
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Jefferson County, Mississippi.
Official Website
Founded in 1799, the county was named for U.S. President Thomas Jefferson.
Adjacent Counties & Parishes
Cities, Towns & Communities
- Ashland
- Cannonsburg
- Church Hill
- Fayette (County Seat)
- Gum Ridge
- Harriston
- Lorman
- McBride
- Old Greenville
- Perth
- Red Lick
- Rodney
- Selsertown
- Union Church
- Uniontown
Links
National Register of Historic Places
Cypress Grove Plantation owned by President Zachary Taylor
Prospect Hill Plantation built by Revolutionary War Veteran Isaac Ross
Clarion News article Feb. 24, 2018
Springfield Plantation owned by Planter Thomas Marsten Green and where the marriage of President Andrew Jackson and Rachel Robards took place
Woodlawn Plantation owned by Planter David Hunt
Wyolah Plantation built by Dr. Francis B. Coleman
Scott Plantations owned by Samuel Scott
Oak Hill & Rosswood Plantations owned by Dr. Walter Wade
Laurel Hill Plantation owned by Dr. Rush Nutt
1860 & 1870 Slave/Slaveholder Census
Locust Grove Plantation Ledger
The Evard Green Baker Papers (1848-1876)
