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Mother: Marquerite BARCLAY |
July 13, 1888
The Pascagoula Democrat Star
REMINISCENCES
Early Days of Jackson County
Editor Democrat Star:
If you find room on your pages, I will give you a brief history
of my first trip to Jackson County, in 1813.
I was then a boy about eight years of age; had been in school
two years and a half, and was a fair average boy of my age. My
father was told by an old Indian that this was a very fine
country, and he decided to come down. He built a large boat with
two large cypress trees. The boat being ready we left our home,
which was in Wayne County, near where the town of Waynesboro is
now located. Our crew consisted of the old negro Jack, the old
Indian (who called himself Pushmataha) and myself. That was a
trying time, and the neighbors were on the banks of the river to
see us depart. After a hearty shaking of hands the boat was
shoved off, Just as we started Old Jack broke out with his
favorite tune -
"Up Roanoke and down the river,
Two overseers and one pore nigger."
Which seemed to revive my spirits, and we got on all right.
We were now coming right through a wild, wilderness country. We
had plenty of sport all the way down. We would see old bears
coming down trees, or with their cubs on sandbars shuffling off
for dear life; droves of deer scampering away, and turkeys by
the thousands. Old "Push" with his old gun would knock one over
just whenever he wanted to. Here let me say more about that
Indian. He said he was born on Choctaw Point and claimed to be a
relative of Pushmataha, who was the Chief of the Choctaws in the
War of 1812, and who gave 300 of his warriors to General
Jackson, and they were with him in the Battles of the Cowpens
and Tallapoosa, which wound up the Indian War.
We were soon in the Pascagoula River. The first man we met on
the way was McManus. We found him quite a gentleman, and he told
us about the convention and all their trouble. The next was
Thomas Bilbo. Bilbo was a man of note in the county, and was in
the legislature when the lines of Jackson County were
established. He was a surveyor, and run out all those Spanish
grants . He was also a boat builder, and supplied the old
settlers with boats, and the Bilbo model is still kept up. Isaac
Ryan, his brother-in-law, lived just below him on the river, and
they were the rich men of the county at that time. They were
among the first settlers on the river.
When we came by they were all camping in the cane brake to keep
out of the way of the Indians . Old Nancy Davis would have the
men in arms at every shriek of the night owl. She would not let
the children cry, though there was not an Indian this side of
the Bigby River.
John Cramer lived at Rice's Bluff. He had a number of boys, one
of whom had just been killed by Mr. Lewis, the grandfather of
our present sheriff. It was said to have been done in self-
defense. The next on the route was Wm. Cates, then James Ware,
at Martin's Bluff, and then Pierre Ladnier, lower down. Those
who lived above the line of demarcation were in the Territory,
and those below were under Spanish authority and law. Dupre
lived just below McManus, and was all the time in a row with
those below him. He wanted to smuggle, but they would push him
so close he could not do it. They met one day out back of Plum
Bluff and had a fight, in which one o f the three Davies was
killed, the uncle of Judge Davis.
Coming on down we found Mr. Budreaux, his brother-in-law, Mr,
Bang, and Mr. Lewis, a daring young lawyer from Kentucky. They
were on theWestside, Bapt. Delmas, the Krsbses, the Rabys , the
Elys, the Cumbests and the Duponts were all on the east side of
the river. They all lived in small houses built with mud and
sticks, and nicely plastered with lime.Their chief occupation
was burning lime for the New Orleans market. Some make tar for
the same market. They had three small schooners to carry their
products to market. Capt. Delmas seemed to be the leading man
among them.
Thus we found the early settlement of Jackson County
seventy-five years ago.
Old Settler
Isaac Ryan who made his will in Jasper County in 1851 had a land
claim in Jackson County as early as 1812, voted there in 1813,
was a patron of a school in that county in 1818, and was listed
in the census in that county as late as 1840. The tax rolls
showed that he had nine slaves.
His last will and testament filed in Jasper County in 1851 gave
the only outline of his family found anywhere:
Will of Isaac Ryan, 1851
Executor, son George W. Ryan. Legatees:
To George W. Ryan, 6 slaves and 480 acres of land in
JacksonCounty.
To Felix Ryan, son, two slaves.
To Ann Jones, daughter, one slave.
To Charlotte Bilboe, daughter, one slave.
To Isaac Ryan, grandson, one slave.
To John Ryan, grandson, one slave.
To Elizabeth Ryan, granddaughter, daughter of John Ryan, dec'd,
one slave.
To Jacob Ryan, grandson, minor heir of Jacob Ryan, dec'd, late
of Jackson County, $200
To George W. Ryan, son, all residue of estate.
Dated Sept. 8, 1851
Jacob Ryan, the grandson named in the will, enlisted in Co. A,
24th Miss. Infantry and served throughout the Civil War. His
son, Isaac Peeples Ryan, has a complete roster of his father's
company. The veteran lived to be 94 and is buried in Forrest
County, and has a Confederate marker over his grave.
Washington County, Alabama Taxable property 1805 - Ryon, Isaac -
640a of land 1st quality situate on the West side Tombigbee
River and South side Bassetts Creek with 11 Cabbins some
tolerable good and 25a of improved land thereon, assessed to 2
dollars per acre. $1280, 2, 4, 35, $1000, $2280.
Children
Felix Lawrence RYAN b: 14 NOV 1795 Clark Co.,AL
Charlotte Virginia RYAN
Ann RYAN
George Washington RYAN b: 06 SEP 1811
Jacob RYAN
John Jacob RYAN b: 1794 in ,Washington or Clarke Co.,MS
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_Daniel RYAN ________|
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|_Marquerite BARCLAY _|
(1740 - 1786) m 1763|
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Mother: Judith PENN? |
See Will of John Penne 1676.
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