{"id":5570,"date":"2025-12-10T10:05:28","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T16:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/?page_id=5570"},"modified":"2026-03-04T09:50:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T15:50:01","slug":"noxubee-county","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/making-their-mark\/noxubee-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Noxubee County"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6607\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Making-their-Mark_0326-1024x467.png\" alt=\"Making Their Mark logo\" width=\"525\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Making-their-Mark_0326-1024x467.png 1024w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Making-their-Mark_0326-300x137.png 300w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Making-their-Mark_0326-768x351.png 768w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Making-their-Mark_0326-1536x701.png 1536w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Making-their-Mark_0326-2048x935.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/h1>\n<h1><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/making-their-mark\/\">Making Their Mark<\/a>: Noxubee County<\/h1>\n<p>The historical marker for Noxubee County will honor 5 African American men elected to the legislature in the 19th century.<\/p>\n<p>Current status (Feb 1, 2026): Approved by Board of Supervisors and MDAH, submitted to manufacturer for delivery in summer 2026<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, this page will include the marker text and photo along with information and photos related to the community event to be held in Macon.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-253\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/cotton-150x150.png\" alt=\"Thomas A. Cotton\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/cotton-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/cotton-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/t-a-cotton\/\">Thomas A. Cotton<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-433\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/akdavis-150x150.png\" alt=\"A. K. Davis\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/akdavis-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/akdavis-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/alexander-k-davis\/\">Alexander Kelso Davis<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-172\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/mcneese-150x150.png\" alt=\"Marshall McNeese\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/mcneese-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/mcneese-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/marshall-mcneese\/\">Marshall McNeese<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5381\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/unk-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"silhouette\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/unk-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/unk-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/lawrence-w-overton\/\">Lawrence W. Overton<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-82\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/128315063_1447973462-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Isham Stewart\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/128315063_1447973462-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/128315063_1447973462-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/isham-stewart\/\">Isham Stewart<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Making Their Mark: Noxubee County The historical marker for Noxubee County will honor 5 African American men elected to the legislature in the 19th century. Current status (Feb 1, 2026): Approved by Board of Supervisors and MDAH, submitted to manufacturer for delivery in summer 2026 Eventually, this page will include the marker text and photo &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/making-their-mark\/noxubee-county\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Noxubee County&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":5283,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5570","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5570"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6623,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5570\/revisions\/6623"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}