Yalobusha County, Mississippi Genealogy

United States  Mississippi   Yalobusha County

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

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

County Courthouse
Yalobusha County Courthouse PO Box 664 Water Valley, MS 38965-0664 Phone: 662.473.2091 Clerk Chancery Court, Water Valley, Miss. has divorce, probate, court and land records. Clerk Circuit Court Coffeyville, Miss. has marriage records. Clerk Chancery Court has divorce, probate and court and land records.

Parent County
1833--Yalobusha County was created 23 December 1833 from the Choctaw Cession. County seat: Water Valley

Neighboring Counties

 * Calhoun
 * Grenada
 * Lafayette
 * Panola
 * Tallahatchie

Census

 * 1845 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.

Maps

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

Military

 * Civil War service men from Yalobusha 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 Yalobusha County.


 * - 1st Battalion, Mississippi Sharpshooters
 * Company C - Capt. Leigh’s Independent Company
 * - 1st Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry
 * Company D - Tillatoba Grays
 * - 2nd Battalion, Mississippi Infantry [became the 48th Regiment, Missippi Infantry]
 * Company - Dixie Boys
 * - 48th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry [from the 2nd Battalion, Mississippi Infantry]
 * Company D - Dixie Boys
 * - 2nd Regiment, Mississippi Partisans [Also known as 2nd Partisan Rangers Cavalry/Ballentine’s]
 * Company F - Reason’s Company
 * Company I - Eskridge’s Company
 * - 3rd Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry
 * Company E - Richmond’s Company
 * Company F - Kennedy’s Company
 * Company K - Barksdale’s Rangers
 * - 19th Battalion Mississippi Cavalry (Duff's)
 * Company C - Duff Guards
 * - 8th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry (formerly 19th Battalion Mississippi Cavalry (Duff's)
 * Company C - Duff Guards

Taxation

 * 1834-1899 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.

Marriage

 * 1847-1919 - Yalobusha County Marriage Books A-H Index 1847-1919 in International Genealogical Index at 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.