FRANKLIN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
EARLY SETTLERS

The very early settlers who came to Franklin County, Mississippi before 1830 deserve our admiration as pioneers. Some of the information we are trying to include are name (include wife & children who also migrated); date arrived; Claim #, Land Grant, or deed ie. bought from/sold to; location in Franklin County where they settled; or any info on their migration trip to the area including what they brought with them.

If you would like to submit an ancestor to this list, please e-mail Carolyn Adams Switzer.

EARLY SETTLERS

According to W. W. Lambright's History of Franklin County, Mississippi From 1809-1899: "Among the first settlers of the county were John Porter, Willis Magee, grandfather of Judge Thomas A. Magee, ...John Ford, father of Mr. Jessie Ford, ...Joseph Porter. Willis Magee had eight sons, viz: Louis, Jonathan, Duncan, ...*..., Hugh, Owen H., and Phillip."

"Jo...*...ott, an old time settler, had four sons: Gabriel, Nehemiah, Joseph, Jr., and Benjamin."

...*... means "unable to read"

THE KING FAMILY

The King family left Fairfield County, South Carolina about 1807 to settle in the Natchez District. The father, John King, died enroute in Tennessee. His children Moses King, Nathan King and Judith King Perry, widow, and granddaughter Harriet Perry, who was about five years old, all settled in Franklin County, Mississippi by 1808. It is probable that the Picket family traveled with the Kings to Franklin County. Judith King Perry married Bartlett Ford of Franklin County on 7 July 1808. ...contributed by Barbara Haigh.

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