Early Mississippi Records Volume #5: Issaquena and Sharkey Counties, 1868-1906

By: Katherine Branton, Pub. 1984, reprinted 2025, 212 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-325-2.  Washington County was formed in 1827 from Warren and Yazoo Counties.  Sharkey County was formed in 1876 from Issaquena and Washington Counties.  Records for Issaquena County within this book are:  Abstracts of Packet Gleanings 1870-1906 which contains data on Wills, Estates, Intestates, Guardianships, marriages, deaths, children, and etc..., Sons of Confederate Veterans Application papers; Marriage/Death and Baptisms for M.E. Church, Assorted Cemetery Records.  Records for Sharkey County within this book are: Map of Delts Farmland for sale 1919, Probate and Chancery Court Records 1876-1900, Will Book "A" 1877-1902, Marriage Book 1876-1880, Deer Creek Pilot Excerpts 1891/92 & 1899-1900, Marriage/Deaths & Baptisms for Union Church 1868-1899, Cemetery Records for 9 Assorted public and private cemeteries.  The Index mentions Approximately 5,000 persons.