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Union
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P.
O. Box 846
219
King St.
New
Albany, MS 38652-0393
(622)
534-1991
Union
County Historical Society
and
Heritage Museum
P.
O. Box 657
New
Albany, MS 38652-0405
(662)
538-0014
Union
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E. Main St.
New
Albany, MS 38652
662-534-1900
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Brief
History: Union County was
established
July 7, 1870, during the reconstruction era, and was named so because
of
the union of parts of Pontotoc
and Tippah
Counties. In 1874, part of Lee County
was annexed to it, thus making its present land area of 412 square
miles.
Located in the northeastern part of the state in what is
currently
known as Furniture Country, it is a place where the culture and history
of the Deep South blend with today's progressive ideas.
Hernando DeSoto was reported to have crossed the Tallahatchie River at
the present site of New Albany on his first expedition.
Slightly north of New Albany, the present county seat, was the old
Indian
trading post of Alberson, called for the first citizen and trader at
the
place. Booker Foster and Moses Collins were merchants there in
the
early days, as were John N. Wiley, and Powers and Morgan, who
manufactured
wheat fans here from 1839 to 1844. Moses Collins built a good
grist
mill and sawmill in 1840, on the present site of New Albany, and the
business
of the older settlement soon moved to that place. Not even a
trace
of the old village is left. New Albany is on what is known as the
"Pontotoc Ridge," the highest land in the state and has a rich farming
country all about it. Wallerville, Blue Springs and Myrtle are
other
villages in the county. The streams are the Tallahatchie River,
which
runs through the center of the county, and its tributary creeks the
Oconitahatchie,
Wilhite, Locks, Lappatubba, and Jones; the head streams of the West
Fork
of the Tombigbee River take their rise in the eastern part of the
county.
The
first courthouse was a large frame building at the west end of Cotton
Street,
in New Albany. In 1872, a new, two-story brick courthouse was
built
on the present courthouse block. The courthouse was destroyed by
fire on October 28, 1881, along with all the county records accumulated
since 1870. A new courthouse was built in 1882, but was found
inadequate
for the needs of the county offices so it was demolished and the
cornerstone
for a new building was laid September 5, 1908. The present
courthouse, known for it's beautiful copper roof with it's soaring
golden
eagle, was completed on June 2, 1909.
Union
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County Message Boards by Rootsweb
Archived
Queries
Surnames
Lookups
Deed
Books 2 & 3
Photographs
of Union County
Family
Linage and Union County Family Pages
Union
County Bible Records
Union
County Gravestones Now Complete!!!
Cemeteries
in Union County Locations
and pictures
Church
Records
Marriage
Records
New
Albany City Page
Civil War Information
Notable
People from Union County
Obituaries
Old
Letters
Places
in Union County
Useful
Neighboring County Links
1850
Pontotoc Co. Census
1860
Pontotoc Co. Census
1840
Tippah County Census
1850
Tippah County Census
1866
Tippah County State Census
Marriages
Performed by Rev. Jesse T. Cox
Tippah
County Confederates Page
Tippah
County Land Patents
Company
E of the 43rd MS Infantry
Company
E of the 43rd MS Infantry Roster
Civil
War
African
Heritage Links
MSGenWeb-
African American Resources
Slave
Voices: Duke University Special Collections
International
Society of Sons and Daughters of
Slave Ancestry
0ther
Research Links
Mississippi
Libraries Online
Bureau
of Land Management Land Patents Site
Mississippi
Civil War WWW Board Great
links for searchin!
Pioneer
Publishing Company
Many MS books to purchase!
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