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1884 'Thos. A. Dickson.
1886 Thos. A. Dickson, Geo. S. Dodds.
1888 Alex. Fairly, G. S. Dodds. 1890 Alex. Fairly, G. S. Dodds.
1837-'38 Harmon Runnels.
1840-'41 Arthur Smith.
1842-'43 Arthur Fox.
1844 Arthur Fox.
1846 Arthur Fox.
1848-'49 Wm. A. Stone.
1854 E. C. Stuart.
1856-'57 Wm A. Stone.
1858 Wm. A. Stone.
1859 J. B Chrisman.
1860-61-'62 J. B Chrisman.
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HISTORY OF MISSISSIPPI.
LAUDERDALE COUNTY
Was established December 23d, 1833, and was named for Col. Lauderdale who fell at the battle of New Orleans. By an act of the Legislature, passed two days later, Samuel Grayson, Asa Hartfield, Robert James, Wm. Ellis, H. W. Ward, Henry Hale, Geo. Evans, C. Dyer, N. Martin and J. Bidevell were appointed commissioners to organize the county.
Among the early settlers werc Matthew Alexander and Cul- breath Edward Harper, each of whom brought with them a large family of sons and daughters; Duncan Calhoun, Jacob Worthington and his sons, H. B., Samuel, W. B. and Jacob Worth- ington ;. Isom Pace, who was the first sheriff of the county ; John Culbreath, who was the first circuit clerk ; John Wm. Pleasant and Peter Henderson. One of the first, if not the very first settler of the county, was General Sam Dale who is known in history as the hero of the canoe fight with In- dians on the Alabama river. He settled the place which has al- ways been and is now known as Daleville. He was also the first Representative of the county. Musander Cain, who settled Magnolia, at which place one or two terms of court were held, but not a trace of the town now remains; the late W. M. Hancock, who represented the county nearly half a century ago, and was Judge of the circuit court for eighteen years. Soon after the organization of the county John R. Walker came from North Carolina; he was the father of Joel P. Walker who represented Lauderdale in the Legislature twenty-six years ago, and who has been twice a State Senator from the county.
Among the early settlers still living are J. P. Welch, B. F. Collier, Con. Bell, T. J. Miller, Rev. Mr. Camp, Dr. J. E. Knott, David Culpepper, E. J. Rew, B. O. Allen, N. M. Collins, D. C. Smith, D. Rosenbaum, W. F. Brown. J. R. Bungard, W. F. Al- ford, Caleb Mclemore, Henry F. Alexander, Dr. J. G. Knox, T. S. Pigford, S. M. Bailey, Nelson Moon, Chas. Butchee, McRae Mosby, Louis Bailey, Jas. L. Simmons, W. J. Walker, T. S. Mos- ley, Lott Parker and John H. Cochran.
The towns in the county are Marion, which was the county site until 1866, when the court-house was removed to Marion Station, and from there in 1870 to Meridian, the second largest city in Mississippi. Its location, factories, cotton compress, etc., give it an extensive trade from adjoining counties, and make it a city of large commercial importance. The late L. A. Rags- dale and John T. Ball were the fortunate owners of the greater
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portion of the land upon which the city of Meridian now stands. It location and growth, and it having become a great railroad center, made each of the gentlemen mentioned quite wealthy. Lockhart, Lauderdale Station, situated near old Lau- derdale Springs, that was before the war a popular health and pleasure resort; Toomsuba and Daleville.
The principal streams are Okatibbee, Chunky, Chickasahay, Sowashee, Alamutcha, Tallahatta and Ponta Creeks.
The railroads in the county are the Mobile & Ohio, the Ala- bama & Vicksburg, the Northeastern and the Alabama Great Southern. The city of Meridian is at the junction of these several railroads.
There are in Lauderdale county 102,029 acres of cleared land ; average value per acre, $5.75 ; total value, including incorpora- ted towns, $3,667,573.
The population of this county, as shown by the census report of 1890: Whites, 14,509; colored, 15,134 ; total 29,643.
SENATORS.
REPRESENTATIVES.
1835
Samuel Dale.
1836
Samuel Dale.
1837 Joseph A. Marshall.
Samuel Dale.
1838 Joseph A. Marshall.
Epps R Brown.
1839 Ephriam Smith.
Epps R. Brown.
1840-'41 Joseph A. Marshall.
Peter Marsh.
1842-'43 Joseph A. Marshall.
W. M. Hancock.
1844 Emanuel A. Durr.
S. L. Hussey, W. M. Hancock.
1846 Emanuel A. Duri.
W. C. Foster, J. Martin.
1848 W. P. Carter.
Benjamin Carroll, O. G. Clayton.
1850 W. P. Carter.
J. M. Trussell, J. D. Crews.
1852 S. L. Hussey.
John R. McLaurin, W. S. Patton.
1854 Jas. J. Monroe.
John R. McLaurin, Green C. Chandler.
1856-'57 C. G. Miller.
W. J. House.
1858 C. G. Miller.
J. L. Tolson, W. W. Hall.
1859-'60-'61 Wm. Thames.
1861-'62 Wm. Thames.
. 1865 Robert Leachman. 1866-'67 J. W. Brooks.
J. P. Walker, W. G. Grace. -
1870-'71 Robert E. Leachman.
W. B. Snowden, J. A. Moore.
1852-'73 S. A. D. Steele.
Duncan Kelly, A. H. S.nith.
1874-'75 S. A. D. Steele.
Baylor Palmer, W. C. Ford.
1876-'77 John W. Fewell.
Edward Watkins, Hardy C. Dear.
1878 John W. Fewell.
M. H. Whitaker, C. W. Gallagher.
1882 L. B. Brown.
Thos H. Woods, H. D. Cameron.
J. E. Bell, H. D. Cameron, W. I .. Evans.
1886 Joel P. Walker.
G. H. Shamburger, J. H. Culpepper, W. L. Evans.
1888 Joel P. Walker.
1890 Joel P. Walker.
J. P. Keeton, R. H. Whitfield, A. F. Mc- Gee. H. M. Street, W. R. Denton, W. D. Wither- spoon.
1880 L. B Brown.
R. P. Walker, J. R. McLaurin.
1884 Joel P. Walker. .
J. L. Tolson, W. W. Hall. F. Semmes.
J P. Walker, W. G. Grace.
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LEAKE COUNTY
Was established December 23d, 1833, and so named in honor of Governor Walter Leake, and by an act of the Legislature, ap- proved December 25th, 1833, James Prewett, Joshua J. Parker, John M. Elder, Wm. H. Bole and Achiles Walton were appointed commissioners to organize the county.
Among the first settlers were Benjamin Johnson, Samuel Rich - mond, Henry Harper, C. C. Arnett ; the two latter were the first representatives in the Legislature; the Freeneys, the Groves, one of whom was the father of Hon. Pres Groves, who represented the county in the State Senate in 1888 and 1890; Major Hall, a gentleman of high character, liberal culture and fine address, who represented the county in the Legislature, the father of Guion Q. Hall, a most excellent lawyer now residing in the city of Meridian. Col. Jos. D. Eades, a lawyer, still residing at Car- thage, the county site ; the Hansons, Williams, George S. Phil- ter, who was a member of the Legislature for two terms, the Collins, Hoopers, B. T. Watkins, who represented the county in the Legislature, the Sparkmans, Lewis, John D. Boyd, who rep- resented the county in both branches of the Legislature; the Beemans, one of whom was the father of Hon. Joseph H. Bee- man, now a resident of Scott county, which he has represented several times in the Legislature, and recently elected to Congress from the district in which he resides; Maston Crane, H. Q. Rawles, both of whom were Representatives in the Legislature.
The towns in the county are Carthage, the county site, a pros- perous village with an intelligent population, Ofahoma, Thomas- town, Edinburgh, St. Anns, Good Hope, Lena, Grove and Mad- den.
The principal streams in the county are Pearl river, Tuscala- meter, Standing Pine, Yokanookany and Labutha creeks.
The Natchez, Jackson and Columbus Railroad, when extended, will pass through the county. At present the facilities for trans- portation are confined to Pearl river and wagon roads.
The county has 59,016 acres of cleared lands; the average value of which, as rendered to the assessor, is $5.02 per acre ; the total value including incorporated towns, is $296,625.00.
The population of Leake county as shown by the census ·report of 1890-whites, 9,325; colored, 5,043; total, 14,368.
SENATORS.
REPRESENTATIVES.
1835 1836 1837-'38-'39 Gordon D. Boyd.
Henry Harper. C. C. Arnett. George A. Fitler.
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1840-'41 Samuel N. Gilleland.
1842-'43 Samuel N. Gilleland.
1844 John D. Boyd.
1846 George Hicks.
Maston Crain.
W. M. Hall.
H. S. Rawls.
Robert E. Halford.
H. S. Rawles.
1854 George Pope.
1856 Samuel N. Gilleland.
1857 Samuel N. Gilleland.
1858 T. L. Thompson.
1859-'60- 61 George Huie.
1861-'62 George Huie.
R. A. Harris.
. 1865-'66-'67 S. W. Land.
- Hanson. .
1870-'71 W. S. Rushing.
1872-'73 James S, Smythe.
Ephriam H. Jones.
J. N. Denson.
J. N. Denson.
J. N. Denson.
1878 S. T. Oldham.
Thomas L. Cooper.
ISSo Thomas L. Cooper.
1882 Thomas L. Cooper.
1884 David T. Guyton.
1886 David T Guyton.
1888 Pres Groves.
1890 Pres Groves.
E. D. Terry, U. L. Roberts.
LEE COUNTY
Was established October 26th, 1866, and named for the great Confederate soldier, General Robert E. Lee. It was carved from the counties of Itawamba and Pontotoc ; therefore, the record and list of pioneers mentioned in those counties embrace a great number who were residents of what is now Lee county, among whom may be mentioned Col. Jeptha Robbins, an old and highly esteemed citizen ; Captain S. J. High, Captain Henry Metts, Col. Richard C. Clarke, a prominent citizen and now a banker at Tupelo; John M. Simonton, who was colonel of an in- fantry regiment during the war, and since the establishment of the county has twice represented it in the State Senate, and was a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1890. The names of others will be recognized by reference to the counties mentioned.
The towns in the county are Tupelo, the county site, a pros- perous and progressive place, with excellent church and educa- tional advantages ; Verona, Shannon, Saltillo, Guntown, Bald- wyn, Plantersville and Leighton.
The streams are Bogue Folia, Chippawa, Mud, Coonewa, Okalilla, Yannoba, Mantubba, Old Town, Twenty-Mile and Tu- lip Creeks.
›848 Henry Gray.
1850 Samuel N. Gilleland.
B. T. Watkins. John D. Boyd.
1852 George Pope.
W. C. Hall.
T. P. Marion.
R. J. Hall.
R. J. Hall.
1874 James S. Smythe.
1874-'75 S. G. Henderson.
1876-'77 S. T. Oldham.
J. M. Hardin.
T. J. Saunders.
J. M. Hardin, J. H. Reagan.
Pres Groves, U. L. Roberts.
E. D. Terry, J. R. Pace.
H. W. Warren.
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The railroads in the county are the Mobile & Ohio and the Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham. Tupelo is situated at the junction of these two roads, and the country contiguous to it is fertile and productive.
The number of acres of cleared land in Lee is 136,875; but the average value per acre is not in the Auditor's office, nor can it be ascertained from any accessible records.
The population as shown by the census report of 1890 : Whites, 12,341 ; colored, 7,699; total, 20,040.
SENATORS.
REPRESENTATIVES.
1870-'71 W. T. Stricklin.
Jas. F. Nabers.
1872-'73 R. H. Allen.
T. M. Goar, R. M Leavell.
1874-'75 R. H. Allen.
W. H. H. Tison, J. M. Eckford.
1876-'77 R. H. Allen.
Merriman Pound, W. H. H. Tison.
1878 R. H. Allen.
Jas. M. Hoyle, W. H. H. Tison.
1880 David Johnson.
S. M Taylor, A. G. Harkreader.
1882 David Johnson.
W. H. H. Tison, John A. Blair.
IS84 R. O. Reynolds, John M. Simonton.
J. M. Hoyle, Merriman Pound.
1886 R. O. Reynolds, John M. Simonton.
J. M. Hoyle, L. J. Rhodes.
1888 J. C. Burdine, J. L. Tur- nage
O. L. Kennedy, R. L. Shannon.
1890 J. C. Burdine, J. L. Tur- Jas. L. Gillespie, T. A. Boggan. nage.
CHAPTER XXIX.
LEFLORE COUNTY
W AS established in 1871, and being carved out of Sunflower and Carroll, some of the early settlers mentioned in those two counties resided in the territory now constituting Leflore. The county and county site, Greenwood, was named for the distinguished Chief of the Choctaws, Greenwood Leflore.
In addition to the county site, are Sidon, Ittabena, Shell Mound, Sunny Side, Minter City, Red Cross, Old McNutt and Rising Sun.
The principal streams are Yazoo river, that runs very nearly through the centre of the county, Quiver river, Roe Buck Lake, Blue, Henry, McNutt and Six Mile lakes, and a number of smaller lakes.
The railroads in the county are, the Georgia Pacific and a branch of the Illinois Central.
The county site is one of the progressive and growing towns of the State. Its facilities for transportation are the Yazoo river and two railroads.
The lands are unsurpassed in fertility and are being rapidly developed.
Hon. Stephen Johnson was the first Senator from the county and D. M. Quin the first Representative.
There are in the county 60,037 acres of cleared land ; the value of which per acre, as rendered to the assessor, $16.76. The total value of cleared lands, including incorporated towns, is $1,220,244.
The population of the county as shown by the census report of 1890-whites, 2,450; colored, 14,414; total, 16,864.
SENATORS.
REPRESENTATIVES.
1872-'73 Stephen Johnson.
D. N. Quin.
1874 W. H. Parker.
J W. Randolph.
1874-'75 M. H. Tuttle
J. W. Randolph.
1876-'77 M. H. Tuttle.
Wm. H. Mallory.
1878 W. D. Peery.
G. A. McLean.
1880 W. D. Peery.
Enos Rogers.
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1882 Jas. M. Liddell.
1884 Jas. M. Liddell.
1886 Jas. R. Binford.
1888 Jas. R. Binford.
1890 L. M. Southworth.
Enos Rogers.
D. T. Mitchell.
J. P Henry.
W. S. Barry.
J. K. Vardaman.
LINCOLN COUNTY
Was established April 7th, 1870, carved mainly from the counties of Lawrence and Franklin, and the record of names of the early settlers of those two counties, embrace many that reside in the territory of what is now Lincoln.
This county is noted for its church and educational advantages. Aside from the common and high schools in the county, is Whit- worth Female College, which is properly classed among the most flourishing institutions in the South. The county site, Brookhaven, where this College is located, is a pleasant, pros- perous town, the home of a cultured and refined community.
The towns in the county other than the county site, are Montgomery, Bogue Chitto and Caseyville.
The streams are the Bogue Chitto, Amite, Fair, Homochitto, and East and West Bayou Pierre rivers.
The Illinois Central Railroad traverses the county from north to south.
Lincoln county has 57,037 acres of cleared land; average value per acre, 6.47. Total value, including incorporated towns, $649,- 524.
The population of the county as shown by the census report of 1890: Whites, 10,216; colored, 7,696 ; total, 17,912.
SENATORS.
REPRESENTATIVES.
1872-73-74 Hiram Cassedy, Jr. R. R. Applewhite.
1874-75 J. F. Sessions. R. R. Applewhite.
1876-77 R. H. Thompson.
A. C. McNair, James E. Jagers.
1878 R. H. Thompson.
R. R. Applewhite, E. L. Tarver.
1880 A. H. Longino.
R. R. Applewhite B. F. Johns.
1882 A. H. Longino.
V. B Watts, C. Byrd.
1884 Samuel E Packwood.
V B. Watts, R. R. Applewhite.
1886 Samuel E. Packwood.
V. B. Watts, J. P Wise.
1888 Theo. B. Ford.
J. B Deason, J. J Whitney.
1890 Theo. B. Ford.
J. A. J. Hart, R. R. Applewhite.
LOWNDES COUNTY
Was established in January, 1830, and named in honor of the late William Lowndes.
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The act creating the county appointed Samuel Lauderdale, . Wm. H. Craven, Charles H. Abert, George Good, Titus Howard, Edward B. Randolph and Henry Greer, Sr., commissioners, charged with the duty of locating a permanent site for the seat of justice of the county. The same act provided for the holding of the probate, county and circuit courts at the town of Columbus until the courthouse at the permanent county site should be erected. The first house erected where the city of Columbus now stands, was a log cabin in 1817, by Thomas Moore. It was, however, two years later before there was any town. In the meantime, Thomas Sampson, who sub- sequently served as probate judge, William Viser, S. Roach, William Poe, Silas M. McBee and others came to the place, and at a meeting of the citizens, at the suggestion of Mr. McBee, the place was given the name of Columbus. About the same time Thomas Townsend, Green Bailey, Dr. B. C. Berry, Silas Brown, Hancock Chisholm, Wm. Connover, William Furnandes and others became citizens of the place. In the latter part of the year 1819, Townsend and Bailey, Gid Linsecum, Wm. Vizer and R. C. Haden opened stores in Columbus. Gideon Linsecum was the first postmaster, having been appointed in 1821. The town' was incorporated in 1822 with William S. Moore as Mayor.
Among the early settlers were Richard Barry, the father of Col. Wm. S. Barry, who represented the county and was Speaker of the House of Representatives, and president of the Secession Convention of 1861, and colonel of the Thirty-Fifth Mississippi Regiment during the late war; B. F. Beckwith, C. E. Leech, Geo. W. Sanders, Joseph Boschell, an intelligent and bright jour- nalist, who was lamed for life in a duel with Hon. Volney E. Howard,; the Rev. Geo. Shaeffer, a Methodist minister ; Nimrod N. Davis, James Brownlee, John T. Connell, Dr. W. Hum- phries, the father of Captain W. W. Humphries, who served the county with distinction as State Senator, and now one of the leading lawyers of the city of Columbus; A. S. Humphries, who accumulated a large fortune and has numerous descendants in that vicinity ; Captain M. W. Neilson, of the United States army ; Captain Edward B. Randolph, of the United States navy. A little later came John A. Borders, John Ledbetter, John Dally, Wm. Weaver, John Gilmer, Dunstan Banks, a wealthy planter, the father of that genial gentleman and jour- nalist, Captain Robert W. Banks, now of the city of Meridian ; Ma-
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jor T. G. Blewett, the father-in-law of Hon. Jas. T. Harrison ; John Morgan, Jas. Pronell.
Among the early physicians were Dr. S. B. Malone, Gideon Linsecum, and Dabney Lipscomb.
About 1835 or 1836 came the late Hon. Jas. T. Harrison, one of Mississippi's most distinguished lawyers. Upon his first ap- pearance at the bar he was by his professional brethren regarded learned, accurate and able. His reputation grew with years, and before he reached the meridian of life he was considered among the foremost lawyers of the commonwealth. He was elected to the Confederate Congress, and after the cessation of hostilities in 1865, elected to the United States Congress, but with the other representatives of the State at that date was denied his seat. He left sons and daughters. His son, Hon. Jas. T., who bears his name, a lawyer by profession, has twice represented the county in the Legislature, and is the senior member of the excellent law firm of Harrison & Landrum. The eldest daughter of Mr. Harrison, an accomplished and brilliant woman, is the wife of General Stephen D. Lee. Tilghman M. Tucker, who represented the county in the Legislature and was Governor of the State in 1842. He was the father-in-law of Hon. William McWillie, of Madison county. Hon George R. Clayton, who served as Circuit Judge in the district in which he resided, was at one time the Whig nominee for Governor, and a member of the Secession Convention of 1861; Dr. S. S. Frank- lin, who was a graduate of Yale College and also a graduate in medicine. He was the father of Thomas B. and C. S. Frank- lin, now merchants in the city of Columbus. W. L. Cozart, Thomas C. Billups, the father of Majors John S., Joseph, Carleton and General Saunders Billups, the latter a brigadier general of National Guards, all of whom are men of integ- rity and highly respected; Harrison Johnston, a man of en- terprise and strength of character. He is the founder of the cotton factory at Columbus, which will increase the popula- tion of the city, and promises to be a profitable investment. John Moore, James I. Moore, James Whitfield, at one time State Senator, and by reason of his being President of the Senate, suc- ceeded to the Governorship occasioned by the resignation of Gov- ernor John A. Quitman, and served as such for a short time ; Joseph B. Cobb, who served the county as a member of the Leg- islature, and a gentleman of more than ordinary literary attain- ments ; Hon. Wm. L. Harris, who served his judicial district as
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circuit judge, and was for a number of years Judge of the High Court of Errors and Appeals ; Col. Hunter Sharp, the father of Gen. Jacob H. Sharp, who has twice represented Lowndes county in the Legislature, one term Speaker of the House, and was a Brig. adier-General in the Confederate army ; Richard Evans, a distin- guished lawyer, and at one time a member of the Legislature, the father of Geo. A. Evans, who, like his father, is a lawyer of ability, now of the firm of Arnold & Evans, of Birmingham ; Richard Evans was also the father-in-law of Col. W. C. Richards, a gentleman widely known in business circles, and was a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1890; General Peter B. Starke served for a number of terms in both branches of the State Legislature, and prior to the war was one of the nominees of the Whig party for Congress, was a Brigadier-General com- manding cavalry during the war ; Col. Argyle Campbell, a law- yer, and the father of Mrs. Dr. S. S. Franklin and Arthur L. Campbell ; General Jeptha V. Harris, who commanded a brigade of State troops during the seige of Vicksburg; Jas. W. Harris, Geo. E. Harris, who were brothers of Judge Wm. L., and General Jeptha V. Harris ; Thos. W. Harris, who was judge of the pro- bate court, the father of the late Col. Thos. W. Warris, a lawyer of most excellent ability, and the father-in-law of Gen. W. S. Feather- ston, of the city of Holly Springs; Benjamin Long, Dr. Thos. Jones, Dr. Spillman, Henly S. Bennett, who was circuit judge of that judicial district, and subsequently a member of Congress ; Edward C. McEwen, Eli Abbott, Capt. Chas. Abert, who organ- ized in 1837, the military company known then, as now, as the Columbus Riflemen ; W. W. Wade, Neil Bartee, Hardy Stevens, John A. Franklin, Chas. McClaren, C. R. Crusoe, Esq., a lawyer of intelligence, and for a long time partner of Jas. T. Harrison ; Judge Nat Goodwin, Dr. Robert F. Matthews, a prominent phy- sician and accomplished gentlemen; Beverly Matthews, Esq., a man of large brain, an intelligent lawyer, who served as Adju- tant of the Second Mississippi regiment in Mexico ; John Brown- rigg, father of Dr. John Brownrigg, who was a Brigade Surgeon in the Confederate army, and now a prominent physician of the city of Columbus ; Col. Jas. O. Banks, a gentleman widely known in business affairs ; Andrew Weir, of the Commercial Bank, and W. B. Winston, of Planter's Bank ; Henry Buchanan, J. B. Ervin, and G. Frazee, who were merchants ; Hon. A. Murdock, who was several times a member of the Legislature from the county, and for a number of years President of the Mobile & Ohio Railroad, a gentleman of large information, full of energy and enterprise.
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The county site, Columbus, is regarded as one of the handsom- est little cities in the southern country. It has fine schools, at- tractive church buildings, and a remarkably intelligent popula- tion.
There are several villages in the county-Crawford, Artesia and Caledonia.
The principal streams are Tombigbee river, Buttahatchie and Luxapalila Creeks.
The railroads are the Mobile & Ohio, with a branch road from Artesia to Columbus, and the Georgia Pacific.
The county embraces a great deal of rich prairie lands that are regarded as productive and very valuable.
Lowndes county has 196,671 acres of cleared land ; average value of which, as rendered to the assessor, $11.92 per acre ; to- tal value of cleared lands, including incorporated towns and cities, $2,533,526.
The population of this county, as shown by the census report of 1890: Whites, 5,940 ; colored, 21,105 ; total, 27,045.
SENATORS.
REPRESENTATIVES.
1831 Jas. F. Trotter. Tilghman M. Tucker.
1833 Geo. Higgason.
Tilghman M. Tucker.
IS35 Stephen Cocke.
Tilghman M. Tucker.
1836 Stephen Cocke.
A. N. Jones, W. G. Wright, A. B. Dearing. A. N. Jones, W. G. Wright.
1837 Stephen Cocke.
1838 Tilghman M. Tucker.
1839 Tilghman M. Tucker.
1840 Tilghman M. Tucker.
J. Speight, R Evans, 'P. B. Billups.
IS41 Tilghman M. Tucker.
Jos. S. Leake, R. Evans, T. C. Billups.
1842 Jesse Speight, Arthur Fox.
1843 Jesse Speight, Arthur Fox.
1844 Jesse Speight.
IS46 Dabney Lipscomb.
1848 Dabney Lipscomb.
1850 Dabney Lipscomb,
1852 James Whitfield.
1854 Joseph B. Cobb.
1856 Joseph B. Cobb.
T. C. Billups W. S. Barry.
T. C. Billups, W. S. Barry, L. F. Carrington.
J. Whitfield, T. C. Billups, B. Mathews.
Bev. Mathews, J. M. L. Smith.
Jos. P. Billups, J. M L. Smith.
A. Murdock, Jas. M. Arnold.
L. A. Munson, H. W. Lewis, J. F. Boulden, H. B. Gegan.
1871 Chas. A. Sullivan, Robert Gleed.
1872-'73 Chas. A. Sullivan, Rob- ert Gleed
1874 Chas. A. Sullivan, Robert Gleed.
J. T. Connell, Jas. Whitfield.
E. Abbott, Jas Whitfield, J. T. Connell.
A. K. Blythe, C. R. Crusoe, Geo. H. Young. John Seal, C. R. Crusoe, Wm P. Jack.
Thos. J. Sharp, W. B. Wade, John Seal.
1857. J. M. Witherspoon. 1858 J. V. Harris.
1859-'60-'61 J. V. Harris.
IS61-'62 Moses Jordan.
IS65-'66-'67 C. F. Miller. . 1870 Chas. A. Sullivan, Robert Gleed.
Samuel Butler, John Gilmer, W. G. Wright.
John Gilmer, W. G. Wright, Seth Peebles.
J. T. Connell. Jas. Whitfield.
J. T. Connell, Jas. Whitfield.
J. T. Connell, J. Whitfield, A. A. Kincan non.
J. F Boulden, H. B. Gegan, L. A. Munson, H. W. Lewis.
Chas. Mauss, R M D. Feemster, D. Bren- nen. D. McCawley. R. M. D. Feemster, J. H. Glenn, Robert Thompson.
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