Montgomery County, AR Bibliography
Montgomery Co. ARGenWeb Project
**Allen, Desmond Walls. Arkansas land patents, Montgomery County : granted through 30 June 1908 / prepared for publication by Desmond Walls Allen and Bobbie Jones McLane. Publisher Conway, AR 1991 8 x 11 soft cover, 71 pg.
*Baker, Russell Pierce Arkansas Township Atlas A History of the Minor Civil Divisions and each Arkansas County. P.O. Box 908, Hot Springs, AR 71902-0908 1987 revised edition Arkansas Genealogical Society
Baker, Russell Pierce From Memdag to Norsk: A Historical Directory of Arkansas Post Offices 1832 - 1971 (Handy for these places that no longer exist on a map). Arkansas Genealogical Society 1988
**Arkansas
Historical Records:
Inventory of the County Archives of Montgomery County, AR (Mt
Ida) prepared by the Arkansas Historical Records Survey, April 1942, Division of Community
Services Programs, W.P.A.. Little Rock, AR Co sponsor, Judge J.H. Shaw, Co. Judge of
Montgomery County. First section: Historical sketch of the county and courthouse.
Black, W.
(1917-2016) My First Seventy Years William E. "Bill" Black Mt. Ida,
Arkansas. Biography & Autobiography 1990 297 pages.
interview
*Blake, Vera Looney, Bates Family History: 315 pages Bates, Looney, Goss, Dilbeck families of Montgomery Co. Order from: V.L. Blake. 1411 SW Donovann St, Seattle WA 98106
Cuhage, Melinda A, .Memories of Montgomery County, by Melinda A. Cuhage Arkansas Gazette Magazine p.1 ; p.3 ; p.2 Aug 30, ; Sept 6, ; Sept 13, 1936
*Cline, Inez Evelyn, 1923-1999 1890 census "reconstruction" for Garland and Montgomery counties, Arkansas / compiled by Inez Halsell Cline, Bobbie Jones McLane, Wendy Bradley Richter. Hot Springs, AR., 1985. Records used: 1887 City Directory, 1888 Ark. Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1892 Voters List, Marriage and tombstone records 1887 through 1892. Includes 1890 tax receipt book for Montgomery Co.
**Craig, Marion S. Montgomery County, Arkansas loose probate records, 1842-1930 / abstracted by Marion S. Craig. Publisher Conway, AR 1996. Indexed
* Circuit Court records 1845 - 1894 Montgomery County 3 reels
*DAR. Records of Clark County, AR includes Mt Tabor Cemetery, Montgomery Co. AR.
*Deeds, 1845-1888. Index 1850-1914. 5 microfilm reels.
From Little Rock to Mount Ida, meeting places fill bill Arkansas Business 3(8):40-44 Apr 14-27, 1986
*Goodner, John D. & Lacy, Hubert Wesley. The Goodner Family http://goodnerfamilybook.goodner.info/ (wayback) Volume 1 & 2; Gregaln Publishing Company, Eastern Division Box 1045, Cullman, AL 35056. 1960 Mid-West Division Box 505 Wyandotte, OK 74370 snippet
"The Goodspeed Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Western Arkansas." Published by Southern Publishing Company 1891. Chicago and Nashville. Reprinted Southern Historical Press, PO Box 738, Easley, S.C. 29640 1978. ISBN 0-89308-084-5
Jones
Frances L. The Standridge National Family History Society announces
the publication of "James Standridge, Revolutionary War Soldier and
His Descendents." The book contains 656
pages, is fully illustrated with maps, photographs, and copies of documents.
8 1/2 x 11", hardcover, illustrations, 350 photograph. It also contains a
full-name index. It may be ordered ($77 postpaid) from the author,
Frances L. Jones, 108 St. Leo Dr., Cahokia, IL 62206. email
A copy has been placed in the Montgomery County Library in Mt Ida.
Samuel James Ware Standridge homesteaded land east of Mount Ida where he
and his wife,
Sarah Ann Margaret Bates, reared eleven children. Their youngest
daughter Peggy (Margaret), married Ludd Stanley, reared her twelve children
in this house. Their youngest child, Cortez Stanley Forbes, also reared her
family in the same home. It is adjacent to the Stanley-Standridge Cemetery.
It is now owned by the youngest child of Cortez, Tennie Forbes Gibbs. Mrs
Jones' grandfather, Billy Standridge, was a long time resident of Montgomery
County and is buried in Peak Cemetery.
Jimmy Standridge moved to Montgomery Co. after 1855.
* Montgomery County Extension
Homemakers Council. Cemetery Inscriptions of Montgomery County, AR 1986
Montgomery County Arkansas Cemeteries Dec. 1997 Compiled and Published by the Montgomery County Historical Society
*Montgomery County Historical Society Montgomery County, Arkansas Cemeteries 1997: Still available. Montgomery $30.00 plus $4.00 p & h. Hardbound, fully indexed.
*Montgomery County,
Arkansas Loose Probate Records: 1842-1930. Pub. info [Mount Ida, AR :
distributed by Montgomery County Historical Society] 1990. 92 pp.,
index, 8 1/2 x 11, Softbound, 92 pages $10.00 plus $1.50 p & h. As of Jan. 5, 1999
about 60 copies left, 120 sold. This compilation was extracted from
microfilm rolls #25 thru #38 of Montgomery County at the Arkansas History
Commission. The extractions are listed in the same order as the bundles
/packets of loose papers appear on the film. Montgomery County, Arkansas Loose Probate Records
1842-1930 Index
index
*Abstract of the 1920 Federal Census of Montgomery Co.
Arkansas. Pub. info [Mount Ida, AR : distributed by
Montgomery County Historical Society], 199. $20 and $2.50 for p & h. Softbound, 269 pages. Abstract
includes: All names in each household, relationship to head of household, age, sex, race,
birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, over 11,000 names, 21 townships with map,
surname index.
Justice docket, Montgomery County, Arkansas -The Record (Garland
County Historical Society) 6:15- 1965
Illustration photo
Subject Courts--Garland County--1915-1939
Economic Conditions--Garland County--1915-1939
Registers of Births, Marriages, Deaths, Etc.--Garland County--1915-1939
Montgomery County, Arkansas Marriage Records 1843- 1899. Complied by Helen J. Muller for the Montgomery County Historical Society P.O. Box 578 Mount Ida, Arkansas 71957-0578 June 1998. Contains 3,000 marriages from marriage entries in Books A, B, and part of C held at the Montgomery County Courthouse. First section is the grooms surnames arranged alphabetically and the section second contains the brides surnames arranged alphabetically. Available for purchase at the Montgomery County Historical Society. $20.00 plus $2.00 for p&h.
Update your Marriage Books
RILEY, Sarah Jane age 21 in 1871.
The Montgomery County, Arkansas Marriage book lists the following marriage but no last name for the Groom.
Herron, Jonthan, 24, from Montgomery Co. AR to Riley, Sarah Jane, from Montgomery Co. AR. age 21 married 14 July 1871. Book A, page 279
Herron is the missing name. Info from J. Riley, a Riley researcher in California.1870 Montgomery Co. AR Mountain Twp Cedar Glades P.O. 9 501 524 Riley, L. J. 50 Al Caroline 38 Tn Elizabeth 24 Ms Andrew 23 Ms Sarah J 19 Ms John 17 Ms Martha 16 Ms Francis 14 AR William 11 AR Samantha 9 AR James 7 AR Nancy 5 AR Lucinda 3 AR Arminda 7/12 Twin born in Feb. Clarinda 7/12 Twin born in Feb.
Montgomery County, Arkansas
Marriage Records 1900-1925
This softbound book is an index to all marriages in the county from 1900
through 1925. The first half of the book is alphabetized by groom's
names and the second half by bride's names. It also includes ages,
resident counties, marriage dates and the book and page number where it is
recorded in the courthouse. Complied by Helen J. Muller for the Montgomery County Historical Society
in 2000.. Cost is $20 plus $2 postage and handling.
Make checks payable to the:
Montgomery County Historical Society.
Mail to P.O. Box 578, Mount Ida, AR 71957
*Montgomery County: Our Heritage : quartz crystal
capital of the world / [compiled and edited by Montgomery County Historical Society]. Pub
info [Mount Ida, AR : Montgomery County Historical Society], c1987 & 1991
Includes index. Vols. 1 & 2 are numbered in continuous paging--1213 pp. I was
unable to obtain the books by interlibrary loan but are found at these facilities. Vol. 1 sold
out but will be reprinted summer 2003.
Montgomery County: Our Heritage Volume II compiled and edited by the Montgomery County Historical Society, 1991. Hardbound, index includes Vol. 1. As of Jan. 5 1999 225 copies left. 1,300 sold. $40.00 plus $4.50 p & h.
*Person & personal property subject to taxation, 1865-1894
Pencil Bluff, Arkansas Our Fifty History:1949-1999
Softbound, with 100 pages, 125 photos and over 1000 names in the index. It also includes
interviews with thirty-four 50-year residents, bits of history, memorials and more. Cost
is $15 plus $4 postage and handling. Check payable to: Pencil Bluff Anniversary
Address: P.O. Box 15 Pencil Bluff, AR 71965
*Probate docket of administrations 1869-1912
*Probate Records 1845-1954. Original at courthouse. Wills A-B 1863-1954, Guardians, bonds, and certificates 1858-1909 probate records Vol. 1-2 1845-1857
*Taxes 1865-1888
*Richter, Wendy & Cline, Inez : They Can't Go Home: A History of Northwestern Garland County, AR Including the towns of Buckville and Cedar Glades. Covers the area submerged by Lake Ouachita. Published 1990. 528 pages. Many photographs. A very good book to have if researching northwestern Garland Co. AR. That area was in Montgomery Co. AR pre 1917. Includes an index and sources. Author sold out of the books June 2001 but Wendy had the book reprinted in 2003. The price has gone up to $37.50 plus $2.50 shipping, if mailed. The cost of printing is much higher than it was 13 years ago. You can contact Wendy at: richterw@obu.edu
Chapter 1 Blakely Mountain Dam
Chapter 2 The First People
Chapter 3 The Early Settlers
Chapter 4 The Civil War
Chapter 5 Post war settlement and development
Chapter 6 Buckville and Cedar Glades
Chapter 7 The Post Offices
Chapter 8 The Schools
Chapter 9 Fraternal Organizations
Chapter 10 Country Doctors
Chapter 11 The Churches
Chapter 12 "When the Roll is called Up Yonder"
Chapter 13 They Can't Go Home
Chapter 14 Family Histories
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