Yazoo County, Mississippi Genealogy

United States Mississippi Yazoo County

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

County Courthouse
Yazoo County Courthouse PO Box 68; Yazoo City, MS 39194 Phone: 601.746.2213 Clerk Chancery Court has marriage records from 1845, divorce, probate, court and land records from 1823 and newspapers.

Parent County
1823--Yazoo County was created 21 January 1823 from Hinds County. County seat: Yazoo City

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

 * Attala
 * Hinds
 * Holmes
 * Humphreys
 * Issaquena
 * Madison
 * Sharkey
 * Warren

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 $


 * 1823-1824 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.


 * 1825 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.


 * 1841 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.


 * 1845 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.


 * 1880 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.

Maps

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

Civil War

 * Men from Yazoo 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 Yazoo County.


 * - 10th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry
 * Company K - Yazoo Minute Rifles
 * - 1st Regiment, Mississippi Light Artillery
 * Company B - Herrod’s Battery, aka Vaughan Rebels
 * Company I - Bowman’s Battery
 * - 3rd Regiment, Mississippi Infantry
 * Company I - John M. Sharps, aka Yazoo Rebels
 * - 12th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry
 * Company I - Satartia Rifles [also listed as Co. G]

Taxation

 * 1823-1896 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.

Marriage

 * 1845-1917 - Yazoo County Marriage Books A-Z Index 1845-1917 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.

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

Websites

 * Yazoo 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.