Welcome to Claiborne 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. Claiborne County was formed in 1802, the name deriving from the third Governor of the Mississippi Territory, William C. C. Claiborne.  Following the original inhabitants of the Choctaw Indians, Petit Gulf was the first noted settlement originated in 1729.  The county seat is Port Gibson, which was chartered in 1803. Cities and Towns Hermanville -- Port Gibson William C. C. Claiborne 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: 21 Apr 2013: Added Daniell (Freeland Family) Cemetery 28 Mar 2013: Added Dortch biography 28 Jun 2012: Added 1890 Veteran Census 13 files 20 Oct 2011: Added 3 Biographies 30 May 2010: Added 1 Slavery Story to Newspapers 28 May 2010: Added 2 Slavery Stories to Newspapers 9 Nov 2009: Created Cemetery Index for County Jan 2009: CLARK death announcement; WW2 Casualties, McCaleb Family Biography Previous Updates: Family Bibles for FULKERSON, BURNET, obits, Marriage announcements, extinct towns, county officials appointed in 1853 Addresses & Off-Site Links Claiborne County - P O Box 607, Port Gibson, MS, 39150, Phone: (601)437-4234 Claiborne County Chancery Clerk  P O Box 449,Port Gibson,MS.39150, Phone: (601) 437-4992, Fax: (601) 437-3137 Claiborne County Circuit Clerk P O Box 549,Port Gibson, MS, 39150, Phone: (601) 437-5841, Fax:  (601) 437-4543 Claiborne - Jefferson County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 1017, Port Gibson MS, 39150 Port Gibson - P. O Box 607, Port Gibson, Mississippi, 39150 Surrounding Counties * Warren County (north) * Hinds County (northeast) * Copiah County (southeast) * Jefferson County (south) * Tensas Parish, Louisiana (west) Visit our MS State Site Visit our National Site This page last updated on -- 23 Apr 2013 Copyright © Genealogy Trails All data on this website is Copyright by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters.