by
LaTricia M. Nelson-Easley
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2007
Named after a Native American word meaning �calling panther,� Copiah County was organized after an agreement was reached with the Choctaw Indians in the Treaty of Doak�s Stand in 1820. Located 20 miles from the state capital of Jackson, the county was organized in January 1823 and quickly became...