This article is written in order to preserve history and inform the younger generations of Lintons. Any errors found are not intentional. Research shows the first Linton to arrive in Tishomingo County, MS, was Captain John Linton (3/2/1806 Chesterfield SC – 3/16/1898 buried at Oak Grove Cemetery in Iuka, MS). He married Rebecca Shall Adams (9/30/1820 South Carolina – 1/17/1897 buried at Oak Grove Cemetery in Iuka, MS) and moved to Tishomingo County MS in 1873. Here, he acquired a section of land west of the town of Iuka and established his home on what we know now as Seago Rd (CR 173). John and Rebecca were the parents of eight children:

1. Henry S Linton (buried in Hardin Co TN)
2. John Nathan Linton (buried in Johnson Co TX)
3. Charlotte Elizabeth Linton (buried in Oklahoma)
4. Dock Linton (buried in Hughes Co, Oklahoma)
5. One name not found;
6. Margaret Ann married Henry Hearne; their children were:
   • Margaret Eva Hearn (1871)
   • Mattie A Hearn (1874-1958) married John Wesley Whitaker
   • Olivia Alice Hearn (1877-1937) married Rev Lawson Alexander Pledger
   • Hessie Hearn (1879)
   • Rev Henry Graves (only child to remain in Tishomingo County) (1882-1985) married Alice Elizabeth Isbell
   • Georgie
   • Oscar Lee Hearn (1885-1949)
7. Julius Caesar Linton married Isabella Lucinda “Ballie” Harris; buried at Mt Gilead; their children are:
   • Claudie Kendrick Linton (1883-1969) married Cora Elvis Harris
   • Julius Albert “Jude” Linton (3/27/1915-1993) married Leveta Laxson
   • Marcus Claudie Linton (1919-1985) married Gladys Pannell
   • Codie Julius Linton (1885-1950) married Dovie Ethyl Hale
   • Lucille Linton (1908-1999) married Joseph Lee Booker
   • Eugene Linton (1910-1930) buried at Mt Gilead
   • Lois Linton (1921-2021) married Dayton Bolton
8. John Wiliamson Linton (1887-1979) married Mary Alva Farris. Children are:
   • Annie Lou Linton (1912-1913)
   • Jimmie Linton (1914-1916)
   • Johnnie E Linton (1916-2010) married Oliver Thurman Randolph Sr
   • Homer Linton (1919-1944)
   • Lenna Jewel Linton (1922-1948)
   • Grady “Bunk” Linton (1924-1982) married Ruby Cark
   • Nona Marie Linton (1931-2013) married Relmon “Sonny” Blythe, James E Moore
   • Lloyd Ellison Linton (1933-1933)
   • Arvilla Lucille Linton (1935-2015) married George Lawrence Lambert Sr, William Richard Hayes
   • Gay Nell Linton (1939-2023) married Hurshel Lee Williams
   • Phillip Jefferson Aron Linton (1869-1976) married Panthy Paralee Edmondson. Children are:
     • Luther Elmer Linton (1916-1996) married Amorette Brown
     • Lawrence J Linton (1919-1983) married Earlene Clark
     • Mildred Ivo Linton (1921-2004) married Richard Herman Clark
     • Lela Fay Linton (1927-2022) married Hubert Leon Williams
     • Dewey Lamar Linton (1930-2006) married Rebecca Chrestman
   • Ina Mae Linton (1891-1981) married Robert C James Jones. Their child was: Florine Iner “Bunt” Linton (1930-2010) married Kirby Shields

Julius C Linton owned a large part of the original homeplace, which was acquired in lesser amounts by various sons and daughters. According to family interviews, around 1912 Claud erected a small building near his home to be used as a gathering place. This served as a church until a new building was erected and is known as Mt Moriah Baptist Church.