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The Progress of the Races
45.	Nicholas McKan, Schooners Mamie A. D., Lena M. H., Melvina Anderson.
46.	Stanford McKan, Schooner Mamies A. D., Daisy Woods, Geo. W. Lester.
47.	Sylvester Maxson, Schooners C. A. Fish, Victoria.
48.	Jerry Meyers, Schooner Julia Rickert.
49.	Cornelius Miller,* Schooner Fred Goss.
50.	William Mitchell, Schooners Mary Ellen, Mary and Pearl Whitfield.
61. Pinkney Moore, Schooner Petronia H.
52.	Jerry Mundy, Schooners Victoria, Ella C. Andrews, Saint Bartholomew, Leta, Lois, Hortense, Minnie Otis.
53.	M.ifthew Mundy, Schooners C. A. Fish, Lois, Ella C. Andrews, Victoria.
54.	Ki. Peters, Schooners Alice McGuigin, Angeline, Victoria, Eliza B.
55.	John Peters, Schooner Geo. W. Rhode.
56.	Matthew Peters, Schooners McGuigin, Julia Rickert,	Geo.	W.	Rhode.
57.	Moses Peters, Schooners R. O. Elliot, Lillie Schmidt,	Emma J.	Mestier.
58.	Moses N. Peters,* Schooner hailed from Madisonville, La.
59.	Stephen Peters, Schooner Lizzie Kellum.
60.	Peter Porter, Schooner Victoria.
61.	Jesse Preston,* Schooner Clifton, Houltonville, La.
62.	John Richardson, Schooners Geo. W. Lester, Leta, Geo. W. Rhode, master and owner.
63.	Zedo Richardson, Schooners Leta, Geo. W. Rhode.
64.	Frank Robinson, Schooners Leta and Lois.
65.	Truman Royal,* Schooner Rosa A., Handsboro, Miss.
66.	Louis Slade, Schooners Alice McGuigin, Addie Eads, Lillie Schmidt.
67.	Nicholas Smith,* Schooners Addie Eads, Jennie Dorsey.
68.	Rinalda Smith, Schooner Leta.
69.	William Strayhan, Schooners R. O. Elliot, Alice McGuigin.
70.	Clay Thomas, Schooner R. O. Elliot.
71.	Annison Thompson, Schooners Union, New Union.
72.	Carter Thompson, Schooner Lena M. H.
73.	Stanford Thompson, Schooner Emma Jane.
74.	Willis Vaughn, Schooners Barge Vina,	mastered	and	owned	by him
75.	Albert Vaultz, Schooner Corinne H.
76.	Grayson Vaultz,	Schooners McGuigin, Union,	Lillie	Schmidt.
77.	William Vaultz,	Schooner Addie Eads.
78.	Walter Wade,*	a schooner hailing from Houltonville,	La.
79.	Willie Wallace,	Schooner Geo. W. Rhode.
80.	Charlie Winston, Schooners Calla, Victoria.
81.	Henry Winston, Schooner Mamie A. D.
82.	Robert Winston,* Schooner Cowart.
83.	William Winston, Schooner Union.
84.	Alexander Wooten, Schooners Try Again, Alice McGuigin, Lizzie Kellum, Bogue Houma, Saint Bartholomew, Leta, Lois, Julia Rickert.
85.	Andrew Wooten, Schooner C. A. Fish.
86.	Isaiah Wooten, Schooner Alice McGuigin,	Addie	Eads,	Calla, Lillie
Schmidt, Leta.
87.	Mingo Wooten, Schooner Victoria, and Steamer Major White.
88.	Lawrence Young, Schooner Alice McGuigin.
89.	Shelton Young, Schooner Leta.
The Progress of the Races
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Deep Water Captains Captains Anatole McKan, Annison Thompson, Augustus Lolow, Alexander Wooten, and Stephen Peters ran the largest schooners on Pearl River, and for sometime the largest on the lakes and sounds. They ran to what was called outside, which meant outside of all the lakes and sounds into the Gulf of Mexico, to Ship Island, Horn Island, Port Eads, Galveston, and Key West.
The colored captains on Pearl River were said to be the best sailors in these waters and carried the best crews. They ran some of the fastest vessels. Their cargoes were chiefly lumber. To say that a man was from Pearl River was all the recommendation he needed to get a job to handle lumber anywhere. Where stage and stand were used, the speed with which these men handled lumber could only be surpassed by the toboggan slide on the western mountains.
Storm on the Coast of Mississippi, October, 1893 The schooners Alice McGuigin and Lizzie Kellum swamped at their anchors in Lake Borgne. The former near the mouth of Pearl River, and the latter a few miles east of Saint Joseph Island. Captain Willie De-lavior and Captain Stephen Peters and their crews, respectively, were drowned. The bodies of the crews of these vessels were found and buried at Pearlington. The schooners were raised and repaired.
The schooner Eliza B., foundered at her anchors in Ship Island Harbor. Captain Eli Peters and his crew went by the board. Clinging to a stick of timber which was a part of the cargo, Captain and his crew were driven out into the Gulf of Mexico. After being driven and tossed by the tempestuous wind and sea a few hours, two of his sailors gave up and sank beneath the angry waters. But Captain Peters and his cousin, Philip Peters, clung tenaciously to the piece of timber until they escaped safe to land on the west coast of Florida, a distance of about two hundred miles drifting in the sea. This was an unprecedented shipwreck in the history of these waters. This storm destroyed more lives and property on the coast of Mississippi and Louisiana than any storm before or since.
The schooner New Union drug her anchors out of Ship Island Harbor, and rolled over in the trough of the sea; the vessel was lost. Captain Annison Thompson and his crew perished beneath the waters. Captain Thompson was one of the best sailors on the lakes and sounds. And had he not been handicapped with a deck load of big timber that prevented him from freeing his vessel, the probability is that he and his crew wouid have at least been saved.
Storm of April, 1914 The schooner Emma J. Mestier swamped at her anchors in Lake Pontciiai-train. Captain Enoch Bush and his crew were lost. The personnel of his crew consisted of John Wooten, his brother-in-law, and the son of Captain Alexander Wooten, and Isadora C. Wooten, Isaiah Wooten, Jr., the son of Captain Mingo Wooten and Elizabeth Wooten; Sandy Young and Geox'ge Cicero. The body of Isaiah Wooten, Jr., was found tied to the vessel, but none of the other bodies were ever found. Captain Bush was a Mason and