Mississippi Culpepper Archives
Lee County

County History

Lee County, taken from the eastern part of Pontotoc County and the western part of Itawamba County, was established in 1866. It is named for General Robert E. Lee. The old brick court house, erected in 1871, was burned in 1873. It was replaced by a brick structure which was also destroyed by fire in 1904. As of 2000, Lee County's population was 75,755 and is part of the Tupelo, Mississippi Micropolitan Statistical Area. Well known as the the birthplace of Elvis Presley, Tupelo is both the largest town and county seat of Lee County. It is also the headquarters of the Natchez Trace Parkway, an elongated historic national park that stretches from Natchez, Mississippi to Nashville, Tennessee. Other towns in the county include Baldwyn, Guntown, Nettleton, Plantersville, Saltillo, Shannon, Sherman and Verona. Lee County is bordered by Prentiss County (north), Itawamba County (east), Monroe County (southeast), Chickasaw County (southwest), Pontotoc County (west) and Union County (northwest).

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Census Records

Military Records

World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918

Source: National Archives and Records Administration. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-18 (database online) Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2002. National Archives and Records Administration. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. M1509, 4,277 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration

U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946

Source: National Archives and Records Administration. U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 (database online). Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005. Original data: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946 (Archival Database); World War II Army Enlistment Records; Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 64; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD.

Marriages

Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935

Source: Hunting For Bears, comp.. Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935 (database on-line). Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004. Original data: Mississippi marriage information taken from county courthouse records. Many of these records were extracted from copies of the original records in microfilm, microfiche, or book format, located at the Family History Library.

Land Records

Mississippi Land Records

Source: United States, Bureau of Land Management. Mississippi Land Records (database on-line). Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 1997. Original data: United States, Bureau of Land Management. Mississippi Pre-1908 Patents: Homesteads, Cash Entry, Choctaw Indian Scrip and Chickasaw Cession Lands. General Land Office Automated Records Project, 1997

Deaths

Social Security Death Index

Source: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index (database on-line). Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2007. All records of deaths on or before 31 Dec 2007 in which the final benefit was paid or final residence was in this county.

Places