Perry County, Mississippi Genealogy and History
Gene Phillip, County Coordinator
Jeff Kemp - State Coordinator
Denise Wells or Ann Geoghegan - Assistant State Coordinators
New or updated in the last 30 days
AFRICAN AMERICANS
- Schools and Teachers, 1936
- Farm Owners, Renters,and Sharecroppers, 1936
- Outstanding Citizens, 1936
- African American Resources at MS GenWeb
ARCHIVES
- National Archives and Records Administration
- Mississippi Department of Archives and History
- Perry County files in the MS GenWeb Archives View cemetery transcriptions, census indexes, court records, land records, WWI draft records, and marriage records.
BIBLE RECORDS
BIRTH RECORDS
BOOKS FOR SALE
- The Blue & the Grey: Perry County, Mississippi's Civil War Soldiers Compiled by Robert J. McSwain, Jr. This book contains a listing of the various military companies that served from Perry County, Mississippi, during the Civil War. Men from Forrest, Jones, Greene, and Covington Counties can also be found in this book. It also gives a brief history of each company and lists the individual Officers and Soldiers, along with other information pertinent to each one. 88 pages, paperback, index, Price: $10.00 plus $4.00 shipping.
- Descendants of Early Settlers of Perry County, Mississippi Compiled by Robert J. McSwain, Jr.
The earliest settlers arrived in the area about 1809. This book traces 29 of the earliest settlers down through several generations of their descendants. Family names include: Anderson, Batson, Bennett, Carpenter, Carter, Chappell,Dearman, Fillingame, Garraway, Gillis, Grantham, Hinton, Lee, Lott, McDonald, McGilvary, McKenzie, McLamore, McLemore, McSwain, Mixon, Myers, Nicholson, Stevens, Stuart, and Walley. Many other surnames are included through marriages, etc. 199 pages, paperback, surname index, Price: $20.00 plus $4.00 shipping. - These books can be purchased from:
- Pioneer Publishing Company
- P. O. Box 408
- Carrollton, MS. 38917
- Phone: (662) 237-6010
- E-Mail: pioneers@tecinfo.com
- Strickland Books:
- Ben and Jean Strickland left a valuable legacy to researchers in south Mississippi. It is my understanding that a list of published works, prices, and ordering information can be obtained by contacting:
- Jody Strickland
- 935 Little River 17
- Ashdown,Arkansas 71822
- Phone: (870) 898-3235
CEMETERY INFORMATION
- Cemetery Page on Cyndi's List
- USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project
- Cemetery Records in the State Archives: List of cemeteries with published indexes at MDAH
- Perry County Cemetery Page at e-Podunk: Maps showing the location of many cemeteries
CEMETERY PHOTOGRAPHS
- Friends of Myers Cemetery
- The Myers family emigrated with a wagon train of Methodist German, Swiss, and English families from Orangeburg District, South Carolina, in the 1820s. They stopped in Perry County but some moved on in 1847 to Eight Mile in what is now Chickasabogue Park in Mobile County. Others followed them in the 1850s. Read about the efforts to save the historic Alabama Cemetery.
CEMETERY TRANSCRIPTIONS
- As you sit in your climate controlled home or office viewing these records on your computer, think about the volunteers who actually found these cemeteries and spent their spare time fighting our heat and humidity and our kudzu, poison ivy, fire ants, snakes, and other critters so they could record this data and donate it to this site. If you find information that helps you in your search, PLEASE take a minute to thank the volunteer!
- Cemetery Name Index to the Perry County Cemetery Book
- Albritton aka Brown
- Arlington Baptist Church
- Beaumont
- Bethel Freewill Baptist Church
- Breland, Celie and J.T.
- Breland, Howard
- Bolton
- Buck Creek
- Buck Creek by Joe McSwain
- Burch
- Clark Submitted by CWC
- Clark Submitted by GP
- Clear Creek
- Cochran
- Cochran Private
- Courtney
- Crossroads
- Denham
- Ebenezer
- Fairhope
- Fairley
- Garraway
- Gerald
- Gillis
- Griffin Griffin by Melvin Byrd
- Hensarling, Bennie Memorial
- Herring by the Ecroyds
- Herring by the McSwains
- Hickory Grove
- Hinton Hintonville
- Hinton Camp Shelby Military Range
- Hinton Edwards
- Hinton Family
- Hinton Mahned
- HintonFamily
- Indian Springs Baptist Church
- Isaiah Hinton
- James
- Janice
- McKenzie
- McSwain Community
- Carter-McSwain
- Mixon Family
- Morgan
- Myra J. F. Courtney Memorial
- New Augusta
- New York
- Old Myers
- Palmer
- Pearce Family
- Prospect
- Prospect Baptist Church
- Red Hill
- Red Hill Paramount Baptist Church
- Runnelstown Baptist Church
- Singleton Hinton
- Stevens (Beside)
- Sunrise Cemetery
- Sunset Cemetery
- Sweetwater
- Sylvester
- Taylor
- Terrell Community
- Union
- Wadetown
- Walters
- Whatley
- Wingate
- W. O. Hinton Family
- Will Best
- Woodard
CEMETERY TRANSCRIPTIONS - OTHER SITES
- Forrest County Cemeteries at Interment.net
- Perry County Cemeteries at Interment.net
- Perry County Cemeteries at MS GenWeb Archives
CENSUS RECORDS
- Surname Indexes, Perry County Census , 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850
- 1820 Census complete listing 5/6/2006
- 1830 Census complete listing 5/13/2006
- 1850 Census complete listing 10/06/2007
- Educable Children of Perry County 1892 Excellent substitute for the 1890 census
- 1900 U. S. Census Indian Population Beat 3
- Census Finder
CIVIL WAR
- Civil War Record of William Mark Stevens
- Union Army Volunteers from Perry County
- Captain Ben Stevens Civil War Troop Photo and Roster
COMMUNITIES
CONTACT OTHER RESEARCHERS
COUNTY OFFICES
- Perry County Chancery Court: Land records, divorce, adoptions, wills
- Perry County Chancery Clerk
- P. O. Box 198
- New Augusta, Mississippi 39462
- Telephone: 964-8398, Fax: 964-8265
- Perry County Circuit Court:
- Marriages, criminal records, civil records
- Perry County Circuit Clerk
- P.O. Box 198
- New Augusta, MS 39462-0198
- Telephone: (601) 964-8398
BULLETIN BOARD
Submit your family reunions and other news items for posting in this space! E-mail details to Gene Phillips.
The December monthly meeting of the Perry County Historical and Genelogical Society is planned to be a potluck lunch. Time and place to be announced later.
PCHGS also has 2009 calendars for sale for $5. These have historical pictures from around Perry County. Email me for more information
NEIGHBORING COUNTIES
Jones County Wayne County Greene County Stone County Forrest CountyDEATHS
- Wright Freeman Funeral Home Records 1930s records of Hattiesburg funeral home serving several area counties
- 1850 Mortality Schedule
- 1860 Mortality Schedule
- 1870 Mortality Schedule
- 1880 Mortality Schedule
FAMILIES
GENEALOGICAL SOCIETIES
HISTORY
- History of Perry County abstracted from WPA notes
- First Families of Perry County
- The Civilian Conservation Corps
- Perry County Mississippi Churches
- Perry County Post Offices
- Brooklyn Post Office
- The WPA
HOME PAGES WITH PERRY COUNTY ROOTS
- Behaviorella Genealogy
- Pam's Mississippi Genealogy
- Descendants of Silas and Jenny Freeman Simmons
- Melba's Southern Families - Byrds of SE MS
- Absalom Breland
- Hinton Family Researchers - Hintons of SO MS
- Melba Goff Allen's Genealogy Homepage
- Breland Researchers
- Ancestors of Howard Doyle Dearman
- Jehu Carlile
- Peggy Conn Burley's - Southern Surnames
LETTERS
LIBRARIES
- Pine Forest Regional Library System Several branches located in Perry County. Phone: 601-788-6539 or 1-800-437-2941.
- The Library of Petal, Hattiesburg, and Forrest County 329 Hardy St. Hattiesburg. Phone: 601-582-4461. Mississippi collection has many valuable resources. Census records and old newspapers on microfilm with viewers that make copies. Monday-Thursday 8 am-8 pm, Friday-Saturday 10 am-4 pm.
LIBRARIES AT UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
- Cook Memorial Library, University of Southern Mississippi: Microfilm collection on the second floor includes census records, civil war records, WPA county histories, old newspapers from all over the state, and many other useful materials. Microfilm readers require a copy card for copies, twenty cents per page. Open late and on weekends when school is in session. Reduced hours during intersession and holidays.
- McCain Graduate Library, University of Southern Mississippi: Extensive collection of genealogy materials other than census records and microfilm are located in the Cleanth Brooks Reading Room on the third floor. Open 9:00 to 5:00 Monday through Friday.
- A parking pass is required. Enter the campus from Hardy Street to get a visitor parking permit at the guardhouse, allow plenty of extra time to find a parking space, and expect a pleasant ten minute walk.
LOCAL RESOURCES
- Hattiesburg American
- Laurel Leader Call
- Jackson Clarion Ledger
- Richton Dispatch 601-788-6031 richtondispatch@c-gate.net
- WDAM Television Channel Seven
LOOKUPS
MAILING LISTS
Subscribe to the Rootsweb Perry County List. Put the word: subscribe in the subject and body of the message.
MAPS
- 1895 MAP OF MISSISSIPPI Very large and detailed.
- World War I Draft Registrants
- Civil War Service Record William Mark Stevens
- Perry County WWI Servicemen
- Armed Forces Museum at Camp Shelby This museum houses memorabilia from the Civil War, WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam and the Persian Gulf Wars. More than 6,100 items from all branches of the military are displayed. Free admission. 12 miles South of Hattiesburg on Hwy. 49. Telephone 601-558-2757
- Bill Strong's Eclectic Mississippi Photo Tour:
- The Political Graveyard: Forrest County
- MSLawyer.com Excellent legal and public information, links to the state courts, the state bar association
- Mississippi State Agencies and Departments
- Perry County MS at E-Podunk.com
- 1912 New Augusta Telephone Directory - submitted by Joe McSwain
- Earnest Lane and Fitzhugh L. McCoy
- 1914 Beaumont Boys and Girls Basketball Team
- New Augusta Bank
- Perry County School Children
- Perry County Courthouse
- Perry County Jail
- New Augusta School
- Kennedy Sawmill, Planermill and Cotton Gin
- West Side of New Augusta Business Area, early 1900s
- Ox Teams Hauling Logs
- Benjamin S. Carpenter and Elena Ammons Carpenter
- Mississippi Public Health Statistics Order birth, death, marriage certificates from the state vital records bureau.