Welcome to Benton County MS 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 Nancy. (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. Originally parts of Marshall and Tippah Counties, Benton County was organized on July 15, 1870 and named after U. S. Senator Thomas Hart Benton.  Although another source states that the county was named after General Samuel Benton, who  died at Ezra Church, near Atlanta in 1864 during the Civil War.  The time in which it was formed was considered the reconstruction period. In the center of the county is the small incorporated village of Ashland which is the county seat, and named after the home of Henry Clay. Cities, Towns & Villages Ashland -- Canaan -- Snow Lake Shores -- Hickory Flat -- Lamar -- Winborn -- Michigan City 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 Jan 2013: Added 3 Biography Transcriptions 4 May 2012: Added 1 Biography Transcription 4 May 2012: Added 2 Marriage Announcements 8 Nov 2009: Added Cemetery List Jan 2009: HUDSPETH obit; Marriages from 1881-1898; WW2 casualties Extinct Towns; Marriage Announcements Benton County Addresses & Off-Site Links Benton County Chancery Clerk P O Box 218, Ashland, MS, 38603, Phone: (662) 224-6300, Fax: (662) 224-6303 Benton County Circuit Clerk P O Box 262, Ashland, MS, 38603, Phone:(662) 224-6310, Fax: (662) 224-6312 Bond Memorial Library Six Main Street, P O Box 216, Ashland, MS, 38603, Phone (662) 224-6400 Hickory Flat Library PO Box 309, Hickory Flat, MS, 38633, Phone: (662) 333-7633 Neighboring Counties Marshall County Tippah County Union County Fayette County, TN Hardeman County, TN   Visit our MS State Site Visit our National Site This page last updated on -- 22 Jan 2013 Copyright © Genealogy Trails All data on this website is Copyright by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters.