Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Hello and welcome to Old Ways Gardening and Prepping.🍀 Would like to welcome you each to come along with us on a quick adventure. The weather is beautiful and a little bit warm. We were invited to go to a community gathering and well we hopped in the car and headed to Jacinto.
Jacinto is a quiet little town in North Eastern Mississippi. Jacinto Courthouse is a rare relic from the earliest days of North Mississippi. The town of Jacinto was founded in 1836 as the capital of old Tishomingo County, one of the original ten counties formed in the 1830s from the Chickasaw Cession. Jacinto was at the geographic center of the large county, which spread over 1,000 square miles, covering much of northeast Mississippi. The town, which was named after Sam Houston’s decisive victory over the Mexican army at the Battle of San Jacinto, began to grow quickly, and soon had taverns, shops and other amenities. A small log courthouse was built when the town was founded for local government, but the growing town needed a much larger building. In 1854, the present courthouse was built in the Federal style. The building was constructed by architect J. J. Blythe for just under $7,000. The bricks and timber were hand made and hand hewn.
The Courthouse witnessed the continuing growth of the town as the main economic center of northeast Mississippi. By the outbreak of the Civil War, the town had reached a population of 6,600, and the Courthouse was surrounded by fifty blocks of houses and shops. The town was spared any major damage or destruction during the Civil War, and looked to continue its economic dominance into the future, except for several catastrophic decisions which utterly destroyed the town. In 1870, old Tishomingo County was subdivided into three smaller counties: Alcorn, Prentiss and Tishomingo counties. Jacinto was no longer located at the center of the county, and the Tishomingo capital was moved to Iuka. Jacinto was now a much less important town located in the new Alcorn county. The loss of the county seat seemed to spook the leaders of Jacinto, and they compounded the issue with new mistakes. The town leaders refused to allow the new railroad to go through Jacinto, which cut the town’s economy off at the knees. Instead, the railroad went through the nearby towns of Corinth and Iuka, and many residents of Jacinto followed the railroad and left town. Later, the town refused to prevent local farmers from cutting down telegraph poles coming into town, which completely isolated the former boom town from the rest of the world.
The population of Jacinto quickly dwindled from 6,000 residents to just a few hundred. The stores, inns and newspapers died out, and the lawyers and doctors left town. The only thing that remained in Jacinto to suggest the town’s former glory was the beautiful Federal Courthouse that now overlooked an empty town square. After 1870, the Courthouse was used as a schoolhouse from 1870 until 1908. From 1908 to 1960 it was used as the Methodist church. When this congregation died out, the building was nearly lost to a wrecking company, but several concerned citizens saved the Courthouse from destruction. In 1973, the Courthouse was restored for $88,000. Today, the Courthouse is occasionally open to visitors, especially during the large July 4th political rallies that still take place here every year. The Jacinto Courthouse remains one of the best examples of Federal architecture in the Southern United States.
hillcountryhistory.org/2018/04/09/jacinto-courthouse-1854/#:~:text=The%20only%20thing%20that%20remained,take%20place%20here%20every%20year.
Hope you enjoy the drive and seeing the historical buildings surrounding the beautiful court house. If you have any questions please feel free to ask them in the comment section below I will answer them as soon as possible. Everyone take care and have a blessed day.❤️🍀🦉
Blessings,
Teresa 🦉
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Booneville, MS 38829
Please donate if you can so I can build more raised beds for vegetables and medicinal herbs.
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To send donations to Paypal so that I will be able to buy alcohol to teach how to make tinctures. Will keep the receipts to show exactly what donations are spent for.
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Hello and welcome to Old Ways Gardening and Prepping.🍀 Would like to welcome you each to come along with us on a quick adventure. The weather is beautiful and a little bit warm. We were invited to go to a community gathering and well we hopped in the car and headed to Jacinto.
Jacinto is a quiet little town in North Eastern Mississippi. Jacinto Courthouse is a rare relic from the earliest days of North Mississippi. The town of Jacinto was founded in 1836 as the capital of old Tishomingo County, one of the original ten counties formed in the 1830s from the Chickasaw Cession. Jacinto was at the geographic center of the large county, which spread over 1,000 square miles, covering much of northeast Mississippi. The town, which was named after Sam Houston’s decisive victory over the Mexican army at the Battle of San Jacinto, began to grow quickly, and soon had taverns, shops and other amenities. A small log courthouse was built when the town was founded for local government, but the growing town needed a much larger building. In 1854, the present courthouse was built in the Federal style. The building was constructed by architect J. J. Blythe for just under $7,000. The bricks and timber were hand made and hand hewn.
The Courthouse witnessed the continuing growth of the town as the main economic center of northeast Mississippi. By the outbreak of the Civil War, the town had reached a population of 6,600, and the Courthouse was surrounded by fifty blocks of houses and shops. The town was spared any major damage or destruction during the Civil War, and looked to continue its economic dominance into the future, except for several catastrophic decisions which utterly destroyed the town. In 1870, old Tishomingo County was subdivided into three smaller counties: Alcorn, Prentiss and Tishomingo counties. Jacinto was no longer located at the center of the county, and the Tishomingo capital was moved to Iuka. Jacinto was now a much less important town located in the new Alcorn county. The loss of the county seat seemed to spook the leaders of Jacinto, and they compounded the issue with new mistakes. The town leaders refused to allow the new railroad to go through Jacinto, which cut the town’s economy off at the knees. Instead, the railroad went through the nearby towns of Corinth and Iuka, and many residents of Jacinto followed the railroad and left town. Later, the town refused to prevent local farmers from cutting down telegraph poles coming into town, which completely isolated the former boom town from the rest of the world.
The population of Jacinto quickly dwindled from 6,000 residents to just a few hundred. The stores, inns and newspapers died out, and the lawyers and doctors left town. The only thing that remained in Jacinto to suggest the town’s former glory was the beautiful Federal Courthouse that now overlooked an empty town square. After 1870, the Courthouse was used as a schoolhouse from 1870 until 1908. From 1908 to 1960 it was used as the Methodist church. When this congregation died out, the building was nearly lost to a wrecking company, but several concerned citizens saved the Courthouse from destruction. In 1973, the Courthouse was restored for $88,000. Today, the Courthouse is occasionally open to visitors, especially during the large July 4th political rallies that still take place here every year. The Jacinto Courthouse remains one of the best examples of Federal architecture in the Southern United States.
hillcountryhistory.org/2018/04/09/jacinto-courthouse-1854/#:~:text=The%20only%20thing%20that%20remained,take%20place%20here%20every%20year.
Hope you enjoy the drive and seeing the historical buildings surrounding the beautiful court house. If you have any questions please feel free to ask them in the comment section below I will answer them as soon as possible. Everyone take care and have a blessed day.❤️🍀🦉
Blessings,
Teresa 🦉
#headingtojacintomississippi #Jacintocouthouse #federaldesignedbuilding #beautifulcourtyard #Sundayadventure #selfsufficiency #oldwaysgardeningandprepping
my-store-b6fd00.creator-spring.com
You can contact me through email at:
oldwaysgardeningandprepping@gmail.com
or
Old Ways Gardening and Prepping
C/O
Teresa Horn
227 County Road 2230
Booneville, MS 38829
Please donate if you can so I can build more raised beds for vegetables and medicinal herbs.
ko-fi.com/oldwaysgardeningandprepping
To send donations to Paypal so that I will be able to buy alcohol to teach how to make tinctures. Will keep the receipts to show exactly what donations are spent for.
My PayPal ID is: @Cedar
My Amazon wish list:
amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2MCQTJKJVF9PH?ref_=wl_share
Jr's Amazon Wishlist
amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/21J1WTPPZXMM4?ref_=wl_share
All videos are made and edited by me Teresa Horn.
