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US TERRITORY OR
COLONY SETTLED
Part of the Louisiana Territory, 1803; Part of the Missouri Territory, 1812; Arkansas Territory, 1819

STATEHOOD
1836

AVAILABLE STATE CENSUSES
(OR SIMILAR)
Tax records, 1819; territory census, 1830

FIRST FEDERAL CENSUS
1840

PUBLIC-LAND OR
STATE-LAND STATE
Public

BIRTH AND DEATH RECORDS
BEGIN
1914

MARRIAGE RECORDS
BEGIN
1917

CONTACT FOR VITAL RECORDS
Arkansas Department of Health
Division of Vital Records
4815 W. Markham St.
Slot 44
Little Rock, AR 72205
(800) 637-9314