Jefferson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi; its western border is formed by the Mississippi River. As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,260, making it the fourth-least populous county in Mississippi. Its county seat is Fayette. The county is named for U.S. President Thomas Jefferson.
Claiborne County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,135. Its county seat is Port Gibson. The county is named after William Claiborne, the second governor of the Mississippi Territory.
The Natchez Trace, also known as the Old Natchez Trace, is a historic forest trail within the United States which extends roughly 440 miles (710 km) from Nashville, Tennessee, to Natchez, Mississippi, linking the Cumberland, Tennessee, and Mississippi rivers.
Washington is an unincorporated community in Adams County, Mississippi, United States. Located along the lower Mississippi, 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Natchez, it was the second and longest-serving capital of the Mississippi Territory.
Thomas Hinds was an American soldier and politician from the state of Mississippi, who served in the United States Congress from 1828 to 1831.
Samuel Ross Mason, also spelled Meason, was a Virginia militia captain, on the American western frontier, during the American Revolutionary War. After the war, he became the leader of the Mason Gang, a criminal gang of river pirates and highwaymen on the lower Ohio River and the Mississippi River in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He was associated with outlaws around Red Banks, Cave-in-Rock, Stack Island, and the Natchez Trace.
William Dunbar (1749–1810) was a Scottish-American merchant, plantation owner, naturalist, astronomer and explorer.
Peter Alston was an American counterfeiter, horse thief, highwayman, and river pirate of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He is believed to have been an associate of serial killer Little Harpe, and a member of the notorious Mason Gang.
Red Lick is an unincorporated community located in Jefferson County, Mississippi. Red Lick is approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) southeast of Lorman on Mississippi Highway 552.
Ferdinand Leigh Claiborne was an American military officer most notable for his command of the militia of the Mississippi Territory during the Creek War and the War of 1812.
Carlisle is an unincorporated community in Claiborne County, Mississippi, United States.
Pine Ridge is an unincorporated community in Adams County, Mississippi, United States.
The Van Dorn House is a historic hilltop residence in Port Gibson, Mississippi built circa 1830 for Peter Aaron Van Dorn and his wife. He was a lawyer from New Jersey who made his fortune in this area, having a practice, gaining political appointments, and becoming a cotton planter. This was the home for years for his large family in Port Gibson, including son Earl Van Dorn. The latter was a career U.S. Army officer who joined the Confederate Army after the start of the Civil War, ultimately reaching the rank of Major General.
Dunbar Rowland was an American attorney, archivist, and historian. He was Director of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History from its inception in 1902, until his death in 1937.
James Patton was the Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi from 1820 to 1822. He lived in Winchester, Mississippi.
Uniontown is a ghost town in Jefferson County, Mississippi, United States.
Clarksville is a ghost town in Wilkinson County, Mississippi, United States.
Abijah Hunt (1762-1811) was an American merchant, planter and banker in the Natchez District.
Edward Turner was a state legislator, public official, and served as Justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi from 1824 to 1832, and again from 1840 to 1843.
Harriet Byron McAllister Blanton Theobald was an American philanthropist and is referred to as the "Mother of Greenville", Mississippi. She deeded much of her land and right of ways to what became the new site of Greenville, Mississippi after 1865.
