Son of Thomas Byrn and Nancy Herrington who married 25-May-1797 in Orange County, NC and both died Madison County, TN. Ransom Byrn was first married to Dolly Cocke, 1828, in Gibson County, TN. His second wife was Mary Ann Cock-Richardson, married 1838 in Madison County, TN.
Ransom Byrn was the largest planter and slave owner along the Mississippi during the 1860's. He had 140 mules and more than 150 slaves at his plantation in Tunica only. He also had land holdings in St. Mary's Parish, Louisiana. His plantation in Tunica was called "whodathunkit".
At one time, he owned the Lafayette Hotel in Jackson, TN as well as what is known as the Hamilton House in Holly Springs, MS. This house is still standing, although once two story, is now only one story.
From Russell Hall:
The 1860 Agriculture Schedule for Tunica County, MS lists R. H. Byrn with 3840 acres, 1350 improved, 2490 unimproved at a cash value of $200,000 and farming implements and machinery with a value of $10,000. His livestock was valued at $14,000 to include 3 horses, 63 mules, 119 milch cows, 8 oxen, 400 other cattle, and 60 swine. He had 3,000 bushels of Indian corn, 400 bushels of oats, and 1,060 bales of ginned cotton. The 1860 Agriculture Schedule for St. Mary's Parish, Louisiana, shows him with 116 slaves, 3,250 acres of land valued at $134,000 including farm implements. He had 30 horses, 115 mules, 30 milch cows, 150 sheep, 100 swine, 60 other cattle, 3,500 bushels Indian corn, 310-1000 lb sugar cane, and 450 gallons of molasses at a value of $25,000.
History of Tunica County, "A History of Mississippi from the Discovery of the Great River by Hernando DeSoto, including the Earliest Settlement Made by the French, under Iberville, to the Death of Jefferson Davis" by Robert Lowry and William H. McCardle, Jackson, Miss., material submitted by Hancock County, MS Coordinator, Denise Wells.
Tunica County was established February 9th, 1836. Among the early settlers were S. H. Fletcher, Dr. J. C. Nelson, J. S. McPeak, Ransom H. Byrn, who represented the county in the Legislature; Walter H. Bell was the first representative from the county; E. H. Humphreys, Lorenzo A. Besancon, S. May, Thomas M. Fletcher, James F. Boren, Richard Abbay, who was the father of Hon. Richard F. Abbay, who represented the county in the Legislature, and was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1890.
Towns in the county are Tunica, the county site, Austin, Hollywood, Robinsonville and Evansville. Commerce, situated on the Mississippi rive, was the first town in the county and when located it was believed that it would be a place of large commercial importance, but it no longer exists, having long since become a part of the great river.
The streams in the county are Buck Island and Beaver Dam bayous, Walnut and Beaver Dam lakes. The Mississippi river forms the western and Coldwater the eastern boundary of the county.
R. H. Byrne served as Representative in 1848 with Felix Labauve as Senator, and in 1850 with James M. Tait serving as Senator. He served in 1859, 1860, and 1861 with Simeon Oliver as Senator.
COL. BYRN GAVE PLANTATION BELLS TO MAKE CANON
Seventy-Five Years Ago Column in Commercial Appeal Relates Story
(undated, approximately 1936)
The research workers on the Historical Project were very much interested to read the daily column "Seventy-Five Years Ago" of the Commercial Appeal, March 13, an item to the effect that Col. Ransome H. Byrn of Commerce had given his plantation bells, weighing over a thousand pounds, to the Confederate States, to be melted and moulded into cannon for the Confederate Army, and that he was awaiting shipping orders from General Beauregard. This bit of "news" is interesting to all Tunica people especially to Ransome Byrn's great-great-grand children who now live in the county.
Such "news" was ordinary in this county seventy-five years ago for Tunica county was astir with military preparations. For Example: on August 5th, '61, a commission of fifteen citizens were sent through the county to urge the citizens to send guns of every description to the Court House at Austin. All guns were wanted that were not needed by a member of the family who was a Confederate soldier. These guns were delivered to Judge John Hardeman, W. W. White, Dr. J. M. Phillips, T. N. Poston, and Harper McGowan, Sr., who sent them to Gov. J. J. Pettus at Jackson. These guns are listed and valued in the records of the county police. Later in the year all of the broken guns and pistols were brought into Austin and were repaired by a gun-smith., G. C. Everson, and the County Police paid the bill and shipped the guns to Jackson.
Early in 1861 Tunica County borrowed a thousand dollars from the county school fund to equip Captain Robert H. Humphrey's Company "The Swampers". The money was never repaid to the school fund but all the schools were closed and entire fund was used for the soldiers.
A committee went through the entire county in '61 and collected blankets for the Army. The county valued these and paid for them, $285.00. One warrant made out to Mrs. Johnson O'Neal for blankets with the explanation that the blankets were a gift.
The county paid out at one time $142.38 for grey cloth to be made into confederate uniforms and a warrant was issued at the same time for wool to be made into socks. These materials were made up by the ladies in the county. Judge John Hardeman and Mr. W. W. White purchased the materials.
Ransom Byrn was the largest planter and slave owner along the Mississippi during the 1860's. He had 140 mules and more than 150 slaves at his plantation in Tunica only. He also had land holdings in St. Mary's Parish, Louisiana. His plantation in Tunica was called "whodathunkit".
At one time, he owned the Lafayette Hotel in Jackson, TN as well as what is known as the Hamilton House in Holly Springs, MS. This house is still standing, although once two story, is now only one story.
From Russell Hall:
The 1860 Agriculture Schedule for Tunica County, MS lists R. H. Byrn with 3840 acres, 1350 improved, 2490 unimproved at a cash value of $200,000 and farming implements and machinery with a value of $10,000. His livestock was valued at $14,000 to include 3 horses, 63 mules, 119 milch cows, 8 oxen, 400 other cattle, and 60 swine. He had 3,000 bushels of Indian corn, 400 bushels of oats, and 1,060 bales of ginned cotton. The 1860 Agriculture Schedule for St. Mary's Parish, Louisiana, shows him with 116 slaves, 3,250 acres of land valued at $134,000 including farm implements. He had 30 horses, 115 mules, 30 milch cows, 150 sheep, 100 swine, 60 other cattle, 3,500 bushels Indian corn, 310-1000 lb sugar cane, and 450 gallons of molasses at a value of $25,000.
History of Tunica County, "A History of Mississippi from the Discovery of the Great River by Hernando DeSoto, including the Earliest Settlement Made by the French, under Iberville, to the Death of Jefferson Davis" by Robert Lowry and William H. McCardle, Jackson, Miss., material submitted by Hancock County, MS Coordinator, Denise Wells.
Tunica County was established February 9th, 1836. Among the early settlers were S. H. Fletcher, Dr. J. C. Nelson, J. S. McPeak, Ransom H. Byrn, who represented the county in the Legislature; Walter H. Bell was the first representative from the county; E. H. Humphreys, Lorenzo A. Besancon, S. May, Thomas M. Fletcher, James F. Boren, Richard Abbay, who was the father of Hon. Richard F. Abbay, who represented the county in the Legislature, and was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1890.
Towns in the county are Tunica, the county site, Austin, Hollywood, Robinsonville and Evansville. Commerce, situated on the Mississippi rive, was the first town in the county and when located it was believed that it would be a place of large commercial importance, but it no longer exists, having long since become a part of the great river.
The streams in the county are Buck Island and Beaver Dam bayous, Walnut and Beaver Dam lakes. The Mississippi river forms the western and Coldwater the eastern boundary of the county.
R. H. Byrne served as Representative in 1848 with Felix Labauve as Senator, and in 1850 with James M. Tait serving as Senator. He served in 1859, 1860, and 1861 with Simeon Oliver as Senator.
COL. BYRN GAVE PLANTATION BELLS TO MAKE CANON
Seventy-Five Years Ago Column in Commercial Appeal Relates Story
(undated, approximately 1936)
The research workers on the Historical Project were very much interested to read the daily column "Seventy-Five Years Ago" of the Commercial Appeal, March 13, an item to the effect that Col. Ransome H. Byrn of Commerce had given his plantation bells, weighing over a thousand pounds, to the Confederate States, to be melted and moulded into cannon for the Confederate Army, and that he was awaiting shipping orders from General Beauregard. This bit of "news" is interesting to all Tunica people especially to Ransome Byrn's great-great-grand children who now live in the county.
Such "news" was ordinary in this county seventy-five years ago for Tunica county was astir with military preparations. For Example: on August 5th, '61, a commission of fifteen citizens were sent through the county to urge the citizens to send guns of every description to the Court House at Austin. All guns were wanted that were not needed by a member of the family who was a Confederate soldier. These guns were delivered to Judge John Hardeman, W. W. White, Dr. J. M. Phillips, T. N. Poston, and Harper McGowan, Sr., who sent them to Gov. J. J. Pettus at Jackson. These guns are listed and valued in the records of the county police. Later in the year all of the broken guns and pistols were brought into Austin and were repaired by a gun-smith., G. C. Everson, and the County Police paid the bill and shipped the guns to Jackson.
Early in 1861 Tunica County borrowed a thousand dollars from the county school fund to equip Captain Robert H. Humphrey's Company "The Swampers". The money was never repaid to the school fund but all the schools were closed and entire fund was used for the soldiers.
A committee went through the entire county in '61 and collected blankets for the Army. The county valued these and paid for them, $285.00. One warrant made out to Mrs. Johnson O'Neal for blankets with the explanation that the blankets were a gift.
The county paid out at one time $142.38 for grey cloth to be made into confederate uniforms and a warrant was issued at the same time for wool to be made into socks. These materials were made up by the ladies in the county. Judge John Hardeman and Mr. W. W. White purchased the materials.
Son of Thomas Byrn and Nancy Herrington who married 25-May-1797 in Orange County, NC and both died Madison County, TN. Ransom Byrn was first married to Dolly Cocke, 1828, in Gibson County, TN. His second wife was Mary Ann Cock-Richardson, married 1838 in Madison County, TN.
Ransom Byrn was the largest planter and slave owner along the Mississippi during the 1860's. He had 140 mules and more than 150 slaves at his plantation in Tunica only. He also had land holdings in St. Mary's Parish, Louisiana. His plantation in Tunica was called "whodathunkit".
At one time, he owned the Lafayette Hotel in Jackson, TN as well as what is known as the Hamilton House in Holly Springs, MS. This house is still standing, although once two story, is now only one story.
From Russell Hall:
The 1860 Agriculture Schedule for Tunica County, MS lists R. H. Byrn with 3840 acres, 1350 improved, 2490 unimproved at a cash value of $200,000 and farming implements and machinery with a value of $10,000. His livestock was valued at $14,000 to include 3 horses, 63 mules, 119 milch cows, 8 oxen, 400 other cattle, and 60 swine. He had 3,000 bushels of Indian corn, 400 bushels of oats, and 1,060 bales of ginned cotton. The 1860 Agriculture Schedule for St. Mary's Parish, Louisiana, shows him with 116 slaves, 3,250 acres of land valued at $134,000 including farm implements. He had 30 horses, 115 mules, 30 milch cows, 150 sheep, 100 swine, 60 other cattle, 3,500 bushels Indian corn, 310-1000 lb sugar cane, and 450 gallons of molasses at a value of $25,000.
History of Tunica County, "A History of Mississippi from the Discovery of the Great River by Hernando DeSoto, including the Earliest Settlement Made by the French, under Iberville, to the Death of Jefferson Davis" by Robert Lowry and William H. McCardle, Jackson, Miss., material submitted by Hancock County, MS Coordinator, Denise Wells.
Tunica County was established February 9th, 1836. Among the early settlers were S. H. Fletcher, Dr. J. C. Nelson, J. S. McPeak, Ransom H. Byrn, who represented the county in the Legislature; Walter H. Bell was the first representative from the county; E. H. Humphreys, Lorenzo A. Besancon, S. May, Thomas M. Fletcher, James F. Boren, Richard Abbay, who was the father of Hon. Richard F. Abbay, who represented the county in the Legislature, and was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1890.
Towns in the county are Tunica, the county site, Austin, Hollywood, Robinsonville and Evansville. Commerce, situated on the Mississippi rive, was the first town in the county and when located it was believed that it would be a place of large commercial importance, but it no longer exists, having long since become a part of the great river.
The streams in the county are Buck Island and Beaver Dam bayous, Walnut and Beaver Dam lakes. The Mississippi river forms the western and Coldwater the eastern boundary of the county.
R. H. Byrne served as Representative in 1848 with Felix Labauve as Senator, and in 1850 with James M. Tait serving as Senator. He served in 1859, 1860, and 1861 with Simeon Oliver as Senator.
COL. BYRN GAVE PLANTATION BELLS TO MAKE CANON
Seventy-Five Years Ago Column in Commercial Appeal Relates Story
(undated, approximately 1936)
The research workers on the Historical Project were very much interested to read the daily column "Seventy-Five Years Ago" of the Commercial Appeal, March 13, an item to the effect that Col. Ransome H. Byrn of Commerce had given his plantation bells, weighing over a thousand pounds, to the Confederate States, to be melted and moulded into cannon for the Confederate Army, and that he was awaiting shipping orders from General Beauregard. This bit of "news" is interesting to all Tunica people especially to Ransome Byrn's great-great-grand children who now live in the county.
Such "news" was ordinary in this county seventy-five years ago for Tunica county was astir with military preparations. For Example: on August 5th, '61, a commission of fifteen citizens were sent through the county to urge the citizens to send guns of every description to the Court House at Austin. All guns were wanted that were not needed by a member of the family who was a Confederate soldier. These guns were delivered to Judge John Hardeman, W. W. White, Dr. J. M. Phillips, T. N. Poston, and Harper McGowan, Sr., who sent them to Gov. J. J. Pettus at Jackson. These guns are listed and valued in the records of the county police. Later in the year all of the broken guns and pistols were brought into Austin and were repaired by a gun-smith., G. C. Everson, and the County Police paid the bill and shipped the guns to Jackson.
Early in 1861 Tunica County borrowed a thousand dollars from the county school fund to equip Captain Robert H. Humphrey's Company "The Swampers". The money was never repaid to the school fund but all the schools were closed and entire fund was used for the soldiers.
A committee went through the entire county in '61 and collected blankets for the Army. The county valued these and paid for them, $285.00. One warrant made out to Mrs. Johnson O'Neal for blankets with the explanation that the blankets were a gift.
The county paid out at one time $142.38 for grey cloth to be made into confederate uniforms and a warrant was issued at the same time for wool to be made into socks. These materials were made up by the ladies in the county. Judge John Hardeman and Mr. W. W. White purchased the materials.
Ransom Byrn was the largest planter and slave owner along the Mississippi during the 1860's. He had 140 mules and more than 150 slaves at his plantation in Tunica only. He also had land holdings in St. Mary's Parish, Louisiana. His plantation in Tunica was called "whodathunkit".
At one time, he owned the Lafayette Hotel in Jackson, TN as well as what is known as the Hamilton House in Holly Springs, MS. This house is still standing, although once two story, is now only one story.
From Russell Hall:
The 1860 Agriculture Schedule for Tunica County, MS lists R. H. Byrn with 3840 acres, 1350 improved, 2490 unimproved at a cash value of $200,000 and farming implements and machinery with a value of $10,000. His livestock was valued at $14,000 to include 3 horses, 63 mules, 119 milch cows, 8 oxen, 400 other cattle, and 60 swine. He had 3,000 bushels of Indian corn, 400 bushels of oats, and 1,060 bales of ginned cotton. The 1860 Agriculture Schedule for St. Mary's Parish, Louisiana, shows him with 116 slaves, 3,250 acres of land valued at $134,000 including farm implements. He had 30 horses, 115 mules, 30 milch cows, 150 sheep, 100 swine, 60 other cattle, 3,500 bushels Indian corn, 310-1000 lb sugar cane, and 450 gallons of molasses at a value of $25,000.
History of Tunica County, "A History of Mississippi from the Discovery of the Great River by Hernando DeSoto, including the Earliest Settlement Made by the French, under Iberville, to the Death of Jefferson Davis" by Robert Lowry and William H. McCardle, Jackson, Miss., material submitted by Hancock County, MS Coordinator, Denise Wells.
Tunica County was established February 9th, 1836. Among the early settlers were S. H. Fletcher, Dr. J. C. Nelson, J. S. McPeak, Ransom H. Byrn, who represented the county in the Legislature; Walter H. Bell was the first representative from the county; E. H. Humphreys, Lorenzo A. Besancon, S. May, Thomas M. Fletcher, James F. Boren, Richard Abbay, who was the father of Hon. Richard F. Abbay, who represented the county in the Legislature, and was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1890.
Towns in the county are Tunica, the county site, Austin, Hollywood, Robinsonville and Evansville. Commerce, situated on the Mississippi rive, was the first town in the county and when located it was believed that it would be a place of large commercial importance, but it no longer exists, having long since become a part of the great river.
The streams in the county are Buck Island and Beaver Dam bayous, Walnut and Beaver Dam lakes. The Mississippi river forms the western and Coldwater the eastern boundary of the county.
R. H. Byrne served as Representative in 1848 with Felix Labauve as Senator, and in 1850 with James M. Tait serving as Senator. He served in 1859, 1860, and 1861 with Simeon Oliver as Senator.
COL. BYRN GAVE PLANTATION BELLS TO MAKE CANON
Seventy-Five Years Ago Column in Commercial Appeal Relates Story
(undated, approximately 1936)
The research workers on the Historical Project were very much interested to read the daily column "Seventy-Five Years Ago" of the Commercial Appeal, March 13, an item to the effect that Col. Ransome H. Byrn of Commerce had given his plantation bells, weighing over a thousand pounds, to the Confederate States, to be melted and moulded into cannon for the Confederate Army, and that he was awaiting shipping orders from General Beauregard. This bit of "news" is interesting to all Tunica people especially to Ransome Byrn's great-great-grand children who now live in the county.
Such "news" was ordinary in this county seventy-five years ago for Tunica county was astir with military preparations. For Example: on August 5th, '61, a commission of fifteen citizens were sent through the county to urge the citizens to send guns of every description to the Court House at Austin. All guns were wanted that were not needed by a member of the family who was a Confederate soldier. These guns were delivered to Judge John Hardeman, W. W. White, Dr. J. M. Phillips, T. N. Poston, and Harper McGowan, Sr., who sent them to Gov. J. J. Pettus at Jackson. These guns are listed and valued in the records of the county police. Later in the year all of the broken guns and pistols were brought into Austin and were repaired by a gun-smith., G. C. Everson, and the County Police paid the bill and shipped the guns to Jackson.
Early in 1861 Tunica County borrowed a thousand dollars from the county school fund to equip Captain Robert H. Humphrey's Company "The Swampers". The money was never repaid to the school fund but all the schools were closed and entire fund was used for the soldiers.
A committee went through the entire county in '61 and collected blankets for the Army. The county valued these and paid for them, $285.00. One warrant made out to Mrs. Johnson O'Neal for blankets with the explanation that the blankets were a gift.
The county paid out at one time $142.38 for grey cloth to be made into confederate uniforms and a warrant was issued at the same time for wool to be made into socks. These materials were made up by the ladies in the county. Judge John Hardeman and Mr. W. W. White purchased the materials.
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