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John C. Grinder

Taken from History of Old Tishomingo Co. Mississippi Territory edited and compiled by Fan Alexander Cochran

(1) page 59 On the 12th day of April 1841, Stephen O. Gibbs issued a verbal challenge to John C. Griner to fight a duel. Both parties were among the most prominent citizens in the county at the time. A true bill was returned against Gibbs but the case was not pressed in April 1842.

(2) page 67 The following saloon licenses were issued at the May meeting of the board: John Butrell, Eastport, James Castleberry, Eastpost, John Vawter, Jacinto, Andrew J. Jones, Jacinto, James F. Callahan, Farmington. Inn and tavern licenses: George W. Smith, Jacinto, John C. Griner, Jacinto, John Vawter, Jacinto. Boarding house: R.B. Archer (this appears to be May 1843)

(3) page 71 At the April meeting of the board John C. Griner was granted license to run a tavern at his residence. (this appears to be April 1844)
Corinth Herald Historical Edition December 15,1903

First Sale Of Slaves Four Negroes Sold For the Sum of Two Thousand Dollars
The first transfer of slaves in the county is evidenced as follows:
" State of Mississippi
" Tishomingo County.
For and in consideration of the sum of two thousand dollars lawful money in hand, paid by Joseph Carter to David Carter, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, the said David Carter hath by these presents bargained, sold, transferred, conveyed and delivered to the said Joseph Carter, his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, four negro slaves for life----one woman by the name of Rachel, not exceeding fifty years of age; one man by the name of Abraham, of black color and not exceeding twenty-five years of age; one man by the name of Peter, not exceeding twenty- three years of age; one girl by the name of Violet, not exceeding nineteen years of age; all of whom are sound, healthy and sensible. To have and to hold the said negroes, Rachel, Abraham, Peter and Violet to the said Joseph Carter, his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns forever from the said David Carter, his heirs, executors, administrators, and all and every other person. The title, age, health and sense of said negro woman Rachel, and negro man Abraham, and negro man Peter, and negro girl Violet, the said David Carter will warrant and forever defend.

In witness whereof the said David Carter hath hereunto set his hand and seal this 18th. day of May, A.D. 1837, and the sixty- second of American independence.

David Carter (seal)
Corinth Herald Historical Edition December 15,1903

Two Killed at Burnsville

In the fall of 1868 Jack Hardwick hauled to Burnsville and sold a bale of cotton. Later in the day he was held up in the streets and the money taken from him by Jack Davenport, who was credited with being the leader of a gang of hard characters infesting that neighborhood. Hardwick subecribed to an affidited setting forth the above facts and a warrant was issued by a justice of the peace and placed in the hands of Sheriff Beall.

On the 15th of December the sheriff was informed that the Davenport gang intended to hold up the Memphis and Charleston pay car, due to pass through Burnsville that night. Sheriff Beall deputized Jim Patrick, Tom Wade, W. D. Davis, W. R. Smith and Jack Hardwick, and hastening to Burnsville surrounding the town shortly after dark. Slowly closing in the officers encountered the Davenport crowed, and in the pitched battle which followed Jack Davenport was killed by W.R. Smith, and Tobe Charlton and a man named Luter, were captured, the remainder of the gang escaping. Sheriff Beall also found in the town Port Lawson and Jess Weathers, for whom he had warrants charging misdemeanors, and they were arrested, but were in no manner connected with the Davenport gang.

The sheriff had more prisoners than he could safely escort to Jacinto with the small force at his command, as it was to be expected that the members of the gang who had made their escape would attempt to rescue their comrades. Leaving Charlton and Luter at the Burnsville depot under gaurd of the posse, and taking Lawson and Weathers, the sheriff hurried to Jacinto and safely landed his prisoners in the county jail. Returning to Burnsville as soon as possible Sheriff Beall found that the Ku Klux had been there during his absence and had taken Charlton and Luter from the guard and shot them, the bobies being laid out on the depot platform. A few nights later Lawson and Weathers were taken from the county jail by the Ku Klux, of which organization it was supposed they were members, and liberated.

Corinth Herald Historical Edition December 15,1903

FIVE MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS AT BURNSVILLE SINCE THE WOMEN
"TOOK OVER THE TOWN"
Making Good On Election Pledges Burnsville, Ms.--
Burnsville's all-woman City Council, which swept into office on a clean-up, paint-up, fix-up ticket last summer, has made "good progress toward making good our campaign promises," says the new mayor, Mrs. A.H. Montgomery.
Since Mrs. Montgomery and her board of five lady alderman---all grandmothers except one---took office for four year terms July 1, they have counted these improvements: Drainage ditches all over town have been cleared of tall grass and weeds to which Mrs. Montgomery pointed as a traffic hazard and eyesore. Main Street has been widened. City Hall, which formerly served as a bus station also, has been redecorated and the bus station moved to new quarters across the street. Town Marshall Arthur Carey has been added. And Burnsville has a new dial telephone system.
The women officials " are working beautifully together," said Mrs. Montgomery, altho they are giving their time without pay. "So much was needed to be done in our town, so many improvements to be made, we are using the money for the town and giving our time without salaries," the Mayor said. "Most of the men are working with us to better the community, too," Mrs. Montgomery said. "There are some who are not cooperating, but we believe they will when they realize we are truly working for building up our community and not for any political reasons. "Our aim is to make our town and community a better place to live--materially, socially and spiritually. We believe if we give our young people the finer and better things in life, they will not want the baser or lower things."
The All-Woman Kitchen Cabinet Members were: Mayor,Mrs.A.H.Montgomery, Alderman, Mrs. Mary Davis, Alderman, Mrs. Dot Marlar, Alderman, Mrs. Mamie Trimm, Alderman, Mrs. Ruth Floyd, and Alderman Mrs. Ola Leitch. Mrs.Euta Elledge was the Town Clerk.
This article appeared in The Memphis Press-Scimitar on January 2, 1954.Transcribed & sibmitted by Teresa Davis Seay

POPULATION OF THE COUNTY
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The First Census Gives the County
Only 6,681 Inhabitants
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The population of Tishomingo county, according to the governement census of 1840, was 6,681. As this census was taken four years after the organization of the county, it is reasonable to suppose that there were not over 5,000 people in the county on the 15th of February, 1830, the date the county was created. As the area of the county was 923,040 acres, or 1,286 square miles, to pro rate the land, even in 1840, would have over 700 acres to every man, woman, and child in the county.

POPULATION OF THE COUNTY
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Second Census Shows an Increase of
8,809 Inhabitants
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In 1850, the date of the second government census after the organization of the county, Tishomingo contained a population of 13,490, or an increase in ten years of 8,800.

POPULATION OF THE COUNTY
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Third Census Shows the County to
Have Increased 8,659.
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The third government census after the creation of Tishomingo county, in 1860, gives the "State of Tishomingo" a population of 24,149, or an increase in ten years of 8,659. From the same source it is found that the cotton crop for the season of 1859-60 amounted to 11,479 bales.Corinth Herald Historical Edition December 15,1903 transcribed & submitted by Brenda Scroggins Sawyer Tx.

Physicians Of Old Tishomingo County The following are available names of prominent physicians of Old Tishomingo County in 1869:
Dr. B. Hale, Kossuth, University of Nashville, 1857;
Dr. D.B. McFarlane, Corinth, University of Pennsylvania, 1854;
Dr. A.J. Brewster, Corinth, Medical College, Atlanta, Ga., 1860;
Dr. R.T. Marshall, Iuka, University of Pennsylvania, 1837;
Dr. J.S. Davis, Iuka, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, 1845;
Dr. R.S. Hodges, Cartersville, Medical College Louisville, Ky., 1855;
Dr. John Gorden, Rienzi, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, 1860;
Dr. W.A. Taylor, Booneville, University Louisville, Ky., 1845;
Dr. D.T. Price, Booneville, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, 1866, died 1928;
Dr. J.H.P. Stephenson, Blackland, University of Louisville, Ky., 1853;
Dr. W.A. Caveness, Burnsville, University Nashville, 1869;
Dr. John Harvey, (near) Burnsville, University Louisville, Ky., 1854;
Dr. Charles Ryan, Bay Springs, Memphis Medical College, 1869;
Dr. M.V. Bynum, Hatchie River, University Tennessee, 1858,
Dr. J.M. Bynum, Corinth, University Pennsylvania, graduated 1857;
Dr. J.M. Taylor, Corinth, and Jacinto, Jefferson Medical College, 1851;
Dr. William Jones Rogers, Marietta, Louisville Medical College, ___________, surgeon in Confederate Army at Iuka;
Dr. N.B. Warren, Marietta, Louisville Medical College, 1861;
Dr. E.A. Cox, Baldwyn, University of Louisiana, 1868;
Dr. Wiley Ben Williams, Wheeler and Baldwyn, University of Tennessee, 1859, died 1885;
Dr. Samuel Nick Walker, Baldwyn, University of Louisville, 1856, died 1908;
Dr. W.H. McDougal, Rienzi, University of Nashville, 1868, died 1889.
The first medical society in Old Tishomingo County was organized July 2, 1860, at Jacinto with Dr. J.M. Taylor of Rienzi, president and Dr. Joseph Stout of Corinth, secretary. The society was disbanded on account of War and re-organized June 16, 1870, as Tishomingo District Medical Society in Dr. J.M. Taylor’s office at Corinth. He was again elected president and Dr. J.M. Young, secretary. Dr. A.J. Borrum was treasurer. (The above information was written by Dr. L.L. McDougal, Sr., Booneville submitted by Cindy Nelson )

First Murder Trial The First Person to Be Charged With Murder Was Acquitted
The first man to be killed in the county was Stephen W. Smith, who was shot by Benjamin F. Reynolds on the 7th day of June, 1840.

First Divorce Whom God Had Joined Together Stephen Adams Put Asunder.
The first divorce granted in the county was on the 12th of October, 1841.The case was styled Louisa Hampton vs. B. M. Hampton, and was first filed on the 10th of June, 1840, but dismissed at the request of the plaintiff. The following year proceedings were again instituted and at the October term of the circuit court, 1841, Judge Stephen Adams presiding, the following decision was handed down:
" This cause came on to be heard by the court, and it appearing to this court that the facts as charged in the bill are true, and that a subpoena regularly issued, and that the defendant having wholly failed to answer or deny the facts as stated, and the complainant having fully established her charges as stated in her bill, it is therefore ordered, adjudged and decreed by the court that she be wholly and entirely dissolved from the bonds of matrimony, and that the bonds be forever dissolved, annulled and made void, and that she be wholly freed from all restraint arising therefrom, and that the cost be taxed to the defendant.
( submitted byCindy Nelson )

Tyree G. NEWCOMB killed John FREEZE
The Letter to the Governor of the State of Mississippi

One of the more exciting days in the history of Old Tishomingo was 16 June 1858. This was the day Tyree G. NEWCOMB killed John FREEZE. Tyree was supposed never to have been very bright, but after FREEZE clobbered him up 'side the head with a cant hook and someone told NEWCOMB he ought to kill FREEZE, NEWCOMB got a gun and did just that. He was tried, convicted and scheduled to hang until a huge demonstration of civic support in the form of a petition for clemency, signed by most of the males in the county, was delivered to Governor Pettus. NEWCOMB was declared "insane" and committed to the State Hospital. Even though "confined", he none the less managed to marry Caroline "Dillie" CLARK and father about seven children before his death in 1914. I have the first six pages of signatures from the above mentioned petition. The State Archive told me the entire document is 68 pages. If you are looking for your Tishomingo Co. ancestor's autograph, it might be a good place to look. submitted by Donald Newcomb

OLD NEWS PAPERS OF TISHOMINGO COUNTY :
Here are some of the names of the early News Papers of Tishomingo County,
North Mississippi Union (edited at Eastport by M.G. Lewis in 1848 also publishing in Jacinto in 1850)
The Eastport Republican, (edited by W.H.H. Tyson in 1851)
Eastport Gazette ( in 1850)
Ripley Advirtiser
Jacinto Democrat 1849 ( edited by W. H. Jones)
Jacinto Reporter 1849
The New Eleven 1850 (bought by Dr. J.S. Davis who renamed it the
Iuka Gazette 1857. He sold it to his brother Rev. D.L. Davis who changed the name to
The Mink
Iuka Mirror (printed by Dr. M.A. Simmons)
Stenograph ( edited by Major Hogue about 1860)
Tan Eta Tan Iuka Female College school paper about 1865
Cosmic Gale (edited by Bud Jourdan & Dr. F. T. Carmack about 1868 )name was changed to
Iuka Reporter about 1888. (The name was changed by 1898 to
The Vidette till present day.
Tishomingo County News 1967

Iuka was first lighted by electric power on December 13, 1901. This private electric company operated until destroyed by fire in 1914. The town was without electric power from this time until 1925 when the Mississippi Power Company began to service the area.

Rev. Isaac Mahan, in 1837 was the first minister authorized by the Probate Court to solemnize the rites of matrimony in Old Tishomingo County. He had a wife named Charlotte and son James A.
Iuka Surname Society

First families participating in establishing Tishomingo County;
ABELL,ALSTADT,ANDERSON,ARMES,ARMOR,AUTRY, BAKER,BARKER, BELL,BINION,BLEURTIS,BOONE,BRICKENSTAFF,BRIGHT,BULTER, CAPEN,CARROLL,CARTER,CHAMNESS,CHEEK,CHOATE,CLARK,CLEMENT, CLICK,COATES,COOK,COLBERT,COMBES,COPELAND,COWAN,CRAIGE, CURTIS,DANIEL,DAVIS,DICKERSON,DOLLISON,ELAM,ESPY,ESTES, ESSARY,FALKNER,FARRIS,FARMER,FITCH,FORTNER,FROST,GAGE, GARNER,GEORGE,GERT,GIBBS,GIRARD,GOSS,GRAHAM,GRINER,HAIR, HAMLIN,HAMPTON,HANCOCK,HARRISON,HILL,HODGES,HUTCHESON, JAMES,JOBE,JOHNSON,JOHNSTON,JONES,JORDEN,KELLY,KEMBLE, KEMP,KENNEDY,KERTIER,KEY,KING,KIZER,KNIGHT,LATHAM,LESLEY, LIDDON,LINDSEY,McCAIGE,McCUEN,McDONELL,McMATTHEWS, McMILLION,MACKEY,MARCUMB,MARTIN,MAYES,MILLER,MITCHELL, MORGAN,MORRISON,MORROW,MOSER,NAIL,NEAL,NEVELS,NULL, NUNLEY,ONEAL,OWENS,PACE,PATTERSON,PATTON,PAYNE,PERCY, PERSONS,PHILLIPES,POOL,POWELL,PRICHETT,QUEEN,REED,RENFRO, REEVES,RICE,RIVES,ROBERTSON,ROBBINS,RODEN,ROGERS,ROSE, RUSHING,SANDERS,SEARCY,SEWELL,SHOOP,SIMS,SLAIGH,SLOAN, SMITH,SMITTA,SPAIN,STAFFORD,STEPHENS,STOKES,SWAIN,TAYLOR, THOMAS,THOMPSON,TURNER,USSERY,WADE,WALDROP,WALKER, WALLACE,WARD,WATKINS,WELCH,WHITE,WILBURN,WILKERSON, WINTERS,WINN,WISDOM,WIZZLE,YOUNG.
Corinth Herald Historical Edition December 15,1903 by Tishomingo County H/G Society.

March 1895 Iuka in ashes greatest fire in the history of town. Dr. N.B.Warren, practicing physician and other buildings burned.

Sheriff D.O. Matthews captures Clabe Parker, a noted retailer of Wild Cat Whiskey in the neighborhood of Burnsville,
The Vidette March 1895

Attending Normal Teachers School;
In Corinth from Iuka; J.O. Looney, J.A. Whitehuest, John Newhart, Miss. Mattie Deardolph, and May Powell.
Corinth Harold July 11, 1883
Iuka Surname Society

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