___________________________________________________________________________ Arkansas History Commission Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 John L. Ferguson, State Historian May 27, 1975 The following material has today been received by the Arkansas History Commission for microfilming subject to any and all of the restrictions listed below: Pike County, Ark. Abstract of Title Book Prior to 1890 "Pike County Burnt Records Book" Restrictions: Since these records are being made available by the Guaranty Abstract and Title Company of Murfreesboro, Arkansas for historic purposes only, no copies of this film or the contents thereof may be made for any abstract or related purpose without the express written permission of the Guaranty Abstract and Title Company. Those wishing to publish any segment of these records should also obtain written permission from the Guaranty Abstract and Title Company. Seal R.P. Baker, Archivist ___________________________________________________________________________ Guaranty Abstract & Title Company Murfreesboro, Ark. 71958 May 26, 1975 Received from Guaranty Abstract & Title Company of Murfreesboro, Arkansas, "Burnt Records" Book of ... records prior to 1890. This Book is borrowed for the purpose of micofilming and will be returned in approximately 2 weeks. I personally will be responsible for the safe return of this Book. Russell P. Baker, Archivist Arkansas History Commission Little Rock, Ark. 72201 ___________________________________________________________________________ Pike County Records Pike County was created on November 1, 1833. The site of the courthouse was located at what is now Murfreesboro. A log courthouse and a small frame building for the clerk's office were erected soon thereafter. In the spring of 1855 the clerk's office was destroyed by fire and all county records burned. A new two-story courthouse was built in 1856 and continued in use until it too was burned sometime in 1895 again destroying all county records, with the exception of one small tax book. The ... record book, sometimes called the "Burnt Records of Pike County" was copied from the county records by a Prescott abstract firm about 1890. It contains a summary of many of the records that were destroyed in the 1895 fire. R.P. Baker ___________________________________________________________________________ David Kelley 1997