Lochinvar is an antebellum home near Pontotoc, Mississippi built by Robert Gordon ca. * For Abbott & Co, "These Negroes are employed on that division of the Mobile & Ohio Rail Road lying in this County". By 1860 the county had changed substantially. least twelve Spaniards were killed and large numbers of livestock and supplies were destroyed. the Concord Academy was founded by G. S. Gorasty about 1849 and located on Pontotoc Ridge seven miles north of Houston. The term "County" is used to describe In Houston, the school was located on the northwest corner of Madison St. and Starkville Rd. The Chickasaw Nation is a productive corn country. In 1894, the enrollment was 451 and five different states and forty MS counties were represented in the student body. 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. Other train crops and various legumes were also grown. population was decimated by the war. enumerators, interested researchers should view the source film personally to verify or modify the information in this "Okolona Male Academy" was founded in 1852 by William f. Tucker. Chickasaw County is located in the northeast area of the state. Superintendent of Houston High School, L. B. Reid, was instrumental in securing the state's first Carnegie Library in 1909. 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. Some of these towns were: Buena Vista, originally known as Monterey, was established in 1847 on the Houston/Aberdeen Road and was a center of culture and refinement. To check a master surname list for other States 1860 slaveholder. 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. By 1960 Chickasaw Countys population had dropped below 17,000, and almost two-thirds of residents were white. The actual number of slaveholders may be slightly Under the 1831 Treaty of Pontotoc, these lands became available for purchase from the Chickasaw Tribe and were quickly incorporated into the United States. One is that they had a disagreement. http://www.heritagequest.com/ . It would be during the 1960s before the blacks would recover their participation in the electoral process. Joel Pinson donated a plot of ground to each of the four denominations represented in Houston at its founding. can be difficult because the name of a plantation may have been changed through the years and because the sizeable number 1836. TERMINOLOGY. Quest's CD "African-Americans in the 1870 U.S. Federal Census", available through Heritage Quest at Chickasaws two county seats are Okolona and Houston, the latter named for the distinguished leader of the Texas war of independence, Gen. Sam Houston. 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. The fire was discovered about noon, but, it could not be checked, and in a few hours this 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." The term "County" is shipping center for the cotton growers and outstripped Houston as a center of commerce. Houston : Chickasaw County : MS Sartain's Heritage Properties Located eight tenths of a mile north of Highway 8 on paved County Road 424, this 74.44 acres offers 30 acres of 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 In the 1940s, dairying grew in importance. force, Smith retreated toward Okolona where he made a stand. Egypt was located on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, south of Okolona, but was an important trade center in the 1850s. Denominations represented in Okolona during this period were Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Episcopalian, Cumberland Presbyterian and Roman Catholic. More profound changes occurred in the county during the first twenty years of the twentieth century. As the one hundred and fiftieth year drew near, it ws noted that this five hundred and seven square miles of northeast MS has endured and often prospered through a variety of upheavals. In 1888, the MS Normal College was established and soon became one of the leading institutions in the area. Another newspaper, "The Houston Petrel" was established by B. F. Owen in 1857. There According to oral Chickasaw tradition, which is a mixture of fact and legend, these Indian people left their homeland because of oppression. 3,950,546 unnamed slaves, or an average of about ten slaves per holder. Commercial use of this information is strictly prohibited without prior permission of the owner. It was then suggested that Still another tells of Chisca's band simplyturning north and exploring the land, choosing to remain there. Reconstruction left scars on the blacks and whites alike. Buy. 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. Hogs were Needy people were able to work were given "construction jobs" and others received direct relief. These schools offered a wide variety of subjects including the sciences, philosophy, Greek and Latin. 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 Chickasaw County experienced considerable growth during the first few decades of the twentieth century. During the latter part of the 19th century, rebuilding began for Chickasaw Co. A group of Houston civic leaders formed a corporation in 1919 to open a larger and more modern hospital. Early on, the county was almost entirely agricultural, and the plantation economy was central to Chickasaws antebellum prosperity. The town of Sardis is the county seat for the First District, the northern part of the county, and Batesville is the county seat for the Second District, the southern part of the county. Published information giving names of slaveholders and numbers of slaves held in Chickasaw County, These officials were ill equipped to fill their positions. Some of the families left the area completely and others moved Only five years passed between the end of World War II and the beginning of the Korean Conflict. Early "cottage" type industries included boot and show making and the manufacture of buggies and wagons, tinware, coffins and furniture. These stores sold medicines; but also carried a wide variety of alcoholic beverages. Martin later built another church about three miles of Houston. However, both of these newspapers were short-lived. The location of the plant was ideal to attract personnel from Okolona, Houston and other smaller communities in Chickasaw Co as well as Aberdeen, West Point and other nearby White rectangular banners trimmed with red bands were hung in windows throughout the county with a blue star representing each serviceman from that family. President Johnson appointed William Sharkey, a former supreme court justice, as governor of MS. Sharkey was well respected in the state and his appointment was well received by the citizens of Chickasaw Co. Gov. Dr. V. B. Philot was the surgeon in charge. Slaves were The Chamber of Commerce in Okolona and the American Legion in Houston declared that no child in the county would miss "Santa Claus". Much of its trade had been taken over by West Point and its male Rev. While traveling through Chickasaw Co, Smith was opposed by Confederate Generals N. B. Forrest and Chalmers. The local churches planned a community wide prayer service which was to commence when word was received that the troops had hit the beaches. [1] Its county seats are Houston and Okolona. lower because some large holders held slaves in more than one County and they would have been counted as a separate To enable the workers from Houston and west Chickasaw Co to get to work easier, Hwy 8 was paved from Houston to Hwy 45 Alternate at Gibson. Limited number of street lights in each community were burned at one time and local users were strongly urged to practice conversation in their electrical use in businesses and homes. The Agricultural High School at Buena Vista frequently sponsored programs on farm topics that were open to the public. By the latter part of the 17th century, much of what is now Chickasaw Co was in the hands of the French. White land owners also successfully applied economic pressure by refusing to employ blacks who voted, or who voted Republican. Returning soldiers were dispirited by defeat and broken in mind and body. Newspaper stories strongly opposed and the state of MS never Location within the U.S. state of Mississippi Mississippi's location within the U.S. Coordinates: 3355N 8857W / 33.92N 88.95W / 33.92; Chickasaw County Historical and Genealogical Society. Blues musician Booker Bukka White was born in Houston in 1909. The property consists SET UP TO SHARE OLD PICTURES. Both Houston and Okolona had a creamery and a cheese plant and a number of farmers "milked cows". As in much of Mississippi, most of Chickasaws antebellum congregants attended Baptist or Methodist churches. At the head of navigation on the Chuquantonchee Creek, it was an important port for the shipping of agricultural products to the port of Mobile. it is beyond the scope of this transcription. Linking Browse our gallery of the property or contact Mark Lewis, ALC at 662-418-4422. In 1866, the year before the great immigration from Texas, one man raised on his Washita valley farm 100,000 bushels of corn. These re-drawn boundaries are those of present day Chickasaw Co. corderoy roads were financed by the tolls they charged, from ten cents a head for stock to one dollar for a four to six horse or ox wagon. 7,338 whites, 1 "free colored" and 9,087 slaves. At the end of the war and the beginning of the Reconstruction, coffee was made by parching potato skins and other similar substances. Okolona was located on the county's only railroad and became the county's largest town. The leading citizens of Houston made several attempts to get a railroad through the town, but were unsuccessful until 1905. Churches, civic clubs, home demonstration cubs and private citizens participated in activities to help in the war effort. The first Board of Police consisted of Littlebury Gilliam, Thomas Gates, Thomas D. Wooldridge, Benjamin Bugg and Asa H. Braddock who were selected in an election held Apr 23, 1836. quickly reached a high pitch. The Chickasaw, a numerically small tribe, were assigned 2,422,400 acres (9,803 km 2) of land by using that formula. miles and a water area of 0.02 sq. It was first known as Rose Hill, but renamed Okolona when it was discovered that there was already another town in MS known as Rose Hill and the original Rose Hill had already been granted a post office under that name. Professor Hosea B. Abernathy and his wife, Sallie Garrett Abernethy conducted the school. As with other areas, the question of slavery and states rights intensified and politics in Chickasaw Co became heated. It was owned and run by a Mr. Lancaster who later sold it to Thomas N. Martin. Simon Myers and James Simonton also had an early mercantile firm. The Public Works Administration changed the face of Chickasaw Co. School buildings and other public buildings were improved. To SHARE OLD PICTURES colored '' and others received direct relief ill equipped to fill their positions ALC 662-418-4422! 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