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

lS92-J, S. Madison, T. J O'Neil. j. Il,
Dinsmoro.
1851. Il. Dtnmore, T. j. O'Nsu, C.
Nj. Thomas.
1851. r. Dinsmore, d. L, Algood, W.
S. Permenter.
1S9S--W, 5. Pementer, J. R, Dinsmore,
d. F. Allgood,
l9O0-W, J. Hubbard, w. 5, Permeuter,
II. II. Brooks.
In the states first settled along the
Atlantic, the fertility of the Choctaw
lands was well known and the covetu
Gus Anglo. Saxon brought a great pres.
sure upon the government to remove
the Indians, and open the lands to white
settlers. As fast as the Choctaw Ces.
sions were secured by the officials i'm
migration flowed in and all the good
lands were soon transferred to pioneer
settlers, Some titles were got from
the Indians There was great trouble
in the prairie section, at first, to get
water for man and beast, and for this
reason the first that came went to the
hills far in the western section, where
there was a bountiful supply of pure
spring water. Where there was no tim.
Der, the grass grew high in the prairies
and wild game was plentiful. Every
winter immense flocks Of brant aud
ducks would feed in the prairies and
lakes, and we have heard Mr.. Stevens
say his father paid for the best house
servant they had with yension hams,
turkeys and deer hides. The game was
sold to a Mr., Bonner who kept the
Pickensville hotel, and the deer hides
to traders from Tennessee
DISTRICT ONE,
Dr.. Matt Clay has a vivid recollection
of Noxubee as it was half a century
ago. Beginning at Bigbee Yallty, Mr.
Nance owned a farm, now the Dr. Pat
ty place Col McLaren lived on the
place now occupied by Mr.. Rife and
others; lsham Harrison live / on the
Ad Sanders place He was the father
Of thirteen children and educated all Of
them Col. Tyree Spann lived at Cliff
tonyille. Other prominent citizens
were Jno, NJ Tate, Chas and Nat
Barnett, W. P. Conner, north Of Cliff
tonville, Dr., E. Deupree, Mr., Henley,
father Of l.. D. and Alfred Henley,
Judge Geo. R. Clayton, Henry Pratt,
Dickey Cole, W. R. Poindexter, E. N,
Price, Bel Taliaferro, Jno. W. FAIRIES,
Nicely Drake, A, NJ. Drake, W A.
Bridges, Jno. W. Bridges, W. NJ. and
David Heron, Sam Conner father Of
S. B. Conner at Cliftonville, Dr. Au'
gu.tus Oliver, Judge Moore, resided on
Jeffries place, father of R. E, and Jor.
dan Moore, Maj Thos Moore and
Chas. Moore, Hon. Mr.. Moore, father
of Joseph, William, Thos, Dudley and
Clarence Moore. He owned 1000 acres
Of prairie land between Deerbrook and
Clftonville. 7. c. Billups, one of the
very earliest settlers, came here with
Mai. A. B. Stevens, Daniel Deupree,
VIM. Winfry, Mathew Nelson Rev,
Jno. BALDWIN, VIM. Baldwin, Jno'
Patton, Dr.. Spot Wharton, J J
Mhoon, Anzel Cunningham, father of
J, B. Cunningham, Jacob Pierce, Dr.
Beard, DR. Grafton, George and Matt
HaiIston, VIM. Witherspoon, John
Cox, on McGowen creek, L. w, Madi.
son, Geo Ladd, Maj 7, G Blewett
Gen. Thos, Blewett, John NJ. Billups,
Thos. Brooks, father of Hon. H. H,
Brooks, Jared Brooks, father of T. s.
Brooks, T. P, Barton, VIM. and
Robert Cole, Andy and Abe Connor
DR.. J. NJ, Cunningham owned the Clay
place and here in 1887 was dug the first
cistern in the Noxubee prairies. 1t
was the stagestand on the Macon ana
Columbus road There was a race
course at Deerbrook. Horse and. mule
races and shooting matches every Sat
urday.
Mr., L, W. Smith remembers that
among the earliest settlers in the east
ern portion of the county were Joel
Barnett, his sons, Charles and Frank
and two sons-in-law, Judge VIM. H.
Smith and Michael Johnson; James,
Jsel and Jesse Glass, Calvin Perkins,
VIM. L. Walker, JAS. Bunch, Abram
Mcdonald Albert Taylor, Pleasant
Taylor, Abram Douglass, w. w,
Smith, BARLEY Clark, Wash Diskins,
G. w Chairman and John Adams, The
nearest postoffices were Pickensville, on
the north aud Fairfield, Ala, on the
south. The public road was a path
from PiekeusYille TO Macon, and it
passed through the place where Mr.. A.
D. Binion now lives. Mr.. Smith says
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