As of 12/07/2006

Series 2050: Yazoo County
Original Records

Title
Dates
Box #
Accounts, Bank
       *Charge statement by A. Smith, Clerk & Teller of the Commercial Bank of Manchester concerning payment of taxes on lands known as the Polosi Plantation for 1842 & 1843 (1844)
1844
10050
Accounts Payable/Promissory Notes (Individuals)
       *Certified copy of Deed of Trust from J.B. Womack to J.P. Poindexter (1826)
       *Promissory Note from Runnels, Smith, Cole & Russell to the Governor of the State of Mississippi (1833)
       *Records regarding account of Joseph Reid [Reid] with Ward Moffett & Co. and with Ward Jones & Co.; 8 documents (1839-1845)
       *Promissory Note by N. O’Reilly to Trustees for benefit of Brown Brothers & Co. (1844)
1826
1833
1839-1845
1844
10050
Affidavits
       *M.W. Jenkins, retired Sheriff, concerning procedure for marking tax collection box (1860)
       *C. Mann, Manager of Yazoo Oil Works, concerning profit of company on capital invested (1879)
1860
1879
10050
Appointments
       *Certificate regarding E.G. Harris as Acting Justice of the Peace (1839)
       *Certificate of appointment of L. Franklin as county Auctioneer (1862)
1839
1862
10050
Board of Police Business
       *Certified copy of Order setting tax levy for completing County Buildings (1850)
       *Order setting tax levy for Common Schools (1850)
       *Order setting tax levy for School Tax (1850)
       *Certified copy of Order setting tax levy for fiscal year 1853 (1853)
       *Certified copy of Order setting tax levy for fiscal year 1854 (1854)
       *Certified copy of report by Chancery Clerk on examination of records of forfeitures of lands (1855)
       *Certified list of lands forfeited in 1852 for non-payment of taxes (1855)
       *Certified copy of Order setting tax levy for 1858 (1858)
       *Certified copy of Order setting tax levy for 1859 (1859)
       *Minutes concerning examination of tax records for 1858 (1859)
1850
1850
1850
1853
1854
1855
1855
1858
1859
1859
10050
Bonds
       *J.C. Hawley and A. Gobb bound unto V.M. Sublett concerning a land sale (1838)
1838
10050
Bridges
       *Tally of estimates number 1-24 for construction of Big Black and Bakers Creek Bridges, with actual amounts paid to contractor (1843)
1843
10010
Correspondence, miscellaneous
       *T. Shackelford to C.A. Brougher, Esq., Secretary of State (1866)
1866
10050
Court Records – Circuit Court
       *Series of eight documents relating to Sheriff’s sale of land of J.R. Creecy (1839-1844)
       *Certified copy of verdict of a jury of inquest into the death of T. O’Keefe, Keeper of the Ferry at Yazoo City (1857)
1839-1844
1857
10050
      *Jurors – Certification of Attendance (1820, 1824-1825, 1829-1833, 1836, 1847, 1855-1857)
       *Witnesses – Certification of Attendance (1824-1825, 1829, 1834, 1846, 1850-1858, 1866
1820-1857
1824-1866
13470
Court Records: Justice of the Peace
             *Receipt from H. Burrus, County Treasurer for fines collected by J. H. Hunter, J.P. (1874)
1874
10050
Court Records – Officers of the Court
             *Certification of expenses and services (1824-1834, 1838, 1839,1842-1844, 1850, 1857-1858, 1860, 1862, n.d.)
1824-1862, n.d.
13470
Land Records - Indentures, Deeds…between:
       *L.R. Marshall & S.E. Marshall; and J. Stevens (1835)
       *G.W. Terrill; and S.J. Carman (1836)
       *M. Bishop; and Laura Hageman (1840)
       *M.W. Smith; and R. Fisher (1864)
       *J.W. Dickson; and Calvin Lea (1841)
       *Charles T. Williams; and Thomas Rawlings, et al (1845)
       *R.G. Simpson & Sanford Wilson; and Gibeon Gibson (1837)
       *Samuel Carman & wife; and Robert Spiars (1838)
       *William Pickett; and John Battaile (1847)
1835
1836
1840
1864
1841
1845
1837
1838
1847
10050
     *J.J. Pearson & S.J. Pearson; and R. Fisher; Certificate of Recording attached (1866)
       *Robert Liles; and J.M. Harrington (1837)
       *J.W. Fuqua, Sheriff; and J. & W. Battaile (1845)
1866
1837
1845
10008
Land Records – Miscellaneous
       *Valuation by D. Jones and B. Lewis of land on which a gin had burned down; sold by W.C. Wilkinson to H. Wilkinson (1840)
       *Land description that mentions adjoining lands of H. Dickson and C. Lea (n.d.)
1840
n.d.
10050
Land Records – Tax Collectors’ land sales for non-payment of taxes
       *Certified copy of Notice of Tax Collector’s sale of land of J. Newton, deed of conveyance to W. Brag, and later assignments; recorded 1846 (1846)
1846
10050
Slaves/Negroes – Documents
       *Copy certified in 1844 of receipt for sale of slaves by Bridges to McNamee in 1832 (1832 & 1844)
1832, 1844
10050
Tax Collector
       *Receipt issued to the Commercial Bank of Manchester for taxes paid on certain described land (1862)
1862
10050
      *Miscellaneous (1853)
1853
13470