Claiborne County - Port Gibson, MS
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linkys
N 31° 57.726 W 090° 59.036
15R E 690524 N 3538008
Marker in front of the county courthouse in Port Gibson.
Waymark Code: WMCMNY
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 09/22/2011
Views: 8
The marker reads:
CLAIBORNE COUNTY
Established on January 27, 1802,
by first General Assembly.
Claiborne County was the fourth
county organized in the Mississippi
Territory. Carved from Jefferson
County (formerly Pickering County),
of the Old Natchez District, the
county was named for William C.C.
Claiborne, who served as the
second governor of the territory.
Date Installed:: 2002/1/1
Organization that placed the object:: Mississippi Department of Archives and History
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