Family history centers family history centers serving calhoun county. This site is privately owned and is not an official site of familysearch international or the church of jesus christ of latterday saints lds. Calhoun county, mississippi, was established by legislative act of march 8, 1852. History after the first oneday event in 1839, future fairs began to focus on sharing advances to area farmers. Calhoun, member of the united states senate from south carolina.
The original story appeared in the calhoun county monitor on june 4, 1903. Mississippi highway 9 runs through the center of the town, leading north 6 miles 10 km to pittsboro, the county seat, and 10 miles 16 km north to bruce. This goldtone medallion measures 3 by 2 12and is surrounded by a holly leaves and berries wreath with bow. Hartford, calhoun county, mississippi, 1891 mississippi. The courthouse at pittsboro, built in 1856 burned december 22, 1922, along with all records. Five books of land abstracts were saved out of the fire from the chancery clerks office. Our directory is compiled by the staff of the calhoun county clerk and register of deeds office. The political graveyard calhoun county facts and information.
Calhoun and bounded on the north by lafayette county, on the east by chickasaw county, on the south by. Davis, lawrence brasher, christopher orr, john hunter, and james mccrory were members. Excerpts about calhoun city history are taken from countys story editors notethe following are excerpts from studies in mississippi history, course 312. For further information or assistance, please feel free to call our office at 269 7810707. The calhoun county road department ccrd directly maintains and repairs 87 bridges and more than 1,300 miles of county roads. Please submit your calhoun county, mississippi marriage records for researchers to share. Calhoun county resources from the folks at epodunk. Most of the information given here is extracted from monette morgan youngs book, the cherry hill poplar springs reid community in calhoun county, mississippi. List of books and articles about mississippi history. First session book of the oldest presbyterian church in mississippi, journal of. There is little information on singing in this early period, but in 1831, singers at natchez churches sang urban music printed in round notes. Calhoun city mississippi community cookbook project the.
The county court house was destroyed by fire on december 22, 1922 all recoreds were destroyed. Microfilmed records can be found online at mississippi probate records, 17811930. Heres a little about the fairs history, plus a look ahead to fair week and some of the exciting things you can enjoy at the calhoun county fair. A devastating 1922 courthouse fire all too common in the state destroyed all county records except for five land abstract books, some of which date back to 1852. Carla was elected in 2016 as calhoun countys first female property appraiser.
Calhoun county, ms phone book find people in calhoun county. Full text of history of calhoun county and its people up. C2 s3 general history shelton cemetery, mississippi genealogical exchange, june 1974. The road departments primary responsibility is to provide reasonably safe roads through. Calhoun county mississippi genealogy and history presented. Calhoun city, mississippi simple english wikipedia, the. Genealogy trails history group calhoun county vital records source. Calhoun county vital records can be found at the mississippi department of health which has copies of birth and death records after 1912, marriage and a. After the sale, many choctaws migrated to present day oklahoma, but leflore stayed and became a politician. Pittsboro was established the same year by the board of police board of supervisors to be the county seat which was briefly at hartford. Calhoun county, located in the northcentral part of the state, was established march 8, 1852, during the administration of henry foote. Search the history of over 431 billion web pages on the internet.
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Created by the legislature december 18, 1832, from the land ceded by the treaty of cusseta, executed march 24, 1832. Carla trickey peacock, cfa, your property appraiser. Calhoun city won and was soon the largest city in calhoun county. Probate records are held by the calhoun county, mississippi genealogy clerk of court and are housed at the calhoun county, mississippi genealogy courthouse. Dec 31, 2017 when mississippi became a state in 1817, white settlement was confined to the gulf coast and the lower mississippi valley. Memories start two seconds ago and go back into our history. Google book search martha hipp dickson compiled records. Mississippi history research our parkers in chickasaw co mississippi. Calhoun county, mississippi genealogy familysearch wiki. Calhoun city genealogy 17 pittsboro genealogy 10 slate spring genealogy 6 vardaman genealogy 11 mississippi map. Calhoun county mississippi a pictorial history hardcover january 1, 1997 see all formats and editions hide other formats and editions price. Read about all the amazing surprises you could find and all the must see places. Guide to calhoun county, mississippi ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth. Calhoun city is located in southcentral calhoun county.
Mississippi historical societies at judge george w. Carla trickey peacock was born and raised in calhoun county, graduated from blountstown high school and attended chipola junior college. Clerk of the circuit court, chief election officer for the county, clerk of the jury board, registrar of vital records, files all copartnership and assumed name certificates, handles all tax redemptions, and is a. Calhoun county, mississippi free public records searches at black book online. Based on the 2010 census, the population was 14,962. The county clerk and register of deeds is elected every four years, as provided by the michigan constitution. Sarepta, calhoun county, mississippi community and family information thanks to martha h dickson, larry hellums, jesseyancy and others. In its prime it had several stores and other business and small manufacturing interests. Document collection jesse yancy blog items sarepta contributed much to calhoun history of sarepta by jesse l yancy additonal sarepta info.
American state, county, and town sources, third ed. Calhoun county, ms genealogical community, mississippi, genealogy family research,township history, cemetery listings, marriages, births, deaths, obits. See the wiki page mississippi probate records for information about how to use probate records. Quickfacts provides statistics for all states and counties, and for cities and towns with a population of 5,000 or more. Calhoun city is a town in calhoun county, mississippi, united states. Leflore county was created in 1871 from carroll, sunflower and tallahatchie counties and is the namesake of greenwood leflore.
The calhoun county courthouse photo which burned in 1922 is engraved on the front side. Mississippi, chickasaw deed records, deed book tt page 442. Instantly search across calhoun county ms tax records for immediate access to a comprehensive report on the property tax records, property appraiser, property owner information, mortgages on property, sales price, market values and more. Calhoun county, mississippi detailed profile houses. Calhoun county mississippi genealogy and history presented by. Mississippi highway 8 leads east from the center of town 8 miles km to vardaman and 18 miles 29 km to houston. Calhoun county comprises approximately 588 square miles of sand clay hills and rivercreek basins in north mississippi. Calhoun county mississippi historical and genealogical society. Our calhoun county tax records reports include crucial information all property buyers need. Easily find free criminal records, free court records, free arrest records, free arrest warrants search, free corporation records, free divorce records, free marriage records. Statewide collections are found on the mississippi land records page. The first board of supervisors met at hartford later called old town in may, 1852. The calhoun county courthouse is located in pittsboro, mississippi.
Photo of calhoun county, mississippi public group facebook. Calhoun county, mississippi simple english wikipedia, the. Senator from south carolina and prominent supporter of states rights calhoun county is bordered by lafayette county north, pontotoc county northeast, chickasaw county east, webster county south, grenada. In an endeavor to please our tax payers calhoun county revenue commission has two tax map sites that allow you to search for tax parcel info by parcel number, ppin, owner name and address. Hartford, the original seat of justice of calhoun county, is now extinct. This book was written and complied from contemporary accounts and from the. Calhoun county lost part of its original territory by the formation of cleburne, december 6, 1866, and etowah county december 7, 1866. The county is located between memphis and jackson along i55 and within close driving distance of oxford, tupelo, and many other north mississippi destinations. Calhoun, the us vice president and us senator from south carolina. Benton county was established on december 18, 1832, named for thomas hart benton, a member of the united states senate from missouri, with its. Featured texts all books all texts latest this just in smithsonian libraries fedlink us genealogy lincoln collection. Calhoun county was formed in 1852 by the mississippi legislature with land from chickasaw, lafayette and yalobusha counties. Bibles, biographies, cemeteries, census, genealogy, newspapers, obituaries, vitals. History of calhoun county, mississippi dennis murphree on.
Whether you are a first time traveler or avid visitor of this region of the world, this book is the perfect guide for you. Public records and phone records in calhoun county, ms free listings of calhoun county arrest records and reverse phone lookups. Excerpts about calhoun city history are taken from county s story editors notethe following are excerpts from studies in mississippi history, course 312. Located in northcentral mississippi on land historically populated by choctaw and chickasaw peoples, calhoun county was founded in 1852 and named for south carolina political leader john c. The duties of the clerk are prescribed by state statute and include. If you know of an calhoun county, mississippi marriage that is not on our list, please let us know. While no battles of any importance occurred in calhoun county, mississippi, leon burgess, in his m. A few tried and trusted recipes historical calhoun city about the. History of calhoun county, mississippi, book, 1904. Calhoun is also home to a ceremonial site from the late woodland period.
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Discover calhoun county, mississippi like you have never seen it before. This online directory is updated periodically as changes are reported to us. Mississippi state college for women, columbus, miss 19351936. Calhoun county calhoun county project of the msgenweb. Leflore was a choctaw chief and a signer of the treaty of 1830, in which the choctaw indians sold all their lands east of the mississippi river. Stevens and calhoun county, mississippi offers stevens account of a december skirmish in the north of the county. The christmas war in calhoun county mississippi sideboard.
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