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2,490
1,854
Beat 3, including French Camp village French Camp village ..
2,214
1,862
Beat 4, including Weir town (a)
1,338
1,341
Beat 5, including Ackerman town (a) .
2,515
1,652
2,227
2,557
a Not separately returned.
267
420
5,365
5,122
1099
MEMOIRS OF MISSISSIPPI.
MINOR CIVIL DIVISIONS.
1890.
1880.
CLAIBORNE COUNTY.
14,516
16,768
Beat 1, including Port Gibson town.
4,954
4,790
Port Gibson town.
1,524
Beat 2
2,366
2,180
Beat 3
2,360
2,466
Beat 4.
2,616
4,198
Beat 5, including Martin town
2,220
3,134
Martin town.
76
CLARKE COUNTY
15,826
15,021
Beat 1. Quitman, including Quitman town.
2,492
2,521
Quitman town
395
410
Beat 2. Shubuta, including Shubuta town .
4,115
4,324
Shubuta town .
589
754.
Beat 3. Enterprise, including Enterprise town (a)
4,690
4,226
Beat 4. Energy
1,750
1,050
Beat 5. Maxville
2,779
2,900
CLAY COUNTY .
18,607
17,367-
Beat 1.
3,006
2,921
Beat 2, including West Point town.
5,913
5,251
West Point town
2,762
1,786
Beat 3
3,786
3,668
Beat 4.
2,979
3,237
Beat 5
2,923
2,290
COAHOMA COUNTY
18,342
13,568
Beat 1.
2,480
1,744
Beat 2, including Friar Point town
4,456
3,333
Friar Point town
674
676
Beat 3, including Jonestown town.
3,908
2,919
Jonestown town.
286
147
Beat 4, including Clarksdale town
4,743
4,060
Clarksdale town
2,755
1,512
COPIAH COUNTY
30,233
27,552
Beat 1, including Gallman and Hazlehurst towns (a).
6,237
7,518
Beat 2, including Beauregard (a), Hewitt Springs (a), and Wesson towns.
6,530
5,523
Wesson town
4,659
3,882
Beat 4.
7,381
6,458
Crystal Springs village. ...
997
915
COVINGTON COUNTY
8,299
5,993
Beat 1. Williamsburg
1,830
1,164
Beat 2. Watts ..
1,155
898
Beat 3. Holloday Creek
1,508
974
Beat 4. Mount Carmel.
2,239
1,913
Beat 5. Ocoha.
1,567
1,044
a Not separately returned.
QQQ
3,168
1,707
Beat 3
5,426
4,171
Beat 5, including Crystal Springs village.
781
Beat 5
1100
BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL
MINOR CIVIL DIVISIONS.
1890.
1880.
DE SOTO COUNTY .
24,183
22,924
Beat 1 (b), including Olive Branch village
5,960
6,556
Olive branch village
199
73
Beat 2, including Pleasant Hill town (c).
4,247
3,430
Beat 3.
4,819
3,475
Beat 4, including Eudora town
3,483
3,013
Eudora town ..
106
Beat 5, including Hernando city, Love (a), and Nesbitt towns ..
5,674
6,450
Hernando city
602
583
Nesbitt town.
152
117
FRANKLIN COUNTY
10,424
9,729
Beat 1, including Knoxville and Roxie (a) towns
3,314
2,965
Knoxville town.
91
Beat 2, including Hamburg town (a) ..
1,626
2,040
Beat 3, including Meadville town (a)
1,790
1,791
Beat 4
1,847
1,592
Beat 5.
1,847
1,341
GREENE COUNTY
3,906
3,194
Beat 1. Leakesville
584
455
Beat 2. State Line.
940
942
Beat 3. Washington
957
672
Beat 4. Vernal
845
649
Beat 5. Salim .
580
476
GRENADA COUNTY
14,974
12,071
Beat 1, including Grenada town
5,653
4,867
Grenada town.
2,416
1,914
Beat 2.
3,405
2,476
Beat 3.
1,916
1,654
Beat 4, including Hardy Station town (a).
2,058
1,634
Beat 5.
1,942
1,440
HANCOCK COUNTY (d)
8,318
6,439
Beat 1. Pearlington, including Logtown village
1,598
1,301
Logtown village.
353
Beat 2. Gainesville
1,413
1,295
Beat 3. Yamacraw
1,069
599
Beat 4. Jordan River
1,143
809
Beat 5. Bay St. Louis, including Bay St. Louis and Waveland cities.
3,095
2,435
Bay St. Louis city
1,974
1,978
Ward 1.
452
Ward 2
884
Ward 3
442
Ward 4.
196
Waveland city
328
HARRISON COUNTY .
12,481
7,895
Beat 1. Biloxi, including Biloxi city.
3,839
2,061
Biloxi city .
3,234
1,540
Ward 1 .
708
1
a Not separately returned.
c Not separately returned; returned as lu beat 1 in 1880,
b Pleasant Hill town returned as in beat 1 in 1880.
d Part takeu to form Pearl River county in 1890.
1101
MEMOIRS OF MISSISSIPPI.
MINOR CIVIL DIVISIONS.
1890.
1880.
Ward 2.
1,074
Ward 3 .
489
Ward 4.
963
Beat 2. Mississippi City, including Handsboro and Mississippi City towns
2,695
1,989
Handsboro town
1,021
519
Mississippi City town.
534
265
Beat 3. Pass Christian, including Pass Christian and Wolf towns Pass Christian town.
1,705
1,410
Wolf town
471
Beat 4.
1,317
606
Beat 5.
927
537
Cat, Deer, and Ship islands (e)
49
HINDS COUNTY
39,279
43,958
Beat 1, including Clinton town (a)
6,711
7,173
Beat 2, including Bolton and Edwards towns (a).
8,624
8,334
Beat 3, including Utica town
6,327
8,237
Utica town . .
370
230
Beat 4, including Learned and Raymond (a) towns
5,453
9,121
Learned town.
119
12,164
11,093
Beat 5, including Byram town (a), Jackson city, and Terry town (a). Jackson city.
5,920
5,204
Ward 1.
1,298
Ward 2
2,223
Ward 3.
1,126
Ward 4.
1,273
HOLMES COUNTY.
30,970
27,164
Beat 1, including Franklin (a), Gray Mill (a), and Lexington towns
6,127
5,497
Lexington town .
1,075
798
Beat 2, including Durant, Emory (a), and West Station (a) towns
5,813
5,044
Durant town .
1,259
724
Beat 3, including Ebenezer, Goodman, and Pickens (a) towns Ebenezer town
127
Goodman town
354
378
Beat 4, including Mileston and Thornton towns (a)
6,881
4,294
Beat 5, including Howard Station and Tchula towns (a)
8,470
6,746
ISSAQUENA COUNTY.
12,318
10,004
Beat 1
2,253
1,400
Beat 2.
1,402
1,110
Beat 3.
1,958
2,156
Beat 4, including Mayersville town (a) .
2,534
2,139
Beat 5, including Duncansby town (a). . .
4,171
3,199
ITAWAMBA COUNTY .
11,708
10,663
Beat 1
2,843
2,153
Beat 2
2,578
2,559
Beat 3.
2,113
2,160
Beat 4 .
1,916
1,769
Beat 5.
2,258
2,022
( Not separately returned.
e Not located in beats.
3,679
5,583
3,654
2,702
1102
BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL
MINOR CIVIL DIVISIONS.
1890.
1880.
JACKSON COUNTY
11,251
7,607
Beat 1. Northeast.
1,156
572
Beat 2. Central
755
813
Beat 3. Southeast, including Scranton town
5,228
3,654
Scranton town .
1,353
1,052
Beat 4. Southwest, including Ocean Springs town Ocean Springs town.
1,148
849
Beat 5. Northwest
638
360
Horn Island (a)
8
JASPER COUNTY
14,785
12,126
Beat 1. Center.
3,048
2,790
Beat 2. Northeast
2,660
2,452
Beat 3. Northwest
1,633
1,412
Beat 4. Southwest.
2,940
1,939
Beat 5. Southeast, including Heidelberg town
4,504
3,533
Heidelberg town
216
JEFFERSON COUNTY.
18,947
17,314
Beat 1
2,976
3,409
Beat 2.
4,129
3,844
Beat 3, including Fayette and Harriston towns (b).
5,064
4,036
Beat 4 .. .
2,825
2,411
Beat 5, including Rodney town
3,953
3,614
Rodney town
702
733
JONES COUNTY.
8,333
3,828
Beat 1. Ellisville, including Ellisville town
1,773
381
Ellisville town .
961
37
Beat 2. Laurel, including Laurel town (b).
2,563
1,297
Beat 3. Erata ..
1,460
795
Beat 4. Southeast
597
465
Beat 5. Southwest.
1,940
890
KEMPER COUNTY
17,961
15,719
Beat 1. Scooba, including Scooba town (b)
4,663
4,362
Beat 2. Gainesville.
3,516
2,766
Beat 3. Moscow
3,412
2,860
Beat 4. Kellis Store
2,972
2,585
Beat 5. De Kalb, including De Kalb town
3,398
3,146
De Kalb town
240
LAFAYETTE COUNTY
20,553
21,671
Beat 1, including Oxford city .
4,953
6,121
Oxford city.
1,546
1,534
Beat 2.
2,321
2,796
Beat 3, including Abbeville town (b)
4,996
5,618
Beat 4, including Taylor town (b).
4,018
3,662
Beat 5, including Paris town (b)
4,265
3,474
a Not located in beat.
& Not separately returned.
3,466
2,208
1103
MEMOIRS OF MISSISSIPPI.
MINOR CIVIL DIVISIONS.
1890.
1880.
LAUDERDALE COUNTY. .
Beat 1, Meridian, including Meridian city.
16,925
9,110
Meridian city
10,624
4,008
Ward 1.
2,847
Ward 2.
2,141
Ward 3
3,078
Ward 4 .
1,315
Ward 5
1,243
3,571
3,580
Lauderdale town.
322
266
Beat 3. Daleville.
3,341
3,080
Beat 4. Tunnel Hill.
2,610
2,650
Beat 5. Hurricane Creek .
3,214
3,081
LAWRENCE COUNTY.
12,318
9,420
Beat 1
2,193
2,083
Beat 2.
1,076
852
Beat 3.
2,020
1,468
Beat 4.
4,480
3,003
Beat 5.
2,549
2,014
LEAKE COUNTY
14,803
13,146
Beat 1. Edinburg, including Edinburg town.
3,465
2,392
Edinburg town.
123
Beat 2. Carthage, including Carthage town.
3,390
3,857
Carthage town
322
285
Beat 3. Thomastown
2,276
2,066
Beat 4. Good Hope.
1,980
1,800
Beat 3. Walnut Grove, including Walnut Grove town.
3,692
3,031
Walnut Grove town
166
LEE COUNTY.
20,040
20,470
Beat 1, including part of Baldwyn town (c) and Guntown (b)
3,641
3,717
Beat 2, including Birmingham and Saltillo towns (b).
3,015
3,564
Beat 3, including Tupelo town.
5,095
4,692
Tupelo town
1,477
1,008
Beat 4, including Verona town.
4,053
4.677
Verona town.
465
596
Beat 5, including Shannon town.
4,236
3,820
Shannon town
329
232
LE FLORE COUNTY
16,869
10,246
Beat 1
3,241
1,864
Beat 2.
3,537
2,273
Beat 3, including Greenwood town
3,954
2,117
Greenwood town. ..
1,055
308
Beat 4 ..
2,875
1,965
Beat 5, including Sidon town.
3,262
2,027
Sidon town
119
6 Not separately returned.
c Not separately returned; in beat 1 Lee county, and beat 3 Prentiss county.
29,661
21,501
Beat 2. Lauderdale, including Lauderdale town.
1104
BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL
MINOR CIVIL DIVISIONS.
1890.
1880.
LINCOLN COUNTY .
17,912
13,547
Beat 1, including Bogue Chitto and Brookhaven towns
7,175
5,733
Bogue Chitto town
300
143
Brookhaven town.
2,142
1,615
Beat 2
2,064
1,321
Beat 3
2,423
1,455
Beat 4
2,131
1,643
Beat 5
4,119
3,395
LOWNDES COUNTY.
27,047
28,244
Beat 1
4,762
Beat 2, including Columbus city.
5,519
Columbus city (d)
4,559
Ward 1.
716
Ward 2.
605
614,703
Ward 3
804
Ward 4.
1,579
Ward 5
303
Ward 6
552
Beat 3
Beat 4, including Crawford town.
5,580
6,056
Crawford town.
225
304
Beat 5, including Artesia and Mayhew towns. Artesia town.
313
150
Mayhew town.
10
197
MADISON COUNTY
27,321
25,866
Beat 1, including Canton city .
8,647
8,597
Canton city
2,131
2,083
Beat 2. Vernon, including Flora town
3,615
2,978
Flora town .
228
Beat 3. Livingston
5,779
6,002
Beat 4. Sharon.
4,018
3,360
Beat 5. Camden
5,262
4,929
MARION COUNTY (a)
9,532
6,901
Beat 1, including Columbia town (b)
2,058
1,659
Beat 2
2,061
1,267
Beat 3.
1,471
1,167
Beat 4.
1,825
1,447
Beat 5, including Purvis town.
2,117
1,361
Purvis town.
287
MARSHALL COUNTY.
26,043
29,330
Beat 1, including Holly Springs city ..
7,859
8,823
Holly Springs city . .
2,246
2,370
Ward 1.
486
Ward 2.
377
Ward 3.
366
Ward 4.
452
Ward 5.
565
b Not separately returned.
d Population in 1880, 3,955.
a Part taken to form Pearl River county in 1890.
3,649
6,764
8,258
1105
MEMOIRS OF MISSISSIPPI.
MINOR CIVIL DIVISIONS.
1890.
1880.
Beat 2, including Mount Pleasant town
4,135
6,393
Mount Pleasant town
110
135
Beat 3, including Byhalia town
5,526
6,028
Byhalia town.
474
346
. Beat 4, including Chulahoma and Wall Hill towns (b) ..
4,797
4,546
Beat 5, including Bethlehem, Potts Camp and Waterford towns (b)
3,726
3,540
MONROE COUNTY
30,730
28,553
Beat 1, including Amory and Cotton Gin Port (b) towns
4,253
3,593
Amory town. .
739
Beat 2
3,285
3,052
Beat 3
4,374
3,517
Beat 4, including Aberdeen city.
12,576
12,456
Aberdeen city
3,449
2,339
Ward 1
410
Ward 2.
320
Ward 3
738
Ward 4
582
Ward 5.
622
Ward 6
777
Beat 5
6,242 :
5,935
MONTGOMERY COUNTY .
14,459
13,348
Beat 1. Winona, including Winona town.
5,482
4,496
Winona town .
1,648
1,204
Beat 2. Duck Hill, including Duck Hill town.
2,661
2,787
Duck Hill town. .
332
151
Beat 3. Lodi, including Lodi town (b)
2,128
2,046
Beat 4. Mayfield.
2,098
1,666
Beat 5. Poplar Creek.
2,090
2,353
NESHOBA COUNTY .. .
11,146
8,741
Beat 1. Philadelphia.
2,390
1,602
Beat 2. Lees.
1,427
992
Beat 3. Moguehesha.
2,345
2,051
Beat 4. Hay.
3,408
2,698
Beat 5. Riley
1,576
1,398
NEWTON COUNTY.
16,625
13,436
Beat 1.
3,157
2,596
Beat 2
2,758
2,151
Beat 3. .
3,362
2,744
Beat 4
4,107
2,995
Beat 5.
3,241
2,950
NOXUBEE COUNTY.
7,684
8,609
Beat 2.
4,533
4,537
Beat 3, including Macon town.
5,509
6,351
Macon town.
1,565
2,074
Beat 4, including Shuqualak town.
4,809
4,938
27,338
29,874
Beat 1
b Not separately returned.
1106
BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL
MINOR CIVIL DIVISIONS.
1890.
1880.
Shuqualak town
601
352
Beat 5, including Brookville town
4,803
5,439
Brookville town.
424
284
OKTIBBEHA COUNTY
17,694
15,978
Beat 1, including Starkville town.
5,429
4,105
Starkville town
1,725
1,500
Beat 2
3,174
3,506
Beat 3.
2,685
1,871
Beat 4, including Sturges town.
2,385
2,161
Sturges town.
203
Beat 5
4,021
4,335
PANOLA COUNTY.
26,977
28,352
Beat 1, including Como town
6,508
7,367
Como town . .
178
149
Beat 2, including Longtown town (b).
4,484
3,627
Beat 3, including Courtland and Pope towns (b)
4,328
4,177
Beat 4 ..
4,752
5,171
Beat 5, including Batesville and Sardis towns Batesville town
705
442
Sardis town.
1,044
986
PEARL RIVER COUNTY (c)
2,957
Beat 1, including Poplarville town. Poplarville town.
232
Beat 2.
853
Beat 3.
705
Beat 4
263
Beat 5.
568
PERRY COUNTY
6,494
3,427
Beat 1. Augusta.
1,204
885
Beat 2. Monroe, including Hattiesburg town.
2,375
90
Hattiesburg town
1,172
Beat 3. Tallahala.
690
1,005
Beat 4. Thompson Creek.
1,124
670
Beat 5. Black Creek
1,101
777
PIKE COUNTY
21,203
16,688
Beat 1
3,807
2,961
Beat 2
3,605
2,608
Beat 3 ..
2,458
2,084
Beat 4, including McComb City and Summit towns.
7,210
5,863
McComb City town.
2,383
1,982
Summit town.
1,587
1,604
Beat 5, including Magnolia and Osyka towns. Magnolia town.
676
567
Osyka town
742
542
b Not separately returned.
Organized in 1890 from parts of Hancock and Marion counties,
4,123
3,172
6,905
8,010
568
1107
MEMOIRS OF MISSISSIPPI.
MINOR CIVIL DIVISIONS.
1890.
1880.
PONTOTOC COUNTY .
14,940
13,858
Beat 1, including Sherman town.
1,933
2,379
Sherman town.
79
Beat 2.
2,416
1,932
Beat 3, including Toccopola town. Toccopola town.
190
3,812
3,801
Beat 4, including Chesterville (b) and Pontotoc towns. Pontotoc town.
535
447
Beat 5, including Troy town
3,693
3,269
Troy town.
175
PRENTISS COUNTY.
13,679
12,158
Beat 1, including Booneville town
2,710
2,827
Booneville town.
748
603
Beat 2.
2,823
2.725
Beat 3, including part of Baldwyn town (a)
3,303
2,939
Beat 4, including Marietta town (b)
2,401
1,911
Beat 5
2,442
1,756
QUITMAN COUNTY .
3,286
1,407
Beat 1.
445
194
Beat 2, including Belen town .
1,225
334
Belen town
184
Beat 3
700
437
Beat 4
443
242
Beat 5
473
200
RANKIN COUNTY .
17,922
16,752
Beat 1, Steen Creek
4,335
3,549
Beat 2, Brandon, including Brandon town
4,025
4,195
Brandon town.
835
864
Beat 3, Fannin
2,831
2,926
Beat 4, Pelahatchie, including Pelahatchie town Pelahatchie town
139
117
Beat 5, Cato, including Cato town (b) .
3,858
3,508
SCOTT COUNTY
11,740
10,845
Beat 1, including Forest, Harperville and Hillsboro villages
3,230
2,787
Forest village.
547
Harperville village
112
Beat 2 ..
Beat 3, including Morton village (b)
2,338
2,829
Beat 4. .
2,354
1,932
Beat 5, including Lake village (b) .
1,820
1,683
SHARKEY COUNTY
8,382
6,306
Beat 1
851
543
Beat 2.
1,241
749
Beat 3
3,200
ยง 1,135
Beat 4
3,090
1,574
a Not separately returned; in beat 3 Prentiss county, and beat 1 Lee county.
b Not separately returned,
2,305
Beat 5
2,873
2,574
138
Hillsboro village
1,998
1,614
(b)
3,086
2,477
1108
BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL
MINOR CIVIL DIVISIONS.
1890.
1880.
SIMPSON COUNTY.
Beat 1
2,042
1,488
Beat 2
1,602
1,067
Beat 3.
3,246
2,454
Beat 4.
1,255
1,209
Beat 5.
1,993
1,790
SMITH COUNTY
10,635
8,088
Beat 1.
3,576
2,603
Beat 2
1,441
1,054
Beat 3
1,970
1,439
Beat 4.
1,863
1,734
Beat 5.
1,785
1,258
SUNFLOWER COUNTY (c)
9,384
4,661
Indianola town (in beat 3)
249
TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY.
14,361
10,926
Beat 1, including Harrison town (b).
2,497
2,282
Beat 2, including Charleston town
3,070
2,407
Charleston town
412
368
Beat 3.
3,729
2,957
Beat 4.
3,113
2,167
Beat 5.
1,952
1,113
TATE COUNTY
19,253
18,721
Beat 1.
3,719
3,163
Beat 2, including Arkabutla town
3,073
2,648
Arkabutla town
148
4,081
4,106
Beat 3, including Coldwater town Coldwater town.
518
397
Beat 4, including Senatobia town
4,161
4,457
Senatobia town
1,077
935
Beat 5.
4,219
4,347
TIPPAH COUNTY .
12,951
12,867
Beat 1
2,835
3,047
Beat 2, including Ripley town
3,923
3,687
Ripley town.
574
637
Beat 3, including Blue Mountain town (b)
2,762
2,642
Beat 4.
1,653
1,741
Beat 5.
1,778
1,750
TISHOMINGO COUNTY
9,302
8,774
Beat 1, including Iuka town
2,946
2,932
Iuka town
1,019
845
Beat 2, including Burnsville town
1,848
1,995
Burnsville town
318
240
Beat 3.
1,189
1,150
Beat 4 ..
1,732
1,338
Beat 5.
1,587
1,359
10,138
8,008
b Not separately returned.
c Not returned by beats.
1109
MEMOIRS OF MISSISSIPPI.
MINOR CIVIL DIVISIONS.
1890.
1880.
TUNICA COUNTY
12,158
8,461
Beat 1 ..
2,867
2,060
Beat 2, including Tunica town
2,702
849
Tunica town. .
198
Beat 3, including Austin town (b)
2,576
2,531
Beat 4.
2,577
2,321
Beat 5
1,436
700
UNION COUNTY
15,606
013,030
Beat 1
2,482
] 1,985
Beat 2.
2,972
1,668
Beat 3, including New Albany town New Albany town .
548
250
Beat 4, including Blue Springs and Poplar Springs towns (b)
4,064
3,548
Beat 5. ..
1,657
1,621
WARREN COUNTY
33,164
31,238
Beat 1 (coextensive with Vicksburg city)
13,373
11,814
Beat 2.
8,286
5,197
Beat 3.
4,311
5,640
Beat 4.
3,508
4,861
Beat 5
3,686
3,726
WASHINGTON COUNTY .
40,414
25,367
Beat 1 .
4,403
5,968
Beat 2.
8,121
4,566
Beat 3, including Greenville town Greenville town .
6,658
2,191
Beat 4, including Leland town
14,520
4,381
Leland town.
485
Beat 5
4,468
3,001
WAYNE COUNTY . .
9,817
8,741
Beat 1 ..
1,644
1,760
Beat 2, including Waynesboro village .
1,981
1,597
Waynesboro village
458
156
Beat 3
2,690
2,682
Beat 4
2,512
1,948
Beat 5.
990
754
WEBSTER COUNTY (a)
12,060
9,534
Beat 1, Walthall, including Eupora and Walthall towns
2,955
2,098
Eupora town.
432
Walthall town
122
101
Beat 2. Cadaretta.
2,554
1,820
Beat 3, Greensboro
2,430
2,070
Beat 4, Spring Valley
1,956
1,488
Beat 5, Cumberland, including Cumberland town (b).
2,165
2,058
a Formerly Sumner.
b Not separately returned.
8,902
7,451
4,431
4,208
1
1110
BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL
MINOR CIVIL DIVISIONS.
1890.
1880.
WILKINSON COUNTY .
17,592
17,815
Beat 1, including Woodville town
6,013
5,578
Woodville town .
950
965
Beat 2.
3,789
5,311
Beat 3, including Centerville town (b)
4,649
4,301
Beat 4
1,483
949
Beat 5
1,658
1,676
WINSTON COUNTY .
12,089
10,087
Beat 1, Louisville, including Louisville town .
3,433
2,467
Louisville town
484
418
Beat 2, Southeast .
2,643
2,043
Beat 3, Webster
2,540
2,123
Beat 4, Northeast
974
912
Beat 5, Plattsburg
2,499
2,542
YALOBUSHA COUNTY
16,629
15,649
Beat 1, including Coffeeville town
3,340
3,062
Coffeeville town
465
749
Beat 2, including Water Valley town
5,733
5,555
Water Valley town
2,832
2,220
Beat 3, including Oakland town
3,065
2,506
Oakland town
327
288
Beat 4, including Garner Station town
3,112
2,565
Garner Station town .
124
166
Beat 5, including Air Mount town (b).
1,379
1,961
YAZOO COUNTY
36,394
33,845
Beat 1, including Anding, Bentonia and Satartia towns (b).
7,333
6,264
Beat 2, including Benton town (b)
5,603
5,315
Beat 3, including Yazoo City.
11,297
10,604
Yazoo City
3,286
2,542
Ward 1.
1,438
Ward 2
1,848
Beat 4
6,213
5,746
Beat 5.
5,948
5,916
b Not separately returned.
ROBERT P. PORTER,
Superintendent of Census.
1111
MEMOIRS OF MISSISSIPPI.
INDEX.
Abbott
A
PAGE.
204
Asylum for the insane at Jackson
39
Abernethy, H. B .. 235
Attorneys-general of the state 32
Act for the encouragement of agriculture.
27
Augusta .
239
Act for the government of insurrectionary
states
27
Australian system adopted.
16,
36
Academies of the various counties 302-347
B
Baldwyn
208
Banking facilities and statistics 46
Banks of Jackson 177
Banner.
238
Administration of Governor Poindexter
19, 129
Baptist church 369
161
Administration of Governor Brandon 19, 129
Batesville
Administration of Governor Scott 19
Administration of Governor Fountain 19
Beck, R. F.
486
Administration of Governor Runnels 19
Belen
232
Administration of Governor Lynch
19
Benela
237
209
Administration of Governor Tucker 19
Bethel church
526
Administration of Governor Brown 19, 132
Big Creek
237
Administration of Governor Matthews
19
Administration of Governor Quitman
19, 133
Black code, the
2.
Blind asylum
40
Administration of Governor McRae 20
Blue Mountain Female college 337
Boatmen and boats 71
Bogue Chitto 218
Bolton 185
Booneville 231
Booth, D. W 263
Bowie family
503
Branches of the Illinois Central railway 82
232
Administration of Governor Stone. 20
Administration of Governor Lowry 20
Africans, what to do with them. 22
Agricultural and Mechanical college.
341
Agricultural statistics 104-115
89
Alabama & Vicksburg railroad. 87
Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical college .. 339
Alcorn's remarks to the legislature of 1871. 99
American Legion of Honor 59
Ames, Impeachment proceedings against. 140
Ancient Order of United Workmen 60
Armistead, W. H. 263
Ashland
240
Associations at Meridian.
154
C
Cage, A. H.
267
Calhoon's address in 1890
15, 35
Campbell's codification of the laws
35
329
Brookhaven
217
Buena Vista Normal college
236-345
Buildings at Jackson, Public. 175
Buildings at Vicksburg 151
Burr, Experiences with
18, 127
Business at Columbus
186
Business of Greenville.
169, 170
Business of Meridian
155
Business of Port Gibson
214
PAGE.
Aberdeen
190
Asylum for the insane at Meridian 40
Administration of Governor Claiborne
18, 127
Administration of Governor Williams
.18, 127
Administration of Governor Holmes
19, 127
Administration of Governor Leake
19, 129
Bar of Natchez, The old.
Administration of Governor McNutt 19, 130
Bethany
Black and tan convention 14, 29, 137
Administration of Governor Foote
20, 133
Administration of Governor McWillie 20
Administration of Governor Pettus
20,134
Administration of Governor Clarke
20, 135
Administration of Governor Sharkey
.20, 136
Administration of Governor Humphreys .20, 136
Administration of Governor Ames
.20, 138
Administration of Governor Alcorn
20, 138
Administration of Governor Powers 20
Brandon
Brandon college
Alabama Great Southern railway
Bay St. Louis 200
Administration of Governor Sargent 18, 127
1112
BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL
PAGE.
Campaign of 1875, The 139
Constitution of 1890, Provisions of 35
Canton . 198
Code of 1892, Preparation of. 36
Capitol, The present. 18
Convict-lease system, The 39
Carrollton . 234
Congressmen of Mississippi, List of. 41
Carthage 239, 241
Confederate congressmen
43
Catholic church, Roman 374
Cemeteries of the war.
45
Centenary college
319
Chalmers, H. H.
32
Chamberlain-Hunt academy
525
Chancery and circnit courts
30
Chancery judges of the state
33
Charleston
233
Chester
236
Christian church
368
Christian, Rev. J. T
936
Churches of Natchez
161
Churches of Vicksburg
151
Church statistics 378-9
Circuit judges since the war 33
Cities, towus and villages 147
Clarke, Governor 453
Clarkes, The 593
Clarksdale 224
Cotton crop, A big 523
Cotton at Natchez. 166
Courthouse at Greenville. 169
Columbus
186
Coffeeville
193
Corinth. 194
Confederate veterans of Mississippi 52
56
Colored soldiers
93
Colored population 95
Commercial statistics 105
Cotton production. 102-12
Corn, The culture of.
112
Constitutional provisions and changes. 130
Columbia 240
Compton, W. McC. 265
335
Exhibition of Mississippi at the centennial 93
Enterprises at Meridian 154
Emmaville 224
Enterprise 225
Ellisville
241
Constitution, A new
13
Convention of 1890. 14, 143
Constitutional provisions 16, 142
Commissioners to locate the capital 17
Codification and revision of state laws 19
Constitution of 1832 adopted. 19
County officers appointed during the military era
23
Federal aid to education, The first. 303
Franklin Female college .. 329
Fourteenth amendment, refusal to ratify it.27, 137
Commissioners appointed to revise laws, 1870 .. 31 Fourteenth amendment, Ratification of ...... 31, 138
E
Earthquake of 1811. 70
East Mississippi Insane asylum 20
East Mississippi Female college 340
Election of governor and others in 1869 .13, 30
Effects of the military government. 13
Effects of the election of 1875 14
29 Election of 1867 for a constitutional convention Ellet, Judge 32
East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia railway ... 89
Cooper Normal college.
Common schools, The 338
Corinth Female college 341
Colleges 800, 347
Convention of 1865 12, 24
Ellis, J. W. 280
Elkin, T. B 283
Educational history. 300
Errata, etc 1091
F
Fant, J. C
284
Courts created by commissions. 24
Constitution of 1869, Provisions of 30
Craft, M. S 279
Creek Indian wars 19
Creekmore, Dr 626
Cumberland Presbyterian church. 358
Cyclone at Wessou
203
D
Dairy products 121
Dancy, F. W 285
Davis, J. S 272
Deaf and Dumb asylum .. 40
Decatur.
239
DeKalb 231
Delegates to the Montgomery convention 135
Democratic convention of 1876. 141
De Nouaille's trip up the Mississippi. 61
Distribution of apartments of the Capitol. 17
Digest of Mississippi reports. 34
Disbursements of the state.
45
Dinner service, A costly 523
Duck Hill 205
Durant 241
Dulaney, W. J
271
Diseases prevalent 287, 298
Dueling 586
Council of Masons
PAGE.
1113
MEMOIRS OF MISSISSIPPI.
PAGE.
Financial condition.
50
Holmes, John 598
Farmers' organizations, societies, etc .. 53
Homeopathy. 286
Fruitgrowing . 117
Horticultural Society, The. 53
Fertilizers 125
Hospitals, first in the state 39
Fishery interests. 125
Hotels of Jackson
179
"Flush times," The.
130
Houston .. 235
Fayette.
210
Hughes, E. W.
264
Friar's Point.
224
Forest.
233
French Camp schools.
236
Fulton
241
Fitzgerald, P. F. 267
Finley, W. P. 273
G
Galloway, C. B. 368
Galloway, W. A. 283
Georgia Pacific railway
86
Giles, S. H.
504
Glass sand. 125
Governmental epochs. 21
Governmental form, Consideration of. 142
Grand chapter of Masons. 55
Grange societies of the state. 114
Grant of land for Jackson 17
Graves, Defalcation of. 19
Grasses of the state
119
Green's emancipated slaves
98
Greenville. 168
Greenwood
223
Grenada
195
Jackson enthusiastically received. 19
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