Panola County, Mississippi Genealogy

Guide to Panola 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 from the word "polono" which means thread or cotton. Panola County is located in the northwest area of the state.

County Courthouse
Panola County Courthouse District 1 215 S Pocahonatas St Sardis, MS 38666 Phone: 662-487-2073 Fax: 662-487-3595 Panola County Courthouse District 2 151 Public Square Batesville, MS 38606-2220 Phone: 601-563-6205 Panola County Website Clerk Chancery Court has divorce and probate records from 1836. Clerk Circuit Court has marriage records from 1885 and court records from 1836.

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 $
 * 1837  at FamilySearch
 * 1841  at FamilySearch
 * 1845  at FamilySearch
 * 1853  at FamilySearch
 * 1880  at FamilySearch

Church Records
List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * FamilySearch Places

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Ward and Branch Records of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints


 * Record of members, 1938-1942, Batesville

Episcopal Holy Innocents Parish, Como

Methodist Davis Chapel, Methodist Episcopal


 * 1881-1920, 1940-1944 Davis Chapel, Methodist Episcopal Baptism Index 1881-1920, 1940-1944. Batch  at FamilySearch

Methodist Episcopal Church, Como


 * 1879-1885 Methodist Episcopal Church, Como, Baptism Index 1879-1885. Batch  at FamilySearch
 * 1880-1895 Methodist Episcopal Church, Como, Marriage Index 1880-1895. Batch  at FamilySearch
 * 1880-1900 Methodist Episcopal Church, Como, Death Index 1880-1900. Batch  at FamilySearch

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups
African Americans 
 * The Freedmen's Bureau Marriage Records at Mississippi Department of Archives and History - index and transcription

Maps and Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places:Cities and Towns- How to Use FS Places
 * Maps of Mississippi (1785-1918)
 * Family Maps of Panola County, Mississippi Genealogy (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.

Military Records

 * 1894-1919 Pension rolls (Panola County, Mississippi), 1894-1919

Civil War 
 * 1861-1865  at FamilySearch
 * 1861-1865  at FamilySearch
 * 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


 * - 1st Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry
 * Company C - Panola Cavalry
 * - 1st Regiment, Mississippi Infantry (Johnston's)
 * Company E - Pleasant Mount Rifles
 * - 2nd Regiment, Mississippi Partisans (Also known as 2nd Partisan Rangers Cavalry/Ballentine’s)
 * Company H - Ballentine’s Guards
 * Company K - Jernigan’s Company
 * - 2nd Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry
 * Company D - Senatobia Opposers
 * - 5th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry
 * Company H - Hill’s Company
 * - 19th Battalion Mississippi Cavalry (Duff's)
 * Company H - Morris’ Company
 * - 8th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry (formerly 19th Battalion Mississippi Cavalry (Duff's))
 * Company H - Morris’ Company
 * - 9th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry (Old)
 * Company H - Panola Guards
 * Company I - Senatobia Invincibles, aka Invincibles
 * - 12th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry
 * Company E - Sardis Blues (also listed as Co. F)

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

Probate Records
Online Records


 * 1780-1982 Mississippi Wills and Probate Records 1780-1982 at Ancestry $
 * 1781-1930 at FamilySearch
 * Chancery Court records, 1840-1906; index, 1880-1972 (Panola County, Mississippi) Includes index. Mississippi Probate Records are also viewable there.

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

 * 1832-1896  at FamilySearch

Birth

 * 1879-1880 Panola County Birth Index 1879-1880. Batch  at FamilySearch
 * 1879-1942 Panola County Birth Index 1879-1942. Batch  at FamilySearch

Marriage

 * 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 — index and images
 * 1871-1917 Panola County Marriage Books 1-7 and Index 1823-1927 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch

Death

 * 1822-1921 - at FamilySearch — index, some images
 * 1880-1950 - Estates, wills, divorce cases (Panola County, Mississippi), 1880-1950 Mississippi, Probate Records are available online. Microfilm of original records at the Panola County Courthouse in Batesville, Mississippi. The Panola Chancery Court is in the 2nd Court District. Arranged by case number. Estates, wills, and divorces are filed together. Beginning with case number 1601 all files cover divorces.
 * 1912-1943 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1912-1943 Reclaim the Records: Mississippi Death Index at Archive.org - images of index

Voter Records

 * 1876-1967 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Societies
Panola County Historical and Genealogical Society (662) 563-3744 Email: [mailto:tetoney@gmail.com tetoney@gmail.com] Facebook

Websites

 * Mississippi Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Mississippi Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * Panola County Mississippi Genealogy and History Network
 * Panola County, Mississippi Genweb
 * – 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.