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PUBLICATIONS FOR
SALE BY THE
GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF DESOTO COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
P. O. BOX 607, HERNANDO, MS 38632-0607
Phone: (662) 469-8495
DeSoto Descendants
Quarterly
Vol. 1 – 1982 thru Vol. 6 – 1988 Per Issue
$2.00, Per year $8.00
Vol. 7 – 1989 thru Vol. 12 – 1994 Per Issue
$3.50, Per year $14.00
Vol. 13 – 1995 thru Present Per
Issue $5.00, Per Year $20.00
1890 Replacement
Census for DeSoto County, Mississippi
Census
information is taken from 1890 educable children,
cemetery records.
Comparison of 1880 and 1900 Federal Census of Desoto
Co.
Book
#297
$20.00
1920 DeSoto
County, Mississippi Census Index
Includes
all members in household with Names, Age, and Sex.
Book #298 $40.00
1930 DeSoto
County, Mississippi Census Index
Includes
all members in household with Names, Age, and Sex.
Book #299 $50.00
Federal Census
Index of Five Counties in North Mississippi.
Transcribed by GSDC Members, Only white persons
abstracted.
1840 Index for DeSoto, Marshall, Panola, Tunica
Counties Each
County $ 5.00
1850 Index for DeSoto, Marshall, Panola, Tunica
Counties Each
County $ 7.00
1860 Index for DeSoto, Marshall, Panola, Tunica
Counties Each
County $ 8.00
1870 Index for DeSoto, Marshall, Panola, Tunica
Counties Each
County $ 8.00
1880 Index for DeSoto, Marshall, Panola, Tate, Tunica
Co. Each County
$ 8.50
1900 Index for DeSoto, Marshall, Panola, Tate, Tunica
Co. Each County
$ 9.00
1910 Index for DeSoto, Marshall, Panola, Tate, Tunica
Co. Each County
$ 9.00
1840 thru 1910 for DeSoto, Marshall, Panola and Tunica
Co Each Volume
$40.0
1880 thru 1910 for Tate
County
Each Volume $20.00
Agricultural
Census of DeSoto County for 1860
Abstracted by Louise Cox Fox. Gives agricultural status
of each farmer in DeSoto Co. and in what is now Tate Co.
Land value, number of livestock, bushels of wheat, corn,
pounds of butter, etc. 34 pages.
Book #242 $12.00
1850 DeSoto County
Slave Owners
Gives
Slave Owners’ name, Slave’s age, sex, race and date
census taken.
Book #226A $20.00
1860 DeSoto County
Slave Owners
Gives
Slave Owners’ name, Slave’s age, sex, race and date
census taken.
Book #226B $20.00
1850 Panola County
Slave Owners
Gives
Slave Owners’ name, Slave’s age, sex, and race.
Book #227A $20.00
1860 Panola County
Slave Owners
Gives
Slave Owners’ name, Slave’s age, sex, and race.
Book #227B $20.00
DeSoto County, Mississippi ~ White Marriages
Alphabetically listed by Groom and Bride. gives marriage
book number and page number.
Vol. I 1893 – 1923 Book #244
$25.00
Vol. II 1923 – 1930 Book #245
$25.00
Vol III 1931 – 1939 Book #246
$25.00
DeSoto County, Mississippi ~ Black Marriages
Alphabetical by Groom & Bride
Vol I 1866-1900 Book #247
$25.00 Abstracted by Ozell D. Scott 320pgs
Vol
II
1901-1920 Book #248 $25.00
Abstracted by GSDC members
Panola County,
Mississippi Early Marriages
Abstracted by Mary Jane Wilson and transcribed by Ozell
D. Scott
Marriages from both courthouses, Sardis and Batesville
in Panola County.
Also includes some marriages and obituaries abstracted
by Mrs. Wilson from old newspapers.
Full name index by both Bride and Groom. 130 pages.
Book #217 $28.00
DeSoto County
Death Notices
Abstracted by Mildred M. Scott from old county
newspapers, Mortality Schedules
and Court Records.
Many of these names do not appear in the Cemetery
Inscriptions as some
are buried in what is now Tate
County, MS.
In three (3) sections, listed alphabetically. 92 pages
Book #241 $16.00
Cemetery
Inscriptions of DeSoto County, Mississippi
Eighty-two (82) white cemeteries were surveyed 1983
through 1985 by the members of GSDC
Compiled and edited by J. B. Bell and Mildred M. Scott.
Indexed by surname. Map of cemetery locations.
Book #237 $30.00
Cemeteries of
Desoto County, Mississippi (Caucasian)
Surveyed
2002 through 2005. This includes all names and
information printed
in the Cemetery Book in 1986 plus
additional Cemeteries found and information
until
December 2005. Gives Names, Birth & Death dates, name of
Cemetery where buried.
Cemetery Range, Township and Section plus GPS Locations.
470 Pages
Book #301 Hard Cover $65.00 Soft Cover
Spiral Bound $50.00
Cemeteries of
Desoto County (African-American)
Surveyed
2005, gives Name, Birth & Death dates, name of Cemetery
where buried. Includes Range, Township and Section
plus GPS location. 68 Cemeteries surveyed. 275 Pages
Book #303 Soft Cover Spiral Bound $10.00
19th Century
Hernando
by
Mildred M. Scott. Historical sketches of events from the
formation of the county in 1836,
the Civil War Years,
and the yellow fever epidemic until the turn of the
century.
Book #239 $7.00
Arkabutla,
Mississippi, The Place and Its People
by Mildred M. Scott
This
community was in DeSoto County until February 1873 when
Tate County was formed.
The history of the area and
plus 250 family names and over 1,000 family groups are
traced.
Map indexed. 200 pages
Book #701 $25.00
Baker’s Chapel
United Methodist Church and Its People - A Pioneer
Community In DeSoto County, MS 1836-2002
Compiled
by Mildred M. Scott
This church was established by German Baker and tells of
the pioneers who
lived in the area and of those
descendants still living here.
Families include
descendants of Johnston, Lauderdale,
Laughter, Vaiden, Teague and Summers.
Full name indexed.
Book #704 $25.00
Board of Police Minutes of DeSoto County 1858 – 1868
Abstracted by Mildred Scott.
This was the governing body of the county which is now
called Board of Supervisors.
When the Federals burned the County Courthouse in 1863,
the Police Court Minute
Book escaped the fire. This
unique volume if the
only extant official county record book of the
Civil War
years for DeSoto County. Over 12,000 DeSoto County
citizens of 1858 – 1868
and over 200 place names are recorded here. You can
locate the area, the road
where they lived, and also
neighbors of your ancestors
and other information pertaining to DeSoto County during
this era.
306 pages with full name and geographic
indexes. Map (1994)
Book #700 $30.00
The Diary of
Mattie Morgan Tipton
Transcribed and dialogued by Ozell D. Scott Copied by
courtesy of her grandsons, William,
Meredith and Joel Walker Beginning in the early years of
the Civil War, Mattie writes
of her trips to Memphis,
dealing with the Yankees,
visits to Hernando and her thoughts
on the War. Also,
her romantic thoughts and the antics of a 16 year old
southern lady. . 70 pages.
Book #296 $14.00
DeSoto County, MS
Probate Court Final Records 1836 – 1845
Abstracted by Dorothy A. Taylor and transcribed by Ozell
D. Scott.
Includes Probate Records that have never been
published. Full name index. 142 pages.
Book #252 $40.00
Desoto County
Mississippi History and Families
This book is hard bound in simulated leather. It
contains 20 pages of County history and
200 pages of
family histories. Indexed by surname.
Published 1999.
Book #285 Hard
Cover $20.00
The District
Attorney’s Diary 1892 – 1894
Abstracted and transcribed by Ozell D. Scott. Date. Case
Numbers, Charge, Witnesses,
Plaintiffs and Defendants.
20 pages.
Book #228 $8.00
Early Settlers of
North DeSoto County, MS 1850
Compiled
by Mildred M. Scott. Gleanings of the 1850 Census of the
areas north of
Coldwater River in DeSoto County.
The river became the county line when Tate County
was
formed in 1873. Includes reference to 1850 and 1860
census of those families.
Genealogical data from marriage records, cemetery
records, tax rolls and other listings.
Map, indexed with
full name for head of
household and other surnames listed in
household.
Approximately 200 pages.
Book #702 $25.00
Hernando Baptist
Church History 1840 – 1990
Annotated
and abstracted by J. B. Bell. 20 pages.
Book #225 $8.00
Hernando
Historical Windows
By J. B.
Bell. Relates the history and changing times of the town
of Hernando
from 1836 until 1986 Hard Cover. 100
pages.
Book #400 $10.00
The History of the
Lake Cormorant, as told by Walter Wilson Jr.
Book #305 $5.00
James and Mary
Rumple Scott and Their Descendants
Compiled
by Ozell D. Scott and Mildred M. Scott.
From 1798 to those descendants we found still living in
1995 are recorded here.
Some are still living but are
scattered.
Over 100 collateral lines are mentioned.
Approximately
250 pages including pictures. Full name index (1996)
Book #703 $25.00
Love In My Day
by Ellen
Bennet Flinn. Mrs. Flinn lived on the farm where she was
born in the
Love Community of DeSoto County.
She recalled her early life, farming conditions,
schools, burial customs. 38 pages. Indexed, illustrated,
maps.
Book #215 $10.00
Love Station
Methodist Episcopal Church Register
Copies of
original church register giving names, when received
into the church,
how received,
and some dates of death or disposal.
Book #232 $10.00
Mammy’s Book, The
Diary of Bettie Bowen Eason
She
related the conditions in the area of Cockrum and Olive
Branch communities in the
last quarter of the 1800s and
early 1900s,
names of songs she sang in church,
her family and
neighbors.
Book #270 $15.00
Memories of Sally
Love Banks
Daughter
of the founder of Love Station, MS. Her life as she grew
up and her early marriage.
76 pages.
Book #234 $15.00
Our Heritage
This book
unavailable for over 10 years and is photocopied with
permission of
compiler Pam McPhail Ivy (circa 1965). History of
families of DeSoto County.
Now indexed
and cross-indexed by given and surname. Illustrated.
Book #283 $35.00
Pension
Applications Roster of Confederate Veterans of DeSoto
County
Photocopied from original pension records and letters
relating to Civil War Veterans.
65 pages.
Book #250 $10.00
R. F. B. Logan’s
Cash Book
Mr.
Logan began his long career in county government in
1904.
His meticulous, detailed record keeping of the
income
and expenses incurred by
him from 1904 to 1906 reveals
the mode of life in Hernando at that time. Photocopied
from original ledger,
90 pages. Over 1,000 names
alphabetical indexed.
Book #236 $12.00
Ramblin’ Remarks
Copies of
the newspaper column written by Mills Barbee, Sr. Tells
of people and related events
of the first 60 years in
1900s.
Photocopy from original articles. 64 pages. Illustrated,
indexed.
Over 1,500 places and people named.
Book #219 $12.00
Yellow Fever
Journal of Hernando, MS
Transcribed by Ozell D. Scott from original 1878
handwritten minutes of the Citizens Relief Fund.
Includes registers of those sick and those who died from yellow fever. 22
pages.
Book #235 $10.00
General History of
Hernando and Desoto County Mississippi
Book
#705 $15.00
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