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Two War of 1812 veterans, two future governors, and two signers of Mississippi's first constitution
Visitors to Greenwood Cemetery often discover the graves of governors, senators, military officers, and other notable figures from Mississippi's past. Yet few pairs of Greenwood residents shared as many remarkable experiences as George Poindexter and Abram Scott.
Long before either man occupied the governor's office, they belonged to the generation that guided Mississippi from frontier territory to statehood. Both served during the War of 1812 era. Both represented Wilkinson County at Mississippi's Constitutional Convention of 1817. Both signed Mississippi's first constitution. Both later became governor of the young state they helped create. Today, more than two centuries after Mississippi entered the Union, both rest in Greenwood Cemetery.
From Mississippi Politics to American Music: The Expanding Legacy of the Guion Family
John Isaac Guion rose from the early Mississippi frontier to become a leading lawyer and ad interim governor during a moment of political crisis tied to the Cuba filibustering scandal of 1851. Through both his public career and his marriages, he was connected to an influential network of political, legal, and planter families that extended across Mississippi and the broader South. Across subsequent generations, the Guion family carried that legacy into new regions and fields, culminating in David Wendell Guion’s role in shaping American folk music and preserving the cultural voice of the South.