Tallahatchie County, Mississippi Genealogy

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



Description
This county was named with a Choctaw word meaning "rock of waters". Tallahatchie County is located in the northwest area of the state.

County Courthouse
Tallahatchie County Courthouse District 1 P.O. Box 86 Charleston, MS 38921 Phone: 662-647-8758 Fax: 662-647-8490 Tallahatchie County Courthouse District 2 P.O. Box 96 Sumner, MS 38957 Phone: 662-375-8515 Fax: 662-375-7252  Tallahatchie County Website Clerk Circuit Court has marriage records from 1909. Clerk Chancery Court has divorce and probate records from 1909 and land records from 1858.

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

Bible Records

 * Tallahatchie County Family Bibles at Genealogy Trails
 * Various Mississippi Bible Records at The Alford American Family Association

Census Records
Federal Census
 * 1660-1820 U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820 at Ancestry $
 * 1850  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and some images
 * 1850 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1860 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

State Census
 * 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 $
 * 1830, 1840 1830 &amp; 1840 Federal Census of Scott County, Missouri Mississippi County, Missouri, being part thereof at that time at FamilySearch
 * 1841 State Census Returns 1841 - Tallahatchie County Collection at FamilySearch - images only
 * 1866 State Census Returns 1866 - Tallahatchie County Collection at FamilySearch - images only
 * 1870 State Census Returns  1870 - Tallahatchie County Collection at FamilySearch - images only
 * 1880 State Census Returns 1880 - Tallahatchie County Collection at FamilySearch - images only

Church Records

 * 1910-1919  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index

List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * FamilySearch Places

Catholic Church
 * Mississippi Co. Missouri, St. Henry's Catholic Church baptism records, 1874-1930, Charleston, Mo.
 * Mississippi Co., Missouri, St. Henry's Catholic Church marriage records, 1873-1930
 * St. Henry's Catholic Church, Charleston, Mississippi County, MO, death register, 1880-1930 Viewable

Court Records

 * 1841-1844 (*); Police Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1856-1900 (*); Chancery Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1856-1910 (*); Chancery Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups
African Americans 
 * 1863-1866  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; images only
 * 1865-1872  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; images only
 * 1936-1942 Ex-Slave narratives 1936-1942 - Tallahatchie County Collection at FamilySearch - images only
 * The Freedmen's Bureau Marriage Records at Mississippi Department of Archives and History - index and transcription

Funeral Homes

 * Newsom Funeral Home in Charleston.
 * Tutwiler Funeral Home in Tutwiler.
 * Womble Funeral Home in Charleston.

Land and Property Records

 * 1845 list of taxable lands in Mississippi County, Missouri

Local Histories

 * Eskridge's Early history of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi. (First published in 1904 and 1905, in The Tallahatchie Herald newspaper, Charleston, Mississippi)

Maps and Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Use FS Places
 * Maps of Mississippi (1785-1918)

Military Records

 * Helen E. Staten Arnold and Nick Denley, comps., Veterans of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi Carrollton, Mississippi : The Pioneer Newspaper, c1998 FS Library 976.2455 M2a

Multiple Wars
 * 1836-1845 Register of military commissions - Tallahatchie County Collection at FamilySearch - images only
 * 1848 Register of military commissions -  Tallahatchie County Collection at FamilySearch - images only
 * 1861-1951 Military grave registrations - Tallahatchie County Collection at FamilySearch - images only

Mexican-American War 
 * 1846-1848  How to Use this Collection;  at FamilySearch — index and images

Civil War 
 * 1861-1865  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images at partner site
 * 1861-1865  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images at partner site
 * 1861-1865 U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry free index
 * 1861-1865 U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry free index
 * 1889-1942  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; images only
 * 1900-1974  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; images only
 * 1936-1939 Civil War records 1936-1939 - Tallahatchie County Collection at FamilySearch - images only


 * - 1st Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry
 * Company D - Tillatoba Grays
 * - 2nd Regiment, Mississippi Partisans (Also known as 2nd Partisan Rangers Cavalry/Ballentine’s)
 * Company I - Eskridge’s Company
 * - 32nd Regiment, Mississippi Infantry
 * Company F - Southern Farmers
 * - 11th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry
 * Tallahatchie Guards Independent Cavalry

World War I 
 * 1917-1919  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1917-1918  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Other Records
 State Archives
 * 1820-1951   at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images - incomplete - Topics covered: Ex Slave Narratives, list of military veterans,  Military grave registrations, Naturalizations and some Land records.

Voter List
 * 1871-1967 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Probate Records
Online Records


 * 1780-1982 Mississippi Wills and Probate Records 1780-1982 at Ancestry ($)
 * 1781-1930 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; images only
 * 1830-1925 (*); Chancery Clerk at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1834-1939 (*); Probate Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1856-1900 (*); Chancery Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1856-1910 (*); Chancery Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images

School Records

 * 1850-1892; 1908-1957   at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

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.
 * 1936-2007 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index

Tax Records

 * 1834-1895  at FamilySearch - index and images - incomplete
 *  1834-1895 + 1 box County Tax records -   Tallahatchie County Collection at FamilySearch - images only

Birth

 * 1805-1879 Tallahatchie County Birth Index 1805-1879. Batch  at FamilySearch

Marriage

 * 1776-1935 Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935 at Ancestry $
 * 1800-1825 Mississippi, Compiled Marriages, 1800-1825 at Ancestry $
 * 1800-1911  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1826-1850 Mississippi Marriages, 1826-50 at Ancestry $
 * 1826-1900 Mississippi Marriages, 1826-1900 at Ancestry $
 * 1856-1916 Tallahatchie County Marriage Books 2-11 Index 1856-1916 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch
 * 1858-1979  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Death

 * 1822-1921 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index, some images
 * 1912-1943 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1912-1943 Reclaim the Records: Mississippi Death Index at Archive - images of index

FamilySearch Centers

 * Oxford Mississippi FamilySearch Center
 * Pine Bluff Arkansas FamilySearch Center
 * Senatobia Mississippi FamilySearch Center
 * Tupelo Mississippi FamilySearch Center


 * Pine Bluff/Jefferson County Arkansas Library - an affiliate library

Websites

 * Tallahatchie County Mississippi Genealogy and History Network
 * Tallahatchie County MSGenWeb
 * Mississippi Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Mississippi Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * Mississippi GenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * – 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.