T. Z. Carothers, a graduate of Princeton, C. P. Ray and A. J. Jamison were closely identified with this school. and caused him to move east to Okolona. Communities of the county often raised their own units, such as the Buena Vista Rifles and the Spartan Band, and these small units were assigned as needed throughout the Confederate Army to become part of larger forces such as the Army of the TN and the Army of The hospital moved to a new and larger building in 1957 and soon afterward the old building was torn down. Houston was incorporated on May 9, 1837 and its first post office was established Dec 5, 1837 and the Postmaster The palatial dwelling on Windsor plantation, near Bethel Church in the southwestern part of the county, burned to the ground last Monday. When French LA was taken over by Spain, the Spanish efforts to stir up trouble with the Chickasaws was resisted. Southern Democrats were split by the Compromise of 1850 and those in favor of the Compromise joining with the Whigs to form the Union Party. The first of these private schools was established in Houston around 1842 by Aaron Turman. A county welfare program COUNTY: COUNTY: Adams; Leflore; Alcorn; Lincoln; Amite; Lowndes; Attala; Madison; Benton; Marion; Bolivar; Marshall; Calhoun; Monroe; Carroll; Montgomery; Very few people The leading citizens of Houston made several attempts to get a railroad through the town, but were unsuccessful until 1905. We are always in need of more information. It is located ten miles north of Houston and dates its history from 1836 when the Harrell brothers, William and Warren, bought a large tract of land from its Indian owner. slaveholder in each County. Based on recent LandWatch data, Chickasaw County ranks 68th among the 82 counties in the state for A highlight of the event was the presence and participation of Overton James, Governor of the Chickasaw nation, and his Presumably some men from Chickasaw Co served in the Spanish-American War in 1896, but no casualties are listed and no records of Chickasaw County's participation are available. An unknown group has successfully restored the Whitney Plantation in Wallace, Louisiana. It was the fourth-largest in the state before it went out of Houlka, originally an Indian village, is Chickasaw Co's oldest town. This latter group was made up of individuals who opposed secession as a solution to the problem. Land for Sale Near Me; 2 stand ages of pine plantations adjoining the National Forest close enough to Davis Lake to ride an ATV from the campground to hunt. While traveling through Chickasaw Co, Smith was opposed by Confederate Generals N. B. Forrest and Chalmers. 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. All officials that had been elected under the Johnson plan were removed and the county returned to military who lived through World War II are unable to remember where he or she was or what they were doing when word came on Sunday, Dec 7, 1941 that the Japanese had attacked Pearl Harbor. During the early twentieth century canals were constructed to provide needed drainage and make the county's rich bottom land available for cultivation. His most significant contribution as a legislator was his service on the committee responsible for the recall of the hated Reconstruction governor, Adelbert Ames. In 1870, a brick building to house this school was built. 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. communities. Okolona soon became an important The county's first church was a Baptist church built in 1835 in the southwestern part of the county by the Their first effort was to organize the farmers to achieve the highest possible food production. The old Methodist Church bell These schools offered a wide variety of subjects including the sciences, philosophy, Greek and Latin. Instead, they allied themselves without eh Americans under the command of General Jackson. 8. In July 1920, the new hospital was opened and located on the northeast corner of N. Jackson and Depot Streets; the site of the old Jamison home. On the federal level the Congress established the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. During the six year existence of the hospital, it served more than 1,500 patients. 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. slaveholder at the time of the 1870 census and they may have still been living in the same State or County. can be viewed to find out whether the ancestor was a holder of a fewer number of slaves or not a slaveholder at all. 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. Slaves then constituted 55 percent of the population, and Chickasaw County planters and farmers pursued mixed agriculture, concentrating on corn and livestock as well as the cash crop of cotton. Patriot" and in 1854, the paper's name was changed again to " The Southern Argus" by its new owner, Jehu A. Orr. In 1850 a coalition of six Democrats and six Whigs met at the courthouse in Houston and drafted a set of resolutions. African American descendants of persons who were enslaved in Chickasaw County, Mississippi in 1860, if they have an idea The Viet Nam War split the nation, but the people of Chickasaw Co again sent sons, husbands and brothers to that far corner of the world. In 1859, the Mobile and Ohio Railroad came through the county passing through Okolona and Egypt. Some or part of these counties were formed from land originally a 3,950,546 unnamed slaves, or an average of about ten slaves per holder. One outstanding general officer, William Feimster Tucker, was produced. In Nov 1915, Walter Chandler and J. L. Jogoe of Okolona; Barry Bays of Woodland; O. M. Harrell of Houlka and L. T. Fox and W. E. Scott of Houston met to study the possibility of securing a "federal expert demonstration agent" for the county. ancestor not shown to hold slaves on the 1860 slave census could have held slaves on an earlier census, so those films can be Chickasaw County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. 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. enumeration of the transcribed slaveholders. In 1934, things were looking up in Chickasaw Co; but the effects of the Depression still lingered among the residents until the beginning of World War II. The Board of Supervisors cut taxes; but people were still unable to pay their taxes and lists of property being sold to pay the taxes filled the newspapers. In 1910, a small insect from Mexico appeared for the first time in Chickasaw Co and this small insect, the boll weevil would force diversification. these larger slaveholders, the data seems to show in general not many freed slaves in 1870 were using the surname of their In 1845, the town of Okolona was established, located in the northeastern part of the county. Okolona was incorporated in 1850 and by 1859 had three hotels, six dry goods stores, two drug stores, a jewelry store, two livery stables, a funeral parlor, candy, toy and liquor establishments. Under the 1831 Treaty of Pontotoc, these lands became available for purchase from the Chickasaw Tribe and were quickly incorporated into the United States. There were several partially successful attempts throughout the war to destroy the M & O Railroad in Chickasaw Co. Those who have found a free ancestor on the 1860 Chickasaw County, Mississippi census can check this list to learn if their (17%); Texas, up 70,000 (38%); Alabama, up 37,000 (8%); North Carolina, up 31,000 (8%); Florida, up 27,000 (41%); Chickasaw Co experienced a drug problem among its young people. Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community. James Martin. lower because some large holders held slaves in more than one County and they would have been counted as a separate In March, 1541, DeSoto and his men prepared to leave the area, but trouble ensued when he demanded that two hundred men be provided him as bearers. Published information giving names of slaveholders and numbers of slaves held in Chickasaw County, There were some questions as to whether this would help the situation, but the merchants were eager to get on the band wagon. Citizen committees were formed to promote the construction of gravel roads throughout the county. The countys industrial force was also growing, employing 224 workers in 1930. General Chalmers stopped Smith at the Houlka bottom north of Houston Palo Alto declined following the War Between the States. This group of people have been a varied group of many races and creeds who have given their allegiance to five flags.All these people originated in other areas and came to the area looking for new opportunities and a better way of life. Chickasaw County is located in the northeast area of the state. checked also. Commercial use of this information is strictly prohibited without prior permission of the owner. County showed such a significant increase. 7%. The MS Senate passed a bill calling for a three percent sales tax and abolished ad The French viewed the Chickasaw Indians as a "troublesome" people and were determined to wipe them out. Congress. rule. the first mercantile firm was founded by W. L. Dogan; but he moved the business to General Sooey Smith was ordered to move from LaGrange, TN and rendezvous with his commander General Sherman for an attack on the Confederate arsenal at Selma, AL. It should be noted however, that in comparing census data for State Senator R. H. Knox called for a moratorium on the sale of property for taxes and asked for an extension on tax payments without penalty. the Confederates broke through Smith's forces and moved about five miles west of the town where they made another stand. The property consists At the end of the war and the beginning of the Reconstruction period, large bands of wandering blacks became the rule. In addition, the freed blacks usually possessed nothing of material value. The story of Chickasaw Co is the story of the people who have passed through or settled and made their homes in this small area of northeast MS. Only about 29 percent of farmers owned their own land. Owl Creek mounds to the north of Davis Lake in the Natchez Trace Game area are examples of this type of mound. Using plantation names to locate ancestors Racially related terms such as African American, black, mulatto and colored are used as in Crops must be diversified with less emphasis on cotton and more emphasis on animal husbandry. The automobile was replacing the horse and buggy and a new invention, the radio, was bringing the world into homes throughout the county. 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. Gas stations as such were yet to be and fuel for automobiles was bought at the local drug stores. In Mississippi in 1860 there were 481 farms of Also a number of private homes and public buildings were destroyed and many families lost stock, food and valuables. In June 1950, the United States was once again sending its young men to war. In 1853, the Democrats split in earnest at their state convention. Corporate Information | Privacy | Terms and Conditions | CCPA Notice at Collection. Methodist, Baptist and Presbyterian churches were eventually built on these plots. Two dominant parties in the county were the Democrat and Whig, the Democrat holding the majority. According to local tradition, he camped near the present day Twenty years later, only 220 people were still involved in agriculture, while more than half of the workforce, almost 5,000 people, held manufacturing positions, largely in timber and textiles. At first, they were nomadic and great traders, but eventually became more settled into their lifestyle and formed more permanent villages and practiced a primitive form of agriculture.Traces of these people might be found a few miles northeast of the town of Houston (county seat of Chickasaw Co) on the Natchez Trace at a place called Bynum Mounds. In Chickasaw Co the economic picture was drastically changed. If the ancestor is not on this list, the 1860 slave census microfilm Lochinvar is an antebellum home near Pontotoc, Mississippi built by Robert Gordon ca. One is that they had a disagreement. was Henry R. Carter. Later the Chickasaw people returned the county's hospitality by inviting a group from Chickasaw, Pontotoc and Lee counties to participate in the Chickasaw nation's Silver Centennial and dedication of the Chickasaw Nation Memorial Gardens on the campus of Murray State College in Tishomingo, OK. SET UP TO SHARE OLD PICTURES. In Houston, the school was located on the northwest corner of Madison St. and Starkville Rd. The slavery issue significantly changed both parties and eventually destroyed the Whig party. To conserve electricity, "brown-outs" were a regular practice. http://mississippiencyclopedia.org/entries/chickasaw-county/, Written by Mississippi Encyclopedia Staff. Chickasaw County Historical and Genealogical Society. The Federal blockade of the Atlantic and Gulf ports dried up foreign markets for cotton and other agricultural products and the people of Chickasaw Co suffered. Newspaper stories strongly opposed and the state of MS never These people emigrated to what is now the state of MS by following a magical stick and a white dog. Some of the families left the area completely and others moved The Plantation at Coal Creek, Tuttle. Early newspapers included "The Houston State Advocate", the first county paper. Soon the stage coaches replaced the horse and rider as the carrier of the Candyland, a plantation in Chickasaw County, Mississippi, was owned by Calvin Candie, the antagonist in Django Unchained. Around this time, a high moral tone was characteristic of the county history. [4] Robert Gordon had immigrated to Cotton Gin Port, Mississippi, from Scotland. In Okolona, the Federal School children collected newspapers, scrap metal, tin cans and clothing for refugees. A cultural revolution was taking place across the entire nation. Fifteen companies of Infantry and Calvary, a total of 1,875 men, were furnished the Confederacy by the county. Another building was built to house an elementary grades of the Houston Municipal system and was located on the southeast corner of Madison and Starkville. Economy was in a state of collapse; once prosperous farms and plantations lay in ruins; crops had been destroyed and most of the stock had been stolen or driven away. One Saturday in July, the ladies of Houlka were allowed to participate in a "straw vote" for he office of governor of MS. Other parts of the county were not so quick to approve female suffrage. The "Chickasaw Banner" a Whig paper was published by D. H. Lindsay and F. L. Denison. The Union forces were destroying vast stores of grain which had been stored along the railroad as they went. the Union forces inflicted little permanent damage. are: Pontotoc, Lee, Montgomery, Clay, Webster, and Calhoun. If interested in purchasing one of these volumes, contact the Chickasaw Co Historical and Genealogical Society, P. O. party came on strongly with an anti-slavery plank, state Democrats forgot their differences. Chickasaw County experienced considerable growth during the first few decades of the twentieth century. This organization provided employment to a number of young men in the county. Another story is told of a small pox epidemic originating with the bone barriers. As a result of these defeats, eight hundred French soldiers, five hundred of them led by D'Artagnette from a post in IL and three hundred under the leadership of Bienville, moved up the Tomspanbee River from the coast. 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. The only actual fighting in which the Chickasaws took part during this period was against General George Rogers Clark in 1780, defeating Clark. In the 1920s, business was good. The troops seized and burned the books on the spot. Only five years passed between the end of World War II and the beginning of the Korean Conflict. During these years, before federal grants and government assistance, the people had rebuilt their county. Chickasaw County is located in the northeast area of the state. Particularly in the case of In 1856 when the newly formed Republican The war lasted only three years, but twenty-one of Chickasaw County's men gave their lives in this conflict. Churches, civic clubs, home demonstration cubs and private citizens participated in activities to help in the war effort. Colonel Grierson and his Second Iowa Regiment camped overnight in Chickasaw Co at Dr. Benjamin Kilgore's plantation. There was great rejoicing when news of the victory in Europe was announced and V-J Day was an even more joyous occasion. The countys population struggled during the postbellum era. raised and was a primary source of meat. GA, or from the westerns states of TN and KY. 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. In the 1940s, dairying grew in importance. The MS Exposition scheduled to celebrate the state's The Great Depression had been building since the crash of the stock market in 1929 and now deepened. resigned from the U. S. Congress and reversed his position regarding secession, the people of Chickasaw came to support the secession movement. the County and the first census page on which they were listed. The old ante-bellum home was extensively renovated and added to, resulting in a fine, well equipped hospital and was open to all the doctors in the area. Later a road was built from Houston to Starkville and the Houston/Hopewell Road was extended to Grenada. If interested in purchasing one of these volumes, contact the Chickasaw Co Historical and Genealogical Society, P. O. On Jan 5, 1861, MS became the second state to secede from the Union and the stars and bars became the fifth flag to fly over Chickasaw Co. A new and tragic chapter in the history of Chickasaw Co began. Browse our gallery of the property or contact Mark Lewis, ALC at 662-418-4422. Long before the county was formed a type of Paleo-Indian people, also known as the Hopewells, lived here. slaveholder. List of plantations in Mississippi. Vestiges of the time. treadmill wheels that snuggles and snorts, puffs and waggles across the fields with multiple plows taggling on afterwards. in Chickasaw County, accounting for 3,222 slaves, or 35% of the County total. Early on, the county was almost entirely agricultural, and the plantation economy was central to Chickasaws antebellum prosperity. numbers of African Americans on the 1870 census who were enumerated with the same surname. can be difficult because the name of a plantation may have been changed through the years and because the sizeable number Martin renamed the paper "The Southern Blues musician Booker Bukka White was born in Houston in 1909. Cotton was the main crop; but corn was grown as food for both man and beast. addressed in this transcription. After the 1875 election in which the Republicans throughout the state were defeated; the losers requested Federal troops to put them in office. County roads were still crude and inadequate. shipping center for the cotton growers and outstripped Houston as a center of commerce. The first contingent During the latter part of the 19th century, rebuilding began for Chickasaw Co. It is possible to locate a free person on the Chickasaw Beinville was defeated at the Battle of Akia, fought on the site of present day This ladies and gentlemen, is caressingly termed -- a tractor." His forces were also defeated, though they were superior in arms and numbers to the Chickasaw braves. If copied, this copyright notice must appear with the information. The four raids caused only moderate casualties on both sides; but the county and the Confederacy suffered heavy losses of supplies. The Democrat Clubs were made up of native white Southerners and clashes between the two groups were frequently violent, especially at election Before their voting rights could be restored, men who had served in the Confederate army or had held any official position in the government of the Confederacy were required to take an oath of loyalty to the United States. Goode's Circuit Clerk duties were performed by his deputy Adam Kerr Craig. This information may be used by libraries, genealogical societies, and other researchers. Though the county was spared the constant presence of hostilities, the county was the scene of several clashes between the Union and Confederate troops. Returning soldiers were dispirited by defeat and broken in mind and body. County, Mississippi census for 1860 and not know whether that person was also listed as a slaveholder on the slave census, 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. In 1840 Chickasaw was home to 2,148 free whites, 1 free African American, and 806 slaves. A short time later, the Commercial Bank and Trust Company of Okolona also closed. A group of Houston civic leaders formed a corporation in 1919 to open a larger and more modern hospital. In 1943, this institution was sold to Dr. John D. Dyer and continued as a MIGRATION OF FORMER SLAVES: According to U.S. Census data, the 1860 Chickasaw County population included After the surrender of Lee, the soldiers returned home to Chickasaw Co to almost unbelievable disaster. [2] The county is named for the Chickasaw people, who lived in this area for hundreds of years. Probably no period in the county's history produced more changes than the 1960s and 1970s. Later, during the Creek War, the Chickasaws refused to join with the other southeastern tribes. The 1860 U.S. Census was the last U.S. census showing slaves and slaveholders. The average slave owner owned eight slaves; but the larger slave holders owned between thirty and one hundred slaves. During the Great Depression, the Civilian Conservation Corps constructed the Natchez Trace Game Area in Chickasaw. All citizens between the ages of 16 and 65 were asked to report to the schools and voting precincts to register for service in case of emergency. However, this last raid of the war in Chickasaw Co resulted in the loss of a large quantity of supplies. Red Harrell Reid, editor of the "Hummer" a county newspaper wrote in Nov 1915: "There is a strange looking object looming up on the agricultural horizon -- a sort of geared grasshopper, an aluminum, camel humped denuded motor equipped with one or more span Homes, farms and businesses that had been destroyed or damaged had been rebuilt or renovated. A very large percentage of the white population were slave Because of the poor quality and short terms of the public schools; most of the youth who had a desire to attend a college or university found it almost a necessity to attend a private school or academy. James Loughridge built a hotel from the timber that was cut from the court house square and this was probably one of the first buildings erected in Houston. The slaves on the smaller farms, who were likely to have worked with the master and his sons, remained faithful to their This was a high standard school and combined academics with industrial training and was the alma mater of most of the black leaders of the area. As a whole, the plantation system in the county was gone. This transcription lists the names of those largest slaveholders in the County, the number of slaves they held in Reprints of this book and Vol II may still be available. Their first penetration of the Chickasaw Co was near the area of what is now known as Egypt, MS. Okolona was located on the county's only railroad and became the county's largest town. Dr. V. B. Philot was the surgeon in charge. can be viewed to see if there were smaller slaveholders with that surname. Based on recent LandWatch data, Chickasaw County ranks 68th among the 82 counties in the state for The Chickasaw Indians refused, set fire to the Spanish dwellings and attacked the soldiers as they fled the flames. Chickasaw Co, as other counties throughout the south, was under military rule and the existing governemt was under martial law and enforced by Federal troops. Vestiges of the countys earliest documented culture, belonging to the Paleo-Indians known as the Hopewells, can be seen at the Bynum Mound and Village Site near Houston. The primary coordinate point for Houston is located at latitude 33.8984 and longitude -88.9992 in Chickasaw County . They proposed to meet and end the Chickasaw "problem" forever. It was owned and run by a Mr. Lancaster who later sold it to Thomas N. Martin. 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. 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. least twelve Spaniards were killed and large numbers of livestock and supplies were destroyed. This line ran from Mobile to Jackson, TN; and connected in Jackson, MS to a line going to New Orleans. Chickasaw Co citizens struggled to continue the education of their children during the war years and afterward. The raising of beef cattle and dairying were coming into greater importance. 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. In 1904, the spur was completed linking Houston with the M & O Railroad which had been rebuilt. They traveled north and east and after each day's journey, they would "plant" the stick in the ground by the campfire. Professor Hosea B. Abernathy and his wife, Sallie Garrett Abernethy conducted the school. State Senatorial districts were gerrymandered to favor black candidates where possible and black districts were in the majority in MS. Chickasaw and Monroe Counties each formed one of these black districts. for land intensified. Slaves were SOURCES. In 1850, the Okolona Female College opened its doors and continued operation through the war. In Sept 1930, the rains finally came but were too late. If an census. The leading citizens of Houston made several attempts to get a railroad through the town, but were unsuccessful until 1905. At the turn of the century, more than half of white farmers owned the land they worked, while only 12 percent of Chickasaws black farmers claimed ownership. In Dec 1864, a final effort against the railroad pitted the troops of General Grierson against Confederate General Gholson at the Battle of Egypt. Mississippi, in 1860, is either non-existent or not readily available. Hogs were The hacks and carriages were available in Houston and Okolona to take travelers to other areas. Others soon joined them. Pontotoc soon afterward. Historians of the period tell that the original Chickasaw Indians were tall, well built people with reddish brown skin, raven black hair, large On June 5, 1917; all men in the county between the ages of 21 and 31 years of age were required to register for the draft. The prayer service was held later in the day at a more convenient time. Candyland was a plantation in Chickasaw County, Mississippi owned by Calvin Candie, the main antagonist of Django Unchained. The following information is based on excerpts from the "History of Chickasaw Co, Vol I" published by the Chickasaw Co Historical and Genealogical Society, Copyright 1985. 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". 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