Local History Indexes
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Lowndes County Mississippi Circuit Court Index, 1829-1919
Lowndes County Mississippi Chancery Court Probate Records Index, 1830-1964
Lowndes County Mississippi Chancery Court General Docket Records Index, 1856-1962
Billups-Garth Archives Vertical File Indexes
A Pictorial History of the People of Lowndes County Mississippi Index, 1830-1980
Lowndes County, Mississippi Circuit Court Index, 1829-1919
More Information about the Lowndes County Circuit Court and Index
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View the Lowndes County Mississippi Circuit Court Index, 1829-1919
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The Circuit Court of Lowndes County hears cases involving civil actions, misdemeanors, felonies, and civil actions and criminal appeals from the County Court. In other words, Circuit Court lawsuits involve a claim for money. It may be money owed on either a debt or bill or it could be monetary damages resulting from an injury or destruction of property.
The Lowndes County, Mississippi Circuit Court Index, 1829-1919 took six years to complete (2012-2018) and was worked on by Brenda Durrett, Sharon Keys, Whitney Russell Baswell, and Mona Vance-Ali.
The Index refers to the original case files of the Lowndes County Circuit Court located in the Billups-Garth Archives in the Local History Department (LHD) at the Columbus-Lowndes Public Library. In order to access the original cases, please contact the LHD and provide the Case Number for which you are interested in accessing.
To find out more about the history of the Lowndes County Circuit Court, how to use the Index, and Index terminology and abbreviations, follow this link.
To view the Lowndes County, Mississippi Circuit Court Index, 1829-1919, follow this link.
Lowndes County, Mississippi Chancery Court Probate Records Index, 1830-1964
More Information about the Lowndes Chancery Court Probate Records and Index
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The Probate Division that falls under the Chancery Court of Lowndes County hears cases involving estate matters, apprenticeships, guardianships, lunacy, appointments, and non-compos mentis.
The Lowndes County, Mississippi Chancery Court Probate Records Index, 1830-1964 was completed by Mona Vance in 2006.
The Index refers to the original case files of the Lowndes County Chancery Court located in the Billups-Garth Archives in the Local History Department (LHD) at the Columbus-Lowndes Public Library. In order to access the original cases, please contact the Local History Department and provide the Case Number for which you are interested in accessing.
View the Lowndes County Mississippi Chancery Court Probate Records Index, 1830-1964
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Lowndes County, Mississippi Chancery Court General Docket Records Index, 1856-1962
More Information about the Lowndes Chancery Court and Index
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The General Docket Division that falls under the Chancery Court of Lowndes County hears cases involving divorces, deeds, land title disputes, promissory notes, and ex parte.
The Lowndes County, Mississippi Chancery Court General Docket Records Index, 1856-1962 was completed by Mona Vance in 2006. It is organized alphabetically by the plaintiff’s last name.
The Index refers to the original case files of the Lowndes County Chancery Court located in the Billups-Garth Archives in the Local History Department at the Columbus-Lowndes Public Library. In order to access the original cases, please contact the Local History Department and provide the Case Number for which you are interested in accessing.
View the Lowndes County Mississippi Chancery Court General Docket Records Index, 1856-1962
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Billups-Garth Archives Vertical File Indexes
Family Files
Alphabetized by last name
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Subject Files
Alphabetized by subject matter
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The Billups-Garth Archives in the Local History Department (LHD) maintains “vertical files,” or a collection of articles, such as newspaper clippings, to answer brief questions or to provide points of information quickly on the history and people of Lowndes County, Mississippi. The term “vertical” also refers to the actual storage orientation of the file folders—upright and stored in a filing cabinet.
The Billups-Garth Archives Vertical Files are divided into two distinct sections: Family Files and Subject Files.
Family Files are organized alphabetically by the family or individuals last name.
Subject Files are organized alphabetically by subject matter. Topics include subjects such as businesses, military, weather, events, houses, towns, education, and more.
In order to access the materials within the Vertical Files, please contact the Local History Department and provide the exact name or subject listed on the Vertical File Index.
A Pictorial History of the People of Lowndes County Mississippi, 1830-1980
A Pictorial History of the People of Lowndes County Mississippi, 1830-1980 Index
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A Pictorial History of the People of Lowndes County Mississippi, 1830-1980 was compiled and published by the Lowndes County Department of Archives and History in 1981. The book is volume I, but no other volume was ever published.
The Index to A Pictorial History was created in 2008 by Local History Assistant Bettye Brown.
The Index is organized first by a person’s last name alphabetically. Then, it is followed by subjects organized alphabetically.
To view the Index to A Pictorial History of the People of Lowndes County Mississippi, 1830-1980, follow this link.