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Chickasaw County, MS Census Data
Mississippi Chickasaw County, Mississippi People QuickFactsChickasaw CountyMississippiPopulation, 2005 estimate 19,1842,921,088Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 -1.3%2.…Céloron de Blainville, Pierre Joseph de
(Encyclopedia) Céloron de Blainville, Pierre Joseph deCéloron de Blainville, Pierre Joseph depyĕr zhôzĕfˈ də sālərôNˈ də blăNvēlˈ [key], 1693–1759, French Canadian soldier, b. Montreal. He was…Shelby, Isaac
(Encyclopedia) Shelby, Isaac, 1750–1826, American frontiersman, b. Washington co. (then part of Frederick co.), Md. Around 1773 he settled in the Holston River country in what is now E Tennessee. In…Indian Territory
(Encyclopedia) Indian Territory, in U.S. history, name applied to the country set aside for Native Americans by the Indian Intercourse Act (1834). In the 1820s, the federal government began moving…Robertson, James
(Encyclopedia) Robertson, James, 1742–1814, American frontiersman, a founder of Tennessee, b. Brunswick co., Va. He was reared in North Carolina. After the failure of the Regulator movement, he led (…Natchez Trace
(Encyclopedia) Natchez Trace, road, from Natchez, Miss., to Nashville, Tenn., of great commercial and military importance from the 1780s to the 1830s. It grew from a series of Native American trails…Gayoso de Lemos, Manuel
(Encyclopedia) Gayoso de Lemos, ManuelGayoso de Lemos, Manuelmänwĕlˈ gīōˈsō dā lāˈmōs [key], c.1752–1799, governor of Louisiana (1797–99). In 1787 he was appointed governor of the newly organized…Choctaw
(Encyclopedia) ChoctawChoctawchŏkˈtô [key], Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Muskogean branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). They formerly…Tupelo , city, United States
(Encyclopedia) TupeloTupelot&oomacr;ˈpĭlō, ty&oomacr;– [key], city (1990 pop. 30,685), seat of Lee co., NE Miss.; founded 1859, inc. 1870. It is the trade, processing, and shipping center for…Charles David CARTER, Congress, OK (1868-1929)
CARTER Charles David , a Representative from Oklahoma; born near Boggy Depot, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma), August 16, 1868; moved with his father to Mill Creek, a stage stand…