Creator: Secretary of State (RG 28).

Collection Summary: Lists of school age children prepared by the county and filed with the Secretary of State. The 1850 and 1851 lists include only the head of the household and the number of white or free black children by male or female. The 1878 lists include the name of the child, age, sex, race, and election district or ward. The 1879 and 1880 lists do not have the election district/ward information. The 1885 lists add the name of the parent or guardian. The 1892 lists add the street and house number (where recorded), but are divided by race within each township and range. No schools are listed in any of the lists.

Date(s): 1850-1894.

Related Materials:

Government Records:
      Series 21: Lists of Educable Children (RG 50).
      Series 100: State Census Returns (for 1880 only, which list children under 21). County Records (under name of particular county).

Publications:
      Educable Children Lists cataloged as MDAH call # 379.11 (under name of county).

Collection Inventory
Box Content

Box Number

Adams - Yazoo (total number only): 1870-1872, 1874, 188115514
Adams: 18502478
Adams: 18852656
Alcorn: 18782649
Amite: 18502478
Amite: 18782649
Amite: 18852656
Attala: 18502478
Attala: 18782649
Attala: 18852656
Benton - Winston (total number only) 1872-188515514
Benton: 18782649
Benton: 18852656
Benton: 1892 2660 
Bolivar - Yazoo (total number only): 185015514
Bolivar: 18512478
Bolivar: 18852657
Calhoun: 18782649
Canton City (total number only): 187215514
Carroll: 18782649
Chickasaw (funds only): 188415514
Chickasaw: 18502478
Chickasaw: 18782650
Chickasaw: 18852657
Chickasaw: 18922660
Claiborne: 18782650
Clarke: 18502478
Clarke: 18782650
Clay: 18782650
Clay: 18852657
Copiah: 18502478
Copiah: 18782650
County Superintendents of Education list: 188015514
Covington: 18782650
Date of reception of assessor's return of educable: 185015514
DeSoto: 18782478
Greene: 18852657
Grenada: 18852657
Hancock: 18502478
Hancock: 18852657
Harrison: 18852658
Harrison: 18922660
Issaquena: 18502478
Issaquena: 18922660
Jackson: 18782651
Jasper (total number only): n.d.15514
Jasper: 18502478
Jones: 18852658
Kemper: 18922660
Lafayette: 18852658
Lafayette: 18922661
Lauderdale: 18502478
Lawrence: 18922661
Leake: 18502478
Leake: 18922661
Lee: 18792653
Leflore: 18922661
Lincoln: 18782651
Lincoln: 18852658
Lincoln: 18922661
Madison: 18502478
Madison: 18852478
Monroe: 18782651
Monroe: 18922662
Newton: 18512478
Newton: 18852658
Noxubee: 18852658
Oktibbeha (total number only): n.d.15514
Oktibbeha: 18782651
Panola: 18802653
Panola: 18852659
Panola: 18922662
Pearl River: 18922662
Perry: 18782651
Perry: 18922662
Pike: 18502478
Pike: 18782651
Pike: 18852659
Prentiss: 18782652
Quitman: 18782652
Quitman: 18852659
Quitman: 18922662
Scott: 18852659
Sharkey: 18852659
Simpson: 18782652
Sunflower (funds only): 188415514
Sunflower: 18502478
Tate: 18852722
Tippah: 18782652
Tippah: 18852722
Tippah: 18922663
Tishomingo: 18922663
Unidentified lists of educable children: n.d.15514
Union: 18782652
Union: 18922663
Vicksburg City (total number only): 187215514
Vicksburg City (total number only): n.d.15514
Washington: 18782652
Washington: 188528950
Washington: 189028950
Washington: 189428950
Wayne: 18852722
Wayne: 18922663
Winston: 18782652
Yalobusha: 18782653