Leflore County, Mississippi
Part of the MSGenWeb Project

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Brief History

Leflore County was created in 1871 from Carroll, Sunflower and Tallahatchie counties and is the namesake of Greenwood Leflore. 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. After the sale, many Choctaws migrated to present day Oklahoma, but Leflore stayed and became a politician and wealthy planter.

The county is located within the state's delta region where cotton and catfish are plentiful. Mississippi is third behind California and Texas in cotton production, but 80% of all catfish produced in the United States come from the Mississippi delta.

Greenwood, once called Williams Landing, is the county seat of Leflore.

History of Leflore County

Source: Lowry, Robert and McCardle, William H.
A History of Mississippi, from the Discovery of the Great River
by Hernando DeSoto, Including the Earliest Settlement Made by the French Under Iberville,
 to the Death of Jefferson Davis [1541-1889].
Jackson, Miss.: R. H. Henry & Co., 1891. Pages 480-482.

Sunflower

Tallahatchie

Grenada

Carroll

Holmes

Humphreys

Leflore County Information

Local Research Address Book - Addresses of the  Court House, Library, newspaper, Chancery Clerk, County Circuit Clerk and many
more for local research.

Cemeteries -
Some with indexes of burials and some with tombstone photos. .

Reference Material and Look-ups - A list of published Leflore County references and contacts who can do look-ups for you.  Do you own any of them?  Will you volunteer to do look-ups?

Photos of Leflore County --
Photos of city streets, buildings, homes, schools, etc.  All contributed by you.

Mississippi Links
 

Choctaw Connections --

•  Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians -

         Chronology,  genealogy, Treaties, Conflicts & Wars

•  Choctaw Nation History - "The Choctaw Indian Nation traces its ancestry to Mississippi and some sections of Alabama. Legends tell that the Choctaw people originated from "Nanih Waya", a sacred hill near what is now known as Noxapter, Mississippi. "Nanih Waiya" means "Productive Mound" and is often referred to as "The Mother Mound". . .
   
•   MSGenWeb African American Resources

        contains Chronological History of Slavery
                Slave Narrative Links
                Slavery Statistics
                Famous Peopl
                and much more.

• Mississippi Military Links

                Links to various Mississippi military sites through
                out the Internet which cover just about every
                major military era.

• The Mississippi Orphan Train

        Only three entries but is one of them yours?

• 1838 Map - From 1838, 25th Congress 3rd Session. Showing townships/areas surveyed, partially surveyed, not yet surveyed.  Shows CHOCTAW AND CHICKASAW CESSIONS, Natchez, Vicksburg, Grand Gulf, Jackson, Columbus, Granada!

• 1895 Map of Leflore County

• 1895 Map of Mississippi

• 1895 Mississippi Index to Cities & Towns - not just Leflore County but all of Mississippi

• Daily Journal Online - Northern Mississippi's first Online Newspaper

• MSGenWeb Project - Mississippi Genealogy Resource Home Page.

• Mississippi County Index - A clickable table and index of current Mississippi counties.

• Mississippi City/Town List - A listing of current and extinct Mississippi towns and cities.

• Mississippi Department of History and Archives - The Mississippi Department of Archives and History was created in 1902 by the Mississippi State Legislature to preserve and disseminate knowledge about.
   
• Mississippi Vital Records Information - This page contains information about where to obtain copies of Mississippi vital records, such as birth & death certificates, marriage licenses & divorce decrees.

• Viet Nam Roster - Link to names on the Mississippi Viet Nam Wall.

General Genealogy Links

• USGenWeb Project Archives - The digital library of the USGenWeb Project.

• WorldGenWeb Project - The WorldGenWeb Project is divided into 15 world regions. Each region is divided up by countries and each country is divided into individual provinces, states, or counties.
   
• Cyndi's List of Genealogy Links -A huge compilation of Online Genealogy Resources.

• Keely's Korner - A great place to pick up research pointers.

• Oklahoma-Indian Territory Project - A good place to start your Native American Searches.

• USGenWeb - A single entry point for all US states and counties.

• The Political Graveyard - The Web Site That Tells Where the Dead Politicians are Buried

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  <msgwsc@gmail.com>