William R. Peck
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Peck was born in rural Mossy Creek in Jefferson County, Tennessee. His family relocated to Louisiana in the 1840s. As a young adult, he bought a plantation across the Mississippi River from Vicksburg, Mississippi. He prospered and purchased additional land and farms, and eventually became one of the region''s wealthiest citizens. He constructed a sprawling mansion, "The Mountain," in Madison Parish not far from the village of Milliken''s Bend. Peck represented Madison…mehr

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Peck was born in rural Mossy Creek in Jefferson County, Tennessee. His family relocated to Louisiana in the 1840s. As a young adult, he bought a plantation across the Mississippi River from Vicksburg, Mississippi. He prospered and purchased additional land and farms, and eventually became one of the region''s wealthiest citizens. He constructed a sprawling mansion, "The Mountain," in Madison Parish not far from the village of Milliken''s Bend. Peck represented Madison Parish for several years in the Louisiana State Legislature. A firebrand secessionist and advocate of states'' rights, Peck was a signatory to the Louisiana Ordinance of Secession in January 1861.