Wayne
County received its name in honor of the Revolutionary
hero, General Anthony Wayne, as did its county seat,
Waynesboro. It was created by act of the General
Assembly of Mississippi territory, December 21, 1809,
and embraced the western, or Mississippi portion, of the
old county of Washington, established in 1800 by
proclamation of Governor Sargent and perpetuated in the
present county of that name in Alabama.
The act of 1809 which created Wayne County recites that
Washington shall be divided as follows:
"beginning on the line of demarcation, where the trading
road leading from the Choctaw nation to Mobile crosses
the same, thence along said trading road to the present
Choctaw boundary line, thence along said boundary line
to Pearl River, thence down the same to the line of
demarcation, and with the same to the place of
beginning, all to be called the county of Wayne" |
