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In 1899 the State had 2,897,920 acres in cotton, producing 1,286,- 680 bales, valued at $17,340,314; cottonseed 634,083 tons, valued at $6,692,027. The same year there were 2,276,313 acres of corn, producing 38,789,920 bushels, valued at $18,873,934. Of the total value of all crops cotton constituted 63.6 per cent, cereals, includ- ing Kafir corn and rice, 22.8 per cent, forest products 3.6 per cent, miscellaneous vegetables 3.3 per cent. hay and forage 1.7 per cent, sweet potatoes 1.7 per cent, other products 3.3 per cent.
All counties in the State raise cotton, those devoting the great- est number of acres are Yazoo, Washington, Hinds, Bolivar, Nox-
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ubee, Holmes, Monroe, and Panola in the order named and having 25.1 per cent of the total State acreage.
The production of cotton by decennial periods is:
1899-643,339,470 1bs., 1,313,798 bales, 16.8 per cent increase ; 1889-550,803,825 1bs., 1,154,725 bales, 26.2 per cent increase ; 1879-436,289,283 lbs., 963,111 bales, 72.9 per cent increase ; 1869- 245,183,092 1bs., 564,938 bales, 54.2 per cent decrease ; 1859-535,- 115,615 1bs., 1,202,507 bales 176.2 per cent increase ; 1849-193,716,- 800 1bs., 484,292 bales.
The total number of manufacturing establishments in the State in 1900 was 4,772; capital invested $35,807,419; value of land $8,671,109; value of buildings $4,498,156; machinery and imple- ments $13,077,469; cash and sundries $9,560,685; value of products $40,431,386. The total horsepower used in the State in 1900 was 124,254 as compared with 35,331 in 1890, and 18,450 in 1880.
Mississippi is an agricultural State and has few natural advan- tages to foster manufacturing, as it has no important harbor, little water power, and few mineral resources. It is, however, fortun- ate in its wealth of fertile cotton lands and its immense forests of pine and hardwood, including the largest forest of sweet gum in the world. As is well known, the period 1860-1880 was one of stagnation in the South, on account of the War 1861-5. With the year 1880 a new period of growth began, and between 1880 and 1890 every effort was made to attract manufactures and a bureau of immigration was established. In 1882, the legislature passed an act exempting machinery of factories from taxation for ten years.
Population since 1850 has increased from 606,526 to 1,551,270, or 155.8 per cent, while the average number of wage earners em- ployed in manufactures increased from 3,154 to 26,418 or 737.6 per cent, embracing 1.7 per cent of the population in 1900 and five- tenths of one per cent in 1850. In 1900, the greatest number em- ployed at any one time was 43,369 or 2.8 per cent of total popu- lation. Measured by value of products, the greatest percentage of increase, 148.8 per cent, was during the decade 1880-1890, but the greatest absolute increase was between 1890 and 1900.
The eight leading industries as shown by the census are: (1) Lumber and timber products, with 844 establishments, products valued at $15,656,110, an increase in a decade of 171.3 per cent, and constituting 38.7 per cent of the total products of the State. (2) Oil, cottonseed and cake, number of establishments 41, value of products $6,681,121, increase in decade 177.6 per cent. John
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Ross is said to have made the first written suggestion that oil be expressed from cotton seed and foretold many of its uses. The same claim is made for William Dunbar, senior (q. v.). The first mill in the U. S. was erected at Natchez in 1834 by William Dun- bar, though the industry can hardly be said to have started much before 1870, when there were 4 mills. (3) Cotton ginning, estab- lishments 1,901, value of products $2,214,949, increase 1,598 per cent. (4) Turpentine and rosin, establishments 145, value of products $1,772,435, increase 528.4 per cent. In 1860 there was only 1 turpentine still in the State; in 1880, 11; in 1890, 24. (5) Cotton goods, establishments 6, products $1,472,835, increase 10.5 per cent. (6) Cars and general shop construction, establishments 9, products $1,331,401, increase one-tenth of one per cent. . The first railroad shops in the State were located at Woodville and belonged to the West Feliciana railroad. The largest and most complete are those of the Illinois Central R. R., at McComb City. (7) Lumber and planing mill products, establishments 34, value of products $1,315,775, increase in last decade 864.3 per cent. There was 1 planing mill in 1860, and 6 in 1880. The large in- crease in 1900 indicates that Mississippi is rapidly providing the facilities for working up the output of its forests into the finished product. (8) Flouring and grist mills, establishments 225, total products $932,816, decrease 25.4 per cent.
Of the 4,772 manufacturing establishments in the State, 533, or 11.2 per cent were located in 11 cities and towns. These urban manufactures embraced 22.3 per cent of the capital, 24.2 per cent of the wage-earners, 29.2 per cent of the wages, and 28.3 per cent of the products. These 11 cities are as follows :
No. of Estab.
Capital.
Val. of Prod.
Aberdeen
32
$179,625
Wages. $ 40,229
$ 228,278
Biloxi
39
417,902
136,441
949,031
Columbus
57
610,431
138,639
753,539
Corinth
38
441,689
151,657
759,542
Handsboro
5
155,221
34,280
213,844
Jackson
83
953,508
263,645
1,724,395
Meridian
119
1,923,590
555,409
2,980,217
Natchez
48
1,389,691
209,556
1,270,885
Scranton
15
372,655
66,045
326,114
Vicksburg
65
1,360,890
532,734
1,876,843
West Point
32
198,328
56,738
358,863
There were 10 counties in 1880 each of whose products were val- 25-I
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ued at over $200,000; in 1900, the value of products in each of 38 counties was in excess of $200,000, and in 24 counties in excess of $500,000.
POPULATION OF MISSISSIPPI AND DECENNIAL INCREASE FROM 1790 TO 1900.
Increase-
Year.
Population.
Number.
Per Cent.
1900
. 1,551,270
261,670
20.3
1890
1,289,600
158,003
14.0
1880
. 1,131,597
303,675
36.7
1870
827,922
36,617
4.6
1860
791,305
184,779
30.5
1850
606,526
230,875
61.5
1840
375,651
239,030
175.0
1830
136,621
61,173
81.1
1820
75,448
35,096
87.0
1810
40,352
31,502
356.0
1800
8,850
1790
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POPULATION BY COUNTIES FOR 1900 AND 1890, INCLUDING CITIES AND TOWNS OVER 1,000, AND LAND SURFACE IN SQUARE MILES.
COUNTY
Pop. 1900
Pop. 1890
Cities and Towns Over 1,000
Pop. 1900 Pop. 1890
Area. Sq. Mi.
Adams
30,111
26,031 Natchez
12,210
10,101
428
Alcorn .
14,987
13,115|Corinth.
3,661
2,111
402
Amite.
20,708
18, 198 Gloster .
1,661
1,142
708
Attala .
26,248
22,213|Kosciusko
2,078
1,394
707
Benton.
10,510
10,585
409
Bolivar
35,427
29,980
913
Calhoun
16,512
14,688
588
Carroll
22,116
18,773
612
Chickasaw
19,892
19, 891 Okolona
2,177
2,099
507
Choctaw
13,036
10,847
372
Claiborne
20,787
14, 516 Port Gibson
2,113
1,524
505
Clarke
17,741
15,826
664
Clay.
19,563
18,607
West Point.
3,193
2,762
399
Coahoma
26,293
18,342 Clarksdale.
1,773
781
592
Copiah
34,395
30,233 Wesson
3,279
3,168
748
1,093
997
Covington
13,076
8,299
DeSoto
24,751
24,183
551
Franklin
13,678
10,424
555.
Greene.
6,795
3,906
2,568
2,416
435
Hancock
11,886
8,318 Bay St. Louis
2,872
1,974
611
Harrison
21,002
12, 481 Biloxi
5,467
3,234
982
Pass Christian
2,028
1,705
Gulfport
1,060
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Crystal Springs. Hazlehurst
1,579
577
819
Grenada.
14,112
14, 974|Grenada .
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POPULATION BY COUNTIES-Continued.
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Pop. 1090
Pop. 1890
Cities and Towns Over 1,000
Pop. 1900 Pop. 1890
Area, Sq. Mi.
Hinds.
52,577
39,279
Jackson .
7,816
5,920
847
Holmes
36,828
30,970 Lexington
1,516
1,075
825
Durant
1,766
1,259
Issaquena
10,400
12,318
473
Itawamba
13,544
11,708
526
Jackson
16,573
11,251 Scranton
2,025
1.353
1,073
Ocean Springs.
1,255
1,148
Jasper
15,394
14,785
647
Jefferson
21,292
18,947
519
Jones
17,846
8,333
Ellisville.
1,899
961
674
Laurel
3,193
Kemper
20,492
17,961
Lafayette.
22,110
20,533 Oxford
1,825
1,546
673
Lauderdale
38,150
29,661
Meridian
14,050
10,624
677
Lawrence
15,103
12,318
638
Leake.
17,360
14,803
561
Lee
21,956
20,040 Tupelo
2,118
1,477
449
Leflore .
23,834
16,869 Greenwood
3,026
1,055
578
Lincoln .
21,552
17,912 Brookhaven
2,678
2,142
574
Lowndes.
29,095
27,047
Columbus.
6,484
4,559
504
Madison.
32,493
27,321 Canton
3,404
2,131
714
Marion
13,501
9,532
1,095
Marshall.
27,674
26,043 Holly Springs
2,815
2,246
707
Monroe.
31,216
30,730
Amory
1,211
739
762
Aberdeen
3,434
3,449
Montgomery
16,536
14,459 Winona.
2,455
1,648
391
Neshoba .
12,726
11,146
543
Newton .
19,708
16.625
561
Noxubee.
30,846
27,388 Macon
2,057
1,565
659
Oktibbeha
20,183
17,694 Starkville.
1,986
1,725
435
Panola
29,027
26,977 Sardis
1,002
1,044
699
Pearl River
6,697
2,957 Lumberton
1,509
663
Perry
14,682
6,494 Hattiesburg.
4,175
1,172
1,091
Pike
27,545
21,203 McComb
4,477
2,383
697
Summit
1,499
1,587
Pontoto
18,274
14,940 Pontotoc.
1,010
535
496
Prentiss
15,788
13,679 Booneville
1,050
748
420
Quitman
5,435
3,286
Rankin .
20,955
17,922
777
Scott. .
14,316
11,740
584
Sharkey
12,178
8,382
438
Simpson .
12,800
10,138
578
Smith.
13,055
10,635
610
Sunflower .
16,084
9,384
703
Tallahatchie
19,600
14,361
636
Tate
20,618
19,253 Senatobia .
1,156
1,077
407
Tippah
12,983
12,951
456
Tishomingo
10,124
9,302
433
Tunica
16,479
12,158
449
Union.
16,522
15,606
New Albany
1,033
548
418
Warren
40,912
33,164
14,834
13,373
601
Washington
49,216
40,414 Greenville
7,642
6,658
925
Wayne
12,539
9,817
788
Webster.
13,619
12,060
409
Wilkinson.
21,453
17,592 Woodville.
1,043
950
664
Winston.
14,124
12,089
577
Yalobusha.
19,742
16,629
Water Valley
3,863
2,832
501
Yazoo
43,948
36,394 Yazoo City
4,944
3,286
1,018
Vicksburg Fostoria
1,422
409
Magnolia .
1,038
676
704
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Mississippi's rank among the States and Territories is 20th in population, 18th in agriculture and 39th in manufactures.
Census of 1800. Population of Mississippi Territory (Natchez and Tombigbee districts only), in 1800. Free Whites: Washing- ton county, male 389, female 344; Pickering (Jefferson) county, male 1,232, female 966; Adams county, male 1,236, female 952. All other free persons, except Indians (meaning free negroes), Washington 23, Pickering 4, Adams 155. Slaves: Washington 494, Pickering 738, Adams 2,257.
In other words the population of Natchez district was 4,386 white and 3,154 colored; of the Tomibgbee settlements, 733 white and 517 colored. The total of all descriptions was 8,860, but this did not include the few whites scattered among the Indians.
The decennial census was taken in 1810 by the governor and his assistants, at a cost of $1,025.
A census was taken in 1816, by authority of the general assem- bly, in connection with the movement for statehood, and is of un- usual interest. In the following table it is separated into histor- ical regions :
Natchez District
Free White.
Free Colored. 129
Slaves.
Adams
3,608
6,394
Wilkinson
3,218
2
4,057
Amite
3,365
19
1,694
Jefferson
2,531
. . .
2,377
Claiborne
1,716
23
1,790
Warren
801
14
768
Franklin
1,701
4
1,013
Choctaw Purchase, 1809
Pike
2,078
1
539
Lawrence
1,367
417
Marion
1,015
. . .
685
Greene
1,357
. . .
388
Wayne
1,566
1
517
Florida Annexation
Hancock (estimated)
666
...
334
Jackson
714
42
255
Mobile
666
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334
"Tombigbee"
Clarke
2,767
16
1,334
Washington
1,888
. .
671
Baldwin
436
43
684
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Creek Cession, 1814
Free White.
Frec Colored.
Slaves.
Monroe
3,625
72
1,609
Tennessee River
Madison (estimated)
10,000
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4,200
Totals
45,085
366
30,061
Centenary College. Centenary College was founded by the M. E. Church in 1841. Clinton, Hinds county, was the site first chosen by the trustees, but the location was changed to Brandon Springs, in Rankin County. The first President was Rev. Thomas C. Thornton. The college had two departments, a collegiate depart- ment, including law and medicine, and a preparatory department. The institution opened under prosperous auspices and had, in 1842, 175 students. Nevertheless, the trustees decided to change the lo- cation of the college to Jackson, La., and to that end the college property which belonged to the defunct "college of Louisiana" at Jackson was purchased, and the Centenary College established there in 1846.
Centennial Exposition. The legislature of 1875 appropriated $5,000 for an exhibit. A State board was appointed-A. Warner, H. M. Street, H. W. Warren, H. Musgrove and J. S. Hamilton. J. L. Power was their acting secretary. M. J. Manning and James A. Hoskins were commissioned by the general board at Philadel- phia, and O. C. French (E. D. Frost, alternate) represented the State on the general commission. A modest State building was planned, exhibiting 68 varieties of timber, and a collection was made at the State fair in November, 1875, for shipment to Philadelphia, including "a splendid variety of cotton and woolen goods from the Wesson mills," a home made gin, and some agricultural imple- ments and vehicles manufactured in the State. The legislature of 1876 provided for a new board of managers, in accordance with po- litical changes, composed of Gen. A. M. West, H. W. Warren, H. M. Street, J. L. Power, J. A. Hoskins, A. E. Lewis, W. G. Pax- ton, J. B. Yellowley, Frank Burkitt, Emil Gross, John R. Mc- Laurin, Joseph Baum, Paul A. Botto, J. J. Powers, W. W. Troup. The building was erected, mainly through the aid of the Missis- sippi Valley Improvement company. It was a Swiss cottage, the walls showing the bark of the native woods outside and the pol- ished grain inside. From the eaves hung Spanish moss. It was the pride of the 4,000 Mississippian visitors, attracted more atten- tion than any other State building, and received an award from
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the judges. Aside from this, the main exhibits, except a few agri- cultural products, were fabrics and yarns sent by the Wesson and Corinth mills. When a series of addresses on State history was arranged, the opening speech was delivered by Gen. A. M. West, on the history of Mississippi.
Center, a post-hamlet in the southeastern part of Attala county, about 14 miles southeast of Kosciusko, the county seat and near- est railroad and banking town. It has a money order postoffice, a church and a public school. Population in 1900, 83.
Centerville, an incorporated post-town in the southeastern part of Wilkinson county, 13 miles east of Woodville, the county seat, and 9 miles by rail south by west of Gloster. It is an important station on the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley R. R., and derives a good trade from the surrounding country which grows cotton, corn and sugar cane. It has an express office, a telegraph office, a bank, the Bank of Centreville established in 1897 with a capital of $20,000, 3 churches and a good school. The Jeffersonian, a Democratic weekly, established in 1890, H. M. Quin editor, J. T. Ballance publisher, is an influential paper. The Knights of Tythias also issue a monthly publication, the Pythian Journal. I opulation in 1900, 590.
Centerville. An extinct town in the western part of Amite county.
Central Academy, in the east-central part of Panola county, on Hotipka creek, 8 miles directly east of Batesville, one of the two seats of justice for the county, and the nearest railroad and bank- ing town. It has a postoffice.
Centralgrove, a hamlet in the northwestern part of Monroe county, about 6 miles west of Amory, the nearest railroad station, and 12 miles north of Aberdeen. The postoffice here was discon- tinued in 1905, and it now has rural free delivery from Aberdeen. Population in 1900, 23.
Chalmers, H. H., a son of Joseph W. Chalmers, was born in Ten- nessee, reared at Holly Springs, and graduated at Oxford, after which he began the practice of law. After serving in the army, 1861-65, he made his home at Hernando and became a law part- ner of Col. White. He was appointed to the supreme court May 1, 1876, became chief justice in 1881, was reappointed in 1882, and died suddenly, at Jackson, January 3, 1885.
Chalmers, James Ronald, a son of Senator Joseph W. Chalmers (q. v.) was born in Halifax county, Va., January 11, 1831, came with the family to Mississippi in May, 1839, and was educated at
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Holly Springs and the South Carolina college, Columbia, where he was graduated in December, 1851. Returning to Holly Springs he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1853. In 1858 he was elected district attorney for the 7th judicial district; in 1861 he was a member of the secession convention, and chairman of the committee on military affairs. Going to Pensacola (q. v.) in March, 1866, as captain of the DeSoto Irrepressibles, a volunteer company he had formed in 1860, he was elected colonel of the 9th regiment. With this command he had his first battle on Santa Rosa island, that year. Early in 1861 he was ordered with his regiment to Pensacola, and in February he was promoted to briga- dier-general. He commanded a brigade of infantry in the battle of Shiloh (q. v.) and after the retreat from Corinth was given command of the cavalry of the army. In the Kentucky campaign he led his famous "High Pressure" brigade in the assault at Mun- fordville, and at the great battle of Murfreesboro he was distin- guished. In April, 1863, he was put in command of the military district of Mississippi, and thereafter, until the close of the war he was famous as a cavalry leader, commanding one of the divi- sions under General Forrest, and at the last, in command of all the Mississippi cavalry. (See War of 1861-65, and various Army ar- ticles.) After the surrender of May, 1865, he made his home at Friar's Point, and engaged in the work of his profession. He was a member of the State senate in 1876 and 1877 and was elected as a Democrat to the 45th and 46th congresses, serving from Oct., 1877, to March 3, 1881. His district was famous in State and na- tional politics as the "shoestring district," so called because of its attenuated length along the river. He received the certificate of election to the 47th congress, but his seat was successfully con- tested by John R. Lynch. He was reelected to the 48th congress as an independent, indorsed by both the Republican and Green- back conventions, was refused the certificate of election by the secretary of State of Mississippi, but after a contest was seated June 25, 1884. His service in Congress closed in March, 1885, after which he engaged in the practice of law at Memphis, Tenn., where he died April 9, 1898. He was one of the most brilliant cav- alry generals of the great war, particularly representing Missis- sippi in this branch of the service, and throughout his political career he was a figure of national fame, the center of many a fam- ous discussion in Congress and before the people.
Chalmers, Joseph W., United States senator, 1845-47, was born in Halifax county, Va., in 1807, son of a Scotch planter on Dan
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river who was a near relative of the famous divine, Dr. Thomas Chalmers. Joseph W. studied in the university of Virginia and the law office of Benjamin Watkins Leigh, of Richmond, married Fanny Henderson, of North Carolina, and in 1835, after some ex- perience at the bar in Virginia, came to Jackson, Tenn., where he achieved fame as one of the counsel for the notorious John A. Murrel, and in the prosecution of a famous suit for damages. He made his home at Holly Springs in 1840, where he was first the partner of Alexander M. Clayton, but afterward and for a long time the associate of Roger Barton. The firm was widely known, particularly for its success in the criminal branch of the law. When the vice-chancery district for Northern Mississippi was cre- ated in 1842, Mr. Chalmers was appointed vice-chancellor by Gov- ernor Brown, an office he held until the regular election in 1843. He was appointed to the United States senate to succeed Robert J. Walker in 1846, and elected by the legislature to the same va- cancy. He served from December 7, 1845, to the expiration of the term, March 3, 1847. He was a warm friend of John C. Cal- houn and offered his military services and was commissioned as a major in the army of South Carolina when resistance to the tariff laws was contemplated in 1832. In the exciting period of his sen- atorial service he supported the war with Mexico and likewise ad- vocated war with Great Britatin regarding the Oregon boundary. In 1848 he was an elector for the State at large on the Cass ticket ; in 1850-51 he was an ardent supporter of Quitman and Jefferson Davis. Senator Chalmers died at Holly Springs, in June, 1853, leaving six children, among whom were Gen. James R. Chalmers and Chief Justice H. H. Chalmers.
Chalybeate, a post-hamlet in the northern part of Tippah county, 2 miles east of Walnut station, on the Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City R. R., and about 15 miles north of Ripley, the county seat. Its spring water is noted and the place is growing, having a popu- lation of 250 in 1906. It has a saw mill, a tannery, a harness and saddle manufacturing plant, 3 churches and a good school, known as the Chalybeate Springs Institute.
Chancery Court, 1821-56. The constitution of 1817 provided for "a court or courts of chancery with exclusive original equity jur- isdiction," such jurisdiction to be vested in the superior courts until such a court was organized. Governor Poindexter secured the passage of an act Nov. 27, 1821, establishing "The superior court of chancery of the State of Mississippi," with one judge, en- titled "the chancellor of the State of Mississippi," to hold his of-
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fice during good behavior and receive a salary of $2,000 a year. Joshua G. Clarke was elected chancellor, by the legislature, by unanimous vote. Two chancery districts were first created, sep- arated by Pearl river, except that Pike county was joined to the eastern district, and the chancellor was required to hold court in January and July at the courthouse of Adams county (at Clinton after 1828), and in February and August in the courthouse of Marion county. In 1827 four districts were established. The chancery court had "exclusive jurisdiction over all matters, pleas and plaints, whatsoever, belonging to or cognizable in a court of equity," and the chancellor had power, in term time or vacation, "to grant writs of injunction to stay waste, to enjoin execution of a judgment, or to stay proceedings at law, to grant writs of ne exeat and all other remedial writs properly belonging to a court of chancery." The seal was an eagle surrounded by the style of the court; the clerk was appointed by the' judge; there was right of appeal to the supreme court. (Poindexter's Code, 84-104.)
W. C. Smedes wrote of this court, in 1847 (Digest, p. xix) that it was, "a striking evidence of the advantage of a separate system for the administration of equity jurisprudence. There are few States in the Union, if any, where the bar are more thoroughly versed in the principles and practice of that noble science. Much neglected and held subsidiary, in older States, to the principles and practice of the common law, it has been permitted in many of them in a great measure either to be a dead letter, or else it is admin- istered in a crude and undigested style, upon imaginary and ar- bitrary principles of supposed conscience and right, often in vio- lation of the settled rules of the science. In this State, elevated to its true position, by the wise provision of our constitution, as a separate and distinct system of jurisprudence, it has been admin- istered in the true spirit and upon the true principles of the science ; and it displays, in its practical operation, its benign and most ad- vantageous results. The courts of chancery in this State have af- forded the amplest facility for uncloaking the hidden transactions of fraud; have controlled within its legitimate bounds the juris- diction of courts of law, and have administered not the wild and visionary views of abstract justice and equity entertained by the man who might chance to preside in the courts, but the settled and established rules and principles of the science, built up like the common law, by the hand of time, out of the material afforded by the judicial wisdom and enlightenment of ages."
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The chancery court of 1817-33 had the exclusive jurisdiction of divorce proceedings, but, under the constitution, a divorce granted was not effective until confirmed by both houses of the legisla- ture. This made divorces expensive and took up much of the time of the legislature.
Judge Clarke, upon his death, was succeeded in 1828 by John A. Quitman.
The constitution of 1832 provided for "a separate superior court of chancery, with full jurisdiction in all matter of equity," includ- ing divorces, which were no longer required to be approved by the legislature ; but the legislature was empowered to give the cir- cuit courts equity jurisdiction in all cases involving less than $500, also in all divorce cases and foreclosures of mortgages. The chancellor was to be elected for a six years' term by the voters of the whole State. Judge Quitman was reelected under this con- stitution in the spring of 1833, the court having been reorganized under an act of March 2, 1833. In 1835 Quitman resigned and Edward Turner was chancellor from that year until 1839. Robert H. Buckner served until the latter part of 1845. He was succeeded by Stephen Cocke, 1845-51. Charles Scott was the last State chancellor, 1851-57.
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