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| | History of Newton County, Mississippi, from 1834 to 1894, Chapter 8 |
 | | The records of the county, including all important matters that had been there from the commencement of the county, with the record of all the land deeds, and all other important transactions, were gone, and without power to reclaim many of them. |
 | | As soon as the news of the burning of the court-house was well understood in the county, the people began to agitate again as to the removal, and at the next meeting of the Legislature, which took place during the year 1877, a petition was presented by the representative of the county, Hon. |
 | | The Indian population, according to the census of 1890, is 349 in this county. |
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