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By The Rivers Of Water
In 1822, Township I of Jackson County appealed to the Legislature to unite it with Greene County. It was confirmed. It seems that the Jackson County Courthouse was being moved down the river to Brewton and was beginning to be out of reach of the concentrated population of this Township. Probably a “deal” was made with Greene County that the Township would join them if they moved the Courthouse to Leakesville. We do know that the County Seat of Greene was moved about that time. Since what is now George County was split between Jackson and Greene, for the next ninety years we shall have to follow events to some extent in both counties.
Greene County
When Greene County was formed in 1811, it embraced either a part of, or all of the following counties that exist today: Mobile, Washington, Wayne, Perry, Marion, Lamar, Forrest, and George. It reached roughly from the Tombigbee River to Pearl. The courthouse was located where Adkinson’s Creek enters Leaf River. The site was known as Boise’s Bluff. Down the river lived John McLeod, Laughlin McKay, John Dantzler, Mahler Lisle, John Miller, Daniel Mclnnis, Neil Mclnnis, Peter McLeod, Daniel McLeod, Alexander McLain, K. Cooley, and Walter Denny. Alex McLain was elected the first sheriff. The town of McLain perpetuates his name. At one time this area was a part of Bourbon County; Georgia, and figured in a land deal when the aforesaid state sold the territory to land speculators for 3V2 cents an acre.
During the next score of years the population was increasing over on the Chickasawhay. This meant that pressure for moving the County Seat would increase.
On January 22, 1824, the Legislature set up a committee to make the transfer of location. It consisted of Thomas Watts, Israel Baxtrom, , Daniel Martin, Daniel McLeod, and Peter Fairley. The following year there was a post office called Greene County Courthouse and two years later there was one called Leakesville.
We assume that the Jackson County Township that petitioned to join Greene had some influence on the removal of the County Seat.
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