Quitman served from 1835 to 1836.
Link to the catalog1835: John A. Quitman becomes Mississippi’s tenth governor
Governor John A. Quitman
1835: Slave insurrection scare in Madison County
1835: Gamblers in Vicksburg crash July 4th celebration
Notice to gamblers in Vicksburg
A town meeting was called and the gamblers were ordered out of town. The gamblers responded by killing Rev. Hugh Bodly, a Presbyterian minister. Angry townspeople then hanged several gamblers.