Submitted Death Records

A few counties kept birth and death records from as early as 1879. State registration of births and deaths began in November 1912. General compliance was not reached until 1921.
If you know of any death records available for Kemper prior to 1921, please send them to the County Coordinator.

As always, this information is submitted by contributors, use this information ONLY as a basis for your research. If you have ancestors that died in Kemper County prior to 1900, you may submit them to me for inclusion on this page. As always, this information is submitted by contributors, use this information ONLY as a basis for your research.

Baker, Myrtle Estelle Dec 6, 1889 - Kristy Williams
Bethany, Charles P – d. February 3, 1891 - Ann Willeford
Bethany, Howard Houston – d. March 17, 1899 - Ann Willeford
Bethany, Mary Elizabeth (Heard) – d. August 1888 - Ann Willeford
Bethany, Thomas Newton – d. July 15, 1883 - Ann Willeford
Bethany, William Rueben – d. 1872 - Ann Willeford
Bethany, William W – d. Abt. 1882 - Ann Willeford
Blair, P. L. 1849 Dot G.
Briggs, Duncan Day – d. September 7, 1888 - Ann Willeford
Briggs, Mary Ann Elizabeth (Dowling), wife of Duncan Briggs – d. July 31, 1894 - Ann Willeford
Chisolm, William John Milton – d. March 21, 1851 - Ann Willeford
Clark, Effie Matilda Submitted by Carolyn Hennen
Cobb, Rebecca T (Powell) – d. 1878 - Ann Willeford
Cobb, William Butler – d. September 27, 1889 - Ann Willeford
Edwards, Douglas D. Feb 28, 1948 - Vendetta Brown
Farrow, Ella Indiana (Bethany) – d. December 18, 1897 - Ann Willeford
Grace, John A. - son of Gilbert and Eliza Grace b Sep 1843 Anson, NC , d. 10 Aug 1864 from wounds suffered in the Battle of Vicksburg. Fought with the CSA 35th Regiment, MS Co B. He is interred in Center Ridge Baptist Cemetery Kemper, MS. - Cheryl Grace
Hammack, Stephen Walker – d. Abt. 1878 - Ann Willeford
Hopper, Mary Grace – d. March 25, 1892 - Ann Willeford
Hopper, Sallie (West) – d. 1888 - Ann Willeford
Hopper, Sarah Elizabeth (Danner) – d. January 9, 1897 - Ann Willeford
Hundall, Sallie A. Nov 27, 1849 (Sunday at 2:15) - Viv Sartin
Jenkins, James A, Sr – d. September 7, 1881 - Ann Willeford
Jenkins, Margarett C (Hopper), wife of James A Jenkins, Sr – d. June 9, 1889 - Ann Willeford
Lavender, Mary Annie (Walker) – d. January 19, 1897 - Ann Willeford
Lavender, William Uriah – d. January 15, 1898 - Ann Willeford
Lyle, Queen M. Aug 31, 1886 W. Kemper Baptist Cemetery Tombstone Inscription
Mars, Ausky Cox (Jones), wife of James H Mars, Sr – d. 1887 - Ann Willeford
Mars, James Henry, Sr – d. 1868 - Ann Willeford
McLaurin, Duncan C – d. October 20, 1882 - Ann Willeford
McLaurin, Elizabeth P (Madison) – d. 1895 - Ann Willeford
McNeel, R. L. Dec 15, 1898 West Kemper Cemetery
Mosely, Marian E. (Gewin) Oct 30, 1887 - Kristy Williams
Mosely, Robert Joel III Jan 15, 1892 - Kristy Williams
Mosely, Robert Joel, Jr. Jun 13, 1860 - Kristy Williams
Mosely, Silas Jan 26, 1862 - Kristy Williams
Murray, Samuel Jr. d.1863, Scooba, born 1779, Newberry, South Carolina - Nancy Reese
Rush, E. S. Jan 14, 1878
Rush, William C. Aug 18, 1875 
Snowden, James Washington Mar 12, 1858 - Kristy Williams
Thompson, Susan Amelia (Hopper) – d. October 25, 1899 - Ann Willeford
Wells, Thomas Dec 10, 1862 - Kristy Williams
Whitten, James Mar 11, 1853 Joel Whitten & Sarah Odle - Bobby F. Sharp
Wolfe, Mary (Stephens) Sep 8, 1842 - Kristy Williams
Wolfe, John Jay Jul 10, 1858 - Kristy Williams
Wootan, Farquah Shaw Mar 11, 1853 - Kristy Williams
Wootan, Israel Dec 20, 1849 - Kristy Williams
Wootan, Sina Elizabeth Nov 17, 1851 - Kristy Williams