JOHN A. QUITMAN #244, F. & A. M.
AUBURN, MISSISSIPPI

UNDER DISPENSATION: 1859
CHARTERED: January 18, 1860
MEETS: 1st Thursday @ 7:00 PM
 3681 Jackson Liberty Drive
Auburn , MS

Note: only a limited amount of information is currently listed for John A. Quitman. Complete information will be a future project that is not scheduled for at least a year.

HISTORY

• John A. Quitman Lodge was named for John Anthony Quitman. John Quitman was born in Rhinebeck, NY on September 1, 1798. He moved to Natchez, MS in 1821 where he practiced law until being elected to state office, holding several positions including governor.  He also served as a soldier holding the rank of Major General in the Mexican - American War. He was a member of Harmony Lodge #1 in Natchez, MS and was elected the ninth Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Mississippi in 1826, a position he held fourteen more times through 1846.  He died in Natchez on July 17, 1858.

• John A. Quitman Lodge was originally located at Smithdale in Amite County. In 1981 the Lodge relocated to Auburn in Lincoln County.

• On the 9th April last, and in obedience to a resolution adopted by your M W G body (printed proceedings, page 42) he issued a Dispensation to J. E. Marsalis, Wm. Thompson, L. L.Weathersby, and others, a constitutional number, for the institution of a new Lodge at the town of Smith Dale, Amite county, to be called John A. Quitman Lodge No. 244.
  Part of Grand Secretary's 1860 report

• Your Committee, to whom was referred that part of the Grand Secretary's report which relates to stolen jewels, beg leave to report that they have ascertained that the following Lodges had jewels stolen during the late war, viz.:  ... Brookhaven, No. 241;  ... J. A. Quitman, No. 254
  Portion of report to 1875 Grand Lodge

MEMBERS

• 1859 - 1879

• 1880 - 1899

• 1900 - 1919

• 1920 - 1939

• 1940 - 1959

• 1960 - 1979

• 1980 - 1999

• 2000 -

  

  AUBURN CHAPTER #87
  ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR

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  MEETS: 3rd Thursday @ 7:00 PM