Free State of Jones
English
Jones County, Mississippi; the heart of the Free State
Etymology
free state + Jones.From Jones County, the heart of the area in rebellion against the CSA.
Proper noun
Free State of Jones
- (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.