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 Lowery and William McCardle
Jackson, Miss.
R. H. Henry & Co.
1891

Harrison County, named in honor of General Wm. Henry Harrison, then President Elect of the United States, was established February 5th, 1841, twenty-nine years after Hancock, and carved mainly from that county. Many of its early settlers were among the pioneers of Hancock, residing in the territory now comprised in Harrison County.
The first Representatives in the Legislature were Joseph Frost, B. Bond, and John J. McCaughn. Hon. Roderick Seal, a widely known and intelligent lawyer, one of the landmarks of the seacoast country, represented the county in the lower House of the Legislature forty-one years ago, since, which he has repeatedly served the county in both branches of the Legislature.
The principal towns in the county are, Mississippi City, the county site, Pass Christian, Biloxi and Handsboro. These towns are dotted along the coast with ample hotel accommodations, which are frequented, both summer and winter, by visitors from almost every part of the country. Many of the drives along the beach are very picturesque and beautiful. Henderson's Point, near Pass Christian, the property of Hon. Elliot Henderson, a former State Senator from the coast, is noted for its beauty. The principal streams are the Biloxi, Wolf and Jourdan rivers, with their tributaries. The seekers of health cannot find a more pleasant resort than our own seashore, where they are within easy distance, with ample facilities for travel, of the two Southern cities, New Orleans and Mobile. The railroads are the Louisville and Nashville, and that portion of the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad leading in the direction of Hattiesburg in Perry County.
Harrison has 3,096 acres of cleared land; average value per acre, $2.82; total value, including incorporated towns, $1,545,131.
The population of this county as shown by the census report of 1890 is whites, 9,108; colored, 3,370; total, 12,478.
 

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