===== Isaac Anderson =====

//Manuscript heading: Isaac Anderson Esq.//

  * **Born:** on October 10, 1785. Granville, NC
  * **Died:** on March 3, 1871, [[elisville_ms|Ellisville]], MS
  * **Buried:**   Anderson-Minter Cemetery [[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31710803/isaac-anderson]] 
Isaac Anderson settled in [[jones_county_ms|Jones County]] around 1818 and became one of its wealthiest residents by the 1840s, owning 320 acres, 75 cattle, and 7 slaves. He married twice, had a total of fifteen children, and died at 85 in Ellisville, Mississippi.

//Source: Journey Through The Piney Woods, PDF p. 3.//