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Also from ?Letters.
On October 3rd, Annette complained to her husband that she resented feeding the Confederate cavalry while her sons were forced to hide; she cited the wickedness of people probably caused by war ?... 16 cavalry came by and the boys had just enough time to go into hiding.? She had to feed them all supper. Next morning, six more came for breakfast. She fed their horses too. She reported that Jourdan Stuart <sic> and Jess Young were shot . .over the Bioue.. .on Stewart <sic> they found letter from Charles Moody that he would steal cattle and deliver them to him at a certain place for 5 dollars a head.. .Lizzy McArthur is wife.. .she came down to see about having his body taken up and buried at home but she was persuaded to let it stay for some months first. They are buried just where they fell, on that road that we go by Whites just on the side of that hole we go around in the branch.?1 Also from ?letters.
There is no listing for him in the 1870 census. No one named Young is listed in the census. Elizabeth McArthur was age 14 in 1850, living in Beat 5 with her mother Marceline, one of Hancock County?s wealthiest settlers, with real estate holdings of $35,000. Elizabeth is not listed in 1870 census. References to White may refer to Samuel White, a 55-year old farmer with a wife and six children; he was from Massachusetts.
White?s bayou crosses Highway 90 near Pearlington.
1 Jones County, north of present day Hattiesburg, was so lawless in 1864 that there were stories that it had seceded from the Confederacy. In May, Confederate General Polk sent in Colonel Robert Lowry to clean out ?Captain? Newt Knight and his ?Free State of Jones.? The Pearl River counties were a haven for these outlaw deserters, ?who flocked to the Coast and maintained themselves by plying a contraband in lumber trade with New Orleans.? (McLemore, A History of Mississippi, pp. 524-25).
1 Sinkers were logs intentionally submerged for later use. Some are still being found in Pearl River and other waterways.
From Deed Book A
Amos Lott	from	James	McArthur	p.	504
From ?Publisher?s Version?
1	In the 1850 census, there is only one Jourdan Stewart, age 2 at the time; he would have been 16 in 1864. There is no listing for him in the 1870 census. No one named Young is listed in the census. Elizabeth McArthur was age 14 in 1850, living in Beat 5 with her mother Marceline, one of Hancock County?s wealthiest settlers, with real estate holdings of $35,000. Elizabeth is not listed in 1870 census. References to W'hite may refer to Samuel White, a 55-year old farmer with a wife and six children; he was from Massachusetts.
White?s bayou crosses Highway 90 near Pearlington.