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M. James Stevens from the Gainesville Advocate VF)
Upon passag jf bill establishing Hanci^. County Court
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House at Gainesville as reported in March 21, 1846 issue of "Gainesville Advocate", approval was also given to establish Gainesville as an incorporated town. At the April 4,	1846	election	of	the first officers for
Gainesville held on that Saturday, the following were elected:
President	J. P. Sherwood (Editor of the Advocate)
Select men	Gardner Holcomb
L. Y. Folsom James Smith C. H. Frazar
1846 - In a horse race Jan. 10,	1846 at Pearlington, C.
A. Folsom, Postmaster at Gainesville, pitted his Black Hawk against lumberman and sawmill operator W. J. Poitevent's Sleepy Jim. The little bay, Sleepy Jim won. (PC&C p 22)
Gainesville Star 1866, first paper published in Hancock County (SCE Jubilee 1942)