In 1890, a special census was taken of Veterans and
Widows. That census was to be used to enumerate Union veterans, in some areas,
Confederate veterans were listed as well.
The following Counties did not exist until or after 1890 and would not be
reflexed in that census:
Forrest County; George County; Humphreys County; Jefferson Davis County; Lamar
County;
Pearl River County; Stone County; and Walthall County.
Present and extinct Counties of Mississippi with dates and County Seat.
| Extinct County | From | Until |
| Bainbridge | 1823 | 1842 |
| Bourbon | 1785 | 1788 |
| Colfax | 1871 | 1876 |
| Davis | 1865 | 1869 |
| Pickering | 1799 | 1802 |
| Sumner | 1874 | 1882 |
| Present Counties | Date | County |
| Name | From | County Seat |
| Adams | 1799 | Natchez |
| Alcorn | 1870 | Corinth |
| Amite | 1809 | Liberty |
| Attala | 1833 | Kosciusko |
| Benton | 1870 | Ashland |
| Bolivar | 1836 | Cleveland / Rosedale |
| Calhoun | 1852 | Pittsboro |
| Carroll | 1833 | Carrollton / Vaiden |
| Chickasaw | 1836 | Houston / Okolona |
| Choctaw | 1833 | Ackerman |
| Claiborne | 1802 | Port Gibson |
| Clarke | 1833 | Quitman |
| Clay | 1871 | West Point |
| Coahoma | 1836 | Clarksdale |
| Copiah | 1823 | Hazlehurst |
| Covington | 1819 | Collins |
| Desoto | 1836 | Hernando |
| Forrest | 1906 | Hattiesburg |
| Franklin | 1809 | Meadville |
| George | 1910 | Lucedale |
| Greene | 1811 | Leakesville |
| Grenada | 1870 | Grenada |
| Hancock | 1812 | Bay Saint Louis |
| Harrison | 1841 | Gulfport / Biloxi |
| Hinds | 1821 | Jackson / Raymond |
| Holmes | 1833 | Lexington |
| Humphreys | 1918 | Belzoni |
| Issaquena | 1844 | Mayersville |
| Itawamba | 1836 | Fulton |
| Jackson | 1812 | Pascagoula |
| Jasper | 1833 | Bay Springs / Paulding |
| Jefferson | 1799 | Fayette |
| Jefferson Davis | 1906 | Prentiss |
| Jones | 1826 | Laurel / Ellisville |
| Kemper | 1833 | De Kalb |
| Lafayette | 1836 | Oxford |
| Lamar | 1904 | Purvis |
| Lauderdale | 1833 | Meridian |
| Lawrence | 1814 | Monticello |
| Leake | 1833 | Carthage |
| Lee | 1866 | Tupelo |
| Leflore | 1871 | Greenwood |
| Lincoln | 1870 | Brookhaven |
| Lowndes | 1830 | Columbus |
| Madison | 1828 | Canton |
| Marion | 1811 | Columbia |
| Marshall | 1836 | Holly Springs |
| Monroe | 1821 | Aberdeen |
| Montgomery | 1871 | Winona |
| Neshoba | 1833 | Philadelphia |
| Newton | 1836 | Decatur |
| Noxubee | 1833 | Macon |
| Oktibbeha | 1833 | Starkville |
| Panola | 1836 | Batesville / Sardis |
| Pearl River | 1890 | Poplarville |
| Perry | 1820 | New Augusta |
| Pike | 1815 | Magnolia |
| Pontotoc | 1836 | Pontotoc |
| Prentiss | 1870 | Booneville |
| Quitman | 1877 | Marks |
| Rankin | 1828 | Brandon |
| Scott | 1833 | Forest |
| Sharkey | 1876 | Rolling Fork |
| Simpson | 1824 | Mendenhall |
| Smith | 1833 | Raleigh |
| Stone | 1916 | Wiggins |
| Sunflower | 1844 | Indianola |
| Tallahatchie | 1833 | Charleston / Sumner |
| Tate | 1873 | Senatobia |
| Tippah | 1836 | Ripley |
| Tishomingo | 1836 | Luka |
| Tunica | 1836 | Tunica |
| Union | 1870 | New Albany |
| Walthall | 1910 | Tylertown |
| Warren | 1809 | Vicksburg |
| Washington | 1827 | Greenville |
| Wayne | 1809 | Waynesboro |
| Webster | 1874 | Walthall |
| Wilkinson | 1802 | Woodville |
| Winston | 1833 | Louisville |
| Yalobusha | 1833 | Water Valley / Coffeeville |
| Yazoo | 1823 | Yazoo City |
For the purpose of this tabulation, the spelling and place enumeration is based on those displayed by Ancestry.com. Lists are perfect, so please report typing errors email .
| Adams County | Calhoun County | Copiah County | Hinds County | Jones County | Madison County | Panola County | Sharkey County | Union County | Yalobusha County |
| Court House | District 1 | Beauregard | Auburn | Beat 4 | Beat 3 | Batesville | District 2 | District 2 | Beat 1 |
| Jefferson | District 2 | Crystal Springs | Edwards | Canton | Beat 1 | District 5 | District 3 | District 33 | |
| Kingston | District 3 | Gallman | Forest Hill | Lafayette County | Not Stated | Beat 2 | Districts 1 and 2 | District 4 | Ganner |
| Natcher | Jackson | Alexander | Passonia | Beat 3 | Districts 3 and 4 | Keownville | Water Valley | ||
| Natchez | Carroll County | Covington County | Learned | Free Springs | Township 9 | Como | Townships 7, 8 | ||
| Not Stated | Beat 1 | Williamsburgh | Mississippi | Mississippi | Eurek | Sun Flower County | Yazoo County | ||
| Pine Ridge | Bright Corner | Pearl | Oxford | Marshall County | Jardis | Beats 2 and 3 | Warren County | Beat 1 | |
| United States Army | DeSoto County | Raymond | Taylor | Byhalia | Pope | Jones Bayou | District 2 | Beat 4 | |
| Washington | Chichasaw County | DeSoto | Tinnen | Taylors | Chulahoma | District 3 | Crumps | ||
| Beat 5 | District 19 | Utica | Early Grove | Perry County | Tallahatchie County | Eagle Bend, Bruswick | Enola | ||
| Alcon County | District 2 | Henando and Louis | Lauderdale County | Holly Springs | Hattiesburg | Beat 2 | Haszingers Store | Fogates | |
| Corinth | Houlka | Hernando | Holmes County | Meridian | Mariana | Beat 5 | Mildale | Free Run | |
| District 2 | New Hope | Hernando, Lauderdale | Beat 2 | Pickside | Not Stated | Pike County | Not Stated | Not Stated | Palmetto |
| Mississippi | Okolona | Horn | Beat 3 | Red Banks | Magnolia | Pahl Gronug | Redmondville | ||
| Not Stated | Lewisburg | Beat 5 | Leake County | Searcy | McComb | Tate County | Vicksburg | Robinet | |
| Choctaw County | Muller | Ebenezer | Beat 5 | Township 6 | Not Stated | Coldwater | Tokeba | ||
| Amite County | District 2 | Nesbit | Holmes | Carthage | Watson | District 1 | Washington County | Yazoo | |
| Gloster | Not Stated | Oak Grove | Lexington | Pontotoc County | Harre | Burdett | |||
| Liberty | Weir | Olive Branch | Natchez | Lee County | Mississippi County? | District 3 | Looxahoma | Court House | |
| Washington | Pleasant Hill | Not Stated | Beat 3 | Marshall | District 4 | Poagville, Palestine | District 1 | ||
| Clacke County | Subdivision 11 | Beat 4 | Neshoba | District 5 | Senatobia | District 5 | |||
| Attala County | Beat 2 | Franklin County | District 1 | Towns | Ecru | Silversocks | Glen Allan | ||
| Beat 2 | District 1 | Issaquena County | Township 10 | Pontotoc | Tyro | Greenville | |||
| Beat 5 | Claiborne County | Tunica | District 3 | Monroe County | Not Stated | ||||
| Kosciusko | District 1 | Dumbarton | Leflore County | Loves School House | Prentiss County | Tippah County | Refuge, Robb, Stone | ||
| District 4 | Greneda County | Duncansby | Beat 3 | Rome | Booneville | District 1 | Robb and Stone | ||
| Benton County | Port Gibson | Beat 1 | Beat 4 | Subdivision 11 | District 3 | District 3 | Stoneville | ||
| District 9 | Precinct 5 | Beat 3 | Itawamba County | District 5 | District 4 | District 5 | Township 15 | ||
| Hickory Flat | Beat 5 | Fulton | Greenwood | Montgomery County | District 5 | Ripley | Woodville | ||
| Mey, Beat 1 | Clarke County | Grenada | Not Stated | Winona | |||||
| Michigan City | Enterprise | Not Stated | Jackson County | Sunny Side, Minter City | Quitman County | Tishomingo County | Wayne County | ||
| Salem | Beats 4 and 5 | Surry Side, Minter City | Newton County | Beats 1 and 2 | Beat 4 | Not Stated | |||
| Clay County | Hancock County | Horn Island | Beat 3 | Quitman | District 2 | ||||
| Bolivar County | Beat 3 | Kiln | Ocean Springs | Lincoln County | Not Stated | District 5 | Webster County | ||
| Beulah | District 2 | Pearlington | Pascagoula | Brookhaven | Rankin County | Juka | Beat 3 | ||
| District 1 | District 5 | Robinson | Cardsville | Noxubee County | Dry Creek | Liberty | Beat 4 | ||
| District 5 | Subdivision 2 | Harrison County | Scranton | Fair River | Macon | Holbrooks | |||
| Shiptown | Beat 2 | Goodwater | Pelahatchie | Tunica County | Wilkinson County | ||||
| Staffords | Coachoma County | Biloxi | Jefferson County | Montgomery | Okibbeha County | Beat 1 | Cold Springs | ||
| Township 23 | Beat 2 | Pass Christian | District 1 | Beat 5 | Scott County | Beat 5 | Fort Adams | ||
| Township 24 | Beat 5 | Ship Island | District 3 | Lowndes County | Choctaw Agency | Beat 4 | District 2 | Turnbull | |
| District 1 | District 4 | Columbus | District 1 | Beat 5 | Not Stated | Woodville | |||
| District 3 | Fayette | Subdivision 13 | Morton | Township 5 | |||||
| Friars Point | Rodney | Township 18 | Not Stated | Tunica | |||||
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