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Free State of Jones
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English
thumb|Jones County, Mississippi; the heart of the Free State
Etymology
From en free state Jones.
From en Jones County, the heart of the area in rebellion against the CSA.
Proper noun
en historical An unrecognized country that existed from 1863 to 1865, when Jones County, Covington County, Bainbridge County and portions of others, of the state of Mississippi, seceded from the Confederate States of America, and attempted to ally with the Union.