The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-07-22
OKOLONA, MISS, JULY %, 1858.

pubicanism thrilling through the forests,
and the sons of the frontier laying aside
all those first home cares and home en-
joyments, repaired to the "Ballot box
for the first time in our county, for the
purpose of selecting those of their tel-
lows to whom they were willing to dele
gate their sovereignty and carry ont the
will of the masses as executive officers
for the county. Those men thus early
elected to serve the people as county Off
GERS, We're as follows, viz:
For Sheriff, Richard l.. Aycock, who
with Milton Z. Aycock and Thomas D..
Woodbridge as his securities, entered into
a bond to the Governor of the State,
Charles Lynch, in the penal sum of .four
Mousand dollars, for the proper faithful
and legal discharge of the duties of bis
office was sworn into office May 18th,
1886, by Il. d. Woodbridge, "President
of the Police Court of Chickasaw Coun-
ty, and the sureties to the bond were ap
proved by George S. Hoyl, Judge of the
Probate Court" on the same day.
For Coroner, Claiborn Williams; Sc
curities, Tnos. L. Williams and Daniel
Williams; amount of bond, tro Mousaad
dolars-qualifed before Il. ID. Wool
dridge, President, and approved by Geo.
S. Hoyl, Judge, &c.
Assessor and Collector, Gilbert {. An
derson; securities, Thomas Ivy and Will
liam Crider; bond, tour Thousand dollars,
qualified and approved as above.
Clerk of the Probate Court, Charles
Graeif securities, Thomas Gates and
Asa H. Braddock; bond, tpo Moasand
dollars, qualified and approved as above,
Clerk of Police, Charles Graeif Sc
curities, Thos. Gates and Asa ii. Brad
dock: bond, taoo thousand dollars, quail
Eel as above.
Clerk of Circuit Court, Hezekiah NJ.
Goode; securities, John B. Parker and
John l.. Seay bond, ten thousand dol
lars, qualified and approved as above.
Probate judge George 5. Hoyl. No
bond required.
| From careful examination of the va
rious records of the county, on file in the
| different Offices we are not able to ascer-
tain before whom Judge Hoyl took the
necessary oath qualifying him for the dis
charge Of the duties Of lis office; Meth
er have we been able to ascertain the
names Of those who We're first elected
and qualified as Justices OF the Peace anu
Constatles in the various Magistrate
beats in the county. We will however,
give more diligent search into the early
archives. and try to ascertain their names,
securities, the amount OF their several
bonds, and also before whom they We're
qualified.
We would here respectfully suggest to
the members of the Hon. Board of Po-
lice that there has not been any record
kept of the official vote of the county
since its organization. This makes a
"hiatus" in our history which it is inn
possible to fill out with any degree of ac-
curacy. We hope that the Board will
take this matter into consideration, and
act upon it so far as to order File
Book of Elections" to be kept in the Of
flee of the Probate Clerk, and let the va
rious returning officers attest the correct
ness of the transcript Of Elections In the
different beats or election precincts.
The vote of the county, as we learn
from various sources of information, at
that time was sixty.
Having elected officers for the county,
the next subject which appears to have
engrossed the attention of the people ana
the Police Court, was the location of the
County Town, Court House. Jail, &c.
To this subject, and others corelatlve
to it, we will call the attention OF your
readers in our next number
Yours &c, I'm 1uRPENTiSE