Leflore County, Mississippi Genealogy

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

County Information
The County was named for Greenwood LeFlore. The County has Greenwood as its seat and the County was created 1871. The County is located in the northwest area of the state.

County Courthouse
Leflore County Courthouse 317 W Market Street PO Box 250 Greenwood, MS 38935 Phone: 662.453.6203 Clerk Circuit Court has marriage and court records. Clerk Chancery Court has divorce and probate records from 1871 and land records from 1834.

Parent County
1871--Leflore County was created 15 March 1871 from Carroll, Sunflower and Tallahatchie Counties. County seat: Greenwood

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

 * Carroll
 * Grenada
 * Holmes
 * Humphreys
 * Sunflower
 * 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 $


 * 1880 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.

Maps

 * Maps of Mississippi (1785-1918)
 * Family Maps of (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.

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

World War I

 * 1917-1919 - at FamilySearch — index

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

 * 1876-1898 -, 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 $
 * 1866-1914 - Leflore County Marriage Books 1-29 Index 1866-1914 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.

Genealogy Societies and Libraries
Greenwood - Leflore County Public Library 408 West Washington Greenwood, MS 38930 website

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

Websites

 * Leflore County, MS History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Mississippi Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Mississippi Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * Genweb Leflore County, Mississippi Project