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

Description
The County was named for "Coahoma" which is a Choctaw word meaning "red panther." The County has Clarksdale as its seat and the County was created 9 February, 1836. The County is located in the northwest area of the state.

County Courthouse
Coahoma County Courthouse 115 1st Street P O Box 98 Clarksdale, MS 38614 Phone: 662-624-3000 Coahoma County Courthouse]
 * Coahoma County Courthouse 115 1st Street P O Box 98 Clarksdale, MS 38614 Phone: 662-624-3000 Coahoma County Website Clerk Circuit Court has marriage and court records from 1848 and voter records from 1949. Clerk Chancery Court has divorce, probate and land records.

Clarksdale is the county seat of Coahoma Count.Clarksdale was named in honor of founder and resident John Clark, brother-in-law of politician James Lusk Alcorn who served as governor of Mississippi and U.S. Senator. (As a southern white Republican or "scalawag" during the Reconstruction in Mississippi, Alcorn supported the rights of freedmen during his term 1871-1877.)

Populated Places

 * Clarksdale (present county seat): Chamber of Commerce | Visit Clarksdale | Wikipedia page
 * Coahoma: Wikipedia page
 * Friars Point (former county seat): 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)

Cemeteries

 * Coahoma County Cemeteries (Coahoma County MSGHN)
 * Coahoma County Cemeteries (Genealogy Trails)
 * Newspaper Scrapbooks and Mississippi River Collection of Carnegie Public Library, Clarksdale, Mississippi, on 3 microfilm reels at the Family History Library, contains cemetery data
 * Funeral Homes (GenWeb)

Census Records
General


 * 1660-1820 U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820 at Ancestry $
 * 1792-1866 Mississippi, State and Territorial Census Collection, 1792-1866 at Ancestry $
 * 1805-1890 Mississippi, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1805-1890 at Ancestry $
 * 1841 -, courtesy: FamilySearch
 * 1845 -, courtesy: FamilySearch
 * 1850 - 1850 census transcription (GenWeb Archives)
 * 1850 - 1850 census index (GenWeb Archives)
 * 1870 -, courtesy: FamilySearch
 * ['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)
 * Coahoma County, Mississippi Largest Slaveholders from 1860 Slave Census Schedules and Surname Matches for African Americans on 1870 Census (Tom Blake)

Church Records

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

Court Records
The County Clerk of the Circuit Court in Clarksdale has court records from 1839.


 * Court Minutes (3 microfilm reels, 1856-1892) at Family History Library
 * Final Record of Court Cases, 1856-1885 (3 microfilm reels) at Family History Library
 * Index to Adoptions, Direct &amp; Reverse (1 microfilm reel) at Family History Library
 * Index to Chancery Court Docket (1 microfilm reel) at Family History Library
 * Probate and Chancery Court Docket, 1860-1873 (1 microfilm reel) at Family History Library

Land and Property Records
The Chancery Court Clerk for Coahoma County, in Clarksdale, has land records from 1839.


 * Land Ownership Map, 1872 (on 2 microfiches) at Family History Library
 * U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office (search for online copies of Coahoma County land patents; generates 35 pages of listings for Coahoma County)

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 page
 * 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
 * Weaver-Zercher, David L., and William H. Willimon, eds. Vital Christianity: Spirituality, Justice, and Christian Practice. New York: T&amp;T Clark, 2005, section titled "The Legacy of Economic Unrighteousness in the Mississippi Delta" (specifically about Coahoma County), pp. 217-224. Google Books preview
 * Weeks, Linton. Clarksdale &amp; Coahoma County: A History. Clarksdale, MS: Carnegie Public Library, 1982. Amazon page | Family History Library | Google Books 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 and Gazetteers

 * Maps of Mississippi (1785-1918)
 * Coahoma County Maps &amp; Geography (GenWeb)
 * General Highway Map, 1957, at Family History Library
 * Land Ownership Map, 1872 (on 2 microfiches) at Family History Library
 * Libre Map Project (includes detailed topographical maps of Coahoma County)

Military Records

 * Coahoma County Military Sources (Coahoma County MSGHN)
 * Index to Discharged Members Armed Forces (1 microfilm reel) at Family History Library

Civil War 
 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearchndex/images
 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearchndex/images
 * 1861-1865 - U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry
 * 1861-1865 - U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry
 * 1889-1942 - at FamilySearch
 * 1900-1974 - at FamilySearch

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, Mississippi World War II Casualties Army and Air Force (Access Genealogy)
 * Coahoma County World War II Casualties (Genealogy Trails)

Newspapers

 * Clarksdale Banner, established 1884 or 1888 (sources differ), ceased publication in 20th century
 * Clarksdale Challenge, established 1896, ceased publication in 20th century
 * Clarksdale Journal, an African-American newspaper established 1899
 * The Clarksdale Press-Register (currently in operation)
 * Clarksdale Register, established 1902 or 1904 (sources differ)
 * Coahoma County, MS Newspaper Titles (Chronicling America at the Library of Congress)
 * Index, Obituary Scrapbook, Carnegie Public Library, Clarksdale, Mississippi (manuscript, 4 vols., 1914-1977) at Family History Library
 * Newspaper Data (Genealogy Trails)
 * Newspaper Scrapbooks and Mississippi River Collection of Carnegie Public Library, Clarksdale, Mississippi, on 3 microfilm reels at the Family History Library

Other Records

 * 1853 Register of Commissions (Genealogy Trails)
 * Funeral Homes (GenWeb)
 * Minutes, 1873, 1896, Coahoma County Board of Supervisors (2 microfilm reels) at Family History Library

Probate Records
Online Records

The Chancery Court Clerk for Coahoma County in Clarksdale has probate records dating from 1856.


 * 1780-1982 Mississippi Wills and Probate Records 1780-1982 at Ancestry $
 * 1781-1930 at FamilySearch
 * Administrators, Guardians and Executors Record, 1873-1879 (1 microfilm reel) at Family History Library
 * Court Minutes, Probate Court (3 microfilm reels, 1845-1870) at Family History Library
 * Estate and Divorce Files (Mixed Together) (76 microfilm reels) at Family History Library
 * Final Probate Records, 1839-1880 (6 microfilm reels) at Family History Library
 * Index to Estates of Decedents, Minors, Lunatics and Convicts...(1839-1880) (1 microfilm reel) at Family History Library
 * Petitions &amp; Letters of Guardianship (2 microfilm reels, 1892-1943) at Family History Library
 * Probate and Chancery Court Docket, 1860-1873 (1 microfilm reel) at Family History Library
 * Will Records; 1841-1930, Probate Indexes (2 microfilm reels) at Family History Library

Tax Records

 * 1838-1899 -, courtesy: FamilySearch

Birth

 * Births

Marriage
The County Clerk of the Circuit Court in Clarksdale has marriage records from 1849.


 * 1776-1935 Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935 at Ancestry $
 * 1800-1911 at FamilySearchndex
 * 1826-1900 Mississippi Marriages, 1826-1900 at Ancestry $
 * 1849-1917 - Coahoma County Marriage Books 1-17 Index 1849-1917 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch
 * 1826 - 50 Mississippi Marriages, 1826-50 at Ancestry $
 * Estate and Divorce Files (Mixed Together) (76 microfilm reels) at
 * Marriage Records, First District, 1849-1917 (20 microfilm reels) at
 * Marriage Records, Second District, 1892-1917 (10 microfilm reels) at
 * Murray, Nicholas Russell. Coahoma County, Mississippi, 1868-1900: Computer Indexed Marriage Records. Hammond, LA: Hunting for Bears, [1982?]. WorldCat page
 * Coahoma County Marriages (Coahoma County MSGHN)
 * to 1825 Mississippi Marriages to 1825 at Ancestry $

Death

 * Deaths

Divorce

 * Estate and divorce files (mixed together), Coahoma County, Mississippi, 1850-1950

Libraries

 * Carnegie Public Library, Clarksdale, MS

Websites

 * Coahoma County, MS History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Mississippi Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Mississippi Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * Coahoma County (Find County Records)
 * Coahoma County Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Coahoma County Genealogy Queries (Cousin Connect)
 * 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) Includes history
 * 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)
 * Coahoma Message Board (RootsWeb)
 * Profile for Coahoma County, MS (ePodunk)
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