Chickasaw County, Mississippi Genealogy

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



Description
This county was named for the Chickasaw people. The county is located in the northeast area of the state.

County Courthouse
Chickasaw County Courthouse 1st District 1 Pinson Square Houston, MS 38851-0000 Phone: 662-456-2531 Fax: 662-456-5295 Chickasaw County Courthouse 2nd District 234 W. Main St Okolona, MS 38860 Phone: 662-447-2092 Fax: 662-447-5024

Chickasaw County Website Clerk Circuit Court in Houston, has marriage, divorce, probate and court records and all land records for the county. Clerk Circuit Court in Okolona, has marriage records from 1877 and court records. Clerk Chancery Court has divorce and probate records from 1886.

Chickasaw County is divided into two Judicial Districts giving the county two seats, one in Houston, and one in Okolona.

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit Hometown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Cemeteries

 * Mississippi Genealogy &amp; History Network-Chickasaw County
 * Cemeteries in Chickasaw and surrounding counties

Census Records
Federal Census
 * 1660-1820 U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820 at Ancestry $
 * 1792-1866 Mississippi, State and Territorial Census Collection, 1792-1866 at Ancestry $
 * 1805-1890 Mississippi, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1805-1890 at Ancestry $
 * 1850  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and some images
 * 1850 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1860 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

State Census
 * 1837 State census returns -  Chickasaw Count Collection at FamilySearch images only
 * 1841 State census returns -  Chickasaw Count Collection at FamilySearch images only
 * 1880 State census returns - Chickasaw Count Collection at FamilySearch images only

Church Records

 * 1910-1919  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index

List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * FamilySearch Places

Court Records

 * 1853-1870 (*); Chancery Clerk at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1863-1870 (*); Probate Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1868-1896 (*); Chancery Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1870-1876 (*); Chancery Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * Records of Monroe, Lowndes, and Chickasaw Counties, Mississippi. By Jones, Elizabeth C. Aberdeen, Mississippi : E.C. Jones, 1962. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups
African Americans 
 * 1863-1866  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; images only
 * 1865-1872  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; images only
 * The Freedmen's Bureau Marriage Records at Mississippi Department of Archives and History - index and transcription

Funeral Homes

 * Bailey Funeral Home in Okolona.
 * Fields Funeral Home in Okolona.
 * Holland Funeral Directors in Okolona.
 * Houston Funeral Home in Houston
 * Southern Funeral Chapel in Houston.

Land and Property Records
Online Land Indexes and Records
 * 1858-1886 Deed records, 1858-1886; index, 1859-1890
 * Dates Vary United States Wills and Deeds Experimental Search at FamilySearch - incomplete index and images, counties and dates vary

Local Histories

 * A History of Chickasaw County, Mississippi v. 1. county history; a pictorial account to the past with commentaries regarding business, commerce, communities, churches, education, wars and memories; family histories -- v. 2. early history; pictorial account and commentaries regarding communities, people and military service; family histories. and maps
 * Chickasaw times past Periodicals.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Use FS Places
 * Maps of Mississippi (1785-1918)

Military Records
Multiple Wars
 * 1812-1951 Military grave registrations -  Chickasaw Count Collection at FamilySearch - images only
 * 1841-1845 Register of Military Commissions - Chickasaw Count Collection at FamilySearch - images only
 * 1848-1860 Register of Military Commissions - Chickasaw Count Collection at FamilySearch - images only

Mexican-American War 
 * 1846-1848  How to Use this Collection;  at FamilySearch — index and images

Civil War 
 * 1861-1865  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images at partner site
 * 1861-1865  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images at partner site
 * 1861-1865 U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry free index
 * 1861-1865 U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry Index Free
 * 1889-1942  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; images only
 * 1900-1974  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; images only
 * 1836-1939 Civil war records a Memorial list of those that served in the Civil War -  Chickasaw Count Collection at FamilySearch - images only


 * - 2nd Regiment, Mississippi State Cavalry
 * Company B - Johnson Partisans
 * Company G - Isbell’s Company
 * Company I - Clarke’s Company
 * - 5th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry
 * Company G - Barry Guards
 * - 6th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry
 * Company L - Williams’ Company
 * - 19th Battalion Mississippi Cavalry (Duff's)
 * Company E - Walker’s Company
 * - 8th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry (formerly 19th Battalion Mississippi Cavalry (Duff's)
 * Company E - Walker’s Company
 * - 9th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry
 * Company E - Chickasaw Mounted Guards
 * - Perrin's Battalion, Mississippi State Cavalry
 * Company H - Chickasaw Rangers
 * - 11th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry
 * Company H - Chickasaw Rangers
 * - 11th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry
 * Company C - Prairie Rifles, aka Prairie Rifleman
 * Company H - Chickasaw Guards

Civil War Battle The following Civil War Battle was fought in Chickasaw County:
 * February 22, 1864 - Okolona.
 * Battles of the American Civil War maps - filter by state or by battle name.

World War I
 * 1917-1919 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1917-1918 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Other Records
 State Archives
 * 1820-1951   at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images - incomplete - Topics covered: Ex Slave Narratives, list of military veterans,  Military grave registrations, Naturalizations and some Land records.

VOTER List
 * 1871-1967 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Probate Records
Online Probate Indexes and Records
 * 1780-1982 Mississippi Wills and Probate Records 1780-1982 at Ancestry ($)
 * 1781-1930 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; images only
 * 1853-1870 (*); Chancery Clerk at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1863-1870 (*); Probate Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1863-1960 (*); Chancery Clerk at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1868-1896 (*); Chancery Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1868-1897 (*); Chancery Clerk at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1870-1876 (*); Chancery Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1886-1920 (*); Chancery Clerk at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * Dates Vary United States Wills and Deeds Experimental Search at FamilySearch - incomplete index and images, counties and dates vary

School Records

 * 1850-1892; 1908-1957   at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Social Security Records

 * 1935-2014 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index

Tax Records

 * 1836-1899 County Tax rolls Chickasaw Count Collection at FamilySearch - images only

Marriage

 * 1776-1935 Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935 at Ancestry $
 * 1800-1825 Mississippi Marriages to 1825 at Ancestry $
 * 1800-1911  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1826-1850 Mississippi Marriages, 1826-50 at Ancestry $
 * 1826-1900 Mississippi Marriages, 1826-1900 at Ancestry $
 * 1857-1928 (gaps)  Chickasaw County Marriage Index. Courtesy: MSGenWeb
 * 1858-1900 Marriage records, Chickasaw County Mississippi volume 1, 1858 to 1900  Alphabetized by groom, notes for marriage records and bride index.
 * 1858-1979  at FamilySearchfor various counties - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1863-1923 Chickasaw County Marriage Books 1-12 Index 1863-1923 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch

Death

 * 1822-1921  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index, some images
 * 1912-1943  at FamilySearch  - How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1912-1943 Reclaim the Records: Mississippi Death Index at Archive.org - images of index

FamilySearch Centers

 * Booneville Mississippi FamilySearch Center
 * Columbus Mississippi FamilySearch Center
 * Oxford Mississippi FamilySearch Center
 * Tupelo Mississippi FamilySearch Center

Societies
Chickasaw County Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc. 304 E Woodland Circle PO Box 42 Houston, MS 38851 662-456-0060 Email: [mailto:smsisk32@gmail.com smsisk32@gmail.com] Website Facebook

Websites

 * Chickasaw County Mississippi Genealogy & History Network
 * Mississippi Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * USGenWeb Chickasaw County, Mississippi project. Has maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county.
 * – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.