Attala County, Mississippi Genealogy

United States  Mississippi  Attala County

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

County Courthouse
Attala County Courthouse 230 W Washington Street Kosciusko, MS 39090-0000 Phone: 662.289.2921 Clerk Circuit Court has marriage records. Clerk Chancery Court has divorce, probate and land records and old newspapers.

Parent County
1833--Attala County was created 23 December 1833 as part of the Choctaw Cession. County seat: Kosciusko

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Mississippi county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Mississippi County Boundary Maps" (1643-1947) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss
Kosciusko – 1858, 1860 and 1896

Neighboring Counties

 * Carroll
 * Choctaw
 * Holmes
 * Leake
 * Madison
 * Montgomery
 * Neshoba
 * Winston
 * Yazoo

Cemeteries

 * Attala County, Mississippi cemeteries
 * Attala County Cemeteries with some links to burial lists. MSGenWeb Project
 * Attala County Tombstone Transcription Pages USGenWeb Archives

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 $

State Census

 * 1841 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.
 * 1845 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.
 * 1866 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.
 * 1880 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.

Federal Census

 * 1840 Census Index, Attala County, Mississippi USGenWeb Archives
 * 1850 Census Index, Attala County, Mississippi Surame index only. USGenWeb Archives
 * Attala County Index for 1850 Census, First and Last Names, Ages, Birthplace, and Census Page Numbers. (USGenWeb Archives)
 * Surnames A - Blai
 * Surnames Blai - Cok
 * Surnames Col - Eak
 * Surnames Eaki - Hac
 * Surnames Hadd - Jen
 * Surnames Jenk - Man
 * Surnames Mann - Oli
 * Surnames Oliv - Roy
 * Surnames Roya - Swe
 * Surnames Swea - Wil
 * Surnames Will - Zol


 * 1850 Mortality Schedule MSGenWeb Project
 * 1850 Slave Schedule MSGenWeb Project
 * 1860 Mortality Schedule MSGenWeb Project
 * 1870 Mortality Schedule MSGenWeb Project
 * Further information on the 1850 Census by township and family is available at USGenWeb Archives Scroll down to 1850 Census. Township records begin after the alphabetical index.

Church Records

 * First Constitution of Doty Springs (Baptist) Church MSGenWeb Project

Court

 * 1864-1865 Attala County Descriptive Register MSGenWeb Project

Land and Property

 * Deed records, 1858-1900; index, 1858-1901


 * Mississippi Land Patents Database, Attala County - USGenWeb Archives
 * Surnames A-C
 * Surnames D-G
 * Surnames H-K
 * Surnames L-O
 * Surnames P-S
 * Surnames T-Z

Maps

 * Maps of Mississippi (1643-1947)
 * 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


 * Men from Attala 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 Attala County.


 * - 1st Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry Reserves
 * Company F - Shipp’s Company
 * - 2nd Battalion, Mississippi Infantry [became the 48th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry]
 * Company - Rocky Point Rifles, aka Rocky Point Rifle Company
 * - 48th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry [from the 2nd Battalion, Mississippi Infantry]
 * Company B - Rocky Point Rifles, aka Rocky Point Rifle Company
 * - 4th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry
 * Company B - Attala Yellow Jackets
 * Company K - Center Marksmen
 * - 5th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry
 * Company E - Love’s Company
 * Company I - Turner’s Company
 * - 11th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry
 * Company C - Buford’s Company


 * Confederate pension and census records, 1892-1946
 * Confederate Pension Board minutes, 1921-1936

Probate Records
Online Records
 * 1780 – 1982 Mississippi Wills and Probate Records 1780-1982 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
 * 1781 – 1930 at FamilySearch — images
 * Attala County, Mississippi index to wills, 1860-1990
 * Probate records, 1858-1934

Taxation

 * 1835-1892 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.

Marriage Records

 * 1800 - 1911 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1776 - 1935 Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935 at Ancestry.com — index $
 * 1826 - 1900 Mississippi Marriages, 1826-1900 at Ancestry.com — index $
 * 1826 - 50 Mississippi Marriages, 1826-50 at Ancestry.com — index $
 * to 1825 Mississippi Marriages to 1825 at Ancestry.com — index $


 * 1892-1926 - Attala County Marriage Books G-O Index 1892-1926 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.
 * [1892-1967 Marriage records, 1892-1951; marriage index, 1892-1967

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

Attala Historical Society, Mary Ricks Thornton Cultural Center, P. O. Box 127, Kosciusko, MS 39090

Northeast Mississippi Historical & Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 434, Tupelo, MS 38801

Websites

 * Attala County, MS History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Mississippi Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Mississippi Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * Mississippi Genealogy and History Network — Attala County
 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.