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The following is only a part of what you will find here at Franklin County MSGHN.

• 1841 Mississippi State Census for Franklin County including heads of households and number of white males and number of white females living in household.
• Saint Lukes Cemetery burial listing with tombstone photos. Located on Burt Jordan Road about 1 mile south of Round Top Hill Road.
• Edicetown Cemetery burial listing with tombstone photos. This cemetery is located on Bogue Chitto Road SE about 3/4 mile north of Allen Road. 312526N, 0904206W.
• Springhill Cemetery burial listing with tombstone photos. This cemetery is located on Highway 33 north of Garden City. 312644N 0910626W.
• Holly Cemetery burial listing with tombstone photos. Located on McNair Road just southeast of Bonds Road NW. 313616N, 0910003W.
• Lucien Cemetery burial listing with tombstone photos. Located on Lucien Cemetery Lane off Hwy 84 in the Lucien community. 313059N, 0903936W.
• Bude Cemetery burial listing with tombstone photos. Located in downtown Bude.
• Davis Cemetery burial listing with tombstone photos. Located on Spring Road SE about 1/4 mile east of Bert Jordan Road. 312358N, 0904053W.
• Over 10,000 Franklin County marriage records. That's a lot of marriage info. Be sure to check for your Franklin County ancestors.
• Franklin County Cemetery List. We have burial listings with tombstone photos for many Frankiln County cemeteries. I'm sure there are some cemeteries that are not on the list. How about giving us a hand by sending information on the cemeteries we're missing.
• Judge Thomas Magee Cemetery burial listing with photos of each tombstone. This cemetery is located on Burt Jordan Road just north of Round Top Hill Road.
• McCall Cemetery burial listing with photos of each tombstone. You can find this cemetery on Laird Road about a 1/4 mile off Burt Jordan Road. 312824N, 0904110W.

Franklin County was the fourth county formed in Mississippi, so is one of the oldest of the counties in Mississippi. It was established December 21, 1809, eleven years after the Mississippi Territory was formed. The territorial Governor at the time was David Holmes, who was appointed by President Thomas Jefferson.

The County was named after Benjamin Franklin, noted diplomat, statesman, and inventor. The original act of the General Assembly states that the part of Adams county included within the following boundaries shall be known as of Franklin County and reads as follows:

"Beginning at the point where the basis-meridian line intersects the river Homochitto, and pursuing the said meridian line until it intersects the line dividing the counties of Adams and Jefferson, thence pursuing the last mentioned line to the western boundary of Washington County, thence pursuing the last mentioned line until it intersects the northern boundary of Amite County, thence along the said last mentioned boundary line to the point where it intersects the said river Homochitto, and thence Pursuing the meanders of said river to the beginning."

The centrally located county seat is the town of Meadville was originally named Franklin and was located two miles west of its current location. In 1809 a citizens committee made up of Richard Coleman, Stephen Middleton, John Spivars, Dougal McLaughlin, and Samuel Ratcliff, was formed to aquire land for a county seat.

The county seat was moved to the new town of Meadville in 1920. The town was, named for Cowles Mead, who served as the second secretary of the Mississippi Territory. Meadville was incorporated as a Mississippi town in 1860. Mississippi Congressman Dan C. McGeehee was a native of Meadville.

Franklin County MSGHN has many records here on our website. Marriage Records, Tax lists, cemetery listings with many tombstone photos, and more. Look at the Franklin County Records links in the menu on the left for a list of available data.

Birth Records - The Mississippi Department of Health maintains records of births after November 1, 1912 on file. This was the year Mississippi began keeping official birth records. You can obtain official copies of birth certificates by mail by using this birth record application on their website. If you just have to order by internet or phone, or use a credit card, you can use VitalCheck, a third party records company recognized by the Mississippi Dept. of Health. Since there are no official birth records before November 1, 1912 for births prior to that date you will need to determine birth information from census records, bible records, baptismal records, cemetery tombstones, etc.

Death Records - The Mississippi Department of Health maintains births recorded after November 1, 1912 on file. This was the year Mississippi began keeping official death records. You can obtain official copies of death certificates by mail by using this death record application on their website. If you just have to order by internet or phone, or use a credit card, you can use VitalCheck, a third party records company recognized by the Mississippi Dept. of Health. Since there are no official death records before November 1, 1912 for deaths prior to that date you will need to determine death information from census records, bible records, funeral home records, cemetery tombstones, etc.

Marriage Records - We have thousands of Franklin County marriage records here at Franklin County MSGHN. These dates will assist you greatly in obtaining a copy of the original marriage license. The Mississippi Department of Health can provide you with this for marriages that took place between January 1, 1926 to June 30, 1938, and for January 1, 1942 to present by mail by using this marriage record application on their website. If you just have to order by internet or phone, or use a credit card, you can use VitalCheck, a third party records company recognized by the Mississippi Dept. of Health.

All existing Franklin County marriage records for any date not listed above (and for the dates listed above for that matter) may be obtained from the Franklin County Circuit Clerk's office.

Divorce Records - Prior to 1859, divorce proceedings were introduced as private bills in the Mississippi State Legislature. References to these can be found in the books Index of Mississippi Session Acts 1817 - 1865 and Index to the Laws of the Mississippi Territory. These books can be found at the Mississippi Department of Archives and History as well as many other genealogy repositories and libraries across the state. After 1859, Franklin County divorce proceedings were filed in the Franklin County Chancery Clerk's office.

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