Tippah County, Mississippi Genealogy

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

United States  Mississippi   Tippah County

County Courthouse
Tippah County Courthouse PO Box 99; Ripley, MS 38663 Phone: 662.837.7374 Clerk Chancery Court or Clerk Circuit Court has marriage, divorce, probate and court records from 1856.

NOTE: A wiki article describing an online colleciton is found at: Mississippi Tippah County Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Parent County
1836--Tippah County was created 9 February 1836 from the Chickasaw Cession. County seat: Ripley

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
For a list of record loss in Mississippi counties see: Mississippi Counties with Burned Courthouses

Neighboring Counties

 * Alcorn
 * Benton
 * Hardeman County, Tennessee
 * Prentiss
 * Union

Census

 * 1841 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.


 * 1845 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.


 * 1853 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.


 * 1866 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.


 * 1880 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.

Local Histories
A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:

Mississippi, Tippah County Family Histories, 1810-1941 (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Maps

 * Maps of Mississippi (1785-1918)

Civil War

 * Men from Tippah 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 Tippah County.


 * - 10th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry (New)
 * Company K - Beauregard Relief
 * - 2nd Regiment, Mississippi Partisans [Also known as 2nd Partisan Rangers Cavalry/Ballentine’s]
 * Company E - McDowell’s Company
 * - 2nd Regiment, Mississippi State Cavalry
 * Company A - Citizen Guards
 * Company K - Pettus Rangers
 * - 2nd Regiment, Mississippi Infantry
 * Company B – O’Connor Rifles
 * Company D – Joe Matthews
 * Company F – Magnolia Rifles
 * Company L – Liberty Guards
 * - 3rd Battalion, Mississippi Infantry
 * Company F - Tippah Highlanders
 * - 3rd Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry
 * Company G - Daniel’s Company
 * - 7th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry
 * Company A - Forrest Cavalry, aka Ford’s Company
 * Company B - Hovis’ Company
 * Company C - Green’s Company
 * Company D - Holcomb’s Company
 * Company E - Buncomb’s Fighting Cocks, aka Rogers’ Company
 * Company F - Duncan’s Company
 * Company G - Stancill’s Company, aka Garrett’s Company, and aka White’s Company
 * Company H - Wheeler’s Company, aka Polk’s/Park’s Company
 * Company I - McKenzie’s Company, aka Young’s Company
 * Company L - Garrett’s Company
 * - 32nd Regiment, Mississippi Infantry
 * Company E - Hatchie Tigers

Probate Records
Mississippi Tippah County Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Taxation

 * 1836-1896 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.

Marriage

 * 1858-1899 - Tippah County Marriages 1858-1899. Courtesy: MSGenWeb - free.
 * 1858-1918 - Tippah County Marriage Books 1-10 Index 1858-1918 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.

A wiki article describing an online collectons is found at:

Mississippi, Tippah County Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)

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

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Websites

 * Tippah 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.