Chickasaw County, Mississippi Genealogy

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

United States  Mississippi   Chickasaw County

County Courthouse
Chickasaw County Courthouse 101 N Jefferson Houston, MS 38851-0000 Phone: 662.456.2531 Clerk Circuit Court in Houston, has marriage, divorce, probate and court records and all land records for county. Clerk Circuit Court in Okolona, has marriage records from 1877 and court records. Clerk Chancery Courth has divorce and probate records from 1886.

Chickasaw County is divided into two Judicial Districts giving the county two seats, one in Houston, and one in Okolona.

History

 * A History of Chickasaw County, Mississippi v. 1. county history; a pictorial account to the past with commentaries regarding business, commerce, communities, churches, education, wars and memories; family histories -- v. 2. early history; pictorial account and commentaries regarding communities, people and military service; family histories. and maps

Parent County
1836--Chickasaw County was created 9 February 1836 from the Chickasaw Cession. County records are located in Houston and Okolona. County seat: Houston and Okolona

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Mississippi county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Mississippi County Boundary Maps" (1785-1918) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

1852 - Calhoun County was organized in 1852 by the Mississippi Legislature with land from Chickasaw, Lafayette and Yalobusha Counties. Pittsboro was established the same year to be the county seat which was briefly at Hartford. The courthouse at Pittsboro, burned December 22, 1922, along with all records except five books of abstracts of land records.

1871 - Clay County was formed on May 12, 1871 during Mississippi's Reconstruction Period from parts of Chickasaw, Lowndes, Oktibbeha and Monroe counties. The new county was originally named Colfax, in honor of Schuyler Colfax, Ulysses S. Grant's vice president. After reconstruction rule ended in Mississippi the county was renamed Clay during 1876, in honor of Henry Clay, American statesman, who was secretary of state under John Quincy Adams.

1874 - Webster County was established on April 6, 1874, under the name of Sumner County, and was organized from parts of Chickasaw, Choctaw, Montgomery, and Oktibbeha Counties. On January 30, 1882, its name was changed to Webster, in honor of the great statesman Daniel Webster.

Record Loss
For a list of record loss in Mississippi counties see: Mississippi Counties with Burned Courthouses

1863--Some records were lost.

Neighboring Counties

 * Calhoun
 * Clay
 * Lee
 * Monroe
 * Pontotoc
 * Webster

Cemeteries

 * USGenWeb-Tombstone Project
 * Findagrave-Chickasaw County
 * MSGenWeb-Chickasaw County
 * Mississippi Genealogy &amp; History Network-Chickasaw County

Census

 * 1837 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.


 * 1841 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.


 * 1845 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.


 * 1853 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.


 * 1880 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.

Maps

 * Maps of Mississippi (1785-1918)

Civil War

 * Men from Chickasaw 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 Chickasaw County.


 * - 2nd Regiment, Mississippi State Cavalry
 * Company B - Johnson Partisans
 * Company G - Isbell’s Company
 * Company I - Clarke’s Company
 * - 5th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry
 * Company G - Barry Guards
 * - 6th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry
 * Company L - Williams’ Company
 * - 19th Battalion Mississippi Cavalry (Duff's)
 * Company E - Walker’s Company
 * - 8th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry (formerly 19th Battalion Mississippi Cavalry (Duff's)
 * Company E - Walker’s Company
 * - 9th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry
 * Company E - Chickasaw Mounted Guards
 * - Perrin's Battalion, Mississippi State Cavalry
 * Company H - Chickasaw Rangers
 * - 11th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry
 * Company H - Chickasaw Rangers
 * - 11th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry
 * Company C - Prairie Rifles, aka Prairie Rifleman
 * Company H - Chickasaw Guards

Civil War Battle
The following Civil War Battle was fought in Chickasaw County


 * February 22, 1864 = Okolona
 * Map showing Civil war battles in Mississippi.

Taxation

 * 1836-1899 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.

Marriage

 * 1857-1928 (gaps) - Chickasaw County Marriage Index. Courtesy: MSGenWeb - free.
 * 1863-1923 - Chickasaw County Marriage Books 1-12 Index 1863-1923 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.

Genealogy Societies and Libraries
See also a List of Mississippi Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical & Genealogical Societies

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Websites

 * Chickasaw County, MS History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Mississippi Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Mississippi Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.