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  Quitman
Quitman, Georgia, United States [County]; population was 2,209 in 1990; housing units was 1,346 in 1990; location is 31°52'N 85°1'W; land area is 151.56 square miles (96,996 acres); water area is 9.38 square miles (6,002 acres); FIPS code is 239 [SourceCBP]
Quitman, Mississippi, United States [City]; population was 2,736 in 1990; housing units was 1,095 in 1990; location is 32°2'N 88°43'W; land area is 5.18 square miles (3,313 acres); water area is 0.73 square miles (465 acres); FIPS code is 60720 [SourceCBP]
Quitman, Mississippi, United States [County]; population was 10,490 in 1990; housing units was 3,880 in 1990; location is 34°15'N 90°17'W; land area is 404.87 square miles (259,116 acres); water area is 1.66 square miles (1,059 acres); FIPS code is 119 [SourceCBP]
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Quitman was elected to the lower house of the state legislature in 1827 and served until 1835.
Quitman was elected governor of Mississippi in 1849, and served until 1850 when he resigned after being indicted by a federal grand jury at New Orleans for violation of neutrality laws.
Quitman served as chancellor of Mississippi from 1827 to 1835 and was chairman of the judiciary committee of the constitutional convention of 1832.
www.lib.unc.edu /mss/inv/q/Quitman_Family   (5896 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Mississippi Delta
To the natives of the state of Mississippi the Mississippi Delta is the distinct northwest section of the state, generally between the Mississippi and Yazoo Rivers.
The valley reaches from southern Illinois to the junction of the Red, Atchafalaya and Mississippi rivers in central Louisiana.
The Natchez District is a region of Mississippi.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Mississippi-Delta   (2006 words)

  
 Quitman, Mississippi Drug Rehab Alcohol Treatment Addiction Rehab Information Narconon Arrowhead   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Mississippi is ideally suited with its interstate system, deepwater and river ports, and air and rail systems as the “Crossroads of the South” to facilitate drug movement from the South Texas/Mexico area and Gulf ports to the entire midwest and the eastern seaboard of the United States.
In Mississippi, cocaine is being illicitly trafficked and used by people from all racial and socioeconomic groups throughout the state’s 82 counties.
Overall, the Mexican population in Mississippi is steadily growing and Mexican drug trafficking groups are increasing in the rural, agricultural areas of the state.
www.stopaddiction.com /states/mississippi_drug_rehab_info~Quitman.html   (2222 words)

  
 Chancey
Quitman County was settled from older cotton-growing areas in both Panola County in the hills to the east and the higher, sandy geologically recent natural levees in Coahoma County.
By 1900 it was obvious that Mississippi's tradition of leasing convicts resulted in the enrichment of a few planters and contractors at the expense of the state, because prisoners were worked and beaten literally to the point of death and then returned to die in the state's paupers' hospitals.
Mississippi prisons were racially segregated until 1973; the mixing of prisoners coupled with the long-term lockups that came with the court-ordered end to prison farming resulted in a great deal of violence in the "cages" in the 1970s.
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 Quitman, Mississippi -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Quitman is a city located in (Click link for more info and facts about Clarke County, Mississippi) Clarke County, Mississippi.
Quitman is located at 32°2'35" North, 88°43'15" West (32.043004, -88.720867).
Out of the total population, 41.2% of those under the age of 18 and 9.7% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/q/qu/quitman,_mississippi.htm   (472 words)

  
 Road To War   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Quitman opposed the idea that the federal government could exclude slavery in the territories and could deny slaveholders the right to capture runaway slaves.
Governor Quitman convened the state legislature to call for a special convention hoping that a secessionist majority would withdraw the state from the Union.
Mississippi voters in 1851 had two chances to decide the fate of the state.
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 JOHN ANTHONY QUITMAN - Original Member of the Aztec Club of 1847
He fought for the independence of Texas in 1836, was afterwards a Major-General of the Mississippi militia and in 1839 elected judge of the court of errors and appeals.
Dashing across the plain carrying the artillery they found on their route, Quitman's troops forced their way up the side of the steep hill on which the ancient fortress was built in the face of destructive fire.
Rather, Quitman recommended that 10,000 troops be committed to continued occupation of the capital and Vera Cruz.
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 Wildlife and Folk Festival Quitman 2004
John Shirley of Meridian, Mississippi, is a game warden, but when he picks up a chain saw and rips into a piece of cedar wood he demonstrates his talents as a folk artist, creating spiritual sculptures of bears, eagles and Indians.
Quitman." Now this may seem like an odd name for a bear, but as he was born out of an old cedar log right here in Quitman on Oct. 2, 2004, I figured this little log of wooden bear could be named nothing else.
Quitman, the cedar bear cub, thus shall be the new logo and mascot of The Quitman Villager, that his charming gaze shall grace these pages and one day he might be as well known as the wooden Indian, Koligia, which once stood outside the country store at Lake Martin, Alabama.
www.byteland.org /quitman/wildlife_and_folk_festival.html   (799 words)

  
 Quitman County, Mississippi Genealogical Records Information
Quitman County Mississippi was organized in 1877 from Panola, Coahoma, Tunica and Tallahatchie Counties.
Quitman County was named for John A. Quitman, Governor of Mississippi from 1835-1836, and again from 1850-1851.
In 1910 Quitman County became dissatisfied with the location of the courthouse, and decided that it should be moved to the now thriving new town of Marks.
www.mymississippigenealogy.com /ms_county/qu.htm   (796 words)

  
 NAACP Legal Defense Fund -- Issues
Quitman County Mississippi, an impoverished Delta community, sued Mississippi in 1999 alleging that the State's failure to provide any funding to pay lawyers who defend the indigent in criminal cases violates the United States Constitution as well as the Mississippi Constitution.
Quitman's lawsuit survived an interlocutory appeal to the Mississippi Supreme Court, and the case went to trial in April of 2003.
Quitman's lawsuit is of particular interest to LDF and its co-amicus 100 Black Men of Jackson, as both organizations have decades-long commitments to the rights of poor and disenfranchised African Americans.
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 The Quitman Villager
I Love Quitman features a mosaic of original vibrant red hearts superimposed upon a soft background of the Clarke Co. Courthouse to express your love and pride in Quitman to all your family, friends and associates.
On the day after Katrina people in Quitman, Mississippi, some 120 miles from the Gulf Coast as the crow flies, came out of their homes to be greeted by fallen debris, limbs and leaves everywhere.
Quitman and he is a bear, born in the piney woods of Clarke County.
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 Quitman Mississippi chat room   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Quitman Mississippi rooms in various categories and a directory of other sites.
Quitman Mississippi web based chat rooms for everyone with an emphasis on chat safety.
Quitman Mississippi chat communities for teens, adults, singles.
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 Aaron Thomas Stapp   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
He must have been intelligent due to the fact that he was an supervisor of roads for his district in Quitman County, Mississippi.
From research in the Quitman County Courthouse, records have provided that Aaron Thomas Stapp was elected as a supervisor and commissioner for Beat 3 and part of Beat 5.
Land records show that he owned a considerable tract of land in Quitman County and was definitely one of the richest men in the county at that time.
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 Quitman Mississippi personals service   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Quitman Mississippi Personals dating service for singles looking for love and romance.
Quitman Mississippi Social groups, dating spots, single parents, places to meet, where to find personals ads.
Quitman Mississippi Free personals, advice on writing personal ads, chat rooms, and singles dating services.
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 Evidence for seasonal movement in the Mississippi map turtle, Graptemys pseudogeographica kohnii, in the Coldwater ...
Evidence for seasonal movement in the Mississippi map turtle, Graptemys pseudogeographica kohnii, in the Coldwater River, Quitman County, Mississippi
Seasonal movement in the Mississippi map turtle, Graptemys pseudogeographica kohnii, in the Coldwater River, Quitman County, Mississippi.
Non-baited hoop nets were used to sample a 3 km reach of the Coldwater River (approximately 10 km upstream of Marks, Quitman County, Mississippi; latitude 34.15.22, longitude 90.15.57) from 6 March 1995 to 5 May 1996.
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 Mississippi Roads with Walt Grayson on MPB TV - Quitman, Mississippi
Mississippi Roads travels to east central Mississippi along the Alabama border we visit the Clarke County town of Quitman.
Quitman was named for John A. Quitman Brigadier General of the Mississippi Militia in the Mexican War.
During the Civil War, Quitman was ransacked and burned as Sherman lead his Union troops on the march to the sea.
www.etv.state.ms.us /television/series/Roads/2006-2007/2706.htm   (961 words)

  
 Find Churches in Quitman Mississippi - FlockFinder.com
For a while now, churches in Mississippi have been pressured to get a "church website" hoping it would be an effective tool and a way to promote church growth.
Churches in Quitman Mississippi would be amazed at the amount of people looking for a church in their area.
Alot of churches in Mississippi don't realize the challenge Christians are facing each week trying to find good churches to attend.
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 Quitman County School District
Our goal in the Quitman County School District is to recruit teachers who are willing to contribute their unique experiences to help every one of our almost 1,700 students achieve an educational experience that enables them to become self-sufficient adults.
The Quitman County School District needs teachers who are themselves as leaders in eliminating the inequities typically associated with low-income communities.
Quitman County is only an hour from the metropolis of Memphis, with its multiplicity of cultural and professional sports activities; it is less than an hour from the entertainment venues afforded by Mississippi's major gaming industry; and, it is located in the heart of one of America's premiere hunting and fishing destinations.
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 Quitman, Mississippi :: Debt Settlement Online
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 Quitman, Mississippi MS, city profile (Clarke County) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
Mississippi > All counties > Clarke County > Quitman
Quitman is a city in Clarke County, in the Meridian metro area.
At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Quitman was $14,789, compared with $21,587 nationally.
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 Quitman Junior High School in Quitman, Mississippi/MS - School Tree
Quitman Junior High School is classified as a "Middle School".
Quitman Junior High School was operational at the time of the last report and is currently operational.
Quitman Junior High School IS NOT a Charter school.
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 Quitman-Georgia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
I, "Quitman Greys", Army of Northern Virginia, Randolph and Quitman Counties,...
Quitman, incorporated December 19, 1859, is the county seat of Brooks County.
Quitman, the county seat of Wood County, is at the junction of State...
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 Quitman Mississippi Resource Guide, City or community of Quitman, Mississippi Facts, Information, Relocation, Real ...
The distance from Quitman to Washington DC is 830 miles.
The distance to the Mississippi state capital is 91 miles.
Quitman is positioned 32.04 degrees north of the equator and 88.72 degrees west of the prime meridian.
www.usacitiesonline.com /mscountyquitman.htm   (160 words)

  
 Quitman Mississippi Direct TV Offers Best Direct TV Quitman MS Deals
Of course, this doesn't even take into account their ground-breaking programming, which is one of the many reasons why people in Quitman Mississippi are turning to Directv for all of their television wants and needs.
One of the coolest things about the Directv Quitman MS 's Basic System is the fact that you'll receive consistent theater-quality sight and sound with their totally digital programming.
Another outstanding example of how Direct TV Quitman Mississippi makes life convenient for all of its customers is the recent introduction of the DVR (Digital Video Recorder).
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 Quitman County, Mississippi houses, real estate, agriculture, wages, work, ancestries, and more
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Quitman County, Mississippi business data: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...
Quitman County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is below Mississippi state average.
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 Quitman County Marks, Mississippi (Counties)
The county seat of Quitman County, Mississippi, is Marks.
The county population on July 1, 1999, was 9,780, a decrease of 710 over the 1990 census.
Selfs Airport serves Marks and Quitman County and is owned by Quitman County.
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 Quitman County, Mississippi MS, county profile - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
Quitman County is one of 82 counties in Mississippi.
This was a decrease of -3.97% from the 2000 census.
Quitman County supported John Kerry in the 2004 presidential election.
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 Free Advertising for Quitman Mississippi Businesses NitPickIt Free Business Listings
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 CDC located in Mississippi: Quitman County Deveopment Organization, Inc.
CDC located in Mississippi: Quitman County Deveopment Organization, Inc.
The Mississippi Delta stretches from the lobby of the famous Peabody Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee, to Catfish Row in Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Quitman is only one county in the Delta, but is an entire world away from the local flotilla of riverboat casinos drawing gamblers from Memphis, Little Rock, and elsewhere.
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