MS: Individual County Chronologies

ADAMS created by Mississippi Territory from non-county area; ADAMS included territory in present Mississippi and Alabama. (Rowland, Miss. Terr. Arch., 126-128; Toulmin, Statutes, ch. 1/pp. 2-3)

ADAMS lost to creation of WASHINGTON (Ala.); ADAMS eliminated from present Alabama. (Rowland, Miss. Terr. Arch., 238-239; Toulmin, Statutes, ch. 1/pp. 3-4)

ADAMS gained from JEFFERSON, lost to creation of WILKINSON. (Miss. Terr. Stat., pp. 89-90)

ADAMS lost to creation of FRANKLIN. (Miss. Terr. Stat., p. 97)

ADAMS lost to JEFFERSON. (Miss. Terr. Stat., p. 99)

ADAMS exchanged with WILKINSON. (Miss. Terr. Stat., p. 99)

ADAMS lost to WILKINSON. (Miss. Laws 1846, reg. sess., ch. 47/p. 221)

ADAMS gained small area from WILKINSON. (Miss. Laws 1882, reg. sess., ch. 94/p. 119)

ADAMS lost small area to WILKINSON. (Miss. Laws 1884, reg. sess., ch. 156/p. 132)

ADAMS gained small area from WILKINSON. (Miss. Laws 1912, reg. sess., ch. 364/p. 424; Minutes of Adams Co. Board of Supervisors, Book G, 6 May 1912, p. 366, and 9 Jan. 1914, p. 588)

ALCORN created from TIPPAH and TISHOMINGO. (Miss. Laws 1870, reg. sess., ch. 51, secs. 1-3, 18/pp. 118-119, 121)

ALCORN boundaries were redefined [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1870, reg. sess., ch. 52, secs. 1, 3-4/pp. 122-123)

AMITE created by Mississippi Territory from WILKINSON. (Miss. Terr. Stat., p. 95)

AMITE lost to creation of FRANKLIN. (Miss. Terr. Stat., p. 97)

AMITE lost to FRANKLIN. (Miss. Terr. Stat., p. 99)

AMITE lost to creation of MARION. (Miss. Terr. Stat., pp. 104-105)

AMITE gained from FRANKLIN. (Miss. Laws 1819, 1st sess., p. 14)

AMITE gained from WILKINSON. (Miss. Laws 1821, 4th sess., ch. 49/p. 79)

AMITE lost to creation of LINCOLN. AMITE boundary with FRANKLIN was redefined [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1870, reg. sess., ch. 55, secs. 1-2, 8/pp. 129, 132)

AMITE gained from FRANKLIN and LINCOLN. (Miss. Laws 1871, reg. sess., ch. 264/p. 647)

AMITE lost to FRANKLIN and LINCOLN. (Miss. Laws 1873, reg. sess., ch. 50/p. 202)

ATTALA created from MADISON. (Miss. Laws 1833, 17th sess., ch. 5, sec. 16/p. 38)

BAINBRIDGE (extinct) created from COVINGTON. (Miss. Laws 1822-1823, 6th sess., ch. 16, sec. 1/p. 72)

BAINBRIDGE lost all territory to COVINGTON; BAINBRIDGE eliminated. (Miss. Laws 1823-1824, 7th sess., ch. 26/p. 35)

BALDWIN (Ala.) created by Mississippi Territory from WASHINGTON (Ala.). (Miss. Terr. Stat., pp. 96-97)

BALDWIN (Ala.) became a county in Alabama Territory when Alabama Territory was created from Mississippi Territory; BALDWIN (Ala.) eliminated from Mississippi Territory. (U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 58[1817], sec. 1/p. 371)

BALDWIN (Ala.) gained part of Non-County Area 2 (former part of GREENE); BALDWIN (Ala.) included part of present Mississippi. (Ala. Terr. Acts 1818, 1st sess., p. 21)

BALDWIN (Ala.) gained from CONECUH (Ala.) and MONROE (Ala.); area within present Mississippi was unchanged. (Ala. Acts 1819, 1st sess., secs. 1, 3-4, 19, 34/pp. 50-51, 54, 56; Ala. Rpts., 215:640)

BALDWIN (Ala.) lost to Mississippi when surveyors demarcated the southern segment of the Alabama-Mississippi line, fixing the end point ten miles east of the mouth of the Pascagoula River. This southern terminus is approximately 3.7 miles east of its prior location, an adjustment authorized in the act admitting Alabama to the Union on 14 December 1819. (Van Zandt, 108-109)

BENTON created from MARSHALL and TIPPAH. (Miss. Laws 1870, reg. sess., ch. 50, secs. 1, 10/pp. 115, 118)

BENTON exchanged with MARSHALL. (Miss. Rev. Code 1871, ch. 2, art. 2, pars. 20-89/pp. 12-29)

BENTON exchanged with MARSHALL. (Miss. Laws 1876, reg. sess., ch. 164/pp. 271-272)

BENTON exchanged with MARSHALL. (Miss. Laws 1876, reg. sess., ch. 144/p. 253)

BOLIVAR created from WASHINGTON, a small part of TALLAHATCHIE, and Non-County Area 11 attached to HOLMES. (Miss. Laws 1836, reg. sess., par. 13/p. 14)

BOLIVAR boundary with COAHOMA was clarified [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1839, adj. sess., ch. 95/p. 227)

BOLIVAR gained from COAHOMA. (Miss. Laws 1842, reg. sess., ch. 109/pp. 235-236)

BOLIVAR lost to creation of SUNFLOWER. (Miss. Laws 1844, reg. sess., ch. 49, secs. 1-2/p. 219)

BOLIVAR lost to SUNFLOWER and WASHINGTON. (Miss. Laws 1871, reg. sess., ch. 238, secs. 1-2, 15/pp. 587-588, 592)

The state of Georgia claimed the area north of 31 degrees north latitude, based on its colonial charter and created BOURBON (Ga., extinct) in present Mississippi. (Rowland, Miss. Terr. Arch., 503-505; Watkins and Watkins, 304-305)

BOURBON (Ga.) was eliminated by the state of Georgia. (Watkins and Watkins, 370-371)

CALHOUN created from CHICKASAW, LAFAYETTE, and YALOBUSHA. (Miss. Laws 1852, reg. sess., ch. 15, secs. 1-2, 14-16/pp. 36-37, 40; Murphree, 6-7)

CARROLL created from LOWNDES, MONROE, WASHINGTON, and Non-County Area 11 attached to HOLMES. (Miss. Laws 1833, 17th sess., ch. 5, sec. 10/p. 35)

HOLMES was authorized to gain from CARROLL, dependent upon local referendum that failed [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1850, reg. sess., ch. 113/p. 195; Miss. Dept. of Arch. and Hist., correspondence, 20 Jan. 1989)

CARROLL lost to creation of GRENADA. (Miss. Laws 1870, reg. sess., ch. 53, secs. 1, 9/pp. 124, 126)

CARROLL lost to creation of LEFLORE. (Miss. Laws 1871, reg. sess., ch. 238, secs. 1-2, 15/pp. 587-588, 592)

CARROLL lost to creation of MONTGOMERY. (Miss. Laws 1871, reg. sess., ch. 241, secs. 1, 9/pp. 597, 599)

CARROLL gained from LEFLORE. (Miss. Laws 1877, reg. sess., ch. 39/p. 59)

CARROLL lost to LEFLORE. (Miss. Rev. Code 1880, reg. sess., ch. 2, pars. 24-87/pp. 49-70)

CARROLL exchanged with MONTGOMERY. (Miss. Laws 1882, reg. sess., ch. 95/p. 120)

CARROLL boundary with LEFLORE was redefined [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1894, spec. sess., ch. 86/p. 100)

CARROLL gained from LEFLORE. (Miss. Laws 1896, reg. sess., ch. 125, secs. 1-2, 5/pp. 135-137)

CHICKASAW created from MONROE and Non-County Area 13 attached to CHOCTAW. (Miss. Laws 1836, reg. sess., par. 5/p. 10)

CHICKASAW lost to creation of CALHOUN. (Miss. Laws 1852, reg. sess., ch. 15, secs. 1-2, 14-16/pp. 36-37, 40; Murphree, 6-7)

CHICKASAW gained small area from CHOCTAW. (Miss. Laws 1854, reg. sess., ch. 296/p. 413)

CHICKASAW lost to creation of COLFAX (now CLAY). On this date, the legislature overrode the governor's veto of this creation, but questions were raised about the legality of that action, so the act was passed again 4 April 1872. (Miss. Laws 1871, reg. sess., ch. 430, secs. 1, 8/pp. 800, 802; Miss. Laws 1872, reg. sess., ch. 96, secs. 1, 11/pp. 107, 110; Miss. Rev. Code 1871, ch. 2, par. 33/p. 15)

CHICKASAW lost small area to creation of SUMNER (now WEBSTER). (Miss. Laws 1874, reg. sess., ch. 112, secs. 1, 12, 14/pp. 220, 223-224)

CHICKASAW lost to SUMNER (now WEBSTER). (Miss. Laws 1875, called sess., ch. 216, secs. 1-4/pp. 25-27)

CHOCTAW created from LOWNDES, MADISON, MONROE, and Non-County Area 11 attached to HOLMES. Non-County Area 13 created from MONROE; Non-County Area 13 attached to CHOCTAW. (Miss. Laws 1833, 17th sess., ch. 5, sec. 7/p. 35)

CHOCTAW lost all of attached Non-County Area 13 to creation of CHICKASAW; Non-County Area 13 eliminated. (Miss. Laws 1836, reg. sess., par. 5/p. 10)

CHOCTAW lost small area to CHICKASAW. (Miss. Laws 1854, reg. sess., ch. 296/p. 413)

CHOCTAW lost to creation of GRENADA. (Miss. Laws 1870, reg. sess., ch. 53, secs. 1, 9/pp. 124, 126)

CHOCTAW lost to creation of MONTGOMERY. (Miss. Laws 1871, reg. sess., ch. 241, secs. 1, 9/pp. 597, 599)

CHOCTAW gained from WINSTON, lost to creation of SUMNER (now WEBSTER). (Miss. Laws 1874, reg. sess., ch. 112, secs. 1, 12, 14/pp. 220, 223-224)

CHOCTAW gained from MONTGOMERY, exchanged with SUMNER (now WEBSTER), lost to WINSTON. (Miss. Laws 1875, called sess., ch. 216, secs. 1-4/pp. 25-27)

CLAIBORNE created by Mississippi Territory from JEFFERSON; CLAIBORNE extended eastward to Georgia, thereby overlapping WASHINGTON (Ala.). (Miss. Terr. Stat., p. 88)

CLAIBORNE lost to creation of Non-County Area 1 when the Choctaw Indian boundary was implicitly adopted as the eastern limit of CLAIBORNE. This eliminated the overlap with WASHINGTON (Ala.) and eliminated CLAIBORNE from present Alabama. (Miss. Terr. Stat., p. 90)

CLAIBORNE gained from JEFFERSON. A mistake in the description would have enlarged CLAIBORNE eastward to Georgia, thereby overlapping Non-County Area 1 and WASHINGTON (Ala.) [mistake corrected 7 February 1807; no change]. (Miss. Terr. Stat., p. 90)

Boundary of CLAIBORNE was clarified, correcting mistake of 12 March 1803 that authorized CLAIBORNE to overlap WASHINGTON (Ala.) and Non-County Area 1 [no change]. (Miss. Terr. Stat., p. 93)

CLAIBORNE lost to creation of WARREN and lost small area along the Yazoo River to Non-County Area 1. (Miss. Terr. Stat., p. 98)

CLAIBORNE gained from JEFFERSON; mistake in description clarified 12 February 1820. (Miss. Terr. Stat., pp. 100-101)

CLAIBORNE boundary with JEFFERSON was clarified, correcting mistake of 7 December 1811 [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1820, 3d sess., ch. 40/p. 61)

CLAIBORNE gained from WARREN. (Miss. Laws 1829, 12th sess., ch. 2/p. 6)

Redefinition of CLAIBORNE boundary with JEFFERSON unintentionally implied an overlap of jurisdiction, but officials and residents continued to observe the 1820 boundary line [no change]. (Miss. Rev. Code 1871, ch. 2, art. 2, pars. 20-89/pp. 12-29)

Redefinition of CLAIBORNE boundary with JEFFERSON unintentionally implied a change that never took effect [no change]. (Miss. Rev. Code 1880, reg. sess., ch. 2, pars. 24-87/pp. 49-70)

CLAIBORNE boundary with JEFFERSON was clarified, correcting mistake of 5 March 1880 [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1886, reg. sess., ch. 73/p. 153)

CLARKE (Ala.) created by Mississippi Territory from WASHINGTON (Ala.). (Miss. Terr. Stat., p. 107)

CLARKE (Ala.) became a county in Alabama Territory when Alabama Territory was created from Mississippi Territory; CLARKE (Ala.) eliminated from Mississippi Territory. (U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 58[1817], sec. 1/p. 371)

CLARKE created from WAYNE. (Miss. Laws 1833, 17th sess., ch. 5, sec. 4/p. 34)

CLARKE boundary with WAYNE was redefined [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1867, called sess., ch. 328/p. 424)

CLARKE lost to WAYNE. (Miss. Rev. Code 1871, ch. 2, art. 2, pars. 20-89/pp. 12-29)

CLARKE boundary with WAYNE was redefined [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1882, reg. sess., ch. 93/p. 118)

COLFAX (now CLAY) created from CHICKASAW, LOWNDES, MONROE, and OKTIBBEHA. On this date, the legislature overrode the governor's veto of this creation, but questions were raised about the legality of that action, so the act was passed again 4 April 1872. (Miss. Laws 1871, reg. sess., ch. 430, secs. 1, 8/pp. 800, 802; Miss. Laws 1872, reg. sess., ch. 96, secs. 1, 11/pp. 107, 110; Miss. Rev. Code 1871, ch. 2, par. 33/p. 15)

COLFAX renamed CLAY. (Miss. Laws 1876, reg. sess., ch. 103/p. 128)

CLAY boundary with SUMNER (now WEBSTER) was clarified [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1880, reg. sess., ch. 67/p. 207)

CLAY boundary with LOWNDES was redefined [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1886, reg. sess., ch. 113/p. 185)

COAHOMA created from Non-County Area 11 attached to HOLMES. (Miss. Laws 1836, reg. sess., par. 12/p. 13)

COAHOMA boundary with BOLIVAR was clarified [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1839, adj. sess., ch. 95/p. 227)

COAHOMA gained from TUNICA, lost to BOLIVAR. (Miss. Laws 1842, reg. sess., ch. 109/pp. 235-236)

COAHOMA gained from TUNICA. (Miss. Laws 1844, reg. sess., ch. 109/p. 300)

COAHOMA lost to TUNICA. (Miss. Laws 1848, reg. sess., ch. 111/p. 226)

COAHOMA lost to creation of QUITMAN. (Miss. Laws 1877, reg. sess., ch. 35, secs. 1, 10/pp. 51, 54)

COAHOMA boundaries were redefined [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1976, reg. sess., ch. 316/p. 384)

COPIAH created from FRANKLIN, HINDS, and LAWRENCE. (Miss. Laws 1822-1823, 6th sess., ch. 49, secs. 1, 7/pp. 117-118)

COPIAH lost to creation of SIMPSON. (Miss. Laws 1823-1824, 7th sess., ch. 72, sec. 1/p. 87)

COPIAH lost to creation of LINCOLN. (Miss. Laws 1870, reg. sess., ch. 55, secs. 1-2, 8/pp. 129, 132)

COVINGTON created from LAWRENCE and WAYNE. (Miss. Laws 1819, 1st sess., sec. 1/p. 22)

COVINGTON lost to WAYNE. (Miss. Laws 1821-1822, 5th sess. adj., p. 274)

COVINGTON lost to creation of BAINBRIDGE (extinct). (Miss. Laws 1822-1823, 6th sess., ch. 16, sec. 1/p. 72)

COVINGTON gained all of BAINBRIDGE; BAINBRIDGE eliminated. (Miss. Laws 1823-1824, 7th sess., ch. 26/p. 35)

COVINGTON gained from LAWRENCE and WAYNE. Part of the COVINGTON gain from LAWRENCE was unintended. MARION had been authorized to gain from LAWRENCE, but local officials and residents treated the area as part of the territory transferred to COVINGTON. (Miss. Laws 1825, 8th sess., ch. 22/p. 48)

COVINGTON lost to creation of JONES. (Miss. Laws 1826, 9th sess., p. 59)

Non-County Area 9 created from Non-County Area 5 attached to RANKIN and SIMPSON; Non-County Area 9 was attached to COVINGTON. (Miss. Laws 1830, 13th sess., ch. 43/p. 46)

COVINGTON gained all of Non-County Area 9 that was attached to it; Non-County Area 9 eliminated. (Miss. Laws 1830, 13th sess., ch. 70/p. 89)

COVINGTON lost to creation of SCOTT and SMITH. (Miss. Laws 1833, 17th sess., ch. 5, secs. 13-14/pp. 36-37)

Redefinition of COVINGTON boundary with MARION unintentionally implied a change that never took effect [no change]. (Miss. Rev. Code 1871, ch. 2, art. 2, pars. 20-89/pp. 12-29)

COVINGTON boundary with MARION was clarified, confirming boundaries observed since 1 February 1825 and implicitly correcting mistake of 13 May 1871 [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1876, reg. sess., ch. 165/p. 272)

COVINGTON lost to MARION. (Miss. Rev. Code 1880, reg. sess., ch. 2, pars. 24-87/pp. 49-70)

COVINGTON lost to creation of JEFFERSON DAVIS. (Miss. Laws 1906, spec. sess., ch. 166, secs. 1-2/pp. 179-180; Minutes of Jefferson Davis Co. Board of Supervisors, 4 June 1906, p. 1)

DE SOTO created from MONROE and WASHINGTON. (Miss. Laws 1836, reg. sess., par. 2/p. 2)

DE SOTO lost to MARSHALL and lost to creation of TATE. (Miss. Laws 1873, reg. sess., ch. 1, secs. 1, 14-15/pp. 139, 142)

DE SOTO gained from TATE. (Miss. Laws 1876, reg. sess., ch. 163/p. 270)

DE SOTO gained from MARSHALL. (Miss. Laws 1878, reg. sess., ch. 101/p. 212; Press and Times, 16 May 1878)

Redefinition of DE SOTO boundaries with TATE and TUNICA unintentionally implied changes that never took effect [no change]. (Miss. Rev. Code 1880, reg. sess., ch. 2, pars. 24-87/pp. 49-70)

DE SOTO boundary with TATE was clarified, correcting mistake of 5 March 1880 [no change]. (Miss. Code Ann. 1892, ch. 18, secs. 364, 410/pp. 191, 202)

DE SOTO boundary with TUNICA was clarified, correcting mistake of 5 March 1880 [no change]. (Miss. Code Ann. 1906, ch. 18, secs. 427, 477/pp. 250, 263)

The United States and Spanish West Florida both claimed the area south of Mississippi Territory between the Mississippi and Perdido Rivers, including parts of present Mississippi and Alabama. Spain actually governed the area. Map depicts the disputed area in present Mississippi and Alabama. (U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 38[1804], sec.1/p. 283; Van Zandt, 107)

American forces captured the city of Mobile from Spain, effectively extending U.S. control over the territory between the Pearl and Perdido Rivers, previously claimed by the United States as part of Louisiana. (Cox, facing 2; Fuller, 202)

FELICIANA County (Orleans Territory, extinct) created by Orleans Territory from non-county area; included parts of present Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. Spain actually controlled much of the area. (Orleans Terr. Acts 1811, 2d sess., p. 210)

PASCAGOULA Parish (Orleans Territory, extinct) created by Orleans Territory within FELICIANA County (Orleans Territory, extinct); included parts of present Mississippi and Alabama. No change was made to the underlying boundaries of FELICIANA County. (Orleans Terr. Acts 1811, 2d sess., p. 214)

PASCAGOULA Parish (Orleans Territory, extinct) gained area within FELICIANA County (Orleans Territory, extinct) in present Alabama. No change was made to the underlying boundaries of FELICIANA County. (Orleans Terr. Acts 1811, 2d sess., p. 216)

The state of Louisiana was admitted to the Union from Orleans Territory; Orleans Territory eliminated. FELICIANA County (Orleans Territory, extinct) lost all territory in present Alabama and Mississippi. (U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 50 [1812], secs. 1, 6/pp. 701, 704; ch. 57 [1812]/p. 708)

FORREST created from PERRY. (Miss. Laws 1906, spec. sess., ch. 165, secs. 1, 4-5/pp. 174-175; Rowland, History, 2:720)

Legislature authorized the creation of STONE from FORREST, GEORGE, HARRISON, and PERRY, dependent upon local referendum that failed [no change]. (HRS Miss., St. and Co., 112-113; Miss. Laws 1912, reg. sess., ch. 348, secs. 1, 3, 21/pp. 394-395, 402, and ch. 349, secs. 1, 3, 21/pp. 402-403, 409)

Mississippi Territory authorized the creation of FRANKLIN from WILKINSON, but the creation never took effect [not mapped]. (HRS Miss., St. and Co., 17)

FRANKLIN created by Mississippi Territory from ADAMS, AMITE, and WILKINSON. (Miss. Terr. Stat., p. 97)

FRANKLIN lost to JEFFERSON. (Miss. Terr. Stat., p. 99)

FRANKLIN gained from AMITE. FRANKLIN boundary with WILKINSON was redefined [no change]. (Miss. Terr. Stat., p. 99)

FRANKLIN lost to creation of MARION. (Miss. Terr. Stat., pp. 104-105)

FRANKLIN lost to AMITE. (Miss. Laws 1819, 1st sess., p. 14)

FRANKLIN gained from JEFFERSON. (Miss. Laws 1821-1822, 5th sess. adj., p. 274)

FRANKLIN lost to JEFFERSON and lost to creation of COPIAH. (Miss. Laws 1822-1823, 6th sess., ch. 36/p. 100 and ch. 49, secs. 1, 7/pp. 117-118)

FRANKLIN lost to creation of LINCOLN. FRANKLIN boundary with AMITE was redefined [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1870, reg. sess., ch. 55, secs. 1-2, 8/pp. 129, 132)

FRANKLIN lost to AMITE. (Miss. Laws 1871, reg. sess., ch. 264/p. 647)

FRANKLIN gained from AMITE. (Miss. Laws 1873, reg. sess., ch. 50/p. 202)

FRANKLIN gained from LINCOLN. (Miss. Laws 1875, reg. sess., ch. 29/p. 56)

GEORGE created from GREENE and JACKSON. (Miss. Laws 1910, spec. sess., ch. 248, secs. 1, 3/p. 236; Minutes of George Co. Board of Supervisors, 2 May 1910, p. 1)

Legislature authorized the creation of STONE from GEORGE, FORREST, HARRISON, and PERRY, dependent upon local referendum that failed [no change]. (HRS Miss., St. and Co., 112-113; Miss. Laws 1912, reg. sess., ch. 348, secs. 1, 3, 21/pp. 394-395, 402 and ch. 349, secs. 1, 3, 21/pp. 402-403, 409)

The state of Georgia claimed all of present Mississippi and Alabama north of 31 degrees north latitude based on its colonial charter and created BOURBON (Ga., extinct) in present Mississippi. (Cappon, Petchenik, and Long, 62, 131)

Georgia eliminated BOURBON (Ga.), but continued to claim all of present Mississippi and Alabama north of 31 degrees north latitude. (Paullin, 62-63, pl. 93E; Watkins and Watkins, 370-371)

The United States created Mississippi Territory. Georgia continued to claim this area under its colonial charter, and the federal act said that creation of the territory would not impair Georgia's claim. (U.S. Stat., 1:549-550)

Georgia and the United States made a two-part agreement: the United States ceded to Georgia all claims to any territory south of North Carolina and west of the Appalachian watershed that it received in 1787 from South Carolina; Georgia ceded to the United States all territory south of North Carolina and Tennessee, east of the Mississippi River, north of the parallel of 31 degrees north latitude and west of the present western limit of Georgia, that is, much of present Mississippi and Alabama. This area became unorganized federal territory. (Paullin, 83; Van Zandt, 100; Terr. Papers U.S., 5:142-143)

GREENE created by Mississippi Territory from WAYNE; GREENE included territory in present Mississippi and Alabama. (Miss. Terr. Stat., pp. 104-105)

GREENE lost to Alabama Territory when Alabama Territory was created from Mississippi Territory; GREENE eliminated from present Alabama. (U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 58[1817], sec. 1/p. 371)

GREENE lost to creation of PERRY. (Miss. Laws 1820, 3d sess., ch. 18, sec. 1/p. 26)

GREENE gained from BALDWIN (Ala.) when surveyors demarcated the southern segment of the Alabama-Mississippi line, fixing the end point ten miles east of the mouth of the Pascagoula River. This southern terminus is approximately 3.7 miles east of its prior location, an adjustment authorized in the act admitting Alabama to the Union on 14 December 1819. (Van Zandt, 108-109)

GREENE gained from JACKSON. (Miss. Laws 1822-1823, 6th sess., ch. 24/p. 26)

GREENE gained from JACKSON. (Miss. Laws 1822-1823, 6th sess., ch. 12/pp. 64-65)

GREENE lost to PERRY. (Miss. Rev. Code 1871, ch. 2, art. 2, pars. 20-89/pp. 12-29)

GREENE lost to creation of GEORGE. (Miss. Laws 1910, spec. sess., ch. 248, secs. 1, 3/p. 236; Minutes of George Co. Board of Supervisors, 2 May 1910, p. 1)

GRENADA created from CARROLL, CHOCTAW, TALLAHATCHIE, and YALOBUSHA. (Miss. Laws 1870, reg. sess., ch. 53, secs. 1, 9/pp. 124, 126)

HANCOCK created by Mississippi Territory from MOBILE (Ala.). This area was not fully controlled by the United States. (Miss. Terr. Stat., p. 108)

American forces captured the city of Mobile from Spain, effectively extending U.S. control over the territory between the Pearl and Perdido Rivers, previously claimed by the U.S. as part of Louisiana. This included the area where HANCOCK had been created. (Cox, facing 2; Fuller, 202)

HANCOCK boundary with JACKSON was clarified [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1819, 1st sess., p. 17)

HANCOCK lost to JACKSON. (Miss. Laws 1823-1824, 7th sess., ch. 36/pp. 44-45)

HANCOCK lost to PERRY. (Miss. Laws 1825, 8th sess., ch. 43/p. 99)

HANCOCK gained from JACKSON. (Miss. Laws 1828, 11th sess., ch. 5/p. 8)

HANCOCK boundary with JACKSON was redefined; line cannot be demarcated as described; act repealed 9 December 1830 [not mapped]. (Miss. Laws 1830, 13th sess., ch. 40/p. 44)

HANCOCK lost to JACKSON. (Miss. Laws 1830, 13th sess., ch. 79/p. 111)

Act of 5 February 1830, defining HANCOCK boundary with JACKSON, was repealed [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1830, 14th sess., ch. 21/p. 22)

HANCOCK boundary with JACKSON was redefined [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1830, 14th sess., ch. 15/p. 19)

HANCOCK lost to MARION. The boundary with JACKSON was extended to the state boundary in the Gulf of Mexico, including all islands within six leagues of the shore [not mapped]. (Miss. Laws 1830, 14th sess., ch. 84, secs. 4-5/pp. 114-115; U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 23[1817], sec. 2/p. 348)

HANCOCK gained from JACKSON. (Miss. Laws 1833, 16th sess., ch. 54/p. 128)

HANCOCK lost to JACKSON. (Miss. Laws 1836, reg. sess., p. 49)

HANCOCK lost to creation of HARRISON. (Miss. Laws 1841, adj. sess., ch. 35, secs. 1-2, 7/pp. 145-147)

HANCOCK gained from MARION. (Miss. Laws 1843, called sess., ch. 10/p. 77)

HANCOCK lost to MARION. (Miss. Laws 1844, reg. sess., ch. 118/p. 305)

HANCOCK boundary with MARION was redefined [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1858, called sess., ch. 167/p. 225)

HANCOCK boundary with HARRISON in St. Louis Bay was clarified [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1872, reg. sess., ch. 27/p. 33)

HANCOCK lost to creation of PEARL (extinct). (Miss. Laws 1872, reg. sess., ch. 98, secs. 1, 11/pp. 110, 113)

HANCOCK gained part of PEARL; PEARL eliminated. (Miss. Laws 1878, reg. sess., ch. 28/p. 153)

HANCOCK lost to creation of PEARL RIVER. (Miss. Laws 1890, reg. sess., ch. 76, secs. 1, 9/pp. 89, 91)

HANCOCK lost to PEARL RIVER. (Free Press, 23 April 1908, p. 5; Free Press, 21 May 1908, p. 4; Miss. Laws 1908, reg. sess., ch. 226, sec. 1/p. 221)

HARRISON created from HANCOCK and JACKSON. (Miss. Laws 1841, adj. sess., ch. 35, secs. 1-2, 7/pp. 145-147)

Southern boundary of HARRISON was clarified by extending jurisdiction from the shoreline to the state boundary in the Gulf of Mexico, including all islands within six leagues of the shore [not mapped]. (Miss. Laws 1842, reg. sess., ch. 52/pp. 174-176; U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 23[1817], sec. 2/p. 348)

HARRISON gained from JACKSON and PERRY. (Miss. Laws 1844, reg. sess., ch. 114/p. 302)

HARRISON lost to JACKSON. (Miss. Laws 1846, reg. sess., ch. 241/p. 501)

HARRISON boundaries with HANCOCK in St. Louis Bay, and with JACKSON in Biloxi Bay were clarified [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1872, reg. sess., ch. 27/p. 33)

HARRISON gained from JACKSON. (Miss. Laws 1875, reg. sess., ch. 193/p. 237)

Legislature authorized creation of STONE from HARRISON, FORREST, GEORGE, and PERRY, dependent upon local referendum that failed [no change]. (HRS Miss., St. and Co., 112-113; Miss. Laws 1912, reg. sess., ch. 348, secs. 1, 3, 21/pp. 394-395, 402 and ch. 349, secs. 1, 3, 21/pp. 402-403, 409)

HARRISON lost to creation of STONE. (Miss. Laws 1916, reg. sess., ch. 527, secs. 1, 3/pp. 593-594; Minutes of Stone Co. Board of Supervisors, 5 June 1916, p. 2)

HINDS created from Non-County Area 1. (Miss. Laws 1821, 4th sess., ch. 70/pp. 98-99; Royce, 700)

HINDS lost to WARREN. (Miss. Laws 1821, 5th sess., ch. 21/p. 20)

HINDS lost to WARREN. (Miss. Laws 1822-1823, 6th sess., ch. 47/p. 114)

HINDS lost to creation of COPIAH and YAZOO. (Miss. Laws 1822-1823, 6th sess., ch. 49, secs. 1, 7/pp. 117-118)

HINDS lost to creation of RANKIN. (Miss. Laws 1828, 11th sess., ch. 93, sec. 1/p. 114)

HINDS lost to MADISON. (Miss. Laws 1829, 12th sess., ch. 19/p. 17)

HINDS exchanged with MADISON. (Miss. Laws 1840, reg. sess., ch. 36/p. 73)

HOLMES created from YAZOO; part of YAZOO reverted to Non-County Area 11 and was attached to HOLMES. (Miss. Laws 1833, 16th sess., ch. 78, secs. 1, 8/pp. 187-189 and ch. 100, sec. 5/p. 234)

HOLMES lost part of attached Non-County Area 11 to creation of CARROLL, CHOCTAW, TALLAHATCHIE, YALOBUSHA, and Non-County Area 12 attached to TALLAHATCHIE. (Miss. Laws 1833, 17th sess., ch. 5, secs. 7-10, 17-22/pp. 35, 38-39)

HOLMES lost all of attached Non-County Area 11 to TALLAHATCHIE and to creation of BOLIVAR and COAHOMA; Non-County Area 11 eliminated. (Miss. Laws 1836, reg. sess., pars. 12-13/pp. 13-14)

HOLMES was authorized to gain from CARROLL, dependent upon local referendum that failed [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1850, reg. sess., ch. 113/p. 195; Miss. Dept. of Arch. and Hist., correspondence, 20 January 1989)

HOLMES lost to creation of HUMPHREYS. (HRS Miss., Humphreys, 6; Miss. Laws 1918, reg. sess., ch. 348, secs. 1-2/pp. 368-369; Chancery Clerk, Humphreys Co., telephone query, 15 November 1989)

HUMPHREYS created from HOLMES, SHARKEY, SUNFLOWER, WASHINGTON, and YAZOO. (HRS Miss., Humphreys, 6; Miss. Laws 1918, reg. sess., ch. 348, secs. 1-2/pp. 368-369; Chancery Clerk, Humphreys Co., telephone query, 15 November 1989)

ISSAQUENA created from WASHINGTON. (Miss. Laws 1844, reg. sess., ch. 47, sec. 1/p. 216)

ISSAQUENA lost to YAZOO. (Miss. Laws 1850, reg. sess., ch. 169/p. 260)

ISSAQUENA gained from WARREN, lost to creation of SHARKEY and Non-County Area 14. (Miss. Laws 1876, reg. sess., ch. 63, secs. 1-4, 14/pp. 57-58, 62)

ISSAQUENA boundaries were clarified [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1878, reg. sess., ch. 103/p. 214)

ISSAQUENA gained all of Non-County Area 14; Non-County Area 14 eliminated. (Miss. Laws 1890, reg. sess., ch. 312/p. 495)

ITAWAMBA created from MONROE. (Miss. Laws 1836, reg. sess., par. 2/p. 2)

ITAWAMBA lost to creation of LEE. (Miss. Laws 1866, reg. sess., ch. 20, secs. 1-2, 14/pp. 29-30, 34; Saltillo, 261)

ITAWAMBA lost to TISHOMINGO and to creation of PRENTISS. (Miss. Laws 1870, ch. 51, secs. 1-3, 18/pp. 118-119, 121)

ITAWAMBA boundary with TISHOMINGO was clarified [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1870, reg. sess., ch. 52, secs. 1, 3-4/pp. 122-123)

Redefinition of ITAWAMBA boundary with TISHOMINGO unintentionally implied a change that never took effect [no change]. (Miss. Rev. Code 1871, ch. 2, art. 2, pars. 20-89/pp. 12-29)

ITAWAMBA boundary with TISHOMINGO was clarified, correcting mistake of 13 May 1871 [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1872, reg. sess., ch. 38/p. 201)

JACKSON created by Mississippi Territory from MOBILE (Ala.); JACKSON included territory in present Mississippi and Alabama. This area was not fully controlled by the United States. (Miss. Terr. Stat., p. 108)

American forces captured the city of Mobile from Spain, effectively extending U.S. control over the territory between the Pearl and Perdido Rivers, previously claimed by the U.S. as part of Louisiana. This included the area where JACKSON had been created. (Cox, facing 2; Fuller, 202)

JACKSON lost to Alabama Territory when Alabama Territory was created from Mississippi Territory; JACKSON eliminated from present Alabama. (U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 58[1817], sec. 1/p. 371)

JACKSON boundary with HANCOCK was clarified [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1819, 1st sess., p. 17)

JACKSON gained from MOBILE (Ala.) when surveyors demarcated the southern segment of the Alabama-Mississippi line, fixing the end point ten miles east of the mouth of the Pascagoula River. This southern terminus is approximately 3.7 miles east of its prior location, an adjustment authorized in the act admitting Alabama to the Union on 14 December 1819. (Van Zandt, 108-109)

JACKSON lost to GREENE. (Miss. Laws 1822-1823, 6th sess., ch. 24/p. 26)

JACKSON lost to GREENE. (Miss. Laws 1822-1823, 6th sess., ch. 12/pp. 64-65)

JACKSON gained from HANCOCK. (Miss. Laws 1823-1824, 7th sess., ch. 36/pp. 44-45)

JACKSON lost to HANCOCK and PERRY. (Miss. Laws 1828, 11th sess., ch. 5/p. 8)

JACKSON boundary with HANCOCK was redefined. Line cannot be demarcated as described; act repealed 9 December 1830 [not mapped]. (Miss. Laws 1830, 13th sess., ch. 40/p. 44)

JACKSON gained from HANCOCK and PERRY. (Miss. Laws 1830, 13th sess., ch. 79/p. 111)

Act of 5 February 1830, defining JACKSON boundary with HANCOCK, was repealed [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1830, 14th sess., ch. 21/p. 22)

JACKSON lost to PERRY. JACKSON boundary with HANCOCK was redefined [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1830, 14th sess., ch. 15/p. 19)

JACKSON boundary with HANCOCK was extended to the state boundary in the Gulf of Mexico, including all islands within six leagues of the shore [not mapped]. (Miss. Laws 1830, 14th sess., ch. 84, secs. 4-5/pp. 114-115; U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 23[1817], sec. 2/p. 348)

JACKSON lost to HANCOCK. (Miss. Laws 1833, 16th sess., ch. 54/p. 128)

JACKSON gained from HANCOCK. (Miss. Laws 1836, reg. sess., p. 49)

JACKSON lost to creation of HARRISON. (Miss. Laws 1841, adj. sess., ch. 35, secs. 1-2, 7/pp. 145-147)

JACKSON lost to HARRISON. (Miss. Laws 1844, reg. sess., ch. 114/p. 302)

JACKSON gained from HARRISON. (Miss. Laws 1846, reg. sess., ch. 241/p. 501)

JACKSON boundary with HARRISON in Biloxi Bay was clarified [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1872, reg. sess., ch. 27/p. 33)

JACKSON lost to HARRISON. (Miss. Laws 1875, reg. sess., ch. 193/p. 237)

JACKSON lost to creation of GEORGE. (Miss. Laws 1910, spec. sess., ch. 248, secs. 1, 3/p. 236; Minutes of George Co. Board of Supervisors, 2 May 1910, p. 1)

JASPER created from JONES and WAYNE. (Miss. Laws 1833, 17th sess., ch. 5, sec. 11/p. 36)

JONES was authorized to gain from JASPER, dependent upon local referendum that failed [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1884, reg. sess., ch. 157/p. 133)

PICKERING (now JEFFERSON) created by Mississippi Territory from non-county area; PICKERING included territory in present Mississippi and Alabama. (Rowland, Miss. Terr. Arch., 126-128; Toulmin, Statutes, ch. 1/pp. 2-3)

PICKERING (now JEFFERSON) lost to creation of WASHINGTON (Ala.); PICKERING eliminated from present Alabama. (Rowland, Miss. Terr. Arch., 238-239; Toulmin, Statutes, ch. 1/pp. 3-4)

PICKERING renamed JEFFERSON. (Miss. Terr. Stat., p. 88)

JEFFERSON lost to creation of CLAIBORNE. (Miss. Terr. Stat., p. 88)

JEFFERSON lost to ADAMS, and lost to creation of Non-County Area 1 when the Choctaw Indian boundary was implicitly adopted as the eastern limit of JEFFERSON. (Miss. Terr. Stat., p. 90)

JEFFERSON lost to CLAIBORNE. (Miss. Terr. Stat., p. 90)

JEFFERSON gained from ADAMS and FRANKLIN. (Miss. Terr. Stat., p. 99)

JEFFERSON lost to CLAIBORNE; mistake in description clarified 12 February 1820. (Miss. Terr. Stat., pp. 100-101)

JEFFERSON boundary with CLAIBORNE was clarified, correcting mistake of 7 December 1811 [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1820, 3d sess., ch. 40/p. 61)

JEFFERSON lost to FRANKLIN. (Miss. Laws 1821-1822, 5th sess. adj., p. 274)

JEFFERSON gained from FRANKLIN. (Miss. Laws 1822-1823, 6th sess., ch. 36/p. 100)

Redefinition of JEFFERSON boundary with CLAIBORNE unintentionally implied an overlap of jurisdiction, but officials and residents continued to observe the 1820 boundary line [no change]. (Miss. Rev. Code 1871, ch. 2, art. 2, pars. 20-89/pp. 12-29)

Redefinition of JEFFERSON boundary with CLAIBORNE unintentionally implied a change that never took effect [no change]. (Miss. Rev. Code 1880, reg. sess., ch. 2, pars. 24-87/pp. 49-70)

JEFFERSON boundary with CLAIBORNE was clarified, correcting mistake of 5 March 1880 [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1886, reg. sess., ch. 73/p. 153)

JEFFERSON DAVIS was created from COVINGTON and LAWRENCE. (Miss. Laws 1906, spec. sess., ch. 166, secs. 1-2/pp. 179-180; Minutes of Jefferson Davis Co. Board of Supervisors, 4 June 1906, p. 1)

JONES created from COVINGTON and WAYNE. (Miss. Laws 1826, 9th sess., p. 59)

Non-County Area 10 created from Non-County Area 5 attached to RANKIN and SIMPSON, and from Non-County Area 7 attached to WAYNE; Non-County Area 10 was attached to JONES. (Miss. Laws 1830, 13th sess., ch. 43/p. 46)

JONES gained all of Non-County Area 10 that was attached to it; Non-County Area 10 eliminated. (Miss. Laws 1830, 13th sess., ch. 70/p. 89)

JONES lost to creation of JASPER, NESHOBA, SCOTT, and SMITH. (Miss. Laws 1833, 17th sess., ch. 5, secs. 11-14/pp. 36-37)

JONES renamed DAVIS. (Miss. Laws 1865, reg. sess., ch. 86/p. 240)

DAVIS renamed JONES. (Swindler, 5:391)

JONES was authorized to gain from JASPER, dependent upon local referendum that failed [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1884, reg. sess., ch. 157/p. 133)

KEMPER created from LOWNDES, RANKIN, and WAYNE. (Miss. Laws 1833, 17th sess., ch. 5, sec. 2/p. 33)

KEMPER boundary with NESHOBA was clarified [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1873, reg. sess., ch. 195/p. 351)

LAFAYETTE created from MONROE. (Miss. Laws 1836, reg. sess., par. 7/p. 11)

LAFAYETTE lost to MARSHALL. (Miss. Laws 1846, reg. sess., ch. 177, sec. 1/p. 452)

LAFAYETTE lost to MARSHALL. (Miss. Laws 1850, reg. sess., ch. 142/p. 241)

LAFAYETTE lost to creation of CALHOUN. (Miss. Laws 1852, reg. sess., ch. 15, secs. 1-2, 14-16/pp. 36-37, 40; Murphree, 6-7)

LAFAYETTE lost small area to MARSHALL. (Miss. Laws 1854, reg. sess., ch. 104/p. 238)

LAFAYETTE gained small area from MARSHALL. (Miss. Rev. Code 1871, ch. 2, art. 2, pars. 20-89/pp. 12-29)

LAFAYETTE lost to YALOBUSHA. (Miss. Laws 1873, reg. sess., ch. 10, sec. 1/p. 166)

LAMAR created from MARION and PEARL RIVER. (Miss. Laws 1904, reg. sess., ch. 102, secs. 1, 3/p. 143 and ch. 103, secs. 1, 3/pp. 146-147; Minutes of Lamar Co. Board of Supervisors, 4 April 1904, p. 1)

LAMAR gained small areas from PEARL RIVER. (Miss. Code Ann. 1930, ch. 90, pars. 3924, 3942/pp. 1741, 1748)

LAMAR lost small area to PEARL RIVER. (Miss. Laws 1934, reg. sess., ch. 238/p. 510)

LAUDERDALE created from RANKIN and WAYNE. (Miss. Laws 1833, 17th sess., ch. 5, sec. 3/p. 33)

LAWRENCE created by Mississippi Territory from MARION. (Miss. Terr. Stat., p. 113)

LAWRENCE lost to creation of COVINGTON. (Miss. Laws 1819, 1st sess., sec. 1/p. 22)

LAWRENCE lost to MARION. (Miss. Laws 1819, 1st sess., p. 122)

LAWRENCE lost to creation of COPIAH. (Miss. Laws 1822-1823, 6th sess., ch. 49, secs. 1, 7/pp. 117-118)

LAWRENCE lost to COVINGTON (the western half of the southern boundary is uncertain and the line is estimated). Part of the LAWRENCE loss to COVINGTON was unintended; MARION had been authorized to gain from LAWRENCE, but local officials and residents treated the area as part of the territory transferred to COVINGTON. (Miss. Laws 1825, 8th sess., ch. 22/p. 48)

LAWRENCE lost to PIKE (the western half of the southern boundary is uncertain and the line is estimated). (Miss. Laws 1825, 8th sess., ch. 33/p. 78)

LAWRENCE lost to PIKE (the western half of the southern boundary is uncertain and the line is estimated). (Miss. Laws 1827, 10th sess., ch. 23/p. 23)

LAWRENCE lost to creation of LINCOLN. (Miss. Laws 1870, reg. sess., ch. 55, secs. 1-2, 8/pp. 129, 132)

Redefinition of LAWRENCE boundary with LINCOLN and MARION unintentionally implied changes that never took effect [no change]. (Miss. Rev. Code 1871, ch. 2, art. 2, pars. 20-89/pp. 12-29)

LAWRENCE lost small area to LINCOLN. (Miss. Laws 1878, reg. sess., ch. 102/p. 213)

LAWRENCE gained from PIKE. LAWRENCE boundary with MARION was clarified, correcting mistake of 13 May 1871 [no change]. (Miss. Rev. Code 1880, reg. sess., ch. 2, pars. 24-87/pp. 49-70 and ch. 69/p. 209)

LAWRENCE gained from MARION and PIKE. (Miss. Laws 1884, reg. sess., ch. 155/p. 131)

LAWRENCE lost to creation of JEFFERSON DAVIS. (Miss. Laws 1906, spec. sess., ch. 166, secs. 1-2/pp. 179-180; Minutes of Jefferson Davis Co. Board of Supervisors, 4 June 1906, p. 1)

LAWRENCE exchanged with PIKE. (Miss. Laws 1908, reg. sess., ch. 153/p. 173)

LEAKE created from MADISON and RANKIN. (Miss. Laws 1833, 17th sess., ch. 5, sec. 15/p. 37)

LEE created from ITAWAMBA and PONTOTOC. (Miss. Laws 1866, reg. sess., ch. 20, secs. 1-2, 14/pp. 29-30, 34; Saltillo, 261)

LEE lost to PONTOTOC and lost to creation of UNION. (Miss. Laws 1870, reg. sess., ch. 54, secs. 1, 9, 11/pp. 126, 128-129)

Redefinition of LEE boundary with PONTOTOC unintentionally implied a change that never took effect [no change]. (Miss. Rev. Code 1871, ch. 2, art. 2, pars. 20-89/pp. 12-29)

LEE boundary with PONTOTOC was clarified, correcting mistake of 13 May 1871 [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1872, reg. sess., ch. 39/p. 202)

LEE gained from UNION. (Miss. Laws 1873, reg. sess., ch. 209/p. 360)

LEE lost to UNION. (Miss. Laws 1874, reg. sess., ch. 68/p. 136)

Redefinition of LEE boundary with PONTOTOC unintentionally implied a change that never took effect [no change]. (Miss. Rev. Code 1880, reg. sess., ch. 2, pars. 24-87/pp. 49-70 and ch. 69/p. 209)

LEE boundary with PONTOTOC was clarified, correcting mistake of 5 March 1880 [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1908, reg. sess., ch. 154/p. 174)

LEFLORE created from CARROLL and SUNFLOWER. (Miss. Laws 1871, reg. sess., ch. 238, secs. 1-2, 15/pp. 587-588, 592)

LEFLORE lost to CARROLL. (Miss. Laws 1877, reg. sess., ch. 39/p. 59)

LEFLORE gained from CARROLL. (Miss. Rev. Code 1880, reg. sess., ch. 2, pars. 24-87/pp. 49-70)

LEFLORE boundary with CARROLL was redefined [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1894, spec. sess., ch. 86/p. 100)

LEFLORE lost to CARROLL. (Miss. Laws 1896, reg. sess., ch. 125, secs. 1-2, 5/pp. 135-137)

LEFLORE boundaries were redefined [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1940, reg. sess., ch. 322/p. 578)

LINCOLN created from AMITE, COPIAH, FRANKLIN, LAWRENCE, and PIKE. (Miss. Laws 1870, reg. sess., ch. 55, secs. 1-2, 8/pp. 129, 132)

LINCOLN lost to AMITE. (Miss. Laws 1871, reg. sess., ch. 264/p. 647)

Redefinition of LINCOLN boundary with LAWRENCE unintentionally implied a change that never took effect [no change]. (Miss. Rev. Code 1871, ch. 2, art. 2, pars. 20-89/pp. 12-29)

LINCOLN gained from AMITE. (Miss. Laws 1873, ch. 50/p. 202)

LINCOLN lost to FRANKLIN. (Miss. Laws 1875, reg. sess., ch. 29/p. 56)

LINCOLN gained small area from LAWRENCE. (Miss. Laws 1878, reg. sess., ch. 102/p. 213)

LOWNDES created from MONROE and Non-County Area 4 attached to MONROE. (Miss. Laws 1830, 13th sess., ch. 14, sec. 1/p. 18)

LOWNDES gained from MADISON, RANKIN, and WAYNE. (Miss. Laws 1831, 15th sess., ch. 36/p. 50)

LOWNDES lost to creation of CARROLL, CHOCTAW, KEMPER, NOXUBEE, OKTIBBEHA, and WINSTON. (Miss. Laws 1833, 17th sess., ch. 5, secs. 1-2, 5-7, 10/pp. 33-35)

LOWNDES lost to creation of COLFAX (now CLAY). On this date, the legislature overrode the governor's veto of this creation, but questions were raised about the legality of that action, so the act was passed again on 4 April 1872. (Miss. Laws 1871, reg. sess., ch. 430, secs. 1, 8/pp. 800, 802; Miss. Laws 1872, reg. sess., ch. 96, secs. 1, 11/pp. 107, 110; Miss. Rev. Code 1871, ch. 2, par. 33/p. 15)

LOWNDES boundary with CLAY was redefined [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1886, reg. sess., ch. 113/p. 185)

LOWNDES boundary with MONROE was clarified [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1944, reg. sess., ch. 409/p. 29 and ch. 412/p. 31)

MADISON (Ala.) created by Mississippi Territory from Non-County Area 1. (Toulmin, Digest, ch. 2/p. 80)

MADISON (Ala.) became a county in Alabama Territory when Alabama Territory was created from Mississippi Territory; MADISON (Ala.) eliminated from Mississippi Territory. (U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 58[1817], sec. 1/p. 371)

MADISON created from YAZOO. (Miss. Laws 1828, ch. 14, sec. 1/p. 17)

Non-County Area 3 (unceded Indian territory) was attached to MADISON. (Miss. Laws 1829, 12th sess., ch. 77, secs. 1-2/pp. 81-82)

MADISON gained from HINDS. (Miss. Laws 1829, 12th sess., ch. 19/p. 17)

MADISON gained all of Non-County Area 3 that had been attached to it; Non-County Area 3 eliminated. (Miss. Laws 1830, 13th sess., ch. 70/p. 89)

MADISON lost to LOWNDES. (Miss. Laws 1831, 15th sess., ch. 36/p. 50)

MADISON gained from RANKIN; lost to creation of ATTALA, CHOCTAW, LEAKE, NESHOBA, and WINSTON. (Miss. Laws 1833, 17th sess., ch. 5, secs. 6-22/pp. 34-39)

MADISON lost small area to SCOTT. (Miss. Laws 1838, reg. sess., p. 124)

MADISON exchanged with HINDS. (Miss. Laws 1840, reg. sess., ch. 36/p. 73)

MADISON lost to SCOTT. (Miss. Laws 1859, reg. sess., ch. 29/p. 71)

MARION (Ala.) created by Alabama Territory from TUSCALOOSA (Ala.); MARION (Ala.) overlapped Non-County Area 1 in the state of Mississippi. (Ala. Terr. Acts 1818, 1st sess., secs. 1-2/p. 96)

MARION (Ala.) exchanged with TUSCALOOSA (Ala.) and non-county area in Alabama, and lost to creation of PICKENS (Ala.); MARION (Ala.) eliminated from present Mississippi. (Ala. Acts 1820, 2d sess., secs. 1, 9/pp. 90, 92)

MARION created by Mississippi Territory from AMITE, FRANKLIN, WAYNE, and Non-County Area 1. (Miss. Terr. Stat., pp. 104-105)

MARION lost to creation of LAWRENCE. (Miss. Terr. Stat., p. 113)

MARION lost to creation of PIKE. (Miss. Terr. Stat., pp. 118-119)

MARION gained from LAWRENCE. (Miss. Laws 1819, 1st sess., p. 122)

MARION was authorized to gain from LAWRENCE, but local officials and residents treated the area as part of the territory transferred to COVINGTON [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1825, 8th sess., ch. 22/p. 48)

MARION lost to PERRY. (Miss. Laws 1830, 14th sess., ch. 6/p. 15)

MARION gained from HANCOCK. (Miss. Laws 1830, 14th sess., ch. 84, secs. 4-5/pp. 114-115; U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 23[1817], sec. 2/p. 348)

MARION lost to HANCOCK. (Miss. Laws 1843, called sess., ch. 10/p. 77)

MARION gained from HANCOCK. (Miss. Laws 1844, reg. sess., ch. 118/p. 305)

MARION boundary with HANCOCK was redefined [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1858, called sess., ch. 167/p. 225)

Redefinition of MARION boundary with COVINGTON and LAWRENCE unintentionally implied changes that never took effect [no change]. (Miss. Rev. Code 1871, ch. 2, art. 2, pars. 20-89/pp. 12-29)

MARION boundary with COVINGTON was clarified, confirming boundaries observed since 1 February 1825 and implicitly correcting mistake of 13 May 1871 [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1876, reg. sess., ch. 165/p. 272)

MARION lost to PEARL (extinct). (Miss. Laws 1876, reg. sess., ch. 170/p. 276)

MARION gained part of PEARL; PEARL eliminated. (Miss. Laws 1878, reg. sess., ch. 28/p. 153)

MARION gained from COVINGTON. MARION boundary with LAWRENCE was clarified, correcting mistake of 13 May 1871 [no change]. (Miss. Rev. Code 1880, reg. sess., ch. 2, pars. 24-87/pp. 49-70)

MARION lost to LAWRENCE. (Miss. Laws 1884, reg. sess., ch. 155/p. 131)

MARION lost to creation of PEARL RIVER. (Miss. Laws 1890, reg. sess., ch. 76, secs. 1, 9/pp. 89, 91)

MARION boundary with PEARL RIVER was clarified [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1896, reg. sess., ch. 126/p. 137)

MARION lost to creation of LAMAR. (Miss. Laws 1904, reg. sess., ch. 102, secs. 1, 3/p. 143 and ch. 103, secs. 1, 3/pp. 146-147; Minutes of Lamar Co. Board of Supervisors, 4 April 1904, p. 1)

Legislature authorized the creation of WALTHALL from MARION and PIKE, dependent upon local referendum that failed [no change]. (HRS Miss., Walthall, 5-6; Miss. Laws 1910, spec. sess., ch. 321, secs. 1-2, 18/pp. 278-279, 283)

MARION lost to creation of WALTHALL. (HRS Miss., Walthall, 6-7; Miss. Laws 1912, reg. sess., ch. 360, secs. 1, 3/pp. 415-417)

MARSHALL created from MONROE. (Miss. Laws 1836, reg. sess., par. 6/p. 11)

MARSHALL gained from LAFAYETTE. (Miss. Laws 1846, reg. sess., ch. 177, sec. 1/p. 452)

MARSHALL gained from LAFAYETTE. (Miss. Laws 1850, reg. sess., ch. 142/p. 241)

MARSHALL gained small area from LAFAYETTE. (Miss. Laws 1854, reg. sess., ch. 104/p. 238)

MARSHALL lost to creation of BENTON. (Miss. Laws 1870, reg. sess., ch. 50, secs. 1, 10/pp. 115, 118)

MARSHALL exchanged with BENTON, lost to LAFAYETTE. (Miss. Rev. Code 1871, ch. 2, art. 2, pars. 20-89/pp. 12-29)

MARSHALL gained from DE SOTO, lost to creation of TATE. (Miss. Laws 1873, reg. sess., ch. 1, secs. 1, 14-15/pp. 139, 142)

MARSHALL exchanged with BENTON. (Miss. Laws 1876, reg. sess., ch. 164/pp. 271-272)

MARSHALL exchanged with BENTON. (Miss. Laws 1876, reg. sess., ch. 144/p. 253)

MARSHALL lost to DE SOTO. (Miss. Laws 1878, reg. sess., ch. 101/p. 212; Press and Times, 16 May 1878)

The United States created Mississippi Territory in parts of present Mississippi and Alabama. Boundaries were: on the west, the Mississippi River; on the north, a line running due east from the mouth of the Yazoo River to the Chattahoochee River; on the east, the Chattahoochee River; and on the south, the parallel of 31 degrees north latitude. Georgia continued to claim this area under its colonial charter, and the federal act said that creation of the territory would not impair Georgia's claim. (U.S. Stat., 1:549-550)

All non-county area in Mississippi Territory was eliminated when ADAMS and PICKERING (now JEFFERSON) were created. (Rowland, Miss. Terr. Arch., 126-128; Toulmin, Statutes, ch. 1/pp. 2-3)

Following the admission of Louisiana into the Union, the United States formally added the remnant of Orleans Territory lying south of 31 degrees north latitude and between the Pearl and Perdido Rivers to Mississippi Territory. The transfer officially occurred 14 May 1812. Spain retained actual control of the area. (Fuller, 199; U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 84[1812]/p. 734; Van Zandt, 105)

MOBILE (Ala.) created by Mississippi Territory from non-county area in present Mississippi and Alabama that was claimed, but not fully controlled, by the United States. (Terr. Papers U.S., 6:305)

MOBILE (Ala.) created by Mississippi Territory from non-county area in present Mississippi and Alabama that was claimed, but not fully controlled, by the United States. Spain actually controlled much of the area. (Terr. Papers U.S., 6:305)

MOBILE (Ala.) lost to creation of HANCOCK and JACKSON. (Miss. Terr. Stat., p. 108)

American forces captured the city of Mobile from Spain, effectively extending U.S. control over the territory between the Pearl and Perdido Rivers, previously claimed by the U.S. as part of Louisiana. This included the area where MOBILE (Ala.) had been created. (Cox, facing 2; Fuller, 202)

MOBILE (Ala.) became a county in Alabama Territory when Alabama Territory was created from Mississippi Territory; MOBILE (Ala.) eliminated from Mississippi Territory. (U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 58[1817], sec. 1/p. 371)

MOBILE (Ala.) gained part of Non-County Area 2 (former part of JACKSON); MOBILE (Ala.) included part of present Mississippi. (Ala. Terr. Acts 1818, 1st sess., p. 21)

MOBILE (Ala.) lost to Mississippi when surveyors demarcated the southern segment of the Alabama-Mississippi line, fixing the end point ten miles east of the mouth of the Pascagoula River. This southern terminus is approximately 3.7 miles east of its prior location, an adjustment authorized in the act admitting Alabama to the Union on 14 December 1819. (Van Zandt, 108-109)

MONROE (Ala.) created by Mississippi Territory from Non-County Area 1. (Terr. Papers U.S., 6:538)

MONROE (Ala.) lost to creation of MONTGOMERY (Ala.). (Miss. Terr. Stat., p. 464)

MONROE (Ala.) became a county in Alabama Territory when Alabama Territory was created from Mississippi Territory; MONROE (Ala.) eliminated from Mississippi Territory. (U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 58[1817], sec. 1/p. 371)

MONROE created from Non-County Area 1. (Miss. Laws 1821, 4th sess., ch. 30, sec. 1/p. 35)

Legislature authorized MONROE to gain from Non-County Area 1; law was apparently ignored [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1821-1822, 5th sess. adj., p. 274)

Non-County Area 4 (unceded Indian territory) was attached to MONROE. (Miss. Laws 1829, 12th sess., ch. 77, secs. 1-2/pp. 81-82)

MONROE lost to creation of LOWNDES; MONROE lost part of attached Non-County Area 4 to the creation of LOWNDES. (Miss. Laws 1830, 13th sess., ch. 14, sec. 1/p. 18)

MONROE gained all of Non-County Area 4 that had been attached to it; Non-County Area 4 eliminated. (Miss. Laws 1830, 13th sess., ch. 70/p. 89)

MONROE lost to creation of CARROLL, CHOCTAW, YALOBUSHA, and Non-County Area 13 that was attached to CHOCTAW. (Miss. Laws 1833, 17th sess., ch. 5, secs. 7-10/p. 35 and ch. 44/p. 172)

MONROE lost to creation of CHICKASAW, DE SOTO, ITAWAMBA, LAFAYETTE, MARSHALL, PANOLA, PONTOTOC, TIPPAH, and TISHOMINGO. (Miss. Laws 1836, reg. sess., pars. 1-9/pp. 2, 10-12)

MONROE lost to creation of COLFAX (now CLAY). On this date, the legislature overrode the governor's veto of this creation, but questions were raised about the legality of that action, so the the act was passed again on 4 April 1872. (Miss. Laws 1871, reg. sess., ch. 430, secs. 1, 8/pp. 800, 802; Miss. Laws 1872, reg. sess., ch. 96, secs. 1, 11/pp. 107, 110; Miss. Rev. Code 1871, ch. 2, par. 33/p. 15)

MONROE boundary with LOWNDES was clarified [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1944, reg. sess., ch. 409/p. 29 and ch. 412/p. 31)

MONTGOMERY (Ala.) created by Mississippi Territory from MONROE (Ala.). (Miss. Terr. Stat., p. 464)

MONTGOMERY (Ala.) became a county in Alabama Territory when Alabama Territory was created from Mississippi Territory; MONTGOMERY (Ala.) eliminated from Mississippi Territory. (U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 58[1817], sec. 1/p. 371)

MONTGOMERY created from CARROLL and CHOCTAW. (Miss. Laws 1871, reg. sess., ch. 241, secs. 1, 9/pp. 597, 599)

MONTGOMERY lost to creation of SUMNER (now WEBSTER). (Miss. Laws 1874, reg. sess., ch. 112, secs. 1, 12, 14/pp. 220, 223-224)

MONTGOMERY gained from SUMNER (now WEBSTER), lost to CHOCTAW. (Miss. Laws 1875, called sess., ch. 216, secs. 1-4/pp. 25-27)

MONTGOMERY exchanged with CARROLL. (Miss. Laws 1882, reg. sess., ch. 95/p. 120)

NESHOBA created from JONES, MADISON, RANKIN, and WAYNE. (Miss. Laws 1833, 17th sess., ch. 5, sec. 12/p. 36)

NESHOBA lost to creation of NEWTON. (Miss. Laws 1836, reg. sess., pars. 1, 7/pp. 56-58)

NESHOBA boundaries were redefined [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1837, called sess., pars. 3, 10/ pp. 329, 331)

NESHOBA boundaries were redefined [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1839, adj. sess., ch. 107/p. 243)

NESHOBA boundary with KEMPER was clarified [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1873, reg. sess., ch. 195/p. 351)

NESHOBA lost small area to WINSTON. (Miss. Laws 1873, called sess., ch. 19/p. 35)

NESHOBA boundaries were redefined [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1898, spec. sess., ch. 91/p. 102)

NEWTON created from NESHOBA. (Miss. Laws 1836, reg. sess., pars. 1, 7/pp. 56-58)

Non-County Area 1 in Mississippi Territory was created from CLAIBORNE and JEFFERSON when the Choctaw Indian boundary was implicitly adopted as the eastern limit of CLAIBORNE and JEFFERSON. (Miss. Terr. Stat., p. 90)

A mistake in an act changing the boundaries of CLAIBORNE would have enlarged CLAIBORNE eastward to Georgia, thereby overlapping Non-County Area 1 [mistake corrected 7 February 1807; no change]. (Miss. Terr. Stat., p. 90)

Mississippi Territory gained unorganized federal territory south of Tennessee. Map depicts non-county area in Mississippi Territory located in present Mississippi and Alabama. (U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 61[1804], sec. 7/p. 305)

Boundary of CLAIBORNE was clarified, correcting mistake of 12 March 1803 that authorized CLAIBORNE to overlap Non-County Area 1 [no change]. (Miss. Terr. Stat., p. 93)

Non-County Area 1 lost to creation of MADISON (Ala.). (Toulmin, Digest, ch. 2/p. 80)

Non-County Area 1 gained from WASHINGTON (Ala.). (Miss. Terr. Stat., pp. 96-97)

Non-County Area 1 gained small area from CLAIBORNE along the Yazoo River and lost to creation of WARREN. (Miss. Terr. Stat., p. 98)

Non-County Area 1 lost to creation of MARION. (Miss. Terr. Stat., pp. 104-105)

Non-County Area 1 lost to creation of MONROE (Ala.). (Terr. Papers U.S., 6:538)

Non-County Area 1 lost to Alabama Territory when Alabama Territory was created from Mississippi Territory. (U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 58[1817], sec. 1/p. 371)

TUSCALOOSA (Ala.) created by Alabama Territory from MONTGOMERY (Ala.) and non-county area; TUSCALOOSA (Ala.) overlapped Non-County Area 1 in the state of Mississippi. (Ala. Terr. Acts 1818, 1st sess., secs. 1-3/pp. 8-9, 16-18)

MARION (Ala.) created by Alabama Territory from TUSCALOOSA (Ala.); MARION (Ala.) overlapped Non-County Area 1 in the state of Mississippi. (Ala. Terr. Acts 1818, 1st sess., secs. 1-2/p. 96)

Overlap of Non-County Area 1 by MARION (Ala.) and TUSCALOOSA (Ala.) ended when their boundaries were redefined. (Ala. Acts 1820, 2d sess., secs. 1, 9/pp. 90, 92)

Non-County Area 1 lost to creation of MONROE. (Miss. Laws 1821, 4th sess., ch. 30, sec. 1/p. 35)

Non-County Area 1 lost to creation of HINDS. (Miss. Laws 1821, 4th sess., ch. 70/pp. 98-99; Royce, 700)

Legislature authorized MONROE to gain from Non-County Area 1; law was apparently ignored [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1821-1822, 5th sess. adj., p. 274)

Non-County Area 1 (unceded Indian territory) was divided into six regions that were attached to organized counties; Non-County Area 1 eliminated. (Miss. Laws 1829, 12th sess., ch. 77, secs. 1-2/pp. 81-82)

Non-County Area 2 created from parts of GREENE, JACKSON, and WAYNE. Non-County Area 2 was part of Alabama Territory but included territory in present Mississippi and Alabama. (U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 58[1817], sec. 1/p. 371)

Non-County Area 2 lost all territory to BALDWIN (Ala.), MOBILE (Ala.), and WASHINGTON (Ala.); Non-County Area 2 eliminated. (Ala. Terr. Acts 1818, 1st sess., p. 21)

Non-County Area 3 created when Non-County Area 1 (unceded Indian territory) was divided into six regions; Non-County Area 3 was attached to MADISON. (Miss. Laws 1829, 12th sess., ch. 77, secs. 1-2/pp. 81-82)

Non-County Area 3 lost all territory to MADISON; Non-County Area 3 eliminated. (Miss. Laws 1830, 13th sess., ch. 70/p. 89)

Non-County Area 4 created when Non-County Area 1 (unceded Indian territory) was divided into six regions; Non-County Area 4 was attached to MONROE. (Miss. Laws 1829, 12th sess., ch. 77, secs. 1-2/pp. 81-82)

Non-County Area 4 attached to MONROE lost to creation of LOWNDES. (Miss. Laws 1830, 13th sess., ch. 14, sec. 1/p. 18)

Non-County Area 4 lost all territory to MONROE; Non-County Area 4 eliminated. (Miss. Laws 1830, 13th sess., ch. 70/p. 89)

Non-County Area 5 created when Non-County Area 1 (unceded Indian territory) was divided into six regions; Non-County Area 5 was attached to RANKIN and SIMPSON. (Miss. Laws 1829, 12th sess., ch. 77, secs. 1-2/pp. 81-82)

Non-County Area 5 (attached to RANKIN and SIMPSON) lost to creation of Non-County Areas 9 and 10. Non-County Area 9 was attached to COVINGTON and Non-County Area 10 was attached to JONES. (Miss. Laws 1830, 13th sess., ch. 43/p. 46)

Non-County Area 5 lost all territory to RANKIN; Non-County Area 5 eliminated. (Miss. Laws 1830, 13th sess., ch. 70/p. 89)

Non-County Area 6 created when Non-County Area 1 (unceded Indian territory) was divided into six regions; Non-County Area 6 was attached to WASHINGTON. (Miss. Laws 1829, 12th sess., ch. 77, secs. 1-2/pp. 81-82)

Non-County Area 6 attached to WASHINGTON lost nearly all its territory to WASHINGTON. (Miss. Laws 1830, 13th sess., ch. 70/p. 89)

Non-County Area 6 lost all territory to TUNICA. (Miss. Laws 1848, reg. sess., ch. 115/p. 229)

Non-County Area 7 created when Non-County Area 1 (unceded Indian territory) was divided into six regions; Non-County Area 7 was attached to WAYNE. (Miss. Laws 1829, 12th sess., ch. 77, secs. 1-2/pp. 81-82)

Non-County Area 7 attached to WAYNE lost to creation of Non-County Area 10 that was attached to JONES. (Miss. Laws 1830, 13th sess., ch. 43/p. 46)

Non-County Area 7 lost all territory to WAYNE; Non-County Area 7 eliminated. (Miss. Laws 1830, 13th sess., ch. 70/p. 89)

Non-County Area 8 created when Non-County Area 1 (unceded Indian territory) was divided into six regions; Non-County Area 8 was attached to YAZOO. (Miss. Laws 1829, 12th sess., ch. 77, secs. 1-2/pp. 81-82)

Non-County Area 8 lost all territory to YAZOO; Non-County Area 8 eliminated. (Miss. Laws 1830, 13th sess., ch. 70/p. 89)

Non-County Area 9 created from Non-County Area 5 attached to RANKIN and SIMPSON; Non-County Area 9 was attached to COVINGTON. (Miss. Laws 1830, 13th sess., ch. 43/p. 46)

Non-County Area 9 lost all territory to COVINGTON; Non-County Area 9 eliminated. (Miss. Laws 1830, 13th sess., ch. 70/p. 89)

Non-County Area 10 created from Non-County Area 5 attached to RANKIN and SIMPSON, and from Non-County Area 7 attached to WAYNE; Non-County Area 10 was attached to JONES. (Miss. Laws 1830, 13th sess., ch. 43/p. 46)

Non-County Area 10 lost all territory to JONES; Non-County Area 10 eliminated. (Miss. Laws 1830, 13th sess., ch. 70/p. 89)

Non-County Area 11 created from YAZOO; Non-County Area 11 attached to HOLMES. (Miss. Laws 1833, 16th sess., ch. 78, secs. 1, 8/pp. 187-189, and ch. 100, sec. 5/p. 234)

Non-County Area 11 attached to HOLMES lost to creation of CARROLL, CHOCTAW, TALLAHATCHIE, YALOBUSHA, and Non-County Area 12 attached to TALLAHATCHIE. (Miss. Laws 1833, 17th sess., ch. 5; secs. 7-8, 10/p. 35; secs. 17-22/pp. 38-39)

Non-County Area 11 attached to HOLMES lost all territory to creation of BOLIVAR and COAHOMA, and lost to TALLAHATCHIE; Non-County Area 11 eliminated. (Miss. Laws 1836, reg. sess., pars. 5-13/pp. 10-14)

Non-County Area 12 created from WASHINGTON and Non-County Area 11 attached to HOLMES; Non-County Area 12 was attached to TALLAHATCHIE. (Miss. Laws 1833, 17th sess., ch. 5, secs. 17-22/pp. 38-39)

Non-County Area 12 attached to TALLAHATCHIE lost all territory to creation of PANOLA and TUNICA; Non-County Area 12 eliminated. (Miss. Laws 1836, reg. sess., pars. 9-10/p. 12)

Non-County Area 13 created from MONROE; Non-County Area 13 attached to CHOCTAW. (Miss. Laws 1833, 17th sess., ch. 5, secs. 17-22/p. 38-39)

Non-County Area 13 attached to CHOCTAW lost all territory to creation of CHICKASAW; Non-County Area 13 eliminated. (Miss. Laws 1836, reg. sess., par. 5/p. 10)

Non-County Area 14 created from ISSAQUENA. (Miss. Laws 1876, reg. sess., ch. 63, secs. 1-4, 14/pp. 57-58, 62)

Non-County Area 14 lost all territory to ISSAQUENA; Non-County Area 14 eliminated. (Miss. Laws 1890, reg. sess., ch. 312/p. 495)

NOXUBEE created from LOWNDES and RANKIN. (Miss. Laws 1833, 17th sess., ch. 5, sec. 1/p. 33)

OKTIBBEHA created from LOWNDES. (Miss. Laws 1833, 17th sess., ch. 5, sec. 5/p. 34)

OKTIBBEHA lost to creation of COLFAX (now CLAY). On this date, the legislature overrode the governor's veto of this creation, but questions were raised about the legality of that action, so the act was passed again on 4 April 1872. (Miss. Laws 1871, reg. sess., ch. 430, secs. 1, 8/pp. 800, 802; Miss. Laws 1872, reg. sess., ch. 96, secs. 1, 11/pp. 107, 110; Miss. Rev. Code 1871, ch. 2, par. 33/p. 15)

OKTIBBEHA lost to SUMNER (now WEBSTER). (Miss. Laws 1875, called sess., ch. 216, secs. 1-4/pp. 25-27)

The United States created Orleans Territory from that portion of Louisiana south of the parallel of 33 degrees north latitude, west of the Mississippi River, and south of Mississippi Territory east of the river to the Perdido River; this included part of West Florida between the Mississippi and Perdido Rivers (including the southern portion of present Mississippi), claimed by the United States as part of Louisiana but actually governed by Spain. (U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 38[1804], sec.1/p. 283; Van Zandt, 107)

FELICIANA County (Orleans Territory, extinct) created by Orleans Territory from non-county area; included parts of present Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. All non-county area of Orleans Territory in present Mississippi was eliminated. Spain actually controlled much of the area. (Orleans Terr. Acts 1811, 2d sess., p. 210)

Overlap Area 1 was created when CLAIBORNE was created by Mississippi Territory from JEFFERSON; CLAIBORNE extended eastward to Georgia, thereby overlapping WASHINGTON (Ala.). (Miss. Terr. Stat., p. 88)

Overlap of territory between CLAIBORNE and WASHINGTON (Ala.) ended when the Choctaw Indian boundary was implicitly adopted as the eastern limit of CLAIBORNE. (Miss. Terr. Stat., p. 90)

Overlap Area 2 was created when TUSCALOOSA (Ala.) was created by Alabama Territory from MONTGOMERY (Ala.) and non-county area; TUSCALOOSA (Ala.) overlapped Non-County Area 1 in the state of Mississippi. (Ala. Terr. Acts 1818, 1st sess., secs. 1-3/pp. 8-9, 16-18)

TUSCALOOSA (Ala.) lost to creation of MARION (Ala.); TUSCALOOSA's overlap of Non-County Area 1 in the state of Mississippi was reduced. (Ala. Terr. Acts 1818, 1st sess., secs. 1-2/p. 96)

TUSCALOOSA (Ala.) overlap of the state of Mississippi ended when TUSCALOOSA (Ala.) exchanged with MARION (Ala.) and non-county area in Alabama, and lost to creation of PICKENS (Ala.); Overlap Area 2 eliminated. (Ala. Acts 1820, 2d sess., secs. 1, 9/pp. 90, 92)

Overlap Area 3 was created when MARION (Ala.) was created by Alabama Territory from TUSCALOOSA (Ala.); MARION (Ala.) overlapped Non-County Area 1 in the state of Mississippi. (Ala. Terr. Acts 1818, 1st sess., secs. 1-2/p. 96)

MARION (Ala.) overlap of the state of Mississippi ended when MARION (Ala.) exchanged with TUSCALOOSA (Ala.) and non-county area in Alabama, and lost to creation of PICKENS (Ala.); Overlap Area 3 eliminated. (Ala. Acts 1820, 2d sess., secs. 1, 9/pp. 90, 92)

PANOLA created from MONROE, WASHINGTON, and Non-County Area 12 attached to TALLAHATCHIE. (Miss. Laws 1836, reg. sess., par. 9/p. 12)

PANOLA gained from TUNICA. (Miss. Laws 1841, adj. sess., ch. 66/p. 200)

PANOLA lost to TUNICA. (Miss. Rev. Code 1871, ch. 2, art. 2, pars. 20-89/pp. 12-29)

PANOLA lost to creation of QUITMAN. (Miss. Laws 1877, reg. sess., ch. 35, secs. 1, 10/pp. 51, 54)

PASCAGOULA Parish (Orleans Territory, extinct) created by Orleans Territory within FELICIANA County (Orleans Territory, extinct); included parts of present Mississippi and Alabama. Spain controlled much of the area until 1813. (Orleans Terr. Acts 1811, 2d sess., p. 214)

PASCAGOULA Parish (Orleans Territory, extinct) gained area within FELICIANA County (Orleans Territory, extinct) in present Alabama. (Orleans Terr. Acts 1811, 2d sess., p. 216)

PASCAGOULA Parish (Orleans Territory, extinct) boundaries were redefined [no change]. (Orleans Terr. Acts 1811, 2d sess., ch. 28, sec. 6/p. 122)

The state of Louisiana was admitted to the Union from Orleans Territory; Orleans Territory eliminated. PASCAGOULA Parish (Orleans Territory) was eliminated. The area encompassed by PASCAGOULA was formally added to Mississippi Territory on 14 May 1812. (U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 50 [1812], secs. 1, 6/pp. 701, 704; ch. 57 [1812]/p. 708)

PEARL (extinct) created from HANCOCK. (Miss. Laws 1872, reg. sess., ch. 98, secs. 1, 11/pp. 110, 113)

PEARL (extinct) gained from MARION. (Miss. Laws 1876, reg. sess., ch. 170/p. 276)

PEARL (extinct) lost all territory to HANCOCK and MARION; PEARL eliminated. (Miss. Laws 1878, reg. sess., ch. 28/p. 153)

PEARL RIVER created from HANCOCK and MARION. (Miss. Laws 1890, reg. sess., ch. 76, secs. 1, 9/pp. 89, 91)

PEARL RIVER boundary with MARION was clarified [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1896, reg. sess., ch. 126/p. 137)

PEARL RIVER lost to creation of LAMAR. (Miss. Laws 1904, reg. sess., ch. 102, secs. 1, 3/p. 143 and ch. 103, secs. 1, 3/pp. 146-147; Minutes of Lamar Co. Board of Supervisors, 4 April 1904, p. 1)

PEARL RIVER gained from HANCOCK. (Free Press, 23 April 1908, p. 5; Free Press, 21 May 1908, p. 4; Miss. Laws 1908, reg. sess., ch. 226, sec. 1/p. 221)

PEARL RIVER lost small areas to LAMAR. (Miss. Code Ann. 1930, ch. 90, pars. 3924, 3942/pp. 1741, 1748)

PEARL RIVER gained small area from LAMAR. (Miss. Laws 1934, reg. sess., ch. 238/p. 510)

PERRY created from GREENE. (Miss. Laws 1820, 3d sess., ch. 18, sec. 1/p. 26)

PERRY gained from HANCOCK. (Miss. Laws 1825, 8th sess., ch. 43/p. 99)

PERRY gained from JACKSON. (Miss. Laws 1828, 11th sess., ch. 5/p. 8)

PERRY lost to JACKSON. (Miss. Laws 1830, 13th sess., ch. 79/p. 111)

PERRY gained from MARION. (Miss. Laws 1830, 14th sess., ch. 6/p. 15)

PERRY gained from JACKSON. (Miss. Laws 1830, 14th sess., ch. 15/p. 19)

PERRY lost to HARRISON. (Miss. Laws 1844, reg. sess., ch. 114/p. 302)

PERRY gained from GREENE. (Miss. Rev. Code 1871, ch. 2, art. 2, pars. 20-89/pp. 12-29)

PERRY lost to creation of FORREST. (Miss. Laws 1906, spec. sess., ch. 165, secs. 1, 4-5/pp. 174-175; Rowland, History, 2:720)

Legislature authorized creation of STONE from PERRY, FORREST, GEORGE, and HARRISON dependent upon local referendum that failed [no change]. (HRS Miss., St. and Co., 112-113; Miss. Laws 1912, reg. sess., ch. 348, secs. 1, 3, 21/pp. 394-395, 402 and ch. 349, secs. 1, 3, 21/pp. 402-403, 409)

PIKE created by Mississippi Territory from MARION. (Miss. Terr. Stat., pp. 118-119)

PIKE gained from LAWRENCE (the western half of the northern boundary is uncertain and the line is estimated). (Miss. Laws 1825, 8th sess., ch. 33/p. 78)

PIKE gained from LAWRENCE (the western half of the northern boundary is uncertain and the line is estimated). (Miss. Laws 1827, 10th sess., ch. 23/p. 23)

PIKE lost to creation of LINCOLN. (Miss. Laws 1870, reg. sess., ch. 55, secs. 1-2, 8/pp. 129, 132)

PIKE lost to LAWRENCE. (Miss. Laws 1880, reg. sess., ch. 69/p. 209)

PIKE lost to LAWRENCE. (Miss. Laws 1884, reg. sess., ch. 155/p. 131)

PIKE exchanged with LAWRENCE. (Miss. Laws 1908, reg. sess., ch. 153/p. 173)

Legislature authorized the creation of WALTHALL from PIKE and MARION, dependent upon local referendum that failed [no change]. (HRS Miss., Walthall, 5-6; Miss. Laws 1910, spec. sess., ch. 321, secs. 1-2, 18/pp. 278-279, 283)

PIKE lost to creation of WALTHALL. (HRS Miss., Walthall, 6-7; Miss. Laws 1912, reg. sess., ch. 360, secs. 1, 3/pp. 415-417)

PONTOTOC created from MONROE. (Miss. Laws 1836, reg. sess., par. 4/p. 10)

PONTOTOC lost to creation of LEE. (Miss. Laws 1866, reg. sess., ch. 20, secs. 1-2, 14/pp. 29-30, 34; Saltillo, 261)

PONTOTOC gained from LEE, lost to creation of UNION. (Miss. Laws 1870, reg. sess., ch. 54, secs. 1, 9, 11/pp. 126, 128-129)

Redefinition of PONTOTOC boundary with LEE and UNION unintentionally implied changes that never took effect [no change]. (Miss. Rev. Code 1871, ch. 2, art. 2, pars. 20-89/pp. 12-29)

PONTOTOC boundary with LEE and UNION was clarified, correcting mistake of 13 May 1871 [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1872, reg. sess., ch. 39/p. 202)

PONTOTOC lost to UNION. (Miss. Laws 1873, reg. sess., ch. 209/p. 360)

Redefinition of PONTOTOC boundary with LEE unintentionally implied a change that never took effect [no change]. (Miss. Rev. Code 1880, reg. sess., ch. 2, pars. 24-87/pp. 49-70)

PONTOTOC boundary with LEE was clarified, correcting mistake of 5 March 1880 [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1908, reg. sess., ch. 154/p. 174)

PRENTISS created from ITAWAMBA and TISHOMINGO. (Miss. Laws 1870, reg. sess., ch. 51, secs. 1-3, 18/pp. 118-119, 121)

PRENTISS boundaries were clarified [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1870, reg. sess., ch. 52, secs. 1, 3-4/pp. 122-123)

PRENTISS gained from UNION. (Miss. Laws 1874, reg. sess., ch. 68/p. 136)

PRENTISS lost to TISHOMINGO. (Miss. Laws 1876, reg. sess., ch. 42/p. 39)

QUITMAN created from COAHOMA, PANOLA, TALLAHATCHIE, and TUNICA. (Miss. Laws 1877, reg. sess., ch. 35, secs. 1, 10/pp. 51, 54)

RANKIN created from HINDS. (Miss. Laws 1828, 11th sess., ch. 93, sec. 1/p. 114)

Non-County Area 5 (unceded Indian territory) was attached to RANKIN and SIMPSON jointly. (Miss. Laws 1829, 12th sess., ch. 77, secs. 1-2/pp. 81-82)

Non-County Area 5 (attached to RANKIN and SIMPSON) lost to creation of Non-County Areas 9 and 10. Non-County Area 9 was attached to COVINGTON and Non-County Area 10 was attached to JONES. (Miss. Laws 1830, 13th sess., ch. 43/p. 46)

RANKIN gained all of Non-County Area 5 that was attached to RANKIN and SIMPSON jointly; Non-County Area 5 eliminated. (Miss. Laws 1830, 13th sess., ch. 70/p. 89)

RANKIN lost to LOWNDES. (Miss. Laws 1831, 15th sess., ch. 36/p. 50)

RANKIN lost to MADISON and lost to creation of KEMPER, LAUDERDALE, LEAKE, NESHOBA, NOXUBEE, SCOTT, SMITH, and WINSTON. (Miss. Laws 1833, 17th sess., ch. 5, secs. 2-15/pp. 33-37)

RANKIN lost to SCOTT. (Miss. Laws 1838, reg. sess., p. 124)

SCOTT created from COVINGTON, JONES, and RANKIN. (Miss. Laws 1833, 17th sess., ch. 5, sec. 14/p. 37)

SCOTT gained from MADISON and RANKIN. (Miss. Laws 1838, reg. sess., p. 124)

SCOTT gained from MADISON. (Miss. Laws 1859, reg. sess., ch. 29/p. 71)

SHARKEY created from ISSAQUENA and WASHINGTON. (Miss. Laws 1876, reg. sess., ch. 63, secs. 1-4, 14/pp. 57-58, 62)

SHARKEY boundaries were clarified [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1878, reg. sess., ch. 103/p. 214)

SHARKEY lost to creation of HUMPHREYS. (HRS Miss., Humphreys, 6; Miss. Laws 1918, reg. sess., ch. 348, secs. 1-2/pp. 368-369; Chancery Clerk, Humphreys Co., telephone query, 15 November 1989)

SIMPSON created from COPIAH. (Miss. Laws 1823-1824, 7th sess., ch. 72, sec. 1/p. 87)

Non-County Area 5 (unceded Indian territory) was attached to SIMPSON and RANKIN jointly. (Miss. Laws 1829, 12th sess., ch. 77, secs. 1-2/pp. 81-82)

Non-County Area 5 (attached to RANKIN and SIMPSON) lost to creation of Non-County Areas 9 and 10. Non-County Area 9 was attached to COVINGTON and Non-County Area 10 was attached to JONES. (Miss. Laws 1830, 13th sess., ch. 43/p. 46)

Non-County Area 5 was detached from SIMPSON and became part of RANKIN. (Miss. Laws 1830, 13th sess., ch. 70/p. 89)

SMITH created from COVINGTON, JONES, and RANKIN. (Miss. Laws 1833, 17th sess., ch. 5, sec. 13/p. 36)

Spain controlled West Florida, which included the area south of 31 degrees north latitude from the Mississippi River east to the Chattahoochee River (parts of present Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida); map depicts area in present Mississippi and Alabama only. Spain also claimed territory north of this line [that area is not mapped here]. (Paullin, 62-63, pl. 93E)

The United States created Orleans Territory, which included the area south of Mississippi Territory between the Mississippi and Perdido Rivers. Spain continued to claim and govern the area as part of Spanish West Florida. (U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 38[1804], sec.1/p. 283; Van Zandt, 107)

Spanish claims to that part of West Florida between the Pearl and Perdido Rivers ended when the area was formally added to Mississippi Territory, but Spain continued to retain actual control until April 1813. (Fuller, 199; U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 84[1812]/p. 734; Van Zandt, 105)

American forces captured the city of Mobile from Spain, effectively extending United States control over the territory between the Pearl and Perdido Rivers; Spanish control and claims to the area ended. (Cox, facing 2; Fuller, 202)

Legislature authorized creation of STONE from FORREST, GEORGE, HARRISON, and PERRY, dependent upon local referendum that failed [no change]. (HRS Miss., St. and Co., 112-113; Miss. Laws 1912, reg. sess., ch. 348, secs. 1, 3, 21/pp. 394-395, 402 and ch. 349, secs. 1, 3, 21/pp. 402-403, 409)

STONE created from HARRISON. (Miss. Laws 1916, reg. sess., ch. 527, secs. 1, 3/pp. 593-594; Minutes of Stone Co. Board of Supervisors, 5 June 1916, p. 2)

SUNFLOWER created from BOLIVAR. (Miss. Laws 1844, reg. sess., ch. 49, secs. 1-2/p. 219)

SUNFLOWER boundary with TALLAHATCHIE was clarified [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1852, called sess., ch. 62/p. 90)

SUNFLOWER was authorized to gain from TALLAHATCHIE, dependent upon local referendum that failed [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1854, reg. sess., ch. 318/p. 487)

SUNFLOWER gained from TALLAHATCHIE. (Miss. Laws 1859, reg. sess., ch. 387/p. 535)

SUNFLOWER gained from BOLIVAR and WASHINGTON, lost to creation of LEFLORE. (Miss. Laws 1871, reg. sess., ch. 238, secs. 1-2, 15/pp. 587-588, 592)

SUNFLOWER lost to creation of HUMPHREYS. (HRS Miss., Humphreys, 6; Miss. Laws 1918, reg. sess., ch. 348, secs. 1-2/pp. 368-369; Chancery Clerk, Humphreys Co., telephone query, 15 November 1989)

TALLAHATCHIE created from MONROE, WASHINGTON, and Non-County Area 11 attached to HOLMES. Non-County Area 12 created from WASHINGTON and Non-County Area 11 attached to HOLMES; Non-County Area 12 attached to TALLAHATCHIE. (Miss. Laws 1833, 17th sess., ch. 5, secs. 8, 17-22/pp. 35, 38-39)

TALLAHATCHIE gained from Non-County Area 11 attached to HOLMES, lost small area to creation of BOLIVAR. TALLAHATCHIE lost all of attached Non-County Area 12 to creation of PANOLA and TUNICA. (Miss. Laws 1836, reg. sess., pars. 9-10, 13/pp. 12, 14)

TALLAHATCHIE boundary with SUNFLOWER was clarified [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1852, called sess., ch. 62/p. 90)

SUNFLOWER was authorized to gain from TALLAHATCHIE, dependent upon local referendum that failed [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1854, reg. sess., ch. 318/p. 487)

TALLAHATCHIE lost to SUNFLOWER. (Miss. Laws 1859, reg. sess., ch. 387/p. 535)

TALLAHATCHIE lost to creation of GRENADA. (Miss. Laws 1870, reg. sess., ch. 53, secs. 1, 9/pp. 124, 126)

TALLAHATCHIE lost to creation of QUITMAN. (Miss. Laws 1877, reg. sess., ch. 35, secs. 1, 10/pp. 51, 54)

TATE created from DE SOTO and MARSHALL. (Miss. Laws 1873, reg. sess., ch. 1, secs. 1, 14-15/pp. 139, 142)

TATE gained from TUNICA, lost to DE SOTO. (Miss. Laws 1876, reg. sess., ch. 163/p. 270)

Redefinition of TATE boundary with DE SOTO unintentionally implied a change that never took effect [no change]. (Miss. Rev. Code 1880, reg. sess., ch. 2, pars. 24-87/pp. 49-70)

TATE boundary with DE SOTO was clarified, correcting mistake of 5 March 1880 [no change]. (Miss. Code Ann. 1892, ch. 18, secs. 364, 410/pp. 191, 202)

TIPPAH created from MONROE. (Miss. Laws 1836, reg. sess., par. 3/p. 10)

TIPPAH lost to creation of ALCORN. (Miss. Laws 1870, ch. 51, secs. 1-3, 18/pp. 118-119, 121)

TIPPAH lost to creation of UNION. (Miss. Laws 1870, reg. sess., ch. 54, secs. 1, 9, 11/pp. 126, 128-129)

TIPPAH lost to creation of BENTON. (Miss. Laws 1870, reg. sess., ch. 50, secs. 1, 10/pp. 115, 118)

TISHOMINGO created from MONROE. (Miss. Laws 1836, reg. sess., par. 1/p. 2)

TISHOMINGO gained from ITAWAMBA, lost to creation of ALCORN and PRENTISS. (Miss. Laws 1870, ch. 51, secs. 1-3, 18/pp. 118-119, 121)

TISHOMINGO boundary with ITAWAMBA was clarified [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1870, reg. sess., ch. 52, secs. 1, 3-4/pp. 122-123)

Redefinition of TISHOMINGO boundary with ITAWAMBA unintentionally implied a change that never took effect [no change]. (Miss. Rev. Code 1871, ch. 2, art. 2, pars. 20-89/pp. 12-29)

TISHOMINGO boundary with ITAWAMBA was clarified, correcting mistake of 13 May 1871 [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1872, reg. sess., ch. 38/p. 201)

TISHOMINGO gained from PRENTISS. (Miss. Laws 1876, reg. sess., ch. 42/p. 39)

TUNICA created from WASHINGTON and Non-County Area 12 attached to TALLAHATCHIE. (Miss. Laws 1836, reg. sess., par. 10/p. 12)

TUNICA lost to PANOLA. (Miss. Laws 1841, adj. sess., ch. 66/p. 200)

TUNICA lost to COAHOMA. (Miss. Laws 1842, reg. sess., ch. 109/pp. 235-236)

TUNICA lost to COAHOMA. (Miss. Laws 1844, reg. sess., ch. 109/p. 300)

TUNICA gained all of Non-County Area 6; Non-County Area 6 eliminated. (Miss. Laws 1848, reg. sess., ch. 115/p. 229)

TUNICA gained from COAHOMA. (Miss. Laws 1848, reg. sess., ch. 111/p. 226)

TUNICA gained from PANOLA. (Miss. Rev. Code 1871, ch. 2, art. 2, pars. 20-89/pp. 12-29)

TUNICA lost to TATE. (Miss. Laws 1876, reg. sess., ch. 163/p. 270)

TUNICA lost to creation of QUITMAN. (Miss. Laws 1877, reg. sess., ch. 35, secs. 1, 10/pp. 51, 54)

Redefinition of TUNICA boundary with DE SOTO unintentionally implied a change that never took effect [no change]. (Miss. Rev. Code 1880, reg. sess., ch. 2, pars. 24-87/pp. 49-70)

TUNICA boundary with DE SOTO was clarified, correcting mistake of 5 March 1880 [no change]. (Miss. Code Ann. 1906, ch. 18, secs. 427, 477/pp. 250, 263)

TUSCALOOSA (Ala.) created by Alabama Territory from MONTGOMERY (Ala.) and non-county area; TUSCALOOSA (Ala.) overlapped Non-County Area 1 in the state of Mississippi. (Ala. Terr. Acts 1818, 1st sess., secs. 1-3/pp. 8-9, 16-18)

TUSCALOOSA (Ala.) lost to creation of MARION (Ala.); TUSCALOOSA lost most of the territory that overlapped the state of Mississippi. (Ala. Terr. Acts 1818, 1st sess., secs. 1-2/p. 96)

TUSCALOOSA (Ala.) gained small area from CAHAWBA (now BIBB, Ala.); area within present Mississippi was unchanged. (Ala. Terr. Acts 1818, 2d sess., p. 21)

TUSCALOOSA (Ala.) gained small area from MARENGO (Ala.), lost to creation of GREENE (Ala.) and PERRY (Ala.); area within present Mississippi was unchanged. (Ala. Acts 1819, 1st sess., secs. 7-8/p. 52; Ala. Rpts., 215: 640)

TUSCALOOSA (Ala.) exchanged with MARION (Ala.) and non-county area in Alabama, lost to creation of PICKENS (Ala.); TUSCALOOSA's overlap of the state of Mississippi ended. (Ala. Acts 1820, 2d sess., secs. 1, 9/pp. 90, 92)

UNION created from LEE, PONTOTOC, and TIPPAH. (Miss. Laws 1870, reg. sess., ch. 54, secs. 1, 9, 11/pp. 126, 128-129)

Redefinition of UNION boundary with PONTOTOC unintentionally implied a change that never took effect [no change]. (Miss. Rev. Code 1871, ch. 2, art. 2, pars. 20-89/pp. 12-29)

UNION boundary with PONTOTOC was clarified, correcting mistake of 13 May 1871 [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1872, reg. sess., ch. 39/p. 202)

UNION gained from PONTOTOC, lost to LEE. (Miss. Laws 1873, reg. sess., ch. 209/p. 360)

UNION gained from LEE, lost to PRENTISS. (Miss. Laws 1874, reg. sess., ch. 68/p. 136)

Georgia and the United States made a two-part agreement: the United States ceded to Georgia all claims to any territory south of North Carolina and west of the Appalachian watershed that it received in 1787 from South Carolina; Georgia ceded to the United States all territory south of North Carolina and Tennessee, east of the Mississippi River, north of the parallel of 31 degrees north latitude and west of the present western limit of Georgia, that is, much of present Mississippi and Alabama. This area became unorganized federal territory. (Paullin, 83; Van Zandt, 100; Terr. Papers U.S., 5:142-143)

Mississippi Territory gained all the unorganized federal territory south of Tennessee (northern portions of present Mississippi and Alabama). (U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 61[1804], sec. 7/p. 305)

Legislature authorized the creation of WALTHALL from MARION and PIKE, dependent upon local referendum that failed [no change]. (HRS Miss., Walthall, 5-6; Miss. Laws 1910, spec. sess., ch. 321, secs. 1-2, 18/pp. 278-279, 283)

WALTHALL created from MARION and PIKE. (HRS Miss., Walthall, 6-7; Miss. Laws 1912, reg. sess., ch. 360, secs. 1, 3/pp. 415-417)

WARREN created by Mississippi Territory from CLAIBORNE and Non-County Area 1. (Miss. Terr. Stat., p. 98)

WARREN gained from HINDS. (Miss. Laws 1821, 5th sess., ch. 21/p. 20)

WARREN gained from HINDS. (Miss. Laws 1822-1823, 6th sess., ch. 47/p. 114)

WARREN lost to creation of WASHINGTON. (Miss. Laws 1827, 10th sess., ch. 80, sec. 1/p. 113)

WARREN gained from WASHINGTON (part of the northern boundary is uncertain and the line is estimated). (Miss. Laws 1828, 11th sess., ch. 75, sec. 4/p. 87)

WARREN lost to CLAIBORNE. (Miss. Laws 1829,12th sess., ch. 2/p. 6)

WARREN exchanged with YAZOO. (Miss. Laws 1829, 12th sess., ch. 58/p. 51)

WARREN gained from YAZOO. (Miss. Laws 1833, 17th sess., ch. 44/p. 172)

WARREN gained from WASHINGTON. (Miss. Laws 1839, adj. sess., ch. 94/p. 226)

WARREN gained from YAZOO. (Miss. Laws 1846, reg. sess., ch. 193/p. 465)

WARREN gained small area from YAZOO. (Miss. Laws 1852, reg. sess., ch. 311/p. 425)

WARREN gained from YAZOO. (Miss. Laws 1854, reg. sess., ch. 321/p. 448)

WARREN gained from YAZOO. (Miss. Laws 1873, reg. sess., ch. 197/p. 352)

WARREN lost to ISSAQUENA. (Miss. Laws 1876, reg. sess., ch. 63, secs. 1-4, 14/pp. 57-58, 62)

WASHINGTON (Ala.) created by Mississippi Territory from ADAMS and PICKERING (now JEFFERSON); WASHINGTON (Ala.) included territory in present Mississippi and Alabama. (Rowland, Miss. Terr. Arch., 238-239; Toulmin, Statutes, ch. 1/pp. 3-4)

CLAIBORNE was created by Mississippi Territory; CLAIBORNE extended eastward to Georgia and overlapped WASHINGTON (Ala.). (Miss. Terr. Stat., p. 88)

WASHINGTON (Ala.) overlap with CLAIBORNE ended when the Choctaw Indian boundary was implicitly adopted as the eastern limit of CLAIBORNE. (Miss. Terr. Stat., p. 90)

A mistake in an act changing the boundaries of CLAIBORNE would have enlarged CLAIBORNE eastward to Georgia, thereby again overlapping WASHINGTON (Ala.) [mistake corrected 7 February 1807; no change]. (Miss. Terr. Stat., p. 90)

Boundary of CLAIBORNE was clarified, correcting mistake of 12 March 1803 that authorized CLAIBORNE to overlap WASHINGTON (Ala.) [no change]. (Miss. Terr. Stat., p. 93)

WASHINGTON (Ala.) lost to Non-County Area 1, and lost to creation of BALDWIN (Ala.) and WAYNE; WASHINGTON (Ala.) eliminated from present Mississippi. (Miss. Terr. Stat., pp. 96-97)

WASHINGTON (Ala.) lost to creation of CLARKE (Ala.). (Miss. Terr. Stat., p. 107)

WASHINGTON (Ala.) became a county in Alabama Territory when Alabama Territory was created from Mississippi Territory; WASHINGTON (Ala.) eliminated from Mississippi Territory. (U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 58[1817], sec. 1/p. 371)

WASHINGTON (Ala.) gained part of Non-County Area 2 (former part of WAYNE); WASHINGTON (Ala.) included a small part of present Mississippi. (Ala. Terr. Acts 1818, 1st sess., p. 21)

WASHINGTON (Ala.) lost to Mississippi when surveyors demarcated the southern segment of the Alabama-Mississippi line, fixing the end point ten miles east of the mouth of the Pascagoula River. This southern terminus is approximately 3.7 miles east of its prior location, an adjustment authorized in the act admitting Alabama to the Union on 14 December 1819. (Van Zandt, 108-109)

WASHINGTON created from WARREN and YAZOO. (Miss. Laws 1827, 10th sess., ch. 80, sec. 1/p. 113)

WASHINGTON lost to YAZOO. (Miss. Laws 1828, 11th sess., ch. 57/p. 61)

WASHINGTON lost to WARREN (part of the southern boundary was uncertain and the line is estimated). (Miss. Laws 1828, 11th sess., ch. 75, sec. 4/p. 87)

Non-County Area 6 (unceded Indian territory) was attached to WASHINGTON. (Miss. Laws 1829, 12th sess., ch. 77, secs. 1-2/pp. 81-82)

WASHINGTON gained almost all of attached Non-County Area 6, exchanged small areas on the Yazoo River with YAZOO. WASHINGTON was separated into two parts by this law. (Miss. Laws 1830, 13th sess., ch. 70/p. 89)

WASHINGTON exchanged with YAZOO and lost to creation of CARROLL, TALLAHATCHIE, YALOBUSHA, and Non-County Area 12 that was attached to TALLAHATCHIE. (Miss. Laws 1833, 17th sess., ch. 5, secs. 8-10, 17-22/pp. 35, 38-39)

WASHINGTON lost to creation of BOLIVAR, DE SOTO, PANOLA, and TUNICA. (Miss. Laws 1836, reg. sess., pars. 2, 9-13/pp. 2, 12-14)

WASHINGTON lost to WARREN. (Miss. Laws 1839, adj. sess., ch. 94/p. 226)

WASHINGTON lost to creation of ISSAQUENA. (Miss. Laws 1844, reg. sess., ch. 47, sec. 1/p. 216)

WASHINGTON lost to YAZOO. (Miss. Laws 1850, reg. sess., ch. 178/p. 267)

WASHINGTON gained from BOLIVAR, lost to SUNFLOWER. (Miss. Laws 1871, reg. sess., ch. 238, secs. 1-2, 15/pp. 587-588, 592)

WASHINGTON lost to creation of SHARKEY. (Miss. Laws 1876, reg. sess., ch. 63, secs. 1-4, 14/pp. 57-58, 62)

WASHINGTON lost to creation of HUMPHREYS. (HRS Miss., Humphreys, 6; Miss. Laws 1918, reg. sess., ch. 348, secs. 1-2/pp. 368-369; Chancery Clerk, Humphreys Co., telephone query, 15 November 1989)

WAYNE created by Mississippi Territory from WASHINGTON (Ala.); WAYNE included territory in present Mississippi and Alabama. (Miss. Terr. Stat., pp. 96-97)

WAYNE lost to creation of GREENE and MARION. (Miss. Terr. Stat., pp. 104-105)

WAYNE lost to Alabama Territory when Alabama Territory was created from Mississippi Territory; WAYNE eliminated from present Alabama. (U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 58[1817], sec. 1/p. 371)

WAYNE lost to creation of COVINGTON. (Miss. Laws 1819, 1st sess., sec. 1/p. 22)

WAYNE gained from WASHINGTON (Ala.) when surveyors demarcated the southern segment of the Alabama-Mississippi line, fixing the end point ten miles east of the mouth of the Pascagoula River. This southern terminus is approximately 3.7 miles east of its prior location, an adjustment authorized in the act admitting Alabama to the Union on 14 December 1819. (Van Zandt, 108-109)

WAYNE gained from COVINGTON. (Miss. Laws 1821-1822, 5th sess. adj., p. 274)

WAYNE lost to COVINGTON. (Miss. Laws 1825, 8th sess., ch. 22/p. 48)

WAYNE lost to creation of JONES. (Miss. Laws 1826, 9th sess., p. 59)

Non-County Area 7 (unceded Indian territory) was attached to WAYNE. (Miss. Laws 1829, 12th sess., ch. 77, secs. 1-2/pp. 81-82)

WAYNE lost part of attached Non-County Area 7 to creation of Non-County Area 10 that was attached to JONES. (Miss. Laws 1830, 13th sess., ch. 43/p. 46)

WAYNE gained all of Non-County Area 7 that was attached to it, including the Higoowannee Indian Reserve; Non-County Area 7 eliminated. (Miss. Laws 1830, 13th sess., ch. 70/p. 89)

WAYNE lost to LOWNDES. (Miss. Laws 1831, 15th sess., ch. 36/p. 50)

WAYNE lost to creation of CLARKE, JASPER, KEMPER, LAUDERDALE, and NESHOBA. The Higoowannee Indian Reserve remained part of WAYNE. (Miss. Laws 1833, 17th sess., ch. 5, secs. 2-4, 12, 17-22/pp. 33-34, 36, 38-39)

WAYNE boundary with CLARKE was redefined [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1867, called sess., ch. 328/p. 424)

WAYNE gained from CLARKE. (Miss. Rev. Code 1871, ch. 2, art. 2, pars. 20-89/pp. 12-29)

WAYNE boundary with CLARKE was redefined [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1882, reg. sess., ch. 93/p. 118)

SUMNER (now WEBSTER) created from CHICKASAW, CHOCTAW, and MONTGOMERY. (Miss. Laws 1874, reg. sess., ch. 112, secs. 1, 12, 14/pp. 220, 223-224)

SUMNER (now WEBSTER) gained from CHICKASAW and OKTIBBEHA, exchanged with CHOCTAW, lost to MONTGOMERY. (Miss. Laws 1875, called sess., ch. 216, secs. 1-4/pp. 25-27)

SUMNER (now WEBSTER) boundary with CLAY was clarified [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1880, reg. sess., ch. 67/p. 207)

SUMNER renamed WEBSTER. (Miss. Laws 1882, reg. sess., ch. 132/p. 148)

WEBSTER boundaries were clarified [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1944, reg. sess., ch. 428/p. 45)

WILKINSON created by Mississippi Territory from ADAMS. (Miss. Terr. Stat., p. 89)

Mississippi Territory authorized the creation of FRANKLIN from WILKINSON, but the creation never took effect [not mapped]. (HRS Miss., St. and Co., 17)

WILKINSON lost to creation of AMITE. (Miss. Terr. Stat., p. 95)

WILKINSON lost to creation of FRANKLIN. (Miss. Terr. Stat., p. 97)

WILKINSON exchanged with ADAMS. WILKINSON boundary with FRANKLIN was redefined [no change]. (Miss. Terr. Stat., p. 99)

WILKINSON lost to AMITE. (Miss. Laws 1821, 4th sess., ch. 49/p. 79)

WILKINSON gained from ADAMS. (Miss. Laws 1846, reg. sess., ch. 47/p. 221)

WILKINSON lost small area to ADAMS. (Miss. Laws 1882, reg. sess., ch. 94/p. 119)

WILKINSON gained small area from ADAMS. (Miss. Laws 1884, reg. sess., ch. 156/p. 132)

WILKINSON lost small area to ADAMS. (Miss. Laws 1912, reg. sess., ch. 364/p. 424; Minutes of Adams Co. Board of Supervisors, Book G, 6 May 1912, p. 366 and 9 January 1914, p. 588)

WINSTON created from LOWNDES, MADISON, and RANKIN. (Miss. Laws 1833, 17th sess., ch. 5, sec. 6/p. 34)

WINSTON gained small area from NESHOBA. (Miss. Laws 1873, called sess., ch. 19/p. 35)

WINSTON lost to CHOCTAW. (Miss. Laws 1874, reg. sess., ch. 112, secs. 1, 12, 14/pp. 220, 223-224)

WINSTON gained from CHOCTAW. (Miss. Laws 1875, called sess., ch. 216, secs. 1-4/pp. 25-27)

WINSTON boundaries were redefined [no change]. (Miss. Laws 1898, spec. sess., ch. 91/p. 102)

YALOBUSHA created from MONROE, WASHINGTON, and Non-County Area 11 attached to HOLMES. (Miss. Laws 1833, 17th sess., ch. 5, sec. 9/p. 35)

YALOBUSHA lost to creation of CALHOUN. (Miss. Laws 1852, reg. sess., ch. 15, secs. 1-2, 14-16/pp. 36-37, 40; Murphree, 6-7)

YALOBUSHA lost to creation of GRENADA. (Miss. Laws 1870, reg. sess., ch. 53, secs. 1, 9/pp. 124, 126)

YALOBUSHA gained from LAFAYETTE. (Miss. Laws 1873, reg. sess., ch. 10, sec. 1/p. 166)

YAZOO created from HINDS. (Miss. Laws 1822-1823, 6th sess., ch. 49, secs. 1, 7/pp. 117-118)

YAZOO lost to creation of WASHINGTON. (Miss. Laws 1827, 10th sess., ch. 80, sec. 1/p. 113)

YAZOO lost to creation of MADISON. (Miss. Laws 1828, ch. 14, sec. 1/p. 17)

YAZOO gained from WASHINGTON. (Miss. Laws 1828, 11th sess., ch. 57/p. 61)

YAZOO exchanged with WARREN. (Miss. Laws 1829, 12th sess., ch. 58/p. 51)

Non-County Area 8 (unceded Indian territory) was attached to YAZOO. (Miss. Laws 1829, 12th sess., ch. 77, secs. 1-2/pp. 81-82)

YAZOO gained all of Non-County Area 8 that was attached to it, exchanged small areas on the Yazoo River with WASHINGTON; Non-County Area 8 eliminated. (Miss. Laws 1830, 13th sess., ch. 70/p. 89)

YAZOO lost to creation of HOLMES; part of YAZOO reverted to Non-County Area 11 that was attached to HOLMES. (Miss. Laws 1833, 16th sess., ch. 78, secs. 1, 8/pp. 187-189 and ch. 100, sec. 5/p. 234)

YAZOO exchanged with WASHINGTON, lost to WARREN. (Miss. Laws 1833, 17th sess., ch. 44/p. 172)

YAZOO lost to WARREN. (Miss. Laws 1846, reg. sess., ch. 193/p. 465)

YAZOO gained from WASHINGTON. (Miss. Laws 1850, reg. sess., ch. 178/p. 267)

YAZOO gained from ISSAQUENA. (Miss. Laws 1850, reg. sess., ch. 169/p. 260)

YAZOO lost small area to WARREN. (Miss. Laws 1852, reg. sess., ch. 311/p. 425)

YAZOO lost to WARREN. (Miss. Laws 1854, reg. sess., ch. 321/p. 448)

YAZOO lost to WARREN. (Miss. Laws 1873, reg. sess., ch. 197/p. 352)

YAZOO lost to creation of HUMPHREYS. (HRS Miss., Humphreys, 6; Miss. Laws 1918, reg. sess., ch. 348, secs. 1-2/pp. 368-369; Chancery Clerk, Humphreys Co., telephone query, 15 November 1989)

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