We invite you to submit any non-copyrighted trivia relating to Jefferson County Genealogy. Copyrighted material can only be used with written permission of the author. Hope you enjoy!
1. Name the roadside inn on the Natchez Trace in Jefferson County that was restored by the National Park Service in 1956. ANSWER
2. Which United States President was married in Jefferson County, MS? ANSWER
3. What settlement in Jefferson County, MS migrated from Glasgow, Scotland directly to Robeson Co., NC and then on to settle in Jefferson County? ANSWER
TRIVIA ANSWERS & EXPLANATIONS
1. Mount Locust. There were over 50 roadside inns located on the Natchez Trace between Nashville and Natchez between the American Revolution and 1820 with the coming of steamboat travel on the Mississippi River. These inns provided a warm meal and sleeping quarters typical of pioneer cabins.
2. President Andrew Jackson. In August, 1791 Andrew Jackson (seventh President of the United States) married Rachel Donelson Robards before Magistrate Thomas Marston Green, Sr. at Springfield Plantation near Church Hill in Jefferson County, MS.
3. Union Church. The Scottish settlers of Union Church in Jefferson County, MS migrated together from Glasgow, Scotland to Robeson County, North Carolina and on to Union Church.
Go
to Jefferson County Home Page 
Carolyn SwitzerTHIS PAGE COPYRIGHT 1996-2002
BY CAROLYN JEAN ADAMS SWITZER.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
This information may be used by libraries and genealogical societies, however commercial use of this information is strictly prohibited without prior permission of the owner. If copied, this copyright notice must appear with the information.