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Welcome to Sebastian County, Arkansas! This county is hosted by: Courtney Birkes Our goal is to help you track your ancestors through time by transcribing genealogical and historical data and placing it online for the free use of all researchers WANT TO HELP? We're looking for folks who share our dedication to putting data online and are interested in helping this project be as successful as it can be. If you are interested in joining our group, and becoming a Host for any of Arkansas' counties, view our Volunteer Page for further information and then contact Kim.  Check your attics! Dust off your family scrapbooks! We're looking for DATA for this site!!! Sebastian County is named for United States Senator and Judge William K. Sebastian. The county has two county seats. One is at Fort Smith and the other is at Greenwood. The county is in the west central part of the state and is in the Arkansas River Valley. It was created by a legislative act on January 6, 1851 from Crawford, Scott and Polk counties. It is home to the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith, which was established in 1928. The Fort Smith National Historic site encompasses the remains of the first Fort Smith (1817-1824), which was established to keep peace between the settlers and the Cherokee arriving from relocation from the Appalachian Mountain regions to Oklahoma on the Trail of Tears.   Volunteers Dedicated to Free Genealogy We regret that we are unable to do personal research for you. Sebastian County Data Cities Barling * Fort Smith * Greenwood * Hackett * Hartford * Huntington * Lavaca * Mansfield Towns Bonanza * Central City * Midland County History Biographies Births & Baptisms Cemeteries Census Church Records Death Records Family Bibles Marriage Records Military Miscellaneous Data Newspaper Stories Obituaries and Death Notices Political Info School Records Wills & Probate Records Recent Website Updates: Mar 2025: Added: Land Owners of Fort Chaffee Website Updates: Dec 2024:Added: Marriage Announcements: SMITH-WILDER; RICHARDSON-BROCK; DAVIDSON-FORRESTER; MAYERS-ELSEY; ALLEN-MEYER; HOFFMAN-THOMPSON; OGLESBY-ROBINSON Aug 2024: Added: Birthday Parties: Grandma Harris; Mary Caroline Martin; Viola Ritter May 2024: Added: Bio of Harrison Buckner Nov 2023: Added: more names to death records (Blair, Hillard, Asher, Smith) May 2023: Added: last will of Catherine M Handlin Jan 2023: Added: Marriage: Shockey - Hardwick; Obits - Louise Pepper; James Bastin; Minda Gauger Oct 2022: Added: Crime news: Cherokee Bill Hanged; added Court News $200,000 awarded Apr 2022: Added: Civil War Pension Applications, 1901 Old Updates

Photos Photos of unknown persons from Fort Smith *Photos hosted off site*

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