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Malcolm Black Sr.

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Malcolm Black Sr.

Birth
North Carolina, USA
Death
1832 (aged 66–67)
Greene County, Mississippi, USA
Burial
George County, Mississippi, USA GPS-Latitude: 30.9957997, Longitude: -88.7909463
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Malcolm was born c1765 North Carolina, in 1800 he was in Cumberland Co NC, by 1809 in Miss., on the 1814 tax roll Greene Co., he died btw 1832 - 1840 McLeod's Post Office Greene Co MS (in 1840 Sarah 84 listed as a widow).

 1821 – The legislature appointed a committee composed of Valentine Delmas, John B. Boudreaux, William Cates, George Davis, Sterling Dupree, MALCOLM BLACK and Peter Fairley, Jr. whose duty it was to "select a permanent seat of justice,: and specified that until this was done the court records were to remain at "the old courthouse," wherever that may have been.
re: Four Centuries on the Pascagoula, Vol 1, p 50, Cyril Cain.

 1822 – The court records were ordered to be moved to the "new courthouse at Brewer's Bluff." This was the county seat for at least four years.
(this is in Jackson County, on west Pascagoula river)
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Son of Archibald & Christian Black
Husband of Sarah Ray
Children include,
*John F. Black & Sarah ??
*Sarah Black & William Goff Jr.
*Hugh Black & [1] Catherine ?? [2] Sarah McKenzie
*Mary Catherine Black & John McLendon
*Malcolm Black Jr & Louisa Cochran (some have Breland)
*Louisa Elizabeth Black & Lemuel M Breland
There may be other children
Malcolm was born c1765 North Carolina, in 1800 he was in Cumberland Co NC, by 1809 in Miss., on the 1814 tax roll Greene Co., he died btw 1832 - 1840 McLeod's Post Office Greene Co MS (in 1840 Sarah 84 listed as a widow).

 1821 – The legislature appointed a committee composed of Valentine Delmas, John B. Boudreaux, William Cates, George Davis, Sterling Dupree, MALCOLM BLACK and Peter Fairley, Jr. whose duty it was to "select a permanent seat of justice,: and specified that until this was done the court records were to remain at "the old courthouse," wherever that may have been.
re: Four Centuries on the Pascagoula, Vol 1, p 50, Cyril Cain.

 1822 – The court records were ordered to be moved to the "new courthouse at Brewer's Bluff." This was the county seat for at least four years.
(this is in Jackson County, on west Pascagoula river)
~~
Son of Archibald & Christian Black
Husband of Sarah Ray
Children include,
*John F. Black & Sarah ??
*Sarah Black & William Goff Jr.
*Hugh Black & [1] Catherine ?? [2] Sarah McKenzie
*Mary Catherine Black & John McLendon
*Malcolm Black Jr & Louisa Cochran (some have Breland)
*Louisa Elizabeth Black & Lemuel M Breland
There may be other children

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Malcolm's land claim was sec 37-1-8 (640 acres) Greene Co MS in 1812. He was an out-standing School-Master and in 1818 a Jackson Co Ranger. Appointed by the St. Leg. in 1821 to "select permanent seat of Justice"



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