MS HR20

Recognizes and commends Copiah County, Mississippi on its bicentennial anniversary on January 21, 2023, marking 200 years since the county's creation on January 21, 1823.

Acknowledges that the county's land was ceded to the United States by the Choctaw tribe on October 18, 1820, through the "Doak's Stand Treaty," with the name "Copiah" deriving from Choctaw words meaning "Calling Panther."

Notes that Copiah County was formed from divisions of Hinds and Yazoo counties and currently encompasses 769 square miles, making it the seventh largest area in Mississippi, with Hazlehurst as the current county seat.

Highlights notable Copiah County natives including blues legend Robert Johnson, civil rights activist A.M.E. Logan, Judge Burnita Shelton Matthews (first woman appointed to a U.S. District Court), and the county's founding of Copiah-Lincoln Junior College in 1928.

Directs that copies of the resolution be furnished to Copiah County and the Capitol Press Corps.