Hampton L. Jarnagin was a lawyer, judge, and state legislator in Mississippi. He was born in Eastern Tennessee. Spencer Jarnagin was his brother. [1]
He built Belle Oakes in 1844. [2]
He spoke of the amnesty granted by U.S. president Andrew Johnson to Confederates. [3] At Mississippi's 1865 Constitutional Convention he said Mississippi was abolitionized. [4]
In 1872 he gave extensive testimony on conditions, events, and affairs he witnessed before and after the American Civil War at a congressional inquiry. [5]
He represented Noxubee County in the Mississippi House of Representatives. [6] He represented the 17th District in the Mississippi State Senate from 1880 to 1884. [7] [8]
Jarnagin died in 1887. [9]
References
- ^ Southern Historical Association (1895). Memoirs of Georgia : containing historical accounts of the state's civil, military, industrial and professional interests, and personal sketches of many of its people. Southern Historical Association. p. 836. OCLC 1702523.
- ^ Kempe, Helen Kerr (1977). The Pelican guide to old homes of Mississippi. Pelican Publishing Company. Gretna, La.: Pelican Pub. Co. pp. 5–6. ISBN 0-88289-134-0. OCLC 2799036.
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^ Mathisen, Erik (2018).
The loyal republic : traitors, slaves, and the remaking of citizenship in Civil War America. Project MUSE. Chapel Hill. p. 138.
ISBN
978-1-4696-3634-4.
OCLC
1028905649.
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^ Ranney, Joseph A. (2019).
A legal history of Mississippi : race, class, and the struggle for opportunity. Jackson.
ISBN
978-1-4968-2259-8.
OCLC
1076374596.
{{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link) -
^ United States. Congress Joint Select Committee on the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States (1872).
Report of and testimony. Washington. pp. 513–544.
OCLC
29619457.
{{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link) - ^ United States (1875). United States Congressional Serial Set. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 148. OCLC 191710879.
- ^ Senate, Mississippi Legislature (1880). "1880 Senate". Mississippi House Journal. Retrieved 2022-09-10.
- ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. p. 198.
- ^ Memoirs of Georgia: Containing Historical Accounts of the State's Civil, Military, Industrial and Professional Interests, and Personal Sketches of Many of Its People. Southern Historical Association. 1895. pp. 835–836.
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Hampton L. Jarnagin was a lawyer, judge, and state legislator in Mississippi. He was born in Eastern Tennessee. Spencer Jarnagin was his brother. [1]
He built Belle Oakes in 1844. [2]
He spoke of the amnesty granted by U.S. president Andrew Johnson to Confederates. [3] At Mississippi's 1865 Constitutional Convention he said Mississippi was abolitionized. [4]
In 1872 he gave extensive testimony on conditions, events, and affairs he witnessed before and after the American Civil War at a congressional inquiry. [5]
He represented Noxubee County in the Mississippi House of Representatives. [6] He represented the 17th District in the Mississippi State Senate from 1880 to 1884. [7] [8]
Jarnagin died in 1887. [9]
References
- ^ Southern Historical Association (1895). Memoirs of Georgia : containing historical accounts of the state's civil, military, industrial and professional interests, and personal sketches of many of its people. Southern Historical Association. p. 836. OCLC 1702523.
- ^ Kempe, Helen Kerr (1977). The Pelican guide to old homes of Mississippi. Pelican Publishing Company. Gretna, La.: Pelican Pub. Co. pp. 5–6. ISBN 0-88289-134-0. OCLC 2799036.
-
^ Mathisen, Erik (2018).
The loyal republic : traitors, slaves, and the remaking of citizenship in Civil War America. Project MUSE. Chapel Hill. p. 138.
ISBN
978-1-4696-3634-4.
OCLC
1028905649.
{{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link) -
^ Ranney, Joseph A. (2019).
A legal history of Mississippi : race, class, and the struggle for opportunity. Jackson.
ISBN
978-1-4968-2259-8.
OCLC
1076374596.
{{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link) -
^ United States. Congress Joint Select Committee on the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States (1872).
Report of and testimony. Washington. pp. 513–544.
OCLC
29619457.
{{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link) - ^ United States (1875). United States Congressional Serial Set. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 148. OCLC 191710879.
- ^ Senate, Mississippi Legislature (1880). "1880 Senate". Mississippi House Journal. Retrieved 2022-09-10.
- ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. p. 198.
- ^ Memoirs of Georgia: Containing Historical Accounts of the State's Civil, Military, Industrial and Professional Interests, and Personal Sketches of Many of Its People. Southern Historical Association. 1895. pp. 835–836.
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