This transcription includes 56 slaveholders who held 40 or more slaves In 1888, the Okolona City Council and a citizens' group began work on a high standard male and female college. [2] The land on which the home stands was bought by Gordon from a Chickasaw woman, Molly Gunn, daughter of William Colbert and wife of James Gunn. the first mercantile firm was founded by W. L. Dogan; but he moved the business to Superintendent of Houston High School, L. B. Reid, was instrumental in securing the state's first Carnegie Library in 1909. The property consists Using plantation names to locate ancestors Denominations represented in Okolona during this period were Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Episcopalian, Cumberland Presbyterian and Roman Catholic. Bonds floated to repay county indebtedness did not find buyers. Ten more years passed before Chickasaw Co was again sending young people to southeast Asia. The Chamber of Commerce in Okolona and the American Legion in Houston declared that no child in the county would miss "Santa Claus". As a result, dairying became an important industry in the county during World War II. There were several partially successful attempts throughout the war to destroy the M & O Railroad in Chickasaw Co. shipping center for the cotton growers and outstripped Houston as a center of commerce. All officials that had been elected under the Johnson plan were removed and the county returned to military 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. (As a side note, by 1960, 100 years later, the County was These schools offered a wide variety of subjects including the sciences, philosophy, Greek and Latin. such age enumerated, out of a total of 3,950,546 slaves, and the transcriber did not find any such information on the The Democrat Clubs were made up of native white Southerners and clashes between the two groups were frequently violent, especially at election The war lasted only three years, but twenty-one of Chickasaw County's men gave their lives in this conflict. men of CCC was the Natchez Trace Game Area. Based on recent LandWatch data, Chickasaw County ranks 68th among the 82 counties in the state for In 1872 Clay and Webster Counties annexed portions of Chickasaw. White land owners also successfully applied economic pressure by refusing to employ blacks who voted, or who voted Republican. GA, or from the westerns states of TN and KY. In addition, the freed blacks usually possessed nothing of material value. Most were of Anglo-Saxon stock from the eastern seaboard states of VA, the Carolinas, Box 42, Houston, MS 38851. raised and was a primary source of meat. The formal boundaries for the City of Houston encompass a land area of 7.38 sq. If interested in purchasing one of these volumes, contact the Chickasaw Co Historical and Genealogical Society, P. O. Candyland, a plantation in Chickasaw County, Mississippi, was owned by Calvin Candie, the antagonist in Django Unchained. Instead of raising taxes, a contract was let to pave Hwy 8 between Houston and Vardaman. To conserve electricity, "brown-outs" were a regular practice. The boundaries of five counties link with Chickasaw Co. The process of publication of slaveholder names beginning with larger slaveholders will enable naming of the holders When Jefferson Davis 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 property consists SURNAME MATCHES AMONG AFRICAN AMERICANS ON 1870 CENSUS: (exact surname spellings only are reported, no spelling variations or soundex), (SURNAME, # in US, in State, in County, born in State, born and living in State, born in State and living in County). 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. A group of Houston civic leaders formed a corporation in 1919 to open a larger and more modern hospital. time. Roll 596) reportedly includes a total of 9,087 slaves. for consideration by those seeking to make connections between slaveholders and former slaves. There was great rejoicing when news of the victory in Europe was announced and V-J Day was an even more joyous occasion. and caused him to move east to Okolona. In 1872, one hundred and ninety square miles of land was taken from Chickasaw Co to create part of the counties of Colfax (present day Clay) and Webster Counties. In April 1861, Confederate guns opened fire on Ft. Sumpter, SC and the War Between the States began. The county is named for the Chickasaw people, who lived in this area for hundreds of years. the source or at the time of the source, with African American being used otherwise. To avoid exposure, Klan leaders from Okolona would conduct their business in West Chickasaw Co and their Houston neighbors would cross the creek when called upon to return the favor in the eastern section of the county. SET UP TO SHARE OLD PICTURES. Two volumes that were overlooked when the records were loaded from the As one of the few practical actions of the Reconstruction period, this move established Chickasaw Co as one of the few counties in the nation with two county Rev. 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 West of the town of West Point, General N. B. Forrest's troops fired on some scouts from Smith's command. Their immediate duties were to hold an election to select other county officer and select a site for the county seat. As more and more white settlers arrived, the struggle LandWatch has hundreds of rural properties and land for sale in Chickasaw County. 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". Palo Alto declined following the War Between the States. However, the streets of both towns became a "sea of mud" during the rainy seasons and "miniature dust bowls" during the dry seasons. Probably no period in the county's history produced more changes than the 1960s and 1970s. Before this time, most of the children attended private schools located in the county communities. Smaller but still significant numbers of congregants attended the Methodist Episcopal Church, the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, and the Presbyterian Church. Between 1840 and 1850, the white population of Chickasaw Co grew from 2,148 to 9,887. 1870 and 1960, the transcriber did not take into consideration any relevant changes in county boundaries. Easily find plantation land for sale in Chickasaw County Mississippi at LANDFLIP.com. 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. Within two years, an agent was sent to the county. Historians of the period tell that the original Chickasaw Indians were tall, well built people with reddish brown skin, raven black hair, large right corner of every set of two pages, with the previous stamped number and a "B" being used to designate the pages I do not live in the area so I am dependent on all of you for more genealogical data. 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. The following information is provided for citations. However, they encountered Confederate troops at Palo alto and the Union forces were turned north toward Okolona. Estimates of was established to aid the unemployed and indigent, regardless of race, creed or color. After the surrender of Lee, the soldiers returned home to Chickasaw Co to almost unbelievable disaster. Its county seats are Houston and Okolona. ancestor as a slave requires advanced research techniques involving all obtainable records of the holder. for dairy purposes. likely possible places of relocation for colored persons from Chickasaw County, included the following: Georgia, up 80,000 An 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. The information on surname matches of 1870 African Americans and 1860 slaveholders is intended merely to provide data Jehu Orr, a States Right Democrat, and Cyrus B. Baldwin, an old line Whig, were sent from Chickasaw Co to the convention in Jackson for the purpose of deciding the future course of MS. Slaves 100 years of age or older were supposed to be named on the 1860 slave schedule, but there were only 1,570 slaves of Easily find land for sale in Mississippi at LANDFLIP.com. Stay up to date with Chickasaw Country. Radicals led by Secretary of War Edwin Stanton and Thaddeus Stevens gained control of the Republican party and the In the fall, a farmer might sell his crop at the same place where he bought his supplies. Blacks with leadership ability were known by the inelegant term "Fluence Niggers" and used to turn out the vote for favored candidates. North MS Medical Center. The editor went on to predict this invention would make "the dealer a merchant prince, the farmer an engineer and the plow boy, a mechanic." Excluding slaves, the 1860 U.S. population was 27,167,529, with about 1 in 70 being a It should be noted however, that in comparing census data for After the treaty was signed in Paris at the close of the French and Indian War, the land of the Chickasaws was passed from the French to the British. what is now Calhoun Co. Two other early roads, one between Houston and Pontotoc and another that connected Houston and Aberdeen were built. Owl Creek mounds to the north of Davis Lake in the Natchez Trace Game area are examples of this type of mound. 1%, about 6,000. During this period, almost all industry was agriculturally related: gins, compresses, sawmills, handle factories, stave factories, oil mills and such. Following the holder list is a separate list of the surnames of the holders with information on Knitting instructions were printed in the local newspapers. lower because some large holders held slaves in more than one County and they would have been counted as a separate Chickasaw County is located in the northeast area of the state. In 1850, the slave census was also separate from the free census, but in earlier years it was a part of the free Around this time, a high moral tone was characteristic of the county history. "The Chickasaw Republican" 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. For the purpose of dying cloth and to use as medicine, bark, berries and other substances were gathered. List of plantations in Mississippi. in Houston to select a Council of Defense to promote the war effort. to below nine cents a pound. The slavery issue significantly changed both parties and eventually destroyed the Whig party. 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. Other train crops and various legumes were also grown. 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. 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. Since the turn of the century, Chickasaw Co farmers had increasingly turned away from cotton as a single money making crop and had been more diversified in their operations. The automobile was replacing the horse and buggy and a new invention, the radio, was bringing the world into homes throughout the county. As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,106. 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. slaveholder at the time of the 1870 census and they may have still been living in the same State or County. The county's first church was a Baptist church built in 1835 in the southwestern part of the county by the can be difficult because the name of a plantation may have been changed through the years and because the sizeable number According to local tradition, he camped near the present day It would be during the 1960s before the blacks would recover their participation in the electoral process. The leading citizens of Houston made several attempts to get a railroad through the town, but were unsuccessful until 1905. rule. In 1888, the MS Normal College was established and soon became one of the leading institutions in the area. The Plantation at Coal Creek, Tuttle. 8. Chickasaw County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. In 1894, the enrollment was 451 and five different states and forty MS counties were represented in the student body. was Henry R. Carter. Before 1830, most white men coming into this area were explorers, adventurers, and traders. party came on strongly with an anti-slavery plank, state Democrats forgot their differences. owners. least twelve Spaniards were killed and large numbers of livestock and supplies were destroyed. The Public Works Administration changed the face of Chickasaw Co. School buildings and other public buildings were improved. Reprints of this book and Vol II may still be available. They traveled north and east and after each day's journey, they would "plant" the stick in the ground by the campfire. Scattered Ku Klux Klan violence occurred in response to black political involvement, especially at voting sites. * For Abbott & Co, "These Negroes are employed on that division of the Mobile & Ohio Rail Road lying in this County". A highlight of the event was the presence and participation of Overton James, Governor of the Chickasaw nation, and his The death toll for Chickasaw Co during The generations, races and Chickasaw Countians from all walks of life came together in 1976 for the nation's Bi-Centennial festivities. Residents of Chickasaw Co watched very closely as the war in Europe began in 1914 and escalated. 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. because published indexes almost always do not include the slave census. enumerators, interested researchers should view the source film personally to verify or modify the information in this force, Smith retreated toward Okolona where he made a stand. the County and the first census page on which they were listed. We are always in need of more information. This history of Chickasaw Co was written by Harley Hill Floyd and submitted for publication in Vol I of the History of Chickasaw Co. Chickasaw County is located in the northeast area of the state. 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. Houston also had several drug stores. The freed blacks were also handicapped by their lack of skills and the knowledge to get on his feet. 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. Gen. Ord, commanding the AR/MS district ordered another constitutional convention in Dec 1867. [1] Its county seats are Houston and Okolona. School at Troy, Pontotoc Co, in 1884. About Us | Contact Us | Copyright | Report Inappropriate Material 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 are: Pontotoc, Lee, Montgomery, Clay, Webster, and Calhoun. Only about 29 percent of farmers owned their own land. By 1916 more than half of the Chickasaws church members were Baptistsmostly either Missionary Baptists or Southern Baptists. Gas stations as such were yet to be and fuel for automobiles was bought at the local drug stores. Around this time, oil was discovered in Chickasaw Co. Local residents were excited by the reports made from time to time by the men in charge of the test wells. Sharkey ordered a constitutional convention Blues musician Booker Bukka White was born in Houston in 1909. The 1860 U.S. Census Slave Schedules for Chickasaw County, Mississippi (NARA microfilm series M653, In Dec 1864, a final effort against the railroad pitted the troops of General Grierson against Confederate General Gholson at the Battle of Egypt. The fire was discovered about noon, but, it could not be checked, and in a few hours this can be viewed to find out whether the ancestor was a holder of a fewer number of slaves or not a slaveholder at all. 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. These programs were designed to raise the price of cotton and other farm products by lowering the amount of production. Homes, farms and businesses that had been destroyed or damaged had been rebuilt or renovated. Gholson's troops were captured almost to a man. Particularly in the case of General Chalmers stopped Smith at the Houlka bottom north of Houston Cattle, mostly a tough breed known as Opelousas, were unsuitable for been and were used primarily Okolona was located on the county's only railroad and became the county's largest town. In Okolona, Rose Gate College continued through the war years and the Male Academy conducted school until the actual fighting began in the area. Egypt was located on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, south of Okolona, but was an important trade center in the 1850s. 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. Industry began making a comeback during the last of the nineteenth century and early twentieth century. Martin later built another church about three miles of Houston. 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