1840 Census of Arkansas

By: L.E. Presley, Pub. 1971, Reprinted 2004, 268 pages plus New Index, soft cover, ISBN #0-89308-751-3.  This census takes place back when there were only 39 counties: Arkansas, Benton, Carroll, Chicot, Clark, Conway, Crawford, Crittenden, Desha, Franklin, Greene, Hempstead, Hot Springs, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Lafayette, Lawrence, Madison, Marion, Mississippi, Monroe, Phillips, Pike, Poinsett, Pope, Pulaski, Randolph, St. Francis, Saline, Scott, Searcy, Sevier, Union, Van Buren, Washington and White.