Person:Ruffin Gray (1)

Bayou Sara is a small tributary entering the Mississippi River at St. Francisville, Louisiana, and, with its many arms, it extends to the north and east into Louisiana and Mississippi. Over a low rise to the east are the many branches of Thompson's Creek, which also flows into the Mississippi River farther downstream toward Baton Rouge. The small branches of Bayou Sara and Thompson's Creek almost touch in the rolling hills of Louisiana and Mississippi. In about 1790 a Spanish settlement was formed at the confluence of Bayou Sara and the Mississippi — it was named Bayou Sara.

Buffalo Creek can be located in Wilkinson County, Mississippi.
Homochitto River can be found in Wilkinson County, Mississippi, where it empties into the Mississippi River between Woodville, Mississippi and Natchez, Mississippi.

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Land

County: Wilkinson

Title: Early Settlers of MS Territory - Comite, Bayou Sara, and Buffalo Creek

Submitter: Virginia Ewing

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References

III. Legal documents, 1771-1922 (54 items)
Summary: Documents related to the Turnbull, Bowman, Pirrie, and Gray families. Includes Turnbull family legal agreements and suits; documents related to activities of Ruffin Gray and James Pirrie as alcaldes under Spanish governance of Louisiana; and land titles, mortgages, and oil leases of the Bowman family.
Legal documents (some in Spanish and French) primarily document interests of the Pirrie, Gray, and Bowman families but include agreements (1791, 1795) of John Turnbull and Michael Stoner and suits (1855, 1878) of Martha and Daniel Turnbull.