Calhoun County, Mississippi Genealogy

United States  Mississippi   Calhoun County

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

County Courthouse
Calhoun County Courthouse PO Box 8 Pittsboro, MS 38951 Phone: 662.983.3122 Clerk Chancery Court has marriage, divorce, probate and land records from 1922 and land abstracts from 1852.

Parent County
1852--Calhoun County was created 8 March 1852 from Lafayette and Yalobusha Counties. County seat: Pittsboro

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

1922--The courthouse burned.

Neighboring Counties

 * Chickasaw
 * Grenada
 * Lafayette
 * Pontotoc
 * Webster
 * Yalobusha

Cemeteries

 * Spring Creek Cemetery, Banner BillionGraves

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)

Civil War

 * Men from Calhoun 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 Calhoun County.


 * - 1st Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry
 * Company E - Polk Rangers
 * - 2nd Regiment, Mississippi Partisans (Also known as 2nd Partisan Rangers Cavalry/Ballentine’s)
 * Company F - Reason’s Company
 * - 4th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry
 * Company F - Sons of the South
 * Company I - Benela Sharpshooters
 * - 19th Battalion Mississippi Cavalry (Duff's)
 * Company A - Williams’ Company
 * Company B - Mitchell’s Company
 * - 8th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry (formerly 19th Battalion Mississippi Cavalry (Duff's)
 * Company A - Williams’ Company
 * Company B - Mitchell’s Company
 * Company K - Cox’s Company

Taxation

 * 1852-1889 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.

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

Websites

 * Calhoun 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.