Scott County Mississippi
Berryville66
The village of Berryville, the first seat of justice of Scott
County, was situated about four miles southwest of Forest. The
place was abandoned within twelve months after the streets were
laid off, the court house having been removed to Hillsboro in
1836. See Goodspeed's Biographical and Historical Memoirs of
Mississippi, Vol. I., p. 244.
Orion The village of Orion was situated a
little southwest of Morton, about four miles. For several years
a good deal of business was carried on at this place. It was
abandoned, however, before the War Between the States.
Spencer The village of Spencer was about four
and a half miles a little east of south of Morton. This place
was probably smaller than Orion. It was also abandoned before
the War Between the States.
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Footnotes:
66. The facts upon which
the sketches of the extinct villages of Scott County are based
were derived principally from Rev. M. H. Lack, of Hillsboro,
Mississippi.
Source: The Mississippi Historical
Commission Publications, Volume V, Edited by Franklin L. Riley,
Secretary, 1902.
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