Lafayette County is bounded by beginning at the center of township six, range five, west; thence east on the section line to Little Spring creek; thence southeasterly down said creek to its intersection with the Tallahatchie River; thence up said river to the basis meridian of the Chickasaw survey; thence south on the said meridian line to the line between townships ten and eleven; thence west on said township line to the southwest corner of section thirty-four, township ten, range three, west; thence north to the southwest corner of section twenty-two, township ten, range three, west; thence west to the southwest corner of section twenty-two, township ten, range five, west; thence north to the beginning. The county site is Oxford.Codes, 1857, ch. 2, art 74; 1871, § 51; 1880, § 55; 1892, § 379; 1906, § 442; Hemingway's 1917, § 3862; 1930, § 3923; 1942, § 3058; Laws, 2/9/1836.
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