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

	Mississippi Online Records

County Courthouse

Wilkinson County Courthouse
PO Box 516;
Woodville, MS 39669-0516
Phone: 601.888.4381

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

History

Parent County

1802--Wilkinson County was created 30 January 1802 from Adams County.
County seat: Woodville ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Adams
• Amite
• Concordia Parish, Louisiana
• East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana
• Franklin
• West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana

Resources

Cemeteries

Census

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

• 1805 - 1805 Territory Census Returns, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.

• 1809 - 1809 Territory Census Returns, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.

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

• 1820 - 1820 State Census Returns, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.

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

• 1823 - 1823 State Census Returns, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.

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

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

Church

Court Records

Wilkinson County Inventories & Account Index, 1808-1834 (Vols. 1-8) is an index to the court minutes rather than the Inventories & Accounts volumes. The binding does state Inventories & Accounts, but records were found in the court minutes.

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Military

• Civil War service men from Wilkinson 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 Wilkinson County. 
  

- 4th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry

Company I - Stockdale Rangers

- 48th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry [from the 2nd Battalion, Mississippi Infantry]

Company I - Wilkinson Guards, aka Capt. J.E. Martin’s Company [was also attached to the 4th/34th Tennessee Infantry]

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.

• 1805-1896 - Territorial and County Tax Rolls, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.

Vital Records

Marriage

• 1804-1928 - Wilkinson County Marriage Books A-W Index 1804-1928 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), Wilkinson 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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