Lincoln County
Was established April 7th,
1870, carved mainly from the counties of Lawrence and Franklin, and the record
of names of the early settlers of those two counties, embrace many that reside
in the territory of what is now Lincoln.
This county is noted for its
church and educational advantages.
Aside from the common and high schools in the county, is Whitworth
Female College, which is properly classes among the most flourishing
institutions in the South. The county
site, Brookhaven, where this College is located, is a pleasant prosperous town,
the home of a cultured and refined community.
The towns in the county other
than the county site, are Montgomery, Bogue Chitto, and Caseyville.
The streams are the Bogue
Chitto, Amite, Fair, Homochitto, and East and West Bayou Pierre rivers.
The Illinois Central Railroad
traverses the county from north to south.
Lincoln County has 57,073 acres
of cleared land; average value per acre, 6.47. Total value, including
incorporated towns, $649,524.
The population of the county as
shown by the census report of 1890: Whites, 10,216; colored 7,696; total,
17,912.
Term
|
Senators
|
Representatives
|
|
|
|
|
|
1872-73-74 |
Hiram Cassedy, Jr. |
R. R. Applewhite |
|
1874-75 |
J. F. Sessions |
R. R. Applewhite |
|
1876-77 |
R. H. Thompson |
A.C. McNair, James E Jagers |
|
1878 |
R. H. Thompson |
R. R. Applewhite E. L. Tarver |
|
1880 |
A. H. Longino |
R. R. Applewhite B. F. Johns |
|
1882 |
A. H. Longino |
V. B. Watts C. Byrd |
|
1884 |
Samuel E. Packwood |
V. B. Watts R. R. Applewhite |
|
1886 |
Samuel E. Packwood |
V. B. Watts J.P. Wise |
|
1888 |
Theo. B. Ford |
J. B. Deason J. J. Whitney |
|
1890 |
Theo. B. Ford |
J. A. J. hart R. R. Applewhite |
Taken from A History of Mississippi from the Discovery of the
Great River by
Hernando DeSoto including the Earliest Settlement Made by the
French under Iberville to The Death of Jefferson Davis, By Robert
Lowry and William H. McCardle. Published
1891, Jackson, Miss. by R. H. Henry & Co.