Mississippi County, located on the river of that name is southeastern Missouri, was created in 1845 out of the lands of Scott County. This volume contains a brief history of the county from the date of creation to the time of the original publication of the materials in the mid-1880s. The family sketches were submitted by the families themselves, therefore, they are more accurate and other sources.

 

Example

“Newton T. Strickland, an enterprising farmer of Mississippi County, was born in Benton County, Tenn., in 1852, and is a son of Noah and Jane (Cowell) Strickland both of whom were born and reared in Tennessee. Noah Strickland was bon in 1816, and was a farmer, owning 500 acres of land....”

 

Surnames Included in This Publication

ADAMS, AKE, ALBRIGHT, ALEXANDER, ALLEN, ALLSTUN, ARMER, ARNOLD, ATCHER, AYERS

BADGER, BAKER, BALDWIN, BANKE, BARKER, BARNARD, BARNES, BARNHILL, BARRY, BARTLETT, BASTIAN, BAYOU, BEADLE, BECKWITH, BEDFORD, BETHUNE, BIBB, BIRD, BISHOP, BIVENS, BLACK, BLEDSOE, BLOCHER, BOGARD, BOND, BONDURANT, BOONE, BOUGARD, BOYARD, BRADLEY, BRASWELL, BRATCHER, BREED, BREWER, BRIDGES, BRIDWELL, BRIEN, BRINKMAN, BROOMFIELD, BROWN, BRYANT, BUMPASS, BURGESS, BURNS, BUSH, BUTCHER, BUTLER, BUTTS, BYRD

CALDWELL, CALENDAR, CALHOUN, CAMPBELL, CANTWELL, CASTLEBURRY, CHAMBERLAIN, CHAMBERS, CHAMBLES, CHAPMAN, CHILDERS, CHILDRESS, CHOATE, CLARIDAY, CLARK, CLARKSON, CLAYTON, CLOUD, COLE, COLEMAN, COLLIER, COMBS, CONYERS, COOK, COOLEY, CRAIG, CRANFORD, CRAVENS, CRENSHAW, CRINEHAM, CROSSWHAITE, CRUCE, CUMLEY, CUMMINGS, CUNNINGHAM, CURD

DALEY, DALTON, DANFORTH, DAVIDSON, DAVIS, DAVY, DAWSON, DE LEON, DEAL, DEVER, DEW, DICKERSON, DIEHL, DIVINEY, DONNELL, DONOVER, DOWNING, DUKE, DUKES, DUNCAN, DUNHAM, DUNIFER, DUNLAP, DUVALL, DYER, DYSON

EDENS, EDWARDS, ELIGOOD, ELLETT, ELLIOTT, EMORY, ENGLISH, ESPINASSE

FARRIS, FINLEY, FIREBAUGH, FLEMING, FLETCHER, FLORENCE, FORBS, FORBY, FORD, FORGEY, FOUST, FOWKLES, FRALEY, FRANSIS, FRAWLEY, FRENCH, FROMAN, FUGATE

GAITHER, GARDNER, GARWOOD, GATEWOOD, GATY, GELTZ, GEORGE, GERDON, GILLOLLEY, GILMORE, GIRARD, GOLDENA, GOLDER, GOODE, GOODIN, GOODWIN, GORMAN, GOSSETT, GRANT, GRAY, GRAYSON, GREEN, GREER, GRIFFITT, GRIGGS, GRIGSBY, GRIM, GRINSTEAD, GROATH, GUTHRIE

HAINELY, HAINES, HAINESWORTH, HAINLEY, HALL, HAMILTON, HANCOCK, HANDY, HARDIN, HARGAN, HARGIS, HARNED, HARNESS, HARNEY, HARPER, HARRIS, HARRISON, HART, HARTNER, HARVELL, HATCH, HATCHER, HAW, HAWKINS, HAY, HAYDEN, HAYES, HAYS, HEADLEY, HEATH, HECK, HEGGIE, HENDRICKS, HENNON, HENSON, HEQUEMBOURG, HESS, HICKS, HILL, HOBBS, HOLBROOK, HOLLOWAY, HOLMES, HOLMS, HOOKER, HORN, HORTON, HOWE, HOWELL, HOWLETT, HUBBARD, HUDSON, HUFF, HULL, HUMPHREY, HUMPHREYS, HUNTER, HURST, HUSK, HUTCHINSON

JACKSON, JAMES, JARRELL, JECKO, JENKINSON, JERNIGAN, JOHNSTON, JONES, JORDAN, JORDON

KALFUS, KEESEE, KEISER, KEITH, KELLEY, KENDRICK, KENNEDY, KENRICK, KEPPER, KERR, KEYSER, KINBY, KIRKPATRICK, KNOX

LaMONTAGUE, LANGFORD, LANGSDALE, LANGSTON, LAW, LEE, LESTER, LETT, LINDSAY, LINDSEY, LOEBE, LONG, LOOMIS, LOUCK, LOVE, LUCAS, LUSK, LYNN

McCLEARY, McCLELLAN, McDOO, McELMURRY, McFARLAND, McGHEE, MADDEN, MANSFIELD, MARBURY, MARDICK, MARSHALL, MARTIN, MASSEY, MATHEWS, MATTHEWS, MAZAREE, MESSAMORE, METHENY, MILES, MILLAR, MILLER, MILLS, MITCHENER, MOLDER, MOORE, MOORMAN, MORAN, MORGAN, MORRIS, MOSS, MOTT, MOULSBY, MUDDING, MUNFORT, MUSHOLD, MYRICK

NAIVE, NANCY, NATHONS, NEALY, NEWMAN, NIFONG, NORTHERN, NOYES, NUNN

O'BRYAN, OGILVIE, OLD, OLIVER, ORR, OSTNER, OVERSTREET, OVERTON

PARENT, PARKER, PARKS, PATTERSON, PEARMAN, PEARSONS, PEASE, PECK, PETERS, PETERSON, PETRIE, POOR, PORTER, POWELL, PRESSON, PRICE, PRITCHETT, PRYOR

QUINBY, QUINN

RAIDT, RAMSEY, RANDAL, RANDALL, RANDOL, RANDOLPH, REEDER, REEVES, REMMEK, REYNOLDS, RHODES, RICE, RILEY, RINGO, RINGOE, RISINGER, ROACH, ROBERTS, ROBERTSON, ROBINSON, RODNEY, ROLWING, ROMINES, ROSE, ROSENBERG, ROSENSTEIN, ROUSE, ROWE, RUNYAN, RUSH, RUSHING, RUSK, RUSSELL, RUTHERFORD

SANDERS, SAYRES, SCHUH, SCILLIAN, SCOTT, SHELBY, SHELLEY, SHEPHERD, SHEPPARD, SHERMAN, SHIEFER, SHREEVES, SIEGELMANN, SIMMONS, SIMPSON, SLACK, SLAVENS, SMALL, SMITH, SMYSER, SNELL, SNELLIN, SOMERSETT, SPINKS, STAATS, STACY, STANLEY, STAPLES, STEVENSON, STOLPMAN, STOTTS, STOVALL, STRADER, STRATTON, STRICKLAND, SULLIVAN, SUMMERS, SUTTON, SWANK, SWEETEN, SWINNEY

TABOR, TAYLOR, TETWILER, THOMAS, THOMPSON, THURMAN, TINSLEY, TOMLINSON, TRAVIS, TUCKER, TURLEY, TYGART

UNDERWOOD

VIRGIN, VOGLEY, VON NEIDERHAUSEM, VOWELS

WAIDE, WALKER, WALLER, WALLS, WALTERS, WALTON, WARD, WARFORD, WARREN, WASHAM, WATERS, WATKINS, WATTS, WEAL, WELLS, WEST, WHITCOMB, WHITE, WHITSELL, WILKINSON, WILLIAMS, WILSON, WING, WOODWARD, WORD, WRIGHT, WYNDLAND

YARBROUGH, YATES, YOUNG

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