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VITH ELECTION OF FI RET OFFICERS
April *+» 18U6
"Gainesville (I'iss.) Advocate" - MA March 21, 18^6 and April U, lRl+6
Upon passage of till establishing ^ancj3s}£fCourit^.Court"'Ho'Use' aT"'Gainesville as reported in March 21, I8W6,"i¥sue: df1;,,Gainesville Advocate",'annroval was also Riven to establish Gainesville as an incorporated town.
At the Anril 18U6, election of first officers for Gainesville, held on that Saturday, the following were elected:
"Gainesville, judging by the erect ion of new buildings — increase of Dopulation -- is the most thriving village in East Mississippi. The immigration to Hancock County the p'jst two years has been very great."
President Select Men
''J. P. Sherwood (editor of "Advocate"! Gardner Holcomb
/L. Y. Folsom / James Srith l/C. H. Frazar