Mississippi Culpepper Archives
Claiborne County

County History

Claiborne County was formed while Mississippi was a Territory and was established January 27, 1802, during the administration of William C.C. Claiborne, Mississippi’s second territorial governor. Claiborne County was home to a little known but profound African-American civil rights struggle during the middle of the 20th century. As of 2000, Claiborne’s population is 11,831, and it has the second-largest percentage (84%) of Black residents of any American county. Its county seat and largest town is Port Gibson. Claiborne County is bordered by Warren County (north), Hinds County (northeast), Copiah County (southeast), Jefferson County (south) and Tensas Parish, Louisiana (west).


 

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Census Records

No Culpeppers were found in any Claiborne County censuses prior to 1940.

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

Claiborne County, Mississippi Marriages

Transcribed by Lew Griffin from various sources, primarily microfilm of county record books at the LDS Library in Salt Lake City

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.

Mississippi Marriages, 1826-1900

Source: Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp.. Mississippi Marriages, 1826-1900 (database on-line). Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2000. Original data: See Description for original data sources listed by county.

Mississippi Marriages, 1826-1850

Source: Ancestry.com. Mississippi Marriages, 1826-50 (database on-line). Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 1999. Original data: Dodd, Jordan R, et. al.. Early American Marriages: Mississippi.

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