1835 Chickasaw

This map shows all of Lafayette County in 1835, and includes the Memphis to Cotton Gin Port Road, which was part of the “long trail” from Mobile to Memphis. Also shown are the Hendersonville (near present day Coffeeville) to La Grange TN Road, Mitchell’s Bluff (later Wyatt), various Indian trails, and Indian fields. Both the “Tallahatchee” and Yoknapatawpha Rivers are included, as well as many creeks and streams. Love’s Ferry is shown at Mitchell’s Bluff, and there is an unnamed ferry crossing the “Tallahatchee” on the Memphis to Cotton Gin Port Road.