Chickasaw County, Mississippi Genealogy

United States  Mississippi   Chickasaw County

County Courthouses
Chickasaw County Courthouse 101 N Jefferson Houston, MS 38851-0000 Phone: 662.456.2531 Clerk Circuit Court, Houston has marriage, divorce, probate and court records and all land records for county Clerk Circuit Court, Okolona has marriage records from 1877 and court records; Clerk Chancery Courth has divorce and probate records from 1886

Chickasaw County is divided into two Judicial Districts giving the county two seats, one in Houston and one in Okolona.

Parent County
1836--Chickasaw County was created 9 February 1836 from the Chickasaw Cession. County records are located in Houston and Okolona. County seat: Houston and Okolona

Boundary Changes
1852 - Calhoun County was organized in 1852 by the Mississippi Legislature with land from Chickasaw, Lafayette and Yalobusha Counties. Pittsboro was established the same year to be the county seat which was briefly at Hartford. The courthouse at Pittsboro, burned December 22, 1922, along with all records except five books of abstracts of land records.

1871 - Clay County was formed on May 12, 1871 during Mississippi's Reconstruction Period from parts of Chickasaw, Lowndes, Oktibbeha and Monroe counties. The new county was originally named Colfax, in honor of Schuyler Colfax, Ulysses S. Grant's vice president. After reconstruction rule ended in Mississippi the county was renamed Clay during 1876, in honor of Henry Clay, American statesman, who was secretary of state under John Quincy Adams.

1874 - Webster County was established on April 6, 1874, under the name of Sumner County, and was organized from parts of Chickasaw, Choctaw, Montgomery, and Oktibbeha Counties. On January 30, 1882, its name was changed to Webster, in honor of the great statesman Daniel Webster.

Record Loss
1863--Some records were lost.

Neighboring Counties

 * Calhoun
 * Clay
 * Lee
 * Monroe
 * Pontotoc
 * Webster

Census

 * 1837 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.


 * 1841 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.


 * 1845 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.


 * 1853 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.


 * 1880 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.

Military

 * Civil War service men from Chickasaw 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 Chickasaw County.


 * - 2nd Regiment, Mississippi State Cavalry
 * Company B - Johnson Partisans
 * Company G - Isbell’s Company
 * Company I - Clarke’s Company
 * - 5th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry
 * Company G - Barry Guards
 * - 6th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry
 * Company L - Williams’ Company
 * - 19th Battalion Mississippi Cavalry (Duff's)
 * Company E - Walker’s Company
 * - 8th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry (formerly 19th Battalion Mississippi Cavalry (Duff's)
 * Company E - Walker’s Company
 * - 9th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry
 * Company E - Chickasaw Mounted Guards
 * - Perrin's Battalion, Mississippi State Cavalry
 * Company H - Chickasaw Rangers
 * - 11th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry
 * Company H - Chickasaw Rangers
 * - 11th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry
 * Company C - Prairie Rifles, aka Prairie Rifleman
 * Company H - Chickasaw Guards

Taxation

 * 1836-1899 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.

Vital Records

 * 1857-1928 (gaps) - Chickasaw County Marriage Index. Courtesy: MSGenWeb - free.

Societies and Libraries
Chickasaw County Historical and Genealogical Society

Houlka Historical Society

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.