Free State of Jones: All Data
This page is about the data available for this polity, the chronology of the events of the polity is available here.
On October 13, 1863, a band of deserters from Jones County and adjacent counties organized to protect the area from Confederate authorities and the crippling of tax collections. The company, led by Newton Knight, formed a separate government, with Unionist leanings, known as the "Free State of Jones" and fought a recorded 14 skirmishes with Confederate forces.
