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HINDS, Mississippi in the 1830s: 1 through 2 of 2

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  1. A New Route to New Orleans
    date October 24, 1825map HINDS, Mississippitags Government, Migration/Transportation

    In late October of 1825, Secretary of War James Barbour wrote from Washington to the governor of Mississippi soliciting his help. Two military surveyors were to examine a new route from Rock Fish Gap in the Shenandoah Mountains of Virginia through Knoxville, Tennessee and down through the state of Mississippi on towards New Orleans. These men, Captain Poupin, a topographer and engineer and his assistant,...

  2. Harvey Takes the Bar
    date January 3, 1835 to January 17, 1835map HINDS, Mississippitags Law

    In the first few decades of Mississippi statehood, the fast-track to fame and wealth for young East-coast educated men was law. By presenting themselves before judges, and passing a series of examinations, aspiring young lawyers declared their new vocations. One such man, a young Mississippian known only as Harvey, parleyed this process to Virginian Robert Whitehead, his former schoolmate,...