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Smith County Mississippi
Smith County Court House Top Photo Submitted by Jackie Rhodes as well as photo of Historical Marker Bottom Photo submitted by Kathy Murray Established December 23, 1833, Smith County is located in the south central part of Mississippi from the last of the land of the Choctaw Indian Cessions. Under the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, (September 27,1830), this land was divided into the following counties: Noxubee, Kemper, Lauderdale, Clarke, Oktibbeha, Winston, Choctaw, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha, Carroll, Jasper, Neshoba, SMITH, Leake, Holmes, and Attala. Later the counties of Bolivar and Coahoma were created. Smith County's outline is almost a quadrangle being 30 miles north and south, and 22 miles east and west. The area is approximately 660 square miles. It has the following counties for boundaries: Scott to the north, Jasper to the east, Jones and Covington to the south, and Simpson and Rankin to the west. Major David Smith, for whom the county is named, was born in 1753 in Anson County, NC. Smith served as a private in the battles of King's Mountain, Cowpens, and Euthaw Springs, becoming a hero of the Revolutionary War. He first married in 1776 to Sarah Terry, and later, in 1791 married Obedience Fort. He moved with his family to Mississippi, settling in Hinds County not long after that region was yielded by the Choctaws. His son, Benjamin F. Smith, served as the first representative for Hinds County in the Mississippi Legislature. Major Smith died at Jackson, Mississippi in 1834. Aurelia Smith, his daughter, married Governor Runnels. The first county seat located in Fairfield, just four miles to the south of Raleigh, was soon moved to Raleigh, MS. Raleigh was named for Sir Walter Raleigh, an author and English Military and Naval Commander. There has been four courthouses in Raleigh due to fires. After the first courthouse burned, the Old Floyd Hotel was put to use as a courthouse, only to see the same thing happen to it in 1892. This resulted in the loss of all of the records for Smith County. A new building was erected and again was destroyed by fire in 1912, destroying practically all of the records. The present courthouse was built in 1912. Submitted by: Kathy Murray, CC for Smith Issaquena and Clark Counties. Sign up for the Smith County Mailing List Type the word "subscribe" in the text portion of the email. USGenWeb Project - MSGenWeb Project In March and April of 1996, a group of genealogists organized and
began to combine their research efforts and provide a central entry
point for all counties in each state and provide a place where
collected databases would be stored. In addition, the
databases would be indexed and cross linked so that even if an
individual was found in more than one county, they would be located in
the index. At the same time, volunteers were found who would be
willing to coordinate the collection of databases and generally
oversee the web pages. This project became known as the USGenWeb
Project. Each state thereafter formed a state project which branched
down to the county level. We are proud in Older Queries Archive
My name is Kathy Murray and I am the host for Smith County, Clarke County, & Issaquena County. If you would like to contribute your information to this page, please let me know. To find out more, go to The USGenWeb Project site, click on the state of your choice, and contact that state's coordinator. Thanks goes to Ginny English for all the REALLY HARD on this page and we would appreciate your signing the GUESTBOOK so that I can get some type of feedback. These pages are being updated frequently, so if your browser is not set to check for updated pages, please reload (refresh) each time you visit to insure getting the updated version. If you have any material you would like to contribute, or if you know of any home pages with Smith County links or if you have gedcom files with Smith County ancestors, let me know. Use your mouse to click on the highlighted text or button to go to that area. Use your BACK button to return to the area you just left. If you are aware of any Smith Co. links, please let me know.
CemeteriesNames and locations (Information donated by Sandra Walker).Smith County Cemeteries:
Cemeteries of Smith County, Mississippi from Interment.net Summerland Baptist Church Cemetery by Lucille Hinton Documentation:
HELPFUL MISSISSIPPI GENEALOGICAL LINKS
HISTORY AND INFORMATION Smith
County, Mississippi History and Information from Southeastern
Genealogy Online
Smith County Home Pages - genealogy links FAMILIES OF SMITH COUNTY
If you have questions about land boundaries during the 17 and 1800s, visit one of these sites. MAPS
Smith County, Mississippi WWII Casualties – Army and Air Force from Texas Archive Civil War Library Beauvoir Confederate Veterans Home and Cemetery The American Civil War Home Page North Carolina Loyalists during the American Revolution Vicksburg National Military Park
NEIGHBORING COUNTIES : You
will enjoy a visit to these Smith County Neighbors.
© 2000 by Kathy Murray. All rights reserved. This information may be used by libraries and genealogical societies, however, commercial use of this information is strictly prohibited without prior permission of the owners. If copied, this copyright notice must appear with the information.
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