Welcome to Yazoo County History and Genealogy Presented by Mississippi Genealogy Trails a part of Genealogy Trails Volunteers Dedicated to Free Genealogy Your state host is Gene Phillips Please send any data submissions to me. I will upload them as soon as possible. This Site is Available for Adoption Our goal is to help you track your ancestors through time by transcribing genealogical and historical data for the free use of all researchers. We're looking for folks who share our dedication to putting data online and are interested in helping this project be as successful as it can be. If you are interested in joining Genealogy Trails, view our Volunteer Page for further information and then contact Kim. (Enough knowledge to make a basic webpage and a desire to transcribe data is required) We regret that we are unable to perform personal research for folks. All data we come across will be added to this site. We thank you for visiting and hope you'll come back again to view the updates we make to this site. If you would like to be kept informed of our state and county website updates, subscribe to any or all of our mailing lists Mississippi is covered under our "Southern" States mailing list. Founded January 21, 1823 The 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 of Yazoo County The total land area of 934 square miles makes Yazoo County the largest county in Mississippi. The area which is now Yazoo County was acquired by the State of Mississippi from the Choctaw Indians in 1820. It was the 19th county established in the State of Mississippi, and remains the largest in area. The first county seat was at Beattie's Bluff, Mississippi. In 1829 the county seat was moved to Benton. In 1849 the county seat was moved once again, to Yazoo City where it remains. Yazoo County was a battlefield in 1863 and 1864 during the American Civil War. Cities Yazoo City Towns Bentonia Villages Eden -- Satartia Unincorporated Places Anding -- Benton -- Holly Bluff -- Tinsley -- Vaughan Online Data Biographies Births Cemeteries Census Church Histories/Records County Records Court Records Deaths Family Bibles Extinct Towns Marriages Military Newspapers Obituaries Surnames Wills/Legal Records  Website Updates: 22 Dec 2009: Additional WW2 Casualties Jun 2009: pg 39-40 of 1860 census Jan 2009: Crime News, escaped criminal Robinson; Mexican War Volunteers from the 1st Regiment, Co A., World War 2 Casualties, Slavery News Item Previous Updates: Extinct Towns, Marriages from Book B; obits and marriage announcements Surrounding Counties * Humphreys County (north) * Holmes County (northeast) * Madison County (east) * Hinds County (south) * Warren County (southwest) * Issaquena County (west) * Sharkey County (northwest) Visit our MS State Site Visit our National Site This page last updated on -- 15 Nov 2009 Copyright © Genealogy Trails All data on this website is Copyright by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters.