Pontotoc County, Mississippi
Genealogy and History
Peggy A. Young,County CoordinatorJeff Kemp - State Coordinator Jackie Rhoodes - Assistant State Coordinator
Denise Wells - Assistant State Coordinator
Tuesday, 01-Dec-2009 04:07:50 MST
BOOKS ABOUT PONTOTOC COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
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FROM THESE HILLS - A HISTORY OF PONTOTOC COUNTY
Edited by Callie B. Young. This book has been in great demand. A third printing is provided by the Pontotoc Historical Society as a result of the many requests. The 701 page book is divided into five basic divisions:
- Part I: 1540-1832 Pioneer days to Chickasaw Treaty
- Part II : 1832-1865 County Organization to War Between the States
- Part III: 1865-1900 Reconstruction Days
- Part IV : 1900-present The New Century
- Part V : Old homes, pioneer families, churches, organizations, and other appendices.
- INDEX; 27 pages
For Mail Orders:
- Pontotoc Historical Society
- From These Hills
- P. O. Box 141
- Pontotoc, MS 38863
As of June 2, 2002 the price is $65.00 plus $5.00 shipping.
For local purchases contact:
- Chamber of Commerce
- Pontotoc County Library
- Sammie Jaggers, Hwy 15 Bypass , Pontotoc, MS
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Mae H. Owens, 115 North Brook , Pontotoc, MS
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Pontotoc County Cemetery Book
This book is an index of names of people buried in Pontotoc County Cemeteries. It is arranged by surname alphabetically and lists the name of the cemetery where each person was buried. It does not contain listings by cemetery. - Pontotoc Historical Society
- From These Hills
- P. O. Box 841
- Pontotoc, MS 38863
- The Chickasaw County, MS Pictorial History
- Chickasaw County Pictorial History Book
- P. O. Box 834
- Houston, MS 38851
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THE DESCENDANTS OF STEVEN W. YOUNG by Peggy A. Young Book includes families of Steve (CSA) and Mary Catherine Walls Young, (They had seven children who married into the Cannon's, McKenzie, and Knox Families). All of Calhoun County, MS, with some moving to Texas. Steve's son, Will's wife, Fanny Alsobrook Young was a descendant of the Easley's from Calhoun County, MS, AR and TX. Will and Fanny had fourteen children. These fourteen children married into the Davidson, Burgess, Haynes, Chrestman, Burts, Holley's, Collums, Smiths, Neal's, Jones, Brummitts, & Winters, To name a few.
Book may be purchased for $20.00, plus 2.50 shipping and handling from
- Peggy A. Young
- 377 Cooke Road
- Pontotoc MS. 38863
or ask for more information at peggy1@network-one.com
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MY VERSION OF COLLUMS CEMETERY Calhoun County, MS by Peggy Aron Young. In June of 1999, Mar'ka Bland, of which I would not have been able to do this without, and myself, began the endeavor of transcribing the contents or indexing the markers that are located in the Collums cemetery. My last entry was June 21, 2003. I am doing and/or have done, this booklet in Memory of my brother J. D. Aron, who is buried there. He was my Mom and Dad's first child. I was born some 15 years later on his birthdate, April 26. I have entered all information I and Mar'ka and families knew about the people buried there, and also compared notes with family history books from Chickasaw and Pontotoc Counties and have finally come up with my analysis of Collums Cemetery. Most likely no two copies will be the same, as, I update
when I visit the Cemetery. My lineage buried in Collums are: Aron, Overby, Barton, Collums, Swanson, Davidson, among others.
This is also available on Diskette saved as a Word Document. Book/Booklet is around 30 pages and is bound in loose leaf notebook, or folder. A picture of the Cemetery is included as a cover page. The book/booklet, or diskette may be purchased for $15.00 with no charge for shipping, from the following address:
- Peggy A. Young
- 377 Cooke Road
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Pontotoc MS. 38863
For Mail Orders:
It may be purchased at the Pontotoc County Historical Society Museum in Pontotoc. As of June 2, 2002 the price is $57.50 plus $5.00 shipping.
It is a nice, black, hardbound book (to match the two History books), containing around 240 pages and more than 1000 thousand pictures that reflect early life in Chickasaw County. A limited supply of the books is on hand for $49.50 each (plus $7.00 shipping & handling). These will be available at this price until Feb. 15, 2003, on a first come, first served basis. Send order & check to:
You may contact Libba Criddle at jec@midsouth.com.