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| | Cowles Mead |
 | | Cowles Mead History from Mississippi Department of Archives and History Subject Files (.pdf document) | | | Newspaper Article About Gravesite from Mississippi Department of Archives Subject Files | | | Another Newspaper Article About Gravesite from Mississippi Department of Archives Subject Files |
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http://www.vaiden.net/cowles_mead.html
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| | Flags Over Mississippi |
| | Friends and foes of the flag engaged in an ongoing public discourse on southern history and heritage, on slavery and racial suppression, on the alleged and actual causes of the Civil War. | | | This bill was never brought to the floor for a vote, nor were any of the others he introduced in 1990, 1992, and 1993.20 | | | Mississippi did not officially adopt a state flag until 1861, when it seceded from the United States and joined the Confederate States of America. |
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http://mshistory.k12.ms.us/features/feature2/flagsoverms.html
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| | Frontier Press Bookstore - Mississippi - 1-800-772-7559 |
| | Land Claims in the Mississippi Territory, Lowrie, Walter. | | | These land claims identify more than 5,000 early settlers in the area. | | | A scholarly study of the influence of diverse ethnic groups on Mississippi culture. |
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http://www.frontierpress.com/frontier.cgi?category=ms
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| | Governor Sargent (a federalist appointee) was criticized by political opponents in the territory for, among other things, promulgating entirely new laws rather than adopting them from some other state. | | | Mississippi experienced several forms of government during this period, adopted and amended two state constitutions, and attempted to sever legal ties to the United States. | | | Because there had been no appeals from Mississippi state courts to the Supreme Court prior to the Civil War, the attempted secession (and resulting elimination of superior federal court) had little effect on legal practice in state courts. |
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http://home.olemiss.edu/~mhoffhei/exams/CIVPROHS.htm
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| | Mississippi Slavery |
| | By 1835 these Indian nations had lost all claims to their territory. | | | The rest of the state was held by the Chickasaw and Choctow nations. | | | When the government of the United States established the Mississippi Territory in 1798, the region around Natchez, which held the bulk of the population, contained about 5,000 whites and 3,500 slaves. |
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http://www.blackokelleys.net/mississippi_history.htm
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| | The Great Migration 1798-1819 |
| | Additionally, students will speculate on how the development (history) of the area would have been different if the Great Migration had never occurred. | | | (Indicate on a large Mississippi map areas of national forests in the area.) Lead them to discuss what things they would need to do in order to settle the area. | | | Using their map, students will write a paragraph describing the location of the Mississippi Territory and how its boundaries were different from the boundaries of the modern state. |
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http://teacherexchange.mde.k12.ms.us/MHNLP/greatmigrationlp.htm
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| | American History and Genealogy Project - State of Mississippi Genealogical and Historical Research |
| | The USGenWeb Texas Archives has published a large number of files containing personal information about living individuals who were born, married, or divorced in Texas. | | | American History and Genealogy Project - State of Mississippi Genealogical and Historical Research | | | If you have a concern, visit the appropriate Texas county to see if your personal information, or the information of a family member, has been published. |
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http://www.natchezbelle.org/ahgp-ms
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| | Letter books of William Charles Cole Claiborne |
| | The attempt to collect claims of land is not complete for various reasons. | | | Note: The documents are sometimes out of chronological order because they may be enclosures with letters to Federal officials in Washington or are letters from the Federal government which take perhaps a month to be delivered. | | | Governor Salcedo has been ordered to deliver Louisiana to the French. |
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http://www.enlou.com/wcccletters/wcccletters-1802-4q.htm
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| | Natchez on Encyclopedia.com |
| | Publication: Mississippi Business Journal; Author: Lofton, Lynn ; Source: MAGAZINES | | | Natchez once housed a large, prosperous Jewish community and is home to the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience. | | | The southern terminus of the Natchez Trace, it became a great river port and the cultural center of the planter aristocracy before the Civil War. |
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http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/N/Natchez.asp
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| | Mississippi Books |
| | 0913193 Land Claims in the Mississippi Territory, Lowrie, 1986, 304pp $30.00 | | | 085025 Mississippi Territory in the War of 1812, This is the major historical and genealogical source for information on the part played by the Mississippi Territory in the campaign against the British and the Creeks during the War of 1812. | | | Also included are the names of the Choctaws wishing to remain after the removal from Ward's Register., Strickland, 1990, 134pp $30.00 |
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http://members.aol.com/TMCorner/book_mis.htm
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| | Mississippi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Mississippi is a Southern state of the United States. | | | Mississippi was the second state to secede from the Union as one of the Confederate States of America on January 9, 1861. | | | This article is about the U.S. State; for other meanings, see Mississippi (disambiguation). |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Mississippi |
| | was territory of the United States and was claimed by the State of Georgia. | | | In 1802 the State of Georgia ceded to the United States its claim to all territory north of 31° N. lat. | | | The validity of these suffrage qualifications has been sustained by the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of Williams vs. The State of Mississippi, decided by a unanimous court in 1896. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10394a.htm
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| | Mississippi Territory |
| | Mississippi Territory was was a historic, organized territory of the United States from April 7, 1798, and expanded twice (in 1804 and 1812), until it extended from the Gulf of Mexico to the southern border of Tennessee. | | | The Mississippi Territory was organized in 1798 from land that had been disputed by the U.S. and Spain until Spain ceded claim with Treaty of Madrid (1795)Treaty of Madrid in 1795. | | | The state of Georgia (U.S. state)Georgia maintained a claim over almost the entire area of the present states of Alabama and Mississippi (from 31° N to 35° N) until it surrendered its claim in 1802/. |
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http://www.infothis.com/find/Mississippi_Territory
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| | Ancestors Of George & Hazel Mullins: Chapter 5 - Mississippi Territory |
| | Until well into the 1840s they dominated the Territorial, and then the State, economy and government. | | | was the extreme western and southern limits of the territory claimed by the United States in 1798. | | | Summary: The Natchez District became a part of the United States after the Revolutionary War. |
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http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~pmullins/chapter05.htm
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| | St. Louis Public Library: Gateway Family Historian Summer 2004: They Came from Mississippi |
| | The state does a census of veterans-records available from Mississippi Department of Archives and History. | | | Pierre le Moyne d'Iberville leads a French expedition which cements France's claim to the area. | | | The capital of Mississippi is moved from Washington to Jackson; territorial capital had long been Natchez. |
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http://www.slpl.lib.mo.us/libsrc/gfh0402p4.htm
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| | Mississippi Fast Facts and Trivia |
| | Thanks to: Ron Collins, Greg Maxedon, Source: "Mississippi", published by the office of the Secretary of State | | | Mississippi was the first state in the nation to have a planned system of junior colleges. | | | Mississippi suffered the largest percentage of people who died in the Civil War of any Confederate State. |
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http://www.50states.com/facts/miss.htm
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| | Daniel Clark-Real Estate |
| | This grant from Governor Gayoso is made to Marcus Olivarez. | | | Ordered, that they severally be referred to the committee appointed on the 16th of January last on petitions of a similar nature, to consider and report thereon. | | | The newspapers become the center of political struggle. |
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http://www.enlou.com/people/clarkd-land.htm
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| | Ancestors Of George & Hazel Mullins: Chapter 4 - The Journey West |
| | Samuel Varnadoe and his family made the journey in 1811. | | | When the US government recognized these so-called Civilized Indian Nations in 1786 it assumed the responsibility of regulating those American citizens living or traveling in the Indian nations. | | | US citizens traveling to Mississippi Territory from the eastern states were required to have passports. |
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http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~pmullins/chapter04.htm
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| | Mississippi Territory in the War of 1812 (GW 5025) |
| | This is the major historical and genealogical source for information on the part played by the Mississippi Territory in the campaign against the British and the Creeks during the War of 1812. | | | Excerpted with permission from Volume IV of Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society, Mrs. | | | Rowland's book is an authoritative reference compiled from primary sources and transcriptions, photostats of which appear throughout the volume. |
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http://www.familyhaven.com/genealogy/genealogy01/0806303018AMUS489484.shtml
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| | Mississippi State Capitol |
| | The State Library and the Supreme Court chambers, now both committee meeting rooms, are located on the second floor. | | | The ship was sold to Greece in 1914 but the figurehead was presented to Mississippi by the United States Navy in December 1909. | | | The Beaux Arts style building was designed to house all branches of the Mississippi state government. |
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http://www.ls.state.ms.us/htms/cap_info.htm
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| | Mississippi.com |
| | On December 10, 1817 the Mississippi Territory became the 20th state accepted into the United States of America. | | | A trip to the Gulf Islands National Seashore should not be missed when traveling through this region of Mississippi. | | | Mississippi Gulf Coast The Gulf Coast has many attractions to offer visitors. |
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http://www.mississippi.com
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| | Mississippi Codes 1799-1839 |
| | The Statutes of the State of Mississippi of a Public and General Nature, With the Constitutions of the United States and of this State: And an Appendix Containing Acts of Congress Affecting Land Titles, Naturalization, andc. | | | The Revised Code of the Laws of Mississippi, In Which are Comprised All Such Acts of the General Assembly, of a Public Nature, As Were in Force at the End of the Year 1823; With a General Index. | | | Jackson, Mississippi: Alcorn and Fisher, State Printers, 1871. |
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http://library.mssc.state.ms.us/MSCodesAll.htm
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| | Mississippi |
| | Mississippi has more churches per capita than any other state. | | | This resulted in the infant United States acquiring the Mississippi Territory in 1798, with Natchez as the first territorial capital. | | | Mississippi was admitted to statehood in December 1817. |
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http://www.ohwy.com/ms
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| | SOLDIERS OF THE MISSISSIPPI TERRITORY |
| | This is a growing web site any additions to the information would be appreciated. | | | Nixon's Regiment of Mississippi Militia in service to the United States, formed by order of the Governor, December 1813. | | | Mississippi Territory in the War of 1812, Mrs. |
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http://home.bak.rr.com/simpsoncounty/war1812.htm
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| | Early Southwest Mississippi Territory - MSGenWeb |
| | The Choctaw fought on the Confederate side during the War Between the States, and were later instrumental in having Oklahoma admitted as a state, in 1907. | | | The Choctaw were also known as Flatheads, because they compressed the heads of their babies into a peak using a V-shaped wicker device. | | | This group became known as the Western Band of Cherokee. |
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http://www.rootsweb.com/~msswterr/natribes.htm
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| | Flag |
| | This U.S. flag also waved in 1817, as Mississippi was admitted as the 20th U.S. state. | | | Later, Choctaw and Chickasaw Indian lands were added to the territory. | | | This flag flew over Mississippi forts at Ocean Springs (Fort Maurepas) and Natchez, until the French were ousted in 1763. |
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http://www.its.state.ms.us/et/portal/MSFlags/flags.html
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| | Everetts of Mississippi |
| | Washington County had been established in 1800 to include the former Tombigbee District and that portion of the 1805 cession which was east of the Pearl River, extending into areas of what would become Alabama. | | | Prior to the admission of Mississippi as a state, another census was ordered in 1816. | | | While most of our Mississippi Everett research has been focused on this family, we have spent considerable time attempting to find connections between these three families. |
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http://everetthistory.home.mindspring.com/MS.html
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| | Territory Timeline |
| | No further treaties with Indian nations will be executed by the United States Congress. | | | The Territory of Orleans has a total population of 77,000 people. | | | 1869 -- Wyoming Territory becomes the first American political entity to give women the right to vote, plus the right to hold office and serve on juries. |
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http://www.lewis-clark.org/content/content-article.asp?ArticleID=332
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| | Mississippi |
| | From the native peoples and early explorers to those seeking freedom on the Underground Railroad, this corridor has played a major role in the history of the nation. | | | Native Americans, Kaintuck boatmen, post riders, government officials, soldiers and fortune seekers all moved across this trail, charting new territory and creating a vital link between the Mississippi Territory and the fledgling United States. | | | No contact information is available for this state. |
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http://www.byways.org/browse/states/MS
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| | 5th Texas Partisan Cavalry Regiment |
| | The Texas 5th Cavalry Regiment, Partisan Rangers was organized by the consolidation of the 9th Partisan Rangers Battalion and the 10th Cavalry Battalion in early 1863. | | | The 5th Texas Calvary Partisan Rangers organized at Fort Washita, Indian Territory. | | | The regiment existed for two years and three months and participated in several skirmishes and battles primarily in Indian Territory. |
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http://www.bauer.uh.edu/parks/tex/crg005a.html
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| | AllRefer.com - Indian Territory, Mississippi (MS) - (territory) - Facts and Information |
| | The Indian Territory included present-day Okla. N and E of the Red R., as well as parts of Kansas and Nebr.; the lands were delimited in 1854, however, by the creation of the Kansas and Nebr. territories. | | | The Indian Removal Act of 1830 exchanged Indian lands in SE U.S. for land W of Miss. | | | Tribes other than the original 5 also moved there, but each one maintained its own govt. |
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http://reference.allrefer.com/gazetteer/I/I01127-indian-territory.html
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| | Ancestry.com - Mississippi Genealogy |
| | view all 7 Mississippi Court, Land, Probate Records » | | | view all 43 Mississippi Family & Local Histories » | | | Check out the Map Center containing thousands of maps. |
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http://www.ancestry.com/search/locality/dbpage.aspx?i=d&tp=2&p=27
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| | Early Southwest Mississippi Territory - MSGenWeb |
| | This application will search all pages contained on this site. | | | Contact Ellen Pack or Carolyn Switzer for information/questions about this page. | | | Mail List for Early SW MS Territory - MSSWTERR-L |
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http://www.rootsweb.com/~msswterr
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| | Marriage Index's |
| | Josiah Simpson appointed Judge of Mississippi by the President. | | | Was established on 23 Mar 1844, formed from Washington Co. Tallula first County Seat until 1876 then Mayersville as the County seat. | | | Was established in 1802, formed from Adams Co. Named in honor of General James Wilkerson. |
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http://www.mississippiconnections.nisa.com/marriageindex.html
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| | Information about U.S. FDC: 3¢ Mississippi Territory |
| | If you plan to order any of the above items you can do it any of three ways: | | | Upon this map is superimposed the Seal of the Mississippi Territory reproduced from the original form wherein the second syllable has only one "s." In the upper right portion of the stamp is a portrait of Governor Winthrop Sargent, the first Governor of the Mississippi Territory. | | | To celebrate the one hundred fiftieth anniversary of the Mississippi Territory, showing the successive stages of growth in the size of the Territory. |
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http://www.unicover.com/EA1CALEX.HTM
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| | Alabama Archives: Mississippi Territory |
| | Source: Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama, map L-59 | | | Map of the Mississippi Territory, 1813, by John Carey. |
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