History Clarke County, along with sixteen other Mississippi counties were organized out of Choctaw land in 1833.  The county was named after the prominent Mississippi jurist Joshua G. Clarke.  During the time Clarke County was established, Mississippi was experiencing the biggest population growth it has seen in it's history. Agriculture, especially cotton was the main economy of this rural county.  The Chickasawhay River providing the means of transporting the products by flatboats and keelboats. The steamboat was introduced to the river in the 1840's by help from John J. McRae.  In the 1850's tracks were laid for the railroad which added to the mode of transportation for both shipping goods and venturous travelers. In 1864, General William T. Sherman and Federal Troops vandalized the railroad tracks and it took months to repair the damage in order to provide transportation via the railroad once again. Clarke County borders Alabama in South Central Mississippi with the county seat being the city of Quitman. Welcome to Genealogy Trails Volunteers working to put free historical data online. This site is available for adoption.   Many thanks to previous host Debora Reese for all her hard work on this site! We gladly accept raw data such as biographies, census information, church histories, county histories, court records, marriage/birth/death records, military records, obituaries, old newspaper items...  anything that might help a fellow researcher build their family history. We will be adding new information regularly so keep an eye on us by subscribing to our Mail List that will inform you of new updates OR add us to your favorites. Please feel free to contact us with your contributions because every little bit helps.  We are grateful for help in making this a resourceful place for Clarke County genealogical and historical information.   We are sorry that we can't do any individual research for you, but if your ancestor left a footprint in this county we'll do everything possible to add information to this site that will help you find them                           Biographies Births Businesses  Cemeteries Census           Cities & Towns Court Records Deaths Doctors & Midwives   Families           Family Bibles  Historical Places Land Marriages    Military           Newspapers Obituaries Photos Pioneer Families Rivers & Creeks     Book Extracts "A General History of the Baptist Denomination in American and Other Parts of the World", By David Benedict, New York: Lewis Colby and Company, 122 Nassau Street, 1848 "A History of Mississippi from the Discovery of the Great River by Hernando DeSoto, Including the First Settlement Made by the French, under Iberville, to the Death of Jefferson Davis"  - By Robert Lowry & William H. McCardle, Jackson, Mississippi, R. H., Henry & Co., 1891 Look What's New! Recent Updates     Book - History of Baptist Denomination CSA info for James Bolton     Book - History of MS from the Discovery Businesses        WWII Draft Registration         Search Our Clarke County Site powered by FreeFind   Clarke County Links  Clarke County Chamber of Commerce The Simpson & Buller Family Tree    White's Store Clarke County Addresses Clarke County Circuit Clerk - (Marriage Records from 1853- Present) P O Box 216, Quitman, MS  39355, Phone:(601) 776-3111 Clarke County Chancery Court Clerk (Land records, Probate Records, and more)                     P O Box 689, Quitman, MS  39355, Phone: (601) 776-2126 Local Historical Societies Historic Clarke County, Inc. - P O Box 172, Quitman, MS  39355 Stonewall Historical Society The Historical Village of DeSoto Improvement Society (a. k. a DeSoto Historical Society) - 72 Clarion Street, Shubuta, Ms  39360   Mississippi Links  Lisa's Southern Cemeteries                                       Mississippi Dept. of Archives & History Mississippi Executions                                                                 Mississippi Foundation Maps Mississippi Genealogical  & Historical Research                       Mississippi in the Civil War Mississippi State University Libraries Neighboring Counties Jasper County          Lauderdale County          Wayne County          Choctaw County, AL                                      All data on this website is © Copyright 2006 by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters.