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The above drawing was created by Jack Olson in 1998 and depicts the County Courthouse as it appeared in 1897.
Click on the courthouse to view a larger image
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HAPPY HUNTING!
My wish for the Attala County Researchers is that y'all locate all those elusive ancestors.
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"A people without a history is like wind on the buffalo grass"
Crazy Horse - Ogala Sioux
"If you can't get rid of the skeletons in your closet,
You'd better teach them to dance."
George Bernard Shaw (1856—1950)
In all of us there is a hunger, marrow deep, to know our heritage--to know who we are and where we came from. Without this enriching knowledge, there is a hollow yearning. No matter what our attainments in life, there is still a vacuum, an emptiness, and the most disquieting loneliness.
Alex Haley
Of all the tombstone inscriptions in the cemeteries of Attala County,
my personal favorite is the one that appears below:
William KNOX, Co D 35 Miss Inf C.S.A.
"William Knox, a true friend, a father dear, a kind old grandfather lies sleeping here."
The tombstone for William Knox is located in the Edgefield Cemetery,
in the eastern portion of the county, south of McCool.
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"French Camp Pioneer Day"
Annual French Camp Pioneer Day
Saturday, May 10, 2008
9 a.m. — 4 p.m.
At the Historical Village on the Natchez Trace
French Camp, Mississippi
Among the featured activities are chair caning, leather working, candle making, basket weaving, civil war weapons, lots of good food, live dulcimers and acoustical music.
Family Reunions, Homecomings and other Special Community Events will be posted here if we are aware of them. We cannot post information unless someone sends it to us. We need your assistance, Please Help!
"Attala County Church Homecomings - 2008"
Doty Springs Homecoming is the 3rd Sunday in May, 18 May 2008.
The person that holds the record for attendance at the Doty Springs Homecoming is:
Annie Kathleen Ballard Morgan Shows
If you are there be sure and look her up, that is, if she doesn't find you first !!!
She used to be my aunt by marriage.
She has only missed 2 Sundays since she was 10 years old and on May 29, 2008 she will turn 85 !!!
I can't be there, but if you see her give her a hug for such a wonderful record !!!!
Sincerely, S. Jean Holley Day
If you have information about an upcoming Church 'Homecoming' event, please send an E-mail message to Everette Carr. We would like to post all Church Homecomings in Attala County for 2008.
Unsure in Which County a Mississippi Town is Located
If you are unsure of the county for a particular locale in Mississippi, you can view a list that includes each town (including extinct towns) in Mississippi. This listing identifies the county in which each town is located:
MS City/Town List
This is an off-site link.
Another excellent site that provides a search engine for locating the county in which a particular town resides can be found at:
County/town locator
This County/Town search engine can be used for any state and is not limited to Mississippi.
This also is an off-site link.
Mississippi Census Maps
To view Mississippi maps which show the counties as they were at the time that each census was taken:
State/County Census Maps
Again, an off-site link. To reach a printable version of any of the census maps, go to the state page and then click on the 'County Census Maps' link at the top of the page.
The Attala Historical Society
Visit the new web site for the Attala Historical Society
Search This Site!
Use this search engine to search the Attala County Web Site:
The 'Attala Chat Room' is a place where researchers seeking ancestors in Attala County can meet, chat, compare notes and exchange information. The Attala County Chat room is open all the time, day or night, 24/7. It is requested that the topic be limited to genealogy and Attala County.
To enter the chat room, just click on the 'CHAT NOW!' button below (The one on the left!).
You don't have to download anything and it does not require a password. Just click on the 'Chat Now!' button, sign in and click "CHAT". It's simple, it could be fun and it may be beneficial to your search.
This page has been accessed  times
since September 1996
This Mississippi county genealogy web site is part of the USGenWeb Project and is under the auspicies of MSGenWeb. USGenWeb is dedicated to the concept of bringing genealogical information to the Internet free of charge. MSGenWeb is hosted by a volunteer 'State Coordinator' who is responsible for insuring that every county in the state is represented by a volunteer 'County Coordinator' that is dedicated to making the county web site the best genealogy web site in the state, if not the nation. The volunteer 'County Coordinator' for Attala County is Everette Carr. Everette's ancestors settled in Attala County in the mid 1850's in Beat 2, not far from Bear Creek and the Bear Creek Primitive Baptist Church. Everette was born in Weir, Choctaw County, Mississippi, raised in Memphis, Tennessee and currently resides in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Click on the above images to visit USGenWeb or MSGenWeb
Counties Surrounding Attala County
copyright © 2001-2008 by Everette Carr. All rights reserved.
This site maintained by
Everette Carr
County Coordinator
Attala County
MSGenWeb
Contacts at State Level:
Everette Carr - State Coordinator, MSGenWeb
Bill White - Assistant State Coordinator, MSGenWeb
 Attala County - MSGenWeb
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