Mississippi Culpepper Archives
Yazoo County

County History

Yazoo County was formed 1823 out of the large county of Hinds. Situated in the fertile valley of the Yazoo River, it formed part of the territory acquired from the Choctaws in 1820 known as the “New Purchase.” It thus included within its original limits the present counties of Washington, Holmes, Issaquena, and Sharkey, and parts of the counties of Madison and Sunflower. In 1918 it made its last donation of territory to the new county of Humphreys. Yazoo County is named for the Yazoo River, whose name, legend has it, comes from an Indian word meaning "River of Death". Farming and lumber are the predominant industries. In 1863 and 1864, Yazoo County was a Civil War battlefield. In 1900, the famous railroad disaster which killed engineer Casey Jones took place in Yazoo County. The only county in the Yazoo City, MS Micropolitan Statistical Area, Yazoo County's population is 28,149 (in 2000). The county seat and the largest town is Yazoo City. Other towns include Benton, Bentonia, Eden, Satartia, and Vaughan. Adjacent counties are Humphreys County (north), Holmes County (northeast), Madison County (east), Hinds County (south), Warren County (southwest) and Issaquena County (west) and Sharkey County (northwest).

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Census Records

No Culpeppers were found in any Yazoo County censuses prior to 1860.

1860 US Census

Transcribed for Culpepper Connections by Shannon Leigh O’Connor Christian

1870 US Census

1880 US Census

1890 US Census

1900-1930 US Censuses

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