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Lincoln County was formed on April 7, 1870 from parts of Lawrence, Pike, Franklin, Copiah, and Amite

Counties, in the Piney Woods soil area of the southwest part Mississippi.  It was named for Abraham Lincoln

(1809-1865), a native of Kentucky, resident of Illinois, and sixteenth president of the United States.

 

It is possible that Brookhaven was named for Brookhaven, New York, home of Samuel Jayne, who emigrated

to the present site of Old Brook around 1818.  Or it could have been named for the Brooks family, builders of

the first house in Brookhaven.  -- Mississippi Counties Historical Information

 

 

Please Note:

 

The Courthouse was destroyed by fire in 1893.  However, I’ve been told

and confirmed with the Chancery Clerk that there are some Land and Estate records

from before 1893 still in existence.  No marriage records were saved. Thanks to Sue D. for

bringing this fact to my attention.

 

The following is a newspaper article on the fire:

 Court House at Brookhaven Burned

 

 

 

Addresses – Where to write for info

Marriages

African-American Links

Military

Biographies

Obituaries

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Old Queries, etc. from 1996-1998

Census

Photographs

History

Surnames

Land Records

Links

Lookup Volunteers

Bibliography (Books about Lincoln County)

Maps

Help for Beginning Researchers

 

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Neighboring Counties

 

Amite MSGenWeb

Copiah MSGenWeb

Franklin MSGenWeb

Jefferson MSGenWeb

Lawrence MSGenWeb

Pike MSGenWeb

Walthall MSGenWeb

 

 

 

Lincoln County Mailing List

 

NOTE:  Ancestry has announced that beginning March 2, 2020 the Mailing Lists functionality on Roots Web will be discontinued. Users will no longer be able to send outgoing emails or accept incoming emails.  Additionally, administration tools will no longer be available to list administrators and mailing lists will be put into an archival state. After March 2, mailing list archives will remain available and searchable on Roots Web for the foreseeable future.

 

 

Alternatives to the mailing list for posting queries are the following Facebook pages:  Lincoln & Lawrence Co., MS Genealogy & History Then & Now and the Southwest Mississippi Genealogy Group.

 

 

 

Please contact me to report broken links or if you have information to

contribute to this website--photos, family histories, etc. are welcome.

 

 

County Coordinator: Virginia Zeigler

State Coordinator:  Jeff Kemp

Assistant State Coordinators:  Position Open

Last updated:  January 14, 2023

 

 

 

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