Mississippi : comprising sketches of towns, events, institutions, and persons, arranged in cyclopedic form Vol. I, Part 17

Author: Rowland, Dunbar, 1864-1937, ed
Publication date: 1907
Publisher: Atlanta, Southern Historical Publishing Association
Number of Pages: 1030

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After this the army was on the Tullahoma line until the sum- mer of 1863. March 5, after VanDorn's cavalry had been called to the support of Bragg, the regiments of Pinson, Starke and Gor- don had a prominent part in the capture of Coburn's brigade at Thompson's Station. Gordon's cavalry, later, was with Forrest at the capture of the Federal force at Brentwood.

After the Tullahoma campaign Bragg retreated into Georgia, where the battle of Chickamauga followed, September 19-20, 1863. The Mississippi commands in this great battle were as follows: Humphreys' brigade of four regiments from the Army of Northern Virginia (q. v.) ; Patton Anderson's (late Chalmers) brigade : 7th, Col. Bishop; 9th, Maj. T. H. Lynam; 10th, Lt .- Col. James Barr ; 41st, Col. W. F. Tucker; 44th, Col. J. H. Sharp; Richards' bat- talion. Walthall's brigade : 24th, Col. McKelvaine ; 27th, Col. J. A. Campbell; 29th, Col. Brantley ; 30th, Col. Scales; 34th, Maj. W. J. Pegram; the 7th and 8th, under Sykes and Wilkinson, were as- signed as before. The 32d and 45th, Col. M. P. Lowrey, and Hawkins' battalion, in Wood's brigade. Maj. Melancthon Smith commanded the artillery of Cheatham's dvision, including his bat- tery, under, Lt. W. B. Turner, and Capt. T. J. Stanford. Capt. Charles Swett commanded the artillery of Liddell's division, with his battery under Lt. H. Shannon. Capt. Putnam Darden's bat- tery was with Buckner's corps. Pound's battalion, sharpshooters, was with Ector's brigade. The cavalry companies of Capts. H. L. Foules and W. C. Raum were on escort duty at headquarters.

Auxiliary to the Chickamauga campaign, Armistead's cavalry regiment operated in Alabama and Georgia under the command of Gen. Pillow. At Lafayette, Ga., attacking a body of Kentuck-

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ians, Col. C. G. Armistead, Lieut-Col. P. B. Spence and Capt. J. D. Lynch were wounded. Many of the men were killed here. Armistead was promoted to brigadier-general after this fight, but his wound made him incapable of service. Spence afterward com- manded the regiment in the Atlanta campaign and in the defense of Mobile.

Maj. Hawkins was fighting gallantly at Dug Gap as early as the 11th, and on the 18th Walthall's brigade was in a preliminary fight on Chickamauga creek, in which many were killed and wounded.

On the 19th Walthall attacked Thomas' line, capturing two bat- teries and 400 prisoners. Col. McKelvaine and Lt .- Col. Morgan were severely wounded. Wood's brigade was also in battle this day and suffered the severest loss of Cleburne's division.

In the great fight of Sunday, the work of Humphreys' brigade is mentioned in the sketch of the Army of Northern Virginia. Anderson's brigade, which captured many prisoners and eight can- non, went in 1865 strong, and lost 80 killed, 454 wounded, and 24 missing. Among the killed was Maj. John C. Thompson, who had commanded the 44th at Murfreesboro. Col. J. H. Sharp took command of the brigade that night. Walthall's brigade had the misfortune of attacking Gen. Thomas in a strong position. Early in the day Col. Reynolds was killed and Maj. Johnson wounded. While taking position on the road to Chattanooga, Col. Scales was captured and Lt .- Col. Jones wounded. Only three of the ten field officers remained Sunday night. The brigade took 1,827 into battle, and the casualties were 705, of which 81 were killed. Low- ry's and Hawkins' commands, in the same part of the field, suf- fered severely, losing the brave Hawkins and Maj. F. C. Karr (32d) forever. Lowrey's regiment lost 25 killed and 141 wounded. The 5th regiment, after Col. Sykes was killed on Saturday, fought under Maj. J. B. Herring Sunday. They lost 4 killed and 71 wounded and captured 30 prisoners. The 8th captured three can- non Saturday, and on Sunday lost Lt .- Col. A. McNeill, Capt. J. W. White and 8 others killed, and 84 wounded.

Then followed the siege of Chattanooga, and the relief by Grant. Walthall's brigade, already a remnant, fought the famous battle of Lookout Mountain, November 24. The brigade was about 1,200 strong, and lost 100 killed and wounded and 845 captured, making a gallant struggle against Geary's division. The remain- der fought at Missionary ridge next day, losing 28. Gen. Walthall was severely wounded here. Lowry's brigade and Swett's battery

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were distinguished for gallantry at Missionary ridge, with Cle- burne, repelling the attack of Sherman's corps. On the retreat, when Cleburne made the famous stand near Ringgold, winning the thanks of Congress, "Gen. Lowrey brought up the 32d and 45th Mississippi in double time, and threw them into the fight at a critical moment. The enemy gave way and went down the ridge in great confusion." (Cleburne's report.) These regiments, united, were commanded by Col. A. B. Hardcastle. The 15th sharpshooters, Maj. Daniel Coleman, were equally distinguished.

After Gen. J. E. Johnston took command in Georgia, he ordered the Army of the Mississippi, under Gen. Leonidas L. Polk, to join him. This included the troops that had been sent to Mississippi for the relief of Vicksburg, and many of the exchanged soldiers that had gone through the siege. The Army of Tennessee was organized in two corps, under Generals Hood and Hardee.

Hood's corps included Brig .- Gen. W. F. Tucker's (Chalmers' and Anderson's) brigade: 7th regiment, Col. Bishop; 9th, Lt .- Col. B. F. John's; 10th, Lt-Col. G. B. Myers; 41st, Col. J. Byrd Williams; 44th, Lt .- Col. R. G. Kelsey; Ninth battalion, Major Richards. Brig .- Gen. E. C. Walthall's brigade: 24th and 27th, Col. McKelvaine; 29th and 30th, Col. Brantley ; 34th, Col. Samuel Benton. Tucker and Walthall were under the division commanded by Gen. Hindman.

Hardee's corps included Brig .- Gen. Mark P. Lowrey's brigade, · part of which were the 32d, Col. W. H. H. Tison, and 45th, Col. Hardcastle. Col. John Weir was now in command of the 5th, and Wilkinson was yet with the 8th, in Jackson's brigade. Melancthon Smith, promoted to colonel, commanded the artillery of Hardee's corps, and the four Mississippi batteries were still at the front.

The Mississippi infantry brought by General Polk were as fol- lows: Brig .- Gen. W. S. Featherston's brigade: 3d regiment, Col. T. A. Mellon ; 22d, Maj. M. A. Oatis ; 31st, Col. M. D. L. Stephens, Col. J. W. Drane, 33d, Col. Jabez L. Drake; 40th, Col. Wallace B. Colbert; 1st battalion sharpshooters, Maj. James M. Stigler. Brig .- Gen. John Adams' (Tilgleman's) brigade : 6th regiment, Col. Robert Lowry; 14th, Lt .- Col. W. L. Doss; 15th, Col. Michael Farrell; 20th, Col. Wm. N. Brown; 23d, Col. Joseph M. Wells ; 43d, Col. Richard Harrison.

Brig-Gen. Claudius W. Sears' (Baldwin's) brigade: 4th regi- ment, Col. Thos. N. Adaire; 35th, Col. W. S. Barry; 36th, Col. W. W. Witherspoon ; 39th, Lt .- Col. W. E. Ross; 46th, Col. Wmn. H. Clark; 7th battalion, Capt. W. A. Trotter. Artillery : batteries

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of Captains Cowan, Hoskins and Yates. Featherston and Adams were in Loring's division, Sears in French's. The cavalry brigade of Gen. F. C. Armstrong was mainly Mississippian: 1st regiment, Col. R. A. Pinson ; 2d, Maj. J. J. Perry ; 28th, Maj. J. T. McBee ; Ballentine's, Lt .- Col. W. L. Maxwell. In Ferguson's brigade were the 9th regiment, Col. H. H. Miller; 11th, Col. R. O. Perrin; 12th battalion, Col. W. M. Inge. From this it appears that Mississippi contributed a considerable part of this army that resisted Sher- man's advance into Georgia.

Early in May, 1864, the brigades of Lowrey and Jackson were in battle at Rocky Face mountain. When McPherson attempted to cut the line of retreat at Resaca, Walthall's brigade, supported by Tucker's and Shannon's battery, held their ground under repeated assaults through two days. Walthall had a little over 1,000 in line, and lost 49 killed and 118 wounded. Lt .- Col. A. J. Jones died here. Gen. Tucker was severely wounded, and Col. Sharp took command of the brigade. Polk did not have his army well in hand to unite with Johnston promptly. Loring's division alone arrived in time to help at Resaca.

When the struggle had swung down toward the Chattahoochee, M. P. Lowrey's brigade, at the battle of New Hope church, May 27, responded to orders with such remarkable promptness and fought with such valor that Gen. Cleburne credited them with sav- ing the right of the army. The right of the army saved, Johnston was able to swing back to Kenesaw mountain. This position John- ston held for a month of constant rifle and artillery work. Early in that period General Polk was killed by a cannon-shot, and was succeeded temporarily by General Loring, and later, permanently, by Gen. A. P. Stewart. The Mississippi brigades of Featherston and Adams, with the rest of Loring's corps, occupied the crest of the mountain June 27, and repulsed several assaults of the enemy. On Little Kenesaw at the same time, according to the report of Gen. French, whatever credit was due for the complete repulse of the assaulting column belonged exclusively to Cockrell's brigade and the left of Sears' brigade, then commanded by Col. Barry. This was the fourth famous assault by Gen. Sherman upon Confed- erate troops intrenched, and also his fourth great failure. But there was an equally good record on the Union side, and Gen. Johnston worked on the theory that it was useless for American troops to assault American troops intrenched. Gen. John B. Hood was given command after Johnston fell back to Atlanta, and im- mediately ordered assaults. At Peachtree Creek, July 20, Feather-

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ston's brigade took 1,230 men against the hastily constructed Fed- eral breastworks, and lost 616 killed and wounded. Every regi- mental commander but one was killed or wounded. The 31st regiment lost every field officer and captain, and only fifty men were left fit for duty, under Lieut. Shaw. In the roll of dead were Col. J. L. Drake, Maj. F. M. Gillespie (31st) and Maj. W. McD. Gibbens (40th). Adj. Van de Graaf (31st) and Adj. Davis (22d) were shot down while carrying their regimental flags. Col. Mel- lon, Maj. Oatis, Col. Drane, Lt .- Col. G. P. Wallace (commanding 31st) were wounded. Gen. Walthall commanded Hindman's di- vision in this battle, and his brigade fought on the center of the line. When Atlanta was being invested, and Hood sent Hardee's corps on the wearisome march to make a flank attack on the hills east of the city, July 22, called the battle of Atlanta, M. P. Low- rey's brigade, which had also fought at Peachtree Creek, was few in numbers and worn out in strength. But they made a charge which was magnificent, obeying orders at a frightful cost. One- third of the 32d regiment fell at one volley before the Federal line. The regimental losses were: 5th regiment, 66; 8th, 87; 32d, 86; 3d battalion, 37. But the Federal loss was also heavy, and General McPherson was among the dead. At Ezra Church, July 28, the third of Hood's assaults, Walthall's old brigade, under Brantley, now a brigadier-general, and Sharp's brigade (Tucker's) were particularly commended for energetic action. Sharp lost 214 and Brantley 126. The division including these two brigades was then under the command of Patton Anderson, and Gen. Feather- ston commanded Loring's division, his brigade being led by Col. Barry. The two divisions intrenched on the line held by Brantley and Sharp on the 28th, and held it during the siege.

Lt .- Gen. Stephen D. Lee was in command of Hood's corps, Gen. M. P. Lowrey of Cleburne's division, and Col. John Weir of Low- rey's brigade, in the battle of Jonesboro, August 31. Sharp and Brantley were also in this battle, and the reports indicate that the Mississippians fought with great spirit and suffered heavy losses. But they could not do impossibilities, and Atlanta was evacuated.

When Hood marched between Atlanta and Chattanooga, the most conspicuous part was taken by Stewart's corps, the Army of Mississippi. It was French's division that made the famous as- sault upon Corse's brigade at Allatoona, to which Sherman sig- nalled, "Hold the fort, I am coming." French's men struggled to take this fort until Sherman's advance was near at hand, at a

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cost of nearly half the division. Sears' brigade had 37 killed, 114 wounded and 200 missing. Col. W. H. Clark, (46th), was killed, Col. Barry (35th), and Maj. Parkin (36th) were wounded.

In November Gen. Hood's army, aided by Forrest's cavalry under Chalmers and W. H. Jackson, largely Mississippians, as well as Armstrong's and Ferguson's cavalry, started on the campaign against Nashville. For some mysterious reason an opportunity was lost as Hood approached the Federal columns, at Spring Hill, hastening to concentrate for the defense of Tennessee. (See S. D. Lee, M. H. S. Publ. VII, 76). However that may be, another assault by infantry on intrenchments was made by Hood at Frank- lin, Nov. 30, 1864, and the Mississippians were particularly distin- guished in that most desperate and terrible battle. Many of them gained the ditch in front of the Federal parapets and remained there until Thomas withdrew. The loss of the divisions of Loring, French and Walthall was over 2,000 including many of the best officers and bravest men, and the Mississippians in Cleburne's di- vision, and Sharp's and Brantley's brigades, in the division of Gen. Edward Johnson, fought with equal bravery and suffering. Gen. John Adams was killed on the inner line of works. Walthall was one of the four generals disabled by wounds. Cols. Wither- spoon and Bishop, and Maj. G. W. Reynolds were killed, and Cols. Farrell, Brown, Stephens, Dyer, Adair, Tison, Weir, Lt .- Cols. W. H. Sims and J. M. Johnson, and Majors Magee and Capt. J. M. Hicks, all regimental commanders, were wounded.

The survivors besieged Thomas at Nashville, until he was strengthened sufficiently to attack. In that battle of mid-Decem- ber, about the Tennessee capital, all the Mississippians gained fresh honors, and other lives were sacrificed. Sharp and Brantley lost 106 killed and 241 wounded. Gen. Sears was wounded so that he lost a leg and was captured. Gen. Walthall commanded the in- fantry of the rear guard that retreated through the snow, many barefooted, they and Forrest's cavalry saving the wreck of the army from capture. Walthall had with him Featherston's brigade, including 411 men able to fight, the remnants of seven Mississippi regiments.

Throughout the campaign the cavalry did effective work, from Spring Hill until the crossing of the Tennessee. They invested Murfreesboro, captured several Federal posts and repeatedly van- quished the Federal horsemen. Gen. Chalmers had practically independent command of a large part of the cavalry during much

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of the time. Armstrong's brigade loss, 147, was the largest of any cavalry brigade.

After this terrible experience, French's division, late in January, was ordered to Mobile. The remnant of Sears' brigade, com- manded by Col. T. N. Adaire-4th regiment, Maj. T. P. Nelson ; 35th, Capt. G. W. Oden; 36th, Lt .- Col. Edward Brown; 39th, Capt. C. W. Gallagher; 46th, Capt. J. A. Barwick; 7th battalion, Capt. S. D. Harris,-fell back to Meridian after the evacuation of Mobile, and were surrendered by Gen. Taylor, May 4, 1865.

The other Mississippi infantry were sent to reinforce Gen. J. E. Johnston in the Carolinas in the last campaign against Sher- man, but only a fragment reached that field. Stewart's corps had 1,000 fighting men, Lee's 2,500. Gen. W. S. Featherston's brigade included the consolidated remnants of the 3d, 31st and 40th, under Col. James M. Stigler ; 1st, 22d, 33d, and 1st battalion, Col. Martin A. Oatis; and the 27th, Maj. Q. C. Heidelburg. Gen. Robert Lowry's brigade contained the 5th, 14th and 43d, under Col. Rob- ert J. Lawrence, and the 6th, 15th, 20th and 23d, under Lt .- Col. Thos. B. Graham. J. H. Sharp's brigade had the 5th, 8th, 32d and 3d battalion, under Capt. J. Y. Carmack; 7th, 9th, 10th, 41st, 44th, and 9th battalion (Chalmers' old brigade), under Col. Wm. C. Richards. Gen. W. F. Brantley commanded a brigade in which the 27th, 29th, 30th and 34th were consolidated under Col. R. W. Williamson. Swett's battery was also with this army. They all fought gallantly at the battle of Bentonville, and were surrendered with Johnston's army April 26, 1865.

Arnot, a post-village in the southwestern part of Adams county, on the Mississippi river, about 25 miles southwest of Natchez. Population in 1900, 51.

Arpent. The unit of land measurement in use during the Span- ish occupation, corresponding to the acre, was the arpent, also spelled arpen. Don Vincente Sebastian Pintado, who was deputy under Don Carlos Trudeau, surveyor-general of West Florida, and his successor after the cession of Louisiana, wrote of this subject : "It will be observed, the arpent of Paris, of which use was made in Louisiana and West Florida during the Spanish do- mination, is a square whose side is of ten perches of Paris, and of course contains 100 square perches; the lineal perch of Paris is of eighteen feet of the same city. The acres are those used by the English in the Floridas, and 512 of these are equal to 605 arpents of Paris."

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Artesia, a post-town (incorporated) in the extreme western part of Lowndes county, 14 miles southwest of Columbus. It is the junction point of the main line of the Mobile & Ohio R. R. and its Columbus and Starkville branches. It has a telegraph and ex- press office, and good churches and schools. The census of 1900 gave it a population of 343.

Artonish, a post-village of Wilkinson county, located on the Mississippi river, about six miles north of Fort Adams and twenty miles west of Woodville, the county seat and nearest banking town. Population in 1900, 51.

Asha, a postoffice in Simpson county, 14 miles northeast of West- ville, formerly the county seat. Mendenhall is the nearest banking town.

Ashland, the county seat of Benton county, is located near the geographical center of the county, away from the railroad. It is 60 miles southeast of Memphis, and 15 miles east of Holly Springs, the nearest railroad town of importance at the junction of the Illinois Central, and the Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham R. Rs. It is in the midst of a good cotton and grain growing region. It has two churches, and one newspaper, the Record, a Democratic weekly, which was established in 1889. Population in 1900, 162.

Ashley, a post-village in Copiah county, 11 miles southeast of Hazlehurst the county seat. It has a good general store, a saw mill and a chair factory.

Ashmore, a post-hamlet in the central part of Lowndes county, six miles southwest of Columbus, the county seat and nearest banking town. Population in 1900, 23.

Ashwood Station, a post-hamlet in the southern part of Wilkin- son county, on the Bayou Sara branch of the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley R. R., four miles south of Woodville the county seat and nearest banking town. It has a money order postoffice. Popula- tion in 1900, 40.

Askew, a post-hamlet in the extreme northwestern part of Panola county, on the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley R. R., about 20 miles northwest of Sardis, the county seat. Population in 1900, 20.

Assize of Bread. This was a function of government for the protection of the community recognized as appropriate in the old days. For instance, the notice published at Natchez, July 27, was: "Assize of Bread for the current week. Flour of the first quality being this day at $8 per barrel, the two-bit loaf must weigh 72 ounces, the one-bit loaf 36 ounces, and the half-bit loaf 18 ounces.

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Those made of flour of the second quality, must weigh one-eighth ounce."

Aster, a post-village of Covington county, about 18 miles north- east of Williamsburg, the county seat. It has a money order post- office and is a thriving inland village.

Athens. This is an extinct town of Monroe county and became its second county seat in 1830, when that county was divided to form Lowndes county. A beautiful plateau near the geographical center of the county was selected for its location by a commission, consisting of Sketon Standifer, Richard Dilworth, and W. F. Boy- akin. The last named gentleman humorously described the choice of its name thus, "half the county had a name to give it without charge. A large number, and among them one member of our board, thought as the Legislature had given no authority therefor we had no right to name it at all. But a majority overruled and after much parleying, the writer, having a dim view that this town might in the future be a great center of learning, suggested the name of 'Athens' for it.". The little city thrived and grew for many years thereafter, and was a flourishing center of trade for the thickly settled region round about. It was finally forced to yield, however, to the superior claims of its rival, Aberdeen, west of the river. When the seat of justice was moved to that town, the old settlement of Athens rapidly sunk into obscurity.

Atlanta, a post-hamlet in the southwestern part of Chickasaw county, about 10 miles southwest of Houston, the county seat and nearest banking town. It has a money order postoffice. Popula- tion in 1900, 85.

Atlanta Campaign, see Army of Tennessee.

Attala County was established December 23, 1833, and was one of the sixteen counties carved from the territory of the Choctaw nation ceded to the United States in 1830 by the treaty of "Dancing Rabbit." The name Attala is said to be derived from Atala, the heroine of an Indian romance by Chateaubriand. The county has an undulating surface of 707 square miles. It is located a little north of the geographical center of the State and is now bounded on the north by Montgomery and Choctaw counties, on the east by Choctaw and Winston counties, on the south by Leake and Madison counties, while the Big Black river forms its western boundary dividing it from Holmes county.

The original act defined its boundaries as follows: "Beginning at the northeast corner of Leake county, and running thence west with the line between townships 12 and 13, to the line between

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ranges five and six east; from thence south with said line between ranges five and six east, to the center of township 12, of range 5 east; from thence directly west to the Big Black river ; from thence up said river to the point at which the line between townships 16 and 17 crosses said river; from thence east with the line between townships 16 and 17, to the line between ranges nine and ten east ; and from thence south to the place of beginning." The boundaries as originally drawn, have never been changed. The Choctaw boundary line of 1820 runs through the extreme southwestern corner of this county.

Its largest town and county seat is Kosciusko, a rapidly growing place of over 2,500 people on the Aberdeen branch of the Illinois Central railway, possessed of excellent public schools, a number of fine churches and a number of growing industries including a large cotton mill with 12,500 spindles. The population of the county is almost exclusively agricultural and there are no other towns of importance, the largest ones being McCool, 400 people, Sallis, 250 people and Ethel, 150 people, all located on the railway. The general face of the country is undulating and rises in places into considerable hills, while scattered throughout the county are extensive areas of level river and creek bottoms. Besides the Big Black river which forms the western boundary of the county, the more important streams are the river Yockanookany, which rises in Choctaw county and is the longest branch of Pearl river, and Long, Apookta, Shakeys, Lobutcha, Seneasha and Zilpha creeks. There are numerous excellent springs found throughout the county including several chalybeate and sulphur springs and one large spring, five miles south of Kosciusko, which is said to have been formed by the earthquake in 1811. The county's entire width is now. traversed by a branch of the Illinois Central railroad, and the generous policy of this corporation is rapidly exploiting the great natural resources of the county and rendering it one of the most progressive and productive counties in the State. The soil, very fertile in the bottoms, and moderately rich in the uplands, yielded products in 1900 in excess of $1,500,000, composed of corn, cotton, oats, wheat, potatoes, peas, peanuts, sorghum and all kinds of fruits and vegetables. The live stock industry, once neglected, is grow- ing rapidly, owing to the excellent shipping facilities now afforded and the excellent grass lands of the county. A few miles north of Kosciusko a bed of oyster shells ten feet thick was found and there are many fine beds of marl in the county, which should yield an abundance of fertilizing material. The timber found here is

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that common to central Mississippi and still contributes largely to the wealth of its people. Manufacturing has attained some growth but is yet in its infancy. A considerable number of saw and plan- ing mills are doing business. As a rule, the early settlers of the county came of good stock, coming chiefly from the Carolinas, Ten- nessee, the western states on the Ohio, and Georgia and Alabama. Attalaville, Valena, Burkettsville, and Bluff Springs are among the oldest settlements in the county, but all four places are now extinct. Attalaville was founded by Silas H. Clark. His two brothers Robert L. and Simon S. Clark also dwelt here. The first sawmill in Attala county was built at Valena. Burkett Thompson, G. W. Galloway and Dr. Cook were the leading pioneer residents of Burkettsville. Bluff Springs was the home of Magnus S. Teague and Col. Coffee, prominent and wealthy merchants, in the days of its prosperity. The steady pressure of the whites gradually forced out the native Indians and as early as 1837 Attala county had a population of 1,713 whites and 708 slaves, with over 4,000 acres of land under cultivation. The county has since grown steadily and the last census returns give it a total of 4,381 farms with 385,003 acres, 150,341 acres of which are improved; the total value of the land without the buildings was $1,543,880, the total value of the buildings was $553,450, the value of live stock has grown to $679,127, the value of products not fed to stock was given at $1,484,558. The following manufacturing data is from the same source: Number of manufacturing establishments 89, amount of capital $135,275; amount of wages paid $35,271; cost of materials $77,870; total value of products $185,300. The total assessed valuation of real and personal property in the county in 1905 was $2,616,005 and in 1906 it was $3,610,550, which shows an increase of $994,545 during the year. The population of the county in 1900 was as follows: White 13,875, colored 12,373, a total of 26,248, and an increase over the census returns for 1890 of 4,035. The total population in 1906 was estimated at over 30,000. Excellent artesian water has been found at several points in the western part of the county. There are 154 public schools in the county of which 100 are for whites and 54 for blacks. The length of school term is 6 months.

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Mississippi : comprising sketches of towns, events, institutions, and persons, arranged in cyclopedic form Vol. I, Part 17

Author: Rowland, Dunbar, 1864-1937, ed Publication date: 1907 Publisher: Atlanta, Southern Historical Publishing Association Number of Pages: 1030

Author: Rowland, Dunbar, 1864-1937, ed
Publication date: 1907
Publisher: Atlanta, Southern Historical Publishing Association
Number of Pages: 1030