Panola County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census,the population was 33,208. Its county seats are Sardis and Batesville. The county is located just east of the Mississippi Delta in the northern part of the state. It is bisected by the Tallahatchie River flowing to the southwest;travel difficulties because of the river resulted in two county seats being established.
Elisha Baxter was an American businessman and politician who served as the 10th governor of Arkansas from 1873 to 1874.
John Calvin Fiser was an American merchant and soldier. He served as an officer in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War,fighting in both the Eastern as well as the Western theaters. Fiser was seriously wounded five times in the conflict,losing an arm in 1863's Battle of Fort Sanders,and he was appointed a general officer late in the war;however,the appointment was never confirmed by the Confederate Senate. Afterward he returned to his business interests and was active in Confederate veterans organizations.
William Dozier Anderson was a mayor,state legislator,and judge in Mississippi. He served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi from 1910 to 1911 and from 1920 to 1944. He also served as a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives and the Mississippi State Senate. He was mayor of Tupelo,Mississippi from 1898 to 1906.
Sam C. Cook was a judge and state legislator in Mississippi. He served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi from 1912 to 1921.
William Jasper East was a longtime Democratic Mississippi state legislator from Tate County in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Clarence Budney Greaves was a Democratic member of the Mississippi state legislature in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He represented the Mississippi's 18th senatorial district in the Mississippi Senate from 1896 to 1900 and from 1912 to 1920,and represented Madison County in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1904 to 1908.
Richard Henry Lee Davis was a Democratic Mississippi state legislator in the early 20th century.
Hugh McQueen Street was an American businessman and Democratic politician. He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1870 to 1880,1890 to 1894,and from 1908 to 1912. He was its Speaker in four different stints.
Lorraine Catchings Dulaney was an American planter and Democratic politician. He served in both houses of the Mississippi State Legislature in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Charles B. Mitchell was an American politician. He served in both houses of the Mississippi Legislature and was the Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1888 to 1890.
William Alexander Percy was an American lawyer,planter,and Democratic politician. He was the Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1878 to 1880 and the father of U.S. senator LeRoy Percy.
Walter B. Parks was an American politician. He was a member of the Mississippi State Senate from 1916 to 1920,and of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1912 to 1916.
Nathaniel West Bradford was an American Democratic politician. He was a member of the Mississippi State Senate from the 31st District from 1916 to 1920,and of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1904 to 1908.
MarshalTurner Adams was an American politician. He was a member of the Mississippi State Senate from the 31st District from 1916 to 1920.
James Clarence Eskridge was an American Democratic politician. He was a member of the Mississippi State Senate,from the 32nd district,from 1916 to 1920.
John Wesley Barbee Jr. was an American lawyer and Democratic politician. He was a member of the Mississippi Legislature from DeSoto County in the 1910s and 1920s.
Thomas Kendall Boggan was an American teacher,lawyer,and Democratic politician. He was a member of the Mississippi State Senate,from the 38th District,from 1916 to 1920.
George Anderson was an American politician. He served in both houses of the Mississippi Legislature in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
John Prentiss Carter was an American politician. He served in both houses of the Mississippi Legislature and was the Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi from 1904 to 1908.
