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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
