Mississippi Land Patents Database: Yazoo County T-Z Contributed by Joy Fisher and Tina Vickery Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm These land records represent the transfer of public lands to private ownership. In most cases they represent purchase of the land by individuals from the United States Government. Others are the result of homesteading, Indian cessions or treaties, or bounty lands given to military veterans. This database of more than 225,000 records can be browsed and is based on the original raw database of the General Land Office, a precursor to the Bureau of Land Management. The BLM is in the process of scanning and putting on- line all of these records for you to see and print out for your own use. http://www.glorecords.blm.gov The database this introduction is appended to may contain errors the BLM has corrected as they double checked every record while scanning the documents. Once you have found an entry of interest in this database, be sure to double check it against the BLM web site. The county designation in this database represents what county the land is in today, not what county it was at the time the individual took possession of the land, as county boundaries have changed many times over the years. You can view current county maps at the Mississippi Department of Transportation web site: http://www.gomdot.com/maps/county_maps.asp These maps show the Township, Range and Section numbers of each parcel of land in the county. Last Name First Name MI SECTION TOWNSHIP RANGE MERIDIAN TOTAL_ACRE SIGN_DATE REMARKS TAYLOR ANDREW J 7 12N 3E CHOCTAW 157.8 1840/12/10 TAYLOR JOHN 1 12N 2E CHOCTAW 42.04 1835/09/30 THACKER RANSOM 10 12N 1E CHOCTAW 80.53 1835/09/21 THACKER RANSOM 9 12N 1E CHOCTAW 80.53 1829/04/01 THACKER RANSOM 5 12N 1E CHOCTAW 40.04 1835/09/25 THACKER HIRAM 5 12N 1E CHOCTAW 80.09 1832/01/10 THOMAS JONATHAN 5 10N 1E CHOCTAW 79.34 1826/09/15 THOMAS JONATHAN 5 10N 1E CHOCTAW 79.35 1826/08/01 THOMAS MCKINEY 11 11N 2E CHOCTAW 40.11 1835/09/30 THOMAS WILLIAM 30 12N 3E CHOCTAW 158.37 1906/06/30 THOMAS JONATHAN 8 10N 1E CHOCTAW 79.62 1826/08/01 THOMAS JONATHAN 14 10N 1E CHOCTAW 79.34 1831/01/05 THOMAS JAMES P 31 13N 1E CHOCTAW 78.89 1835/10/15 THOMAS JONATHAN 14 10N 1E CHOCTAW 79.34 1826/09/15 THOMAS JONATHAN 11 10N 1E CHOCTAW 79 1826/05/10 THOMAS WILLIAM 30 12N 3E CHOCTAW 0 1906/06/30 THOMASSON WILLIAM P 30 11N 3E CHOCTAW 79.63 1841/06/25 THOMPSON RICHARD N 1 11N 1E CHOCTAW 77.9 1835/09/30 THOMPSON JOSEPH A 9 10N 1E CHOCTAW 79.84 1834/10/09 THOMPSON JOSEPH A 33 11N 1E CHOCTAW 79.29 1834/10/09 THOMPSON RICHARD N 14 11N 1E CHOCTAW 80.41 1837/04/06 THORNHILL WILLIAM 3 11N 2E CHOCTAW 80.09 1840/02/10 THORNHILL JOSEPH 3 11N 2E CHOCTAW 40.04 1840/02/10 TOLAR ABSOLEM W 33 13N 1E CHOCTAW 80.5 1835/10/08 TOLLES RILEY 9 10N 2E CHOCTAW 80.68 1840/12/10 TOLLES RILEY 5 10N 2E CHOCTAW 77.81 1840/12/10 TOLLES RILEY 3 10N 2E CHOCTAW 77.53 1840/12/10 TOLLES RILEY 4 10N 2E CHOCTAW 0 1835/09/25 CANCELED DOCUMENT TOLLES RILEY 4 10N 2E CHOCTAW 233.15 1835/09/25 CANCELED DOCUMENT TOLLES RILEY 3 10N 2E CHOCTAW 77.53 1840/02/10 TOLLES RILEY 5 10N 2E CHOCTAW 0 1840/12/10 TOLLES RILEY 4 10N 2E CHOCTAW 0 1842/07/28 TOLLES RILEY 4 10N 2E CHOCTAW 194.3 1842/07/28 TOUCHSTON JONAS A 6 11N 2E CHOCTAW 40 1835/10/15 TOWLES RILEY 9 10N 2E CHOCTAW 40.33 1835/09/25 TREADWELL SHELBY B 4 12N 1E CHOCTAW 80.68 1840/02/10 TRULY JOHN H 12 12N 2E CHOCTAW 82.22 1840/02/10 TULLAS ARCHIBALD 9 12N 3E CHOCTAW 80.19 1840/02/10 TUTT PIERCE B 30 12N 2E CHOCTAW 321 1835/09/30 TUTT PIERCE B 31 12N 2E CHOCTAW 120.75 1835/09/30 TUTT PIERCE B 31 12N 2E CHOCTAW 0 1835/09/30 TUTT PIERCE B 30 12N 2E CHOCTAW 0 1835/09/30 TUTT PIERCE B 29 12N 2E CHOCTAW 80.03 1840/02/10 TUTT PIERCE B 20 12N 2E CHOCTAW 159.69 1840/02/10 TUTT PIERCE B 19 12N 2E CHOCTAW 240.19 1840/02/10 TUTT PIERCE B 19 12N 2E CHOCTAW 0 1840/02/10 TUTT PIERCE B 19 12N 2E CHOCTAW 80.06 1840/02/10 TUTT PIERCE B 24 12N 1E CHOCTAW 312.38 1835/10/20 TUTT PIERCE B 25 12N 1E CHOCTAW 78 1835/09/30 TUTT PIERCE B 25 12N 1E CHOCTAW 156 1835/10/08 TUTT PIERCE B 25 12N 1E CHOCTAW 78 1840/02/10 TUTT PIERCE B 26 12N 1E CHOCTAW 0 1840/02/10 TUTT PIERCE B 30 12N 2E CHOCTAW 160.5 1835/09/30 TUTT PIERCE B 21 11N 1E CHOCTAW 79.44 1835/09/21 TUTT PIERCE B 30 12N 2E CHOCTAW 0 1835/09/30 TUTT PIERCE B 28 11N 1E CHOCTAW 79.37 1832/01/10 TUTT PIERCE B 28 11N 1E CHOCTAW 79.37 1832/01/10 TUTT PIERCE B 21 11N 1E CHOCTAW 79.44 1835/10/08 TUTT PIERCE B 29 11N 1E CHOCTAW 78.72 1832/01/10 TUTT PIERCE B 21 11N 1E CHOCTAW 79.44 1835/09/25 TUTT PIERCE B 29 11N 1E CHOCTAW 78.72 1832/01/10 TUTT PIERCE B 29 11N 1E CHOCTAW 78.21 1833/06/04 TUTT PIERCE B 29 11N 1E CHOCTAW 78.72 1835/09/02 TUTT PIERCE B 30 11N 1E CHOCTAW 80.09 1835/09/02 TUTT PIERCE 21 11N 1E CHOCTAW 79.44 1834/10/09 TUTT PIERCE B 20 11N 1E CHOCTAW 157.7 1835/09/21 TUTT PIERCE B 26 12N 1E CHOCTAW 79.75 1840/02/10 TUTT PIERCE B 20 11N 1E CHOCTAW 0 1835/09/21 TUTT PIERCE B 17 11N 1E CHOCTAW 79.41 1835/09/02 VANCE SAMUEL B 22 11N 1E CHOCTAW 79.53 1831/01/05 VAUGHAN THOMAS 22 12N 2E CHOCTAW 79.75 1835/09/25 VAUGHAN THOMAS 22 12N 2E CHOCTAW 0 1835/09/25 VAUGHAN HENRY 6 11N 3E CHOCTAW 39.72 1859/03/01 VAUGHN JAMES 21 12N 2E CHOCTAW 79.97 1840/12/10 VAUGHN THOMAS 8 12N 2E CHOCTAW 80 1840/02/10 VAUGHN THOMAS C 32 10N 1E CHOCTAW 80.75 1825/10/01 VAUGHN WILLIAM 21 12N 2E CHOCTAW 79.75 1832/02/01 VAUGHN WILLIAM 21 12N 2E CHOCTAW 79.97 1835/10/08 WADLINGTON BALEY G 10 12N 3E CHOCTAW 80 1840/02/10 WADLINGTON BAILEY 15 12N 3E CHOCTAW 40 1835/09/21 WADLINGTON BALEY G 15 12N 3E CHOCTAW 40 1840/02/10 WALKER WILLIAM B 4 11N 3E CHOCTAW 157.5 1840/02/10 WALKER JEREMIAH 19 10N 1E CHOCTAW 80.16 1834/10/09 WALLER BENJAMIN E 6 12N 1E CHOCTAW 160.12 1837/04/06 WALLER ELISHA 5 12N 1E CHOCTAW 80.09 1840/12/10 WALLER BENJAMIN E 5 12N 1E CHOCTAW 40.04 1835/09/25 WALLER BENJAMIN E 6 12N 1E CHOCTAW 0 1835/10/15 WALLER BENJAMIN E 6 12N 1E CHOCTAW 0 1837/04/06 WALLER BENJAMIN E 6 12N 1E CHOCTAW 0 1835/10/15 WALLER BENJAMIN E 6 12N 1E CHOCTAW 200.17 1835/10/15 WALLER BENJAMIN E 7 12N 1E CHOCTAW 80.5 1840/12/10 WALLER JACOB W 31 13N 1E CHOCTAW 79.39 1840/02/10 WALLER JACOB W 31 13N 1E CHOCTAW 0 1840/02/10 WALLIS NICHOLAS 5 12N 2E CHOCTAW 0 1840/02/10 WILLIAM F YOUNG AND ROBERT S ADAMS WALLIS NICHOLAS 17 10N 1E CHOCTAW 40.09 1840/02/10 WALLIS NICHOLAS 17 10N 1E CHOCTAW 80.19 1840/02/10 WALLIS NICHOLAS 5 12N 2E CHOCTAW 205.07 1840/02/10 WILLIAM F YOUNG AND ROBERT S ADAMS WALLIS NICHOLAS 5 12N 2E CHOCTAW 0 1840/02/10 WILLIAM F YOUNG AND ROBERT S ADAMS WARD JUNIUS 33 10N 1E CHOCTAW 68.5 1825/10/01 WARREN JOHN 23 11N 2E CHOCTAW 40.03 1840/02/10 WARREN JOHN 23 11N 2E CHOCTAW 80.06 1835/10/15 WARREN JOHN 23 11N 2E CHOCTAW 80.09 1835/09/21 WARREN JOHN 23 11N 2E CHOCTAW 80.07 1835/09/21 WARREN JOHN 23 11N 2E CHOCTAW 160.12 1835/09/21 WARREN JOHN 23 11N 2E CHOCTAW 0 1835/09/21 WARREN JOHN 26 11N 2E CHOCTAW 79.5 1843/02/01 WARREN JOHN 23 11N 2E CHOCTAW 0 1835/09/21 WASKAM JOHN M 29 11N 2E CHOCTAW 79.47 1835/09/30 WASKAM JOHN M 30 11N 2E CHOCTAW 160.18 1835/09/30 WASKAM JOHN M 30 11N 2E CHOCTAW 0 1835/09/30 WATERS JOSEPH R 29 12N 1E CHOCTAW 40.03 1835/10/20 WATERS JOSEPH R 4 12N 1E CHOCTAW 80.28 1840/02/10 WATERS JOSEPH R 20 12N 1E CHOCTAW 80.06 1835/10/20 WATERS JOSEPH R 29 12N 1E CHOCTAW 40.03 1840/02/10 WATERS JOSEPH R 29 12N 1E CHOCTAW 80.06 1835/09/28 WATERS JOSEPH R 29 12N 1E CHOCTAW 0 1835/09/28 WATERS JOSEPH R 29 12N 1E CHOCTAW 80.06 1834/10/09 WATERS JOSEPH R 20 12N 1E CHOCTAW 80.06 1835/09/28 WATERS JOSEPH R 9 12N 1E CHOCTAW 40.27 1840/02/10 WAY JARED 1 10N 2E CHOCTAW 25 1850/11/02 WAY JARED 1 10N 2E CHOCTAW 60.5 1850/11/02 WEATHERSPOON HESTER 31 12N 3E CHOCTAW 79.62 1831/09/01 WEATHERSPOON ESTHER 24 12N 2E CHOCTAW 0 1835/10/08 WEATHERSPOON ESTHER 24 12N 2E CHOCTAW 163.68 1835/10/08 WEATHERSPOON HESTER 25 12N 2E CHOCTAW 82.06 1831/09/01 WEATHERSPOON HESTER 23 12N 2E CHOCTAW 79.84 1831/09/01 WESTBROOK MABRY 14 12N 3E CHOCTAW 80 1827/08/20 WESTBROOK THOMAS 14 12N 3E CHOCTAW 39.91 1835/09/02 WESTBROOK THOMAS 17 12N 3E CHOCTAW 79.81 1835/09/21 WESTBROOK THOMAS 17 12N 3E CHOCTAW 79.81 1835/09/30 WESTBROOK THOMAS 17 12N 3E CHOCTAW 79.81 1835/10/08 INCORRECT RANGE # ON DOCUMENT VERIFIED FROM TRACT BOOK WESTBROOK THOMAS 17 12N 3E CHOCTAW 0 1835/10/20 WESTBROOK THOMAS 17 12N 3E CHOCTAW 119.71 1835/10/20 WESTBROOK MABRY 19 12N 3E CHOCTAW 39.53 1835/09/21 WESTBROOK THOMAS 17 12N 3E CHOCTAW 79.81 1831/04/01 WESTBROOK STEPHEN 19 12N 3E CHOCTAW 79.06 1835/09/02 WESTBROOK THOMAS 20 12N 3E CHOCTAW 79.72 1831/01/05 WESTBROOK THOMAS 20 12N 3E CHOCTAW 79.72 1835/09/21 WESTBROOK THOMAS 20 12N 3E CHOCTAW 39.86 1835/09/02 WESTBROOK THOMAS 20 12N 3E CHOCTAW 0 1840/02/10 WESTBROOK THOMAS 20 12N 3E CHOCTAW 119.58 1840/02/10 WESTBROOK THOMAS 21 12N 3E CHOCTAW 79.81 1840/02/10 WESTBROOK MABRY 18 12N 3E CHOCTAW 39.5 1835/09/21 WESTBROOK JOHN B 8 12N 3E CHOCTAW 160.18 1840/02/10 WETHERS MATTHEW 29 11N 2E CHOCTAW 119.21 1840/02/10 WETHERS MATTHEW 29 11N 2E CHOCTAW 0 1840/02/10 WETHERSPOON HESTER 30 12N 3E CHOCTAW 79.19 1832/01/10 WETHERSPOON ESTHER 25 12N 2E CHOCTAW 82.07 1840/12/10 WETHERSPOON HESTER 30 12N 3E CHOCTAW 79.19 1832/01/10 WHITE WILLIAM S 10 10N 1E CHOCTAW 80.03 1831/01/05 WHITE WILLIAM S 10 10N 1E CHOCTAW 80.03 1827/05/01 WHITE WILLIAM S 15 10N 1E CHOCTAW 80.37 1826/05/10 WHITE WILLIAM S 9 10N 1E CHOCTAW 79.84 1827/04/10 WHITE WILLIAM S 9 10N 1E CHOCTAW 79.84 1832/02/01 WHITE DAVID 30 13N 2E CHOCTAW 80.09 1840/02/10 WHITE WILLIAM S 10 10N 1E CHOCTAW 80.03 1827/04/10 WHITFIELD WILLIAM B 15 10N 1E CHOCTAW 80.37 1828/05/01 WHITFIELD WILLIAM B 10 10N 1E CHOCTAW 80.03 1828/05/01 WHITFIELD JAMES B 20 13N 1E CHOCTAW 160.66 1840/02/10 WHITFIELD JAMES B 21 13N 1E CHOCTAW 159.88 1845/01/09 WHITFIELD JAMES B 21 13N 1E CHOCTAW 39.97 1840/02/10 WILKINSON EDWARD C 23 11N 1E CHOCTAW 320.62 1835/09/30 EVARARD M EGGLESTON WILKINSON EDWARD C 26 11N 1E CHOCTAW 79.97 1835/09/30 EVARARD M EGGLESTON WILKINSON EDWARD C 23 11N 1E CHOCTAW 0 1835/09/30 EVARARD M EGGLESTON WILKINSON EDWARD C 5 10N 2E CHOCTAW 155.62 1835/09/30 EDWARD M EGGLESTON WILKINSON EDWARD C 23 11N 1E CHOCTAW 0 1835/09/30 EVARARD M EGGLESTON WILKINSON EDWARD C 23 11N 1E CHOCTAW 0 1835/09/30 EVARARD M EGGLESTON WILKINSON EDWARD C 29 12N 1E CHOCTAW 80.06 1835/09/30 EVERARD M EGGLESTON WILLIAMS WILLIAM C 21 12N 3E CHOCTAW 79.81 1840/02/10 WILLIAMS WILLIAM W 11 12N 3E CHOCTAW 80.09 1827/08/20 WILLIAMS JOHN H 34 11N 2E CHOCTAW 80.28 1840/02/10 WILLIAMS WILLIAM C 29 12N 3E CHOCTAW 39.78 1840/02/10 WILLIAMS ANTHONY 22 10N 1E CHOCTAW 79.59 1830/12/01 WILLIAMS BENJAMIN 18 11N 2E CHOCTAW 40.46 1835/09/21 WILLIAMS BENJAMIN 19 11N 2E CHOCTAW 40.29 1835/09/21 WILLIAMS WILLIAM W 15 12N 3E CHOCTAW 80 1827/11/10 WILLIAMS WILLIAM C 21 12N 3E CHOCTAW 79.81 1835/10/15 WILLIAMS WILLIAM C 29 12N 3E CHOCTAW 79.56 1840/02/10 WILLIAMS WILLIAM C 28 12N 3E CHOCTAW 79.81 1835/09/30 WILLIAMS WILLIAM C 28 12N 3E CHOCTAW 79.81 1840/02/10 WILLIAMS WILLIAM C 29 12N 3E CHOCTAW 79.5 1835/10/15 WILLIAMS WILLIAM C 20 12N 3E CHOCTAW 79.72 1835/09/21 WILLIAMS RICHARD D 29 11N 1E CHOCTAW 78.72 1831/09/01 WILLIAMS ANTHONY 21 10N 1E CHOCTAW 79.72 1826/07/20 WILLIAMSON WILLIAM C 13 12N 2E CHOCTAW 41.06 1835/09/30 WILLIAMSON WILLIAM C 24 12N 2E CHOCTAW 40.92 1835/09/30 WILSON WILLIAM 2 11N 2E CHOCTAW 40.11 1840/02/10 WILSON THOMAS G 9 12N 3E CHOCTAW 80.19 1840/02/10 WILSON WILLIAM 3 11N 2E CHOCTAW 40.04 1835/09/25 WILSON WILLIAM 2 11N 2E CHOCTAW 40.11 1835/09/30 WILSON JOHN B 33 11N 1E CHOCTAW 79.28 1835/09/30 WILSON JOHN 33 11N 1E CHOCTAW 39.64 1835/09/25 WILSON JOHN 4 10N 1E CHOCTAW 39.56 1835/09/25 WILSON THOMAS G 8 12N 3E CHOCTAW 40.02 1835/09/30 WILSON THOMAS G 8 12N 3E CHOCTAW 40.04 1840/02/10 WINDHAM SAMUEL B 36 12N 1E CHOCTAW 116.29 1840/02/10 WINDHAM BENJAMIN B 26 12N 1E CHOCTAW 79.75 1840/02/10 WINDHAM BENJAMIN B 35 12N 1E CHOCTAW 79.72 1835/09/25 WINDHAM SAMUEL B 36 12N 1E CHOCTAW 0 1840/02/10 WINDHAM BENJAMIN B 26 12N 1E CHOCTAW 0 1840/02/10 WINDHAM BENJAMIN B 35 12N 1E CHOCTAW 79.72 1840/02/10 WINDHAM BENJAMIN B 35 12N 1E CHOCTAW 79.72 1835/09/21 WINDHAM SAMUEL B 25 12N 1E CHOCTAW 78 1835/09/25 WINDHAM SAMUEL B 31 12N 2E CHOCTAW 40.25 1835/09/25 WINDHAM ANDREW J 36 12N 1E CHOCTAW 38.77 1835/10/08 WINDHAM SAMUEL B 36 12N 1E CHOCTAW 38.76 1835/09/25 WINN THOMAS J 8 11N 1E CHOCTAW 79.53 1835/09/02 WINN THOMAS J 8 11N 1E CHOCTAW 79.53 1832/01/10 WINN THOMAS J 29 11N 1E CHOCTAW 78.72 1831/01/05 WINN WILLIAM 14 11N 2E CHOCTAW 80.06 1840/02/10 WINN JOHN C 20 11N 2E CHOCTAW 0 1835/10/20 WINN JOHN C 20 11N 2E CHOCTAW 239.43 1835/10/20 WITHERSPOON ESTHER 24 12N 2E CHOCTAW 81.84 1835/10/20 WRIGHT JONATHAN 34 13N 2E CHOCTAW 40.05 1840/02/10 WRIGHT WILLIAM 35 13N 2E CHOCTAW 40.04 1835/09/25 WRIGHT WILLIAM 1 12N 2E CHOCTAW 84.09 1835/09/25 WRIGHT JAMES 1 12N 2E CHOCTAW 84.09 1835/10/20 WRIGHT WILLIAM 2 12N 2E CHOCTAW 82.22 1835/09/25 WRIGHT JOHN W 2 12N 2E CHOCTAW 82.22 1840/02/10 WRIGHT JONATHAN 36 13N 2E CHOCTAW 39.97 1835/09/25 WRIGHT JONATHAN 36 13N 2E CHOCTAW 79.94 1832/02/01 YARBOROUGH THOMAS 32 12N 3E CHOCTAW 79.66 1835/10/20 YOUNG WILLIAM F 7 11N 1E CHOCTAW 80.78 1829/04/01 YOUNG WILLIAM F 7 11N 1E CHOCTAW 0 1835/09/14 YOUNG WILLIAM F 7 11N 1E CHOCTAW 80.78 1835/09/14 YOUNG JOHN S 7 11N 1E CHOCTAW 0 1835/09/25 YOUNG JOHN S 7 11N 1E CHOCTAW 161.56 1835/09/25 YOUNG JOHN S 8 11N 1E CHOCTAW 79.53 1835/09/25 YOUNG JOSEPH A 17 11N 1E CHOCTAW 79.41 1830/12/01 YOUNG WILLIAM F 7 11N 1E CHOCTAW 40.39 1840/02/10 ROBERT S ADAMS