Welcome to Jackson County MS History and Genealogy Presented by Mississippi Genealogy Trails a part of Genealogy Trails Volunteers Dedicated to Free Genealogy We here at Genealogy Trails are dedicated to bringing you free and accurate information that we hope brings you closer to solving your family tree mysteries! My name is Therman Kellar and I will be your Jackson County Mississippi host! You can reach me here! ! We gladly appriciate any information you may have, or would like to see on here. I do however, regret that we do not do personal research for you. 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 December 18, 1812, Jackson County is named for President Andrew Jackson. The county seat is Pascagoula Cities Gautier -- Moss Point -- Ocean Springs -- Pascagoula Census-designated places Big Point -- Escatawpa -- Gulf Hills -- Gulf Park Estates -- Helena -- Hickory Hills -- Hurley -- Latimer -- St. Martin -- Vancleave -- Wade Unincorporated places Kreole -- Orange Grove Jackson County Online Data Biographies Births Cemeteries Census Church Histories/Records County Records Court Records Deaths History Forgotten Towns Marriages Military Newspapers Obituaries Surnames Wills/Legal Records  Website Updates: May 2012: 1890 Veteran's Census - Beat 4 and 5 1890 Veteran's Census - Horn Island 1890 Veteran's Census - Ocean Springs 1890 Veteran's Census - Pascagoula 1890 Veteran's Census - Robinson Precinct 1890 Veteran's Census - Scranton Captain E. Castanera Obituary Frank Lisica Obituary E.C. Beckham Obituary William M. Bolton Obituary Mrs. Chris Nelson Obituary David Saucier Obituary Melville Hurley Obituary Leo Scharff Obituary Agnes I. Crosbie Obituary Mrs. Jane Valverde Obituary Lola Herring Obituary Mrs. W. Walker Obituary Almeda L. Brewton Obituary   Mar 2012: Major Thomas R. Broom Obituary Col. W. W. S. Bliss Obituary Mr. John Tanner Obituary Captain C. L. Lumsdan Obituary L. Charles Blanc Obituary Mr. Chandler S. Smith Obitaury Dr. C. Chidsey Obituary Hon. Walter Denn Obituary Captain S. A. Dutch Obituary Mrs. Mattie Brash Obituary Miss. Agnes I. Crosbie Obituary Jan 2012: Rufus Napoleon Rhodes Biography (More Data) Walter McKennon Denney Biography (More Data) Henry bascom Pilley Biography James Benjamin Rawls Biography Thomas Jefferson Stough Biography Andrew Jackson Witherspoon Biography Charles Roderick McCall Biography James Edward McCann Biography Charles G. McEachern M.D. Biography Town Swept By Flames (Community News) Scranton Is Now Called Pascagoula (Community News) 1820 Jackson County Census  Surrounding Counties George -- Harrison -- Stone -- Mobile, AL                     Copyright © Genealogy Trails All data on this website is Copyright by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters.