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Only church lifted in -Ip.ncock County va? the 1 ethodirt Episcopal Church in Tonticello district in 1337 vith Janes I'cDonald ps minister.
There vnr no nevsnauer in the county
There vere 1755 v;hite inhabitants (vhich then included area of Harrison County) and 720 slaves — 350 males and 363 females.
,rA - 1. A. ^esancon's "Annual '’register of the .f.tate of riririssinpi
for the y^ar	(nuklish^d	Kay I838)
Volume 1
James At^vens)
Chief to-:T.r vere PnarlinFtrr, 6 niler on the ^ast tank of the Penrl River, nkEH±x&xzxi from the Gulf of T'exico;
Chieldsboro, the county seat having a court house and jail on the vest shore of the Pay of rt. Touis:
Biloxi Villpee between the Fay of Eiloxi and the Gulf, situated on the latter.
^h^re vnr a port o^ice at Pearlington vith C. Greenleaf; ShieldsborouRh vith J. B. Tovline (Toulme) as postmaster; and Inrinfi Cottage vith G. Sheriff as postmaster.
House o^ ",.en’’er^ntative member vas John }3ond of Shieldsboro, a planter 5^ years old. Hanson Allsbur.yr a fisherman from Biloxi, represented Hancock and Jackson Counties in the State Senate.