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162-year-old Hancock Coiatfyhistorical site.
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Society Seeking j1 Restoration Of j* Claiborne House i?
Restoration of the Claiborne!
' Home on Mulatto Bayou near j Pearlington, in Hancock County, i| similar in architectual, design to' Beauvoir, last Home of Jefferson Davis, is being sought by the Mississippi Historical Society.
It was the home of J. F. H. Claiborne, one time United States representative from Mississippi, editor, historian, Indian commissioner and agriculturist.
The home and 40 acres are now owned by the International Paper , Company, which has offered it to | the kate as a state park and historical site. The 1960 Legislature authorized the acquisition, but . failed to provide funds to meetl| the stipulation of the paper company in releasing the property. I Proponents of the restoration I project said it will take an esti-J mated $25,000 to restore the historic home. The funds would be administered by the state park commission under whose jurisdic-jl tion it would be maintained as a i| state park.
Mr. Claiborne was born near II Natchez in April. 1807. He was ail nephew of William C. C. Clai-I ! borne, territorial governor of Mis- ] sissippi and Louisiana.
He had served in the state Leg-j islature from Madison County and ] was elected to the Congress in; 1835. He served one term and in ] 1842 was appointed president of [ the Board erf Choctaw Commissioners to adjudicate the claims of the Indians under the treaty of j Dancing Rabbit.
Mr. Claiborne moved to Mississippi on Mulatto Bayou when he :Was appointed custodian of the public timber in Alabama, Mis- | sissippi and Louisiana. He was opposed to secession, although his only son served with the Confed-, erate force and died from wounds received in service. He moved to New Orleans earlier where he edited the Statesman and the Jef-fersorian. Later he edited the Louisiana Courier.
After the Civil War, he retired from all pursuits and devoted hisj time to writing “Mississippi As a' Province, Territory and State,” which was published in 1881. He died in 1884 at the age of 77.
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