Mississippi, State Archives, Various Records, 1818-1952

What is in This Collection?

This collection includes images of records filmed at the Mississippi State Archives in Jackson, Mississippi. It includes narratives from former slaves, land records from the Office of the Secretary of State, lists of military veterans, military grave registrations, and naturalization records. The collection is being published as images become available. Only the military grave registrations have been indexed. The event place is the place of burial. Many colonial records for the lower Mississippi Valley were placed in archives in France, Spain, and England. These include correspondence about military and governmental affairs, some censuses, birth and burial registers, land grants, and surveys. Many of these records were transcribed by Dunbar Rowland and collected in a set of manuscript volumes known as the Mississippi Provincial Archives. This collection is at the Mississippi Department of History and Archives and on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library.

The Mississippi Department of Archives and History was founded in 1902. It is the second-oldest state department of archives and history in the country. A comprehensive historical agency, the department collects, preserves, and provides access to the archival resources of the state, administers museums and historic sites, and oversees statewide programs for historic preservation, government records management, and publications.

This collection includes the following records:

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Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.

What Can These Records Tell Me?

• Early census records lists names of free white males
• Names of free white females

State Census records of 1870

• Names of white and colored males over 21
• Names of white and colored males under 21
• Names of white and colored females over 21
• Names of white and colored females under 21
• Names of all adult males who are qualified to vote
• Names of all adult males who are not qualified to vote

State Census records of 1880

• Names of every individual enumerated
• Their age, race, nativity, and occupation

Tax records for the State of Mississippi listed all persons from whom monies were received.

Military Commissions for regimental records

• Name of individual and enlistment date
• Rank, company and commanding officer

Confederate Military Records

• Name
• Rank
• Date and place of enlistment
• Hospital records
• Prison records
• Date and place of discharge

County Tax Rolls

• List and value of personal and business property

Military Grave Registrations

• Name and address
• Next of kin
• Date and place of death and burial
• War record

Collection Content

Sample Images

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  State Censuses 1818 - 1866

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  State Census 1870

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  State Census 1880

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  Tax Record

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  1837-1861 Military Record

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  1935 Grave Registration