Mississippi Choctaw Indians - List of Mississippi Choctaw Indians who received Scrip in the 1830's (jjh)

Biographies and Historical Photos-Carpenter/Jackson family Bios (jjh)

March 12, 2010

Biographies and Historical Photos-Posted new photos of Downtown Carrollton, Mississippi street scenes and churches. (jjh)

Query - Added - Hawkins

March 10, 2010

Noted:  Complete overhaul of site completed.  Includes reformatting and linking all website pages, and correction of links due to move of MSGW to own dedicated site. (jjh)

May 2, 2007

Vital Records - Updated 1800 - 1900 Marriage Records - Added Smith Surname Grooms.

April 20, 2007

Query - Added - McPherson, Hawkins, Stanford

Vital Records - Updated 1870-79 Marriages

Cemeteries - Updated Harmony, King-Mason, Midway

Biographies and Historical Photos- Added King

Obituaries - Added the following obituaries: Magee/McGee,  Snell

January 16, 2007

Query - Added - Durbin, Smith, Howard, Yelvington, Pittman, Lott, Grantham, Dunn, Noel, Cooner, Stone, Walls

Vital Records - Added marriages of Barrentine/Forgay, Barrentine/Overstreet, Barrentine, Harrell, Barrentine/Herring, and Holly/Stone

September 24, 2006

Cemeteries -

Updated Durant/Mizpah and Franklin (Thanks to Dudley Rinicker)

September 22, 2006

Cemeteries -

Updated Pisgah and Pettigrew (Thanks to Dudley Rinicker)

August 28, 2006

Biographies and Historical Photos- William Devotie Billingsley

August 13, 2006

Query - Added Gooch

August 9, 2006

Query - Added Faris, George

Biographies and Historical Photos- H.D. Shaw, H.W. Butt

August 5, 2006

Query - Added Burton, Brown, Moses, Ward, Weeks, York, Trotter, Nolan, Wimberly, Miley, Carpenter, Gaines, Fleming, Strickland, Muirhead, Stovall

Biographies and Historical Photos- Hobart D. Shaw Home

February 20, 2006

Census Records- The first 24 pages of the 1860 Free Census has been uploaded thanks to John Hansen and Stephanie Jones

February 10, 2006

Query - Added Glenn

February 6, 2006

Pioneer Families - added Minyard

January 28, 2005

Query - Added Graves, Minga

Vitals - Added Marriage Certificate of Newman/Young in 1909

January 14, 2005

Query - Added the McCrary Research Project

January 7, 2005

Query - Updated Pace query; Added following Surnames: Brown, Keyes, Pace, Pogue, Hodges, Beam

Cemeteries - Updated Jones

December 26, 2005

Query - Added following Surnames:  Jackson, Wright, White

Obituaries - Added the following obituaries:

Cemeteries -

Added Black Hawk Baptist Cemetery

July 26, 2005

Land Records - Added Deed Book A, Index 

June 4, 2005

Query - Added following Surnames:  McCain, Howard, Posey, Mattox, Marshall, Bryan, Tillman, Pruitt, Carroll, Dutarte, Eubanks

 Obituaries - Added the following obituaries: Fleet Smith and Mattie Smith

January 25. 2004

Cemeteries - Thanks to Dudley Rinicker and his dedication to canvassing cemeteries, added updates and new cemeteries transcriptions for the following: 

New Jerusaleum Baptist and Old Bluff Spring

Military- Added Civil War Unit rosters for the several more units:

January 5, 2005

Military- Added Civil War Unit rosters for the following units:

1st Mississippi Regiment Cavalry Reserves

1st Battalion Mississippi Sharpshooters

2nd Battallion Mississippi Cavalry Reserve

25th Regiment Mississippi Infantry

Armistead's Company

January 2, 2005

Military- Added Civil War Unit rosters for the following units:

3rd Battallion Miss Cavalry Reserve, Co. A

6th Battallion Miss Cavalry Reserve, Co A

28th Regiment, Miss Cavalry, Co's. A, B, and I

January 2, 2005

Military- Added Civil War Unit rosters for 5th Miss. Regiment, Cavalry;  Company's A, B, C, and D.

January 1, 2005

Military- Added Civil War Unit rosters for 3rd Miss. Regiment, Infantry Minute Men, State Troops Company's B and C.

December 31, 2004

Military- Added Civil War Unit rosters for 4th Miss. Infantry, Company's C, E, and H.

November 18, 2004

Biographies - Added biography of John Jackson Brown, by Norman Brown

November 14, 2004

Query - Added following Surnames:  Hawkins, Fowler, Nail 

Cemeteries - Thanks to Dudley Rinicker and his dedication Applewhite and Mt. Olive has been updated.

October 30, 2004

Query - Added following Surnames:  Ball, Ballard, Gibson, Rozell, Shelton, Taylor 

October 25. 2004

Cemeteries - Thanks to Dudley Rinicker and his dedication to canvassing cemeteries, added updates and new cemeteries transcriptions for the following:  Nelson-Scott Family Cemetery and Kimbrough Cemetery, Providence Baptist, and Oakwood; Hansbrough, Longview, and Sylvan Hall

October 23. 2004

Cemeteries - Thanks to Dudley Rinicker and his dedication to canvassing cemeteries, added updates and new cemeteries transcriptions for the following:  Emmons Family, Friendship Hard Shell Baptist, Teoc, Malmaison, and Salem Cemeteries

August 6. 2004

Query - Added following Surnames:  Roy

July 24, 2004

Military- Added Civil War Units: 5th Miss. Co. C;  29th Miss. Co. G

July 23, 2004

Query - Added following Surnames:  Dunn, Heifner, Terrell, Sullivan, Griffin 

Obituaries - Added the following obituaries: Davis, Taylor, Perkins, Baskerville

Wills- Added the following: Geren (2), Lucas, Beasley, Smith

July 21, 2004

Query - Added following Surnames:  Hardin, Gardner, Smith, Shaddox, Stevens, Neal, Davis, 

Surnames - Added the following: Ramey, Scott, Merrill, Bush

Obituaries - Added the following obituaries: Cox

Military- Added 1899 Reunion Photo of 22nd Miss. Regt.

May 29, 2004

Historical Photo's - Added photograph of Merrill Store (1834)

February 15, 2004

Query - Added following Surnames:  Aston, Brazeal, Brown, Browning, Martin, McCain, Powers, Sanders, Stovall, Talbott, Wood, Wooten. 

January 2, 2004

Cemeteries- Added locations for Durbin Family Cemetery and Kea Cemetery.

Query - Added following Surnames:  Heath 

Military- Added Mexican War (1846) Units.

December 30, 2003

Obituaries - Added the following obituaries- Nellie Harris, Evelyn Gregg Smith, James George Jr., David Noah Hunt, Richard Hammond Jr., Nobia Herndon, Charles Swinton Minyard, Norine Mullen, Larry Gail Norman, Joseph Simpson Sr., Henry Lee Thomas, Imogene Campbell Gibbs, Willie Belma Heath, Perry Jackson, Jiles Thomas Carpenter, Lavern Jones DuBard, Leroy Turner, Joe Armstrong

December 12, 2003

Query - Added following Surnames:  Baskins, Bowers, Holley, Pace, Rosenthall, Salley, Sims, Swims 

Obituaries - Added the following obituaries- Humphrey, Long, Stokes, White.

December 2, 2003

Church - Added location/description of Carroll County Church's.

Towns -  Added location/description of Carroll County Populated areas.

November 29, 2003

Cemeteries - Added description location of Watson Cemetery

November 24, 2003

Will Index - Will of William M. Smith

Cemetery Records - Updated Listing for Oak Grove Cemetery (Thanks Dudley).

November 21, 2003

Land Records - Over the next few weeks, the Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office records for Carroll County will be uploaded for your use.  The complete listing has been downloaded and is being compiled.  Some records are now on-line, and this will be completed shortly.. 

November 11, 2003

Vitals - Added a compilation of death records gathered from Rootsweb Social Security Death Index specifically for Carroll County, Mississippi.  This list is all of the SSDI Records of individuals whose last known address is listed as Carroll County.  A total of 2,715 records dated from 1966 to 2002. 

November 7, 2003

Query - Added following Surnames:  Amos, Cohen, Hamon, Johnson, Lancaster, McCain, Morris, Pullen, and Taylor. 

Biographies - Added biographies for Samuel P. Johnson and Family

October 11, 2003

History - Added historical maps of Carroll County- 1839 - 1864 - and 1888. 

October 2, 2003

Query - Added following Surnames:  Applewhite, Arthur, Blow, Bryan, Dupree, Kemp, Marshall, Richardson, Watt, Williams 

Biographies - Added biographies for William James Woodell, William James Smith, Rowland Clark

September 8, 2003

Tax, Court, Wills - Added the Tax, Court, and Will records back on-line from what had previously been posted.

Query - Added onsite- the 1860 Slave Holders Census Schedule and Surname Matches.

September 6, 2003

Query - Added onsite- the 1860 Slave Holders Census Schedule and Surname Matches.

September 1, 2003

Query - Surnames Added - Duke.

August 29th, 2003

Query - Surnames Added - Fatheree and Rouse.

August 26th, 2003

Lookups - Added Volunteer Lookups for Land and Taxes, and Probate and Wills.

August 25th, 2003

Surnames - Added Cain, Williams, Dumas and McClurg with Williams query various queries.

August 22nd, 2003

Links- Added several new link categories to the Links page, including Carroll County Links, Mississippi Links, MSGen Links, Native American Research Links, Beginners Links, and Addresses Links.

Published Resources- Added Carroll County Family History Book Index.

August 21st, 2003

Cemeteries- Added a Comprehensive cemetery listing page, with location descriptions, and links to online location maps.

August 19th, 2003

Queries- Added Surnames: King, Benthall, Wright

Cemeteries- Updated Mout Olive Cemetery

August 18th, 2003

Cemeteries- Added - Redditt Family Cemetery.

August 15th, 2003

Biographies- Added - the biographies of John Clark, Rowland Clark, and William James Smith to the Biographies page..

August 15th, 2003

Cemeteries- Added - A comprehensive Listing page.

August 11th, 2003

Pioneers- Added a Pioneer Page, check below for special projects.

Resources- Added a Resource Page, check below for special projects.

August 10th, 2003

Military- Added additional Unit Musters for Carroll County, and also added a resources link page.

August 9th, 2003

Cemeteries- Added : Gant Cemetery; Gerenton Cemetery; Gilbert Family Cemetery; Grantham Cemetery; Greenwood Cemetery; Hansbrough Family Cemetery; Harbin Cemetery; Harlan Family Cemetery; Heggie Cemetery; Heggie Cemetery #2; Hemmingway Cemetery; Holman Family Cemetery; Howard-Howse Cemetery; Johnston Cemetery; Kent Cemetery; Kent #2 Cemetery; Key Cemetery; Kimbrough Cemetery; Kirby Cemetery; Lawrence Cemetery; Long Family Cemetery; Longview Cemetery; Loving or Floyd Cemetery; Malmaison Cemetery; Marvin Cemetery; McCarley Cemetery; McDougal Cemetery; McKay Cemetery; Meek Cemetery; Minyard or Blow Cemetery; Mission Church Cemetery; Morris Cemetery; Mt. Olive Baptist Cemetery; Mt. Vernon Cemetery; Nebo Cemetery; Neill Family Cemetery; Nelson-Scott Family Cemetery; Newell Cemetery; New Hope Cemetery #2; New Shiloh Baptist Cemetery; Oakwood Cemeter (Partial); Evergreen Cemetery (Partial) 

August 8th, 2003

Vital Records- Marriages- Added the following categories:

1800-1849; 1850-1859; 1860-1869; 1870-1879; 1880-1889; 1890-1899; 1900-1920.

Churchs Added:  Carrolton Baptist Church

Cemeteries Added:  Allen; Allen #2; Bibb Cemetery; Boyd Cemetery; Brantley Cemetery; Browning Cemetery; Bush Cemetery; Drake Burying Ground; Collin Cemetery; Ebenezer Cemetery; Edmond Greer Cemetery; Emmons Family Cemetery; Everett Cemetery; Oak Grove Cemetery; Old Bluff Spring Cemetery; Pate Family Cemetery; Pettigrew Cemetery; Pisgah Cemetery; Prospect Baptist Cemetery;  Prospect Baptist Church Cemetery; Sidon Cemetery; Teoc Presbyterian Church Cemetery; Tindall Cemetery; Troxler Family Cemetery; White Family Cemetery; Williams; WWWhitehead Family Cemetery; and Wiltshire Family Cemetery.

August 1st, 2003

Military- Added Unit rosters for 11th Miss., Co. K; 15th, Miss. Co. B; 15th Miss, Co., E; and Applewhite's Vaiden Guards; 22nd Miss. Inf., Co. G- Black Hawk Rifles

Vitals- Added Smith Burials for Carroll County

July 31st, 2003

Cemeteries- Added Ferguson, Fielder, Fox, and Friendship Prim. Bapt.

July 26th, 2003

Cemeteries- Added Applewhite and Bethel CME

Surnames - Added various queries.

Census Records- Added Smith's 1850, 1860, and 1870 Census.

Jul 13, 2003

- Added a new surname to the Genealogical Queries and Family Surname Registry page.

Surname Howell.

- Added our first (of many more to come..) African-American cemetery listing to the Churches and Cemeteries of Carroll County page.

Jeff Chapel CME church cemetery, contributed by our newest volunteer, Harold Smith!

A great big thank you to Harold for his interest in adding African-American resources to the Carroll County web site.

- Added 12 new and updated Printed and Media-based resources to the Volunteer Lookups page.

African-Americans in the 1870 U.S. Census,   1870 Carroll County Federal Census,   1880 Carroll County Federal Census,   1900 Carroll County Federal Census,   1910 Carroll County Federal Census,   1920 Carroll County Federal Census,   1930 Carroll County Federal Census,   1880 U.S. Federal Index and Census,   1850 Carroll County Slave Schedule,   1860 Carroll County Slave Schedule,   1910 Mississippi U.S. Federal Census Index,   1910 African-Americans in the U.S. Federal Census.

And another big thank you to our newest volunteer, Harold Smith, for volunteering his time and resources to help our visitors to the site!!

Jul 12, 2003

- Added a new resource to the Federal, State, County Enumeration Data page.

1835 Mississippi Federal Pension Report

Mississippi residents receiving pension as of 1835 for service in the Revolutionary War and War of 1812.

Jul 9, 2003

- Added a new obituary to the Obituaries of Carroll County Residents page.

Obituary of Charles Stanford Leflore, submitted by Lynne Trammel.

Jul 6, 2003

- Added 11 new surnames to the Genealogical Queries and Family Surname Registry page.

Surnames King, Carter, Miller, Downs, Bozeman, Tullos, Barrentine, Ratliff, Johnson, McCorkle, Cain..

Jul 1, 2003

- Added a new surname to the Genealogical Queries and Family Surname Registry page.

Surname Jones.

Jun 28, 2003

- Added a new biography to the Biographies and Photos of Carroll County Ancestors page.

Lee McMillan Biography, contributed by Lynne Trammel.

Jun 27, 2003

- Added a new media-based resource to the Volunteer Lookup Resources page.

1850 Census Index CD - covers all states enumerated on the 1850 Federal Census. Index lists Head of Household, state, county, district and page number.

A big thank you to our newest volunteer, Norman Brown, for volunteering his time and resource to benefit our visitors! (Note: If you use this resource and don't have access to the actual census microfilm or images, I would be happy to locate the information for you. Just e-mail the County Coordinator with the name and details and I'll retrieve the information.)

- Added 4 new surnames and 2 new queries to the Genealogical Queries and Surname Registry page.

Surnames Brown, Carpenter, Miller, Rowe.

June 24, 2003

- Added the (finally completed!) 1840 Federal Census to the Federal, State and County Enumerations page.

This is a complete transcription of the first available federal census for Carroll County, containing 779 heads of household with over 10,000 enumerated residents including free blacks and slaves. Each Head of Household links to a text file with complete enumeration data.

June 23, 2003

- Added a new, completely updated cemetery index to the Churches and Cemeteries of Carroll County, Mississippi page.

Vaiden Cemetery is now online. Dudley Rinicker has updated all burials in this cemetery through May, 2003. The complete index is over 1400 burials!

Again, I thank Dudley for his hard work on this completely new update to the Vaiden Cemetery. It contains many, many new burials since the last published index, and should be a great benefit to those of us seeking death information for family buried there.

- Added a new page for Historical Photos of Carroll County.

A special thank you to Lynne Trammel for our first submission to this new page!

This is a very interesting photo of an unidentified early 1900s event on the lawn of the Carrollton courthouse. Pictured are many local residents, including several Confederate Veterans.

Please take a look at this wonderful photo and see if you can identify the event or anyone in the photo.

May 20, 2003

- Added a new surname query to the Genealogical Queries and Surname page.

Surname TAYLOR

May 17, 2003

- Added 5 new obituaries to the Obituaries of Carroll County Residents page.

A big thank you to Teresa Randall Bransby for extracting these obituaries and sharing them with us!

Surnames Randall, Carpenter, Knapp.

May 13, 2003

- Added a new cemetery to the Churches and Cemeteries of Carroll County, Mississippi page.

We thank our good friend, Dudley Rinicker, for indexing and contributing the New Salem cemetery to our online database!

- Added 9 new obituaries to the Obituaries of Carroll County Residents page.

A big thank you to Teresa Randall Bransby for extracting these obituaries and sharing them with us!

Surnames Beckwith, Bowers, Cohron, DuBard, Hughes, Lott, Shirley, Shute, Slocum.

May 12, 2003

- Added a new family history to the Biographies and Photos of Carroll County Ancestors page.

Shute Family of Black Hawk, contributed by Teresa Randall Bransby.

- Added 32 new obituaries to the Obituaries of Carroll County Residents page.

A big thank you to Cathy Sanford and Teresa Randall Bransby for their hard work on extracting these obituaries and sharing them with us!

Surnames King, Cuomo, Walker, Ramage, Pickens, McKinney, Howard, Baker, Randall, Shelbon, Duggins, Yelverton, Robertson, Stoutmire, Blount, Eckles, Melton, Montgomery, Smith, Wilson, Long, Horne, Briscoe, Kent, Jones, Hurst, Meriwether, Berryman, Andrews, Mullen, Cox.

May 11, 2003

- Added a new link to the Carroll County Resources page.

Wimberly and Sanders of Mississippi - a great site with family information on these families of Carroll County by Cathy Sanders Sanford.

- Added two new cemeteries to the Churches and Cemeteries of Carroll County, Mississippi page.

A very special thank you to Dudley Rinicker for indexing and contributing Hairston and McEachern cemeteries to our online database!

- Updated online cemetery data with new data for these cemeteries: Black Hawk, Coila, Centerville, Calvary Baptist, Bluff Springs, Enon Methodist, Liberty Baptist, Michie, Midway Methodist, Shiloh Baptist, Old Plank Methodist, Old Salem, Old Union Church of Christ, Valley Hill Methodist.

And another very special thank you to Teresa Randall Bransby for her hard work on updating these cemeteries!

- Added new family surnames and queries to the Family Surname and Queries page.

Wiltshire, Hannah, Beard, O'Keefe, Chadwick, Reed, Jackson, Randall, Mims, Shute, Cooley, Sudduth, Snell, Fisher, Bell, Rico, Matthews, Standley, Harlan, Evans, Lee, Weeks, Moore, Blount, Layne, Gould, Smith, Buchanan.

Apr 24, 2003

- Added new surnames and research queries to the Family Surname Registry and Queries page.

Surnames Caldwell, Carroll, Collins, Cox, Cummins, Latham, Mullen, Randle, Sanders, Whatley.

- Updated cemetery listing for Harmony Baptist Cemetery.

A big thank you to Teresa Randall Bransby for her hard work on this.

- Added several new obituaries to the Obituaries of Carroll County Residents page.

Apr 23, 2003

- Added 4 new Volunteer Lookup Resources.

A big thank you to our volunteer Cathy Sanford for offering lookups from these new resources:

Carroll County, Mississippi Estate Records 1840-1869 with Freedmen Apprenticeships
Carroll County, Mississippi: History and Families
Letters from Forest Place: A Plantation Family's Correspondence, 1846-1881
Cemeteries of Grenada County, Mississippi and Surrounding Areas

- Added 3 new cemeteries to the online cemeteries database.

Shute cemetery, indexed and contributed by Teresa Randall Bransby; Blackmonton cemetery, indexed and contributed by Dudley Rinicker and Bethlehem cemetery, indexed and contributed by D. Jack Robinson are now online.

- Added 3 new biographies/memoirs to the Biographies and Photos page.

Many thanks to Donna Felts Grogan for these new biographies.

Apr 15, 2003

- Added a new cemetery to the online cemeteries database.

Streater cemetery, indexed and contributed by Dudley Rinicker, is now online.

Apr 14, 2003

- Added a new cemetery to the online cemeteries database.

Coleman cemetery, indexed and contributed by Dudley Rinicker, is now online.

- Added a new Volunteer to the Volunteer Lookup Resources page.

A big thank you to Cathy Sanford for volunteering her time to do lookup requests from her printed resources.

- Added 7 new family surnames to the Queries and Family Surname Registry.

Apr 12, 2003

- Added a new cemetery to the online cemeteries database.

Mount Nebo Baptist cemetery, indexed and contributed by Dudley Rinicker, is now online.

- Added a new church historical sketch to the Churches of Carroll County database.

Mount Nebo Baptist church, contributed by Dudley Rinicker, compiled from Mississippi Baptist Association records.

Apr 11, 2003

- Added 3 new Volunteer Lookup Resources!

A million, gazillion thanks to Dudley Rinicker for offering his time and resources to provide lookups for the 1850, 1870 and 1880 Carroll County Federal Census!

As I am sure you've noticed, Dudley has been a regular contributor to the Carroll County online cemetery database. His efforts are immensely appreciated.

- Added new surnames to the Queries and Family Surname Registry.

Apr 10, 2003

- Added 23 new cemeteries to the Churches and Cemeteries of Carroll County page.

These cemetery transcriptions and photos were contributed by Dudley Rinicker, Teresa Randall Bransby and Frank Marshall.

Apr 6, 2003

- Updated Obituaries of Carroll County Residents

Added obituaries for Audrey Ola TACKETT and William J. WATTS.

Apr 5, 2003

- Updated Surname Registry and Queries

Updated Surname Registry and Queries with several new surnames.

Apr 1, 2003

- Updated Surname Registry and Queries

Updated Surname Registry and Queries with several new surnames.

Mar 30, 2003

- Updated Early County Settlements of Carroll County, Mississippi

Updated Early County Settlements of Carroll County, Mississippi with additional info.

Mar 29, 2003

- 1834 Carroll County State Tax Roll

The 1834 Carroll County State Tax Roll. This tax list of 1834 enumerates the original settlers of Carroll County, Mississippi.

- 1835 Personal Tax Roll

The 1835 Personal Tax Roll for residents of Carroll County, September 1, 1835.

Mar 27, 2003

- New Volunteer Lookup Resource Added

A regular visitor to the old site with deep roots in Carroll County, but presently living in DeSoto County, has volunteered to do lookup requests from her printed resource.

A big thank you to Teresa Randall Bransby for volunteering her time and resource.

- New Carroll County Resources Link

A new Carroll County resource link added, courtesy of David Young. This is a personal family history research page with YOUNG and BIRD surnames linked to Carroll County 1840s - 1850s.

Mar 26, 2003

- New Volunteer Lookup Resources Added

Five new printed resources available for lookup requests, courtesy of Bobie A. Panici, a new Carroll County web site Volunteer from Monee, Illinois.

We greatly appreciate Bobie's willingness to give of her time and resources.

March 23, 2003

- This site has a new look and format. I hope this change will make it easier to navigate to find the information you are searching for. If you should encounter any problems while browsing this site, please contact the Carroll County Administrator.

- World War I Civilian Draft Registrations

   5100+ records of men born between 1873 and 1900, living in or with connections to Carroll County, who registered during 1917-1918.

- Published Resources for Carroll County Research

   A list of books in print and other media on Carroll County history and research resources.

- Federal Mortality Schedules

   1850 - 1880 Federal Mortality Schedules for persons who died in Carroll County during the 12 month period prior to each census enumeration.

- Obituaries of Carroll County Residents

   A collection of obituaries taken from newspapers and other sources for persons living in or with connections to Carroll County, Mississippi.

Feb 22, 2003

- New County Coordinator