Chickasaw County, Mississippi Genealogy

Guide to Chickasaw 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 the Chickasaw people. The County has Houston and Okolona as its seat and the County was created 1836. The County is located in the northeast area of the state.

County Courthouse
Chickasaw County Courthouse 1 Pinson Square Houston, MS 38851-0000 Phone: 662.456.2531 Fax: (662) 456-5295

Chickasaw County Courthouse 234 W. Main St Okolona, MS 38860 Phone: (662) 447-2092 Fax: (662) 447-5024

Clerk Circuit Court in Houston, has marriage, divorce, probate and court records and all land records for county. Clerk Circuit Court in Okolona, has marriage records from 1877 and court records. Clerk Chancery Courth 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.

History

 * 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

Parent County
1836--Chickasaw County was created 9 February 1836 from the Chickasaw Cession. County records are located in Houston and Okolona. County seat: Houston and Okolona

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.

1852 - Calhoun County was organized in 1852 by the Mississippi Legislature with land from Chickasaw, Lafayette and Yalobusha Counties. Pittsboro was established the same year to be the county seat which was briefly at Hartford. The courthouse at Pittsboro, burned December 22, 1922, along with all records except five books of abstracts of land records.

1871 - Clay County was formed on May 12, 1871 during Mississippi's Reconstruction Period from parts of Chickasaw, Lowndes, Oktibbeha and Monroe counties. The new county was originally named Colfax, in honor of Schuyler Colfax, Ulysses S. Grant's vice president. After reconstruction rule ended in Mississippi the county was renamed Clay during 1876, in honor of Henry Clay, American statesman, who was secretary of state under John Quincy Adams.

1874 - Webster County was established on April 6, 1874, under the name of Sumner County, and was organized from parts of Chickasaw, Choctaw, Montgomery, and Oktibbeha Counties. On January 30, 1882, its name was changed to Webster, in honor of the great statesman Daniel Webster.

Record Loss
1863--Some records were lost in a fire.

Neighboring Counties

 * Calhoun
 * Clay
 * Lee
 * Monroe
 * Pontotoc
 * Webster

Cemeteries

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

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 $
 * 1837 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.


 * 1841 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.


 * 1845 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.


 * 1853 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.


 * 1880 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.

Land and Property

 * Deed records, 1858-1886; index, 1859-1890

Maps

 * Maps of Mississippi (1785-1918)

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 Chickasaw 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 Chickasaw County.


 * - 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
 * Map showing Civil war battles in Mississippi.

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

 * 1836-1899 -, 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 $
 * 1857-1928 (gaps) - Chickasaw County Marriage Index. Courtesy: MSGenWeb - free.
 * 1863-1923 - Chickasaw County Marriage Books 1-12 Index 1863-1923 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.
 * Marriage records, Chickasaw County Mississippi : volume 1, 1858 to 1900 Contains marriage records, alphabetized by groom, notes for marriage records and bride index.

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

Chickasaw County Historical And Genealogical Society P.O. Box 42 Houston 38851

Websites

 * Chickasaw County, MS History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Mississippi Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Mississippi Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * USGenWeb Chickasaw County, Mississippi project. Has maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county.