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DeSoto County, Mississippi


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Organizations
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Queries
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Mississippi, DeSoto County Queries
Some DeSoto County queries.

Published Genealogy Materials

Davis Descendants.   By David Ragland Davis.  A New Edition of The Descendants of John Davis and Catherine Ragland of Virginia. April 2004. 169 pages. ($40.00 including shipping.)
Davis, John Stephen Family and Descendants of DeSoto County, Mississippi Since 1842.   By David Ragland Davis.  Listed chronologically. 1993. 196 pages. ($35 including shipping .)
Davis, John Stephen and Mary Ann Ragland and Their Children of DeSoto County, Mississippi.   By David Ragland Davis.  Data collected from Public Records and Family Papers and Stories. Not indexed. 1996. 71 pages. ($30 including shipping.)
Davis, Ragland, and Bowe Families. Volume I: Davis Genealogies and Descendants of John Davis and Catherine Ragland of Virginia (1695-1995).   By David Ragland Davis.  Text indexed; descendants' list is not indexed. 1995. 141 pages. ($40 including shipping.)
Davis, Ragland, and Bowe Families, Volume II: Ragland Records and Ragland Descendants (1690-1995).   By David Ragland Davis.  Text is indexed; descendants' list is not indexed. 1995. 265 pages. ($40 including shipping.)
Davis, Ragland, and Bowe Families, Volume III: The Bowes. The Bowes of Virginia, The Bows of Kentucky, The Bowes of Mississippi.   By David Ragland Davis.  Text and descendants' list both are indexed. 1997. 254 pages. ($40 including shipping.)
Descendants of John Davis and Catherine Ragland of Virginia.  Indexed. 118 pages. 2003. Out of print. See Davis Descendants above.
Descendants of Evan Ragland and Susanna Pettus.  By David Ragland Davis.  Indexed. 2003. 235 pages. ($40 including shipping.)
The Ragland Family of Alabama.   By David Ragland Davis.  Public Records Relating the Story of a Family Divided. (1833-1854). 1997. 66 pages. ($25 including shipping.)
Rebecca Bowe Ragland - A Sketch of Her Life.  By David Ragland Davis with Jean Rawlings Meaney.  Descendants' list is indexed. 2003. 84 pages. Revised April 2004. ($20 including shipping.)
Westward, Ho!. The Migration of Seven Generations of the Davis Family.  Written by Margaret Elizabeth Davis Cameron. Edited and printed by Jean Rawlings Meaney and David Ragland Davis. April 2004. ($15 including shipping.)
   (Contact David R. Davis, 122 East Goodwyn, Memphis, TN 38111-2514 / drdavis@midsouth.rr.com / 901-323-3999)

Libraries
 
 

Links

MSGenWeb: DeSoto County, Mississippi
Pages about  DeSoto County Archives, Family Homepages, Links, Research, Look-Ups, DeSoto County Online, 1840 Census, MS County List, MS Links, Queries, Bible Records, Obituaries, Biographies, Deeds, Pensions, Wills, and more.

USGS General Query Form of USGS Data
Search the United States Geological Survey Query for listing of about - Cemetery names and locations.

DeSoto County Data Index
Listing of cemeteries with GPS coordinates

Robert Bruce Bowe Family Picture DeSoto Co, MS
Courtesy of Robert Bruce Seymour, Great great grandson of Robert Bruce Bowe.

Newspapers
 
  

Look Ups and Research
 
 

Neighboring Counties

Crittenden, AR, Shelby, TN, north | Marshall, Tate, east | Tate, Tunica, Crittenden, AR, south | Tate, Tunica, Crittenden, AR, west


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