Lee County, Mississippi Genealogy

United States Mississippi  Lee County

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

County Courthouse
Lee County Courthouse 200 W Jefferson St; PO Box 7127 Tupelo, MS 38802 Phone: 662.841.9100 Clerk Chancery Court has divorce, probate and land records. Clerk Circuit Court has marriage records. Justice Court has court records.

Parent County
1866--Lee County was created 26 October 1866 from Itawamba and Pontotoc Counties. County seat: Tupelo

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.

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Chickasaw
 * Itawamba
 * Monroe
 * Pontotoc
 * Prentiss
 * Union

Census

 * 1805 - 1890 Mississippi, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1805-1890 at Ancestry.com — index $
 * 1660 - 1820 U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820 at Ancestry.com — index $
 * 1792 - 1866 Mississippi, State and Territorial Census Collection, 1792-1866 at Ancestry.com — index $
 * 1880 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.

Maps

 * Maps of Mississippi (1785-1918)
 * Family Maps of (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.

Civil War

 * 1861 - 1865 at FamilySearch.org — index/images
 * 1861 - 1865 at FamilySearch.org — index/images

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


 * July 14-15, 1864 = Tupelo also known as Harrisburg


 * Map showing Civil war battles in Mississippi.

Taxation

 * 1868-1888 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.

Marriage

 * 1867-1917 - Lee County Marriage Books 1-14 Index 1867-1917 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.

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

Family History Centers

 * Tupelo Mississippi Family History Center

Websites

 * Lee 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.