Early Life
John A. Quitman studied Classics at Hartwick Seminary, graduating in 1816. After serving as an instructor at Mount Airy College, Pennsylvania, he decided to study law.
Upon being admitted to the bar, he moved to Chillicothe, Ohio in 1820, and from there to Natchez, Mississippi, in 1821. He purchased Monmouth Plantation in 1826, and the plantation would be in his family for around 100 years (Monmouth (Natchez, Mississippi)). The plantation was used as an archaeological dig site for Dr. Montroville Dickeson of Pennsylvania during his 10 year study of the Natchez Indians in the Mississippi River Valley.
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