Chickasaw County, Mississippi Genealogy

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



Description
This county was named for the Chickasaw people. The county is located in the northeast area of the state.

County Courthouse
Chickasaw County Courthouse 1st District 1 Pinson Square Houston, MS 38851-0000 Phone: 662-456-2531 Fax: 662-456-5295 Chickasaw County Courthouse 2nd District 234 W. Main St Okolona, MS 38860 Phone: 662-447-2092 Fax: 662-447-5024

Chickasaw County Website Clerk Circuit Court in Houston, has marriage, divorce, probate and court records and all land records for the county. Clerk Circuit Court in Okolona, has marriage records from 1877 and court records. Clerk Chancery Court 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.

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit Hometown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Cemeteries

 * Mississippi Genealogy &amp; History Network-Chickasaw County
 * Cemeteries in Chickasaw and surrounding counties

Census Records

 * 1660-1820 U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820 at Ancestry $
 * 1792-1866 Mississippi, State and Territorial Census Collection, 1792-1866 at Ancestry $
 * 1805-1890 Mississippi, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1805-1890 at Ancestry $
 * 1841  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1845  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1853  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1880  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection index and images

Church Records
List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * FamilySearch Places


 * 1910-1919  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups

 * 1863-1866   - How to Use this Collection; images only
 * 1865-1872   - How to Use this Collection; images only

Land and Property Records

 * 1858-1886 Deed records, 1858-1886; index, 1859-1890

Local Histories

 * 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
 * Chickasaw times past Periodicals.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places:Cities and Towns- How to Use FS Places
 * Maps of Mississippi (1785-1918)

Military Records
Civil War 
 * 1861-1865  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1861-1865  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1861-1865 U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry
 * 1861-1865 U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry
 * 1889-1942  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; images only
 * 1900-1974  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; images only


 * - 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.

World War I
 * 1917-1919 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1917-1918 at FamilySearch- How to Use this Collection; index and images

Other Records

 * 1871-1967 - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Probate Records
Online Records


 * 1780-1982 Mississippi Wills and Probate Records 1780-1982 at Ancestry $
 * 1781-1930 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; images

School Records

 * 1850-1892; 1908-1957   at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Social Security Records

 * 1935-2014 at FamilySearch - How to use this collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more information.

Tax Records

 * 1836-1899 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Marriage

 * 1776-1935 Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935 at Ancestry $
 * 1800-1825 Mississippi Marriages to 1825 at Ancestry $
 * 1800-1911 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1826-1850 Mississippi Marriages, 1826-50 at Ancestry $
 * 1826-1900 Mississippi Marriages, 1826-1900 at Ancestry $
 * 1857-1928 (gaps) Chickasaw County Marriage Index. Courtesy: MSGenWeb
 * 1858-1900 Marriage records, Chickasaw County Mississippi volume 1, 1858 to 1900 Contains marriage records, alphabetized by groom, notes for marriage records and bride index.
 * 1858-1979 - at FamilySearch for various counties - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1863-1923 Chickasaw County Marriage Books 1-12 Index 1863-1923 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch

Death

 * 1822-1921 - at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index, some images
 * 1912-1943 - at FamilySearch  - How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1912-1943 Reclaim the Records: Mississippi Death Index at Archive.org - images of index

Societies

 * Chickasaw County Historical and Genealogical Society P.O. Box 42 Houston, MS 38851 Website

Websites

 * Mississippi Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * USGenWeb Chickasaw County, Mississippi project. Has maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county.
 * – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.