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 partly on those published
by Ancestry.com.
Lists are not perfect, so please report typing errors
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| 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 Co. | Yazoo County | ||
| Pine Ridge | Bright Corner | Pearl | Oxford | Marshall County | Jardis | Beats 2 and 3 | Warren County | Beat 1 | |
| US Army | DeSoto County | Raymond | Taylor | Byhalia | Pope | Jones Bayou | District 2 | Beat 4 | |
| Washington | Chichasaw Co. | DeSoto | Tinnen | Taylors | Chulahoma | District 3 | Crumps | ||
| Beat 5 | District 19 | Utica | Early Grove | Perry County | Tallahatchie Co. | Eagle Bend, Bruswick | Enola | ||
| Alcon County | District 2 | Henando, 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 Co. | Yazoo | |
| Gloster | Not Stated | Oak Grove | Lexington | Marshall | Pontotoc Co. | Harre | Burdett | ||
| Liberty | Weir | Olive Branch | Natchez | Lee County | District 3 | Looxahoma | Court House | ||
| Washington | Pleasant Hill | Not Stated | Beat 3 | Monroe County | District 4 | Poagville, Palestine | District 1 | ||
| Clacke County | Subdivision 11 | Beat 4 | Loves School House | District 5 | Senatobia | District 5 | |||
| Attala County | Beat 2 | Franklin County | District 1 | Rome | Ecru | Silversocks | Glen Allan | ||
| Beat 2 | District 1 | Issaquena County | Township 10 | Subdivision 11 | Pontotoc | Tyro | Greenville | ||
| Beat 5 | Claiborne County | Tunica | District 3 | Not Stated | |||||
| Kosciusko | District 1 | Dumbarton | Leflore County | Montgomery County | Prentiss County | Tippah County | Refuge, Robb, Stone | ||
| District 4 | Greneda County | Duncansby | Beat 3 | Winona | Booneville | District 1 | Robb and Stone | ||
| Benton County | Port Gibson | Beat 1 | Beat 4 | District 3 | District 3 | Stoneville | |||
| District 9 | Precinct 5 | Beat 3 | Itawamba County | District 5 | Neshoba County | District 4 | District 5 | Township 15 | |
| Hickory Flat | Beat 5 | Fulton | Greenwood | Neshoba | District 5 | Ripley | Woodville | ||
| Mey, Beat 1 | Clarke County | Grenada | Not Stated | Towns | |||||
| Michigan City | Enterprise | Not Stated | Jackson County | Sunny Side, Minter City | Quitman County | Tishomingo Co. | 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 | |||||
| Lula |
Counties within Supervisor's Districts for 1890 Veterans
Census
| District SD1 | District SD2 | District SD3 | District SD4 |
| Alcorn | Attala | Adams | Clarke |
| Benton | Calhoun | Amite | Copiah |
| De Soto | Carroll | Bolivar | Covington |
| Itawamba | Chickasaw | Claiborne | Hancock |
| Lafayette | Choctaw | Coahoma | Harrison |
| Lee | Clay | Franklin | Jackson |
| Marshall | Grenada | Hinds | Jones |
| Panola | Holmes | Issaquena | Lauderdale |
| Pontotoc | Leflore | Jefferson | Leake |
| Prentiss | Lowndes | Quitman | Lincoln |
| Tate | Montgomery | Sharkey | Madison |
| Tippah | Monroe | Sunflower | Neshoba |
| Tishomingo | Oktibbeha | Tunica | Newton |
| Union | Tallahatchie | Warren | Perry |
| ~ | Webster | Washington | Pike |
| ~ | Yalobusha | Wilkinson | Rankin |
| ~ | Yazoo | ~ | Scott |
| ~ | ~ | ~ | Simpson |
| ~ | ~ | ~ | Wayne |
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