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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.

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, Edwin Russell, R. E. Harthcock and you.

Map of Yazoo County

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About Yazoo County

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Yazoo County Message Board and Queries

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Article on Dover, Yazoo County, Mississippi, USA

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Yazoo County News Articles
contributed by you.

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Brief Biographies of Yazoo County Families
Do you have one you would like to contribute?

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Family Bible contributions
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Surnames and Researchers

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Submit your Yazoo County surname

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Please let me know  if you find an ID not working.
Thanks!

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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!

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Yazoo County Tax Lists 
1823 and 1825
Transcribed by Linda Walker Armstrong

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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".

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Yazoo Obituaries
Yazoo Obit Index from The Yazoo Herald

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History of Black Jack Bethel Church

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  Liverpool Landing

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Yazoo County Mailing List

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Yazoo and Mississippi Links

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Resources for Yazoo County

Marriage Records & Bonds 1845 - 1917 

Chancery Court Records 1833 - 1948 

Deed Records 1824 - 1886 

Will Books 1833 - 1908 

Probate Records 1834 - 1870 

Title and Author	Look-ups available
Yazoo County Story by the Yazoo Historical Association
Yazoo It's Legends & Legacies by H. DeCell & J.A. Prichard	Betty Aron Schneider Marsha Lungrin
Roster & Sketches of Military Companies by Waller Printing Co.
Yazoo County, Mississippi Pioneers by Betty Couch Wiltshire	Betty Aron Schneider
History of Yazoo County   by Betty Couch Wiltshire	Betty Aron Schneider
Yazoo County, MS - 1850 Census & Marriages by Diane Fyans Roos
Trinity Church - Sesquicentennial History of the Episcopal Church in Yazoo County, MS by Robert G. Certain
Yazoo County by Yazoo County Chamber of Commerce

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

Ricks Memorial Library  310 N. Main St. Yazoo City, MS 39194-4253  662-746-5557

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

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

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 

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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 the special projects, or adding your information with other researchers, please contact either  State Coordinator  Jeff Kemp  <kemp@netnitco.net> Assistanct State Coordinators Jackie Rhodes <kjrhodes@tycom.net> or Denise Wells <msgenasc@gmail.com>

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