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Lowndes County, Mississippi

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Eason, Foote, Gamble, Gregg and 7 others
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    Pvt. Jefferson Eason, (CSA) (1841 - 1862)
    Jefferson Eason, Residence Carroll County GA; Enlisted on 3/4/1862 as a Private. On 3/4/1862 he mustered into "H" Co. GA 41st Infantry. He died of disease on 4/27/1862 at Columbus, MS. Other Informatio...
  • 1st Sgt. Robert Hugh Gamble, (CSA) (1826 - bef.1862)
    Robert Hugh Gamble (1826-1862) was a 1st Sgt. who fought with Co. H, 41st GA Infantry, C.S.A.Note: For information on the 41st GA during the Civil War, see URL below: Hugh Gamble was a son of David Gam...
  • Charles Erasmus Powe (1855 - 1910)
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  • Edward Turner Sykes (1838 - 1922)
  • Rebecca A Strong (1830 - 1904)
    Biography== Rebecca A Strong was born on November 29, 1830, in Georgia, United States. Her parents were * Col. Benjamin Franklin Harris and Susan Terrell Harris . She died on March 15, 1904, in Columbu...

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This upland area was settled by European Americans who wanted to develop cotton plantations to produce what became the largest commodity crop in the state.

In the period from 1877 to 1950, Lowndes County had 19 documented lynchings of blacks, the third highest in the state.

Adjacent Counties

Cities, Towns & Communities

Artesia | Bent Oak | Billups | Caledonia | Columbus (County Seat) | Columbus AFB | Crawford (previously Crawford(s)ville) | Flint Hill | Forreston | Kolola Springs | Mayhew | McCrary | Moore's Bluff | Nashville | New Hope | Penns | Plum Grove | Plymouth | Steens | Trinity | Wells | Whitebury | Woodlawn

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National Register of Historic Places

Columbus AFB

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