Territorial Schedules
Federal Population Schedules and indexes for Lawrence County are available from 1820-1870. The Soundex and Federal Population Schedules are available from 1880-1920 with the exception of 1890 which was destroyed by fire and water damage at the National Archives. Mortality Schedules are available from 1850-1880. Slave Schedules are available for 1850 and 1860.
1890 MS Census Index of Confederate Soldiers and Widows
Educable Children Records are available from the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, the superintendent of education’s office, or in published form by John Paul Smith.
- 1820 Census (hosted at USGenWeb Census Project )
- 1830 Census (hosted at USGenWeb Census Project )
- 1840 Census (hosted at USGenWeb Census Project )
- 1850 Census Transcription
- 1860 Census Index
- 1870 Census head of household
- 1880 District 118
- 1890 MS Census Index of Confederate Soldiers and Widows
I am trying to track down my family roots. I am look for the generation s of McDuffeys and Harris. The McDuffeys are from New Hebrone and the Harris are from Sivler Creek both in Lawrence County Mississippi. I can only go back 3 generations on my mom’s mom side and only 2generations on my mom’s dad side and that’s only with a great-grandmother name of Alice. So any help I can get would be great.
Hello, I am doing research on my family origins from Silver Creek, Monticello/Prentice, and those surrounding areas to Biloxi, MS. My family’s last name is Fortenberry and Madison…There are some Smiths as well, and possibly more. I have not been given much information from my relatives, but their names. Any help with this will be greatly appreciated. I’ve never had the nerve to do this research in this depth until now because I wasn’t given enough to start with. I guess the names and locations are the easiest for now.