Walthall County Genealogy and Historical Information 

Walthall Genealogy and History Network Website

Mississippi Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 5301
Jackson, MS 39296
Email: [email protected]

Walthall County Library​
The Walthall County Library is located at 707 Union Road, Tylertown, Mississippi 39667. (Telephone: 601-876-4348). The library, part of the Pike-Amite-Walthall Library system, has a large collection of microfilm holdings including:
Information available at local libraries
Walthall County:

• Tylertown Times, March 1915 to February 1991 (some issues missing)
• Wills 1913-1955 (index)
• Marriage Records (White and Black) 1914-1920 (index); 1920-1926
• Index to Marriage Records (White) 1920-1926
• WPA Federal Writers Project, Source Material for Walthall County History

Marion County:

• General Index to Land Deeds 1821-1894
• Land Deeds 1821-1886
• Land Book 1872
• Will Records 1836-1850; 1871-1944 (index), 1919-1963 (index)
• Probate Court Record 1831-1836 (index), 1847-1864, 1864-1867
• Probate Minutes 1844-1854 (index), 1846-1857, 1866-1875 (index)
• Chancery Court Minutes 1840-1850, 1854-1865 (index), 1857-1869 (index)
• Final Record Chancery 1865-1915 (index)
• Estate Record 1854-1949 (index)
• Application Docket 1835-1852
• Orphans Court Record 1812-1827, 1823-1832, 1825-1831 (index)
• Redemption Record Estates 1847-1872
• Marriage Record (White) 1812-1824 (index), 1825-1832, 1834-1862 (index), 1865-1896 (index)
• Marriage Record (White) 1893-1909 (index), 1905-1910 (index), 1908-1921 (index)
• Marriage Record (Colored) 1908-1917 (index), 1908-1930 (index)

Census:

• 1850 - Marion County and Pike County
• 1860 - Pike County
• 1870 - Pike County
• 1910 - Marion County and Pike County

The library hours are:

• Monday - Thursday: 9:00 am -6:00 pm
• Friday: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
• Saturday: 9:00 am - 12:00 am

Requests by mail or telephone for specific pages in a volume in the genealogical collection can be answered by the staff.   Photocopies available for a nominal cost.

Pike-Amite-Walthall Library- Main office  The Pike-Amite-Walthall Library main office is located at 1022 Virginia Avenue , McComb, Mississippi 39648. (Telephone: 601-684-7034 or 601- 684-2661) As the name implies, this is the regional library headquarters for Pike, Amite and Walthall counties.

The library hours are:

• Monday  8:30 am - 5:30 pm
• Tuesday and Thursday: 8:30 am - 8:00 pm
• Wednesday:  8:30 am - Noon
• Friday and Saturday: 8:30 am - 5:00 pm

Because the staff's time for research is extremely limited, requests for information by mail can only be answered if the requested information can be quickly and easily found. Photo and microfilm copies available for a nominal cost.

A unique research collection called the vertical files is available at the Pike-Amite-Walthall Library. A general description of the collection and an inventory of these files is available by following the vertical files link above.

Visit the Pike-Amite-Walthall Library webpage for more information about the library.