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Jones County, Mississippi

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Mississippi" to be held to "adopt such measures for vindicating the sovereignty of the State as shall appear to them to be demanded." The Convention convened on January 7, 1861, and the elected representatives from the various counties of Mississippi voted 83–15 to secede from the Union. Notably, included in the vote to secede was the representative from Jones County, Mr. John H. Powell. Other Southern states would follow suit. As Mississippi debated the secession question, the inhabitants of Jones County voted overwhelmingly for the anti-secessionist John Hathorne Powell, Jr. In comparison to the pro-secessionist J.M. Bayliss, who received 24 votes, Powell received 374. But, at the Secession Convention, Powell voted for secession. Legend has it that, for his vote, he was burned in effigy in Ellisville, the county seat.
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Scholars have disputed whether the county truly seceded, with some concluding it did not fully secede. While there have been numerous attempts to study Knight and his followers, the lack of documentation during and after the war has made him an elusive figure. The rebellion in Jones County has been
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The reality is more complicated. The only choices possible at the Secession Convention were voting for immediate secession on the one hand, or for a more cautious, co-operative approach to secession among several Southern states on the other. Powell almost certainly voted for the more conservative
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The governor was informed by the Jones County court clerk that deserters had made tax collections in the county impossible. By the spring of 1864, the Knight company had taken effective control from the Confederate government in the county. The followers of Knight raised an American flag over the
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to its west, became a haven for Confederate deserters. A number of factors prompted desertions. The lack of food and supplies was demoralizing, while reports of poor conditions back home made the men fear for their families' survival. Small farms deteriorated from neglect as women and children
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as United States president in November 1860, slave-owning planters led Mississippi to join South Carolina and secede from the Union. These were the two states with the largest holdings of slaves. On November 29, 1860, the Mississippi state legislature called for a "Convention of the people of
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Jones County was in an area of mostly yeomen farmers and lumbermen, as the pine forests, swamp and soil were not easily cultivated for cotton. In 1860, the majority of white residents were not slaveholders. Slaves made up only 12% of the total population in Jones County in 1860, the smallest
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variously characterized as consisting of local skirmishes to being a full-fledged war of independence. It assumed legendary status among some county residents and Civil War historians, culminating in the release of a 2016 feature film,
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Less than a decade after Mississippi became the country's 20th state, settlers organized this area of 700 sq mi (1,800 km) of pine forests and swamps for a new county in 1826. They named it Jones County after
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On October 13, 1863, a band of deserters from Jones County and adjacent counties organized to protect the area from Confederate authorities and the crippling tax collections. The company, led by
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agents, who took excessive amounts of yeoman farmers' goods. Many residents and soldiers were also outraged over the Confederate government's passing of the
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Mississippi's Declaration of Secession reflected planters' interests in its first sentence: "Our position is thoroughly identified with the institution of
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approach to secession—the only position available to him that was consistent with the anti-secessionist views of his constituency.
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leanings, known as the "Free State of Jones", and fought a recorded 14 skirmishes with Confederate forces. They also raided
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Galloway, G. Norton., Historian Sixth Army Corps. (November 1886). "A Confederacy within a Confederacy,"
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According to the Economic Development Authority of Jones County, the top employers in the county are:
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The economy of Jones County is still primarily rural and based on resources – timber and agriculture.
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struggled to keep them up. Their limited stores and livestock were often taken by the
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Proceedings of the Mississippi State Convention, Held January 7th to 26th, A. D. 1861
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The State of Jones: The Small Southern County that Seceded from the Confederacy
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Marching Masters: Slavery, Race, and the Confederate Army during the Civil War
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declaring Jones County's independence from the Confederacy. In July 1864, the
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Jones County, Mississippi
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United States presidential election results for Jones County, Mississippi
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and a leading Republican figure in the Reconstruction of Mississippi
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reported that Jones County had seceded from the Confederacy.
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courthouse in Ellisville, and sent a letter to Union General
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A South Divided: Portraits of Dissent in the Confederacy
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The Free State of Jones: Mississippi's Longest Civil War
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Of Times and Race: Essays Inspired by John F. Marszalek,
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United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
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Carolina 5137: 5135:North Carolina 5132: 5127: 5122: 5117: 5112: 5107: 5102: 5097: 5092: 5081: 5075: 5069: 5063: 5057: 5051: 5045: 5039: 5033: 5027: 5021: 5015: 5014: 5013: 5007: 5001: 4995: 4989: 4983: 4970: 4964: 4958: 4952: 4946: 4940: 4934: 4928: 4922: 4916: 4910: 4904: 4898: 4892: 4891: 4890: 4884: 4878: 4872: 4866: 4860: 4854: 4848: 4836: 4833: 4832: 4818: 4816: 4815: 4808: 4801: 4793: 4784: 4783: 4769: 4766: 4765: 4763: 4762: 4757: 4752: 4747: 4742: 4737: 4732: 4727: 4722: 4717: 4712: 4707: 4702: 4697: 4692: 4687: 4682: 4677: 4672: 4667: 4662: 4657: 4652: 4647: 4642: 4637: 4632: 4627: 4622: 4617: 4612: 4607: 4602: 4597: 4592: 4587: 4582: 4577: 4572: 4567: 4562: 4557: 4552: 4547: 4542: 4537: 4532: 4527: 4522: 4517: 4512: 4507: 4502: 4497: 4492: 4487: 4482: 4477: 4472: 4467: 4462: 4457: 4452: 4447: 4442: 4437: 4432: 4427: 4422: 4417: 4412: 4407: 4402: 4397: 4392: 4387: 4382: 4377: 4372: 4367: 4362: 4357: 4351: 4349: 4343: 4342: 4340: 4339: 4334: 4329: 4324: 4319: 4314: 4309: 4304: 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Index

Free State of Jones
County
Jones County courthouse in Ellisville
Flag of Jones County
Official logo of Jones County
Map of Mississippi highlighting Jones County
Mississippi
Map of the United States highlighting Mississippi
U.S.
31°37′N 89°10′W / 31.62°N 89.17°W / 31.62; -89.17
Mississippi
Named for
John Paul Jones
Seat
Laurel
Ellisville
Time zone
UTC−6
Central
DST
UTC−5
CDT
3rd
4th
jonescounty.com
U.S. state
Mississippi
2020 census
county seats
Laurel

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