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From: "Phyllis Grissom" <>
Subject: Re: [SouthernTrails] Re: 'junk' and other things...
Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 13:48:17 -0400
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O my no they carried on all through the War Between the States.
Old Knute lived to a ripe old age. Hollywood did a movie about it shortly
after WWII. It was called "Tap Roots" A lot of folks around here are
descendants of some of Knutes cohorts. The Grissoms all joined the
Confederate Forces, however. Jones County calls itself the Free state of
Jones to this day. I believe there were a few other counties in other States
that did similar things. Phyllis Grissom
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From: "Jim Blease" <>
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Subject: Re: [SouthernTrails] Re: 'junk' and other things...


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> Was the burial an immediate result of the declaration???
>
> Jim Blease
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> Phyllis Grissom wrote:
> >
> > Did you ever hear of the Free State of Jones? Some fellows here in
> > Mississippi decided that if the state could secede from the Union, the
> > county could retire from the state. So they declared Jones County, Ms
The
> > Free State of Jones. The leader Knute Knight is buried just across the
creek
> > from us
> > Phyllis Grissom
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