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Lafayette County’s Early History Unearthed by D A R
The piece recounts Chickasaw Cession settlement in Lafayette County from 1832 through 1836, naming Eaton Wyatt Oxford and College Hill as early sites. It notes settlers, town formation, the 1864 burning of Oxford, antebellum leaders like Jacob Thompson, and early schools including Union Female College and North Mississippi College.
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Mississippi River
Indian Territory
Lafayette County
Lafayette
Marquis. de LaFayette
Wyatt
Oxford
Tallahatchie River
Holly Springs
New Orleans
Mississippi
Robert Waitt
Thomas H. Allen
A. Gilles
Andrew Roberson
Alston
R. O. Caster
Edward McMachen
John J. Craig
John Chishlom
John D. Martin
Township 8
Hoka
Ean- Nah-Yea
United States
Board of Police
Black’s Transfer Co
Lineker
Court House
Lafayette Springs
George Pullin
Andrew Herring
Samuel T. Rayburn
George McFarland
John N. Houston
Board of Supervisors
William T. Hewlett
Chas. G. Butler
John Rayburn
Thomas B. Hill
Horatio Nelson
Robert Josselyn
James Craig
Jacob Thompson
L. Q. C. Lamar
R. W. Phipps
A. P. Buford
Wm. Delay
J. M. Howry
Joe Stowers
H. A. Barr
Union Female College
Training School
Hernando Academy
Hernando, Miss
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
North Mississippi College
College Hill
University of Mississippi
State University
Barnard, Baynton
General Grant
Mount Sylvan Academy For
Mount Sylvan
S. G. Barney
Robert Morris
D. D
Col
Jones Brown
Harper