Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Lowndes County, Mississippi. Official Website 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 C...
Please add profiles of people who were born, lived or died in Lowndes County, Alabama. Official Website The Battle of Holy Ground, or Battle of Econochaca, was a battle fought on December 23, 1813 between the United States militia and the Red Stick Creek Indians during the Creek War. The battle took place at Econochaca, the site of a fortified encampment established in the summer of 1813 by J...
Important Note: As of 1/26/2023 this Project will be a Work in Progress(WIP). I (CLM) will have to format it but please continue to add profiles. Important Notice/Disclamer: This project is not endorsed by any Civil Rights Organization or persons mentioned in this project. This project is for genealogical and educational purposes only. Also, this project is an attempt at a comprehensive study ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Lowndes County, Georgia.= Official Website ==History=The land that became Lowndes County had historically been inhabited by the Timucua. During most of the age of European colonization, the area of modern Lowndes County was part of the colony of Spanish Florida. From approximately 1625 to 1657, the Spanish Empire maintained a Catholic...