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The following is a list of books containing information on Adams County and/or its citizenry. If you would like to add a title to the list, please contact me.
The Webmaster does not necessarily endorse or recommend the publications listed on this page. The information is listed soley as a public service to researchers. The Webmaster has no special interest or affiliation with any of the publishers or authors, with the exception of, "The Scully and Bauer Families of Natchez, MS." No guarantees are implied.
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19th Century Newspaper List	Duke University
Adams County Census Records	SK Publications [NOTE: This is a commercial site. Neither Adams County, MSGenWeb nor the Webmaster has any interest in this or any other commercial enterprises, nor do we endorse commercial businesses. This posting is as a public service only.
*A History of Mississippi Cotton Mills and Mill Villages*	By Narvell Strickland, 1998 - A study of the history of cotton manufacturing in the state. It is available at the Mississippi Department of Archives and History in Jackson, and public libraries at Natchez, McComb, Magnolia, Wesson, Stonewall, Meridian, Winona, Kosciusko, West Point, and Tupelo. The book examines the historical development of cotton mills in Mississippi, from the first mill at Natchez in 1834 to the demise of the Sanders's conglomerate of cotton mills in the 1950s. It visits the antebellum mills at Natchez, Bankston, Woodville, State Penitentiary, and Jackson; the post Civil War mills at Wesson, Stonewall, Cornith, Natchez, and Meridian; and the twentieth century mills at Mississippi A&M College, Tupelo, McComb, Bertha-dale, Natchez, Kosciusko, Laurel, Starkville, Magnolia, Meridian, West Point, Winona, and Yazoo City. How the turbulent years of the Civil War, the radical Reconstruction, the Great Depression, and World War ll affected Mississippi cotton manufacturing is reviewed.
*Biographical and Historical memoirs of Mississippi*	Reprint of the 1891 Edition; The Reprint Company, Publishers, Spartanburg, South Carolina, 1978
*Callon, Sim C. and Smith, Carolyn Vance; The Goat Castle Murder;* Plantation Publishing Company; P.O. Box 17842 - Trace Town Station, Natchez, Mississippi 39120, 1985; LC Number 85-081116**	-
*Descendants of the Jersey Settlers, Volume III*	$50.00 each. Make checks available to "Jersey Settlers, Volume III," and mail to Jim Swayze, P.O. Box 550456, Dallas, TX 75355-0456 Descendants of Jersey Settlers
Dred Scott Decision - Natchez Daily Courier, 1856	.-
*Franklin County Mississippi Marriages 1820-1900*	(Pub 2007) This is the first volumn in a planned series of Mississippi marriages, by Ann Allen Geoghegan, aka AnnieG. Available: http://stores.lulu.com/anniegms "I have tried to keep the cost low by printing these as coil-bound paperback. "They are also available for download in PDF format at a reduced cost. "Claiborne and Jefferson County Marriages are next on my list and should be available in time for Christmas gift giving. Future volumes will be Adams County and Harrison, Hancock and Jackson Counties on the Coast. "Please let me know if you have any problems with ordering or your purchase." --AnnieG
*Gone But Not Forgotton -* *Casualties in the Aftermath of the Battle of Shiloh*	Lists the place, date and cause of death of over 1,000 soldiers after Shiloh. Printed by the General William Barksdale Camp 1220, Sons of Confederate Veterans PO Box 2266 Columbus, MS 39704. Price is $9.00 plus $1.28 postage. No postage for local orders. You may call Columbus 328-6010, 327-4113, 356-4062: Starkville 324-2910: West Point 494-7271: Amory 256-5805. *Submitted by Jack Kean*
*Hogan, William Ransom and Davis, Edwin Adams, Editors; William Johnson's Natchez; Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge and London, 1951, 1979, 1993; LC Number 68-25203; ISBN 0-8071-1855-9*	-
*Hubbard, Sylvia Booth; Ghosts!;* QRP Books, Brandon, Mississippi, 1992**	-
James, D Clayton; Antebellum Natchez	Published by Louisiana State University Press, 1968. A history of Natchez up to the Civil War. *Submitted by John Alvey*
*Kane, Harriet T.; Natchez on the Mississippi;* Bonanza Books, New York, 1957**	Jack W. McNatt 2216 Hickory Ridge Drive Valrico, FL 33594 Phone: 813-685-2855 E-mail: grampy@sprynet.com
Mississippi Marriages *Adams County Mississippi Marriages 1799-1900* *Amite County Mississippi Marriages 1805-1900* *Claiborne County Mississippi Marriages 1816-1900* *Franklin County Mississippi Marriages 1820-1900* *Jefferson County Mississippi Marriages 1805-1900*	(Pub 2007) by Ann Allen Geoghegan, aka AnnieG. Available: http://stores.lulu.com/anniegms "I have tried to keep the cost low by printing these as coil-bound paperback. "They are also available for download in PDF format at a reduced cost. "Claiborne and Jefferson County Marriages are next on my list and should be available in time for Christmas gift giving. Future volumes will be Adams County and Harrison, Hancock and Jackson Counties on the Coast. "Please let me know if you have any problems with ordering or your purchase." --AnnieG
Natchez Historic Society	*David Malatesta* *602 S. Wall Street* *Natchez, Miss. 39120* *Phone (601) 446-9554* *Work number & address:* *Reynolds-Malatesta Funeral Home* *420 John R. Junkin Drive* *Natchez, Miss. 39120* *Phone (601) 442-7726*
Natchez Indians Selected Bibliography	Compiled by Jim Barnett, Director Division of Historic Properties Mississippi Department of Archives and History
(The) Natchez Trace Collection Purchased in 1985 from a private collector in Mississippi. (450 linear ft of documents) *Thanks to Sandra Cook for submitting this information!*	Copies 75 cents each, plus $6.00 p/h. All info on how to order may be obtained by e-mail. University of Texas THE NATCHEZ TRACE COLLECTION Basil G. Kiger Papers Chamberlain-Hyland-Gould Papers Wm. L. Sharky Papers Crutcher-Shannon Papers Judge John Dutton Papers J. J. Cowan Papers John J. Bowie Papers DR. Rowland Chambers Collection Vick Family Papers Austin Family Collection John McKowen Papers Abram Barnes Papers General John Wills Esteban Minor Stephen Duncan Wm J. Voss Gov. Jphn A. Quitman Robert H. Adams J. B. Maxwell George Winchester And Josiah Richard T. Archer Gabriel Tichenor James C. Wilkins "Colonial Archives" "The Bank of Mississippi" Financial Records of Prominent People Natchez Trace Steamboat Collection Slavery Collection 1790-1860 Civil War and Reconstruction 1860 Business Collection1790-1900 Photograph Collection 1855-1900 Sheet Music Collection 1840-1900 Newspaper Collection 1806-1938 Pamphlet Collection 1790-1900 Ephemera Collection1800-1890
Oliver, Nola Nance; Natchez: Symbol of the Old South	Published by Hastings House, New York, 1940. Primarily pictures and descriptions of old Natchez houses but interesting. *Submitted by John Alvey*
*Randall, J. G. and Donald, David; The Civil War and Reconstruction;* D. C. Heath and Co., Lexington, Massachusettes, 1969**	-
*Roland, Dunbar, LL.D; History of Mississippi;* Chicago-Jackson, The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1925**	-
*Short, Mrs. Hazel S. (Mrs. Melvin B.); The Guice Family in America.* Sterlington, Louisisan, 1970**	-
*Snith, Reid; The Majesty of Natchez; Paddle Wheel Publication, Montgomery, Alabama, 1969*	-
The Descendants of the Jersey Settlers of Adams County, Mississippi, Frances Preston Mills, Editor; The History of the Descendants of the Jersey Settlers of Adams County, Mississippi. Hederman Brothers, Jackson, Mississippi, 1981	-
*The Genealogical Committee Natchez Historical Society; Monuments in the Natchez City Cemetery.* McDonald's Printers, Natchez, mississippi, 1981**	-
The Order of the First Families of Mississippi 1699-1817; Edwards Brothers, Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1981	-
The Scully and Bauer Families Of Natchez, Mississippi; 1996; Ellen Pack	For Old Times Sake
The WPA Guide to the Magnolia State - Compiled and written by the Federal Writer's Project of the Works Progress Administration. First pub May 1938 by Viking Press. University Press of MS, Jackson & London, 1988	-
*This too is Natchez by* Oliver, Nola Nance	Published by Hastings House, 1953. *Submitted by John Alvey*

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