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A native Mississippian, Dr. J. W. Young, physician and surgeon, Grenada, Miss., was born in Carroll, now Montgomery county, Miss., in October, 1846, and was the son of Samuel H. and Kate (Small) Young, the father born in Albemarle county, Va., in 1821, and the mother in Tipton county, Tenn., about 1826. The parents were married in Carroll county, Miss., in 1845, and there Mr. Young passed the remainder of his days, his death occurring in 1861. He was a planter and bookkeeper and was once mayor of Old Middleton. He was an elder in the Presbyterian church. Mr. Young had two brothers, John O. and David Lucian, both of whom came to Carroll county, and there the former spent the balance of his days. John O. was a successful merchant at Middleton and held the office of sheriff for seven years. His death occurred in 1866. David Lucian is now living and is engaged in merchandising at Winona. He was postmaster there under Cleveland. Grandfather Harry Small was probably born in Montgomery county, Tenn., and died in Tipton county of that state when Mrs. Young was but six years of age. The latter came at once to Carroll county, Miss., with her uncle, Maj. John T. Brown, and there she grew to womanhood. She now makes her home with her son, Dr. J. W. Young. She was one of the pioneers of Carroll county
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and has seen its development from a wilderness to its present prosperous condition. She is a devout member of the Presbyterian church and a lady highly esteemed. To her marriage were born six children- three sons and three daughters-who are named in the order of their births as follows: Dr. J. W .; Samuel H., of the firm of Gauss & Shelton, of St. Louis; Harry S., now a prominent attorney of Covington, Tenn., was educated at Davidson college, N. C .; Mary J., wife of James W. Green, a planter of Tipton county, Tenn .; Elizabeth A., wife of John McCain, the present sheriff of Carroll county, and Nannie W. Dr. J. W. Young was educated at Old Middleton, and in 1864 he joined Armstrong's brigade, First Missis- sippi cavalry, and joined Johnston's army at Rome, Ga., fighting all the way to Atlanta, and was sent back with Hood. He was left on detached service in northern Alabama and was afterward captured at Selma, of that state, but was soon after paroled at Columbus, Ga. He then returned home and assisted his mother, who was left a widow with several small children to provide for and no visible means of support, as the property was all destroyed. The Doctor being the eldest, the means of support devolved upon him, and but for his inde- fatigable will and good management he would have given up in despair, for it was a hard struggle for many years. He succeeded in educating the children and keeping them together, and in the meantime studied medicine with an uncle, Dr. W. W. Lidell, of Carroll county, graduating from the medical department of the University of Louisiana, at New Orleans (now Tulane university), in 1869. He practiced at Smithville, in Carroll county, for a year, and then at Teoc until February, 1890, after which he removed to Grenada for better educa- tional privileges. There he formed a partnership with Dr. G. W. Trimble, which at once brought him into prominence and a good practice. He is a leading member of the State Medical association and is a man of energy and enterprise. He is a man of good habits, is moral and upright, has made a success of life and is very popular in the community. He is the owner of a fine plantation of about one thousand five hundred acres in Carroll county and is devoted to stockraising, principally Jersey cattle. He was married in 1873 to Miss Mollie L. McCain, daughter of N. H. and Jane (Topp) McCain, born in Mecklenburg county, N. C., aud Tennessee, respectively. Her parents came to Mississippi and were mar- ried in this state. The father followed planting in Carroll county and there died in 1881. Soon after he came to this state he was for a number of years teacher in the Female school, at Columbus. He was a fine scholar. His wife lives at Teoc, in Carroll county. Mrs. Young was born in Columbus, Miss. To the Doctor and wife have been born eight children, one son and six daughters living. He and wife are members of the Presbyterian church, in which he is an elder. He is a member of Ivanhoe lodge No. 8, Knights of Pythias, and is also a member of the Farmers' Alliance. He has always been active in politics and has fre- quently been solicited to run for office, but as often refused. He is the present chairman of the state senatorial democratic committee, was chairman of Carroll county democratic central committee, also of prohibition executive county committees, and is a member of the congres- sional committee. He has been a delegate to state conventions several times and represented his congressional district in the democratic national convention at St. Louis in 1888.
Robert Semple Young, planter, Natchez, Miss. Mr. Young's father, Dr. Benjamin Farar Young, was born in Philadelphia, Penn., in 1798, although the home of his parents was in Pointe Coupee parish, La., and he received an academic education at the University of Pennsylvania. He also graduated in physic from that institution, but did not practice his profession, preferring rather to devote his time and attention to his large planting interests in Louisiana and Adams county, Miss. He was married in Wilkinson county, Miss., in 1824, to Miss Catherine Semple, who was originally from West Feliciana parish, La., born in 1806.
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The fruits of this union were two children: Jane Semple, who became the wife of James W. Metcalfe (deceased), and Robert Semple, the subject of this sketch. Mrs. Young, who was a consistent member of the Episcopal church, died in 1833, and soon after Mr. Young mar- ried Miss Martha J. Wade. In 1835 they came to Adams county, Miss., and settled on the Beaux Pres plantation, where he made a lovely and attractive home. He died in 1860 and was also a member of the Episcopal church. He was a man of positive character, clear, intellect and excellent business ability, and was fitted in every way to make life a success. He was quiet and unassuming and never aspired to office. He left a handsome property. His father, Hon. Samuel Charles Young, was born in Philadelphia, Penn., in 1771, was educated and married there, and in 1795 removed to Pointe Coupee parish, La., thence to New Orleans, where he died in 1832. He was educated as a lawyer, but inherited a large estate and for about fifteen years was engaged in planting in Pointe Coupee parish, but afterward devoted his attention to his profession, becoming a very successful lawyer in New Orleans. He was at one time an alderman of that city and while in that office was sent as a special commissioner to Washington city in behalf of his adopted city, to obtain from con- gress the grant to the city of New Orleans of all the public property within the city limits, including the public grounds, wharfs, etc. He was afterward sent to Europe in behalf of the city to whose interests he was devoted, greatly to the neglect of his own. He was a leading attorney and was well known and esteemed. He was the son of Samuel Young, a native of Philadelphia, who there spent his entire life as a successful merchant, and who in turn was the son of John Young, a native of England. The last named when a child came to America and very successfully pursued the business of ship chandler at Philadelphia, where he spent the remaining years of his life. Mr. Young's grandfather, Robert Semple, was a native of Carlisle, Penn., and began life as an ensign under Gen. Anthony Wayne in his northwestern Indian campaign. He afterward came to the Southwest as adjutant of the First United States infantry and was located at Fort Adams, where he died. He was a wealthy planter and was prominent in public affairs, having held various local offices. He was county magistrate and captain in the mounted cavalry, etc. His wife died at Fort Adams also. She was formerly Isabella Turnbull, a native of Mobile, Ala., and was a daughter of John Turnbull, who was a Scotch adventurer connected with the English army in west Florida for a number of years. The latter passed the closing scenes of his life in Baton Rouge as an extensive land speculator and Indian trader and became very rich. The father of our subject had four children by his second marriage: Margaret A. died in 1875. Samuel Charles, now district judge at St. Joseph, La., an able lawyer and well-to-do planter, was educated at Oakland college and at the University of Pennsylvania. He was a soldier in General Forrest's cavalry. Wade Ross was educated in the University of Virginia and is now a lawyer and planter of Vicksburg. He was a soldier in the Virginia and Tennessee armies. William Conner is the present sheriff of Tensas parish, La., which position he has held for ten or twelve years. He was a lieutenant in the Second Louisiana cavalry in the Tennessee army and was afterward on Red river. Robert Semple Young was born in Wilkinson county, Miss., in 1832, graduated from Yale college in 1853, and began life as a planter on his father's plantation in Louisiana, making that his principal occupation through life. At the breaking out of war he joined the Jeff Davis legion and served one year in the Virginia army, being in many of the principal engagements. He then served one year with Adams' cavalry in the Tennessee army and was captured during the siege of Vicks- burg as a spy. He soon escaped, however, and although he was captured several times . after this, he escaped soon after. After his service of one year in the Tennessee army he
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served about a year on Red river in the Second Louisiana cavalry. During Cleveland's administration Mr. Young served as inspecting officer in the surveyor's department of the customhouse at New Orleans. He is still a resident of the old Beaux Pres plantation, eight miles southeast of Natchez, which consists of five hundred acres. Mr. Young is an intelligent gentleman whom it is a pleasure to meet. He is single.
The following sketch was received too late for alphabetical insertion:
Dr. Robert J. Lyles, Byhalia, Miss. The subject of this sketch is the fifth son of Archibald M. Lyles, of Baltimore, Md., and Harriet Feaster Lyles, of Virginia, who moved to Kentucky in 1831. Locating in Logan county, the father engaged in the practice of law, where continuous success elevated him to the position of district judge. Every worthy enterprise won his earnest, liberal support, and his generosity and hospitality amounted almost to prodigality. He was a devout Christian, a member of the Presbyterian church, and much of the success that attended his long, happy life, reflected the Christian influence of his amiable wife. Dr. Robert J. Lyles was born near Russellville, Ky., in 1842. Here his education was begun, and even at an early age gave evidence of the genius that marked his career in later years. When the vicissitudes of the Civil war came on he joined Colonel Hunt's Fifth Kentucky regiment, General Hanson's brigade, Breckinridge's division, and followed the changing fortunes of the South till the close of the struggle, bearing home the proud consciousness that he had done his duty, and a wound in the side to attest his valor for the lost cause. After graduating at the School of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, with the class of 1868, he located at Triune, Tenn., where he remained until 1870. In 1871 he married the accomplished Mrs. S. C. Parr, a daughter of Joseph Aber- nathy, a prominent lawyer and member of the legislature of Missouri, who moved to Ten- nessee prior to his daughter's marriage. The Doctor then located at Byhalia, Miss., where, by his social magnetism and superior qualifications, he has built up an extensive practice. Thor- oughly devoted to his profession, and happily blending the practical and theoretical, we find in him all that pre-eminently characterizes the true physician. Indeed, in all that pertains to the progressive steps of his profession, he is a leading spirit and an active worker in its asso- ciations. To courteous manners, a candid, fearless spirit, and high intellectual attainments, he joins the lavish generosity of his worthy father, and his home, blessed by an entertaining, hospitable wife, a fascinating daughter and two sons, offers a hearty welcome to hosts of friends.
Errata, Omissions, Additions, Etc.
Page 22. In line three read "Liberia " instead of "Siberia."
Page 24. " Amos B. Johnston " should be " Amos R. Johnston."
Page 29. "E. N. Yerger " should be "E. M. Yerger."
Page 235. The word " Okolona " is misspelled.
Page 243. "Marsckalk " should be "Marschalk," and "I. F. H. Claiborne " should be " J. F. H. Claiborne."
Page 245. " John I. McRae " should be "John J. McRae."
Pages 246 and 249. "Samuel D. Harper " should be " Sam D. Harper."
Page 247. The date in the top line should be 1866 instead of 1870.
Page 248. "J. M. Partridge " should be "I. M. Partridge," "E. W. Yerger" should be "E. M. Yerger " and " J. L. Powers" should be " J. L. Power."
Page 249. "I. M. Howry" should be "J. M. Howry " and "L. W. Garrett" should be "L. M. Garrett."
Page 250. In line nine from the bottom there should be no comma after " Miss."
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Page 251. "A. B. Hurst" should be " A. B. Hurt."
Page 273. Vol. I. Although the name came from the War Department as "Capt. James Kemps " the publishers think the name should be " Kemper."
Page 310. The date in line twelve should be "1833" instead of "1883."
Page 315.
Third line from the bottom read " union school " instead of " university school."
Page 316.
Third line from the bottom read "four " instead of "forty."
Page 323. In lines four and five read "Early in 1848" instead of "In January, 1848."
Page 325. In ninth line from the bottom read "Confederate States army " instead of " Con- federate States of America."
Page 329. In line fourteen "LL. B." should be " B. L. U."
Page 332. In line three from the bottom read " Lipsey" instead of " Tipsey."
Page 334. In line ten from the bottom read "Featherstun " instead of "Featherston."
Page 344. In line twelve read " William W. Rivers " instead of " Rev. William Rivers."
Page 346. In line twenty-two read "Lexington Normal college" instead of "Lexington Normal school."
Page 347. At the close of the chapter it speaks of "two" chapters on education and of a "corresponding " chapter in Volume I. The two chapters were united in one in Volume II.
Page 395. In line nine from the bottom the word "Manor" should follow the word "Saunders."
Pages 399-400. The given name of the mother of the Marshall brothers was given differently by them; the publishers could not reconcile the discrepancy.
Page 423. In the sixth line read " Mayers " instead of " Myers."
Page 427. Read "Mrs. Dona Meeks " instead of "Miss Dona Meeks."
Page 430. Read "Merrill " instead of " Merill."
Page 682.
The date of the birth of Reuben J. Right should be 1834 instead of 1884.
Page 762. In line twelve read " fifth" instead of " third" and in line thirty-one read " Lida " instead of "Lydia."
Page 769. "John M. Simonton " should be followed by a comma.
The map in Vol. I. entitled " Map of the Mississippi country in 1764" should be entitled "Copy of a map of the Mississippi country made in 1764."
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The matter indicated below for Volume I, was, much of it, received or returned revised too late to be indexed in its due order; hence this supplementary index.
PAGE.
PAGE.
Addenda, Errors and Omission 1247
Harvey, W. H. 888
Alcorn, William A., Jr.
291
Hill, Robert Andrews. 922
Allen, David J. 300
Hudspeth, George W 970
Anderson, William W
306
Ivy, J. W. 1007
Johnson, J. E. 1036
Johnson, Mrs. Mary
1041
Johnson, Matthew F
1029
Johnson, Samuel M.
1037
Buckley, James M.
1163
Campbell, William R.
498
Campbell, William R., Sr., and William R., Jr.
499
Carmack, Dr. Frank T.
512
Lowry, Dr. M. J.
1160
Cato, Edwin.
533
Lynch, James D.
1164
Cauthen, John B
534
Chalmers, Gen. James R.
535
Cochran, M. D., Thomas J
560
Collins, Elisha P.
574
McGehee, M. D., Thomas W 1203
McLeod, John W. 1227
Forman, George D.
758
McNeill, Dr. G. H .. 1235
Foxworth, John and Eugene E.
765
McNutt, Gov. Alex. G.
1236
Grafton, J. M.
808
McRee, Samuel P 1240
Harrison, LL. D., M. D., William H. 882
McCarty, Michael. 1175
McFarland, Baxter 1088
McGehee, Hon. J. Burruss. 1203
Cowan, Capt. J. J.
596
Ligon, B. T.
1131
Carr, John W
514
Berry, Rev. W. E. and the Berry family. 1159
Buck, Edward Jefferies, Nathaniel Jefferies and William Henry .
453
Lemly family, Percy, Samuel, Col. Samuel and William Steele Lemly 1118, 1119
Taylor, Mrs. Dr. Littleton L 1180
MEMOIRS OF MISSISSIPPI.
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POPULATION OF MISSISSIPPI BY MINOR CIVIL DIVISIONS .*
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
CENSUS OFFICE,
WASHINGTON, D. C., October 13, 1891.
This bulletin gives the population of the state of Mississippi in detail by counties, beats, cities, wards of cities, towns and villages according to the official count of the returns made under the eleventh census, taken as of June 1, 1890; also the population of the same divisions according to the census of 1880, in order to show the increase or decrease during the decade. The population of the state under the census of 1880 was 1,131,597; under the present census the population returned is 1,289,600, an increase of 158,003, or 13.96 per cent. Since 1880 Pearl River county has been organized from parts of Hancock and Marion counties. The name of Sumner county has been changed to Webster. Of the seventy-five counties in the state eleven show decreases. The summary which follows gives the population of each county according to the censuses of 1890 and 1880, and the increase or decrease in number and per cent .:
POPULATION.
INCREASE.
COUNTIES.
1890,
1880.
Number.
Per cent.
The state
1,289,600 1,131,597
158,003
13.96
Adams
26,031
22,649
3,382
14.93
Alcorn
13,115
14,272
a1,157
a8.11
Amite
18,198
14,004
4,194
29.95
Attala
22,213
19,988
2,225
11.13
Benton
10,585
11,023
a438
a3.97
Bolivar .
29,980
18,652
11,328
60.73
Calhoun
14,688
13,492
1,196
8.86
Carroll
18,773
17,795
978
5.50
Chickasaw
19,891
17,905
1,986
11.09
Choctaw
10,847
9,036
1,811
20.04
Claiborne.
14,516
16,768
a2,252
a13.43
Clarke
15,826
15,021
805
5.36
Clay
18,607
17,367
1,240
7.14
Coahoma
18,342
13,568
4,774
35.19
Copiah
30,233
27,552
2,681
9.73
Covington
8,299
5,993
2,306
38.48
De Soto.
24,183
22,924
1,259
5.49
Franklin
10,424
9,729
695
7.14
Greene.
3,906
3,194
712
22.29
Grenada .
14,974
12,071
2,903
24.05
Hancock.
8,318
6,439
1,879
29.18
* Special report to the Goodspeed Publishing Company.
a Decrease.
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SUMMARY BY COUNTIES-CONTINUED.
COUNTIES.
POPULATION.
INCREASE.
1890.
1880.
Number.
Per cent.
Harrison
12,481
7,895
4,586
58.09
Hinds
39,279
43,958
a4,679
a10.64
Holmes .
30,970
27,164
3,806
14.01
Issaquena
12,318
10,004
2,314
23.13
Itawamba .
11,708
10,663
1,045
9.80
Jackson
11,251
7,607
3,644
47.90
Jasper
14,785
12,126
2,659
21.93
Jefferson
18,947
17,314
1,633
9.43
Jones
8,333
3,828
4,505
117.69
Kemper
17,961
15,719
2,242
14.26
Lafayette
20,553
21,671
«1,118
a5.16
Lauderdale
29,661
21,501
8,160
37.95
Lawrence
12,318
9,420
2,898
30.76
Leake
14,803
13,146
1,657
12.60
Lee . .
20,040
20,470
a430
@2.10
Le Flore
16,869
10,246
6,623
64.64
Lincoln
17,912
13,547
4,365
32.22
Lowndes . .
27,047
28,244
a1,197
a4.24
Madison
27,321
25,866
1,455
5.63
Mario
9,532
6,901
2,631
38.12
Marshall
26,043
29,330
2,177
7.62
Montgomery
14,459
13,348
1,111
8.32
Neshoba
11,146
8,741
2,405
27.51
Newton
16,625
13,436
3,189
23.73
Noxubee
27,338
29,874
a2,536
@8.49
Oktibbeha
17,694
15,978
1,716
10.74
Panola .
26,977
28,352
a1,375
a4.85
Perry
6,494
3,427
3,067
89.50
Pike. .
21,203
16,688
4,515
27.06
Pontotoc
14,940
13,858
1,082
7.81
Prentiss
13,679
12,158
1,521
12.51
Quitman
3,286
1,407
1,879
133.55
Rankin
17,922
16,752
1,170
6.98
Scott.
11,740
10,845
895
8.25
Sharkey
8,382
6,306
2,076
32.92
Simpson
10,138
8,008
2,130
26.60
Smith
10,635
8,088
2,547
31.49
Sunflower
9,384
4,661
4,723
101.33
Tallahatchie. .
14,361
10,926
3,435
31.44
Tate.
19,253
18,721
532
2.84
Tippah .
12,951
12,867
84
0.65
Tishomingo
9,302
8,774
528
6.02
Tunica .
12,158
8,461
3,697
43.69
Union
15,606
13,030
2.576
19.77
Warren
33,164
31,238
1,926
6.17
a3,287
a11.21
Monroe
30,730
28,553
Pearl River
2,957
2,957
a Decrease.
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SUMMARY BY COUNTIES-CONTINUED.
POPULATION.
INCREASE.
COUNTIES.
1890.
1880.
Number.
Per cent.
Washington
40,414
25,367
15,047
59.32
Wayne. .
9,817
8,741
1,076
12.31
Webster
12,060
9,534
2,526
26.49
Wilkinson
17,592
17,815
a223
a1.25
Winston .
12,089
10,087
2,002
19.85
Yalobusha
16,629
15,649
980
6.26
Yazoo
36,394
33,845
2,549
7.53
The population of the nineteen cities and towns having 2,000 or more inhabitants, in the order of their rank, is as follows:
POPULATION.
INCREASE.
CITIES AND TOWNS.
COUNTIES.
1890.
1880.
Number. Per cent.
Vicksburg city
Warren
13,373
11,814
1,559
13.20
Meridian city
Lauderdale
10,624
4,008
6,616
165.07
Natchez city
Adams
10,101
7,058
3,043
43.11
Greenville town
Washington
6,658
2,191
4,467
203.88
Jackson city
Hinds
5,920
5,204
716
13.76
Columbus city
Lowndes
4,559
3,955
604
15.27
Aberdeen city
Monroe
3,449
2,339
1,110
47.46
Yazoo City
Yazoo
3,286
2,542
744
29.27
Biloxi city
Harrison
3,234
1,540
1,694
110.00
Wesson town
Copiah
3,168
1,707
1,461
85.59
Water Valley town
Yalobusha
2,832
2,220
612
27.57
West Point town.
Clay
2,762
1,786
976
54.65
Grenada town.
Grenada
2,416
1,914
502
26.23
McComb City town
Pike
2,383
1,982
401
20.23
Holly Springs city
Marshall
2,246
2,370
a124
a5.23
Brookhaven town
Lincoln
2,142
1,615
527
32.63
Canton city.
Madison
2,131
2,083
48
2.30
Corinth city .
Alcorn
2,111
2,275
a164
a7.21
Okolona town
Chickasaw
2,099
1,858
241
12.97
a Decrease.
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The following table gives the population of each county in detail by minor civil divisions; also the population of all incorporated places, and of all unincorporated places having two hundred inhabitants or more, as far as it has been possible to make the separation from the returns of the enumerators:
MINOR CIVIL DIVISIONS.
1890.
1880.
ADAMS COUNTY
26,031
22,649
Beat 1, including Natchez city
15,393
12,058
Natchez city
10,101
7,058
Ward 1
2,351
Ward 2.
4,329
Ward 3.
1,736
Ward 4.
1,685
Beat 2
2,574
2,600
Beat 3
1,930
1,834
Beat 4.
2,850
2,679
Beat 5
3,284
3,478
ALCORN COUNTY.
Beat 1, including Corinth city and Wenasoga town (a).
Corinth city
Ward 1.
270
Ward 2
952
Ward 3
193
Ward 4.
554
Ward 5.
142
2,634
2,567
Beat 3, including Rienzi town (a).
2,136
2,713
Beat 4, including Kossuth town.
2,384
2,938
Kossuth town
165
132
Beat 5.
2,150
1,880
AMITE COUNTY
18,198
14,004
Beat 1, including Liberty town (a).
4,161
3,823
Beat 2.
3,483
2,648
Beat 3, including Gloster town
4,779
2,798
Gloster town
3,183
2,586
Beat 4.
2,592
2,149
Gillsburg town.
ATTALA COUNTY
Beat 1. Kosciusko, including Kosciusko town
4,968
4,230
Kosciusko town
1,394
1,126
Beat 2. Northeast, including McCool town
3,752
3,122
McCool town ..
246
Beat 3. Mitchell Mills
3,766
3,166
Beat 4. Newport, including Newport and Sallis towns
52
107
Newport town.
156
132
Sallis town
4,555
3,746
Beat 5. Center
13,115
14,272
3,811
4,174
2,111
2,275
Beat 2. .
1,142
Beat 5, including Gillsburg town
95
22,213
19,988
5,172
5,724
a Not separately returned.
1098
BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL
MINOR OIVIL DIVISIONS.
1890.
1880.
BENTON COUNTY.
10,585
11,023
Beat 1.
2,121
2,082
Beat 2, including Lamar town (a) and Michigan City
3,095
3,803
Michigan City ..
129
91
Beat 3, including Ashland town. Ashland town
138
174
Beat 4. .
1,175
1,242
Beat 5, including Hickory Flat town
1,967
1,339
Hickory Flat town.
293
BOLIVAR COUNTY
29,980
18,652
Beat 1.
4,729
2,276
Beat 2, including Concordia town (a).
6,817
3,956
Beat 3, including Cleveland (a) and Rosedale towns
7,359
3,980
Rosedale town
376
Beat 4, including Bolivar town
4,159
4,036
Bolivar town ..
102
Beat 5, including Huntington and Shaw towns
6,916
4,404
Huntington town
155
Shaw town
201
CALHOUN COUNTY
14,688
13,492
Beat 1, including Pittsboro town (a)
3,070
2,915
Beat 2. .
2,517
2,217
Beat 3, including Banner town (a).
2,939
2,803
Beat 4.
3,409
3,103
Beat 5.
2,753
2,454
CARROLL COUNTY
18,773
17,795
Beat 1
2,132
1,948
Beat 2
2,411
2,002
Beat 3. .
4,026
3,690
Beat 4, including Carrollton town Carrollton town ..
488
394
Beat 5, including Vaiden town
4,839
5,033
Vaiden town .
533
526
CHICKASAW COUNTY
19,891
17,905
Beat 1, including Houston town
3,108
2,425
Houston town
893
480
Beat 2, including Houlka town
3,382
5,413
Houlka town ..
99
Beat 3, including Okolona town
4,694
3,523
Okolona town.
2,099
1,858
Beat 4, including Buena Vista and Egypt towns (a).
4,325
3,860
Beat 5, including Atlanta town (a)
4,382
2,684
CHOCTAW COUNTY.
10,847
9,036
Beat 1, including Chester town (a)
2,290
2,327
Beat 2. . .
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