535 website view assessor website offices. Our board of directors and executive director work together to establish endowment funds, build assets and award grants to help meet community needs. The western part of arkansas county is within the 14th district, which also contains most of lonoke and parts of pulaski and lincoln counties. Phillips county, arkansas a rich heritage business. Unless otherwise mentioned, the events below were taken from the phillips county page on the website, the encyclopedia of arkansas history and culture and several other sources. Local history books on arkansas arcadia publishing. An informative and historical overview of lee county, arkansas with 71 pages including 104 family biographies plus 22 different lee county communities on 4 different maps. Aug 02, 2018 elaine defendants, helena, phillips county, ark.
An informative and historical overview of washington county, arkansas with more than 330 pages including 300 biographies plus 60 different washington county communities on 4 different historical maps. The 14th district has been represented by roger lynch r since 2017. This transcription includes 99 slaveholders who held 29 or more slaves in phillips county, accounting for 5,536 slaves, or about 62% of the county total. Oct 04, 2019 if you are from phillips county, stand up, rev.
This lowland area was developed for cotton plantations in the antebellum area and is still largely rural. Phillips county history bibliography kansas historical. The following day, a force of about six hundred federal troops arrived in phillips county, under the orders of arkansas governor charles brough, and with the approval of secretary of war newton baker. Phillips county is one of the oldest counties in the state of arkansas, formed on may 1, 1820. Phillips county tax collector record search toggle navigation ar county data. Phillips county je okrug u americkoj saveznoj drzavi kanzas. Contribute, create and discover gravesites from all over the world. Apr 24, 2020 the helena museum of phillips county works to preserve the history of the arkansas delta. The helena museum mission statement the helena museum of phillips county seeks to deepen the understanding of the people, society, and culture of phillips county, and share its historic collection with the public for the betterment of the county. Many of these cemetery pages have a full or partial list of people buried there. African americans arkansas phillips county history books under this subject a mob intent on death.
In the twentieth century, phillips county was known for devastating flooding, harsh racial. A dictionary of all officers who have been commissioned, in the army of the united states ancestry. Helena one factor that must be taken into account in conducting research pertaining to phillips county is that the mississippi river has, on occasion, changed course. The county was named after sylvanus phillips, the areas firstknown white settler and representative to the first territorial legislature of the arkansas territory, and helena, the county seat, was named after his daughter who died in 1831, at the age of fifteen. Discover the most important events in arkansas history, and its culture and the communities throughout time. Phillips county history bibliography kansas historical society.
It is on the north side of lee 260 and west of lee 239, near the st. Cemeteries in phillips county, arkansas, a find a grave. The quorum court members are called justices of the peace and are elected for. A history of phillips county arkansas by the daily world, the hometown newspaper. You will find a list of cemeteries in the tri county area. Newton county courthouse it was reported all records destroyed by a fire in 1866 but complete from that time. Established in 1991 as an affiliate of arkansas community foundation, phillips county community foundation works to build philanthropy throughout our county. Phillips county, ar birth, death, marriage, divorce records. Francis river empties into the mississippi river and has significant touches on nearly every aspect of the states history. Francis river empties into the mississippi river and has significant. From this page you can search for county records, military records, maps, newspapers, land records, church records, manuscript materials on microfilm, and the state archives vertical and printed ephemera files.
Divorce, annulment, child support, child custodyvisitation. African americans arkansas phillips county history. The remainder of arkansas county is within the 12th district, which also contains all of phillips and parts of desha and lincoln. Phillips bayou cemetery also may be known as oberchain church cemetery phillips bayou, arkansas location. The county was organized may 1, 1820 and was the seventh county in arkansas.
Phillips county arkansas genealogy, history, maps with. Quickfacts provides statistics for all states and counties, and for cities and towns with a population of 5,000 or more. Phillips county is the 29th biggest county 727 square miles in arkansas. Emphasis for this timeline is on events that affected migration, records, or recordkeeping. Francis river empties into the mississippi river, its significance touches on nearly every aspect of the states history. This phillips county booklet includes information on old and abandoned cemeteries.
It was named for the first white settler and representative to the first territorial legislature of the arkansas territory, sylvanus phillips. Her illness was lengthy, and the latter part was unusually distressing, yet she did not complain. Phillips county, arkansas history and genealogy 75 pages of phillips county, arkansas history and genealogy including 103 family biographies plus 4 different historical maps featuring the locations of 48 phillips county communities. Francis river empties into the mississippi river and has significant touches. Marvell is a city in phillips county, arkansas, united states. Landowner index that allows for easy identification of rural landowners in phillips county arkansas. Roberts library of arkansas history and art, central arkansas library system. I hope all of our citizens and visitors to phillips county will appreciate the. Mary olson said to the gathering of nearly 100 people, young and old, almost all of them black, at a community center in rural elaine, arkansas, on sept.
Includes history and genealogy for the cities of helena, poplar grove, marvell, trenton, barton, ar. Phillips county je okrug u americkoj saveznoj drzavi arkanzas. The elaine massacre was by far the deadliest racial confrontation in arkansas history and possibly the bloodiest racial conflict in the history of the united states. This phillips county booklet includes information on old and abandoned. Arkansasatlas arkansas phillips county, arkansas people quickfactsphillips countyarkansas population, 2005 estimate 24,1072,779,154 population, percent change, april. The phillips county library is known to be the longest continues running library west of the mississippi. Find property records, vital records, inmate and court records, professional and business licenses, contractor licenses and much more. Helena, ar 72342 phone 8703383537 fax 8703388855 hours monday friday 75 saturday 91 closed sunday. Phillips county, arkansas public records directory quickly find public record sources in the largest human edited public record directory. Phillips county arkansas 2020 plat book mapping solutions. Phillips community college of the university of arkansas lewis library. Mary olson said to the gathering of nearly 100 people, young and old, almost all of them black, at a.
Google books phillips county court records directory source. Index to the arkansas general land office 18201907, volume 1. The arkansas democratgazette has interviewed northwest arkansas lawmen and government officials, prison inmates, former and current madison county drug dealers, and the friends and family of. My genealogy hound is a free service of hearthstone legacy publications.
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