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

Contents 1 County Courthouse 2 History 2.1 Parent County 2.2 Boundary Changes 2.3 Record Loss 3 Places/Localities 3.1 Populated Places 3.2 Neighboring Counties 4 Resources 4.1 Cemeteries 4.2 Census 4.3 Church 4.4 Court 4.5 Land 4.6 Local Histories 4.7 Maps 4.8 Military 4.9 Newspapers 4.10 Probate 4.11 Taxation 4.12 Vital Records 4.12.1 Marriage 5 Societies and Libraries  5.1 Family History Centers 6 Web Sites 7 References

County Courthouse

 Wayne County Courthouse
609 Azalea Dr;
Waynesboro, MS 39367-0000
Phone: 601.735.2873

Clerk Chancery Court has marriage, burial, divorce
probate, court and land records. ^[1]

History

The county is named after Revolutionary War General "Mad" Anthony Wayne (1745-1796).

Parent County

1809--Wayne County was created 21 December 1809 from Washington County.
County seat: Waynesboro ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Choctaw County, Alabama
• Clarke
• Greene
• Jasper
• Jones
• Perry
• Washington County, Alabama

Resources

Cemeteries

Census

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

• 1816 - 1816 Territory Census Returns, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.

• 1820 - 1820 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.

• 1866 - 1866 State Census Returns, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Military

• Civil War service men from Wayne 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 Wayne County.
  

- 1st Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry Reserves

Company H - McGriff’s Company

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.

• 1813-1814 - Territorial Tax Rolls, courtesy: FamilySearch - free. (browse under Greene, Wayne)

• 1810-1874 - Territorial and County Tax Rolls, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.

Vital Records

Marriage

• 1881-1916 - Wayne County Marriage Books 1-4 Index 1881-1916 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

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Wayne County, Mississippi page 383, 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/f/f2/Igimississippip.pdf.

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