History of Rankin County Mississippi Overview
Rankin County is bounded by Madison Scott Smith Simpson and Hinds with a triangular shape and seven hundred twenty square miles. It has fifteen thousand forty three acres cultivated yielding cotton about twenty two hundred and ninety seven bales and a population of three thousand two hundred fifty five whites and nineteen hundred fifty six slaves. The Pearl River waters the county with creeks Stein's and Pilahatchees run to the river near Brandon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rankin
Madison
Scott and Smith
Simpson
Hinds
Rankin County
Pearl River
Stien’s Creek
Brandon
Pilahatchee
Stein’s Creek
Pleasant Hill
Jackson
Brandon Academy
Lovell
Mississippi and Alabama Rail Road Company
Capital
Wm.h. Shelton
Z. P. Waddell
W. H. Shelton
John W. King
H. K. Moss
John S. Gooch
Samuel M. Puckett
R. G. Crozier
Hanson Alsbury
Thomas J. Coffee
Richard M. Hobson
Thomas P. Faulkner
Paulding
Natchez
Richmond
Ieee
Noisy Tonics Promote Appetite and Digestive Cleanse
Advertises NUMBERLAIN'S STOMACH AND LIVER TABLETS sold by A. G. Thornton in Brandon and A. L. D. Rhodes in Pelahatchie. Claims to aid dullness after meals, loss of appetite, bad mouth taste, torpid liver, constipation, headaches, and biliousness, improving appetite and regulating stomach liver and bowels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Thornton
Brandon
A. L. D. Rhodes
Pelahatchie
Roosevelt Admiring Lookout Mountain View in Chattanooga
President Roosevelt toured Chattanooga during his flying trip and viewed Lookout Mountain and the Tennessee River. Observers described the scene as a majestic blend of mountains and valleys across seven states, with the river curling at Moccasin Bend and the region likened to a perfect foot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Chattanooga
Lookout Mountain
Tennessee
New York Times
For Sale and Ads from H A Busick of Brandon
An editorial page ad list features H A Busick offering a 2000 pound, six year old ox, 60 acres near Brandon with a four room house and outbuildings, and promoting Texas Rust Proof Oats via Busick. Included are references to Brown Bros at Jackson selling Columbus Buggy and oysters at Busick's with no profit, plus a critical moral paragraph addressing character and integrity tied to education and success.
Flour price drops and wagon ad headline
A local ad highlights Pansy flour at 4.50, Gilt Edge 4.40, Gold Drust 4.35, urging readers to buy from H. A. Busick. Also notes a cheap sulphur remedy for rats in corn cribs. Chattanooga wagons are claimed best for price and durability. A Boston Transcript writer quotes an Hudson Bay Company official reading the Times yearly edition amid Boer War and European rulers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Busick
Boston Transcript
Canada
Hudson Bay Company
London Times
The
Times
Walters seeks final proof on homestead in Rankin county Miss
Department of the Interior notices Milton Walters has filed for final proof on his homestead entry 31,884 for parts of section 9 township 3 north range 5 east Choctaw Meridian. Proof to be made before Chancery Clerk Rankin County Brandon Miss on December 16 1902 with witnesses L L Jones J M Jones E B Storey J G Purvis of Mayton Mississippi. Fred W Collins Register.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of the Interior
Jackson
Miss
Chancery
Rankin County
Brandon
Milton Walters
L. Jones
J. M. Jones
E. B. Storey
J. G. Purvis
Mayton
Mississippi
Fred W. Collins
Register
Ida Ferguson
Sol B. Ferguson
H. E
North Range
L.E. Carter
J. G. Carter
N. Thompson
Chapman
W. E. Ross
Lynwood
Department of the Interior, Landee
Rankin Co
George McLaurin
S. W
N. E
Choctaw Meridian
D. F. Burgess
Jake Coleman
Jasper Gray
Jake Byrd
Willie E. Myers
N. W
Meridian
John M. Myers
Pat
J. L. Bass
W. L. Barnett
Dobson
P. Stevens
Onto
W. Cullins
Also Mentioned on This Page
Barnes’ Store
W. G. Barnes
Castoria
Herbert
Chris Herbert
Jaskson
Brandon Bank
Mosler’s
Guaranty Company
Parker
A.G. Thornton
Brandon, Miss
Tommy
New Street
J. L. Tanner
Messrs. Hobson and
Gooch
Willis P. Coleman
Hugh L. French
Hamilton Cooper
John Tate
Jacob McGee
Charles A. Folsam
William Reber
Joel Lewis
Richard Rowwater
Ranger
Board of Police
Rice
Wells
William T. Robinson
Beasly Campbell
Thomas Easterling
Needham W. Hatch
Charles A.folsom
J. Curson
Isaac Eavans
Lewis P. Rhode
Numberlain
Castor River
Senee
Thornton
H.A. Busick
Cass
Wrea
A. Turcott
Texas
Brown
Busick’s
Tutt’s
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