Welcome to Copiah County MS History and Genealogy Presented by Mississippi Genealogy Trails a part of Genealogy Trails Volunteers Dedicated to Free Genealogy Your state host is Gene Phillips Please send any data submissions to me. I will upload them as soon as possible. This Site is Available for Adoption Our goal is to help you track your ancestors through time by transcribing genealogical and historical data for the free use of all researchers. We're looking for folks who share our dedication to putting data online and are interested in helping this project be as successful as it can be. If you are interested in joining Genealogy Trails, view our Volunteer Page for further information. (Enough knowledge to make a basic webpage and a desire to transcribe data is required) We regret that we are unable to perform personal research for folks. All data we come across will be added to this site. We thank you for visiting and hope you'll come back again to view the updates we make to this site. Use our Genealogy Trails Search Engine If you would like to be kept informed of our state and county website updates, subscribe to any or all of our mailing lists Mississippi is covered under our "Southern" States mailing list. It was in 1823 that Copiah County became the 18th county organized in Mississippi.  The county taking the Choctaw word of Copiah, which means "calling panther", and is known as the "Tomato Capital of the World".  Hazlehurst serves as the county seat. Cities, Towns & Villages Beauregard Crystal Springs Georgetown Hazlehurst   Wesson

Online Data Biographies Births Cemeteries Census Church Histories/Records County Records Court Records Death Records Family Bibles Forgotten Towns Marriages Military Newspapers Obituaries Surnames Website Updates: 04 May 2021: Added 01 Nov 2020: Added Haley Biography 06 Nov 2020 Added Carpenter Cemetery 06 Oct 2020 Added Georgetown Cemetery 06 Oct 2020 Added Mount Zion Cemetery 06 Oct 2020 Added New Hope Baptist CHurch Cemetery 06 Oct 2020 Added Pine Bluff Cemetery 06 Oct 2020 Added Tabernacle Cemetery 06 Oct 2020 Added Tabernacle CME Cemetery 09 Sep 2019: Added Hood Biography 09 Sep 2019: Added Higdon Biography 09 Sep 2019: Added Hicks Biography 05 Apr 2019: Added Morgan Death Notice 25 Feb 2019: Added Harris Biography 25 Feb 2019: Added Hawkins Biography 18 May 2018: Added Everard Biography 02 May 2018: Added Ellis Biography 02 May 2018: Added Enoch Biography 02 May 2018: Added Errington Biography 02 May 2018: Added Dampeer Biography 27 Apr 2018: Added Barber Biography 18 Mar 2018: Added Bridewell Biography 18 Mar 2018: Added Brown Biography 18 Mar 2018: Added Catchings Biography 19 May 2014: Added Beasley Biography 10 Jan 2014: Added Brooks Biography 23 Aug 2013: Added 1883 Pension List 24 Sep 2012 Added Added Neal, Allison, Hatch, Kilpatrick to surname list. 30 May 2012 Added Added Hazelhurts Mayor Assisinated 30 May 2012 Added Added 5 Marriage Announcements 30 May 2012 Added 1890 Vet Census ED 7 30 May 2012 Added 1890 Vet Census ED 13 30 May 2012 Added 1890 Vet Census ED 19 30 May 2012 Added obit for Theodore F Griffin 29 Oct 2010 Added obit for Theodore F Griffin 28 May 2009 Added Old Crystal Springs Cemetery 23 May 2009 Added Lloyd Cemetery 02 Nov 2009 Added Antioch Memorial Cemetery, Matthews Cemetery in Hazelhurst, Matthews Cemetery near Crystal Springs 30 Oct 2009 Added Johnson Cemetery 15 Oct 2009 Added Harmony and George Tillman Cemeteries 14 Oct 2009 Added Aaron Miller, Bethesda and Coor Springs Cemeteries Jan 2009: LINFIELD death announcement; Crime news for SHUMAKER, FULLER; Allen Cemetery Burials Previous Updates: Marriage Announcements, obits, extinct towns, bio of Joseph Bailey, WPA Cemetery Listing Neighboring Counties Claiborne County Hinds County Jefferson County Lawrence County Lincoln County Simpson County Addresses & Off-Site Links Amos Family of Copiah County, Mississippi Copiah County Copiah County Chancery Clerk P O Box 507, 121 South Lowe Street, Hazlehurst, Mississippi, 39083, Phone: (601) 894-3021, Fax: (601) 894-4081 Copiah County Circuit Clerk South Lowe Street, Hazlehurst, Mississippi, Phone: (601) 894-1241 Copiah County Historical & Genealogical Society P O Box 111, Crystal Springs, Mississippi, 39059 George W. Covington Memorial Library 223 S. Extension Street, Hazlehurst, Mississippi, 39083 J. T. Biggs, Jr. Memorial Library 200 S. Jackson Street, Crystal Springs, Mississippi, 39059 Longie Dale Hamilton Memorial Library 347 Spring Street, Wesson, Mississippi, 39191 Robert W. Windom, Jr. Library 1164 Railroad Avenue, Georgetown, Mississippi, 39078   Visit our MS State Site Visit our National Site This page last updated on -- 04 May 2021 Copyright © Genealogy Trails 2025 All Rights Reserved with Full Rights Reserved for Original Contributor