Hinds County, Mississippi Genealogical Records Information

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Hinds County was created on February 12, 1821. It was named in honor of Gen. Thomas Hinds, who, with General Jackson, were the United States Commissioners appointed to treat with the Choctaws and obtain the cession noted. The Legislature of the State of Mississippi passed an act declaring that

"all that tract of land ceded to the United States by the Choctaw Nation of Indians on the 18th day of October, 1820, and bounded as follows, that is to say: Beginning on the Choctaw boundary, east of Pearl River, at a point due south of the White Oak Spring on the old Indian path; thence in a direct line to a black oak standing on the Natchez road, about forty poles eastward from Doak’s Fence, marked A. J., and blazed with two large pines, and a black oak standing near thereto, and marked as pointers; thence a straight line to the head of Black Creek, or Bogue Loosa, to a small lake; thence a direct course so as to strike the Mississippi one mile below the Arkansas River; thence down the Mississippi to the mouth of the Yazoo River; thence along the line heretofore known by the name of the Indian Boundary line, to the beginning, shall be, and is hereby directed and established into a new county, which shall be called and known by the name of Hinds County."

Many Counties were formed from Hinds County. On January 21, 1823, the legislature created Yazoo County out of Hinds, and by the same act the county of Copiah. A little later, February 4, 1828, from all that portion of Hinds County lying east of the Pearl River, the county of Rankin was erected. And on February 5, 1829, Hinds County surrendered “the fractional township seven, in ranges two and three—to be attached to Madison County.” Out of these several counties many other counties have been created, so that Hinds is indeed the "mother of counties."

The county seat was at Clinton for a short time, but on February 4, 1828, the Legislature ordered the election of five commissioners to locate a site for a court house, and they were directed to put it in Clinton or within two miles of the center of the county. This center was found within two miles of Raymond and was marked by a large stone; next year, by act of the legislature, Raymond was made the county seat. Here the old records of the county are kept, though courts are also held at the capital, Jackson, the county being divided into two court districts. The capital of the State was located at Jackson within its borders, November 28, 1821,

Hinds County is bordered by Madison County (northeast), Rankin County (east), Copiah County (south), Claiborne County (southwest), Warren County (west) and Yazoo County (northwest) . Cities and Towns include Bolton, Clinton, Edwards, Jackson, Learned, Raymond, Terry, Utica .

See Extended History for More information. The Official County Website is located at http://www.co.hinds.ms.us/pgs/index.asp. Hinds County, Mississippi History Books at Amazon.com

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Hinds County Court Records

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PLEASE READ!! Please call the clerk's department to confirm hours, mailing address, fees and other specifics before visiting or requesting information because of sometimes changing contact information. Dates following a slash indicate those materials jointly held by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History and the FHL

Court records index and partial records begin in 1854 with fragments earlier.
The RAYMOND courthouse has records from 1821, land grant, will, deed, marriage, and on and on. It dates from 1821.
The JACKSON courthouse was built in 1930 and it only has limited information that is of early historical significance for Hinds County. Jackson is now called the 1st judicial district, and Raymond is now called the 2nd judicial district. Marriages at Raymond actually date from 1815, even though Hinds County was not formed until 1821 after the Choctaw Sessionof 1820.

The date below use this format "Raymond Courthouse / Jackson Courthouse"

Hinds County Clerk of Circuit Court has Marriage Records from 1815/1930 and Court Records from 1821/1930 and is located at P. O. Box 327, Jackson, Mississippi 39205; Phone: 968-6628, Fax: 973-5547 .
Duties of the Circuit Clerk include Receivin and fileing all law suits, indictments, motions and other related papers in all Civil and Criminal Cases filed in the Circuit or County Courts and issues all process including summons and subpoenas, Draws Jurors and qualifies Juries, Keeps a record of all Judgments and Executions, Issues marriage licenses and keeps records of marriages.

Hinds County Chancery Court Clerk has Land Records from 1821/1930 and Probate Records from 1823/1930 and is located at P. O. Box 686, Jackson, Mississippi 39205-0686; Phone: 968-6508, Fax: 973-5535.
The Chancery Clerk occupies perhaps the most unique and diverse office in all of Mississippi government. The various duties given the Chancery Clerk by statute, or assumed voluntarily by the individual Clerk, cover a wide range of vitally important functions. Some of the duties and functions of the Chancery Clerk are recording the official minutes. As public recorder, the Clerk handles the recording and storage of several types of documents and maintains various indexes that aid people in researching these records. The primary records are deeds and mortgages relating to real property, but the Clerk also records federal tax liens, Lis Pendens ( notices of pending lawsuits ) and military discharges. The Clerk is in charge of the storage and authorized disposal of older land rolls, tax receipts and many other County records after their active use lifespan. As Clerk of the Chancery Court, the Clerk handles a multitude of tasks such as matters of estates, guardianships, conservatorships, divorces, child custody, adoption, property disputes and other matters of equity.

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Variations of this census appear in three printed forms, none of which include slave or miscellaneous information. Enumerations for Pike County are missing in 1830, but the Gillis index used extant tax records to supplement their index. Transcriptions are subject to error; use these reprints simply as a guide to the original records.
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Hinds County Military Records

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Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 (The National Archives): View, Print Copy & Save Original Documents in NARA publication M246 include muster rolls, payrolls, strength returns, and other miscellaneous personnel, pay, and supply records of American Army units, 1775-83.
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View, Print Copy & Save Original Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900 from the State of Mississippi (The National Archives): View, Print Copy & Save Original Pension applications for service in the U.S. Army between 1861 and 1917, grouped according to the units in which the veterans served.
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Hinds County Tax Records

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Hinds County Genealogical Addresses

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Family Research Association of Mississippi, P.O. Box 13334, Jackson, MS 39236-3334

Mississippi Dept. of Archives & History Phone 601-576-6876

Mississippi Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 5301, Jackson, MS 39216
Mississippi Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Martin W. McKinnon II, President, 12 Avery Circle, Jackson, MS 39211
Clinton Genealogical & Historical Society, John Noel, 709 Tanglewood Drive, Clinton, MS 39056, Phone: 601-924-5544
Utica Heritage Society, Inc., Mary Collins Landin, P. O. Box 129, Utica, MS 39175
Phone: 601-885-8683
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Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Ph. (601) 576-6850, fax (601) 576-6964
Physical Address: 200 North Street, Jackson, MS 39201
Mailing Address: P. O. Box 571, Jackson, MS 39205-0571
Mississippi State Records Center, 929 High Str, Jackson, MS 39201; (601) 354-7688
Mississippi Historical Society, PO Box 571, Jackson, MS 39205-0571
Mississippi Genealogical Society, PO Box 5301, Jackson, MS 39296-5301
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Hinds County Church & Cemeteries

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County History

Among the earliest settlements in the county were those at Hamburg, Amsterdam, Antibank and Auburn P. 0., all of which are now extinct. Hamburg was laid out in 1826, on the Big Black River, two miles north of the present A. & V. R. R. crossing. The site was too marshy and the place had a brief career of only two years. Amsterdam was laid out on the bluffs two miles above Hamburg and became a good sized village, visited every year during high water by steam and keel boats. It was even made a port of entry by act of Congress. In 1832 or 1833, one-half its people were carried off by the cholera, and the A. & V. R. R. missed it by two miles a few years later; the place never recovered from these blows. Antibank was first settled in 1836 by T. L. Sumrall. The farmers around received their supplies at this old landing on the Big Black River. With the coming of the railroad, it ceased to be a shipping point and is now part of a cotton farm.

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