Attala County, Mississippi
Brief History of Attala County
Attala County was created on December 23, 1833 from territory which had been ceded to the United States by the Choctaw Nation in the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek in 1830. Over the years, Attala's boundary lines have remained constant. Many of the earliest pioneers came from the Carolinas, Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama; and settled in Attalaville, Valena, Burkettsville, and Bluff Springs which are among the oldest settlements in the county. Kosciusko is the county seat.The earliest that U.S. Census population schedules that are available are for the U.S. Census conducted in 1840.
The Attala County Court House has burned on three separate occasions. The first fire on 28 July 1858 was the most devastating as all records were destroyed. For this reason, no records exist prior to August 1858. The second fire was in July 1860 and although the records on hand were somewhat meager, none were lost. The third fire occured on 26 July 1896 and some records were lost including the county marriage records.
Marriage records from 1896 forward are maintained by the County Clerk and are available at the County Court House on center square in Kosciusko. An index of the marriage records from December, 1896 to 1946 are available on this site.
The Clerk of the Chancery Court has divorce, probate, and Indian records beginning in 1858.
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ADDRESSES
Attala County Library
| Attala County Library |
| 201 S Huntington Street |
| Kosciusko, MS 39090-9002 |
| Phone: (662)289-5141 |
Ann Breedlove
Genealogy Clerk
Address e-mail: to Ann Breedlove
AttalaGenealogy@midmissregional.lib.ms.us
Kosciusko - Attala Chamber of Commerce
Kosciusko -Attala Chamber of Commerce
Attala Historical Society
| Attala Historical Society |
| P. O. Box 127 |
| 300 East Washington Street |
| Kosciusko, MS 39090 |
| Phone: (662)289-5516 |
Attala County Chancery Court
| Chancery Court Clerk |
| Attala County |
| 230 W. Washington St. |
| Kosciusko, MS 39090 |
| Phone: (662)289-2921 |
Attala County Circuit Court
| Sara Reese |
| Circuit Court Clerk |
| Attala County |
| 118 W. Washington Street |
| Kosciusko, MS 39090 |
| Phone: (662)289-XXXX |
Star Herald Newspaper
| Star Herald Newspaper |
| 207 North Madison St. |
| Kosciusko, MS 39090 |
| Phone: (662)289-2251 |
| Fax: (662) 289-2254 |
| Star Herald web site |
| e-mail: news@starherald.net |
Mississippi State Vital Records Office
| Vital Records, State Dept of Health |
| 571 Stadium Drive |
| Jackson, MS 39215-1700 |
| Phone: (601)576-7960 |
| Fax: (601) 576-7505 |
Mississippi Department of Archives and History
| Mississippi Department of Archives and History |
| Post Office Box 571 |
| Jackson, MS 39205-0571 |
| Phone: (601)359-6850 |
| Archives and Library Division |
| Charlotte Capers Building |
| 100 South State Street |
| Jackson, Mississippi 39205 |
| Phone: (601)395-6876 (for research information) |
Hours of Service
Monday 9:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.
Tuesday-Friday:
8:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.
Saturday:
8:00 a.m.- 1:00 p.m.
(Small staff - limited reference services)
Reference Desk, (601) 359-6876
National Archives
| National Archives and Records Administration |
| 700 Pennsylvania Avenue NW |
| Washington, DC 20408-0001 |
Other sites worth investigating:
MSGenWeb
Mississippi Master County Index
USGenWeb Main Page
World GenWeb
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