Mississippi § 19-1-51 - Holmes County.

§ 19-1-51. Holmes County.

Holmes County is bounded by beginning in the Yazoo River where it is intersected by the township line between townships seventeen and eighteen, range one, west; thence running southeasterly by the “Gum Corners” to Big Black River, in township sixteen, range five, east; thence down said river, with its meanderings, to Boles’ ferry, in section twenty-two, township twelve, range three, east; thence northwesterly in a direct line to where the township line between townships thirteen and fourteen crosses the Yazoo River; thence in a northwestwardly direction with the meanders of Yazoo River and along its center line to its intersection with the center line of Tchula Lake; thence with the meanderings of Tchula Lake and along its center line to its intersection with the line between sections nineteen and twenty, township fifteen, north, range one, west; thence north along the section lines to the center line of the Yazoo River; thence up said river to the beginning. The county site is Lexington.