MISSISSIPPI: Click this link to see all slave labor sites in the state.
- Statehood: 1817; some counties were established before Mississippi became a state
- COUNTIES: Click one of the counties below to see all plantation/ workplaces in that county.
County | Year Est. | Details |
Adams | 1799 | Formed from Natchez District |
Amite | 1809 | Formed from Wilkinson County |
Attala | 1833 | Formed from the Choctaw Cession of 1830 |
Bainbridge | 1823 | Formed from Covington County, and merged into Covington in 1824 |
Bolivar | 1836 | Formed from the Choctaw Cession of 1830 |
Bourbon | 1785 | Formed from Mississippi territory, and became Adams and Wlkinson Counties in 1788 |
Calhoun | 1833 | Formed from Chickasaw, Lafayette and Yalobusha Counties |
Carroll | 1833 | Formed from the Choctaw Cession |
Chickasaw | 1836 | Formed from the Chickasaw Cession of 1830 |
Choctaw | 1833 | Formed from the Choctaw Cession |
Claiborne | 1802 | Formed from Jefferson County |
Clarke | 1833 | Formed from the Choctaw Cession of 1830 |
Coahoma | 1836 | Formed from Chickasaw Cession of 1836 |
Copiah | 1823 | Formed from Hinds County |
Covington | 1819 | Formed from Lawrence and Waynes Counties |
Desoto | 1836 | Formed from Native American lands |
Franklin | 1809 | Formed from Adams County |
Greene | 1811 | Formed from Amite, Franklin and Wayne Counties |
Hancock | 1812 | Formed from Mobile District |
Harrison | 1841 | Formed from Hancock and Jackson |
Hinds | 1821 | Formed from the Choctaw Cession of 1820 |
Holmes | 1833 | Formed from Yazoo County |
Issaquena | 1844 | Formed from Washington County |
Itawamba | 1836 | Formed from Chickasaw Cession of 1832 |
Jackson | 1812 | Formed from Mobile District |
Jasper | 1833 | Formed from Native American lands |
Jefferson | 1799 | Formed from Natchez County |
Jones | 1826 | Formed from Covington and Wayne Counties, renamed Davis County in 1865, renamed Jones County in 1869 |
Kemper | 1833 | Formed from the Choctaw Cession of 1830 |
Lafayette | 1836 | Formed from the Chickasaw Cession |
Lauderdale | 1833 | Formed from the Choctaw Cession |
Lawrence | 1814 | Formed from Marion County |
Leake | 1833 | Formed from the Choctaw Cession |
Lowndes | 1830 | Formed from Monroe County |
Madison | 1828 | Formed from Yazoo County |
Marion | 1811 | Formed from Amite, Wayne, and Franklin Counties |
Marshall | 1836 | Formed from the Chickasaw Cession of 1832 |
Monroe | 1821 | Formed from the Chickasaw Cession of 1821 |
Neshoba | 1833 | Formed from the Choctaw Cession of 1830 |
Newton | 1836 | Formed from Neshoba County |
Nuxobee | 1833 | Formed from the Choctaw Cession of 1830 |
Oktibbeha | 1833 | Formed from the Choctaw Cession of 1830 |
Panola | 1836 | Formed from the Chickasaw Cession of 1830 |
Perry | 1820 | Formed from Greene County |
Pickering | 1799 | Formed from Mississippi Territory, and renamed Jefferson in 1802 |
Pike | 1815 | Formed from Marion County |
Pontotoc | 1836 | Formed from the Chickasaw Cession of 1832 |
Rankin | 1828 | Formed from Hinds County |
Scott | 1833 | Formed from the Choctaw Cession of 1832 |
Simpson | 1824 | Formed from the Choctaw Cession of 1820 |
Smith | 1833 | Formed from the Choctaw Cession of 1830 |
Sunflower | 1844 | Formed from Bolivar County |
Tallahatchie | 1833 | Formed from the Choctaw Cession of 1830 |
Tippah | 1836 | Formed from the Chickasaw Cession of 1832 |
Tishomingo | 1836 | Formed from the Chickasaw Cession of 1832 |
Tunica | 1836 | Formed from the Chickasaw Cession of 1832 |
Warren | 1809 | Formed from Natchez District |
Washington | 1827 | Formed from Warren and Yazoo Counties |
Wayne | 1809 | Formed from Old Washington County in Mississippi Territory |
Wilkinson | 1802 | Formed from Adams County |
Winston | 1833 | Formed from the Choctaw Cession of 1830 |
Yalobusha | 1833 | Formed from the Choctaw Cession of 1830 |
Yazoo | 1823 | Formed from Hinds County |