Welcome to Prentiss 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. Founded in 1870 Prentiss County is named for Seargent Smith Prentiss, a famous speaker and debater from Natchez, MS. (Seargent is his first name, not a military title) Its county seat is Booneville Cities Baldwyn (partly in Lee County) -- Booneville Towns Jumpertown -- Marietta Unincorporated places New Site -- Thrasher -- Wheeler 15 Nov 2009: Added Cemetery Index 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: 01 Apr 2013: Added 1890 Vet Census 14 May 2012: Added Lowery Obituary Jan 2009: 1878 and 1879 marriages; World War 2 Casualties Previous Updates: HOYLE Obit; Extinct towns Surrounding Counties * Alcorn County (north) * Tishomingo County (east) * Itawamba County (southeast) * Lee County (southwest) * Union County (west) * Tippah County (northwest) Visit our MS State Site Visit our National Site This page last updated on -- 14 May 2012 Copyright © Genealogy Trails All data on this website is Copyright by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters.