Welcome to Tallahatchie 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. The county was founded on December 31, 1833. Tallahatchie is a Choctaw name meaning "rock of waters". The county is one of ten in Mississippi with two county seats, Charleston and Sumner. Charleston was the first county seat, and Sumner was organized later in 1872. A settlement of five communities had grown up along the forks of Tillatoba Creek. Colonel Thomas Bailey came from Kentucky and formed the first settlement on the north fork of the creek which was about five miles to the northeast. He was later joined by James Bailey, Samuel Caruthers, William Flemming, M. Johnson, Willam Kendrick, Robert Thrasher, A. Patterson, and Kinchen Mayo who extended the settlement along the creek toward the Junction. Another settlement was started by the Priddy's, the J. Houstons, Cade Alford and the Carson family who extended the settlement along the creek to the junction of three forks. [Source: Wikipedia.org] Cities Charleston Towns Sumner -- Tutwiler -- Webb Villages Glendora Unincorporated places Brazil -- Cascilla -- Enid -- Leverett -- Paynes -- Philipp -- Swan Lake -- Tippo Online Data Biographies Births Cemeteries Census Church Histories/Records County Records Court Records Deaths Family Bibles Extinct Towns Marriages Military Newspapers Obituaries Surnames Wills/Legal Records  Website Updates: 10 Feb 2022: Added Slavery Article about Robert Brown 09 Sep 2018: Added Harrison, Tandy Bartow Biography 04 May 2018: Added William Eskridge Biography 11 Mar 2018: Added Charles Broome Biography 11 Mar 2018: Added James Caldwell Biography 11 Mar 2018: Added James Boothe Biography 11 Mar 2018: Added Edwin Dinkins Biography 03 Jan 2018: Added Cemeteries: Mt Pisgah, Needmore, New Hope, Old Masonic, Oliver Grove, Paul, Pinehill, Rocky Branch, Rosemound, Smith, Spring Hill, Womble-Slaughter 13 Aug 2017: Added Sturdivant Family Bible 12 Jun 2013: Added Jenkins & Mabry Obits 12 Jun 2013: Added Henry Butler Sentenced Article 12 Jun 2013: Added Murder of Dr T J New Article 17 May 2012: Added 1890 Vet Census (4 EDs) 17 May 2012: Added Jamie Whitten Biography 17 May 2012: Added 6 Crime News Articles 17 May 2012: Added 2 Community News Articles 17 May 2012: Added 3 Marriage Announcements 28 Jan 2010: Added Cemeteries: Adams Arbor, Ashland, Bethel, Clark, Corinth, Jenkins, Magnolia 15 Nov 2009: Added Cemetery Index Jan 2009: Biographies for BOOTHE, HALL; Death Notice for JULIAN; 1883 pensioners; World War 2 Casualties Previous Updates: 1860 Mortality Schedule; Extinct Towns Surrounding Counties * Quitman County (north) * Panola County (northeast) * Yalobusha County (east) * Grenada County (southeast) * Leflore County (south) * Sunflower County (southwest) * Coahoma County (northwest) Visit our MS State Site Visit our National Site This page last updated on -- 9 Sep 2019 Copyright © Genealogy Trails 2025 All Rights Reserved with Full Rights Reserved for Original Contributor