Scott County Factoids
- Land was acquired from the Choctaw Indians at the Treaty of Dancing
Rabbit Creek in 1830, also called the Third Choctaw Cession of 1830. See
Map.
- Scott County was established December 23, 1833
- It is named in honor of Abram M. Scott, Seventh Governor of Mississippi
- County Seat was established at Berryville, 3 miles of present day town
of Forest. (Berryville is now extinct)
- County Seat moved from Berryville to Hillsboro in 1836
- County Seat moved from Hillsboro to town of Forest in 1866 (Also current
County Seat)
- The county was enlarged to its present size in 1838
- First Board of Supervisors was organized April 7, 1834. Members:
- John DUNN
- James RUSSELL
- Wade H. HOLLAND
- Stephen BERRY
- Jeremiah WHITE
- First County Elections were held April 18 & 19, 1834. The winners:
- Sheriff - John SMITH
- Clerk - Nicholas FINLEY
- Probate Judge - William RICKS
- POPULATION OF SCOTT COUNTY See Graph
- 1840 - 1,653 (whites only)
- 1850 - 3,961 (whites only)
- 1860 - 8,139 (includes 3,051 taxable slaves)
- 1870 - 7,847 (3,167 were black)
- 1880 - 10, 845 (4,132 were black)
- 1890 - 11,780 (4,700 were black)
- 900 from Scott County fought for the Confederacy
- This is about 18% of the white population and a large proportion of
the adult males
- 10 military units were formed from Scott
County.
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