Lafayette County, Mississippi Genealogy

Guide to Lafayette County Mississippi genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

United States Mississippi  Lafayette County

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

Neighboring Counties

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

Cemeteries

 * Paris Cemetery, Paris BillionGraves

Census

 * 1845 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.

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.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Oxford Mississippi Family History Center

Websites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.