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Carroll County
Coordinator:
I am
Ann Allen Geoghegan,
volunteer County Coordinator for Carroll County, Mississippi.
I have never been to
Carroll County, but I have family lines from
here and hence my interest
in establishing as much information as possible on early
Carroll County History.
Web Site:
The Carroll County, Mississippi Genealogical and
Historical WebSite was brought online in 1998, and is
sponsored by the MSGenWeb Project, a part of the
USGenWeb Project.
This website has been developed to provide research and family
history resources for Carroll County, Mississippi ancestry.
New resources are added as made available, so check back often
for new content.
WELCOME
To the Carroll County, MSGenWeb Project - the #1 source for Carroll County research on the web!
This web site was developed to provide research and family history resources for Carroll County, Mississippi ancestry. New resources are added as they are made available, so check back often for new content and be sure to visit the What's New page, for a listing of the new items posted.
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Carroll County Contacts
Hello, my name is Ann Allen Geoghegan, better known as AnnieG, and I am your new County Coordinator. I would like to thank John Hansen for his many contributions and tender care of this project for many years. Efforts will be made to continuously expand the website. If there are any specific requests of what to include on-site, please contact the County Coordinator.
The Assistant County Coordinator is Leo "Buddy" Pergson. He is very knowledgeable with Carroll County and is also an expert on the Mississippi Choctaw Band.
State Coordinator - Everette Carr.
Asst. State Coordinator - Bill White
Carroll County History
Carroll County, Mississippi was established by legislative act in 1833, and named for Charles G. Carroll of Carrollton, Maryland, one of the immortal signers of the Declaration of Independence. It was carved out of a part of the territory ceded by the Choctaw Indians to the United States by the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek in 1830. As originally established, it embraced territory more than twice its present size. It extended on the north three miles farther than now, and reached some five miles east of the present city of Winona (now in Montgomery County). On the west it was bounded by the Tallahatchie and Yazoo rivers. The southern boundary was as at present, but then extended from the Yazoo to Big Black River. (more history...)