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History. Erected in 1871, the Confederate Monument in Liberty was the first in Mississippi. [3] Liberty was incorporated on February 24, 1809. The Amite County Courthouse in Liberty is the oldest in Mississippi. Erected in 1839, the courthouse was enlarged and modernized in 1936. [4] . It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places .
AMITE COUNTY HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY. Liberty, MS. The Amite County Historical and Genealogical Society was founded in 2004 as a nonprofit organization to preserve and share the rich history of Amite County Mississippi.
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Historic Home, Amite County. Historic Ebeneezer Baptist Church. Three Chopped Way Marker. Scenic Amite River. Amite County, established in 1809, was the fifth county formed in the Mississippi Territory. In 1799, Mississippi Territorial Governor Sargent issued.
Liberty. Incorporated February 24, 1809. It is the Amite County seat. The latitude of Liberty is 31.158N. The longitude is -90.812W. It is in the Central Standard time zone. Elevation is 338 feet. The estimated population, in 2003, was 675.
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For tips on accessing Amite County census records online, see: Mississippi Census. Federal Census 1. 1660-1820 U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820at Ancestry$ 2. 1792-1866 Mississippi, State and Territorial Census Collection, 1792-1866at Ancestry$ 3. 1805-1890 Mississippi, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1805-1890 at Ancestry...
Church records and the information they provide vary significantly depending on the denomination and the record keeper. They may contain information about members of the congregation, such as age, date of baptism, christening, or birth; marriage information and maiden names; and death date. For general information about Mississippi denominations, v...
1699-1890 Amite County, Mississippi, 1699-1890 : Environs; V. 03. By Casey, Albert E and Albert Eugene Casey. Birmingham, Alabama : Amite County Historical Fund, 1957. Online at: FamilySearch Digit...1809-1833 Court Records, 1809-1833(*); County Court at FamilySearchCatalog — index & images1809-1838 Court Records, 1809-1838(*); Orphans' Court at FamilySearchCatalog — index & images1809-1936 Court Records, 1809-1936; Indexes, 1810-1899(*); Chancery Court at FamilySearchCatalog — index & imagesAfrican Americans 1. 1863-1866 Mississippi, Freedmen's Department (Pre-Bureau Records), 1863-1866 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; images only 2. 1865-1872 Mississippi, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1872 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; images only 3. African American Links for Amite CountyMSGenWeb Project 4...
Land and property records can place an ancestor in a particular location, provide economic information, and reveal family relationships. Land records include: deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and land patents. See Mississippi Land and Propertyfor additional information about early Mississippi land ownership. After land was tr...
Local histories are available for Amite County. County histories may include biographies, church, school and government history, and military information. For more information about local histories see the wiki page section Mississippi Local Histories.
FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Use FS PlacesMultipul Wars 1. 1875-1951 Military grave registrations - Amite County Collectionsat familySearch; - images only 2. 1837-1845 Register of Military Commissions - Amite County Collections at FamilySearch; - images only 3. 1848-1860 Register of Military Commissions - Amite County Collections at FamilySearch; - images only Mexican-American War 1. 1846-...
1800s-Current Mississippi, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 1800's-Current at Ancestry — index & images ($)Liberty eventually became the county's justice and business center. The county economy was based on timber from longleaf pine and the cultivation of commodity crops of cotton, indigo, and tobacco, usually on plantations worked by enslaved African Americans.
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The Slaves of Liberty: Freedom in Amite County, Mississippi, 1820-1868. Dale Edwyna Smith. Routledge, 1998 - History - 222 pages. This study focuses on the lives of the black slave...
