Marshall County MS Genealogy

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"Let the record be made of the men and things of to-day, lest they pass out of memory to-morrow and are lost. Then perpetuate them not upon wood or stone that crumble to dust, but upon paper, chronicled in picture and in words that endure forever." --Kirkland

Welcome to the Marshall County, MS, website for genealogical research.

My name is Deb Haines, Coordinator of the Marshall County, MSGenWeb Project.



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Marshall County was established February 9, 1836, the year in which the Chickasaw session of 1832 was divided by the commonwealth into political organizations. It was named for John Marshall (1755-1835), third Chief Justice of the U.S., and formerly included within its area a considerable portion of Benton, Tate, and several other counties... more history



The first court house was built in 1837 and it was burned during the Civil War. The courthouse shown above was built in 1870 then remodeled in 1920.


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What’s New 2008



June: Stafford Strickland & Louisa Roberts - Marriage Cert

May: Civil War Scenes from Holly Springs

Apr: 1st MS Reg't (Johnston's), Co F, (Alcorn's Rifles)

Mar: 1948 Holly Springs First Grade Photo

Feb: Unidentified Photos

Nov: Sherwood Bonner - "Her Life and Place in the Literature of the South"
News from Other Newspapers

Oct: Cornersville School 1898 Students

Aug: 1928 Holly Leaves Yearbook, Mississippi Synodical College - several pages added; James W Morton & Naomi Kate Gaylor Marriage Bond; Bible of James W & Naomi "Katie" Gaylor Morton; Dr James W Morton - photo; Portrait of Dr James W Morton - photo; Mt Pleasant Headstone Photos: added John Gaylor, Nancy Ann P Gaylor, Naomi Katie Morton

Apr: Bracken/Brackin, If you are researching Bracken and recently contacted Dabney Bracken, please contact him again. Due to a computer problem, he has lost your name and email address.

Mar: Holly Springs Articles from The Daily Dispatch; Early Grove United Methodist Cemetery; Oak Grove Cemetery, Fayette Co TN; John C Skelton Cemetery; Rice Chapel Cemetery





Shelby Co TN      Fayette Co TN
DeSoto Marshall Benton
Tate Union

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MSGenWeb State Coordinator: Everette Carr
MSGenWeb Asst State Coordinator: Bill White



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