Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Benton County, checked against the repository descriptions linked below. Date spans may contain gaps; an index is not a complete set of original records.
Other records
- Benton County Microfilm collection · MFILM-COUNTY-042023-08-07
- Benton County (Ark.) secession broadside · SMC-OV-0161861 February 8
- Benton County Historical Society clipping · SMC-055-0371954
- Benton County (Ark.) abstract of title · SMC-041-0371891 October 20
- Benton County (Ark.) abstracts of title · SMC-041-0381887
- Benton County (Ark.) abstract of title · SMC-041-0391896 March 26
- Benton County (Ark.) stock law notice · SMC-079-0171900 November 22
- Benton County (Ark.) sixteenth section sale · SMC-BS-0211908 July 6
- Benton County Secession Convention delegates petition · SMC-OV-0241861
- Benton County (Ark.) political broadside against secession · SMC-OV-0411861 February 12
Schools
County government
Newspapers and directories
Tax records
See the repository's descriptions and search options
Repository access note: Selected Arkansas State Archives collection descriptions. Collection titles and dates identify catalog holdings, not necessarily digitized records. Consult the finding aid for contents, restrictions and ordering options.
Sources: the catalogs and repository descriptions linked on the entries above. Selected inventories do not establish complete coverage of every record type or online access to original documents. Read the repository access note for source dates and limitations.
Where to find the records
- Benton County official website
Hours, addresses and phone numbers for the circuit clerk and the county clerk, and any online record search the county offers.
- The circuit clerk
Deeds and other land records (the circuit clerk is also the county recorder), and civil and criminal cases.
- The county clerk
Marriage licenses and, in most counties, probate records (wills and estates).
- The Arkansas State Archives
In Little Rock: county records on microfilm, Confederate pension records and newspapers.
- Arkansas State Archivesfree
The state archives in Little Rock: county records on microfilm, Confederate service and pension records, maps and newspapers.
- FamilySearch Catalogfree
Search by place for "Arkansas, Benton" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
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Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Washington County
Check the parent county for earlier records: Washington County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1836, search the parent county. The Atlas of Historical County Boundaries shows each boundary change.
Research tip
Arkansas began statewide registration of births and deaths in 1914. Many counties lost records to courthouse fires, so check the parent county and the federal land records (the BLM's General Land Office site) for early settlers.