Calhoun County, Mississippi Genealogy

United States  Mississippi   Calhoun County

County Courthouse
Calhoun County Courthouse PO Box 8 Pittsboro, MS 38951 Phone: 662.983.3122 Clerk Chancery Court has marriage, divorce, probate and land records from 1922 and land abstracts from 1852.

Parent County
1852--Calhoun County was created 8 March 1852 from Lafayette and Yalobusha Counties. County seat: Pittsboro

Record Loss
1922--The courthouse burned.

Neighboring Counties

 * Chickasaw
 * Grenada
 * Lafayette
 * Pontotoc
 * Webster
 * Yalobusha

Cemeteries

 * Spring Creek Cemetery, Banner BillionGraves

Census

 * 1880 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.

Military

 * Civil War service men from Calhoun 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 Calhoun County.


 * - 1st Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry
 * Company E - Polk Rangers
 * - 2nd Regiment, Mississippi Partisans (Also known as 2nd Partisan Rangers Cavalry/Ballentine’s)
 * Company F - Reason’s Company
 * - 4th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry
 * Company F - Sons of the South
 * Company I - Benela Sharpshooters
 * - 19th Battalion Mississippi Cavalry (Duff's)
 * Company A - Williams’ Company
 * Company B - Mitchell’s Company
 * - 8th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry (formerly 19th Battalion Mississippi Cavalry (Duff's)
 * Company A - Williams’ Company
 * Company B - Mitchell’s Company
 * Company K - Cox’s Company

Taxation

 * 1852-1889 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

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