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	Neshoba County, Mississippi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 2005, 80-year-old Edgar Ray Killen was arrested for the killings.
		According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,481 km² (572 mi²).
		The county is known for its county fair The Neshoba County Fair and harness horse races.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Neshoba_County (558 words)

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		Neshoba County was established by the Mississippi legislature on December 23, 1833.
		However, hundreds of Neshoba County men were killed in battle, died from the “fevers” that plagued Civil War camps, or were maimed for life by federal shot and shell.
		By 1880 the county’s natural timber resources were becoming an important economic factor, and by 1910 Neshoba County sawmills were too numerous to count.
	www.neshoba.org /history.html (266 words)

	Neshoba County Fair
		The Neshoba County Fair has its roots in the agricultural fairs and the church camp meetings popular in the nineteenth century.
		The Lake Patron's Union in Scott County was a regional fair held on the former site of a Methodist camp meeting and served as a model for Neshoba Countians wanting to establish a fair of their own.
		The Neshoba County Fair has grown from a two-day meeting of local farmers and their families to an eight day Giant House Party in over 600 cabins and over 200 RV campers.
	www.neshobacountyfair.org /history.htm (375 words)

	Neshoba County Fair – Philadelphia, Mississippi
		Established in 1889, the Neshoba County Fair® fosters political, agricultural, and social exchanges of knowledge and ideas.
		The Fair cabin is the center of activity for families staying at the fair and the front porch is the most popular place for gathering.
		The Neshoba County Fair is the political forum for the State of Mississippi.
	www.neshobacountyfair.org (203 words)

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		Neshoba County is located in Mississipi and includes work on the Choctaw Reservation, in the town of Philadelphia and in surrounding areas.
		Located in the east central area of Mississippi, Neshoba County has a population of 28,684, with a diverse makeup of three primary groups of people: Caucasians (65%), African Americans (20%) and Native Americans (14%), most of which are of the Choctaw tribe.
		The county seat for Neshoba County, Philadelphia, is the setting for racial tensions depicted in the Civil Rights movie âMississippi Burning.â In 1964, three Civil Rights workers were murdered after coming to Philadelphia to increase the African American vote.
	www.youthworks.com /getSite.aspx?siteID=500 (648 words)

	Neshoba County hopes trial brings closure \| ajc.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		By outward appearances, Neshoba has progressed light- years from the dark days when the bodies of three civil rights workers were unearthed from a country dam.
		Neshoba Sheriff Lawrence Rainey (left) and Deputy Cecil Ray Price are shown in 1964 after being charged, then released on bond, in connection with the slayings of the rights workers.
		The Klan burned 12 crosses in Neshoba County in April 1964, two months before Goodman, Schwerner and Chaney came to investigate the burning of a fl church.
	www.ajc.com /news/content/news/stories/0605/12trialside.html (1139 words)

	J.G. Russell Family Tree - Person Page 18
		Neshoba County, MS, Shown as age 33, farmer, born MS, with wife Sina, age 33, born MS, and their children Mary A., 9; Elizabeth, 7; Nathaniel, 5; Alonzo, 3; and Isabella (presumably named for his sister), age 1 month, all born MS.
		Neshoba County, MS, Shown as age 43, a widower, farmer, with children Elizabeth, 18; William F., 15 (corresponds to child Nathaniel on 1870 census); Elifus E., 12 (corresponds to child Alonzo on 1870 census); Ira B. and John C., both age 6.
		Neshoba County, MS, Shown as age 63, farmer, born MS of parents both born VA, living with second wife Joanna, 61, born MS of a father born GA and mother born VA, and daughter Annie, 17.
	www.jgrussell.com /famtree/p18.htm (1820 words)

	Choctaw Towns in Newton County
		The aborigines of Newton county lived in rude cabins, which stood in what may be termed straggling towns, with fields of Indian corn and patches of vegetables intervening.
		As that town is placed to the south of West Mokalusa Town in Neshoba county and to the east of Chunky creek, it is almost certain that this town, the name of which is illegible almost, is almost certain that this is the town of Bissasha.
		There was a trail that led from this town easterly to Mokalusha Town in Neshoba county, and westerly to a town in Newton county called “Okhata Talaia”, Spreading pond, which was situated in the southwest quarter of section 11, township 7, range 10, east.
	nchgs.org /native/towns (2414 words)

	J.G. Russell Family Tree - Person Page 28
		prob Neshoba County, MS, date of birth extrapolated from census records; Jacob is on the Sep 20 1860 census as a seven-year-old born in MS.
		prob Neshoba County, MS, date of birth extrapolated from census records; William is on the 1860 Neshoba County MS census as a five-year-old.
		George Washington Gentry; MS, date and place of marriage are extrapolated from census records; the couple was married as of the 1860 Neshoba County MS census and both were born in MS.
	www.jgrussell.com /famtree/p28.htm (1609 words)

	NPR : Truth and Reconciliation in Neshoba County
		Neshoba County residents Lavada Cole, 51, and Jennifer Hawthorne, 40 -- both members of the Mt. Zion church -- discuss Philadelphia's painful history and the changes they'd like to see in their community.
		On June 21, 1964, three civil rights workers, in Mississippi for "freedom summer," were killed after traveling to Neshoba County to investigate the burning of Mt. Zion, a fl church.
		For years, the history of Neshoba County's racial violence was hushed up -- not taught in schools, or talked about in upstanding white families.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=1962220 (557 words)

	Henry Breazeale: Ninth Generation
		Ethel Gertrude Breazeale was born in Burnside, Neshoba County, MS May 30, 1913.
		James Richard Breazeale was born in Burnside, Neshoba County, MS July 16, 1918.
		Margarett Elizabeth Breazeale was born in Burnside, Neshoba County, MS May 21, 1928.
	webpages.charter.net /algood/b624/i0001689.htm (436 words)

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		If you were to visit www.neshoba.org hoping to find some information on Neshoba County, you’d find that “Neshoba” is an Indian word for “wolf.” You’d also discover that during the Civil War, residents of the county loss tens of thousands of dollars in hard currency invested in Confederate bonds.
		Leroy Clemons, a Neshoba County native and co-chair of the Philadelphia Coalition, a multi-racial task force that was charged with planning the 40th anniversary commemoration of the 1964 slayings, said he had mixed emotions about Killen being arrested and charged with murder.
		Neshoba County has been hurt by businesses not wanting to relocate here because what happened 40 years ago and because nothing was ever done about it.
	www.mississippilink.com /pv/pageview.pl?section=hotstories&newsfile=n200501125.txt (1376 words)

	John Doar's Closing Argument in the Mississippi Burning Trial
		Members of the Jury, Neshoba County chose to remain silent as to what was known about the events that night in that county.
		Some were so confident in the protection of the Neshoba law that they began to talk among their selves, others, because they were away from the scene of the killing believed themselves free from prosecution, still others talked among themselves, Sam Bowers boasted about it, and Miller reported what he heard.
		The Neshoba County law enforcement officer, Cecil Ray Price, controlled the time of release, he could have released them an hour later, he could have released them an hour early, but he released them just so they would go to their deaths.
	www.law.umkc.edu /faculty/projects/ftrials/price&bowers/doarclose.htm (7140 words)

	Welcome to Neshoba!
		Neshoba County was formed from Choctaw Cession in 1833, as a result of the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek.
		Neshoba (originally Nashoba) is the Choctaw word for wolf.
		I do not live in Neshoba County MS and do not have access to additional records.
	www.rootsweb.com /~msneshob (604 words)

	James Ellis Kept Accounts
		One year after the formation of Newton County, James Ellis was operating a tavern and store in Decatur, and he kept very accurate accounts of the business transactions between himself and the people of the area.
		Ellis, as a member of the legislature from Neshoba County, petitioned that body on behalf of the citizens of Neshoba County who wished for a new county to be called Newton.
		After Newton County was formed, Ellis served as the first elected representative of the new county, serving from 1836 to 1841.
	nchgs.org /families/ellis (1701 words)

	Jackson Free Press \| Dick Molpus Raises the Roof in Neshoba County
		First, we are seeing a remarkable display of unity and connection from the citizens of Philadelphia and Neshoba County.
		By most accounts there were twenty men from Neshoba and Lauderdale Counties involved in the planning and actual executions.
		Black, white and Choctaw Indian communities here in Neshoba County and Mississippi struggle with the scourge of school dropouts, teen pregnancy and drug abuse that keep the cycle of poverty unbroken.
	www.jacksonfreepress.com /comments.php?id=3227_0_22_0_C (1471 words)

	Harness racers chase thrill at Neshoba County Fair - The Clarion-Ledger
		He's thinking back to the summer of 1999 when he won two harness races at the Neshoba County Fair with a swift pacer named Dephanie Stephanie.
		The Neshoba County Fair, where the races begin Sunday and run through July 27, is to Mississippi harness drivers what the Super Bowl is to football players.
		"But the Neshoba County Fair races are the ones we all want to win because we're around each other so much," James says.
	orig.clarionledger.com /news/0107/20/a02.html (961 words)

	The Reagan Information Page:1980 Campaign:Neshoba County Fair Appearance
		You may have seen some of the unsupported allegations made about Reagan's stop at the Neshoba County Fair in 1980.
		A: The Neshoba County Fair has a rich tradition of being a forum for lively entertainment, including political debate.
		Not to mention the fact that the County Fair is held "near", not "in" Philadelphia.
	www.presidentreagan.info /1980_campaign/neshoba.cfm (1010 words)

	Reputed Klansman arrested in 1964 Neshoba County civil rights slayings - Stormfront White Nationalist Community (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Reputed Ku Klux Klansman Edgar Ray Killen was arrested late Thursday on murder charges in the 1964 slaying of three civil rights workers in Neshoba County, officials said.
		Neshoba County Sheriff Larry Myers told The Associated Press that Killen, a 79-year-old preacher, was arrested at home without incident.
		Neshoba County District Attorney Mark Duncan said during the grand jury hearing that arraignments would be held Friday morning.
	www.stormfront.org /forum/showthread.php?mode=hybrid&t=176394 (1138 words)

	Digital Neshoba County Map, Maps of Neshoba County County, Mississippi. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Neshoba County Map, Maps of Neshoba County and all Mississippi County Maps.
		Every county map is available, but we may not yet have your county of interest completed.
		Individual County Overview vector graphics are priced by population, with prices ranging from $275 to $425 per county.
	www.creativeforceinc.com /county_maps/county_maps.asp?ID=2457 (229 words)

	Mt Zion Cemetery - Neshoba County
		In 1870 Cuzzy was living in the household of her daughter Martha and husband Green B. Walton, in Neshoba Co, MS.
		William Henry Williamson was a Lt. in the the War between the States for the 40th Mississippi Infantry nickname Neshoba Tigers.
		Most of the Williamson families in Neshoba County today are descendants of this Williamson clan and his three brothers John, Benjaman, and Nixon.
	carolshouse.com /cemeteryrecords/mtzionneshoba (2304 words)

	DM: Pearl High killer deserves justice
		Moved from Rankin County to Neshoba County because of pre-trial publicity, longtime residents of Neshoba County know that Rankin County Circuit Judge Samac Richardson is a Neshoba County native whose late father, Burdette Richardson, was a former Neshoba County Circuit Clerk.
		And while there is no small amount of local pride in Judge Richardson's rise to judicial prominence and confidence that he will render judgments of Solomonic wisdom while presiding over this trial in his home county, no one in Neshoba County welcomes the intrusion of Woodham's case into their midst.
		I've encountered no one in the state of Mississippi who doesn't believe to a moral certainty that Luke Woodham is guilty of murder three times and guilty of murdering the innocence of his classmates dozens and dozens of times over.
	www.olemiss.edu /news/dm/archives/98/9806/980603/980603ED2salter.HTML (864 words)

	STATS Indiana - USA Counties IN Profile
		Overview for Neshoba County, MS Neshoba County is one of about 3,141 counties and county equivalents in the United States.
		The population of this county is 1.2% Hispanic (of any race).
		USA Counties IN Profile provides current federal statistics on a variety of demographic and economic indicators.
	www.stats.indiana.edu /uspr/a/usprofiles/28/us_over_sub_pr28099.html (233 words)

	The Neshoba Democrat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Twenty-one students seeking to improve their leadership skills tested their courage in a series of problem-solving experiences as part of the Leadership Neshoba program.
		Trailing by four late in the game, Neshoba Central had two chances to sneak out of Wildcat Stadium with a win over Louisville.
		But two chances inside the 15 yard line in the last five minutes produced four points and Louisville was able to hang on for a 34-30 victory.
	www.neshobademocrat.com (625 words)

	June 21, 1964: Neshoba County killings
		The Ku Klux Klan had burned Mount Zion Church because the minister allowed it to be used as a place for civil rights activists to organize and to recruit.
		After the three had gone into Neshoba County to investigate, they were subsequently stopped and arrested by Neshoba deputy Sheriff Cecil Price.
		In 1951, he left Sunflower County in the Mississippi Delta and moved to Pascagoula.
	www.usm.edu /crdp/html/cd/neshoba.htm (648 words)

	The Political Graveyard: Neshoba County, Miss. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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		The intent is to locate places according to current county names and boundaries.
	politicalgraveyard.com /geo/MS/NE.html (555 words)

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