Historical Resources

Goodspeed's History of Monroe County at the USGenweb Project Archives

Every Name Index to Mother Monroe by W.A. Evans [PDF] - Index by William T. Thornton

Lowry and McCardle's Monroe County History (1891)

Rowland's History & Geography of Monroe County at the USGenweb Project Archives

Rowland's History & Geography of Aberdeen at the USGenweb Project Archives

Rowland's History & Geography of Amory at the USGenweb Project Archives

Rowland's History & Geography of Athens at the USGenweb Project Archives

Rowland's History & Geography of Cotton Gin Port at the USGenweb Project Archives

Rowland's History & Geography of Other Monroe County Towns at the USGenweb Project Archives

History of Smithville and Surrounding Territory
A booklet written by Miss Jessie Pierce in 1958.

God Is So Good!: A History of the Methodist Church in Smithville, Mississippi - by Rebecca Vallarian [3 MB PDF file] - This is posted here with the author's permission.

Bigbee
An article by Marilyn Tackett Richmond from Monroe County History, vol. 1 (1989):15-17, posted on Genforum.

Greenwood Springs History at Just Across the Line

Amory History [PDF] at Old Place Bed and Breakfast

Center Point School Days
An article by Floree Ray King at Just Across the Line.

The Forgotten Pioneers, Part I
An article by Norma B. Ricketts in vol. 8, no. 2-3, Spring-Summer 1997 issue of Crossroads which talks about the Mormons in Monroe County who moved to Utah. (Note: The link is to the issue. You will have to click on the article.) Part II of the article appears in vol. 8, no. 4, Fall 1997.

Gilmore Establish 80 Acres Homestead
An article by Corella D. Pierce posted on Genforum.

Interview with Minnie Lee Maxey Suggs pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4
Conducted by Gladys Gallop Jackson, Jerry Anderson Harlow, and Weda Suggs Hudson, posted on Genforum

National Register of Historic Places for Monroe Co., Miss. - listing of sites in Monroe County, Miss. on the National Register of Historic Places.