Mississippi, Tippah County Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
The collection includes deeds, chattel deeds (or moveable personal property), and probate case files for the years 1836 to 1923. The records are usually handwritten or handwritten on preprinted pages.

What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records:

County
 * Dates transactions (deeds) occurred, were written up, and recorded
 * Names of grantors (sellers), grantees (buyers), and witnesses
 * Residences of grantor(s) and grantee(s)
 * Occupations of both grantor(s) and grantee(s)
 * Persons mentioned as a minor
 * Exact relationships stated in deeds for property sold or given away
 * Legal documents such as Citations to Settle
 * Court Orders
 * County estate ledgers
 * Summons

Probate records include petitions, inventories, accounts, and decrees

Information generally found in entries may include:


 * Name of testator or deceased
 * Names of heirs such as spouse, children, and other relatives or friends
 * Name of executor, administrator, or guardian
 * Names of witnesses
 * Residence of testator
 * Document and recording dates (There are used to approximate event dates, i.e. a will was usually written near time of death.)

How Do I Search This Collection?
Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know:
 * The name of your ancestor
 * The name of a relative or date of the event

How Do I Analyze the Results?
Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a research log.

I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

 * Search for vital records, such as birth, marriage, and death
 * Search for the family in census records
 * Search for the family in Tippah County, land and probate records
 * Use the occupations to find employment or military records

I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now?

 * Try viewing the original record to see if there were errors in the transcription of the name, age, residence, etc. Remember that there may be more than one person in the records with the same name
 * Collect entries for every person who has the same surname. This list can help you identify possible relations that can be verified by records
 * If you cannot locate your ancestor in the locality in which you believe they lived, then try searching records of a nearby locality
 * Standard spelling of names typically did not exist. Try variations of your ancestor’s name while searching the index or browsing through images
 * Remember that sometimes individuals went by nicknames or alternated between using first and middle names

Research Helps
The following articles will help you research your family in the state of Mississippi.
 * Mississippi Guided Research
 * Mississippi Research Tips and Strategies
 * Step-by-Step Research

FamilySearch Catalog

 * Tippah County Historical and Genealogical Society. The History of Tippah County, Mississippi.2 volumes. Dallas, Texas : National ShareGraphics, c1981 FHL 976.2923 D2h
 * Tippah County, chattel deed record, 1876-1913
 * Tippah County, deed record, 1836-1901
 * Tippah County, deed records, 1836-1887; index to deeds, 1836-1898
 * Tippah County, probate case files, 1868-1923
 * Tippah County, will records, 1858-1934
 * Tippah County, court minutes, 1851-1856
 * Tippah County, administrators' and guardians' records, bonds and letters, 1855-1954
 * Tippah County, marriages, 1858-1979
 * Tippah County, marriage records, 1858-1918; general index to marriage records, 1858-1972
 * Tippah County, Minutes of the Board of Police, 1859-1870

FamilySearch Historical Records

 * Mississippi, Tippah County Family Histories
 * Mississippi, Tippah County Marriages, 1858-1979

Citing This Collection
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