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My name is Betty
Aron Schneider
and I am the new
County Coordinator (CC) for Yazoo County.
I would like to
thank all of the Yazoo County coordinators
who have volunteered
before me.
I do not live in
Yazoo County, nor in Mississippi.
I am in Temecula,
California.
I am sorry but
I am unable to do any local look-ups or research.
I hope you will
find the information you are looking for while you are visiting.
If you have comments about or problems with these pages, or
if you have
information to add, please contact me. I am looking for
any and all
information that contains names, dates, places or resources
of Yazoo County.
This includes but is not limited to cemetery information
(who is buried where and when), tombstone photos, graduation
or class photos
with the date and name of school, church rosters with name of
church, dates,
names of the members, photos of the county buildings now and
then.
In other words anything and everything pertaining to Yazoo County.
Please help me, help you.
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A great big southern
"Thank
You"
for contributing to the Yazoo
County pages goes to
Sharon Grisette, Dan McCaskill, James Hardy,
Joe Haining, Cindy & Stanley Marshall,
Dudley Rinicker, Michael Cardinell,
Roger C. Bull, Patty DeGrofft, Angela S. Groves, John Hawley,
Phil & Elaine Jones,
John Pritchard, John L. Givens, Danny Berry
and you.
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About Yazoo County
History of Yazoo County
Source: Lowry, Robert and McCardle, William
H.
A History of Mississippi, from the Discovery of the Great River
by Hernando DeSoto, Including the Earliest Settlement Made by the
French Under Iberville,
to the Death of Jefferson Davis [1541-1889].
Jackson, Miss.: R. H. Henry & Co., 1891. Pages 480-482.
Yazoo
County Message Board and Queries
US GenWeb Yazoo County Archives
Lots of good
stuff here.
Cemeteries, census, court, history, land, military, photos, vitals.
View Archived Queries
Yazoo County School and Class photos
contributed by you.
Yazoo County News Articles
contributed by you.
Brief Biographies of Yazoo County Families
Do you have one you would
like to contribute?
Family Bible contributions
Do you have any that you
would like to contribute?
Surnames and Researchers
Submit
your Yazoo County surname
Please let
me know if you find an ID not working.
Thanks!
Yazoo
County 1850 Census Index
Partial
Yazoo County 1850 Census
1880 Federal Census Index Look-ups -
Sandiwhitty@aol.com
CensusTools -
35 free electronic spreadsheets
for archiving federal, state and
international census data!
Yazoo County Tax Lists
1823 and 1825
Transcribed by Linda Walker Armstrong
Yazoo Cemeteries --
Now with 75+ indexed cemeteries!!
and more to come!!
with contributions by you
of indexes and tombstone photos.
All are "works
in progress".
Yazoo Obituaries
Yazoo
Obit Index from The Yazoo Herald
New ones added monthly!
History of Black Jack Bethel Church
Liverpool Landing
Yazoo
County Mailing List
Yazoo
and Mississippi Links
Resources for Yazoo County
Court Records-
Look-ups available-
Books and Research Materials
available for purchase-
Slave
Lists of Yazoo County
Largest
slave holders from 1860 slave census schedules
and
surname matches for African-Americans on 1870 census
Surrounding Counties:
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RESOURCES for YAZOO COUNTY
COURT RECORDS
These records can
be obtained through your local Family History Center
Marriage
Records & Bonds 1845 - 1917
Chancery Court Records
1833 - 1948
Deed Records 1824
- 1886
Will Books 1833 -
1908
Probate Records 1834
- 1870
LOOK-UPS AVAILABLE
If you own or have access to any of these publications
and are willing to do look-ups please contact me.
Title and Author
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Look-ups available
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Yazoo County Story
by the Yazoo Historical Association
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Yazoo It's Legends & Legacies
by H. DeCell & J.A. Prichard
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Betty
Aron Schneider
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Roster & Sketches of Military
Companies
by Waller Printing Co.
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Yazoo County, Mississippi Pioneers
by Betty Couch Wiltshire
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Betty
Aron Schneider
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History of Yazoo County
by Betty Couch Wiltshire
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Betty
Aron Schneider
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Yazoo County, MS - 1850 Census &
Marriages
by Diane Fyans Roos
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Trinity Church - Sesquicentennial
History of the
Episcopal Church in Yazoo County, MS
by Robert G. Certain
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Yazoo County
by Yazoo County Chamber of Commerce
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ADDRESSES
Chancery Clerk
(Deed, Probate,
Custody and Divorce Records)
211 E. Broadway
Yazoo City, MS
39194
662-746-2661
Circuit Clerk
(Marriage, Voting,
and Criminal Trial Records)
211 E. Broadway
Yazoo City, MS
39194
662-746-1872
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Ricks Memorial Library
310 N. Main St.
Yazoo City, MS
39194-4253
662-746-5557
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The Yazoo Library, Yazoo Library Association
has began a process of creating a county archives at the library. The
Circuit Court record packets dating back to 1859 to to about 1890 are currently
being organized and indexed by number name etc. The had been in basement
of courthouse crammed in a hallway for 80 years.
We also have 1880-1910 approx. chattel deeds and other volumes of civil war
service records bound volumes yet to be indexed.
As time and space allow volumes stored at old School in County will
be moved to our facility and a list will be compiled. The 19th
century items have been moved into a dry room in the old school until they
can be moved.
Volunteers visiting the area are welcomed to help index.
Sincerely
Paul Cartwright
Director
B.S. Ricks Memorial Library
Yazoo Library Association
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Yazoo Historical
Museum
332 N. Main St.
Yazoo City, MS
39194-4253
662-746-2273
Yazoo County
Chamber of Commerce
211 E. Broadway
St
Yazoo City, MS
39194-4548
662-746-1273
Yazoo Newspaper
Co.
Box #-720
Yazoo City, MS
39194-0720
662-746-4911
Reseach Materials and
Books Available for Purchase
"Family Maps of Yazoo County, Mississippi:
Deluxe Edition", by Gregory A.Boyd, allows family history researchers,
for the first time ever, to easily learn where their ancestors' Yazoo County
land is located, and WHO THEIR NEIGHBORS WERE! This is an important
book to anyone interested in Yazoo County history or the history of its
families.
The book is
published by Arphax Publishing Co. (www.arphax.com)
of Norman, Oklahoma, and a link to "Family
Maps of Yazoo County" can be clicked on from
their front-page.
It costs $39.95 for the spiral-bound book, which can be
purchased
through Arphax's web-store or by mail (they have mail-in forms on
their web-site) or phone (1-800-681-5298).
A library-edition (hardbound) is also available for $54.99.
"Family Maps of Yazoo County, Mississippi" is 408 pages in length,
with 119 total maps. There are 3 maps for each
of the 38 Congressional townships that
make up Yazoo County.
Each Township has a Patent Map, Patent Index, Road
Map, and a Map
called a "Historical Map", which includes Waterways, Watercourses & Railroads. The Road
and Historical Maps also include the City-centers and cemeteries that can
be found at www.NationalAtlas.gov.
There is also
a Surname/Patent Index and a Surname/Township Index to help
you dive
into the right area of the County. Included Appendices identify
multi-Patentee
buying groups and also list the numerous Aliquot (section)
parts you
might find.
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About
Yazoo County -
Yazoo County was
established January 21, 1823 as the state's 19th county and is the
largest county in Mississippi. Yazoo County covers about 1,018 square
miles (625,000 acres), most of which is used for farming. Situated
in the west central part of the state, the county has some of the most
fertile soil in Mississippi. Yazoo, an Indian name meaning "death",
was formed from part of the territory acquried
from
the Choctaws in 1820; also known as the "New Purchase".
After the acquisition
of the Choctaw land, Yazoo County was quickly settled; mostly by pioneers
from
older
parts of Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, North & South
Carolina, and Tennessee.
The first seat
of justice, Beattie's Bluff, was located on the Big Black river,
twelve or fifteen miles
northwest
of the present day site of Canton, Ms. In 1829, the county seat was
moved to Benton, and Beattie's Bluff died out.
Benton, incorporated
in 1836, became a place of importance in the 1830's and early 1840's.
Surnames
of
some of the early settlers of the area include: Holt, Burrus, Harden,
Grayson, Battle, Miles, Morough, Hagerman, Williamson, Yandell, Rawlins,
O'Reilly, Fisher, Jennings, McGaughey, & Blundell.
The present day
county seat, Yazoo City, was settled by pioneers in 1824. First called
Hannan's Bluff by government surveyors, it later became Manchester
(named for Manchester, England) and changed to Yazoo City in 1839.
In 1849 Yazoo city became the county seat leaving Benton to shrink and
in the early 1900's Benton had less than 300 people.
Located on the
left bank of the Yazoo river, Yazoo City is the largest town in Yazoo
County. In the early 1900's Yazoo city was a town ideal for commerce.
It's easy access to railroads and the Yazoo & Mississippi rivers
made it a center for shipping cotton and timber.
Yazoo City's first
newspaper was the "Political Progress" established in 1829. In 1831,
the name was changed to the "Manchester Whig" and later was called
the "Yazoo Banner". The "Yazoo Democrat"
was
edited in 1844 by Major Ethelbert Barksdale and James Clark formed the
"Yazoo City Hearld" after
the
Civil War.
Yazoo City burned
twice before 1905. The first time was by General Arthur in 1864.
After the war, Yazoo City was rebuilt only to burn again in 1904,
by the worst fire in state history. The entire business district
and
some residential areas were burned to the ground, courtesy of a witch,
according to local legend.
Yazoo City has
had its share of hard times. The city was hit hard twice by Yellow
Fever. Epidemics in 1853 and 1878 killed many residents and often
entire families. The area also flooded twice before 1930. Once in
1882 and later during the historic flood of 1927 which caused widespread
sickness and property damage.
The information
above was taken from:
Mississippi
planned and edited by Dunbar Rowland; Vol 11, 1907
Hometown
Mississippi compiled by James F. Brieger. Second edition, 1980
History of the USGenWeb Project
In March and April,
1996, a group of genealogists organized the
Kentucky Comprehensive Genealogy Database. The idea was to
provide
a single entry point for all counties in Kentucky,
where collected databases would be stored.
In addition, the databases would be indexed and cross-linked,
so that even if an individual were found in more than one
county,
they could be located in the index. At the same time,
volunteers were found
who were willing to coordinate the collection of databases and
generally oversee the contents of the web page. That is how
this project was started, and it is an invaluable resource to
researchers.
If you would like to
participate by adopting a county, volunteering for one of special projects,
or adding your information with other researchers, please contact either
State Coordinator Everette Carr <msgenweb.sc@gmail.com>
Assistanct State Coordinator Bill White <mississippiasc@gmail.com>
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