County:  Wilkinson
Title: Early Settlers of MS Territory - Homochitto River
Submitter: Virginia Ewing
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Early Settlers of MS Territory - Homochitto River

Not all of these grants will be in Wilkinson county.  The Homochitto flows through several counties..  I have not tried to 'cull' the Wilkinson county names but am going to send all that I found.

Early Settlers of MS Territory
LDS Fiche # 6051448
When MS became a state, the settlers were required to prove their right to the land claims in the county, either by British, Spanish or USA grant, proven by occupancy.  The person had to prove, by witnesses, that he was 21 or the head of the household, living on the land, with some improvements and raising a crop there on 27th Oct 1795.

The first name on this list, is the name of the person applying for the deed,
the Second name is the person who received the original grant, the number is the
acreage involved, last is the location of the land.
 

HOMOCHITTO RIVER

Elihu Hall Bay     Amos Ogden  1,575  Homochitto  27 Oct 1772
Stephen Ambrose  Stephen Ambrose  400f  Homochitto River  Spanish 6 mar  1789
Stephen Ambrose  Augustus Roddy  640  Homochitto River  occupancy   30 Mar 1798
John Armstreet  John Calvit    350f    Homochitto River  Spanish 27 Feb 1789
Francis Ballard  Francis Ballard  102  Homochitto River
Jeremiah Bass  Jeremiah Bass  184  Homochitto River
rep of Obediah Brown  decd for wife Penelope decd     Amos Ogden  1,276
Homochitto River  British  27 Oct 1772
John Calcote  Darius Anderson 320  Homochitto River
John Calcote  Darius Anderson  320  Homochitto River
Nehemiah Carter  Nehemiah Carter  90  Homochitto River
William R. Caston assignee of John Caston  John Caston  250  Homochitto River
Thomas Cummins  Thomas Cummins  280f Homochitto River  Spanish  15 Mar 1789
William Cissna  William Cissna  320  Homochitto River
Ebenezer Clapp  Ebenezer Clapp  100  Homochitto River
William Cole  William Cole  200f  Homochitto River  Spanish 20 Oct 1793
William Cole  William Cole  200f  Homochitto River  Spanish 20  Oct 1793
Landon Davis Landon Davis  640  Homochitto River   occupancy  30 March 1798 Homochitto River
George Davis  assignee of Andrew Ritchey  Oliver Walton  531  Homochitto River
Hugh Davis  Hugh Davis  800  Homochitto River
Hugh Davis Landon Davis  800f  Homochitto River  12 Feb 1788
rep of Martha Davis deceased  Martha Davis 600f  Homochitto River  Spanish 19 Feb 1788
Landon Davis  Archibald Palmer  800f Homochitto River  Spanish 15  Mar 1789
Ezekiel Dewit in right of his wife     William Kennison  400f Homochitto River Spanish 20 Aug 1794
William Dunbar  Henry Nicholson  400f  Homochitto River  16 Jan 1789
Robert Cochran Robert Cochran    500f  Homochitto River  Spanish 9 Apr 1790
Abram Ellis assignee of John Ellis    John Ellis  1,040f Homochitto River Spanish 31 Jan 1788
Abram Ellis assig of John Ellis  John Hocombe  667f  Homochitto River British 29 May 1775
Abram Ellis  Thomas Murray  340f  Homochitto River  Spanish 16  May 1791
John Ellis  John Ellis, Jr  180f Homochitto River  Spanish 31 Jan 1788
John Ellis  John Ellis   800f Homochitto River Spanish 31 Jan 1788
Andrew A. Ellicott & John Adams   Peter Cabanne  400f  Homochitto River  Spanish 1 Dec 1788
John Ellis  Jesse Carter  800f  Homochitto River  Spanish 21  May 1791
John Ellis  William C Ellis  800f  Homochitto River  Spanish 16  Feb 1789
Hezekiah Ford assignee of Littleton Sanders  Littleton Sanders  414  Homochitto River
Hezekiah Ford, assignee  of Littleton Sanders  Littleton Sanders 414 Homochitto River
John Foster  Elias Bonnell  400f  Homochitto River  Spanish 1 June 1792
John Foster  John Foster  800f  Homochitto River  Spanish  29 May 1793
Joseph Ford, Jun.  Joseph Ford,  Jun.  304  Homochitto River
Thomas Ford  Thomas Ford  610 Homochitto River  occupancy  30 Mar 1798
John Foster  Joshua Howard  600f  Homochitto River  Spanish 9 Apr 1794
Isaac Gaillard  Isaac Gaillard  800f  Homochitto River  1 Sep 1795
Isaac Gaillard  Jesse Withers  300f Homochitto River  Spanish 8 may 1793
Isaac Gaillard  John Henderson  1,152f  Homochitto  Spanish  4 Oct 1787
Isaac Gaillard  Thomas Rule  232f  Homochitto River  Spanish  21 Apr 1790
Isaac Gaillard  Sarah Mayes 100 Homochitto River  British  23 July 1779
Isaac Gaillard  Isaac Gaillard     1,000f  Homochitto  Spanish 15 Mar 1789
Ruffin Gray  Ruffin Gray  270  Homochitto River  occupancy   30 Mar 1798
William Gordon Forman  Amos Ogden 366  Homochitto River  British 27 Oct 1772
Margaret Gaillard  now wife of Abraham Ellis  Nathan Sweazy  250 Homochitto. British  13 Oct 1777
Joseph Galbreath  Joseph Galbreath  455  Homochitto River
rep W. Gilbert dec  William Gilbert 1,000f  Homochitto River  Spanish 11 Jan 1788
Abraham Guice  Abraham Guice 240f  Homochitto River  Spanish Mar 25 1788
Christopher Guice  Christopher Guice  400f Homochitto River  25 Mar 1795
John Henderson  Alexander Henderson  587f Homochitto River  Spanish 6 Mar 1788
William Henderson  500f Homochitto River  Spanish 10 Feb 1789
Gideon Hopkins Gideon Hopkins 400f  Homochitto River  21 may 1791
John James  Robert Pendergrast  448  Homochitto River  Mar 30 1798
John Hooser  John Hooser   640 Homochitto River
William Hootsel  William Hootsel  390  Homochitto River
J. Holland & A. Hunt  James Hayes  640  Homochitto River  occupancy   30 Mar 1798
rep of Anthony Hutchins dec  Richard Ellis  320f between the MS and Homochitto River  Spanish 31 Jan 1788
John Hutchins  Thomas Hutchins  1,000  Homochitto River British  15 July 1775
William Kennison  William Kennison  372  Homochitto River
James King  Joseph Sanders  225  Homochitto River
James King  Joseph Saunders  225  Homochitto River
Jesse King  Elizabeth Reed  640  Homochitto River  occupancy   30 Mar 1798 Homochitto River
Jesse King  Elizabeth Reed  640  Homochitto River occupancy   30 March 1798
Richard King assignee of Joseph Ford   Joseph Ford  640  Homochitto River occupancy  30 March 1798
Richard King   William Cason  540  Homochitto River  occupancy   30 March 1798
J. Kirk  dec  James Kirk  1,930f  Homochitto River  Spanish 10 7 July 1787
J.Kirk     Robert Casbol  650f  Homochitto River Spanish 15 Mar 1789
Levi Lusk  Levi Lusk  320  Homochitto River occupancy   30 March 1798
Jacob Lusk  Jacob Lusk  320  Homochitto River occupancy   30 March 1798
John Lusk   John Lusk   300f  Homochitto River  Spanish 29 May 1795
John Lusk  John Lusk  800f Homochitto River  Spanish 18 Feb  1790
James Samuel Lusk  Samuel Lusk  640  Homochitto River  occupancy  30 Mar 1798
John Lusk  John Lusk  800f  Homochitto River  Spanish  27 Dec 1794
Reuben Mayfield assignee of John Delany  John Delany  242  Homochitto River
rep of D. McCoy deceased  Daniel McCoy  300f Homochitto River  Spanish  10 May 1789
Thomas McCrorey  Thomas Lamphier  640  Homochitto River  occupancy  30 Mar 1798
Jane N. McCulloch  Jane N. McCulloch  234  Homochitto River
John McCulloch  Lewis Davis  640  Homochitta  occupancy  30 March 1798
John McCulloch & Richard King assignee of Joseph Ford   Lewis Davis  640
Homochitto River  occupancy  30 Mar 1798
Thomas McCororey  Thomas Lamphier  640  Homochitto River  occupancy   30 Mar 1798
McIntosh  Charles De Grand, Pre  2,847f  Homochitto River  Spanish 13 Aug 1787
Stephen Middleton  Stephen Middleton  155 Homochitto River
leg rep of D. Mitchell dec?d  Amos Ogden  366 a  Homochitto River British 27 Oct 1772
Henry Moore  James Erwin  396  Homochitto River
James Moore  Thomas Wells  240f  Homochitto River  Spanish 24 Feb 1795
Robert K. Moore, Wm. Wykoff and Wm. G. Garland ,  Ebenezer Dayton  400f
Homochitto River Spanish 29 Mar 1793
John McCoy John McCoy    50  Homochitto River
Robert H. Morrow  Darius Anderson  100 Homochitto River
Daniel McNeely  Daniel McNeely  105  Homochitto River
rep of James Nicholson dec?d  William Webb  600f Homochitto River  Spanish 13 Feb 1788
Amos Ogden  240 Homochitto River British  27 Oct 1772
Amos Ogden 728 4/7  Homochitto River  British  27 Oct 1772
James Owens  James Owens  294  Homochitto River
Asher Pipkin  Asher Pipkin  169  Homochitto River
Moses Pipkin  Moses Pipkin  100  Homochitto River
Simon Presler  Simon Presler  640  Homochitto River  occupancy  30 March 1798
Landlot Porter  Thomas Aldridge  321  Homochitto River
George Rapalje for wife Jane?  Rapalje  1,000f  Homochitto  Spanish 16 Feb 1789
Samuel Ratcliff  Christopher Bingaman  640 Homochitto River  occupancy  30 Mar 1798
John Reed  John Reed  210  Homochitto River
John Richie  David Wattman  240f  Homochitta Spanish 26 April 1790
James Scarlett, assignee of Reuben Mayfield  Reuben Mayfield  620  Homochitto River
Joseph Slocomb  Joseph Slocomb  227    Homochitto River
Henry Sloder  Henry Sloder  160  Homochitto River
Jan 7  1813 Jacob Stampley  Adams  co  Homochitto River
James Steel  John Steel  600f Homochitto River  Spanish 30 June 1788
Elijah Swayze  rep of Samuel Swayze  dec?s  Amos Ogden  600 Homochitto River British  17 Oct 1772
Nathan Swayze rep of Samuel Swayze decd  Amos Ogden  660 Homochitto River British 17 Oct 1772
Samuel Swayze  rep of Samuel Swayze dec?d  Amos Ogden 786 1/2  Homochitto River British 27 Oct 1772
John Tally  Jr.  John Tally Jun  640  Homochitto River occupancy   30 mar 1798
Thomas Tomplins, assignee of James White   James White  100    Mississippi Homochitto River
John Tobinette  John Robinette  280  Homochitto River
David Swayze  Nathan Swayze  500f Homochitto River  Spanish 21 may 1791
Catharine Surget  William Calvit  Homochitto River  Spanish 17  Feb 1789
Philip Siks  Ebenezer Folsome  640  Homochitto River  occupancy  30 Mar 1798
James Williams   James Lawrence  1,000f  Homochitto River  Spanish 15 Mar 1789

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