Bolivar County, Mississippi Genealogy

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



Description
This county was named for Simón Bolívar. Bolivar County is located in the northwest area of the state.

County Courthouse
Bolivar County Courthouse District 1 801 Main Street P.O. Box 205 Rosedale, MS 38769 Phone: 662-759-3762 Bolivar County Courthouse District 2 200 S. Court Street P.O. Box 670 Cleveland, MS 38732 Phone: 662-846-5877 Bolivar County Website Clerk Circuit Court in Cleveland, Mississippi, has marriage and court records. Clerk Chancery Court has divorce, probate and land records. Clerk Circuit Court in Rosedale, Mississippi, has marriage records from 1866 and court records from 1870. Clerk Chancery Court has divorce, probate and land records.

Chancery and Circuit Clerks offices are in both Courthouses. Rosedale records go back about 20 years earlier than Cleveland.

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit Hometown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Census Records

 * 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  at FamilySearch
 * 1845  at FamilySearch
 * 1853  at FamilySearch
 * 1866  at FamilySearch
 * 1870  at FamilySearch

Church Records
List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * FamilySearch Places

Maps and Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places:Cities and Towns- How to Use FS Places
 * Maps of Mississippi (1785-1918)

Military Records
Civil War 
 * 1861-1865  at FamilySearch
 * 1861-1865  at FamilySearch
 * 1861-1865 U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry- index free
 * 1861-1865 U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry- index free
 * 1889-1942  at FamilySearch
 * 1900-1974  at FamilySearch


 * - 1st Battalion, Mississippi Cavalry (Miller's)
 * Company A - Mississippi Rifles
 * - 1st Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry
 * Company H - Bolivar Troop

World War I
 * 1917-1919 at FamilySearch — index
 * 1917-1918 at FamilySearch — index and images

Obituaries

 * Selected Bolivar County Obituaries Scroll down on the page to Obituaries. USGenWeb Archives

Probate Records
Online Records


 * 1780-1982 Mississippi Wills and Probate Records 1780-1982 at Ancestry index and images $
 * 1781-1930 at FamilySearch

Social Security Records

 * 1935-2014 at FamilySearch - How to use this collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more information.

Tax Records

 * 1836-1897  at FamilySearch

Marriage
Marriage books 4 and 13 are missing from the Family History Library collection. In addition, marriage books 5, 6, 20, 24, and 25 (first series) were apparently skipped when the IGI was created.

The second series of marriage books include both white and colored marriages:


 * 1776-1935 Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935 at Ancestry $
 * 1800-1825 Mississippi Marriages to 1825 at Ancestry $
 * 1800-1911  at FamilySearch
 * 1826-1850 Mississippi Marriages, 1826-50 at Ancestry $
 * 1826-1900 Mississippi Marriages, 1826-1900 at Ancestry $
 * 1858-1979 - at FamilySearch for various counties — index and images
 * 1866-1873 Bolivar County Marriage Books 1 thru 3 Index 1866-1873. Batch  at FamilySearch
 * 1883-1885 Bolivar County Marriage Books 7 and 8 Index 1883-1885. Batch  at FamilySearch
 * 1886-1892 Bolivar County Marriage Books 9 and 10 Index 1886-1892. Batches  and  at FamilySearch
 * 1893-1895 Bolivar County Marriage Books 14 and 15 Index 1893-1895. Batch  at FamilySearch

Death

 * 1822-1921 - at FamilySearch — index, some images
 * 1912-1943 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1912-1943 Reclaim the Records: Mississippi Death Index at Archive.org - images of index

Societies

 * Bolivar County Historical Society 1615 Terrace Road Cleveland, MS 38732 Website

Websites

 * Mississippi Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Mississippi Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * Bolivar County, MSGenWeb Project
 * Bolivar County, USGenWeb Archives
 * BolivarCountyGenWeb Facebook
 * – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.