Coahoma County, Mississippi Genealogy

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History
Coahoma County, Mississippi is located in northwestern Mississippi, along the Mississippi River. The original county seat of Coahoma County was Port Royal. The seat of government shifted to Friars Point once the Mississippi River changed its course in 1848, making Port Royal no longer a river town.

The name "Friars Point" has nothing to do with the Catholic Church, but rather was named after an early settler, Robert Friar. The county name, "Coahoma," comes from a Choctaw word meaning "red panther."

The county seat is currently Clarksdale, which is the largest town in the county. Clarksdale was named after a brother-in-law of James L. Alcorn, Mississippi governor, whose home was in Coahoma County.

See also:


 * Coahoma County History (county government site)
 * History of Coahoma County, Mississippi (Genealogy Trails)
 * Untitled county history page (GenWeb)

Parent County
1836--Coahoma County was created 9 February 1836 from the Chickasaw Cession. County records are housed in Clarksdale and Friars Point. County seat: Clarksdale

Populated Places

 * Clarksdale: Chamber of Commerce | Visit Clarksdale | Wikipedia page
 * Coahoma: Wikipedia page
 * Friars Point: Wikipedia page
 * Jonestown: Wikipedia page
 * Lula: Wikipedia page
 * Lyon: Wikipedia page

See also:


 * Coahoma County Communities (Coahoma County MSGHN)
 * Forgotten Towns &amp; Villages of Coahoma County, MS (Coahoma County MSGHN)
 * List of unincorporated places (Wikipedia)

Neighboring Counties

 * Bolivar (southwest)
 * Desha County, Arkansas
 * Phillips County, Arkansas (west)
 * Quitman (east)
 * Sunflower (south)
 * Tallahatchie (southeast)
 * Tunica (north)

Cemeteries

 * Cemeteries in Coahoma County (GenWeb)
 * Coahoma County Cemeteries (Coahoma County MSGHN)
 * Coahoma County Cemeteries (ePodunk)
 * Coahoma County Cemeteries (Genealogy Trails)
 * Funeral Homes (GenWeb)

1840

 * 1840 census (book): Coyle, Berniece Douglas. 1840 Census of Coahoma County, Mississippi. Lewisville, TX: Coyle Data Co., 1988. WorldCat page
 * 1840 census index (GenWeb Archives)

1850

 * 1850 census index (GenWeb Archives)


 * 1850 census transcription (GenWeb Archives)

Church

 * Churches (GenWeb)
 * Coahoma County Churches (Coahoma County MSGHN)

Local Histories

 * Catchings, Troy, and Homer Hill. An Oral History with Mr. Troy Catchings, 1994 March 15. Mississippi Oral History Program of the University of Southern Mississippi (series), Vol. 659 (archival manuscript). WorldCat
 * Coahoma County Memories: A Pictorial History. Clarksdale, MS: Clarksdale Press Register, 1999. WorldCat page
 * Howerton, Joe D. The Howerton Family in Coahoma County, 1837-1850. Corpus Christi, TX: Philip Howerton, [1934?]. WorldCat page
 * Keys, Vernon J., and Homer Hill. An Oral History with Ms. Vernon J. Keys, 1994 March 19. Mississippi Oral History Program of the University of Southern Mississippi (series), Vol. 662 (archival manuscript). WorldCat page
 * Murray, Nicholas Russell. Coahoma County, Mississippi, 1868-1900. Hammond, LA: Hunting for Bears, [1982?]. WorldCat page
 * Weeks, Linton. Clarksdale &amp; Coahoma County: A History. Clarksdale, MS: Carnegie Public Library, 1982. Amazon page | WorldCat page
 * Work, John W., Lewis Wade Jones, and Samuel C. Adams, Jr. Lost Delta Found: Rediscovering the Fisk University-Library of Congress Coahoma County Study, 1941-1942. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, 2005. Amazon page | WorldCat page

Maps

 * Coahoma County Maps &amp; Geography (GenWeb)
 * Libre Map Project (includes detailed topographical maps of Coahoma County)

General

 * Coahoma County Military Sources (Coahoma County MSGHN)

Civil War
Companies formed in Coahoma County:


 * Company B (Coahoma Invincibles), 11th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry
 * Company B (Mississippi Swampers), 44th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry
 * Company K (Alcorn Rebels), 23rd Regiment, Mississippi Infantry

Civil War links:


 * 11th Mississippi Infantry (includes Company B, Coahoma Invincibles)
 * 11th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry (includes Company B, Coahoma Invincibles)
 * 23rd Mississippi Infantry (includes Alcorn Rebels)
 * 44th Mississippi Infantry AKA Blythe's Regiment (includes Mississippi Swampers)
 * Army of 10,000 (includes Alcorn Rebels)
 * Coahoma and Civil War (GenWeb)
 * Coahoma Invincibles (Civil War Message Board)
 * Monument to the 11th Mississippi Infantry Regiment (includes Coahoma Invincibles, in Stone Sentinels)
 * Units in Coahoma (Mississippi Civil War WWW Board)

World War II

 * Coahoma County World War II Casualties (Genealogy Trails)

Miscellaneous

 * 1853 Register of Commissions (Genealogy Trails)
 * Funeral Homes (GenWeb)

Newspapers

 * The Clarksdale Press-Register
 * Newspaper Data

Births

 * Births (GenWeb)''

Marriages

 * Coahoma County Marriages (Coahoma County MSGHN)
 * Murray, Nicholas Russell. Coahoma County, Mississippi, 1868-1900: Computer Indexed Marriage Records. Hammond, LA: Hunting for Bears, [1982?]. WorldCat page

Deaths

 * Deaths (GenWeb)''

Web Sites

 * Coahoma County Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Coahoma History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education (e-Reference Desk)
 * Coahoma County, Mississippi (Histopolis Collaborative Genealogy &amp; History)
 * Coahoma County, Mississippi (official site)
 * Coahoma County, Mississippi (The Political Graveyard)
 * Coahoma County, Mississippi (Wikipedia)
 * Coahoma County, Mississippi Genealogy, Facts, and Records Resources (n2Genealogy)
 * Coahoma County, Mississippi Genealogy Links (Genealogy Links.net)
 * Coahoma County, Mississippi USGenWeb Archives
 * Coahoma County, MS (RootsWeb)
 * Coahoma County, MS Genealogy Forum (GenForum)
 * Coahoma County MSGenWeb Site
 * Coahoma County MSGenWeb Site (alternate site)
 * Coahoma County MSGHN (Mississippi Genealogy &amp; History Network)
 * Coahoma County, MS Genealogy and History (Genealogy Trails)
 * History (Coahoma Co. government site)
 * Profile for Coahoma County, MS (ePodunk)
 * Profile for Coahoma County, MS (ePodunk)