Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1901-01-05

D. H. NdNttl was ALSO an carry .ttbtuti au'
Mr.. J. NJ, Archer also taught some of tn
now old citizens OF the county.
When Mr. Stevens was lad, in soin!
from the Sberrod place to Pickensville, h,
would pass the following places in ordeJ il
which they are named: The Jos Moore
place Chas. SPANS, Tyre Spann :
John Wootten's Doctor Young's a
Drake Hill. Dr., Hoarth's, the Name,
place, now DR.. Tstty's, Medlock's ant
Bigg's aud then crossed the river ant
through the swamp to PickensWlle. Cspt
Corprew, naval officer, married Mis-
Lindsay and lived on Lee hill John f
Gavin came here very early and showed
Mr.. stevens point on the river bank where
the Government issued supplies to The
Indians, Another supply point was al
/ Choctaw Agency in Oktibbeha county
/ Mr.. Gavin settled about half mile west oil
where j. Q. PoindeNter now lives. Mr.
Gavin bought bis corn from the Indian,
and ground 1t with hand mill he brought
with him.
DISTRICT 1"o'
Mr.. J L. Dantzler, Sr who ha,
been IN the comfy several years more
than half a century remembers the
names OF some who lived in the section
within three or four miles around Cen
ter Point, Among the physicians were
Dr. PoiudeN,er' Or d. T. Mcleod
Dr. German ana Or, WedgWorth' The
earliest teachers were Wm' John
son, Frederick McCrlmon' d. Z. Dis
mukes ana joshua Stevens. Other cit
izens were VIM. Dent d. A. Dahtzler,
VIM. Pride Mr.. Winfield, H. NJ.
Hunter Mr. tIoofe' Mr. 6Hggs' Mr.
Thornton JAS Murray, Ihos. Paulette
Mr.. Sloan, Mr.. I.enam, Kelly White,
John hays, Mt bankhead, John ami
VIM. Harlan Hugh Mcdaniel VIM.
King Mrs PERKINS, Isaac WeIioorn'
Ar' henf! w. Lana earnest recoi'
IecuonS are interesting lie came &c
No4uOee Win MS IaVhef' b'rreI LAND
ana seIlIea Oh WOODWARD creek IL
Io3i' Ills nearest neISHOor' were V"0
orolher' named Johnson TWO miles VI
the creek A Mr. Bray hyed three
miles Deio"' Iae IlppeIts IiYed nYe
miles west on "ha1 Is now Ilppett
creek some tme IN the thlrhes Henry
Dade opened a large farm three miles
north on woodward S creek. one OF
ms daughters married Judge H. w.
Foote' Or Switzerland lived five miles
east MI Land also relates what ne
remembers OF old Brooklyn 1t gave
promise at one tlme' OF becoming 8
nourlshlng town. Ihere were four dry
goods stores, two saloons, a tallorshop,
blacksmith shop ana a bank lie
tAlnAS tne oIlcefs OIL tAe oank were
Lnmas' '8IHer and Michaux. the frs
beng President, There was also a no
TEL Lumas was proprietor There was
a boarding school, Miss Ann Hazar(
principal The Baptist denomination
had church Some Of those who lived
there were DR., Helm, Jack Dew, Dr.
Harris, Wash Campbell, Mr. Vickers
DR. Rowe, Mr. Hyde, Capt, jenkins
VIM. Mckee Judge Hardiman, Be
cause OF the advent of the railroad
Brooklyn is almost forgotten Mr.
Land low occupies aud cultiyates tn,
land on which it once stood,
Cooksville was among the earlies
settled places in the comfy.
We are indebted to Hon. W. S. Per
menter for the following "reminiscences
1t was first known as Pleasant Rldg
when the Neills, Binions, Swifts, King
and a few hers located in that neigh
oorhood The first man to build
cabin on the spot was Peter B. Cook
hence the name He made shoes an
retailed liquors in little shanty mad
OF split board across the road on tn
corner south OF where J. P. Long nov
has steam mill and gin.
The business men there fifty year
ago and longer were H. H. Atmore, Il
F. Cooper, Jas. n Baskin, Jas, E
Holt, Joe walker, llquol dealer, Jas
Fowler mechanic, j. N. Baskiu, ply
s'clan' Harvey woods, teacher an
Presbyterian Minister. Citizens 10 tn
vicinity were Jas. T. Moseley, Robt
Neil, W. D. King, W. c. Campbell
W. I. watt, r, L. Trimble, John Hill
JAS. Pearre, Frank Melton, Noa
Hardy, Durrett white, Sam'l Shaw
Leroy Robbins, Jordan Robbins, Jno
3. Robbins, Jno. R Long, JAG
Barnes, Iheo Swift, Lewis Ephrail
and James Sparkman, Christian Rawls
Sam A, Rawls, Jas, T, Permenter
Jas. and Jesse Trewitt, Jacob watson
Joe Brassfeld, C. Ridgeway, Gilso
Foote. WIN, Gray. WIN. Hill. S. S. Hill
VIM. wilder, Henry Bishop, Jack Rot
ertson, brick mason. Elder Edwi
Pace was pastor OF the Baptist church