Mississippi Democrat. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1875-1???, 1876-08-12
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r.ity rul,meut- u .hn 90 irr,
STATE "i t'ptth.
Tho lands in la,l,d BE- ,be D"upiles
~ Iiiual@, i.a"ktn. O"ptttau'l ,HrP
Son was pu,cls - tram lhr tnu,
tess Indians sometime iu the year
l-;u. ynd wrr, >HrlgA,i during rus
Year lo2l, aul pat into ia market
"a thc TAN - l~'s Toe Iaul ulitc
va, lppa',i al tbu ely at Jackson,
Gi.lcnu filz. i'r4iicr. and James e..
p.oh-uu. Receiver The ahpNc ter
utmy Ual embraced m lllujs ,pun
~ ani aityrNarl. divided lnfo two
cnuuily~. to.Wlt. Hind, aui Cnplih.
lllui, iu,iu,iI,g the present territory
81 HIND, aud Rankin, and tup.ab
that 81 Copiah aud Simpson. sab
-equ,ut.y those couni,cs we're III
vldrd las Pcail river. making four
counties. ~ the fr-t .cttlir.. of Go.
piah there Wa, Lut uuy road Tor
travel through the rauuJy aui that
was kuvHu Il, t.trruls trace. leading
rom Nadl-ouN Tile GA tho llkv tp
ui,r,vvt Che NalDh,z aul Nashville
trag, some l. or ~ miles north ct
jackson Thi, road wa. up,url hy
Ggu. Carrul and along which h.
marched ui- troop ailyr the battle 81
Nyu Ori,au. hJ.h Go the State 81
I.nu.z-oc. THIS ruai Ma opened
u tho -pr.ug 1i l>lb. faa soldiers
v,rc uuil alloRtl tumlr.h u miles
pea day, and % wa, .aIi that The
cham carriers give GNe quarter, tpa
wi.c iu order Go expedite the travel
~ the yul ct every mi.e e box WIs
ruj iu the nearest tree aud The mum
h.r Of mtir, marked thereon with
rsi puut S. hiyh remained Nl,.hl, tor
usmhvro - year. Ih.- ROAD PASSED
>uuc luur milo, FROM NUu,HplIu.
crH. sing the ia0rIIycrutar tho Pres
t.lsp place. thence o. tAo l,g BJhala
creek, crossing the same at what Is
uuV known e.. the Iyu place lthc
residence ct capt BNrIh thence on
lu north ya>t,rly direction, crossing
tia lluc between the Oh and new
purchase. striking the place Now oo
,upI,l hN ". y. to>tl,N GA the cx-
trcm" head Of liyk crrck; tbyuce
u the -1mr direction by thc place
NOW occupied rs Rufus II CuDr.
crossing the western prong OF the
tulJh crryk: lhcu,c un hy the
iiw-hcar place. but Occupied los Juo.
toog at the llr-t settling ui the CDuu-
~. TIN, place had hccn "A regular
stand uu the uad lul The weary
traveller tor number oi years. The
road PASSED uu, crossing thu eastern
prong ct Iopiuh crryk a short dis.
tancc above where Bryant kcalhicy
now reside; thence by The peace
now occupied hy Charucr Price ION
a p,nt oak near ~ was marked III
mllcsl thence hy the place IA y o..
cupied hy Dr. smith; tnonee ~ Toe
Cooper place, the Camack plaee. the
hr. Rutherford place, crossing the
head prong OF Brushy creek near
where Benz. HARRISON resided Toe
many years; thence nv Dr. lnck-
wosd's. running lot Ween the dWel.
ltu"s aud stablcsi thence ou by the
Vaughan place known BOW as the
jacob Haley place tNaus'lan was a
hall-brcei ludiIul This place had
been settled tor many years. Near
where Thomas A. Haley nav rcsidcs
was marked GA pine tree "lli
miles, The road then proceeded
on ami ABOUND lhc mountain 1911,
whore old county line church now
stands; thence by tie residence oi
Jamys v. Didlakc. and the noted
White Oak Spring a short distance
above. Just before rcaching the
present county line the road turned
Ia the lell across the Double Branch.
a., rs they were called, which are
now ia Kinds county. some fcW
miles above this point tho road
passed another settlement, masle by
one Of the Naughans, which gave
to the little stream flowing by the
name of Naughan's creek. The next
settlement on the road was made by
one Harris, mail contractor, which
gave his name 10 the crock near by,
the same place on which the lament.
cd Roland johnson died, Whose
father was one OF tho first settlers In
the Browns Wells ncighborhood).
The road then passed on, crossing
Rhodes creek near the rosidonec at
Molly Rhodes, MOLLY was a full
bloosied Ghoctaw Indian, had three
husbands, all white men the LIST,
McClHe, the "a Mcdonald and tho
3d John Rhodes q rennessecan. The
road thon passed ON by the Stovall
place, Woodall place, the old Thomas
or Milioan place (in the meantime
crossing what was called the Big
creek thence crossing Trahan's
creek, passing near the residence Of
'rrahan TAhan was white man
bat bad lived with the Indians q |
lumber OF years, aud was n prom.
inent man among them. Tho road
passed on through or near Jackson,
lntersecting the road leading from
Nashville to Nat.hez near Oh, late
residence Of Maj. David w. naley. |
This road was the usual travelled |
route Tor horse drovers and hat-boat
men after selling out their stock OF
horses and produce, and many a
poor fellow lost has lifo at the hands
on susplclon of having
money. Tho white Oak gnr,nv h.s. |