than what the colored population had been 100 years before.) The presence of A & M College (now MS State at nearby Starkville) put scientific agricultural information within the reach of any Chickasaw Co farmer who wanted it. The Public Works Administration changed the face of Chickasaw Co. School buildings and other public buildings were improved. In June 1950, the United States was once again sending its young men to war. Later, they returned to the Tomspanbee area, finally locating primarily in an area which today includes Lee, Pontotoc and Chickasaw Counties. The term "County" is party came on strongly with an anti-slavery plank, state Democrats forgot their differences. The old Methodist Church bell of the surname of the slaveholder, can check this list for the surname. Lochinvar is an antebellum home near Pontotoc, Mississippi built by Robert Gordon ca. ancestor as a slave requires advanced research techniques involving all obtainable records of the holder. Methodist, Baptist and Presbyterian churches were eventually built on these plots. Anti-slavery agitation in the north Chickasaw Co voters, in both parties, began to grow around the late 1840s. Meetings were held by most churches in the county and were well attended. In 1845, the town of Okolona was established, located in the northeastern part of the county. It was the fourth-largest in the state before it went out of Though the county was spared the constant presence of hostilities, the county was the scene of several clashes between the Union and Confederate troops. An unknown group has successfully restored the Whitney Plantation in Wallace, Louisiana. In the 1940s, dairying grew in importance. * For Abbott & Co, "These Negroes are employed on that division of the Mobile & Ohio Rail Road lying in this County". Nestled in the hills of Chickasaw County, MS, these 188.65 acres located in Sections 7 and 8, T13S, R3E, offer both timber and recreational investment opportunities. Camp McCoy, WI for additional training before going overseas. turnpikes were built across these and other bottom lands and some corderoy roads were constructed in swampy places. 1,000 acres or more, the largest size category enumerated in the census, and another 1,868 farms of 500-999 acres. The only actual fighting in which the Chickasaws took part during this period was against General George Rogers Clark in 1780, defeating Clark. One outstanding general officer, William Feimster Tucker, was produced. Quest's CD "African-Americans in the 1870 U.S. Federal Census", available through Heritage Quest at On Feb 9, 1986 Chickasaw Co celebrated her 159th anniversary. It would be during the 1960s before the blacks would recover their participation in the electoral process. The Plantation at Coal Creek, Tuttle. When Grierson left the Kilgore plantation, he sent a detachment under the command of Colonel Hatch to destroy the railroad. quickly reached a high pitch. In Feb 1864, the most damaging raid in the county took place. it is beyond the scope of this transcription. term "slaveholder" rather than "slave owner", so that questions of justice and legality of claims of ownership need not be Particularly in the case of The 1860 U.S. Census was the last U.S. census showing slaves and slaveholders. By 1860 the county had changed substantially. In time, the Hopewells disappeared from the area and were in all probability absorbed by the later groups of people who moved into the area. There valorem taxes. Early "cottage" type industries included boot and show making and the manufacture of buggies and wagons, tinware, coffins and furniture. In a few short years, the county moved from the ox-cart to the automobile to the airplane. ancestor was one of the larger slaveholders in the County. likely possible places of relocation for colored persons from Chickasaw County, included the following: Georgia, up 80,000 supreme sacrifice. Though the countys citizens were originally divided in their loyalties, Chickasaw Countys political representatives eventually formed a solid base in favor of secession, and many of the countys natives served in the Civil War. the source or at the time of the source, with African American being used otherwise. Chickasaw Co citizens struggled to continue the education of their children during the war years and afterward. Rev. A second law passed five days later named John Defacement, Richard Elliot, Thomas Ivy, Thomas Gates and Benjamin Anderson as commissioners for the purpose of organizing the county. He entered the service as a captain with the Chickasaw Guards, Co H, 11th Infantry; the company being mustered at Houston on Mar 9, 1861. The process of publication of slaveholder names beginning with larger slaveholders will enable naming of the holders The neighboring town of Vardaman in Calhoun Co. claims the title "Sweet Potato Capitol of the World", but the farmers of Chickasaw County's "Flatwoods" country found that the country was fit for growing a great deal more than timber and providing pastureland for Nestled in the hills of Chickasaw County, MS, these 188.65 acres located in Sections 7 and 8, T13s, R3e, offer both timber and recreational investment opportunities. Chickasaw Co residents realized that in order to thrive, their agricultural methods must be modernized. time. Before 1830, most white men coming into this area were explorers, adventurers, and traders. Coming from Tupelo under the command of Major Coon to a point south of Okolona, Although it was not as active in Chickasaw Co as in other sections, the Klu Klux Klan was organized and in operation during the Reconstruction period. the Viet Nam War was nine. Congress. The Chamber of Commerce in Okolona and the American Legion in Houston declared that no child in the county would miss "Santa Claus". In addition to the government assistance, private charity work was being done. With most of the county's able bodied men gone in the war, the day to day responsibilities fell to the old men, women, children and slaves. In Okolona, Rose Gate College continued through the war years and the Male Academy conducted school until the actual fighting began in the area. In 1904, the spur was completed linking Houston with the M & O Railroad which had been rebuilt. Learn more. The four raids caused only moderate casualties on both sides; but the county and the Confederacy suffered heavy losses of supplies. D'Artagnette and his group arrived at the proposed meeting place and decided not to wait for Bienville and his men. BABBIT & DAUBE, Aberdeen Miss., 73 slaves, page 381B, BOWEN, Keith and seven others, 75 slaves, page 343B, COOPWOOD, William C., 43 slaves, page 348B, EVANS, Joel West Point Miss., 59 slaves, page 342, KIDD, W. H. & J. K., 49 slaves, page 374B. The government declared the remainder as surplus and disposed of the Before 3,950,546 unnamed slaves, or an average of about ten slaves per holder. used to describe the main subdivisions of the State by which the census was enumerated. If interested in purchasing one of these volumes, contact the Chickasaw Co Historical and Genealogical Society, P. O. http://www.heritagequest.com/ . Chickasaw Co experienced a drug problem among its young people. enemies". In the early 1900s, automobiles were a familiar site in the county. These programs were designed to raise the price of cotton and other farm products by lowering the amount of production. ancestor not shown to hold slaves on the 1860 slave census could have held slaves on an earlier census, so those films can be Webster/Chickasaw Co line and continued north through Chickasaw Co on the Natchez Trace. It was here that the ancestral remains were buried in the huge burial mound known as Nanih Waiya.There are several accounts on the brothers Chisca and Chocta and their respective followers on their parting of ways. 188.65 Acres : $509,355 Houlka Creek, 188.65 Ac Houston : Chickasaw County : MS Sartain's Heritage Properties 206 Acres : $484,735 The West Hobolochitto Creek Tract Carriere : Pearl These officials were ill equipped to fill their positions. The county's first church was a Baptist church built in 1835 in the southwestern part of the county by the Pinson, a private spectator, was agreed upon and on July 8, 1836, the Chickasaw Co Board of Police ordered that the county seat be located on "Sections 4 and 5 in Township 14, Range 3 East. Local Indians were friendly. This organization provided employment to a number of young men in the county. By 1916 more than half of the Chickasaws church members were Baptistsmostly either Missionary Baptists or Southern Baptists. Chickasaw County experienced considerable growth during the first few decades of the twentieth century. Scattered Ku Klux Klan violence occurred in response to black political involvement, especially at voting sites. Temperance societies were formed throughout the county and lecturers were brought in to lecture on the evils of strong drink. Historians of the period tell that the original Chickasaw Indians were tall, well built people with reddish brown skin, raven black hair, large Between 1860 and 1870, the Mississippi colored population only increased by Southern Mississippi Genealogical Society, 72 Boggy Hollow Rd., In Apr 1933 enrollment of young men between the ages of 18 and 25 in a "Civilian Conservation Corps", later known as CCC, was announced. No family history research. The fire was discovered about noon, but, it could not be checked, and in a few hours this Battle founded Okolona College, a black institution in 1902. Professor Hosea B. Abernathy and his wife, Sallie Garrett Abernethy conducted the school. Martin later built another church about three miles of Houston. Mississippi, in 1860, is either non-existent or not readily available. Reconstruction left scars on the blacks and whites alike. http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/census/ . A young Scotsman who was trying to start a school for former slaves at Sparta was one of the casualties of the time. The typical Chickasaw Co family found it necessary to be self sustaining now, more than ever. All have played their part in the existence of Chickasaw Co. There was great rejoicing when news of the victory in Europe was announced and V-J Day was an even more joyous occasion. Dairy farming and cattle became increasingly central to Chickasaws agricultural sector during the first half of the twentieth century, while sweet potato cultivation increased following World War II. Joel Pinson donated a plot of ground to each of the four denominations represented in Houston at its founding. The average slave owner owned eight slaves; but the larger slave holders owned between thirty and one hundred slaves. Travel across the bottom lands of Houlka and Chuquantonchee Creeks was very difficult and sometimes impossible during the rainy season. This expedition originated on the Atlantic coast of FL and moved across the southeastern part of what is now the United States and crossed the Tomspanbee River near present day Aberdeen. The new town of Houston was well supplied with professional men; having thirteen doctors and twenty-three lawyers in 1860. what is now Calhoun Co. Two other early roads, one between Houston and Pontotoc and another that connected Houston and Aberdeen were built. It was taken over in 1933 by the Episcopal church and continued operation until 1965. Freed slaves, if listed in the next census, in 1870, would have been reported There are 80,000 acres of farm land in Chickasaw County, growing soybeans, corn, cotton, sweet potatoes, forage crops and truck patches. West of the town of West Point, General N. B. Forrest's troops fired on some scouts from Smith's command. Roll 596) reportedly includes a total of 9,087 slaves. If the surname is not on this list, the microfilm White land owners also successfully applied economic pressure by refusing to employ blacks who voted, or who voted Republican. The information on surname matches of 1870 African Americans and 1860 slaveholders is intended merely to provide data Probably no period in the county's history produced more changes than the 1960s and 1970s. However, a small but significant Latino/Hispanic minority had emerged. The page numbers used are the rubber stamped numbers in the upper seats. Following the holder list is a separate list of the surnames of the holders with information on The "Chickasaw Banner" a Whig paper was published by D. H. Lindsay and F. L. Denison. numbers of African Americans on the 1870 census who were enumerated with the same surname. On June 20, 1836 the board met again at the Indian house near Old Houlka, north of present day Houston, to select a site for the county seat. Mississippi; Chickasaw County; Chickasaw County Real Estate Facts. The ladies promoted the sale of Liberty Bonds and worked with the Red Cross preparing "comfort bags" for the departing men and knitting socks and "wristlets". Easily find plantation land for sale in Chickasaw County Mississippi at LANDFLIP.com. D. D. Dendy of the board of Supervisors; R. S. Mitchell, County Agent and George D. Riley, County Superintendent of Education formed a committee and met Around 1830, the typical immigrant was a family man seeking to establish a hoe. communities. Those opposed to the Compromise became known as States Rights Democrats. The property consists Other early towns in the county have declined in importance, but in the early days of the county, they filled a significance place. The troops seized and burned the books on the spot. For two days, this group of men were unable to agree on a location for the county seat. As the political climate became more favorable to the white Southerner, those who had lost land for failure to pay taxes were now able to buy back all or part of what they had previously owned. population was decimated by the war. Before the war's end, almost everything was rationed -- sugar, meat, commercial canned goods, gasoline, tires, shoes, etc. At the end of the war and the beginning of the Reconstruction period, large bands of wandering blacks became the rule. The Agricultural High School at Buena Vista frequently sponsored programs on farm topics that were open to the public. can be viewed to find out whether the ancestor was a holder of a fewer number of slaves or not a slaveholder at all. The national moral decline never reached full proportion in the county, but its effects filtered into the area. Under the presidency of Andrew Jackson, the Indians were finally driven from Chickasaw Co. Jackson passed through the area on his return from the Battle of New Orleans in Feb 1813. Churches, civic clubs, home demonstration cubs and private citizens participated in activities to help in the war effort. This procession was led by the "bone barriers" who carried the remains of their ancestors so that they could be buried in their new homeland. court house are all that remain. On a national level, Democrat candidates consistently carried the county, but it was not unusual for a popular Whig to win in a sate or local election. The last U.S. census slave schedules were enumerated by County in 1860 and included 393,975 named persons holding Over 9,000 Chickasaw Co citizens, male and female, responded to this request; all being volunteers. They elected J. T Griffin and T. S. Evans, Whigs who had ron on the Union party ticket, as delegates to a state convention held in Jackson to "redress grievances". of African Americans were enumerated as free in 1860, with about half of those living in the southern States. "Okolona Male Academy" was founded in 1852 by William f. Tucker. Also in operation at the end of the nineteenth century and beginning of the twentieth century was the Buena Vista Normal College, chartered in 1885. Most families in the county had suffered losses of loved ones and material goods during the war and Reconstruction. According to local tradition, he camped near the present day Superintendent of Houston High School, L. B. Reid, was instrumental in securing the state's first Carnegie Library in 1909. When the United States declared war against Germany and her allies on April 4, 1917, Chickasaw Co was ready. are: Pontotoc, Lee, Montgomery, Clay, Webster, and Calhoun. to town to try their hand at occupations other than farming. The slavery issue significantly changed both parties and eventually destroyed the Whig party. Some or part of these counties were formed from land originally a part of Chickasaw County. Prior to the Civil War, the county also had two Christian churches, two Episcopal churches, and three Union churches. Their immediate duties were to hold an election to select other county officer and select a site for the county seat. and caused him to move east to Okolona. Industry began making a comeback during the last of the nineteenth century and early twentieth century. Young men returning from World War I found a booming economy. These schools offered a wide variety of subjects including the sciences, philosophy, Greek and Latin. White settlers arriving in Chickasaw country from the north and east were hungry for land. The automobile was replacing the horse and buggy and a new invention, the radio, was bringing the world into homes throughout the county. Home Values by ZIP CODE. The first contingent In Okolona, the Federal All of these newspapers were strong Democrat party supporters. for dairy purposes. Palo Alto, located in what is now Clay Co, was a thriving community in the early days and was the third largest town in the county. In 1850 a coalition of six Democrats and six Whigs met at the courthouse in Houston and drafted a set of resolutions. for consideration by those seeking to make connections between slaveholders and former slaves. Candles, kerosene lamps and gas lights were replaced by electric lights and old out houses were replaced by flushing toilets. This invasion was a part of the campaign against Vicksburg. The treaty of Pontotoc opened the door to land companies and the formation of Chickasaw Co. Land was bought from the Indians and resold to the settlers at a higher price than was paid to the Indians. During the six year existence of the hospital, it served more than 1,500 patients. Much of its trade had been taken over by West Point and its male ONLY OLD PICTURES OVER 50 YEARS OLD OR OLDER AROUND HOUSTON, CHICKASAW COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI. Located in north-central Mississippi, Chickasaw County possesses a notable number of creeks and lakes and is traversed by both the Yalobusha and Tombigbee Rivers. Most were forcibly removed to Indian Territory in the 1830s, but some remained and became citizens of the state and the It was their purpose to punish the South. Agricultural High School played a very important part in the life of the county from its founding until it was closed during the Depression in the 1930s. All were shown as in Division 1, except the two holders on These two men were of one mind, casting their votes in favor of The hospital was located on the second floor of a brick store building located on the northwest corner of Jackson and Madison. 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