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United States Mississippi Leflore County

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

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County Courthouse

Leflore County Courthouse
317 W Market Street
PO Box 250
Greenwood, MS 38935
Phone: 662.453.6203

Clerk Circuit Court has marriage and court records.
Clerk Chancery Court has div and probate records
from 1871 and land records from 1834. ^[1]

History

Parent County

1871--Leflore County was created 15 March 1871 from Carroll, Sunflower and Tallahatchie Counties.
County seat: Greenwood ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places / Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Carroll
• Grenada
• Holmes
• Humphreys
• Sunflower
• Tallahatchie

Resources

Cemeteries

Census

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

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

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

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

Military

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.

• 1876-1898 - County Tax Rolls, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.

Vital Records

Marriage

• 1866-1914 - Leflore County Marriage Books 1-29 Index 1866-1914 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.^[3]

Societies and Libraries

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

• Family History Library Catalog

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Leflore County, Mississippi page 381, 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/b/be/Igimississippij.pdf.

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