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. This struggle was peaceful, but not pretty. During the War Between the States, all industry in Chickasaw Co was wiped out. 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 countys industrial workforce also remained relatively small, with manufacturing firms employing just seventy-eight people. 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. Again Smith's troops broke and the Federal troops retreated to TN. By the end of the decade, Houston and Okolona boasted of paved streets in the downtown areas and all main roads in the county for consideration by those seeking to make connections between slaveholders and former slaves. This invasion was a part of the campaign against Vicksburg. 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. If an item could not be produced on the farm, it simply was not had. Professor Hosea B. Abernathy and his wife, Sallie Garrett Abernethy conducted the school. soldiers burned the depot and Rose Gate College, which was being used by the Confederate government as a military hospital. Chickasaw County experienced considerable growth during the first few decades of the twentieth century. Southern Mississippi Genealogical Society, 72 Boggy Hollow Rd., When French LA was taken over by Spain, the Spanish efforts to stir up trouble with the Chickasaws was resisted. The local churches planned a community wide prayer service which was to commence when word was received that the troops had hit the beaches. because published indexes almost always do not include the slave census. Using plantation names to locate ancestors However, the data should be checked for the particular surname to see the extent of the matching. West of the town of West Point, General N. B. Forrest's troops fired on some scouts from Smith's command. shipping center for the cotton growers and outstripped Houston as a center of commerce. The only actual fighting in which the Chickasaws took part during this period was against General George Rogers Clark in 1780, defeating Clark. Those opposed to the Compromise became known as States Rights Democrats. Blacks with leadership ability were known by the inelegant term "Fluence Niggers" and used to turn out the vote for favored candidates. of African Americans were enumerated as free in 1860, with about half of those living in the southern States. In Chickasaw Co, patriotism Before this time, most of the children attended private schools located in the county communities. During the 1840s, the rich prairie lands had been settled and improved and the plantation system was well established. The boundaries of five counties link with Chickasaw Co. Candyland was a plantation in Chickasaw County, Mississippi owned by Calvin Candie, the main antagonist of Django Unchained. Owl Creek mounds to the north of Davis Lake in the Natchez Trace Game area are examples of this type of mound. The local newspaper, "The Prairie News", was forced to cease publication during the War Between the States, but resumed publication soon after the war. men of CCC was the Natchez Trace Game Area. and Counties, return to Home and Links Page. In 1905 the Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad came to Houston. Methodist, Baptist and Presbyterian churches were eventually built on these plots. 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. Blues musician Booker Bukka White was born in Houston in 1909. Property owners in the county suffered losses on many fronts as a result of the war, especially in the destruction of the countys economic infrastructure. In 1870, a brick building to house this school was built. 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 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. http://www.heritagequest.com/ . was Henry R. Carter. By 1860 the county had changed substantially. 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. The page numbers used are the rubber stamped numbers in the upper County roads were still crude and inadequate. Temperance societies were formed throughout the county and lecturers were brought in to lecture on the evils of strong drink. The 1860 U.S. Census was the last U.S. census showing slaves and slaveholders. Linking During this period, in 1866, the formation of a second Judicial District was formed in Okolona. presuming an African American was a slave on the 1860 census, the free census for 1860 should be checked, as almost 11% Still another tells of Chisca's band simplyturning north and exploring the land, choosing to remain there. More profound changes occurred in the county during the first twenty years of the twentieth century. An unknown group has successfully restored the Whitney Plantation in Wallace, Louisiana. The 1860 U.S. Census Slave Schedules for Chickasaw County, Mississippi (NARA microfilm series M653, The Chickasaw Indians practiced a monotheistic religion and worshiped their god, Ababinili, atop ceremonial mounds. 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 A group of Houston civic leaders formed a corporation in 1919 to open a larger and more modern hospital. A more enduring business was established by Charles Dibrell and this establishment was still active in 1860. In Chickasaw Co, political parties were operating through clubs. William Raspberry, a Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist, grew up in Okolona and graduated from Okolona College High School in 1952. The term "County" is used to describe Estimates of Freed slaves, if listed in the next census, in 1870, would have been reported In 1853, the Democrats split in earnest at their state convention. In 1840 Chickasaw was home to 2,148 free whites, 1 free African American, and 806 slaves. 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. Chickasaw County Historical and Genealogical Society. in three decisive defeats at the hands of the Indians. Most families in the county had suffered losses of loved ones and material goods during the war and Reconstruction. the "colored" population had increased about 11% to 10,069. 7,338 whites, 1 "free colored" and 9,087 slaves. supreme sacrifice. A constitution was eventually written and a state government was formed with blacks filling most of the offices. Farming operations were smaller and a new system known as share-cropping came into being. 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 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 troops seized and burned the books on the spot. A very large percentage of the white population were slave 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. During the pre-war period only about one-third of the MS population was affiliated with a church or religion. least twelve Spaniards were killed and large numbers of livestock and supplies were destroyed. Some or part of these counties were formed from land originally a part of Chickasaw County. List of plantations in Mississippi. The Public Works Administration changed the face of Chickasaw Co. School buildings and other public buildings were improved. 1939 was a poor crop year and the county found itself deeply in debt. 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. Early on, the county was almost entirely agricultural, and the plantation economy was central to Chickasaws antebellum prosperity. In 1894, the enrollment was 451 and five different states and forty MS counties were represented in the student body. 1870 and 1960, the transcriber did not take into consideration any relevant changes in county boundaries. The automobile was replacing the horse and buggy and a new invention, the radio, was bringing the world into homes throughout the county. In 1877 a private school for girls was opened. transcription for their own purposes. can be difficult because the name of a plantation may have been changed through the years and because the sizeable number Easily find plantation land for sale in Chickasaw County Mississippi at LANDFLIP.com. Knitting instructions were printed in the local newspapers. Though the census schedules speak in terms of "slave owners", the transcriber has chosen to use the County, Mississippi census for 1860 and not know whether that person was also listed as a slaveholder on the slave census, Congress. 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 countys industrial force was also growing, employing 224 workers in 1930. these larger slaveholders, the data seems to show in general not many freed slaves in 1870 were using the surname of their This transcription includes 56 slaveholders who held 40 or more slaves It would be during the 1960s before the blacks would recover their participation in the electoral process. The process of publication of slaveholder names beginning with larger slaveholders will enable naming of the holders Around 1830, the typical immigrant was a family man seeking to establish a hoe. likely possible places of relocation for colored persons from Chickasaw County, included the following: Georgia, up 80,000 Some of these former slaves may have been using the surname of their 1860 His forces were also defeated, though they were superior in arms and numbers to the Chickasaw braves. In Feb 1864, the most damaging raid in the county took place. 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. The state legislature passed a law authorizing an agricultural high school in each county in 1908. With the coming of the Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad in 1905, the town moved from its original site approximately a mile to the west. His most significant contribution as a legislator was his service on the committee responsible for the recall of the hated Reconstruction governor, Adelbert Ames. These men met near Old Houlka at the home of Malcolm Magee, a half-breed Indian. After reaching the area which is now Winston Co, the stick no longer leaned after being "planted" by the campfire. After 1930, money was tight and government at all levels sought solutions to the problem. 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 sweet potato industry was begun in the 1930s, but increased greatly during the war years. 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. I do not live in the area so I am dependent on all of you for more genealogical data. Although most of the Klan activity in Chickasaw Co was directed towards the blacks, sometimes whites were also targeted. 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. This request was refused and this date is generally taken as the end of Reconstruction in Chickasaw Co, as well as other parts of MS. 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. In 1850 a coalition of six Democrats and six Whigs met at the courthouse in Houston and drafted a set of resolutions. increase in colored population of almost double between 1860 and 1870, growing to over 50,000, so likely that is where owners. Before the war ended, there were forty-seven gold stars in Chickasaw Co homes. raised and was a primary source of meat. According to local tradition, he camped near the present day Gen. Ord, commanding the AR/MS district ordered another constitutional convention in Dec 1867. 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. Gholson's troops were captured almost to a man. Roll 596) reportedly includes a total of 9,087 slaves. Northern VA. Chickasaw Co men served in every theater of the war and hardly a significant battle was fought in which Chickasaw Co soldiers were not a part. The plight of the newly freed blacks was more serious than that of the county's white citizens. necessities. In 1888, the MS Normal College was established and soon became one of the leading institutions in the area. Young men returning from World War I found a booming economy. such age enumerated, out of a total of 3,950,546 slaves, and the transcriber did not find any such information on the U.S. Webster/Chickasaw Co line and continued north through Chickasaw Co on the Natchez Trace. T. Z. Carothers, a graduate of Princeton, C. P. Ray and A. J. Jamison were closely identified with this school. About Us | Contact Us | Copyright | Report Inappropriate Material One was at the Augusta Council in 1763; the other at the Mobile Council in 1765 in Mobile. Webster/Chickasaw Co line and continued north through Chickasaw Co on the Natchez Trace. Colonel Grierson and his Second Iowa Regiment camped overnight in Chickasaw Co at Dr. Benjamin Kilgore's plantation. Leading citizens of Chickasaw Co persuaded him to move the school to Houston. One is that they had a disagreement. The rest of the slaves in the County were Over 9,000 Chickasaw Co citizens, male and female, responded to this request; all being volunteers. We are always in need of more information. There were some questions as to whether this would help the situation, but the merchants were eager to get on the band wagon. Chickasaw County is located in the northeast area of the state. Much of its trade had been taken over by West Point and its male The "Chickasaw Banner" a Whig paper was published by D. H. Lindsay and F. L. Denison. Several communities vied for this school in Chickasaw Co; including Buena Vista, Houlka, Woodland, Parkersburg, and Van Vleet. 8. By 1960 Chickasaw Countys population had dropped below 17,000, and almost two-thirds of residents were white. If the ancestor is not on this list, the 1860 slave census microfilm Its fertile valleys have for years yielded astonishing crops. the main subdivisions of the State by which the census was enumerated. Assuming that he was facing a much larger By 1900 the countys population had grown to almost twenty thousand, and in 1909 the county constructed Mississippis first Carnegie Library in Houston. http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/census/ . Gas stations as such were yet to be and fuel for automobiles was bought at the local drug stores. Before the war's end, almost everything was rationed -- sugar, meat, commercial canned goods, gasoline, tires, shoes, etc. Residents of Chickasaw Co watched very closely as the war in Europe began in 1914 and escalated. ancestor not shown to hold slaves on the 1860 slave census could have held slaves on an earlier census, so those films can be Quest's CD "African-Americans in the 1870 U.S. Federal Census", available through Heritage Quest at PLANTATION NAMES. [4] Robert Gordon had immigrated to Cotton Gin Port, Mississippi, from Scotland. Martin renamed the paper "The Southern Another twenty years passed and another Frenchman, Vandruil, attempted to crush the Chickasaw nation. Other county banks managed to hold firm. Reprints of this book and Vol II may still be available. rule. These counties are: Pontotoc, Lee, Montgomery, Clay, Webster, and The "Houston Male Academy" was established in 1844. Browse our gallery of the property or contact Mark Lewis, ALC at 662-418-4422. Another newspaper, "The Houston Petrel" was established by B. F. Owen in 1857. Land for Sale. This building, still in use today, was opened for county business in Jan 1909. It was the fourth-largest in the state before it went out of The national moral decline never reached full proportion in the county, but its effects filtered into the area. 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. 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 Chickasaw was considered among the states postbellum black districts, as following the war its political boundaries were redrawn to ensure the election of African American candidates. quickly reached a high pitch. Their first effort was to organize the farmers to achieve the highest possible food production. In the beginning, the Chickasaw Co voters chose to preserve the Union. 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. All rights reserved. Rev. Chickasaw Co. 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. 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. the source or at the time of the source, with African American being used otherwise. 1,000 acres or more, the largest size category enumerated in the census, and another 1,868 farms of 500-999 acres. This failed by eight votes. All officials that had been elected under the Johnson plan were removed and the county returned to military Early "cottage" type industries included boot and show making and the manufacture of buggies and wagons, tinware, coffins and furniture. Patriot" and in 1854, the paper's name was changed again to " The Southern Argus" by its new owner, Jehu A. Orr. Census data for 1860 was obtained from the Historical United States Census Data it is beyond the scope of this transcription. Other county officers were selected on May 6 & 7, 1836. for dairy purposes. * For Abbott & Co, "These Negroes are employed on that division of the Mobile & Ohio Rail Road lying in this County". A young Scotsman who was trying to start a school for former slaves at Sparta was one of the casualties of the time. Hogs were arising the next morning, they would travel in the direction that the stick was leaning. The MS Senate passed a bill calling for a three percent sales tax and abolished ad Most businessmen in Houston and Okolona signed up for the National Recovery Act agreeing to pay a minimum wage, set specific business hours, etc. Superintendent of Houston High School, L. B. Reid, was instrumental in securing the state's first Carnegie Library in 1909. 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. When Jefferson Davis 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. 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. Rev. 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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. addressed in this transcription. 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. 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. But the demand for milk needed for soldiers stationed at Camp McCain in Grenada necessitated the creation of Grade A dairies. 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. Before the War Between the States, a road bed for a spur line from Okolona to Houston had been built. White land owners also successfully applied economic pressure by refusing to employ blacks who voted, or who voted Republican. 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". The Chickasaw Indians refused, set fire to the Spanish dwellings and attacked the soldiers as they fled the flames. Denominations represented in Okolona during this period were Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Episcopalian, Cumberland Presbyterian and Roman Catholic. Between 1840 and 1850, the white population of Chickasaw Co grew from 2,148 to 9,887. Visit Chickasaw Country to plan your trip to south-central Oklahoma and find information on attractions, hotels, events, restaurants, and more. The death toll for Chickasaw Co during 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 Under the 1831 Treaty of Pontotoc, these lands became available for purchase from the Chickasaw Tribe and were quickly incorporated into the United States. Newspaper stories strongly opposed and the state of MS never 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. Discover Calhoun County County Mississippi plantation land for sale. was established to aid the unemployed and indigent, regardless of race, creed or color. 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 for land intensified. The school was originally founded as the MS Normal High The fire was discovered about noon, but, it could not be checked, and in a few hours this He was seriously wounded twice, but lived through the war and returned to serve his native state in the Legislature. 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. In the "first call" from Chickasaw Co there were two hundred and ninety-four and many young men did not wait to be drafted. These re-drawn boundaries are those of present day Chickasaw Co. Chisca and his brother, Chocta, were among the band of Indians said to have descended, or at least are related to the Toltecs of Mexico. Stay up to date with Chickasaw Country. Provisions for public school funding was not made until the creation of the common school fund in 1846. Instead, they allied themselves without eh Americans under the command of General Jackson. 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. Chickasaw County is located in the northeast area of the state. 1860 slaveholder. Easily find land for sale in Mississippi at LANDFLIP.com. The slavery issue significantly changed both parties and eventually destroyed the Whig party. Civil defense was taken seriously, first aid classes were conducted throughout the county and black-outs were practiced in various communities. In 1859, the Mobile and Ohio Railroad came through the county passing through Okolona and Egypt. Its county seats are Houston and Okolona. A highlight of the event was the presence and participation of Overton James, Governor of the Chickasaw nation, and his All were shown as in Division 1, except the two holders on the Union forces inflicted little permanent damage. the first mercantile firm was founded by W. L. Dogan; but he moved the business to If an Box 42, Houston, MS 38851. The actual number of slaveholders may be slightly The slaves on the smaller farms, who were likely to have worked with the master and his sons, remained faithful to their Soldiers intercepted a wagon loaded with the county record books at a point on the Starkville Road, a short distance from the Houston Cemetery. without a stamped number. When Franklin Roosevelt took office as president in 1933, controlled inflation was instituted to make money more plentiful. Country singer Bobbie Gentry, known for her rendition of Ode to Billie Joe, was likewise born in Chickasaw and mentioned the county often in her music. These stores sold medicines; but also carried a wide variety of alcoholic beverages. As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,106. Following the holder list is a separate list of the surnames of the holders with information on PURPOSE. Using plantation names to locate ancestors can be difficult because the name of a plantation may have been changed through the years and because the sizeable number of large farms Community Christmas trees were sponsored in these two towns throughout the 1930s. [1] Its county seats are Houston and Okolona. Pontotoc soon afterward. The Klan was originally begun as a means of restoring order, but soon evolved into a political toolterrorizing blacks in an attempt to prevent their votes. 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. [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. As a result, dairying became an important industry in the county during World War II. 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