Yalobusha County, Mississippi Genealogy

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

Description
The County was named for a Native American word meaning "tadpole place". The County has Coffeeville and Water Valley as its seats and the County was created February 21, 1834. The County is located in the north central area of the state.

County Courthouse


Yalobusha County Courthouse District 1 Address: 14400 Main Street PO Box: 260 Coffeeville, Mississippi 38922 Phone: 662.675.2716 Fax: 662.675.8004



Yalobusha County Courthouse District 2 Address: 201 Blackmur Drive PO: Box 664 Water Valley, MS 38965-0664 Phone: 662.473.2091 Fax: 662.473.3622

Clerk Chancery Court in Water Valley, has divorce, probate, court and land records. Clerk Chancery Court in Water Valley, has divorce, probate, court and land records. Clerk Circuit Court in Coffeyville, has marriage records.

Parent County
1833--Yalobusha County was created 23 December 1833 from the Choctaw Cession. County seat: Water Valley

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
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Neighboring Counties

 * Calhoun
 * Grenada
 * Lafayette
 * Panola
 * Tallahatchie

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.

USGenWeb Census Project: http://www.us-census.org/states/mississippi/

Church Records

 * Mississippi Baptist Preachers: https://archive.org/details/mississippibapti00fost
 * A Complete History of Mississippi Baptists: From the Earliest Times, volume 1: https://books.google.com/books?id=54s-AAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22Baptist%22,+Mississippi&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjExruu1uHLAhVL2GMKHSSzDyEQ6AEIKzAD#v=onepage&q=%22Baptist%22%2C%20Mississippi&f=false

Maps

 * Maps of Mississippi (1785-1918)
 * Family Maps of (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.
 * USGenWeb Mississippi Digital Historical Map Project: http://www.usgwarchives.net/maps/mississippi/

Civil War

 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch.org — index/images
 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch.org — index/images
 * 1861-1865 - U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
 * 1861-1865 - U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
 * 1889-1942 - at FamilySearch — images
 * 1900-1974 - at FamilySearch — images


 * Men from Yalobusha 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 Yalobusha County.


 * - 1st Battalion, Mississippi Sharpshooters
 * Company C - Capt. Leigh’s Independent Company
 * - 1st Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry
 * Company D - Tillatoba Grays
 * - 2nd Battalion, Mississippi Infantry [became the 48th Regiment, Missippi Infantry]
 * Company - Dixie Boys
 * - 48th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry [from the 2nd Battalion, Mississippi Infantry]
 * Company D - Dixie Boys
 * - 2nd Regiment, Mississippi Partisans [Also known as 2nd Partisan Rangers Cavalry/Ballentine’s]
 * Company F - Reason’s Company
 * Company I - Eskridge’s Company
 * - 3rd Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry
 * Company E - Richmond’s Company
 * Company F - Kennedy’s Company
 * Company K - Barksdale’s Rangers
 * - 19th Battalion Mississippi Cavalry (Duff's)
 * Company C - Duff Guards
 * - 8th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry (formerly 19th Battalion Mississippi Cavalry (Duff's)
 * Company C - Duff Guards

Probate Records
Online Records
 * 1780 – 1982 Mississippi Wills and Probate Records 1780-1982 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
 * 1781 – 1930 at FamilySearch — images

Taxation

 * 1834-1899 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.

Marriage

 * 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 $
 * 1847-1919 - Yalobusha County Marriage Books A-H Index 1847-1919 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.

Genealogy Societies and Libraries
Yalobusha County Historical Society PO Box 288 Coffeeville 38922

Yalobusha County Historical Society, Inc. PO Box 258 Coffeeville, MS 38922-0258

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

Websites

 * Yalobusha 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.