Mississippi Democrat. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1875-1???, 1876-09-09
HIsT0RI' OT COPIsH.
RECOLLECTION 90 AZ ON CITIZEN.

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On the l3th of September, 1924
I Aaron Miller and samuel 7 Scot
werc appointed commissioner q
-urcriutyud the public buildings o
C"plah county.
Aaron Miller resigned =. fore u,
buildings were completed. aud vii
liam \. Perkins appointed "a h,.
stead
IN the absence ~ tie commission
crs' report on the location of ~,
county site. viii here state that
the same was located on section IL
tow u.hip 10, range : cast, the land
donated by Wm. X. Perkins aud
Joseph White. The first court
house was erected ~ Jcas, Thomp
son, sr., aud the jail " John Rpg
crs, commonly called Jack Rogers
a the September term, ls21. OF
sail county court. wc lind thr fol
I lowing order 60. wit.
Ordered. That al future courts
hc hcll In the south apartment oi
y. v. pinmrr'- residence; and. ~
lcrrl. That thy same br rpu~il l.rrd
q, tuc temporary court house Tor
/ Cnrlah county.
1h- house wa CREE, I Us the
said q. T.. rlumcr the plank wa,
sawed hy hanl with whip saw,
and rhc timber, hyvn from thc for
ct plnc. This house vas used only
a few years ago hy Dr W. Z. Sham
hcr a an office.
Atthc March term, ls2i, wc dud
,hc following order, w: On mo
ton, Il j. ordered that Hanson Al.
l~rry bo allowed twenty i've dol.
iars Tor whiting tho deeds con, ey-
ing the pubiic lots in Gallatin.
CIRCUIT JUDGES.
Richard StockSton, - Chilcs.
Powhattan Ellis and I. X. NiohoL
son, we're the first Judges, though
they may not have served ia the or
der named
In addition % the above, ! will
mention the namcs Of Thomas A.
Willis, Buckuor Harris, 4. G..
Brown, Wiley I. Harris. Poscy
McNalr, Il al.
Copiah has been fortunate IN hat
ing able judges 20 preside over the
deliberations of her courts.
/ Record Of Attorneys during the
\ years 1921, 81, '25 and -:
Jos q. Anderson, Magec 4 Kec.
gan. Walker, Willis 4 IRISH, Fov Ter,
Nicholson, q. ". Wright. Wood.
ward, Wright, Cage, Woody A Esty,
Winchester, Mctcalf. Buckncr. IIar
rs, J =. Gibbs, Irish, J.V. McMm
rim, Vannerson Crawford, Peyton,
Alexander Montgomery. Danger.
6eld, II. T. Williams, Maxwell, Neal
Paxton, TORY, Brenham, LOWS A
Wharton, Mays 4 Mcl.oa, Reeves 4
Hughes, Fairly, Sellers, J. W
Shields, Manderyille A Sharp. and
subsequently, the following names
w. II. II. Chaplain, Harris 4 Lear
ned, A. G.. Brown, J. d. Thrashor
Barton, Gaines 4 Pelton, J. H. Mur
ray, ID. III. Hooper, A. Smith, Hal
a Chaplain, Mcintyre, Foute A Bas
ton, Vim. NJ. Randolph, Brown a
Collins, Thrasher 4 TORY, James
Talbot, Hooper a Purnell, Harris
. Bowie, Brown. Brown 4 More
hsad, Catchings and Rose. This
ends with the year 1887. Since
that tine quite a number practioed
in CopiAh circuit court whose names
do not appear above, and Il l. like
~ that l have omitted some who
pract,ood between 1895 and 1896.
II will he seen by tie above list
% Attorneys that Coplah has al
ways been well represented At ths
bar.
MILLS, cOrTos GtSs, Erc.
1t the first settling OF Copiah
county, there was not a grist OF
saw-mill within the present limitA
The nearest mill 90 the southern and
eastern part Of the county, was
General Fox's some seven miles
above Mohticello. and Jake Furr's
on the Iaslls Bahala creek, both "a
Lawrence county. Prom the north
eastern settlement in Copiah TO ei
thcr one OF these mills IL was about
II A Y. r..