As of 10/04/2016

Series 653: Mississippi Levee Board/District Records. 1858-1984.
Levee Boards (RG 20).

      Records of the Mississippi Levee Board/District, including a book on land redemption records that also contains entries pertaining to the state Oyster Fund, and Board minutes and land records that are on microfilm. These Board minutes and supplemental information cover meetings from 1880 through 1984 that were held in Greenville. Land acquisition records, delinquent lands for levee construction, and Old Right of Way & Right of Way forms are included. Also, the Mississippi National Guard Flood Relief Expedition report on losses and damages from the flood of 1927 and laws relating to the Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners are included.

Historical Note

      The Mississippi Levee Board/District had its origins in the Board of Levee Commissioners for Bolivar, Washington and Issaquena counties, established in 1865. Also known as District No. 2, the commission was expanded by an act of the Legislature on January 27, 1877, and renamed the Mississippi Levee Board/District. A further act of March 13, 1884, extended the district to include parts of Warren County. The 1890 constitution formally divided the state’s alluvial lands into two levee districts: the Mississippi Levee District, headquartered in Greenville, Washington County; and the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta Levee District, headquartered in Clarksdale, Coahoma County. The levee board system formalized by the 1890 constitution remains intact today.

"Not paid" file, Issaquena Co.: 1903-1984MF #36823
"Not paid" file, Issaquena Co.: 1903-1984MF #36824
"Not paid" file, Issaquena Co.: 1903-1984MF #36825

Bonds of cotton tax collectors: 1908-1923MF #36806

Land acquisition records: 1897-1918MF #36805
Land redemption records: 189629429
Land struck off at levee tax sale: 1871-1875MF #36806

Lands for levee construction: 1872-1916MF #36806
Lands for levee construction: 1872-1916MF #36807

Laws of Levee Commissioners: 1921MF #36826

Maps of Mississippi: pre-1900MF #36794

Minute Books #10 - #12: 1935-1945MF #36798
Minute Books #12 - #14: 1945-1960MF #36799
Minute Books #14 - #16: 1960-1979MF #36800
Minute Books #16: 1979-1984MF #36801
Minute Books #4 & #5: 1880-1899MF #36795
Minute Books #6 - #8: 1899-1922MF #36796
Minute Books #8 - #10: 1922-1935MF #36797

Minutes (supplemental info.): 1858-1911MF #36801
Minutes (supplemental info.): 1911-1925MF #36802
Minutes (supplemental info.): 1925-1944MF #36803
Minutes (supplemental info.): 1944-1957MF #36804
Minutes (supplemental info.): 1957-1960MF #36805

Old Right of Way forms: 1878-1909MF #36794

Levee Board Minutes: 189329429

Report on losses & damages from 1927 flood: 1927MF #36825
Report on losses & damages from 1927 flood: 1927MF #36826

Right of Way forms, Bolivar Co.: 1903-1984MF #36807
Right of Way forms, Bolivar Co.: 1903-1984MF #36808
Right of Way forms, Bolivar Co.: 1903-1984MF #36809
Right of Way forms, Bolivar Co.: 1903-1984MF #36810
Right of Way forms, Bolivar Co.: 1903-1984MF #36811

Right of Way forms, Issaquena Co.: 1903-1984MF #36821
Right of Way forms, Issaquena Co.: 1903-1984MF #36822
Right of Way forms, Issaquena Co.: 1903-1984MF #36823
Right of Way forms, Issaquena Co.: 1903-1984MF #36824
Right of Way forms, Issaquena Co.: 1903-1984MF #36825

Right of Way forms, Washington Co.: 1903-1984MF #36811
Right of Way forms, Washington Co.: 1903-1984MF #36812
Right of Way forms, Washington Co.: 1903-1984MF #36813
Right of Way forms, Washington Co.: 1903-1984MF #36814
Right of Way forms, Washington Co.: 1903-1984MF #36815
Right of Way forms, Washington Co.: 1903-1984MF #36816
Right of Way forms, Washington Co.: 1903-1984MF #36817
Right of Way forms, Washington Co.: 1903-1984MF #36818
Right of Way forms, Washington Co.: 1903-1984MF #36819
Right of Way forms, Washington Co.: 1903-1984MF #36820
Right of Way forms, Washington Co.: 1903-1984MF #36821

Right of Way forms: 1909-1984MF #36794

Roll of officers & members of Board: 1865-1984MF #36806