A highlight of the event was the presence and participation of Overton James, Governor of the Chickasaw nation, and his When Abraham Lincoln was elected president, the county became united in favor of secession. The Plantation at Coal Creek, Tuttle. Chickasaw also saw a rise in industrial activity during this era, and its agricultural economy moved away from cotton cultivation toward livestock. Although no comparison can be made between the young people of Chickasaw Co and those of the urban areas of the northeast and west coast, repercussions were felt here. checked also. 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. party came on strongly with an anti-slavery plank, state Democrats forgot their differences. used to describe the main subdivisions of the State by which the census was enumerated. census. "The Chickasaw Republican" African American ancestor with one of these surnames is found on the 1870 census, then making the link to finding that 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. It would be during the 1960s before the blacks would recover their participation in the electoral process. The last U.S. census slave schedules were enumerated by County in 1860 and included 393,975 named persons holding 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. One is that they had a disagreement. Some or part of these counties were formed from land originally a part of Chickasaw County. The British directed a Mr. Stuart, superintendent of Indian affairs south of the Ohio River, to "rally the Chickasaws and other tribes to take arms against His Majesty's The new town of Houston was well supplied with professional men; having thirteen doctors and twenty-three lawyers in 1860. Local Indians were friendly. As in much of Mississippi, most of Chickasaws antebellum congregants attended Baptist or Methodist churches. The elevation is 354 feet. Fifteen companies of Infantry and Calvary, a total of 1,875 men, were furnished the Confederacy by the county. Before this time, most of the children attended private schools located in the county communities. When the United States declared war against Germany and her allies on April 4, 1917, Chickasaw Co was ready. 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. A brick building was built where the present day Okolona Elementary School is located and continued operation through the early part of the twentieth century. Chickasaw County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. County showed such a significant increase. with their full name, including surname. Cotton was the main crop; but corn was grown as food for both man and beast. 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. This information may be used by libraries, genealogical societies, and other researchers. A group of Houston civic leaders formed a corporation in 1919 to open a larger and more modern hospital. A county welfare program Battle founded Okolona College, a black institution in 1902. Some of the families left the area completely and others moved During the War Between the States, all industry in Chickasaw Co was wiped out. The "Houston Male Academy" was established in 1844. These re-drawn boundaries are those of present day Chickasaw Co. Lowndes and Warren Counties in Mississippi saw increases of 6,000 and 8,000, but no other Mississippi While only eighty-three residents of Chickasaw County were employed in industry in 1860, its manufacturing sector produced a substantial variety of commodities, including fixed agricultural implements, flour and meal, lumber, boots, carriages, furniture, and saddles and harnesses. Patriot" and in 1854, the paper's name was changed again to " The Southern Argus" by its new owner, Jehu A. Orr. likely possible places of relocation for colored persons from Chickasaw County, included the following: Georgia, up 80,000 Sheep was raised for the wool and every farm had a flock of chickens and many orchards were found on the farms. The "Okolona Female Academy" was established in 1854 by Jonathon B. T. Smith, an Episcopal clergyman. 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. 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 1941, war clouds darkened and preparations for defense began in earnest early in the year. 1870 and 1960, the transcriber did not take into consideration any relevant changes in county boundaries. This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Mississippi that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the The leading citizens of Houston made several attempts to get a railroad through the town, but were unsuccessful until 1905. The hospital moved to a new and larger building in 1957 and soon afterward the old building was torn down. The county is named for the Chickasaw people, who lived in this area for hundreds of years. At this meeting they ordered an election for the purpose of choosing a Board of Police which would serve in the capacity similar to present day's Board of Supervisors. Discover Chickasaw County Mississippi plantation land for sale. Vestiges of the Chickasaw has long been home to Sparta Opry, a live country music show. Webster/Chickasaw Co line and continued north through Chickasaw Co on the Natchez Trace. However, this last raid of the war in Chickasaw Co resulted in the loss of a large quantity of supplies. During this period, almost all industry was agriculturally related: gins, compresses, sawmills, handle factories, stave factories, oil mills and such. [1] Its county seats are Houston and Okolona. Okolona soon became an important West of the town of West Point, General N. B. Forrest's troops fired on some scouts from Smith's command. 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. it is beyond the scope of this transcription. Patriot" and in 1854, the paper's name was changed again to " The Southern Argus" by its new owner, Jehu A. Orr. His army was defeated and D'Artagnette was burned at the stake. Orleans County in Louisiana saw an Slaves were The sweet potato industry was begun in the 1930s, but increased greatly during the war years. 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. School at Troy, Pontotoc Co, in 1884. As with other areas, the question of slavery and states rights intensified and politics in Chickasaw Co became heated. As of the 2010 census, the population was 17,392. The property consists The plight of the newly freed blacks was more serious than that of the county's white citizens. Whether or not the ancestor is found to have been a slaveholder, a viewing of the slave census will provide an informed Before the war's end, almost everything was rationed -- sugar, meat, commercial canned goods, gasoline, tires, shoes, etc. arising the next morning, they would travel in the direction that the stick was leaning. It is estimated by this transcriber that in 1860, slaveholders of 200 or more slaves, while constituting less than 1 Corporate Information | Privacy | Terms and Conditions | CCPA Notice at Collection. 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. The slaves on the smaller farms, who were likely to have worked with the master and his sons, remained faithful to their Dr. Charles Davis of McCondy opened the county's first hospital in Houston in 1914. Delegates from the northern counties that were created from the Chickasaw lands demanded that the Congressional candidate be chosen from their section. All of these newspapers were strong Democrat party supporters. 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. 1930s; the last few years as a private venture. to below nine cents a pound. These counties College". 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. In 1840 Chickasaw was home to 2,148 free whites, 1 free African American, and 806 slaves. Buy. 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. In the beginning, the Chickasaw Co voters chose to preserve the Union. These counties are: Pontotoc, Lee, Montgomery, Clay, Webster, and Calhoun. In fact, there is solid evidence that this group moved as far northeast as the TN River in AL. 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 SOURCES. called and Chickasaw Co proceeded to elect officials. for consideration by those seeking to make connections between slaveholders and former slaves. Professor Hosea B. Abernathy and his wife, Sallie Garrett Abernethy conducted the school. James Martin. By the latter part of the 17th century, much of what is now Chickasaw Co was in the hands of the French. Published information giving names of slaveholders and numbers of slaves held in Chickasaw County, This ladies and gentlemen, is caressingly termed -- a tractor." There were several partially successful attempts throughout the war to destroy the M & O Railroad in Chickasaw Co. valorem taxes. 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. Each former Confederate state was also required to ratify the 14th Amendment of the Constitution which stated that an individual might not be denied the vote because of race, creed, color or previous condition of servitude. Approximately 3,000 blacks, with an equal number of horses, were with General Smith when he invaded the county in Feb 1864. The brother of General N. B. Forrest, Colonel Jeffrey Forrest, maintained contact with the large force of northern troops as they moved to the south. Box 42, Houston, MS 38851. 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 Ohio, up 26,000 (70%); Indiana, up 25,000 (127%); and Kansas up from 265 to 17,000 (6,400%). treadmill wheels that snuggles and snorts, puffs and waggles across the fields with multiple plows taggling on afterwards. One of the projects constructed by the young Though agriculture remained the countys primary subsistence activity, the demise of Chickasaws plantation economy led to the rise of small farms and sharecropping. 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. The formal boundaries for the City of Houston encompass a land area of 7.38 sq. Page 18 of 32. population was decimated by the war. Though the census schedules speak in terms of "slave owners", the transcriber has chosen to use the Location within the U.S. state of Mississippi Mississippi's location within the U.S. Coordinates: 3355N 8857W / 33.92N 88.95W / 33.92; By Sept 1950, Houston's newly formed National Guard had been activated and was on its way to 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 The page numbers used are the rubber stamped numbers in the upper Its county seats are Houston and Okolona. Freed slaves, if listed in the next census, in 1870, would have been reported Later, they returned to the Tomspanbee area, finally locating primarily in an area which today includes Lee, Pontotoc and Chickasaw Counties. 38801 Homes for Sale $165,701; 38863 Homes for Sale $159,248; 39773 Homes for Sale $133,682; 39730 Homes for Sale $115,291; 38851 Homes The law creating Chickasaw Co was passed by the MS legislature on Feb 9, 1836. the first mercantile firm was founded by W. L. Dogan; but he moved the business to Around this time, a high moral tone was characteristic of the county history. Another story is told of a small pox epidemic originating with the bone barriers. In 1859, the Mobile and Ohio Railroad came through the county passing through Okolona and Egypt. Using plantation names to locate ancestors Later, during the Creek War, the Chickasaws refused to join with the other southeastern tribes. The countys industrial force was also growing, employing 224 workers in 1930. These two men were of one mind, casting their votes in favor of 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 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. After declaring allegiance to the Union, the group went on to support secession in the event that agitation against slavery continued and if the federal government denied the right of citizens south of the Mason-Dixon line to hold slaves. In 1870, a brick building to house this school was built. Chickasaw County was home to notable religious musicians, including shape-note singer W. A. Beasley and the Pilgrim Jubilees gospel group. LARGEST SLAVEHOLDERS FROM 1860 SLAVE CENSUS SCHEDULES, SURNAME MATCHES FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS ON 1870 CENSUS. 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. COUNTY: COUNTY: Adams; Leflore; Alcorn; Lincoln; Amite; Lowndes; Attala; Madison; Benton; Marion; Bolivar; Marshall; Calhoun; Monroe; Carroll; Montgomery; The term "County" is used to describe 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. Martin renamed the paper "The Southern 1860 slaveholder. On Apr 20th, 1863 some of the Federal troops entered Houston and it was at this time that the records of Chickasaw Co were burned. Like many central Mississippi counties, in 2010 Chickasaw Countys population of 17,932 was predominantly white and had not changed significantly in size since 1960. These farms tended to be smaller than average for the state, while the countys percentage of farms run by sharecroppers (36 percent) was higher than average. Blues musician Booker Bukka White was born in Houston in 1909. of the most slaves with the least amount of transcription work. The officials of Chickasaw Co attempted to levy funds for the relief of wives and widows and the children of the soldiers. A number of people worked at the Gulf Ordnance Plant located at Prairie in Monroe Co. The Chickasaw people, for whom the county is named, left marks on the area that endure to this day The word "Chickasaw" means "Rebellion" or "He-Who-Walks-Away" and is supposedly a derivative of the name of the Indian leader, Chicka. turnpikes were built across these and other bottom lands and some corderoy roads were constructed in swampy places. these larger slaveholders, the data seems to show in general not many freed slaves in 1870 were using the surname of their 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. Hogs were 3,950,546 unnamed slaves, or an average of about ten slaves per holder. PURPOSE. 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. 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. The boundaries of five counties link with Chickasaw Co. They traveled north and east and after each day's journey, they would "plant" the stick in the ground by the campfire. The county was served by several stage lines with rented hacks and carriages in the early days. Based on recent LandWatch data, Chickasaw County ranks 68th among the 82 counties in the state for Most families in the county had suffered losses of loved ones and material goods during the war and Reconstruction. The Chickasaw Nation is a productive corn country. The raising of beef cattle and dairying were coming into greater importance. 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. There were six lawyers and six doctors in the town. of large farms must have resulted in lots of duplication of plantation names. The term "County" is of the surname of the slaveholder, can check this list for the surname. Houston also had several drug stores. listed as having 10,380 whites, about 41% more than in 1860, but the 1960 total of 6,499 "Negroes"was about 28% less If the surname is not on this list, the microfilm His most significant contribution as a legislator was his service on the committee responsible for the recall of the hated Reconstruction governor, Adelbert Ames. The four raids caused only moderate casualties on both sides; but the county and the Confederacy suffered heavy losses of supplies. 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. According to local tradition, he camped near the present day In a few short years, the county moved from the ox-cart to the automobile to the airplane. 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. 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