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

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County Courthouse

Yazoo County Courthouse
PO Box 68;
Yazoo City, MS 39194
Phone: 601.746.2213

Clerk Chancery Court has marriage records from 1845,
divorce, probate, court and land records from 1823 and newspapers. ^[1]

History

Parent County

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

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Attala
• Hinds
• Holmes
• Humphreys
• Issaquena
• Madison
• Sharkey
• Warren

Resources

Cemeteries

Census

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

• 1823-1824 - 1823-1824 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.

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

Church Records

Church records and the information they provide vary significantly depending on the denomination and the record keeper. They may contain information about members of the congregation, such as age, date of baptism, christening, or birth; marriage information and maiden names; and death date. For general information about Mississippi denominations, view the Mississippi Church Records wiki page.

Court

Land and Property Records

Land and property records can place an ancestor in a particular location, provide economic information, and reveal family relationships. Land records include: deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and land patents.

See Mississippi Land and Property for additional information about early Mississippi land ownership. After land was transferred to private ownership, subsequent transactions were usually recorded at the county courthouse and where records are currently housed.

Local Histories

Local histories are available for Yazoo County, Mississippi. County histories may include biographies, church, school and government history, and military information. For more information about local histories see the wiki page section Mississippi Local Histories.

Maps

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

Military

• Civil War service men from Yazoo 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 Yazoo County. 
  

- 10th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry

Company K - Yazoo Minute Rifles

- 1st Regiment, Mississippi Light Artillery

Company B - Herrod’s Battery, aka Vaughan Rebels

Company I - Bowman’s Battery

- 3rd Regiment, Mississippi Infantry

Company I - John M. Sharps, aka Yazoo Rebels

- 12th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry

Company I - Satartia Rifles [also listed as Co. G]

Newspapers

Additional newspapers abstracts can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Yazoo County, Mississippi newspapers in online catalogs like:

• WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).
• Do a Yazoo County, Mississippi Place-name search for these and other records in the Family History Library Catalog (For instructions see FHL Catalog Place-name Search).

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.

• 1823-1896 - County Tax Rolls, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.

Vital Records

Vital Records consist of births, adoptions, marriages, divorces, and deaths recorded on registers, certificates, and documents. Mississippi law did not require keeping birth or death records until 1912. Births and deaths are kept by the Mississippi Bureau of Vital Statistics. Marriage records are kept by the county. See Mississippi Vital Records for more information on getting Mississippi records.

Marriage

• 1845-1917 - Yazoo County Marriage Books A-Z Index 1845-1917 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), Yazoo 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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