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Military RecordsWorld War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918Source: 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, 1938-1946Source: 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.
MarriagesMississippi Marriages, 1776-1935Source: 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 RecordsMississippi Land RecordsSource: 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
DeathsSocial Security Death IndexSource: 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.
Burials
Corinth National Cemetery
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Melichi Culpeper, died 19 Jul 1862 as Private in the US Army, Interred 19 Jul 1862 in Corinth National Cemetery, Section A, Site 1941 (#52002)√ |
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Last Revised: 02 Jan 2015
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Alcorn County, the smallest county
in area in Mississippi, was formed April 15, 1870, from Tippiah and
Tishomingo counties, and named in honor of Gov. James L. Alcorn, the
first chief executive of the State chosen under the constitution of
1869. As of 2000, the population was 34,558. Its
county seat and largest town is Corinth. With the exception of Columbus,
it is the only large manufacturing point in the northern portion of the
State, a section chiefly supplied by Memphis. Other towns include Farmington, Glen, Kossuth
and Rienzi. Alcorn
County is bordered by Hardeman County, Tennessee (northwest), McNairy County, Tennessee (north), Hardin County,
Tennessee (northeast), Tishomingo County (east), Prentiss County
(south) and Tippah County (west).