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Guide to Calhoun 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 John C. Calhoun. The County has Pittsboro as its seat and the County was created 1852. The County is located in the north center area of the state.

County Courthouse
Calhoun County Courthouse] PO Box 8 Pittsboro, MS 38951 Phone: 662.983.3122 Calhoun County Courthouse]
 * Calhoun County Courthouse PO Box 8 Pittsboro, MS 38951 Phone: 662.983.3122 Clerk Chancery Court has marriage, divorce, probate and land records from 1922 and land abstracts from 1852.

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
 * 1880 -, courtesy: FamilySearch

Maps and Gazetteers

 * 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
 * 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 E - Polk Rangers
 * - 2nd Regiment, Mississippi Partisans (Also known as 2nd Partisan Rangers Cavalry/Ballentine’s)
 * Company F - Reason’s Company
 * - 4th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry
 * Company F - Sons of the South
 * Company I - Benela Sharpshooters
 * - 19th Battalion Mississippi Cavalry (Duff's)
 * Company A - Williams’ Company
 * Company B - Mitchell’s Company
 * - 8th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry (formerly 19th Battalion Mississippi Cavalry (Duff's)
 * Company A - Williams’ Company
 * Company B - Mitchell’s Company
 * Company K - Cox’s Company

Probate Records
Online Records


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

Tax Records

 * 1852-1889 -, courtesy: FamilySearch

Marriage

 * 1776-1935 Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935 at Ancestry
 * 1800-1911 at FamilySearch
 * 1826-1900 Mississippi Marriages, 1826-1900 at Ancestry
 * 1826 - 50 Mississippi Marriages, 1826-50 at Ancestry
 * to 1825 Mississippi Marriages to 1825 at Ancestry

Societies

 * Calhoun County Historical And Genealogical Society P.O. Box 114 Pittsboro 38951
 * Special items held by the Society [http://personalpages.tds.net/~rosediamond/ Calhoun County, Mississippi
 * Historical & Genealogical Society, Inc.] Index to personal pagers of many individuals from the State Archives

Websites

 * Calhoun County, MS History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Mississippi Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Mississippi Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * USGenWeb Calhoun County, Mississippi project. Has maps, name indexes, history or other information for this 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.