Lafayette County, Mississippi Genealogy

United States Mississippi  Lafayette County

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

County Courthouse
Lafayette County Courthouse Town Sq; PO Box 1240; Oxford, MS 38655 Phone: 662.234.2131 Clerk Chancery Court has marriage, divorce, probate and court records.

Parent County
1836--Lafayette County was created 9 February 1836 from the Chickasaw Cession. County seat: Oxford

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

 * Calhoun
 * Marshall
 * Panola
 * Pontotoc
 * Tate
 * Union
 * Yalobusha

Cemeteries

 * Paris Cemetery, Paris 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 $


 * 1845 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.

Maps

 * Maps of Mississippi (1785-1918)

Civil War

 * Civil War service men from Lafayette 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 Lafayette County.


 * - 1st Battalion, Mississippi Cavalry (Miller's)
 * Company A - Mississippi Rifles
 * - 1st Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry
 * Company B - Thompson Cavalry
 * - 1st Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry
 * Company E - Polk Rangers
 * - 1st Regiment, Mississippi Infantry (Johnston's)
 * Company G - Dave Rogers Rifles
 * - 2nd Regiment, Mississippi Partisans [Also known as 2nd Partisan Rangers Cavalry/Ballentine’s]
 * Company G - Martin’s Company
 * - 3rd Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry
 * Company C - Logan’s Company
 * Company D - Gwartney’s Company
 * Company H - Kilgore Rangers
 * Company I - Webb’s Rangers
 * - 4th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry
 * Company K - Bowles’ Company, aka McEwen’s Company
 * - 4th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry
 * Company D - Paris Rebels
 * - 9th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry (Old)
 * Company C - Lafayette Guards
 * - 11th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry
 * Company A - University Greys
 * Company G - Lamar Rifles

Taxation

 * 1838-1899 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.

Marriage

 * 1837-1920 - Lafayette County Marriage Books D thru T Index 1837-1920 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

 * Oxford Mississippi Family History Center

Websites

 * Lafayette 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.