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Guide to Copiah County Mississippi genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

	Mississippi Online Records

County Courthouse

Copiah County Courthouse
PO Box 507
Hazlehurst, MS 39083
Phone: 601.894.3021

Clerk Chancery Court has divorce records from 1840,
probate and land records from 1825 and confederate
veterans records.
Clerk Circuit Court has marriage records from 1825 and court records. ^[1]

History

Parent County

1823--Copiah County was created 21 January 1823 from Hinds County.
County seat: Hazlehurst ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Neighboring Counties

• Claiborne
• Hinds
• Jefferson
• Lawrence
• Lincoln
• Rankin
• Simpson

Resources

Cemeteries

Census

For tips on accessing Copiah County, Mississippi census records online, see: Mississippi Census.

• 1822 - 1822 State Census Returns, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.

• 1824 - 1824 State Census Returns, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.

• 1825 - 1825 State Census Returns, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.

• 1841 - 1841 State Census Returns, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.

• 1845 - 1845 State Census Returns, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.

• 1853 - 1853 State Census Returns, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.

• 1880 - 1880 State Census Returns, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.

• 1878 Enumeration of Educable Children avaialbe for free on FamilySearch (other years also available). Listing of locations and approximate image start number available here. Images also available online from the Mississippi Archives.

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

• Family Maps of Copiah County, Mississippi (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.

Military

• Civil War service men from Copiah County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in Copiah County. 
  

- 3rd Regiment, Mississippi Infantry

Company K - McWillie Blues

- 4th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry

Company A - Terrall [Terrell] Dragoons

Company B - Copiah Horse Guards

Company E - Ramsey’s Company

- 6th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry

Company F - Crystal Springs Guards

Company G - Rockport Steel Blades

- 10th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry (Old)

Company H - Bahala Rifles

- 10th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry (Old)

Company I - Bahala Rifles

- 12th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry

Company A - Charlie Clark Rifles [also listed as Co. H]

Company D - Pettus Relief, aka Pettus Rifles

Newspapers

Probate

Taxation

Mississippi tax records replace missing censuses and provide lists of residents during years between censuses. There may be gaps of several years. For more information see Mississippi Taxation.

• 1823-1899 - County Tax Rolls, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.

Vital Records

Marriage

• 1823-1921 - Copiah County Marriage Books A-K and 1-25 Index 1823-1921 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.^[3]

Societies and Libraries

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers 

Web Sites

• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
• Family History Library Catalog
• County website: http://copiahcounty.org/

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Copiah County, Mississippi page 379, At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
3. ↑ Genealogical Society of Utah, Parish and Vital Records List (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/c/ce/Igimississippia.pdf.

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