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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.
Governors, Congressmen, and Kinfolk: The Interesting Lives of LL and Sallie Mayes
Greenwood Cemetery has more than its fair share of political royalty.
Governors, senators, congressmen, judges, military heroes, mayors, legislators, state-wide elected officials and civic leaders all rest beneath its trees. Yet when it comes to pure political bloodlines — the sheer concentration of governors, congressmen, Supreme Court connections, university chancellors, and Mississippi dynasties converging into one marriage — it would be hard to top Lucius Lamar “LL” Mayes and his wife Sallie Harris Mayes.