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BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL
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d States lauds for sale, one hundred uud tifty-one thousand six hundred and forty acres; .diuquent lands by the state auditor for sale, thirteen hundred and twenty acres; bushels of corn produced in 1879, four hundred and ten; bushels of oats produced in 1879, fifty-three hundred.
This is a good county to live in, and many resort to the towns along the coast for seabathing in summer and health in winter. All kinds of gulf salt-water tish and oysters exist in great abundance; wild turkeys, deer, wild ducks, wild geese, etc., afford fine sport for hunters.
Francis B. Le Noir, Elisha Comer, Noel Jordan, P. R. Pray, Louis Sportons, F. Netto, A. Dimetry, D. Canney, Raymond D. Creavas, Dr. C. A. Calhoun, William Frierson, Colonel Dewese, R. and H. Carr, Colonel Stuart, David Moy, F. Conlv, Jourdan Smith, Joseph and William Wheat, John Orr, Captain Bordman, Charles Litchfield and Dr. Edgar were among the early settlers.
The population of this county was one thousand five hundred and ninety-four in 1820; one thousand nine hundred and sixty-two in 1830; three thousand throe hundred and sixty-seven in 1840; three thcusand six hundred and seventy-two in 1850; three thousand one hun. dred and thirty-nine in 18fi0; four thousand two hundred and thirty-nine in 1870; six thousand four hundred and thirty-nine in ISS0; eight thousand three hundred and thirteen in ISiH). The colored population was one thousand one hundred and eighty-six in 1S70, one thousand seven hundred and sixty-four in 1880 and two thousand five hundred and twenty-six in 1890. In 1800 there were one thousand and sixty-seven taxable slaves and four hundred and thirty-four voters in. this county.
The first state sena.or representing this county was Isaac 11. Nicholson; the first representative, Noel Jordan. The present senator is H. Bloomfield; the present representative, Daniel B. Seal.
Besides Bay St. Louis, the principal towns are Pearlington and Gainosville. Other villages and postofficos are Anner, Gulf View, Kiln, Lacey, Logtown, Nicholson, Richardson, Stockdale and Waveland.
Jackson county, named in honor of Andrew Jackson, was established December 14, 1812. Its county seat is Scranton. Its boundaries are as follows: North, Perry and Greene counties; east, Alabama; south, the Gulf of Mexico; west, Harrison county. Tho first to represent this county in the state senate was Isaac R. Nicholson. Mr. McManis was the first member of the lower house. The present state senator is H. Bloomfield; representative, J. M. Pelham.
The Gulf of Mexico washes the whole southern shore of the county. The water courses are the Pascagoula river and its many tributaries and the Escatawpa river. Tho surface of tho county is generally level along tho coast and the balance is gontly undulating. The timber growth consists principally of long-leaf or yellow pine, which affords a very extensive business to the lumberman and has led to tho establishment of many sawmills along the coast. The lumber trade is very large, the principal output being shipped to foreign ports. The plum, peach, pomegranate, apple, fig, pear, pecan, many varieties of grape, berries, melons, etc., yield profusely and are cultivated with profit. Special features here are wine manufacture and the pecan culture, introduced by Col. W. R. Stuart.
Several canneries are in operation in this county. The grazing is good and stockrais-ing is important, there l>eing in the county fine Jersey cattle and splendid flocks of Spanish merino sheep. Indeed it would seem that Jackson is especially adapted to sheep husbandry. At Moss Point a window-glass factory has been established. The Mobile & New Orleans railway runs along the gulf coast through the whole width of the county.
Some of the early business centers in guulii and Ocean Springs. Among the ea John Cumbest, J. W. Williams, Joseph Ra iloo. Thomas Rhodes, Lyman Randall, tli Helveston, Walter Denny, A. C. Steed an ’ hundred and fifty-one thousand one hum' *nd ihirty-five hundred acres uf delimjiu t<*u hundred and twenty-six bushels of c ini in tho county two thousand seven liu Fish and oysters are obtained in <■ Mackfish, red snappers, jHJinpnno, Spani etc., are caught for market all along the < b probable that not many years hence it beach is lino, and opened to tourists and connection with Jackson county is the lei two hundred years ago, when hard presso* the ionall remnant of the tril>e are said tj the Pascagoula river. There are those wli’ by the weird death song of those who Jacison county are Ocean Springs, Wes America*.. Other villages and postoflioJ Howell, Orange Grove, Three Rivers and Jackson county had a population] M'veuteen hundred and ninety-two in thirty-one hundred and ninety-six in forty-three hundred and sixty-two in isj ^y.!r	thousand two hundred and tifty-one if
^	hundred and ninety-four in 1870, twentj
four hundred and forty in 1890. In 18(i teu hundred and twenty-four, the voters Lawrence county was established Di James Lawrence, of Chesapeake fame. 1815, is situated on (lie west bank of Pt of President Jefferson. The county is ' iugton and Marion, south by Marion a of the county’s history the courts wer house was built on the site of the presi That part of the county lying on r hill;r. The upland soil is sandy and i the soil in the bottoms is quite product! such as ure common to all piny-woods! vati Jn are very rich, producing from tit are cotton, corn, oats, rice, sugarcane,! various kinds of fruits and vegetables j abuidautly. Tho pasturage is good a; ban dry can be made very profitable, tlif swiicheane in river and creek bottoms i