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Map of Chancery Court districts. Mississippi Chancery Courts are courts of equity. They also have jurisdiction over family law, sanity hearings, wills, and constitutional law. In counties with no County Court, they have jurisdiction over juveniles. Typically, trials are heard without a jury, but juries are permitted. There are 20 districts. [1]
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 ...
A Mississippi Landmark is a building officially nominated by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History and approved by each county's chancery clerk. The Mississippi Landmark designation is the highest form of recognition bestowed on properties by the state of Mississippi, and designated properties are protected from changes that may alter the property's historic character.
Pontotoc is a city in and the county seat of Pontotoc County, Mississippi, located to the west of the larger city of Tupelo. The population was 5,640 at the 2020 census. Pontotoc is a Chickasaw word that means, “Land of the Hanging Grapes.”
Mississippi College Law Review. 12 (1): 293– 335. Rowland, Dunbar, ed. (1904). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Jackson: Mississippi Department of Archives and History. OCLC 777030828. Somerville, Thomas H. (1899). "A Sketch of the Supreme Court of Mississippi". The Green Bag. Vol. XI. pp. 503– 515.
Pontotoc County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 31,184. [1] Its county seat is Pontotoc. [2] It was created on February 9, 1836, from lands ceded to the United States under the Chickasaw Cession. Pontotoc is a Chickasaw word meaning "land of hanging grapes".
Tom Miles (born November 3, 1979) is a former member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, representing the 75th district (Rankin County and Scott County) from 2012 to 2024. [1] Representative Miles is now currently serving as the Chancery Clerk of Scott County. Miles is a graduate of Morton High School and Mississippi State University ...
John W. Randolph was a state legislator in Mississippi. [1] He represented Sunflower County and Leflore County in the Mississippi House of Representatives 1874 and 1875. In 1875, he was chosen to serve as the circuit and chancery clerk in Sunflower County. Up until the early 1900s, he attended Republican political conventions. [2]