Hinds County, MS

History

Hinds County was established February 12th, 1821, and named in honor of General Thomas Hinds; carved out of that tract of country ceded to the United States by the Choctaw tribe of Indians, on the 18th day of October, 1820. On February 4th, 1828, the Legislature provided for the election of five commissioners to select a site for the courthouse and jail of the county, and to locate the same either at Clinton, or within two miles of the center of the county. On the 17th of January, 1829, an act was passed directing that the courts should be held at Raymond, and
that all books, records and papers belonging to the respective offices should be removed to that place.
http://msgw.org/hinds/history.htm

Modern Day Adjacent Counties

Madison County, MS- (northeast)
Rankin County, MS -(east)
Copiah County,MS - (south)
Claiborne County, MS - (southwest)
Warren County, MS - (west)
Yazoo County, MS- (northwest)

Gleanings from

• Hinds Co., MS - Probate Records
  • 1850 Will - Lawson Dimer Reaves
  • 1847 Probate Petition - Mary B. Rives
• US Federal Census - Hinds Co., MS
  • 1920 Census - Hinds Co., MS
    • Lee Miller Reeves