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Amite County Address Book

AMITE COUNTY CHANCERY CLERK:
P. O. Box 680, Liberty, Mississippi 39645
Phone: 657-8022, Fax: 657-8288
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COURT ADMINISTRATOR:
Vanessa Walker, P.O. Box 279, Meadville, MS 39653
Phone: (601) 384-3833, Fax: (601) 384-5864

The Amite County Historical and Genealogical Society:
P O Box 2, Liberty, MS 39645-0002

LIBERTY PUBLIC LIBRARY:
196 Clinic Drive, Liberty, MS 39645

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A Brief History of Amite County

AMITE COUNTY Amite County is located in the southwestern part of the State next to the Louisiana border in what is known as the Long Leaf Pine Region, and is now bounded on the north by Franklin and Lincoln counties, on the east by Pike county, on the south by the State of Louisiana and on the west by Wilkinson county.

The first county court, composed of five Justices of the Quorum, and having jurisdiction over general county business, roads, and the trial of slaves, held its first session in the autumn of 1809. Micajah Davis was the Chief Justice, Thomas Batchelor was the first clerk, and David Lea, the first sheriff. The first Circuit Court of the county was held in the county the same year (1809) by Hon. Francis Xavier Martin, afterwards Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Amite County was represented in the Constitutional Convention of 1817 by Henry Hanna, Thomas Batchelor, John Burton, Thomas Torrance, Angus Wilkinson and William Lattimore.

In 1812, Ludwick Hall published the Republican at Liberty; subsequently, the Liberty Advocate and Piney Woods Planter, both weeklies, were published here.

The Yazoo & Mississippi Valley railway runs along its extreme western border, and one short branch known as the Liberty-White R.R. extends from South McComb to Liberty. Extensions of these lines will naturally follow in the near future, and the interior of the county will then have the transportation facilities it has so long lacked. While agriculture forms the chief source of its wealth, yet manufactures flourish to some extent and the following statistics, derived from the last census returns for 1900 will be found of interest.

The white population for 1900 was 8,400, colored 12,308, total of 20,708, an increase over 1890 of 2,510. The total assessed valuation of real and personal property in the county in 1905 was $3,478.046, and in 1906, it was $4,647,305, which shows an increase of $1,169,259 during the year. The agricultural interest of the county have increased at least 25 per cent, in the last five years, while the population is estimated now at fully 25,000.

Source:Dunbar, Rowland. MISSISSIPPI; COMPRISING SKETCHES OF COUNTIES, TOWNS, EVENTS, INSTITUTIONS, AND PERSONS, ARRANGED IN CYCLOPEDIC FORM, v.1. c1907, Southern Historical Pub. Association, Atlanta, Georgia. ======================================================================

Amite County Surnames

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The Amite County Historical and Genealogical Society

P O Box 2
Liberty, MS 39645-0002

Amite County Historical and Genealogical Society

The Amite County Historical and Genealogical Society was recently formed on July 23, 2004 to collect and preserve materials of historical and genealogical significance, educate and promote interest in the heritage of Amite County, Mississippi. A current focus is preparation for the Bicentennial Celebration of the founding of Amite County in 1809. All are welcome to join and participate in the Society's objectives. If interested, please send donation for annual dues of $15 per individual; $25 per family; $10 per student under age 18 or senior over 65; $50 per sponsor or memorial; and $200 per individual lifetime membership. Send to address listed above and let us know how you would like to be involved. Sincerely,

William G. (Greg) Barron --- President
Dawn Taylor --- Vice President
Wayne Anderson --- Secretary
Gay Blalock --- Treasurer
Oma Gordon --- Board Member at Large (non voting)
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The list is for all persons interested in the history and genealogy of Amite and the surrounding counties in Mississippi and parishes in Louisiana. Feel free to post anything having a connection to the old Natchez district of Mississippi here.

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Links to Surrounding Counties

Adams County, MS
Franklin County, MS
Jefferson County, MS
Lincoln County, MS
Pike County, MS
Wilkinson County, MS
St Helena Parish, LA


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SK Publications - 1820-1850 Census Books for Sale

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"Those Who Came Before: A Family History of Malcolm Harold Barnes and Kathryn Elkins Longmire"; [Rockport, Maine]; Penobscot Press, May 2002.
By: Roger Elkins Barnes; 11183 Rotella Court; San Diego CA 92128-4087
Amite County Families mentioned are primarily LONGMIRE and WALL but also BROWN, CAPELL, GOODE, NEWMAN, PERKINS, SIBLEY, SLADE, TALBERT, TATE and VERNON.
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