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IN BRIEF
CATAHOULA, THEN JOURDAN AND NOW
KILN, MISSISSIPPI "A COMMUNITY OF PROUD, DILIGENT, AND INDUSTRIOUS PEOPLE"
I.	EARLIEST INHABITANTS
A.	Choctaw Indians
B.	Muskhogean Indians
II.	FIRST WHITE SETTLERS
A.	Jean Baptiste Necaise & Family
B.	Migrated from Wolf River Area
C.	Latter ’7th or Early 18th Century
D.	Acquisition of Spanish Land Grant
E.	Necaise Father, Native of Paris, France
III.	KILN ACQUIRED NAME IN 1813
A.	Preceded in Name by Jourdan River
B.	Named because of brick, coal, and	tar kilns
C.	Ideal location because of high land and Jourdan River for transportation
D.	Shipped by schooners to New Orleans, La.
E.	Tar used for caulking ships
F.	Sold in Naval Stores
IV.	JOURDAN RIVER NAMED AFTER NOEL JOURDAN
A.	Acquired land through Spanish Land Grant
B.	Lived in present-day Diamondhead Area
C.	Served as delegate to Mississippi Constitutional Convent ion
D.	Served as Hancock County's First Representative in the Mississippi Legislature
V.	FIRST CENSUS OF KILN TAKEN IN 1840
A.	Conducted by John McCaughn of Shieldsboro
B.	Served as U.S. Customs Collector in Shieldsboro
C.	Later became Biloxi's First Postmaster