The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-10-15
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May, isti fernando Dcsoio
discovered ihe Mississippi river NJ
u paint near tbe nofih.wrsiefn
corner NJ the State, hnl ao0n after
died, and In Iuly is4l his eSpedi.
ton abandoned the country
f6gi aLnsalle and the Chcyalicf
dc't'outi descended the Mississippi
river from Canada but made no
settlement.
February, i6oo-lbcryillc with
q colony ol French occupied Ship
Island and In May following
erected 4 fort on the main land
near Biloxi. lie then returned to
France for rciniorccmcnls. leaving
his brother Sauvollc as Governor.
1901 -Sauvollc died and another
brother, Bicnvillc succeeded him.
Upon iht death Of lbcrville the
French Government made grant
Of the colony to Anthony Crozart
who surrendered 1t in i7i7. This
same year Bienvillc was succeed
ed as Governor by L'Epinay.
September, I7I7-John Laws
Western Company of Mississippi
scheme was chartered, and Bien-
vile re-instated as Governor.
I714--The Company failed and
Bienville was called to France to
answer charges against him.
I726-Bienville displaced and
succeeded by Perrier. AT this
time the colony had settlements at
Natchen, Pascagoula, Yazoo and
St. GATHERINGS.
I734-The administration OF
Perrier was so unfortunate that
Bienville was again reinstated.
I74I--Bienville resigned and
was succeeded by the Marquis o.
| Vaudreuil who remained until his
appointment as Governor of Can
ada.
I7s3-Kerlerac, "a French officer
succeeded Vaudreuil.
February 10, I763--By the
treaty of Paris the colony and set
Elements embraced in Mississippi
were ceded to Great Britain. Ir
this same year Spain ceded Flori
da to Great Britain. West Flori
da embraced that portion of tn
present State of Mississippi as ia
north as line drawn due east from
the mouth of the Yazoo river.
I77o-War was declared be
; tween Great Britain and Spain
. Soon afterwards Don Bernardo d
Galyez reduced to possession, FoI
! Butte, Baton Rouge and Fort Pan
mure at Natchez, and brought tn
: whole country under Spanish rule
; This conquest by Spain was mad
] under the protest Of the Unite
Fl States.
March'3o, I7oS-Aler long nc
gotiations and some bloodshed tn
Spanish Government evacuate
e the territory and the America
e troops occupied the Forts
Natchez and the Walnut Hills.
4 April 7, I7oS-Congress forme
the Mississippi Territory.
April a., I8o2-Georgia cede
to the United States her right
n the territory.
III February "a, ISo4-Congre'
q passed an Act creating tbs MisSi'
\ sippi District.
:, March /, rSI7-Congress passe
d another Act enabling the peop
& Of the western part Of this Distri
n 10 form State Government.
August IS, r8r7--A Conventio
assembled at Washington in Az
= ans county. This Conventio
c formed the first Constitution Of Il
Is State and gave to it the name
5, Mississippi.
- I8I7-Under this Constitute
. the State Of Mississippi when o
% ranized was admitted into Il
y Union.
2 Sptember 10, i832-A secor
in Convention assembled at Jacks'
pr and framed a new Constitutio
January 7. I86I--A third Co
vention assembled.
n Jauary Q, IS6I-This Conve
a. ton passed the Ordinance Of Sece
ly sion and Mississippi joined I
other Southern States in the fo
nation Of the Southern Confe
:" eracy. These acts resulted in
n long and bloody war, culminati
nd in the overthrow Of the Conf
ne 02cy. lx<x
nril 9, rs65-Gsa, =
sprrcndered n c6m1na.
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pu- 0ov. Chaslgs Clark taken p
cts, oar and confined in Fort Pulai
lpo- June -, IS6s-W. l.. Shar
air. appointed Provisional Cover
August r4,--A fourth Con,
"a ton assembled, declaring void
ana Ordinance Of Secession and a
the ishing slavery. :,
arc October r6, 1853. u. II
pre- phreys elected Governor.
Ca, March IS67-Congress ena
=" the Military Reconstruction
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