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Theron Carl Lynd (May 30, 1920– January 31, 1978) was an American circuit clerk and voter registrar in Forrest County, Mississippi, who refused to register Black people during the civil rights movement. [1] [2] Lynd was the first southern voter registrar to be held in violation of charges of discrimination under the Federal Civil Rights Acts.
William L. Sharkey (1798–1873), 25th Governor of Mississippi and Mississippi Supreme Court justice 3,336: 435.3 sq mi (1,127 km 2) Simpson County: 127: Mendenhall: SI: 1824: Formed from Copiah County: Josiah Simpson, Mississippi Territory judge and delegate to the 1817 Mississippi Constitutional Convention [25] 25,715: 590.5 sq mi (1,529 km 2 ...
New 12th District Circuit Judge Wes Curry IV talks with Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves, following Curry's investiture ceremony Tuesday at Forrest County Courthouse.
Voters in Forrest & Lamar counties will head to the polls like the rest of the nation to make their choice for president. What else is on the ballot? Voting in Forrest, Lamar counties in Mississippi?
Forrest County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi.As of the 2020 census, the population was 78,158. [2] Its county seat and largest city is Hattiesburg. [3] The county was created from Perry County in 1908 and named in honor of Nathan Bedford Forrest, a Confederate general in the American Civil War and the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.
Find out where to vote in Forrest County, Mississippi, in the 2022 general election. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to ...
Rod Hickman: [17] First African American male to serve as the County Attorney of Noxubee County, Mississippi (2019) John Wilchie: [18] First African American male to serve as a Justice Court Judge in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi; Clell Ward: [12] First African American to serve as the Assistant District Attorney of Washington County ...
The United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi (in case citations, S.D. Miss.) is a federal court in the Fifth Circuit with facilities in Gulfport, Hattiesburg, Natchez, and Jackson.