Washington, Mississippi
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Washington is an unincorporated community in Adams County, Mississippi, United States. Located along the lower Mississippi, 6 miles east of Natchez, it was the second and longest-serving capital of th
Washington mapped in 1823
Methodist Meeting House—the first statehood constitutional convention was held here July to August 1817
Historical plaque at Washington
Leonard Covington
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Leonard Covington was a United States Army brigadier general and a member of the United States House of Representatives.
Washington, Mississippi
…military installation then extant in the United States, with more than 2,000 soldiers stationed there, including such notables as Brigadier General Leonard Covington and future General Winfield Scott. It was established in 1802 to protect the newly relocated capital of the Mississippi Territory. British traveler…
Covington's grave in Sackets Harbor Military Cemetery