Military Reservations, National Cemeteries, and Military Parks Information transcribed from: United States Military Reservations, National Cemeteries, and Military Parks Revised Edition – 1916 [Transcribed by Taresa Heimer] MISSISSIPPI. GENERAL ACT OF CESSION. Section 2395. The governor upon application made to him In writing on behalf of the United States for the purpose of acquiring and holding lands, or using any part of a public road of any county within the limits of this state for the purpose of making, building or constructing levees, canals or any other works in connection with the improvement of rivers and harbors, or as a site for a fort, magazine, arsenal, dock yard, court house, custom house, light house, post office, or other needful building, or for the purpose of locating and maintaining national military parks, or for any other public works or purposes, accompanied by proper evidence of the purchase of such lands, or the consent of the board of supervisors of the proper county for such public roads to be used for said purpose, is authorized for the state to cede jurisdiction thereof to the United States for the purpose of the cession and none other. (Section 2395, Annotated Code of Mississippi, 1906, embodying section 2178 of Code of 1892, as amended in 1894, in 1896, and by chapter 67, acts of 1900.) 2396. The concession of jurisdiction to the United States over any part of the territory of the state, heretofore or hereafter made, shall not prevent the execution on such land of any process, civil or criminal, under the authority of this state, nor prevent the laws of this state from operating over such land; saving to the United States security to its property within the limits of the jurisdiction ceded, and exemption of the same, and of such land from taxation under the authority of this state during the continuance of the cession. (Section 2396, idem, embodying section 2179, of Code of 1892.) CORINTH NATIONAL CEMETERY. This reservation is situated in Corinth in Alcorn County, and contains an area of 20 acres. Title.—1. Deed from Calvin F. Vance and wife et al., dated February 1,1868, conveying 20 acres of land, by metes and bounds, being a portion of sec. 12, T. 2, R. 7, E., etc. Recorded in deed book B B, page 351, etc., of the deed records of Tishomingo County. 2. Deed from M. A. Mitchell, dated October 15, 1888, conveying land for right of way. Recorded in book 12, page 490, of the deed records of Alcorn County. 3. Deed from the city of Corinth, dated January 7, 1889, conveying right of way, etc. Recorded in book 12, page 560, of same records. Revocable licenses.—December 11, 1912, to Adolphus Huff to place, for crossing purposes, an iron culvert with concrete headers in the open gutter on the south side of the Government approach roadway in front of his place of business. September 18, 1914, to the city of Corinth to lay water pipe connections under and across that portion of the Government approach roadway known as Penn Street. March 30, 1912, to the city of Corinth to lay water and sewer pipe connections under that portion of the Government approach roadway known as Wick Street. August 12, 1915, to the city of Corinth to lay a concrete sidewalk along the Government approach roadway on the east and west sides of Penn Street between Wick and Meiggs Streets and on the north side of Meiggs Street between Penn and Cemetery Streets. Jurisdiction.—Ceded to the United States by the following act of the State legislature, approved February 12, 1875: Section 1. Be it enacted, etc., That exclusive jurisdiction be, and hereby Is, given to the United States to and over the following tracts of land and appurtenances thereunto belonging, now used, and occupied as National Cemeteries In this State, to wit: All of a tract or parcel of land situated near the city of Natchez, In the county of Adams, Inclosed by a brick wall, and known as the Natchez National Cemetery; also, all of a tract or parcel of land situated on the banks of the Mississippi river, near the city of Vicksburg, In the county of Warren; said tract embraces not only all that is now enclosed by a brick wall, but also a strip lying between the southwest side of said wall and the Mississippi river, now owned by the United States and occupied for purposes aforesaid, and known as the Vicksburg National Cemetery; also, another certain tract of land, situated near the city of Corinth, In the county of Alcorn, consisting of twenty acres (more or less), and known as the Corinth National Cemetery; the legal title to said several parcels of land being now in the United States for purposes aforesaid. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the Jurisdiction hereby ceded to the United States shall extend to the premises aforesaid, and all improvements that are, or may be made thereon by the United States, shall continue so long as said lands shall be used for the purpose aforesaid, the same to be free and exempt from any and all taxes or assessments under any law of this State, or municipal authority thereof, nor shall they be subject to levy and sale by any process known to the laws of this State. NATCHEZ NATIONAL CEMETERY. This reservation is situated at Natchez, in Adams County, and contains an area of 11.07 acres. Title.—1. Deed from Margaret Case et al., dated January 31, 1867, conveying 11.07 acres. Recorded in book O O, page 408, et seq., of the deed records of Adams County. 2. Deed from the city of Natchez, dated October 11, 1886, conveying rights of way, etc. Recorded in book 3 A, page 398, et seq., of same records. Revocable licenses.—February 19, 1912, to the Mississippi Branch, King's Daughters, to lay a water pipe across and along the Government approach roadway. March 8, 1912, to E. B. Geddes for same purpose. May 9, 1914, to Leo E. Moritz for same purpose. Jurisdiction.—See "Corinth National Cemetery." SHIP ISLAND. This reservation is situated in the Gulf of Mexico, near the coast of Mississippi, about 14 miles from Biloxi, and contains about 1,350 acres. It includes that part of Ship Island not reserved for lighthouse purposes. Title.—As a part of the public domain the whole island was reserved for military purposes by Executive order dated August 30, 1847; but by Executive order of July 7,1852, 50 acres at the extreme western end of the island (including Fort Massachusetts) were set apart for lighthouse purposes. Revocable licenses.—February 28, 1880, to the National Board of Health to occupy a portion of the reservation. May 3, 1880, to the National Board of Health to occupy a portion of the ground south of the lagoon for the care of passengers not sick but removed from an infected ship. January 31, 1881, to the Treasury Department to occupy vacant building for the collector of customs. September 6, 1893, to the Treasury Department to occupy the "Old Griffin Building" for the deputy collector of customs. May 26, 1900, to A. Murdock to sink and maintain an artesian well on the reservation. September 26, 1900, to A. Murdock to erect a well keeper's house on the reservation. Jurisdiction.—Ceded by an act of the State legislature approved November 15, 1858, which provides as follows: Section 1. Be it enacted, etc.. For the purpose of enabling the United States to carry Into effect an Act of Congress of March 3,1857, providing for the fortification of Ship Island, Coast of Mississippi, by building and maintaining such forts, magazines, arsenals, dockyards, wharves, and other structures, with their appendages, as may be necessary for the object aforesaid, Jurisdiction is hereby ceded to the United States -over the said Ship Island, In the Gulf of Mexico, Coast of Mississippi, to include all of said Island above and within low-water mark, and over all the contiguous shores, flats, and waters within seventeen hundred and sixty yards from low-water mark, and all right,-title, and claim which this State may have in or to the said Ship Island, Coast of Mississippi, are hereby granted to the United States: Provided, That this State shall retain a concurrent Jurisdiction with the United States In and over all the premises aforesaid so far that all civil process and such criminal process as may Issue under the authority of this State against any person or persons charged with crimes committed without the premises aforesaid may be executed therein in the same way and manner as If jurisdiction had not been ceded as aforesaid. Sec 2. The premises over which Jurisdiction is granted by this act and all structures and other property thereon shall be exonerated and discharged from all taxes and assessments which may be laid or Imposed under the authority of this State while said premises shall remain the property of the United States and shall be used for the purposes Intended by this act. VICKSBURG NATIONAL CEMETERY. This reservation is situated at Vicksburg, in Warren County, and contains an area of 40 acres and a cemetery roadway. Title.—1. Deed from Alvey H. Jaynes and wife, dated August 27, 1866, conveying 40 acres. 2. Deed from the county of Warren, dated August 10, 1880, conveying right of way from the city of Vicksburg to the cemetery. Recorded in book Y Y, page 433, etc., of the deed records of Warren County. 3. Deed from Mary A. Wyman, dated September 1, 1887, conveying a right of way. Recorded in book No. 64, page 393, etc., of same records. 4. Deed from William M. Vogleson, dated September 7, 1887, conveying a right of way. Recorded in book No. 64, page 392, etc., of same records. 5. Deed from John B. Mattingly, dated September 7, 1887, conveying a right of way. Recorded in book No. 65, page 139, etc., of same records. 6. Deed from George M. M. Linn, dated September 26, 1887, conveying a right of way. Recorded in book No. 65, page 140, etc., of same records. 7. Deed from heirs of A. H. Arthur, dated January 10, 1888, conveying a right of way. Recorded in book No. 65, page 141, etc., of same records. 8. Deed from Thomas Rigeley, dated May 4, 1888, conveying a right of way. Recorded in book No. 65, page 143, of same records. 9. Condemnation of property for right of way by Board of Supervisors v. J. O. Linn for a right of way to cemetery, etc. Recorded in deed book No. 54, page 225, etc., of same records. The roadway described in the foregoing deeds was acquired through the board of supervisors of Warren County, who derived their authority under an act of the State legislature approved March 2, 1880. Easement.—Permission by act of Congress, approved February 21, 1911 (36 Stat., 926), to E. J. Bonner and S. B. Wilson to construct, operate, and maintain an electric railway over the National Cemetery Road under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of War, the right also being reserved to him under said act to revoke the permission granted thereby at any time. Plans and specifications therefor approved and regulations prescribed June 2, 1911. Jurisdiction.—See " Corinth National Cemetery." VICKSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK. This reservation is situated in Warren County, and was acquired pursuant to act of Congress approved February 21, 1899 (30 Stat., 841), for the purpose of commemorating the campaign and siege and defense of Vicksburg. It contains 1,324.21 acres, more or less. Title— 1. Deed from Katherine Ruffin, dated October 18, 1899, conveying 5.6 acres. Recorded in book 92, page 176, of the records of Warren County. 2. Deed from Simpy Gadson, dated October 18, 1899, conveying 2 acres. Recorded in book 92, page 178, of same records. 3. Deed from Sarah J. Mosby et al., dated October 20, 1899, conveying 5.6 acres. Recorded in book 92, page 177, of same records. 4. Deed from John B. Reid et al., dated October 24, 1899, conveying 7.9 acres. Recorded in book 92, page 179, of same records. 5. Deed from Henry L. Mayer, dated October 26, 1899, conveying 5.5 acres. Recorded in book 92, page 188, of same records. 6. Deed from Jeff Turner and wife, dated October 27, 1899, conveying 0.7 acre. Recorded in book 92, page 202 et seq., of same records. 7. Deed from W. A. Claver and wife, dated November 2, 1899, conveying 7 acres. Recorded in book 92, page 181, of same records. 8. Deed from Emma E. Barstow and husband, dated November 3, 1899, conveying 7.3 acres. Recorded in book 92, page 175, of same records. 9. Deed from Marcia A. Hanley and husband, dated November 7, 1899, conveying 33.6 acres. Recorded in book 92, page 182, of same records. 10. Deed from Martha A. Pinkston, dated November 8, 1899, conveying 13.3 acres with certain reservations. Recorded in book 92, page 189 et seq., of same records. 11. Deed from M. E. R. Hughes et al., dated November 10, 1899, conveying 2.8 acres. Recorded in book 92, page 180, of same records. 12. Deed from Casimir Tag, dated November 10, 1899, conveying 23.6 acres. Recorded in book 92, page 185, of same records. 13. Deed from Lewis Johnson and wife, dated November 11, 1899, conveying 3.8 acres. Recorded in book 92, page 187 et seq., of same records. 14. Deed from Richard Coleman and wife, dated November 11, 1899, conveying 5.3 acres. Recorded in book 92, page 190 et seq., of same records. 15. Deed from John Kennare et al., dated November 13, 1899, conveying 16.2 acres with certain reservations. Recorded in book 92, page 183, of same records. 16. Deed from James H. Hill, dated November 14, 1899, conveying 0.05 acre. Recorded in book 92, page 249 et seq., of same records. 17. Deed from William J. Henry, dated November 14, 1899, conveying 6.3 acres. Recorded in book 93, page 199 et seq., of same records. 18. Deed from George Just, dated November 16, 1899, conveying 132 acres with certain reservations. Recorded in book 92, page 199 et seq., of same records. 19. Deed from Charles O'Connor, dated November 16, 1899, conveying 3.7 acres. Recorded in book 92, page 201 et seq., of same records. 20. Deed from Mary Shaw, dated November 16, 1899, conveying 1 acre. Recorded in book 92, page 201, of same records. 21. Deed of S. Sorsby Booth et al., dated November 17, 1899. conveying 51.6 acres. Recorded in book 22. Deed from J. G. Tichenor, dated November 20, 1899, conveying 1 acre. Recorded in book 92. page 239, of same records. 23. Deed from John Coleman, dated November 21, 1899, conveying 2 acres, with certain reservations. Recorded in book 92, page 237, of same records. 24. Deed from Jos. N. Ring et al., dated November 21, 1899, conveying 32.2 acres, with certain reservations. Recorded in book 92, page 238, of same records. 25. Deed from Marcella H. Smith, dated December 11, 1899, conveying 52.8 acres. Recorded in book 93, page 202 et seq., of same records. 26. Deed from Francis C. Abbott, dated December 13, 1899, conveying 29.8 acres with certain reservations. Recorded in book 92, page 251, of same records. 27. Deed from John B. Smith, dated December 13, 1899, conveying 18 acres. Recorded in book 93, page 203 et seq., of same records. 28. Deed from Maggie D. Monroe et al., dated December 13, 1899, conveying 28.3 acres. Recorded in book 93, page 252 et seq., of same records. 29. Deed from Maggie D. Monroe, dated December 13, 1899, conveying 29.5 acres. Recorded in book 92, page 254 et seq., of same records. 30. Deed from Chas. B. Galloway, dated December 15, 1899, conveying 48.3 acres. Recorded in book 92, page 240 et seq., of same records. 31. Deed from Elizabeth L. Cook and husband, dated December 16,1899, conveying 5.2 acres. Recorded in book 93, page 201 et seq., of same records. 32. Deed from Sarah Middleton, dated December 16, 1899, conveying 7.3 acres. Recorded in book 93, page 267, of same records. 33. Deed from Robert Walton and wife, dated December 21, 1899, conveying 29.2 acres with certain reservations. Recorded in book 92, page 255 et seq., of same records. 34. Deed from Alice S. Eaton, dated December 23, 1899, conveying 60.7 acres with certain reservations. Recorded in book 92, page 247 et seq., of same records. 35. Deed from Elizabeth Hebron and husband, dated December 25, 1899, conveying 6.4 acres. Recorded in book 93, page 259 et seq., of same records. 36. Deed from J. G. Ferguson, dated December 26, 1899, conveying 30.8 acres. Recorded in book 92, page 256, of same records. 37. Deed from J. Dornbusch, dated December 26, 1899, conveying 2.3 acres. Recorded in book 92, page 262, of same records. 38. Deed from Helen J. King and husband et al., dated December 27, 1899, conveying 27.8 acres. Recorded in book 93, page 197 et seq., of same records. 39. Deed from Matilda Glover et al., dated December 27, 1899, conveying 1.2 acres. Recorded in book 93, page 251 et seq., of same records. 40. Deed from Eva B. Brabston, dated December 30, 1899, con-veying0.4 acre. Recorded in book 92, page 242, of same records. 41. Deed from W. A. Thomas et al., dated January 2, 1900, conveying 33.3 acres with certain reservations. Recorded in book 93, page 250 et seq., of same records. 42. Decree of condemnation for 4.7 acres, in case No. 137, The United States v. Olive R. Smedes et al., in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western Division of the Southern District of Mississippi. Rendered January 8, 1900, and recorded in book 92, page 272, of same records. 43. Decree of condemnation for 29.6 acres, in case 141, The United States v. Mattie Shewalter et al., in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western Division of the Southern District of Mississippi. Rendered January 3, 1900, and recorded in book 92, page 282, of same records. 44. Decree of condemnation for 3.4 acres, in case 143, The United States v. Charles Reynolds et al., in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western Division of the Southern District of Mississippi. Rendered January 3, 1900, and recorded in book 92, page 295, of same records. 45. Decree of condemnation for 1.8 acres, in case 138, The United States v. Emma A. Lanier et al., in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western Division of the Southern District of Mississippi. Rendered January 5, 1900, and recorded in book 92, page 265, of same records. 46. Decree of condemnation for 11.4 acres, in case 142, The United States v. Clara Klineman et al., in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western Division of the Southern District of Mississippi. Rendered January 5, 1900, and recorded in Book 92, page 288, of same records. 47. Decree of condemnation for 25.7 acres, in case 139, The United States v. W. V. Logue et al., in the Circuit Court or the United States for the Western Division of the Southern District of Mississippi. Rendered January 5, 1900, and recorded in book 92, page 283, of same records. 48. Deed from the Refuge Oil Mill Co., dated Janaury 15, 1900, conveying 1.3 acres. Recorded in book 92, page 248 et seq., of same records. 49. Deed from F. M. Logue, jr., and wife, dated January 15, 1900, conveying 41.2 acres. Recorded in book 93, page 354 et seq., of same records. 50. Deed from the Congregation Anshe Chesed, dated January 23, 1900, conveying 19.5 acres with certain reservations. Recorded in book 92, page 261, of same records. 51. Deed from Thomasene H. Woolsey et al., dated January 24, 1900, conveying 3.7 acres. Recorded in book 93, page 268 et seq., of same records. 52. Deed from Vicksburg Tabernacle No. 19, Grand Union Order of Brothers and Sisters of Love and Charity, dated January 29,1900, conveying 80.1 acres. Recorded in book 93, page 293, of same records. Also decree of condemnation for a portion of same premises? in case 140, The United States v. Irene Bowman et al., in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western Division of the Southern District of Mississippi. Rendered January 3, 1900, and recorded in book 92, page 294 et seq., of same records. 53. Deed from S. V. Strong, dated February 19, 1900, conveying 2 acres with certain reservations. Recorded in book 93, page 334, of same records. 54. Deed from T. H. Cook and wife, dated April 12, 1900, con-veying61.2 acres. Recorded in book 93, page 332, of same records. 55. Deed from Martha Giles and husband, dated April 14, 1900, conveying 8.1 acres. Recorded in book 92, page 346 et seq., of same records. 56. Deed from Emma E. Barstow and husband, dated April 23, 1900, conveying 1.9 acres. Recorded in book 92, page 347, of same records. 57. Deed from Louis Hunt et al., dated April 25,1900, conveying 1.1 acres. Recorded in book 93, page 335, of same records. 58. Deed from C. A. Williams et al., dated May 8, 1900, conveying 0.2 acre. Recorded in book 92, page 349 et seq., of same records. 59. Deed from Fred Buckel, dated July 2, 1900, conveying 2.6 acres with certain reservations. Recorded in book 92, page 348. of same records. 60. Deed from T. J. Hossley et al., dated July 3, 1900, conveying 4.6 acres. Recorded in book 96, page 89, of same records. 61. Deed from Lewis Johnson and wife, dated July 16, 1900, conveying 4.1 acres. Recorded in book 92, page 491, of same records. 62. Deed from Alex Terrell and wife, dated July 26, 1900, conveying 3.4 acres. Recorded in book 95, page 65, of same records. 63. Deed from Eva B. Brabston, dated July 26, 1900, conveying 15.6 acres. Recorded in book 96, page 91, of same records. 64. Deed from Mary A. B. Rigby, dated July 28, 1900, conveying 0.1 acre. Recorded in book 96, page 70, of same records. 65. Deed from Emma E. Barstow and husband, dated July 28, 1900, conveying 5.57 acres. Recorded in book 96, page 15 et seq., of same records. 66. Deed from Emma E. Barstow et al., dated July 31, 1900, conveying 1.8 acres. Recorded in book 95, page 85 et seq., of same records. 67. Deed from Belle C. Smith and husband, dated August 1, 1900, conveying 33.1 acres. Recorded in book 95, page 77 et seq., of same records. 68. Deed from Charlie Jones and wife, dated August 2, 1900, conveying 0.01 acre. Recorded in book 95, page 76, of same records. 69. Deed from Maggie Murphy and husband, dated August 2, 1900, conveying 0.02 acre. Recorded in book 95, page 88 et seq., or same records. 70. Deed from Eliza McClelland and husband, dated August 2, 1900, conveying 0.01 acre. Recorded in book 95, page 89, of same records. 71. Deed from Louvinia Ernest and husband, dated August 2.1900, conveying 0.1 acre. Recorded in book 95, page 90, of same records. 72. Deed from Vinie Bowie and husband, dated August 2, 1900, conveying 0.01 acre. Recorded in book 95, page 90, of same records. 73. Deed from Frances McClelland, dated August 2, 1900, conveying 0.02 acre. Recorded in book 95, page 92, of same records. 74. Deed from Malinda Henry and husband, dated August 2, 1900, conveying 0.05 acre. Recorded in book 95, page 93 et seq., of same records. 75. Deed from Lucy Gaines, dated August 2, 1900, conveying 0.01 acre. Recorded in book 96, page 74, of same records. 76. Deed from William Green and wife, dated August 2, 1900, conveying 0.7 acre. Recorded in book 96, page 79, of same records. 77. Deed from Minerva Jones and husband, dated August 2, 1900. conveying 0.06 acre. Recorded in book 96, page 80 et seq., of same records. 78. Deed from Ophelia McGee, dated August 3, 1900, conveying 5.2 acres. Recorded in book 95, page 75, et seq., of same records. 79. Deed from William Murphy et at, dated August 3, 1900, conveying 2.1 acres. Recorded in book 95, page 83 et seq., of same records. 80. Deed from Peter Walton et al., dated August 3, 1900, conveying 1.6 acres. Recorded in book 96, page 94, et seq., of same records. 81. Deed from Mary E. Hughes and Thomasene H. Woolsey, dated August 4,1900, conveying 11.01 acres. Recorded in book 95, page 69, of same records. 82. Deed from Laura J. Mackey and husband, dated August 4, 1900, conveying 2.2 acres. Recorded in book 95, page 82, et seq., of same records. 83. Deed from Dick Thompson and wife, dated August 4, 1900, conveying 0.01 acre. Recorded in book 95, page 91, of same records. 84. Deed from Maggie D. Monroe, dated August 4,1900, conveying 0.4 acre. Recorded in book 96, page 17, of same records. 85. Deed from M. J. Hennessey, dated August 6, 1900, conveying 0.04 acre. Recorded in book 95, page 84, et seq., of same records. 86. Deed from John White and Mattie White, dated August 7, 1900, conveying 0.1 acre. Recorded in book 96, page 72, of same records. 87. Deed from Dick Thompson and wife, dated August 8, 1900, conveying 0.1 acre. Recorded in book 96, page 68 et seq., of same records. 88. Deed from Julia G. Lee, dated August 8, 1900, conveying 1.6 acres. Recorded in book 96, page 69, of same records. 89. Deed from Robert Countryman, dated August 11, 1900, conveying 1.6 acres. Recorded in Book 96, page 101, of same records. 90. Deed from Jane Currie et al., dated August 11, 1900, conveying 1.6 acres. Recorded in book 96, page 102 et seq., of same records. 91. Deed from Henry H. Lee and William J. Henry, dated August 15, 1900, conveying 0.5 acre. Recorded in book 96, page 71, of same records. 92. Deed from Lewis A. Moss, dated August 15, 1900, conveying 0.25 acre. Recorded in book 95, page 80 et seq., of same records. 93. Deed from Isadora Countryman, dated August 15, 1900, conveying 1.3 acres. Recorded in book 96, page 101, of same records. 94. Deed from Katherine Ruffin, dated August 16, 1900, conveying 1.9 acres. Recorded in book 95, page 66, of same records. 95. Deed from Jas. H. Walsh, dated August 17, 1900, conveying 2.3 acres. Recorded in Book 96, page 67, of same records. 96. Deed from Jenny Henry, dated August 17, 1900, conveying 6.3 acres. Recorded in book 96, page 73, of same records. 97. Deed from Ann E. Cotton, dated August 17, 1900, conveying 0.8 acre. Recorded in book 96, page 78, of same records. 98. Deed from Lettie M. Wilson, dated August 18, 1900, conveying 7 acres. Recorded in book 96, page 97, of same records. 99. Deed from Annie Rickson, dated August 21, 1900, conveying 0.1 acre. Recorded in book 95, page 81 et seq., of same records. 100. Deed from H. M. Osborn, dated August 22, 1900, conveying 0.02 acre. Recorded in book 95, page 87 et seq., of same records. 101. Deed from Archie Quitman, dated September 5, 1900, conveying 0.02 acre. Title acquired from W. J. Buell, No. Ill, infra. 102. Deed from Chas. B. Galloway, dated September 7, 1900, conveying 0.9 acre. Recorded in book 96, page 81, of same records. 103. Deed from the supervisors of Warren County, dated September 12, 1900, conveying 0.3 acre. Recorded in book 95, page 68, of same records. 104. Deed from Amanda A. Vogleson and Amelia V. Little, dated October 16, 1900, conveying 3.5 acres. Recorded in book 96, page 504, of same records. 105. Deed from T. L. Tate, dated December 15, 1900, conveying 0.02 acre. Recorded in book 96, page 104 et seq., of same records. 106. Deed from Casimir Tag, dated December 28, 1900, conveying 2 acres. Recorded in book 96, page 95 et seq., of same records. 107. Deed from Mary E. Hughes and Thomasene H. Woolsey, dated January 8, 1901, conveying 4.9 acres. Recorded in book 95, page 101 et seq., of same records. 108. Decree of condemnation for 5.9 acres, in case The United States v. James C. Wright et al., in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Mississippi. Rendered in the January term, 1901, and recorded in book 95, page 500, of same records. 109. Decree of condemnation for 0.2 acre, in case The United States v. Lillie Hodge et al., in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Mississippi. Rendered in the January term, 1901, and recorded in book 96, page 502, of same records. 110. Deed from Henry L. Mayer, dated February 21, 1901, conveying 1.2 acres. Recorded in book 95, page 115, of same records. 111. Deed from W. J. Buell, dated March 13, 1901, conveying 0.02 acre. Recorded in book 96, page 503, of same records. 112. Deed from W. A. Claver and wife, dated October 1, 1902, conveying 6.97 acres. Recorded in book 99, page 409 et seq., of same records. 113. Deed from J. W. King et al., dated January 14, 1903, conveying 5.02 acres. Recorded in book 101, page 282, of same records. 114. Deed from Mrs. Sarah J. Mosby et al., dated October 17, 1903, conveying two tracts, aggregating 16.63 acres. Recorded in book 100, page 398, of same records. 115. Deed from Jennie Henry, dated July, 1904, conveying 1.29 acres. Recorded in book 103, page 154, of same records. 116. Deed from Vicksburg Battlefield Commission of Pennsylvania, dated March 17, 1905, conveying 2.59 acres, for Pennsylvania memorial. Recorded in book 107, page 21 et seq., of same records. 117. Deed from Katharine Ruffin, dated November 23, 1905, conveying 0.72 acre, more or less. Recorded in book 107, page 178, of same records. 118. Deed from F. M. Logue, dated November 25, 1905, conveying 9.46 acres, more or less. Recorded in book 107, page 221 et seq., of same records. 119. Deed from W. H. McGee et al., dated July 16, 1904, conveying 17.9 acres. Recorded in book 109, page 94, of same records. 120. Deed from F. M. Logue, dated August 9, 1906, conveying two parcels of land, aggregating 5.23 acres. Recorded in book 109, page 144, of same records. 121. Deed from Kimball F. Ferguson, dated December 10, 1909, conveying 5.23 acres. Recorded in book 117, page 81, of same records. 122. Deed from Amanda A. Vogleson and Amelia V. Little, dated November 18, 1910, conveying 21.41 acres, more or less. Recorded in book 118, page 362, of same records. 123. Decree of the Circuit Court of the United States of the Western Division of the Southern District of Mississippi, rendered January 2,1911, in case of United States v. Emma A. Lanier et al., covering 1.01 acres, more or less. Recorded in book 118, page 557, of same records. Also quitclaim deed from Annie Laura Ferguson, dated July 15, 1911, to same premises. Recorded in book 118, page 577, of same records. 124. Decree of the Circuit Court of the United States of the Western Division of the Southern District of Mississippi, rendered January 2, 1911, in case of the United States v. Joseph W. Ring et al., covering 3.64 acres, more or less. Recorded in book 118. page 556, of same records. 125. Decree of the Circuit Court of the United States of the Western Division of the Southern District of Mississippi, rendered January 9, 1912, in case of the United States v. Catherine Walton et al., covering 9.6 acres, more or less. Recorded in book 121, page 489, of same records. 126. Deed from Horace M. Marshall, dated April 30, 1914, conveying 0.49 acre, more or less. Recorded in book 132. page 63, of the same records. Also quitclaim deed from Elizabeth Tanner, dated June 22, 1914, to same premises. Recorded in same book and on same page of same records. Jurisdiction.—Jurisdiction over entire tract, 1 to 113, ante, ceded by four proclamations of the Governor of Mississippi, dated June 28 ,1901, January 25, 1902, September 23, 1903, and one without date; over tracts 114, 115, and 116, ante, by Governor's deed of June 30, 1905; over tracts 117, 118, and 119, ante, by Governor's deed of July 26, 1906; over tract 120, ante, by Governor's deed of September 14, 1906; and over tracts 121 to 125, ante, by Governor's deed of February 29, 1912. Jurisdiction over the Old Yazoo City public road (now known as Road No. 81), extending from the point on said road where Confederate Avenue begins to the north end of the bridge over Glass Bayou, as specified in resolution of the board of supervisors of Warren County, adopted December 6, 1905, which resolution authorized the United States to enter upon and use the same for purposes of the park, ceded by Governor's deed of January 18, 1906. Jurisdiction over this road from its junction with Confederate Avenue to its junction with Union Avenue, as authorized to be occupied by resolution of said board of supervisors, adopted December 5, 1906, ceded by Governor's deed of January 23, 1907. (See "General act of cession" for authority for these deeds.) This page last updated on -- 09 Jan 2011 HOME ©Genealogy Trails