Kemper County, Mississippi Genealogy

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

United States Mississippi  Kemper County

County Courthouse
Kemper County Courthouse Bell St; PO Box 188 De Kalb, MS 39328 Phone: 601.743.2560

Clerk Circuit Court has marriage records from 1912. Clerk Chancery Court has divorce, probate, court and land records from 1912.

Parent County
1833--Kemper County was created 23 December 1833 from the Choctaw Cession. County seat: De Kalb

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
1882--Some records were lost. For a list of record loss in Mississippi counties see: Mississippi Counties with Burned Courthouses

Neighboring Counties

 * Choctaw County, Alabama
 * Lauderdale
 * Neshoba
 * Newton
 * Noxubee
 * Sumter County, Alabama
 * Winston

Census

 * 1837 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.


 * 1841 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.


 * 1845 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.


 * 1853 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.


 * 1880 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.

Maps

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

Civil War

 * Men from Kemper 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 Kemper County.


 * - 1st Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry Reserves
 * Company C - Lampley’s Company
 * - 2nd Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry
 * Company H - Kemper Dragoons
 * - 5th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry
 * Company I - Kemper Rebels, aka Kemper Guards
 * - Perrin's Battalion, Mississippi State Cavalry
 * Company A - Perrin’s Company
 * - 11th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry
 * Company A - Perrin’s Company
 * Company F - Steele’s Company

Probate Records

 * Mississippi, Kemper County, Register of claims by creditors against estates of deceased persons, vol. A, 1881-1972

School Records

 * Enumeration of Educable Children of Kemper County, 1890-1923

Taxation

 * 1834-1888 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.

Birth

 * Kemper County birth records, 1913-1935

Marriage

 * 1912-1921 - Kemper County Marriage Book 1 Index 1912-1921. Bach at FamilySearch - free.

Divorce

 * 1915-1950 Divorce cases, 1916-1950; index ca. 1915-1950

Death

 * Kemper County death records, 1912-1935

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

Websites

 * Kemper 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.