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Wednesday, January 8, 2025

In a first meeting with someone yesterday, I mentioned that I was a sixth-generation Mississippian.

That lead to questions.

I briefly told how Jonathan Hollowell and his family had moved from Wayne County, NC to Marshall County, MS in the 1820’s, to take up land left when the Chickasaw were forced to move to Oklahoma.

Her: It’s remarkable you know all that. Was that passed down in your family?

Me: No - I had to research it.

Her: It was important to you that you knew?

Me: Vital. It makes it easier to be here - in Mississippi, with all it’s issues - now, if I know how I got here.