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Jones County had mostly yeoman farmers and cattle herders, who were not slaveholders and had little use for a war over slavery. [citation needed] During the American Civil War, Jones County and neighboring counties, especially Covington County to its west, became a haven for Confederate deserters. [4] A number of factors prompted desertions.
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Mississippi.. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 342 law enforcement agencies employing 7,707 sworn police officers, about 262 for each 100,000 residents. [1]
Laurel is a city in and the second county seat of Jones County, Mississippi, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 17,161. [4] Laurel is northeast of Ellisville, the first county seat, which contains the first county courthouse. It has the second county courthouse, as Jones County has two judicial districts.
Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones said deputy Martin Shields Jr., 37, died after he was shot and killed while responding to a domestic call Sunday evening on Midway Road in Terry.
As members of ‘The Goon Squad’ are sentenced in Mississippi for torturing two Black men, Grace Hale writes that the exercise of unfettered power by Mississippi sheriffs is not a new problem.
Ellisville is a town in and the first county seat of Jones County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 4,448 at the time of the 2010 census, [ 2 ] up from 3,465 at the 2000 census. The Jones County Courthouse is located here, as is much of the county government.
The Mississippi Supreme Court has affirmed the convictions and death sentences of a man in the killings of eight people, including his mother-in-law and a deputy sheriff, at three different crime ...
Extremist Democrats in Mississippi, the majority of whom were White, had publicly threatened violence for anyone not voting for them after the Civil War. [9] Crosby was a Republican and was elected as county sheriff in November 1873, and he was to assume the office the following January 1, 1874. [1] The Democrats declared Crosby's bond invalid. [9]