Holmes County herald., 1959-11-12

Indians living there one was
of the Sac tribe fighters who
began the Black Hawk war.
During this time the people sto-
red their food such as meat,
flour, lard, potatoes. and meal
in two story building, This
building was set fire. and am
told grease flowed ankle deep
down the main street and the
gullies. The other tribe was Che
ctaw. T'hier Chief was named
Black Hawk. and it was for him
the town was named. We ha6'
an old negro slave living on our
| place that was freed by Mr..
Lincolin, Since he was born there
and lived all his life up until
! then there my Great GranfatAer
told him he could live there as
long as he lived. George lived in
the same house to be over a
hundred years old. The land
where he lived and the house
stands is called the Boatman
| field. Wee have had colored peo-
pie living in the house that say
George comes back every night
to visit his house. One family got
| so scared that they meved dur
ing the night. George showed me
the Choctaw Indian Burial Gro
und which at that time was a
| wooded pasture, but now is be-
| ing farmed. me Chief lived IN
a log house 21a miles from where
the present stores are located.
When the Chef died his house
was moved over his grave to
keep people from digging up
the land. The young Chief Black
Hawk moved his part of the
tribe to Georgia. and they have
never been heard frGrn since.
The town has no officials but
Mississippi residents have heard
of it. The State highway II runs
at the present through the main
street. The new highway II l
have been told will go up the
ridge behind the stores.
The people who settled the
town of Black Hawk came from
other States and places. We had
one family who came all the way
from England, one of the families
| TO settle Black Hawk were dec
| dents of mine the Lundys, one of
| them was a great aunt Sally
Lundy. Aunt Sally married a
Col. r. NJ. Williams who fought
in the battle of Vicksburg. Miss
Sally as everybody called her
fought Music privately. She was
| considered of the best in the
county at that time, but stra-
| nge enough she didn't play her
| self. She used the present
Lundy home to rear children OF
| relatives. There were five boys
| and three girls. There was one
Lundy (my father two Towards
| one McGhee, and four Wyatts-
The girls cleaned UP the house.
and the boys cooked a great
many times. Aunt Sally thought
the girls would burn their arms
f they cooked.
Stage coach travel started II
Iva. Black Hawk had its err
Major Donly had the contract to
carry the mail and stage line
between Nashville and Natchez
or a number Of years. One OF
he relay stations was under the
hill where the present Lundy
home is. AS wrote earlier we
had our first postmaster in 1885,
| Since Stage travel was so slow
some three weeks after a letter
vas mailed in Chattanooga, Tenn.
| + could be read in Black Hawk.
| IN 1884 the first telegraph line IN
| his section came through Car
clifton. This enabled local peo-
DE to get information sucf
IS "Danial Webster died las
night" In 1861 the first tele-
ohones were installed in Black
Hawk. At first there were only
our. The Lundys, Atneaues had
one each, and Mr.. ]. B. Sweater
| had one in his house and store.
Shortly after they were installed
little colored boy came in the
store and asked Mr.. ]. B. Il
they needed any eggs. After talk
ing to his wife for several min
| utes on the contraption he told
the boy yes. After thinking for
q short time the lad wanted to
| know how the box knew when II
wanted eggs. BY October q, l90s
the people had communication
with Lexington, Sidon, and Gre
enwood. Now our telephone line
was owned by private person
t Acona. The exchange was in a
house in a pasture off the main
road behind the Acona school
building. The exchange was
here until sometime about 1910
In 1947 the Southern Bell Tele-
nhone Co. took over and the eX-