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     The original village, which developed around a blockhouse, was called Jersey Town until about 1777, when Caleb King, 
son-in-law of Richard Swayze, laid out lots around his plantation home and named the place Kingston.
 


A Brief History of The Jersey Settlers by Karen O'Neal


Stanley Nelson's articles from the Concordia Sentinel 
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