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	Mississippi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Mississippi Territory was organized on April 7, 1798, from territory ceded by Georgia and South Carolina; it was later twice expanded to include disputed territory claimed by both the U.S. and Spain.
		Mississippi was the second state to secede from the Union as one of the Confederate States of America on January 9, 1861.
		Mississippi was considered to typify the Deep South during the era of Jim Crow.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mississippi (1652 words)

	Mississippi, state, United States. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Mississippi’s generally hilly landscape reaches its highest point (806 ft/246 m) in the northeastern corner of the state along the Tennessee River.
		Mississippi is traditionally one of the more rural states in the Union; not until 1965 did manufacturing take over as the leading revenue-producing sector of its economy.
		In 1817 Mississippi became a state, with substantially its present-day boundaries; the eastern section of the Mississippi Territory was organized as Alabama Territory.
	www.bartleby.com /65/mi/Missip.html (2280 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Mississippi
		The highest water is from January to April, followed often, in the Mississippi, by what is termed the June rise which is caused by the melting of the snow and ice in the upper Mississippi and in its tributaries.
		In Mississippi we meet with all the different animals that are found in the gulf states.
		The present territory of Mississippi was acquired and claimed as follows: That portion south of 31° N. lat.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/10394a.htm (3969 words)

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		Mississippi thus early inherited the problematic distinction between law and equity, and as early as 1805 a party was arguing that an action should be dismissed because of an error as between law and equity.
		The inhabitants of the said territory shall always be entitled tot he benefits of the writs of habeas corpus, and of the trial by jury; of a proportionate representation in the legislature, and of judicial proceedings according to the course of the common law.
		For example the territorial judge who sat as trial judge in parts of the territory not yet made a county (and in the separate Washington district) was referred to (descriptively) as the district or district superior court, while the same judge sitting as trial court counties was referred to (descriptively) as circuit court.
	home.olemiss.edu /~mhoffhei/exams/CIVPROHS.htm (16526 words)

	Flags Over Mississippi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Under the provisions of the Treaty of Paris of 1763, France ceded its territory east of the Mississippi River to England, and its territory west of the river, along with New Orleans, to Spain.
		In 1906, Mississippi adopted a revised code that included a provision that repealed all general laws that were not reenacted by the legislature or brought forward in the new code.
		Even though Mississippi did not legally have an official state flag after 1906, no one seemed to have known it and practically everyone who was interested in such things presumed that it did and continued to fly the flag that was adopted in 1894.
	mshistory.k12.ms.us /features/feature2/flagsoverms.html (3171 words)

	Mississippi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		See: List of Mississippi counties image Physical Geography: Mississippi is bounded by Tennessee on the north, Alabama on the east, the Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana on the south, and on the west, across the Mississippi River, the states of Louisiana and Arkansas.
		Mississippi's physical geography is characterized by two distinct regions: the Mississippi River Floodplain and the Gulf Coastal Plain.
		The Mississippi Floodplain runs along the western part of the state, adjacent to the Mississippi River, and includes the Mississippi Delta region, one of the most fertile regions in the world.
	www.yotor.com /wiki/en/mi/Mississippi.htm (1428 words)

	Mississippi Fast Facts and Trivia
		Mississippi was the first state in the nation to have a planned system of junior colleges.
		Natchez was settled by the French in 1716 and is the oldest permanent settlement on the Mississippi River.
		Of Mississippi's 82 counties, Yazoo County is the largest and Alcorn County is the smallest.
	www.50states.com /facts/miss.htm (1068 words)

	Mississippi Codes 1799-1839
		The Statutes of the Mississippi Territory, Revised and Digested by the Authority of the General Assembly.
		Annotated Mississippi Code Containing All General Statutes of Mississippi in Force January 1, 1927 and the Constitutions of the United States and the State of Mississippi All Completely Annotated by William Hemingway of the University Of Mississippi Law Faculty in Two Volumes.
		Mississippi Code of 1930 of the Public Statute Laws of the State of Mississippi, Revised and Annotated by the Code Commission under the Provisions of an Act of the Legislature Approved April 26
	library.mssc.state.ms.us /MSCodesAll.htm (1351 words)

	Daniel Clark-Real Estate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In September 1805 this title is granted to Daniel Clark (9/24/1805, #632, 1,023 acres french measure on the Mississippi River, v3p137) by a congressional commission on land claims in the Mississippi Territory.
		In August 1805 this title is granted to Daniel Clark (8/1/1805, #474, 800 acres french measure on the Mississippi River, v2p391) by a congressional commission on land claims in the Mississippi Territory.
		In October 1805 this title is granted to Daniel Clark (10/2/1805, #647, 600 acres french measure on the Mississippi River, v3p167) by a congressional commission on land claims in the Mississippi Territory.
	www.enlou.com /people/clarkd-land.htm (2635 words)

	Frontier Press Bookstore - Mississippi - 1-800-772-7559 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Mississippi Confederate Pension Applications, A-G, Wiltshire, Betty C. An index to the Confederate pension applications in the Mississippi Department of Archives and History at Jackson, Mississippi.
		Mississippi Confederate Pension Applications, H-O, Wiltshire, Betty C. An index to the Confederate pension applications in the Mississippi Department of Archives and History at Jackson, Mississippi.
		Mississippi Confederate Pension Applications, P-Z, Wiltshire, Betty C. An index to the Confederate pension applications in the Mississippi Department of Archives and History at Jackson, Mississippi.
	www.frontierpress.com /frontier.cgi?category=ms (1633 words)

	Everetts of Mississippi
		Most of this land encompassed the territories of the Creeks to the east, the Choctaw to the west, the Chickasaw to the northwest, and a few scattered smaller tribes.
		The U.S. Census of 1810 enumerated inhabitants of the territory by county.
		The earliest Everetts on record in the counties of the western Mississippi Territory were two WILLIAMS, probably a father and son, identified in the 1805 census of Wilkinson County.
	everetthistory.home.mindspring.com /MS.html (924 words)

	St. Louis Public Library: Gateway Family Historian Summer 2004: They Came from Mississippi
		Congress increases the size of Mississippi Territory so that it runs from Tennessee in the north to the Gulf of Mexico in the south.
		The eastern half of Mississippi Territory becomes the State of Alabama.
		The capital of Mississippi is moved from Washington to Jackson; territorial capital had long been Natchez.
	www.slpl.lib.mo.us /libsrc/gfh0402p4.htm (591 words)

	Mississippi Territory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		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/.
		In 1817 the Mississippi Territory was divided, when the western portion became the state of Mississippi, and the eastern became the Alabama Territory, with St. Stephens, AlabamaSt.
	www.infothis.com /find/Mississippi_Territory (589 words)

	Mississippi Territory in the War of 1812 (GW 5025) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		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.
		Rowland's detailed historical narrative discusses all the major conflicts in the Mississippi theater, commencing with the Battle of Burnt Corn in July 1813 and the massacre at Fort Mims--which resulted in Andrew Jackson's assumption of command--through the Battle of Horseshoe Bend to the legendary Battle of New Orleans.
	www.familyhaven.com /genealogy/genealogy01/0806303018AMUS489484.shtml (211 words)

	Mississippi.com
		On December 10, 1817 the Mississippi Territory became the 20th state accepted into the United States of America.
		However, anyone who thinks that a day at the beach is all that Mississippi has to offer will be missing a chance to see an amazing area that is steeped with tradition.
		Today the Delta region of the Mississippi is a picturesque area filled with history and tradition.
	www.mississippi.com (440 words)

	Ancestors Of George & Hazel Mullins: Chapter 4 - The Journey West
		Summary: The journey to Mississippi Territory was made over poorly-marked footpaths through Indian-occupied territory during the winter months.
		US citizens traveling to Mississippi Territory from the eastern states were required to have passports.
		However there were very few roads into the Mississippi Territory in those days so it is possible to make a reasonable guess.
	uts.cc.utexas.edu /~pmullins/chapter04.htm (1457 words)

	Mississippi
		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.
		The rarest of North American cranes, the Mississippi Sandhill Crane, lives in the grassy savannas of Jackson County.
	www.ohwy.com /ms (286 words)

	Mississippi State Capitol (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Portraits of Mississippi's governors since the creation of the Mississippi Territory in 1798 are on display.
		The ship was sold to Greece in 1914 but the figurehead was presented to Mississippi by the United States Navy in December 1909.
		The Mississippi State Capitol is designated a Mississippi landmark building and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
	www.ls.state.ms.us /htms/cap_info.htm (403 words)

	The Great Migration 1798-1819
		As students research the great migration to the Mississippi Territory which occurred between 1798 and 1819, they will recognize how this time period played a dominant role in shaping the later history of the state.
		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.
		Descriptions of the early Mississippi Territory can be found in A History of Mississippi, Volume 1, and Mississippi’s Piney Woods: A Human Perspective.
	teacherexchange.mde.k12.ms.us /MHNLP/greatmigrationlp.htm (613 words)

	Ancestors Of George & Hazel Mullins: Chapter 5 - Mississippi Territory
		The Treaty of 1801 established the border of the Territory just west of the Tangipahoa River but settlers were prevented by law in 1803 from settling that far east.
		This new US Territory included all the land east of the Louisiana Purchase, south of the Mississippi Territory and, according to the Americans, west of Perdido Bay.
		The mixture of sandy clay and loess (soil with a high organic component) found in southwestern Mississippi proved to be ideal for cotton culture.
	uts.cc.utexas.edu /~pmullins/chapter05.htm (2001 words)

	SOLDIERS OF THE MISSISSIPPI TERRITORY
		Mississippi Territory- Basically the area westward from the Chattahoochee River (Alabama, Georgia) to the Mississippi River (Mississippi, Louisiana), Southward from the Tennesse River Valley (Alabama, Tennessee) to the Gulf of Mexico.
		Mississippi Territory in the War of 1812, Mrs.
		Mississippi Dragoons (Hind's Battalion of Cavalry, Mississippi Militia), this cavalry battalion was organized at Liberty, Natchez District in September, 1813, Lt. Colonel Thomas Hinds commanding.
	home.bak.rr.com /simpsoncounty/war1812.htm (1059 words)

	Cowles Mead (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The territory opened by the ceding of the Choctaw land in 1830 attracted new settlers from North and
		Burr voluntarily surrendered to Mississippi officials in exchange for a guaranteed trial in the territory, rather than face extradition.
		Mississippi Congressman Dan C. McGeehee was a native of Meadville.
	www.vaiden.net /cowles_mead.html (2086 words)

	Mississippi Slavery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		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.
		An increasing flow of newcomers to the southern and eastern sections of the territory, mainly from Kentucky, Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia, and the region above Mobile began to arrive.
		The French first introduced slavery into the Mississippi territory in the early 1700 and the English, who later settled into the territory, were eager purchasers of slaves.
	www.blackokelleys.net /mississippi_history.htm (541 words)

	Flag
		Then England took possession of the northern half of Mississippi (as part of its Georgia colony) and the southern half of Mississippi (as part of its West Florida colony).
		Mississippi Magnolia Flag (1861) - January 9, 1861 -- Mississippi voted to secede from the Union.
		When the Sovereign Republic of Mississippi joined the Confederate States of America, on March 27, the short-lived Magnolia flag was replaced by the Confederacy's flag.
	www.its.state.ms.us /et/portal/MSFlags/flags.html (576 words)

	Mississippi Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		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.
		All major conflicts in the Mississippi theater, commencing with the Battle of Burnt Corn in July 1813 to the legendary Battle of New Orleans.
		By law, only persons issued passports were allowed to enter the southeastern territories, and so the pastport records have the largest body of data relating to pioneers to the Southeastern United States.
	members.aol.com /TMCorner/book_mis.htm (1942 words)

	Territory Timeline
		Increasing numbers of English-speaking colonists settle along the tributaries of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers.
		Meriwether Lewis is appointed governor of the territory.
		Sioux and Northern Cheyenne Indian leaders agree to move to reservations in Dakota Territory; the U.S. government agrees to abandon roads and forts in the Powder River region, and permit the Indians to retain use of the old hunting grounds east of the Bighorn Mountains in southern Montana Territory.
	www.lewis-clark.org /content/content-article.asp?ArticleID=332 (1431 words)

	Natchez on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Natchez was capital of the Mississippi Territory from 1798 to 1802.
		Actors take a break from their historical portrayals in Raymond, Mississippi, just a short detour off the Natchez Trace Parkway, a scenic journey through the South.
		The Buffalo Community Church in Kosciusko, Mississippi is where Oprah Winfrey first performed in public and stands along the Natchez Trace Parkway, a scenic journey through the South.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/N/Natchez.asp (782 words)

	Letter books of William Charles Cole Claiborne (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		General Wilkinson begins to survey the old boundary line between the Mississippi territory and the Choctaw Nation.
		Estimates of area of land in Mississippi Territory at 1,6000,000 acres or 2,500 square miles on the river, comprehending counties of Jefferson, Adams, Wilkinson and Claiborne.
		Claiborne expected that the settlement of the French in Louisiana would be greatly regretted in the Mississippi Territory.
	www.enlou.com /wcccletters/wcccletters-1802-4q.htm (1983 words)

	Early Southwest Mississippi Territory - MSGenWeb (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Choctaw Indians were an agricultural and cattle-raising people who lived in central and southern Mississippi, as well as Alabama, Georgia, and Louisiana, during the 18th century.
		Hostility finally ended in 1830 with the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, but the entire Choctaw were forced to move across the Mississippi River into Oklahoma where they joined the Creek, Cherokee, Chickasaw, and Siminole in Oklahoma, and eventually became one of the Five Civilized Tribes.
		The Natchez tribe was established in the area of southeast Mississippi before the Spanish and French entered the area.
	www.rootsweb.com /~msswterr/natribes.htm (1041 words)

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