Amite County Tavern Keepers (1824 Term) Record
Scope and Contents
The collection contains one item, a list of persons who had obtained a tavern license for the 1824 term, signed, “Tho. Batchelor, Amite County Court.”
Dates
- Creation: 1824
Conditions Governing Access
Noncirculating; available for research.
Conditions Governing Use
This collection may be protected from unauthorized copying by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code).
Biographical / Historical
Amite County’s county court held its first session in 1809 and had jurisdiction over general county business, roads, and the trials of slaves. Micajah Davis was Chief Justice, and Thomas Batchelor was the first clerk. Because of this position, Batchelor’s name appears on hundreds of Amite County legal documents from the time period.
Thomas Batchelor was a very successful lawyer and planter who was the wealthiest man in Amite County by 1830 and owned seventy-nine slaves at the time of his death in 1842. He was also one of a handful of people to represent Amite County in the Mississippi Constitutional Convention of 1817.
Extent
1 Folder
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection contains one item, a list of persons who had obtained a tavern license for the 1824 term in Amite County.
Provenance
Donated by Diane Ross on August 21, 2004.
Genre / Form
- Title
- Amite County Tavern Keepers (1824 Term) Record
- Author
- Processed by Lauren White.
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Historical Manuscripts and Photographs Repository
118 College Drive - 5148
Hattiesburg MS 39406-0001
601.266.4345
