A history of Mississippi : from the discovery of the great river, Part 47

Author: Lowry, Robert, 1830-1910; McCardle, William H
Publication date: 1891
Publisher: Jackson, Miss. : R.H. Henry & Co.
Number of Pages: 674


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1875 N. B. Bridges.


R. M. D. Feemster, J. K. Glenn, Robert Thompson.


1876-'77 W. H. Sims, F. G. E. A. Erwin, J. E. Leigh, J. C. Neilson. Barry.


1878 S D. Lee. J. H. Field, A. J. Ervin, J. C. Neilson.


1880 Wm. W. Humphries. J. H. Field, A. J. Ervin, W A. Harris.


1882 Wm. W. Humphries.


1884 E. T. Sykes.


1886 E. T. Sykes.


Jas. T. Harrison, J. H. Sharp, J. H. Sim- mons.


1888 Jas. C. Neilson.


J. H. Sharp, M. M. Burke, J. H. Simmons.


1890 Jas. C. Neilson.


J. H. Sharp, T. B. Bradford, L. D. Landrum.


MADISON COUNTY


Was established January 29th, 1828, out of all that portion of Yazoo county lying east of Big Black River, and was named in honor of President Madison.


Josiah R. Doak, Robert Carson, Sr., John P. Thompson, Wm. Wilson, and Archibald McGehee were appointed commissioners to select a site for the erection of public buildings in said county, and contract for the building of a court-house and jail.


On the 26th of January, 1829, an act was passed providing for the election of five commissioners to select a site for the seat of justice for the county. The eighth section of the act provided that the several courts of the county should continue to be held at Beaty's Bluff until the court-house directed to be built by the act was finished. The thirteenth section declared that the seat of justice when selected as directed by the commissioners, should be known and called Livingston.


Subsequently the county site was changed to what is now Can- ton, which is the geographical center of the county. When the site was chosen it was a part of the plantation of one C. Walton.


Among the early settlers of the county were James Simpson, Peyton Sutherland, William and Peter Finley, Wm. Shaw, G. W. Henderson, Samuel F. Feamster, John Stone, Jr., Jesse Per- kins, Montfort Jones, R. McCord Williamson, John S. Cameron, father of Hon. John R. Cameron, who has represented the county- in both branches of the Legislature, and received a warm sup- port in 1889 for the nomination of Governor; T. C. Tupper, Jesse Heard, Benjamin Chambers, W. F. Walker, W. J. Hill, Charles Clifton, John R. Herbert, Geo. Robertson, Stiles W. Ewing, Daniel Rice, John A. Pugh, Benjamin S. Ricks, the fath- er of . General Benjamin S. Ricks of Yazoo and Wm. Ricks, of


J. H. Field, A. J. Ervin, A. L. Myers.


Jas. T. Harrison, W. H. Cook, A. L. Myers.


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Madison ; Wm. Royce, Wm. L. Balfour, O. J. E. Stewart, L. Campbell, Eli Montgomery, the family of Thomas, J. Silverberg. John Mutz, Kearneys, Wm. Montgomery, J. S. Gooch,


Among the carly members of the bar were John A. Rollins, General T. C. Tupper, who was a Major-General of State troops during the late war, and the father-in-law of Hon. Robt. Powell, who has served the county in the Legislature, and is among the leading members of the bar of Canton ; Hon. O. R. Singleton, referred to elsewhere; Alexander H. Handy, who was elected one of the Judges of the Supreme Court, and who was for a number of years its Chief Justice ; John Handy, Esq., an accu- rate and learned lawyer, who is the survivor of nearly all of his early professional brethren of the Madison bar ; Hugh Lawson, Oliver A. Luckett, who served the county as State Senator ; A. P. Hill, father of the present chief magistrate of the city of Canton ; M. B. McMicken, Mitchell Calhoon, the father of Judge S. S. Calhoon, of the city of Jackson, and Hon. John Calhoon, former Representative from Marshall county, and more recently Mayor of the city of Holly Springs; Judge Calhoon served. most acceptably as District Attorney and Circuit Judge of the Judicial District in which he resided ; the latter position he re- signed, and resumed the practice of his profession ; he was elect- ed President of the Constitutional Convention of 1890; General Patrick Henry, who represented the county in the Legislature, the father of Capt. B. W. and the late Doctor E. T. Henry of Vicksburg, also of Major Patrick Henry, who has twice repre- sented Rankin county in the Legislature, and a delegate from the State at large to the Constitutional Convention of 1890; also the father of Wm. Henry, the present Mayor of Jackson and Adju- tant-General of the State; also the grandfather of Pat Henry, Senator from Warren county.


The early physicians were Dr. Thomas J. Catchings, distin- guished in his profession, who served with marked ability in both branches of the Legislature, and the father of Hon. Thomas C. Catchings, a learned and able lawyer, who served as State Sena- tor, two terms as Attorney-General of Mississippi, and three terms as a member of the Federal Congres ; Dr. James Priestly, father of Dr. Chas. S. Priestly, a prominent physician of Can- ton, and of Thomas M., William and James Priestly ; Thos. M. was sheriff of Madison for a number of years; Dr. Harvey, father of Captain Addison Harvey, the commander of the famous Harvey Scouts, and Hon. Geo. Harvey, former State Senator


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from Madison county ; Dr. Towler, Dr. Simms, who is still a leading physician of Canton; Dr. Phillips, Dr. Clanton, and the two Drs. Galloway.


Dr. Charles B. Galloway was the father of the distinguished divine and beloved Bishop, Charles B. Galloway, who at the time of his election was probably the youngest Methodist minis- ter ever promoted to the high station he so worthily fills. As a pulpit orator and great preacher he stands, and deservedly so, among the foremost of his most gifted co-workers in the cause of the Great Master.


The first road through what is now Madison county was cut by the troops of General Jackson, prior to the battle of New Orleans, and long before the organization of the county.


In an early day boats of one kind and another plying Big Black river were the only medium of communication of Madison county with the outer world. Boats came as high as Beaty's Bluff, where the log cabin court-house stood, and where the first court of the county was held, and brought such supplies as were needed by the early inhabitants, and carried off the surplus pro- ducts of the county.


The first towns in the county were Runnelsville, Williams- burg, and Madisonville, all three of which are extinct; then followed Camden, Sharon, Livingston and Vernon, the latter two much dilapidated by time. Sharon at one time supported most excellent schools, but after the destruction of the school build- ings, prior to the war, by fire, they were never rebuilt, and as a consequence the place continued to go down.


Canton, the county site, is eligibly located, and the public square very attractive. It has always held a prominent place in a commercial point of view, receiving a generous patronage from the surrounding country. The community comprising the town and vicinity is composed of intelligent, cultivated people.


Madison Station and Flora are each thrifty and prosperous railroad towns that enjoy a good business.


The principal streams are Big Black and Pearl rivers, the for- mer on the north-western boundary, and the latter on the south- eastern border. In addition are the Lime, Ash, Drakes, Tilda, Bogue, Bear, Persimmon and Hanging Moss Creeks.


The railroads in the county are the Illinois Central, and the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley, the latter running from Jackson, via Yazoo City, to Greenwood in Leflore county.


Madison county has 340,681 acres of cleared lands, more than


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any county in the State except Hinds. The average assessed value per acre of the cleared lands is $5.71. Total value of cleared lands, including incorporated towns, $1,947,616; the un- cleared, $3.18 per acre. In addition to corn, cotton and small grain, may be mentioned the extensive cultivation of strawber- ries, notably at, and in the vicinity of Madison Station, which are shipped to Cincinnati, Chicago and other northern cities. The county is prosperous.


The population of Madison as shown by the census report of 1890: White, 6,024; colored, 21,297; total, 27,321.


SENATORS.


REPRESENTATIVES.


1829-30 Henry W. Vick.


1831 Thomas Land.


1833 David Ford.


1835 Thomas Land.


1836-37 David W. Haley.


1838-39 David W. Haley.


1840-41 Henry Phillips.


1842 Robert Montgomery.


1843 Robert Montgomery.


1844 Robert Montgomery.


1846 William R. Miles.


1848-50 O. R. Singleton.


1852 O. R. Singleton.


1854 Wm. McWillie.


1856-57 S. J. Denson.


1858 S. J. Denson.


1859-60-61 J. R. Davis.


1861-62 O. A. Luckett.


, 1865-66-67 Mathew Lyle. I870-71 Alex Warner.


1872-73-74-75 Alex Warner.


1876 F. B. Pratt.


1877 F. B. Pratt.


1878 F. B. Pratt.


1880 Thos. T. Singleton.


1882 Robert C. Smith.


1884 George Harvey.


1886 George Harvey.


1888 John R. Cameron.


1890 John R. Cameron.


James R. Marsh.


C. B. Green.


Andrew E. Beatie.


David M. Fulton.


David M. Fulton, H. Phillips.


B. G. Marshall.


H. H. Offutt, R. M. Williamson.


H. A. H. Lawson.


O. R. Singleton, P. D. Ewing.


Samuel Ford, Patrick Henry.


C. C. Shackleford, H. S. Mitchell.


Oliver A. Luckett.


John J. Cooper, R. C. Saunders.


W. G. Kearney, James S. Reid.


James S. Reid.


James S. Reid.


Thomas M. Griffin.


W. B. Cunningham, J. M. Stroud, J. J. Spellman.


Alfred Handy, J. M. Stone, J. J. Spellman.


J. B. Yellowley, E. A. Stebbins, D. Jenkins.


J. B. Yellowley, E. A. Stebbins, Adams Simpson.


John R. Cameron, C. L. Gilmer, George Ed- wards.


C. L. Gilmer, W. G. Kearney, J. W. Downs.


L. F. Montgomery, Wm. Handy, M. Levy.


S. W. Lewis, J. F. Henry.


R. C. Lee, John Johnson.


J. R. Childress, C. W. O'Leary.


J. R. Childress, Robert Powell.


MARION COUNTY


Was established December 9th, 1811, and was named in memory of General Francis Marion, of South Carolina.


John Ford and Dugald Mclaughlin were delegates to the Con- stitutional Convention of 1817, and the latter was also a delegate to the Constitutional Convention held in the city of Jackson in 1832.


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Among the early settlers of the county were Stephen Foxworth 2 Dugald Mclaughlin, Benjamin Rawles, Wm. M. Rankin, John Ford, Ebenezer Ford, the latter the father of Gen. Thos. S. Ford, one of the most prominent lawyers in South Mississippi, who has represented the county in the Legislature, and served an unex- pired term as Attorney-General of the State, and was a mem- ber of the Constitutional Convention of 1890, from the State at large; Ebenezer Ford was also the father of Dr. Theodore B. Ford, who has been a member of both branches of the Legisla- ture ; Fleet Magee, Solomon Lott, Hope H. Lenoir, Francis B. Lenoir, who represented the county in the Legislature; John H. Webb, Wm. Stovall, Chas. Stovall, who was a member of the Legislature; Sampson Pope, Richardson Pope, Jacky Magee, Benjamin Hammond, Wm. Lott, Wm. Lewis, Abraham Ard, Merry Bracey ; the two latter served the county in the Legisla- ture.


Columbia, the county site, remained for many years the only town in the county. There are now in addition, Richburg, Purvis and Piotona ; the three latter places are located on the North- Eastern Railroad, and are growing rapidly.


The principal streams in the county are Pearl river, Upper and Lower Little rivers, Blace, Silver and Ten-mile creeks.


There are some nine mills and gins in the county.


There has been an increase of voters in the county within the last decade of not less than 85 per cent.


Stovall Springs, situated three miles above Columbia, was many years ago a noted and much frequented watering place in South Mississippi. There was a large and well equipped hotel at the Springs, managed and conducted by Wm. Stovall, and prior to the building of the railroads through the southern part of the State was frequented by wealthy and fashionable people. Scarcely a vestige of the hotel now remains.


There are about twenty-one miles of railroad in the county.


The number of acres of cleared land in the county, nor the value per acre could not be obtained from the records in Jackson or in the county.


The population of Marion county as shown.by the census re- port of 1890 : Whites, 6,478 ; colored, 3,054 ; total, 9,532.


SENATORS.


REPRESENTATIVES.


1820-'21 David Dickson.


Francis Lenoir.


1822 William Spencer.


1823 William Spencer.


Charles Stovall. Abraham Ard.


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1825-'26 Wiley P. Harris.


1827 Wiley P. Harris.


1828-'29 Wiley P. Harris.


1830 David Cleaveland.


William Lott.


IS33 Franklin Love.


1835 Jessee Harper.


Charles D. Learned.


1836 J. Y. McNabb.


Fleet Magee. Benjamin B. Barnes.


1839 Arthur Smith.


Alexander P. Black.


1840 Arthur Smith.


McGowen.


1841-'42 Arthur Fox.


McGowen.


1843-'44 Arthur Fox.


McGowen.


1846 Arthur Fox.


E. C. Stewart.


1848 W. A. Stone.


E. C. Stewart.


1850-'52 W. A. Stone.


E. C. Stewart.


1854 E. C. Stewart.


William J. Rankin.


1856-'57-'58 Wm. A. Stone.


William J. Rankin.


1859-'60-'61 William J. Rankin.


1861-'62 William J. Rankin.


Harris Barnes.


. 1865-'66-'67 John F. Smith.


John T. Foxworth. .


1872-'73 Jacob H. Seal.


Thos. S Ford.


1874-'75 T. P. Carter.


J. W. Foxworth.


1876-'77 J. P. Carter.


1878-'80 J. P. Carter.


Theo. B. Ford.


1882 Elliott Henderson.


Henry Pope.


1884 S. E Packwood.


Henry Pope.


1886 S. E. Packwood.


A. L Summers.


1888 Theo. B. Ford.


D M. Watkins.


1890 Theo. B. Ford.


J. M. Foxworth.


MARSHALL COUNTY,


Named in honor of the great jurist, John Marshall, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, was established Feb- ruary 9th, 1836.


Among the early settlers were Frederick Huling, circuit judge, and George Wilson, district attorney, Judge Alex. M. Clayton, who was both circuit and supreme judge, an able and painstak- ing lawyer, father-in-law of the present capable and popular cir- cuit judge, Hon. Jas. T. Fant ; Roger Barton, a prominent lawyer and politician ; Samuel Benton, an excellent lawyer, was Colonel of the Thirty-seventh Mississippi regiment, and was killed dur- ing the war; Hon. John W. C. Watson, a great lawyer, a Sena- tor in the Confederate States Congress, delegate to the Conven- tion in 1868, afterwards circuit judge for six years ; was the father of James Watson, a lawyer of high character, residing in Memphis, and of the late, Edward M. Watson, one of the most brilliant and promising young lawyers of the State ; the late Harvey W. Walter, a lawyer of high character, of courtly


Merry Bracey. Nathaniel Robbins. David Ford.


1831 William C. Cage.


William M. Rankin.


Charles D. Learned.


1838 Harmon Runnels.


W. H. Bishop.


1870-'71 Jacob H. Seal.


Michael Wilson.


John Gillis.


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and agreeable manners, served on the staff of General Bragg with the rank of Colonel, was at one time the nominee of the Whig party for Governor ; Joseph W. Chalmers was vice-chan- cellor and was appointed United States Senator to fill the va- cancy occasioned by the resignation of Robert J. Walker; was subsequently elected for the vacant term; he was the father of Gen. Jas. R., and the late H. H. Chalmers ; the former was dis- trict attorney, State Senator, and afterwards a member of Con- gress ; the latter, a lawyer of recognized ability, was serving his second term as supreme judge at the time of his death ; Hon. Alex. B. Bradford, who was Major of the famous First Mississippi regiment, commanded by Colonel Davis in Mexico ; he served in the State Legislature, and was an honorable, impulsive and gen- erous gentleman ; Major James F. Totten, P. W. Lucas, John H. Anderson and Wm. Finlay, lawyers. The foregoing gentlemen constituted the members of the bar of Marshall at an early day.


Among the early settlers may be numbered Dr. Barton, Dr. F. O. Caruthers, Wm. B. Taylor, John Pittman, Joseph and A. T. Caruthers, Randolph Mott, father of the gallant Brigadier-Gen- eral C. H. Mott ; Aaron Woodruff, Jesse Lewellen, Jesse P. Nor- fleet, Gordentia Waite, who was clerk of the probate court for twenty years ; John R. McCarroll, sheriff of the county for twenty years ; O. D. Watson, N. R. Sledge, John A. Leroy, Jas. Sims, Jas. Greer, Robt. S. Greer, who represented the county in both branches of the Legislature, as did Charles S. Thomas, John Gibbons and Wm. Davis; the Hull family, Wm. Crump, Andrew L., and John D. Martin, the Lamkin family, A. N. Mayer, Robert H. and Wm. Wall, J. W. Hill, John B. and Jas. W. Fant and Sanders Taylor, were planters of prominence; B. W. Wal- thall, a prominent citizen, highly respected, the father of General E. C. Walthall, a lawyer of distinction, a distinguished Major- General in the Confederate army, twice elected United States Sen- ator ; Judge R. S. Stith, an able, accurate and well-informed law- yer, the uncle of the late Hon. Kinloch Falconer, known so well throughout the western army as Adjutant-General ; after the war he was elected Lieut. Governor on the Humphreys ticket, that defeated the Constitution of 1868, and was subsequently elected Secretary of State, which position he held at the time of his death ; W. M. Strickland, who held the rank of Major in the Confeder- ate service, and a lawyer of high character and standing. In the Lamar neighborhood were Hon. Andrew R. Govan, a native of South Carolina, twice elected to Congress from that State, the


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father of Brigadier-General Govan, of Arkansas, and of Major George M. Govan, who has served as Clerk of the House of Rep- resentatives, member of the Legislature, and now filling his sec- ond term as Secretary of State; Dr. G. W. and Col. Wm. B. Smith, T. L. Treadwell, Dr. J. Y. Cummings, William Copwood, Thomas Mull, Thomas J. Henderson, Hon. Joseph W. Matthews, pre- viously mentioned. In the neighborhood of Mt. Pleasant were J. C. Barrett, Dr. Marshall, James H. Hale, John R. Norfleet, John Steger and William McFerren.


In the Early Grove vicinity were Maxwell Wilson, Major Barringer, the Franklins, Jas. Pool and D. A. Abernathy.


In the region of Bainesville were Wm. Bailey, John Barron, Jas. Wiseman, N. R. Carrington and Jonathan Bogen.


About Byhalia were Sterling Withers, Clark C. White, Wilson Durham, Absalom Myers, father of the late Col. George C. Myers, who commanded a regiment in the war, and for years clerk of the circuit court, also of Hon. Henry C. Myers, who was sheriff of the county and served two terms as Secretary of State ; W. J. Williams, Stephen, D. Y. and Robert Harris, and the families of Rainford.


About Wall Hill and Watson were Wm. Wall, John Sharp, . Levi Fowler, Harvey Nichols, Simpson Payne and Isaac McCamp- bell.


The early settlers near Chulahoma, were C. P. Strickland, R. C. Goodall, Thos. Lane, Wm. McEwen, Dr. C. S. Brown, W. W. Nevil, Wm. D. Ellis, Solomon Dutz, D. M. Young, D. M. Davis, Joseph Dean, father of Hon. R. A. Dean, State Senator from Lafayette, and a delegate from that county to the Constitu- tional Convention of 1890; Edward Cox, Volney Peel, Edward Norfleet, Wm. Echols, Jas. Glover, A. P. Armstead, L. M. James, Chas. Eastman.


In the Black Border neighborhood were Jeremiah Tucker, a Baptist minister, John R. Strickland, F. Woods, Samuel and W. P. Johnson.


Waterford was settled by Dr. Thos. J. Malone, prior to the organization of the county, and soon after came James Moring. Wilcox Jones, John and Elijah Bordneau, Jack Peace, John and George Sherman, Harris O. Allen and Jas. Greer.


In the neighborhood of Bethlehem and Potts' Camp were E. F. Potts, John Morgan, William Poe, Wm. Cook, D. A. Alvis and the Jarnegans.


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In the vicinity of Hudsonville were Capt. Peters, Robert Hunt, John McKee, Peter Seals, Dabney Miner, Wm. Arthur, Spear- man and Kemp Holland.


The following are the principal towns in the county : Holly Springs, the county site, Byhalia, Red Banks, Victoria, Potts' Camp; the last four named are situated on the Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham Railroad; Hudsonville and Water- ford are situated on the Illinois Central Railroad.


The following towns in the county are not located on any railroad : Mount Pleasant, Early Grove, Oak Grove, Bainesville, Watson, Wall Hill, Chulahoma, Bethlehem and Cornersville.


The county is penetrated by two important railroads. The Il- linois Central enters the State in Benton county and runs nearly south by the city of Holly Springs, the full length of the county, a distance of twenty-seven miles. The Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham Railroad enters the county on the north-west bor- der, and runs south-east through the county a distance of thirty- six miles.


The principal streams in the county are Cold Water and Lit- tle Cold Water, penetrating the north-west portion of the county, Pigeon Roost, and Chuffawah on the west, Chewalla; Big Spring,. and Little Spring Creeks, and Tippah and Tallahatchie rivers.


Holly Springs, or "the City of Flowers," is eligibly located and widely known for the hospitality and culture of its people.


Marshall county has 172,725 acres of cleared land; average value per acre as rendered to the assessor, $5.71. Total value of cleared lands, including incorporated towns and cities, $1,- 641,462.


The population of this county as shown by the census report of 1890 : Whites, 9,533; colored, 16,508 ; total, 26,041.


SENATORS.


REPRESENTATIVES.


1837 Claiborne Kyle.


1838 Claiborne Kyle.


K. S. Holland, B. C. Harley, B. Hill, Wm. Davis.


1839 Claiborne Kyle.


Roger Barton, K. S. Holland B. Hill, B. C. Harley.


1840 Claiborne Kyle.


L. R. Grey, T. Mull, J. W. Mathews, D. S. Greer.


1841 Wm. R. Harley.


J. J. Finley, H. O. Allen, W. Crump. H. H. Means


1842-'43 Joseph W. Matthews.


1844 Joseph W. Matthews.


1846 Joseph W. Matthews.


H. O. Allen, R. S. Greer.


R. S. Greer, J. L. Totien, J. J. Steger, Robt. Josselyn.


J. L. Totten, E. F. Potts, T. J. Malone, J. H. Cowan.


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1848 R. S. Greer. 1850 R. S. Greer.


1852. R. S. Greer.


1854 R. S. Greer. IS56-'57 R. S. Greer.


1858 William T. Mason.


1859 William T. Mason.


1860-'61 William T. Mason.


1861-'62 Robert S. Greer.


. 1865-'66-'67 J. H. R. Taylor. IS70-'71 Henry M. Paine. 1872 Henry M. Paine.


E. Buchanan, W. L. Jones, E. P. Hatch. W. F. Hyer, John Calhoon, J. H. Tucker, E. H. Crump.


W. F. Hyer, John Calhoon, J. H. Tucker, E. H. Crump.


N. G. Gill, A. A. Rodgers, R. Williams, A. Peal.


W. S. Featherston, J. C. Amacker, E. Al- drich, Wm. C. Warren.


E. Aldrich, Wm. C. Warren, W. R. Mont- gomery, R. Cunningham.


W. S. Featherston, S. W. Mullins, E. J. Marett, G. C. Selby.


1882 W. F. Hyer.


1884 W. F. Hyer.


J. W. C. Watson, S. W. Mullins, R. A. Baird.


1886 Thos. M. Kemp.


18SS Thos. M. Kemp. 1890 M. J. Mckinney.


J. J. Steger, C. L. Thomas, J. C. Ander- son, R. Phillips.


Roger Barton, C. L. Thomas, T. J. Malone, C. H. Mott. Samuel Benton, Jas. H. R. Taylor, A. B. Bradford, J. C. Gobbins.


J. L. Autry, Thomas Mull, Russell Dean. J. L. Autry, J. L. Dunlap, T. J. Hudson, J. W. Clapp.


T. J. Hudson, J. L. Autry, J. R. Norfleet, R. Phillips.


B. R. Long, T. L. Dunlap, R. Dean, J. L. Hudson, A. Q. Withers.


J. L. Hudson, T. L. Dunlap, R. Dean, B. R. Long, W. A. Withers.


W. M. Compton, G. H. Mosely, F. J. Ma- lone, J. R. Daniel, A. Q. Withers. Wm. Wall, J. R. Daniel, R. P. Brown, A. M. Lyles. B. T. Weber.


IS73 I874-'75 Geo. Albright. 1876-'77 Geo. Albright. IS78 A. M. West.


ISSO A. M. West.


A. F. Brown, R. J. McCall, G. W. McKie, W. D. Rodman.


W. J. Mckinney, R. A. Baird, G. W. Mc- Kie.


W. J. Mckinney, T. B. Luck, R. S. Greer. A. M. West, Ed. S. Watson, J. T. Brown.


CHAPTER XXX.


MONROE COUNTY


W AS established February 9th, 1821, and was named in honor of President James Monroe. At the time of its organization the county embraced the territory out of which Lowndes county, nine years later, was carved. Hamilton, a few miles above Buttahatchie river, was the first county site, and at the time of its location a trading point of considerable impor- tance.


Among the early settlers were Col. Austin Willis, Mr. Cocke, the father of Chancellor Stephen Cocke; Daniel W. Wright, the Cravens, Alexanders, Sandersons, Branches, Fords, Dr. Higga- son, Jacob Loughridge, Isaac Dyche, William Morse, and Ben. T. Reese ; Henry Hardy, John Colter, John Ross, the Echolls, Martins, Farrisses and Hutchinsons. In the northern portion of the county were John Wise, Abner Dyer, Kirk and Mark Prew- itt, the Mckinneys and Parchmans.


In the prairies, when first brought into cultivation, and at the time almost unsurpassed in the production of cotton, were the Walkers, Randles and Evans, one of whom was the father of Captain Joe Evans, the present State Treasurer. There were also the three Sykes brothers, Rev. Simon B., Drs. Wm. A. and Augustus Sykes. The first was a minister of the gospel of high character and comfortable fortune. He was the father-in-law of Judge Frank Rodgers, who many of the people of the State will remember as the nominee of the Whig party for Governor of the State in opposition to John J. McRae. He served his judi- cial district with great acceptability as circuit judge and was a gentleman of fine presence and agreeable address. On the hotly contested field of Fort Donelson he laid down his life in defence of the Southern cause. Dr. William A. Sykes was a gentleman of superior judgment, and was highly respected for his christian virtues. He was the father of Captains Thos. B., Eugene O. and Dr. Granville Sykes. Captain Thos. B. Sykes served two




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