Washington County was created in 1828 from Crawford and Lovely Counties. Parts of Washington County became Benton and Madison Counties in 1836. Fayetteville is the county seat.

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Table of Contents

What's New

Getting Started

Sites to Get You Started in Your Research
Rootsweb's Guide to Tracing Family Trees
Google Search for Washington County, AR Genealogy

Archives

USGenWeb Archives
For Washington County
For Arkansas
Encycopedia of Arkansas History and Culture
Fayetteville Time Line

Biographies

BATES, Thomas L. -donated by: Jerry Brooks
BORLAND, Solon, M.D. --(photos & bios)--donated by: Bill Boggess
Civil War Biographies --donated by: Jean Jorgensen
Fine, George View this collection
The GRAYS from Maine --(photos & bios)--donated by: Bill Boggess
PARHAM, Richard H., Major --donated by: Bill Boggess

Books

Fayetteville History: Book of List

Cemeteries

Cemeteries in Washington County--posted to this site
Confederate Cemetery
Confederate Dead
Interment.net
Cemeteries
Cemetery Site PDF file
Oklahoma & Arkansas Cemeteries
Records of Deceased
The Political Graveyard
Tombstone Project  |  For Arkansas  |  For Washington County
United Daughters of the Confederacy--Prairie Grove Chapter
Washington County, AR. Cemeteries Lookup Service

Census

1830 Census
Index to 1830 Census
1840 Census
Index to 1840 Census
1840 Federal Census - Pensioners

1850 Census
1850 Slave Schedule
1850 Federal Census
1850 Federal Census
1850 Federal Census - Brush Creek Twp.
1850 Federal Census - Cane Hill Twp.
1850 Federal Census - City of Fayetteville
1850 Federal Census - Clear Creek Twp.
1850 Federal Census - Cove Creek Twp.
1850 Federal Census - Illinois Twp.
1850 Federal Census - Mars Hill Twp.
1850 Federal Census - Mountain Twp.
1850 Federal Census - Prairie Twp. Part 1
1850 Federal Census - Prairie Twp. Part 2
1850 Federal Census - Richland Twp.
1850 Federal Census - Vinyard Twp.
1850 Federal Census - West Fork Twp.
1850 Federal Census - White River Twp.
Index to 1850 Federal Census
Index to 1850 Federal Census
Index to 1850 Federal Census
1850 Census  |  1850 Census Index

1900 Census (Partial)

1835 Petition to the Congress by Citizens of Washington County

Wamack surnames Census 1790 - 1870
Sellers in Arkansas Census

Family Pages

Arrington Family page
BIAS, Washington Armstrong "Bank"
Carter Family History Site
Family BUSH & Others
Untangling COMBS
FARMER, William
Forever Family (WEBER, SHANNON, & WILLIAMS)
INGRAM, JOHN B., written by Nancy Prevost
LATTA Branch No. 9
PADEN / PEDEN Family History and Genealogy
PYEATT Link Page
Rock Fence Genealogy
Story of Hurney Sanders
SWITZLER & allied families-- (password- twobrothers)
WINN Family History
Time Lines of NW AR Families
The Way We Lived by Reba [Holland] Hall
AR Families
JONES, Rev. Riley Family Group Sheet

Historic Buildings & Places

American Memory

Johnson, Arkansas  |  Washington County, AR
First Charter College

National Registry for Washington County

Historical Buildings  |  Historic Districts  |  Historic Places

Historical Markers

Historical Markers

Land

Land Patents Records Site
Homestead & Cash Entry Patents before 1908

Links

Church List for Fayetteville, AR
Church List for Springdale, AR
Fayetteville, Arkansas - Online
Mount Sequoyah Assembly
Peggy's AR Links Page
Penny Postcards from Washington County, AR
Washington County, AR
Weather for Fayetteville, AR
AR Family Group Sheet Project searchable

Look-Up Volunteers

Maybe these Gracious Volunteers can Help
Lookup Volunteers with "Books We Own"
Worldwide Lookups
Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness for AR

Mail Lists

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Maps

Maps by Gold Bug Historic Maps Reflects Changes in County
Interactive Battle Map for Arkansas
Animated Atlas: Growth of a Nation

Marriages

For Washington County (Submitted to this site)
Arkansas Marriage Records

Message Boards

Washington Co. at Rootsweb use your username and pw
Message board at GenForum

How To Write a Successful Genealogy Query

Military

Cane Hill Battle Summary
Civil War Biographies --donated by: Jean Jorgensen
Interactive Battle Map for Arkansas
Fayetteville Roster--Mexican War
World War II Casualties Army & Airforce [Access Genealogy]
Fayetteville & The Battle of Fayetteville
Prairie Grove & Battle of Prairie Grove
Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park
Prairie Grove Chapter #1006 United Daughters of the Confederacy
Washington Artillery (Etter’s Battery)

Miscellaneous

Diseases
Letters
Miscellaneous
My Mother's Scrapbook--donated by:  Melinda Lambaren
Occupations
Washington County Genealogical Society on Facebook
Wikipedia's description of Wasington Co. AR

Neighbors

Benton County, AR
Carroll County, AR
Crawford County, AR
Franklin County, AR
Lovely County, AR
Madison County, AR
Adair Co., OK

Newspapers

Old Newspaper Articles

Obituaries

Submitted to this site
From Washington County Archives
Luginbuel Funeral Home Obituaries

Other Arkansas Related Sites

Arkansas Law Enforcement Memorial
Arkansas Resources on RootsWeb
Cyndi's Arkansas Links
Dept of Arkansas Heritage

Photos

First Charter College
Photo Album--photos donated to this site
Rhea’s Mill Ledger-1871S
View Rhea's Mill Collection
harecropper--Wife & Children of a Sharecropper--
Unknown School or Church --donated by:  June Hines

Populated Places

Populated Places
Fayetteville, Arkansas Online
Johnson, Arkansas
Springdale, Arkansas Chamber of Commerce

Queries

View Queries Posted to this Site
CousinConnect.com
Rootsweb Message Board
GenForum Query Board Post your queries & search for your surnames

Resources

Fayetteville Courthouse & Archives
The Washington County Archives are located in the old courthouse on business 71 south. Fayetteville Public Library
        
 The Fayetteville Library is just west of the courthouse several blocks. They have all of their  obituaries indexed on computer, but most are from the
 Northwest Arkansas Times.    
 
 Other genealogy related resources.

Jones Center for Families (Genealogy Room) - 922 E. Emma, Springdale Northwest Arkansas Genealogy Library, Bentonville (Benton County) - Located on  Main St. a few blocks north of the square in Bentonville.

Shiloh Museum of Ozark History, Springdale <shiloh@springdaleark.org> Extensive collection of old photos
 
Springdale Public Library - Springdale Library, 405 S. Pleasant, Springdale, AR  has obituaries on microfilm, but no index          

Other genealogy related resources.

U of A Libraries - Special Collections & Historical Collection
Washington County Arkansas Genealogy Society
Washington County Historical Society

Surnames

Surnames A-Z
Surname Resources at RootsWeb