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Moore, Mr. Lucas E. and family, were over from New Orleans on a visit to Waveland this week. (SCE 05/06/1893)
Mr. Lucas E. Moore, See mention in article "Waveland - The Lovely Village On The Mississippi Sound"
Moore, Mr. Lucas E., of Waveland, entertained a large number of guests Sunday. (SCE 6-17-1893)
Moore, Mr. Lucas E., of Waveland, departed for England this week, to remain two months. (SCE 7/1/1893)
Moore, Mrs. Lucas E., of Waveland, entertained her parents
Sunday. (SCE 7/8/1893)
Moore, Mr. Lucas E. (Waveland) and family will return for the winter to New Orleans next Monday morning.
(SCE 9/30/1893)
Fell, Mr. J. R., and Messrs. J. J. Barr, Lucas E. Moore, Geo. E. Sears, all these gentlemen of New Orleans, spent Sunday at their summer homes in Waveland. (SCE 11-26-1893)
Moran, C. R. r Lower Bay Rd. (Ph 55)
Moran, Mr. Ed one of the best and oldest residents of the river neighborhood is seriously ill, we are sorry to say. (SCE -10/1/1892)
Moran, Elmer R. r Kiln (Ph 55)
Moran, Eunice Miss., Union (Ph 48 thru 50)
Moran, Joseph, Pass Christiana/Spanish Title (Hancock County, Mississippi Tax Rolls 1818, VF Tax Rolls)
Moran, Leo r Hwy 90 (Ph 55)
Moran, Mary Mrs., St. Joseph, Waveland (Ph 48 thru 50, 55)
Moran, O. V., 621 R. R. Av., Clermont Harbor (Ph 48-49) Lower Bay Rd. (Ph 55)
Moran, Pierre - Bay St. Louis, WHT POL 1, FPC 0, SLV 0. (Hancock County, Mississippi Tax Rolls 1820, VF Tax Rolls)
Moran, Reginald r Lakeshore (Ph 55)
Moran, Sylvaneous, Waveland Alderman Ward 2 in 1942. (SCEJUB42p28)
Moran, Sylvester G.
September 17, 1982
I was born just North of Orphan Creek bank, about three and a half miles North West of Kiln, Mississippi in Hancock
County, on August 21, 1893.
In 1896, my Father sold 170 acres of good long leaf, yellow pine timber land for $200.00; that he had homsteaded there, at that location, and moved just South of what (was) known as Gainesville road, where he purchased 160 acres of good timber land for $200 from a man by the name of Mike
Asher; at that time the Louisville and Nashville rail road were being completed from New Orleans throught Ghancock, Harrison and on throught further destination for completion.
I think that it was in 1898, we had a freezing snow, in dept of about 2 ft. My Father had over one hundred and fifty head of cattles, and he lost one half of his cattles. I personal dont remember this snow, but I heard my parents, brothers and other folke what also lost a lots of cattles talk about the cattles they lost, for many years after.
By the way, the Gainesvill(e) road, that I mentioned above, was gagon taril
(a wagon trail) at that time that raod would leave Bay St.
Louis, Miss. and end at Gainesville, Mississippi where the Hancock County Seat and court house were built. Prior to that time the county seat and court house were located at
Anna, Mississippi. Near on what is now known as Ceasar, Mississippi. Some time before or about 1900, Hancock County and Pearl River County were all one County known as Hancock
County. Thereafter they made two county; known as Hancock and Pearl River County. And the county seat and Court House were established at Gainesville, Mississippi, at what point the N.A.S.A. is now established, and a post office built there by the name of Gainesville. At my earlier recollection, Pontinent (Poitevent) and Favre were operation a saw mill and mercvhantile business at Pearlington, Mississippi on the east bank of the Pearl River.
Sometime after Hancock County were changed to two counties, Hancock and Pearl river and the Court House built at
Gainesville for Hancock Co. and Poplarville and all record at Gainesville were distroyed by fire, after that they moved the Hancock County seat and built a Court House at Bay St.
Louis, Miss. what was known as St. Louis Bay. After the records were distroyed by fire, all land owners records, had to be acquired from Jackson, Miss. and Washington D.C.
On or about taht time a large saw mill were built on the East bank of the Pearl River at Logtown, Miss. known as H.
Weston Lumber Company. They logging Rail Road all along the western part of Hancock county, and into part of Pearl River
County. to ct timber that they haad purchased through that era. In the early part of 1900, a saw Mill Lumber company, known as W.W,. Carre Lumber Company from New Orleans, La. came to Kiln, Miss, and purchased a saw mill and land site from a Mr. Emils Coue (Emile Cue) Sr. who had been operation a mill on the north bank of Jordan River for some years. On
Jordan River Bank (??) Kiln. They operated that mill for a few years known as Jordan River Lumber Co. they also started loging a rail road tjust North of Jordan River, known as
Cossie Lake and south of Highway 603. On a lake surrounding on island, and they continued the rail road up throug what is known as Rocky-hill, along the road now #603 is now built, from there the railroad gradually turned east. They built a logging camp just north of what is known as Sand-
Hill cread, which was their head quarters.
They built a boom across that lake that I mentioned above, and they would unload the logs in that lake, Thjey had a machine being operated on ground th at would pitch up those logs and load them on a barge from there they would towe the Barges by tug boat to their miss in New Orleans to their saw mill. This lake is still known as Lake Carre. At the time they were oerating a Ferry to cross Jordan River, Mr. Albert
J. McLiod )McLeod) was living just south of Jordan River, the old road was just a short distance south of this Lake
Carre.
At that time or some time later Mr. A. J. McLord, became interested in turpentine and saw mill business, he had a large commissary built on the Sdouth Bank of Jordan River, he also had a good many houses on his premises for his labor and family to live in, no rent would be charged for those houses. At that they would cut two, three and four boxes on pine trees of various sizes. Some time before 1920 they begin to use cuts and aprons. They used a tool something like a hack that they were using to chip turpentine gtrees only it had a flat face across the center approximately 34
1/2 to foru inch, with a curve on each end the men would cut a similar cut on each side, that from right then from left, with a downward alint toward in the center, the next crew would come behind them and would distribute a tin cup about
8 or 10 inches long, and about 4 or 8 inche to each place where the men had already made the scar on the treees and they called that cut that they made on the pine tree facing.
The next ccrew would come along with an apron carrying two size nails a small nail to nail the those tins, they called them aprons, on the lower cut, and they drove a size 20 nail just below the cut so that it would hold the cup in place. When the cups were full of turpentine, the people that would gather the gum would pitch up the cup and with a special made iron made to fit the cup, they could remove all the gum in the cup with one stroke.