This is a list of Arkansas Probate Records online and may include wills, guardianships, lists of assets, death dates, names of heirs and other family members, and more. Probate records are one place to search for substitute death records because they record how a deceased person’s estate was handled and will usually include a death date or possibly a death certificate.
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Arkansas Probate Records online at federal and state level
Arkansas – Probate Records – Arkansas Probate Records, 1817-1979, at FS
Arkansas Probate Records online at the county level
Arkansas County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1819-1924
Arkansas County – Probate Records – Records of Arkansas Co., Arkansas, 1804-1833
Arkansas County – Probate Records – Wills and Miscellaneous Probate Records, 1838-1924
Ashley County – Probate Records – Abstracts of Administrator’s Accounts and Guardianship Bonds, Books A and AA, 1849-1890, Ashley County, Arkansas
Ashley County – Probate Records – Probate and Guardianship Records, 1848-1889
Baxter County – Guardianship – Probate Records, 1873-1949
Baxter County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1873-1949
Benton County – Guardianship – Probate Records (Benton County, Arkansas), 1837-1921
Benton County – Probate Records – Probate Records (Benton County, Arkansas), 1837-1921
Boone County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1869-1919
Boone County – Probate Records – Probate Records,1869-1894; Index, 1869-1970, 1869-1970
Boone County – Probate Records – Will Record, 1872-1926
Bradley County – Probate Records – Chancery Court Records, 1847-1893, and Index, 1860-1893 [Bradley County, Arkansas]
Bradley County – Probate Records – Probate Court Records, 1841-1907
Bradley County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1841-1933
Calhoun County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1851-1936
Carroll County – Guardianship – Probate Records, 1883-1920
Carroll County – Probate Records – Probate Court Records (Carroll County, Arkansas), 1870-1904
Carroll County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1883-1920
Carroll County – Probate Records – Record of Wills, 1883-1940
Carroll County – Probate Records – Wills, 1866-1938
Chicot County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1840-1931
Clark County – Probate Records – Clark County, Arkansas Records
Clark County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1827-1955
Clark County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1827-1909
Clay County – Probate Records – Administrators and Guardians Bonds and Letters, 1881-1955
Clay County – Probate Records – Administrators and Guardians Bonds and Letters, 1893-1918
Clay County – Probate Records – Court Records, 1881-1930
Clay County – Probate Records – Court Records, 1893-1919
Clay County – Probate Records – Wills, 1884-1944
Clay County – Probate Records – Wills, 1893-1939
Cleburne County – Probate Records – Cleburne County, Arkansas Index to Probate Court Papers, Vol. 1, Ca. 1881-1962
Cleburne County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1883-1923
Cleveland County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1873-1974
Cleveland County – Probate Records – Will of Thomas B. Little [ 31 August 1920 ] : State of Arkansas, County of Cleveland
Columbia County – Probate Records – Probate Bonds and Letters of Administration, Bks. A-B, 1853-1925
Columbia County – Probate Records – Probate Bonds and Letters Testamentary, Bks. A-B, 1856-1924
Columbia County – Probate Records – Probate Court Docket, 1866-1891
Columbia County – Probate Records – Probate Record, 1853-1886; Index, 1853-1926
Columbia County – Probate Records – Record of Wills, Bks. A-C, 1849-1931
Conway County – Probate Records – Probate Court Records, 1826-1937; Index to Records, 1840-1873
Craighead County – Probate Records – Administrators and Guardians Bonds and Letters, 1883-1936
Craighead County – Probate Records – Administrators Letters and Bonds, 1878-1923
Craighead County – Probate Records – Court Records, 1884-1908
Craighead County – Probate Records – Guardian Bond Records, 1878-1938
Craighead County – Probate Records – Probate Docket and Records, 1878-1927
Craighead County – Probate Records – Wills, 1886-1930
Craighead County – Probate Records – Wills, 1928-1971
Crawford County – Guardianship – Registers of Wills in Tahlequah District in the Cherokee Nation, 1871-1898
Crawford County – Probate Records – Probate Court Minutes, 1877-1895; Index to Probate Court Minutes, 1877-1929
Crawford County – Probate Records – Probate Records (Crawford County, Arkansas), 1874-1929
Crittenden County – Guardianship – Probate Estate Docket A, 1857-1898
Crittenden County – Probate Records – Probate Estate Docket A, 1857-1898
Crittenden County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1826-1946
Cross County – Probate Records – Probate Case Files Ca. 1898-1930, Cross County, Arkansas
Cross County – Probate Records – Probate Records (Cross County, Arkansas), 1863-1943
Dallas County – Probate Records – Probate Court Records, 1845-1896
Dallas County – Probate Records – Probate Records, Ca. 1845-1913
Dallas County – Probate Records – Record of Wills, 1843-1921
Desha County – Probate Records – Index to Probate Records, 1852-1885
Desha County – Probate Records – Probate Court Records, 1860-1863
Drew County – Guardianship – Drew County, Arkansas Court Fees; Annual Accounts, Final Settlements of Executors, Administrators & Guardians, 1848-1892
Drew County – Probate Records – Administrators’ Bonds & Letters, 1858-1926
Drew County – Probate Records – Drew County, Arkansas Court Fees; Annual Accounts, Final Settlements of Executors, Administrators & Guardians, 1848-1892
Drew County – Probate Records – Drew County, Arkansas Estate Records, 1905-1906
Drew County – Probate Records – Drew County, Arkansas Register of Estates, 1852-1894
Drew County – Probate Records – Inventory of Estates, 1870-1893
Drew County – Probate Records – Marriages, 1847-1952; Probate Docket, 1857-1863
Drew County – Probate Records – Probate Records, Probate Docket, Letters of Administration, 1847-1905
Drew County – Probate Records – Sales Bills of Personal Estates, 1870-1899
Drew County – Probate Records – Will Books A-C, 1846-1926
Drew County – Probate Records – Wills or Intestate Estates Filed with the County Clerk, Mar. 1847- Apr. 1858
Faulkner County – Guardianship – Probate Records, 1873-1950
Faulkner County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1873-1950
Franklin County – Guardianship – Administrator’s and Guardian’s Records, 1876-1904
Franklin County – Guardianship – Probate Records, 1891-1947
Franklin County – Probate Records – Administrator’s and Guardian’s Records, 1876-1904
Franklin County – Probate Records – Estate Papers, 1866-1878
Franklin County – Probate Records – King’s Index to Circuit and Probate Papers, 1852-1890
Franklin County – Probate Records – Probate Packets, Ca. 1835-1958
Franklin County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1838-1967
Franklin County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1891-1947
Franklin County – Probate Records – Records, 1870; Docket 1871-1873
Fulton County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1870-1894
Fulton County – Probate Records – Will Record, 1874-1940
Garland County – Probate Records – Index to Garland County, Arkansas Probate Case Records, 1900-1930
Garland County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1877-1927
Grant County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1877-1949
Greene County – Guardianship – Probate Case Files (Greene County, Arkansas), 1905-1937
Greene County – Probate Records – Probate Case Files (Greene County, Arkansas), 1905-1937
Greene County – Probate Records – Probate Records (Greene County, Arkansas), 1876-1908
Greene County – Probate Records – Will Records, 1894-1953
Hempstead County – Probate Records – Bonds, Inventories & Appraisments, 1826-1927
Hempstead County – Probate Records – Deeds and Mortgages, 1819-1887; Index, 1819-1936
Hempstead County – Probate Records – Probate Docket Books, 1832-1855
Hempstead County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1841-1894
Hempstead County – Probate Records – Will Records, 1826-1925
Hempstead County – Probate Records – Wills, Marriages, Pre-emptions, Etc., Vol. AA-BB, 1819-1845
Hot Spring County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1834-1930
Howard County – Probate Records – Arkansas, Howard County, Probate Court Case Files, 1884-1968
Howard County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1873-1970
Independence County – Probate Records – Administrators and Guardians Bonds and Letters, 1821-1902
Independence County – Probate Records – Court Records, 1839-1888
Independence County – Probate Records – Wills, 1833-1923
Izard County – Probate Records – Administrators and Guardians Bonds and Letters, 1889-1949
Izard County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1889-1930
Izard County – Probate Records – Wills, 1889-1942
Jackson County – Guardianship – Probate Files (Jackson County, Arkansas), 1835-1890
Jackson County – Probate Records – Administrators and Guardians Bonds and Letters, 1846-1945
Jackson County – Probate Records – Court Records, 1830-1878
Jackson County – Probate Records – Probate Files (Jackson County, Arkansas), 1835-1890
Jackson County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1836-1886; Circuit Court Records, 1841-1845; Circuit Court Records Index, 1841-1845, 1836-1886
Jackson County – Probate Records – Wills, 1845-1928
Jefferson County – Probate Records – Probate Records (Jefferson County, Arkansas), 1830-1930
Johnson County – Probate Records – Johnson County, Arkansas Circuit & Chancery Court Records, 1841-1956
Johnson County – Probate Records – Probate Court Records : Wills, Estate Settlements, Deeds, 1835 Tax List, 1840 Census
Johnson County – Probate Records – Probate Court Records, 1845-1949
Lafayette County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1828-1905
Lafayette County – Probate Records – Will Record, V. B-C, 1846-1925
Lawrence County – Probate Records – Administrators and Guardians Bonds and Letters, 1839-1927
Lawrence County – Probate Records – Administrators Settlements and Abstracts, 1821-1873
Lawrence County – Probate Records – Court Records, 1845-1859
Lawrence County – Probate Records – Probate Docket and Court Records, 1833-1906
Lawrence County – Probate Records – Probate Packets, Ca. 1820-1885
Lawrence County – Probate Records – Probate Records (Lawrence County, Arkansas), 1919-1969
Lawrence County – Probate Records – Record of Indentures and Articles of Incorporation, 1883-1904
Lawrence County – Probate Records – Wills and Letters Testamentary, 1817-1927
Lee County – Probate Records – Probate Records (Lee County, Arkansas), 1873-1950
Lincoln County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1871-1887; Wills, 1871-1936; Guardian Records, 1875-1910
Little River County – Probate Records – Probate Record, Vol. A, 1869-1875; Record of Administrators, Letters and Wills, V. B, 1872-1907
Logan County – Probate Records – Probate Court Records, 1873-1944
Lonoke County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1861-1949
Madison County – Guardianship – Guardians Bonds and Letters (Madison County, Arkansas), 1860-1934
Madison County – Probate Records – Probate Records (Madison County, Arkansas), 1852-1969
Madison County – Probate Records – Will Record (Madison County, Arkansas), 1905-1939
Marion County – Probate Records – Bonds and Letters, 1889-1921
Marion County – Probate Records – Probate Court Minutes (Marion County, Arkansas), 1888-1905
Marion County – Probate Records – Wills (Marion County, Arkansas), 1887-1946.
Miller County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1875-1918
Miller County – Probate Records – Will Records, 1875-1931
Mississippi County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1865-1893
Mississippi County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1866-1925
Mississippi County – Probate Records – Wills (Mississippi County, Arkansas), 1904-1952
Mississippi County – Probate Records – Wills and Administrations of Mississippi County, Arkansas, 1862-1866
Monroe County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1830-1949
Montgomery County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1845-1954
Nevada County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1871-1922
Newton County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1866-1958
Ouachita County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1876-1890; Index, 1876-1880, 1876-1890
Ouachita County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1876-1946
Perry County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1882-1951
Phillips County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1821-1945
Pike County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1895-1918
Poinsett County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1873-1966
Polk County – Probate Records – Probate Court Records, 1876-1957
Pope County – Probate Records – Abstracts of Will Book B, Pope County, Arkansas, 1860-1910
Pope County – Probate Records – Probate Court Records, 1830-1978
Prairie County – Probate Records – Probate Court Records of the Southern District, 1885-1951
Prairie County – Probate Records – Probate Records of the Northern District (Prairie County, Arkansas), 1851-1933
Pulaski County – Probate Records – Administrators and Guardians Bonds and Letters, 1839-1919
Pulaski County – Probate Records – Letters of Guardianship, 1873-1886; Administrators Bonds, 1859-1860
Pulaski County – Probate Records – Probate Packets (Pulaski County, Arkansas), 1819-1920; Indexes, 1819-1920
Pulaski County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1849-1913
Pulaski County – Probate Records – Wills, 1818-1849
Randolph County – Probate Records – Administrators Bonds and Letters, 1852-1903
Randolph County – Probate Records – Guardian Bond Records, 1858-1887, 1891
Randolph County – Probate Records – Probate Court Records, 1837-1890
Randolph County – Probate Records – Will Record, 1836-1918Saline County – Guardianship – Probate Records, 1842-1951
Saline County – Probate Records – Court Records, 1836-1896
Saline County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1842-1951
Saline County – Probate Records – Probate Records, Ca. 1836-1900
Saline County – Probate Records – Saline County, Arkansas, Will Book A-1, September 15, 1842-December 27, 1861 ; Saline County, Arkansas Will Book A, January 1, 1865-October 7, 1905 ; Saline County, Arkansas, Probate Book C, January 2, 1862-February 16, 1862 ; Saline County, Arkansas Probate Book D, March 25, 1862-September 8, 1865
Searcy County – Guardianship – Guardians and Administrators Bonds and Letters, 1859-1916
Searcy County – Probate Records – Court Records, 1866-1897
Searcy County – Probate Records – Guardians and Administrators Bonds and Letters, 1859-1916
Searcy County – Probate Records – Wills, 1910-1979
Sebastian County – Probate Records – Probate Records (Sebastian County, Arkansas), 1851-1910
Sebastian County – Probate Records – Record of Wills and Testaments, 1869-1922
Sebastian County – Guardianship – Probate Records (Sebastian County, Arkansas), 1851-1910
Sevier County – Guardianship – Arkansas, Sevier County, Probate Records, 1830-1973
Sevier County – Probate Records – Arkansas, Sevier County, Probate Records, 1830-1973
Sevier County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1829-1948
Sharp County – Probate Records – Administrators, Guardians and Curators Bonds, 1880-1919
Sharp County – Probate Records – Probate Court Fee Book, 1883-1914
Sharp County – Probate Records – Probate Court Judgement Docket, 1880-1914
Sharp County – Probate Records – Probate Court Term Docket, 1880-1934
Sharp County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1874-1967
Sharp County – Probate Records – Record of Current Accounts, 1869-1901
Sharp County – Probate Records – Record of Inventories, Appraisements and Sales Bills, 1881-1920
Sharp County – Probate Records – Register of Mortgages, 1935-1939
St. Francis County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1862-1949
Stone County – Guardianship – Administrators and Guardians Bonds and Letters, 1873-1928
Stone County – Probate Records – Court Records, 1873-1911
Stone County – Probate Records – Executors Bonds and Letters, 1876-1933
Stone County – Probate Records – Wills, 1875-1969
Union County – Probate Records – Deeds, Vol. A-B, 1830-1845, 1887-1889
Union County – Probate Records – Probate Court Records, 1839-1893
Union County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1845-1924
Van Buren County – Probate Records – Court Records, 1859-1915
Van Buren County – Probate Records – Wills, 1889-1954
Washington County – Probate Records – Guardians and Administrators Bonds, 1868-1891; Estate Settlements, 1840- 1853
Washington County – Probate Records – Probate Court Records, 1837-1887
Washington County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1829-1931
White County – Guardianship – Probate Records (White County, Arkansas), 1835-1940
White County – Probate Records – Probate Records (White County, Arkansas), 1835-1940
White County – Probate Records – Will Book A White County Arkansas
White County – Probate Records – Will Book B : 1869 to 1899
Woodruff County – Guardianship – Records of Administrator, Executor & Guardian Bonds; Record of Letters of Guardianship; Record of Administrators and Curators, 1861-1904
Woodruff County – Probate Records – Probate Court Docket, 1876-1896
Woodruff County – Probate Records – Probate Papers, Ca. 1861-1899
Woodruff County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1865-1889
Woodruff County – Probate Records – Records of Administrator, Executor & Guardian Bonds; Record of Letters of Guardianship; Record of Administrators and Curators, 1861-1904
Woodruff County – Probate Records – Will Record A, 1918-1930
Woodruff County – Probate Records – Will Records 1 & 2, 1862-1935
Woodruff County – Probate Records – Will Records, 1909-1930
Yell County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1858-1943
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