Newton County, Mississippi
Organizations
Please let me know of any genealogy organizations!
Newton County Historical and Genealogical Society
Meetings are at 10 a. m. on 2nd Saturday of each month. Beginning on
August 10, 2002, we will meet at the J. Elliot McMullan Public Library
in Newton, Mississippi. Starting time is 10:00 a.m. Our due
structure
is $12 individual, $18 household. Harold Graham, President.
Some info at http://members.cox.net/wi4k/nchgs.htm
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Queries
eMail: New queries will no longer be accepted, only updates and
corrections. MSGen(at)MSGen.net indicating "Newton
Queries
page" and "(at)" must be replaced with "@" for the address to work.
Mississippi, Newton County Queries
Some Newton County queries.
Published Genealogy Materials
Book of Original Entries: Land Records of Newton
County,
MS Cost $30.00.
History of Newton County: From 1834-1894 by A. J.
Brown Cost $30.00.
Add $5 shipping per book. Order from: Okla Museum, P. O.
Box 372, Decatur, MS 39327, Phone 601.635.2023.
Newton
County
Mississippi: A Pictorial History.
This seems to be the book that Myrtis Craft and Melvin
Tingle worked on. The web page says, "256 pages, 8 1/2" x 11"
Hardbound".
Book of Original Entries - Land Records of Newton
County,
MS by Myrtis S. Craft, George Mason & Melvin Tingle.
252 pgs., indexed, $34.00 includes shipping.
Old Account Book Entries, 1837-1843, Decatur, Newton
Co., MS by Myrtis S. Craft & Melvin Tingle.
168 pages,
indexed, $24.00 includes shipping.
Newton Co., MS, Marriage Records, 1872-1952
by Wm. Harold Graham. 486 pages, $54.00 includes shipping.
These are available from Pioneer Publishing Co., P. O. Box 408,
Carrollton,
MS, 38917, tel: 662-237-6010.
Newton Co., Ms. A Cemetery Census 1782-1995
Publisher: EBRS Publishing Co., 18970 Hwy. 15 North, Decatur,
Ms. 39327 ($57.50 - worth every cent!)
Newton Co., Ms. 1860 Federal Census by Delores Sanders. No longer available.
Libraries
Links
MSGenWeb:
Newton County, Mississippi
Pages about Newton County genealogy.
USGS General Query Form of USGS Data
Search the United States Geological Survey Query for listing of about 26 Cemetery names and locations.
Newton County Data Index
1860 Census
Listing of cemeteries with GPS coordinates
Descendants of George
Washington
Pierce
by Melody Belk
Descendants of Elijah
Wyatt
by Melody Belk
Carol's
House Is Dedicated to the Preservation of Family History
Pages on News, Calendar, Family History, Mysteries To Solve, Cemetery
Records, Boler's Inn, Neshoba Church Records, Places, Newton County
Historical
and Genealogical Society, Patriot Ancestors, Links, and more.
Newspapers
Look Ups and Research
Neighboring Counties
Leake, Neshoba,
Kemper,
north | Kemper, Lauderdale,
Clarke,
east | Clarke,
Jasper,
Smith,
south | Smith,
Scott,
Leake,
west
times since October 17, 1998.