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to The MSGenWeb Marion County site! This site is partnered with The MSGenWeb Project & The USGenWeb Projects. The information on this site is free for your personal use in researching your family tree. The data on this site are from volunteers who have contributed their time, effort and resources in making this information free for all whom are tracing their roots. To visit another county, please go to the All Mississippi Counties. If you have any information that you would like to contribute or you have any suggestions or comments pertaining to Marion County, please email me, Shannon Gorman - Marion County Coordinator. About Marion County:  Marion County was established on December 9, 1811; six years prior to Mississippi becoming the 20th state. The county is named in honor of General Francis Marion of the Revolutionary War. On June 29, 1819, Columbia was incorporated to become the state's fourth municipality. It was named for Columbia, South Carolina since many of the early residents came from the area. The County Courthouse faces Main Street which was a plot of land given to the city by John Lott, an early settler. Masons of St. Alban's Lodge No. 60, F & AM, laid the cornerstones of the Courthouse and of the first brick of the Columbia High School the same day, in 1905. The Mississippi Legislature met twice at Columbia in a wing of David Stovall's three-story Stovall Springs Hotel and Spa on Pearl River about 2 1/2 miles northwest of the Marion County Courthouse.  Marion County Courthouse Columbia, MS There is a Historical Marker on the Marion County Courthouse lawn, it reads, "Temporary State Capital - The 5th Session of the Mississippi Legislature met in Columbia in Nov. 1821, and in special session, June 1822. Walter Leake was inaugurated Governor here in January 1822; the legislature passed law for the education of the poor; approved Le Fleur's Bluff, now Jackson, as the site for the permanent state capital; and adopted Poindexter's Code". Search Marion County Communities in Marion County: | Cheraw | Columbia | Darbun | Foxworth | Johnston | Kokomo | | Morgantown | Pickwick | Pittman | Sandy Hook | White Bluff | Neighboring Counties: | Lawrence County | Jefferson Davis County | Covington County | | Walthall County | Lamar County | Pearl River County | | Tangipahoa Parish, LA | Washington Parish, LA | |
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Shannon Gorman, Marion County Coordinator Everette Carr, Mississippi State Coordinator Bill White, Mississippi Assistant State Coordinator Last update: November 16, 2007 |
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