History of Winston County, Mississippi
Winston County was formed under the Second Constitution (1832-1869), and was
the sixth original county created from the Choctaw Cession of 1830, established
by the act of December 23, 1833.
It was named for Colonel Louis Winston (1784-1824), a native of Virginia,
who moved to the Mississippi Territory and became a prominent lawyer and the
colonel of a regiment of militia. In 1809 he was appointed the district
attorney general for Madison County, but it appears that he moved to the
Natchez District in about 1817. He was the secretary of the Constitutional
Convention of 1817, and he served as a judge of the Mississippi Supreme Court
from 1821 until his death, on August 20, 1824, at his home in Washington,
Mississippi.
Winston County, Alabama, was named for his kinsman, John A. Winston, who
served as Governor of Alabama from 1853 to 1857.
Louisville, the county seat, was also named for Colonel Louis Winston, to
complement the name of the county.
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Louisville in 1901
In 1901, Mr. Wiess, correspondent for The Times-Picayune of New
Orleans wrote this article about Louisville: This Louisville Is In Mississippi
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