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Guide to Yalobusha County Mississippi genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

	Mississippi Online Records

County Courthouse

Yalobusha County Courthouse
PO Box 664
Water Valley, MS 38965-0664
Phone: 662.473.2091

Clerk Chancery Court, Water Valley, Miss.
has divorce, probate, court and land records.
Clerk Circuit Court Coffeyville, Miss. has marriage records.
Clerk Chancery Court has divorce, probate and court and land records. ^[1]

History

Parent County

1833--Yalobusha County was created 23 December 1833 from the Choctaw Cession.
County seat: Water Valley ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Calhoun
• Grenada
• Lafayette
• Panola
• Tallahatchie

Resources

Cemeteries

Census

For tips on accessing Yalobusha County, Mississippi census records online, see: Mississippi Census.

• 1845 - 1845 State Census Returns, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

• Family Maps of Yalobusha County, Mississippi (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.

Military

• Civil War service men from Yalobusha County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in Yalobusha County. 
  

- 1st Battalion, Mississippi Sharpshooters

Company C - Capt. Leigh’s Independent Company

- 1st Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry

Company D - Tillatoba Grays

- 2nd Battalion, Mississippi Infantry [became the 48th Regiment, Missippi Infantry]

Company - Dixie Boys

- 48th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry [from the 2nd Battalion, Mississippi Infantry]

Company D - Dixie Boys

- 2nd Regiment, Mississippi Partisans [Also known as 2nd Partisan Rangers Cavalry/Ballentine’s]

Company F - Reason’s Company

Company I - Eskridge’s Company

- 3rd Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry

Company E - Richmond’s Company

Company F - Kennedy’s Company

Company K - Barksdale’s Rangers

- 19th Battalion Mississippi Cavalry (Duff's)

Company C - Duff Guards

- 8th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry (formerly 19th Battalion Mississippi Cavalry (Duff's)

Company C - Duff Guards

Newspapers

Probate

Taxation

Mississippi tax records replace missing censuses and provide lists of residents during years between censuses. There may be gaps of several years. For more information see Mississippi Taxation.

• 1834-1899 - County Tax Rolls, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.

Vital Records

Marriage

• 1847-1919 - Yalobusha County Marriage Books A-H Index 1847-1919 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.^[3]

Societies and Libraries 

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
• Family History Library Catalog

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Yalobusha County, Mississippi page 383, At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
3. ↑ Genealogical Society of Utah, Parish and Vital Records List (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/f/f2/Igimississippip.pdf.

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