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Mr. Perkins is also the President of the Merchants Bank and he owns two of the handsomest homes on the Bay shore at the end of Bay St. Louis, he takes a leading part in all movements for the advancement and exploitation of Hancock County's resources, and is a valued member of the City Bonds Commission, this commission has charge of the spending of the $50,000 for improving the city's streets and roads. (HCSB)
R. R. Perkins the Dominant Factor in the Naval Stores Industry of Hancock County. Mr. Perkins is the President of the Imperial Naval Stores Company, and he is also President of the Hancock Naval Stores Company. Through the progressive methods pursued by Mr. Perkins and his Associates Hancock County has made tremendous strides as a Producer of Spirits of Turpentine and Rosin. Imperial Naval Stores Company, Ltd. This is one of the largest industrial enterprises in the State of Mississippi. It is capitalized at half a million dollars, and has headquarters at Bay St. Louis, Miss. The company manufacture spirits turpentine and rosin, and the operations of this corporation are confined practically to Hancock County. The Imperial Naval Stores Company have branches in various sections of the County. The following companies are owned and controlled by it: The Center Turpentine Co., of Caesar, Miss; the J. L. Long Co., Vidalia, Miss.; Perkins Turpentine Co., Sellars, Miss.; Fenton Turpentine Co., of Fenton, Miss; Standard Turpentine Co., of Standard , Miss., and the Catahoula Turpentine Co., of Catahoula, Miss. This season the Imperial Naval Stores Co., are working 169 crops, consisting of 10,000 boxes to each crop. The products will total in value over $500,000. R. R. Perkins is the President and General Manager, and C. H. Robinson, Jr. is the Secretary-Treasurer. (HCSB)
In For Fun Club - see IFF Club
Independent Hope Hook and Ladder Fire Co., No. 1- The 17th, instant, will be the twenty-third anniversary of the Independent Hope Hook and Ladder Fire Co., No. 1. For this occasion it was decided, at a meeting of the company held on Tuesday night, to celebrate the occasion by a ball, to take place at their hall. (SCE 3/11/1893)
Independent Hope Hook and Ladder Fire Company No. 8, mentioned in bio-sketch of A. G. Moreau. (SCE 5 Sep 1903).
INDIANS
Volume VI August 4, 1812 (page 139) - Letter to Simon Favre on Pearl River re Choctaws committing depredations on Pearl, Leaf and Ckicksaw-hey Rivers-being stirred up by English, Spaniards and Creek Indians.
August 5, 1812 (page 140) - Letter to General James Wilkinson - Remanning a small Fort on Lake Pontchartrain called Fort Tiganyou where Choctaws crossed the Lake, urging 15 or 20 men be put there to control the Choctaws.
Agust-1812 (page 153)
W.C.C. Claiborne as Governor of State of Louisiana and Commander in Ghief of the Militia Sends to the Chief Head Men and Warriors of the Choctaw Nation. -a strong Message mentioning Choctaw robberies and murders on the Pascagoula and Pearl Rivers. Urged against Choctaws joining the Creeks to help the British.
September 29, 1812 (page 182)
to Governor David Holmes, Mississippi Territory
Re Parish of Biloxy word about Indian depredations. Claiborne had sent Simon Favre to talk to Indians but he was placed under arrest by Mr. Dinsmoor, U.S. Indian Agent.
November 16, 1812 (page 200) to Simon Favre on Pearl River, Parish of Biloxy Re his October 30 report.
April 14, 1813 (page 233) to General Armstrong, Secretary of War - Recommended Simon Favre on Pearl River for Indian Agent.
September 8, 1813 (page 265) to Colonels of Militia
Re Fort Mims massacre by Creeks 25 miles from Mobile.
"OFFICIAL LETTER BOOKS OF W.C.C. CLAIBORNE 1801-1816" edited by Dunbar Rowland at Jackson Miss. 1917 printed by State Dept. of Archives & History (MJS BSL 29)
INHABITANTS OF PASCAGOULA TO CARONDELET
Pascagoula June 15, 1792
Baron de Carondelet
New Orleans
Governor and Intendant General:
Joseph Krebs, resident of Pascagoula, in the name of all the inhabitants from that river to Bay St. Louis:
With all due respect to your Lordship, they state and say that the continued presence of the Indian nations along this coast in their journeys to and from that capital (New Orleans) results in considerable damage to them, not only in the crops which they raise for the maintenance of themselves and their poor families, but also in the cattle belonging to them which the Indians kill and wound; for it happens that when there a number of head of cattle together at the time when they try to kill one to eat, they do not take the slightest precaution to select just one, but injure others with the shots of the guns they use. Consequently the loss is much greater for this reason. In view of the above fact, the inhabitants humbly beg your Lordship to take under consideration the dire situation in which they find themselves on account of the large number of their families and the slight recourse they have for their support by raising the animals, and provide the best measures, in accordance with your usual justice. They beg you to keep them from experiencing in the future the injuries named above, a favor which they hope to receive from your Lordship's good judgment.
Pascagoula June 15, 1792
JOSEPH KREBS CHARLES ELLIER (Rubric)
JEAN BAPTISTE DUPONT (x) Mark of NICOLA
CRETIANNE (x) Mark of VENYA COPPE AUGUSTIN GRELOT
FRANCOIS KREBS BARTHELEMY GRELOT
BATISTE FAVRE A.B. CARRIER
CABIERRE VIN (X) Mark of
JONNETTE
Senor Governor:
It is true that the inhabitants of Pascagoula suffer all the injuries and damage from the Indians which they report in this petition presented to your Lordship. Upon leaving the town for their villages, the Indians are given three day's provisions for the journey which they often use up before they set out on the march.
Then, since the route to most of their villages is by way of the Pascagoula River they encounter the cattle there and kill them, as has been reported. This damage cannot be remedied except by depriving the Indians of the us of this route and by presenting them with gifts here (Mobile) or in Pensacola instead of at that capital ( New Orleans ). Only by these means can the inhabitants be assured that the Indians will not pass.
Your Lordship will take such measures as may seem best to you.
Mobile, August 1, 1792.
MANUAL DE LANZOS (Rubric)
Mobile, August l,1792