Databases
This page publicizes the various databases FIS lead volunteer and curator Jan Hillegas compiled from various county courthouses and the Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Available for download, the documents below detail county deeds, slave records, and lynchings and other violence across the state.
Downloads
Adams County
Enslaved persons associated with Isaac Franklin, James Franklin, and/or Rice Ballard in Adams County deeds (Compiled from—Adams County Courthouse and/or Historic Natchez Foundation).
Lawrence and Jefferson Davis Counties
Lawrence County Deed and Chancery Slave References (Compiled from— Chancery Clerk’s office and the Mississippi Department of Archives and History [MDAH]).
Oktibbeha County slave deeds, probate and circuit court records, 1836-1880 (Compiled from—Chancery Clerk’s office and MDAH).
Parish register of St. Philip’s Church in Kirkwood, Madison County (Compiled from MDAH).
Preliminary List of Mississippi Lynchings
A list of Misssissippi lynchings with the last correction and addition made in 2021.
Code Key to Primary Charges Against Persons Lynched
Key to Abbreviations in List
Key to Sources Cited in List
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