United States Congressman. Changing careers in his early adulthood, from school teacher to attorney, Plummer opened his first law practice in Westville, Mississippi, at that time the county seat of Simpson County. He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives and was later elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. A Jacksonian Democrat, Plummer served in Congress for two terms (1831-1835). After an unsuccessful run for U.S. Senate, he resumed practicing law in Jackson, Mississippi. In addition to his involvement in law and politics, Plummer was active in land speculation. He and fellow politician Hiram Runnels were able to acquire land along the Yalobusha River in north Mississippi several years before public sale of Choctaw land began, purchasing it from people who had received the land directly via the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek. Two towns, Chocchuma and Pittsburg, developed rapidly on the land bought and sold by Runnels and Plummer, towns which ultimately merged, becoming what is now the city of Grenada. (There seems to be no extant record of Plummer's birth date. Judging from his age at the time of the 1850 census, he was born circa 1795.)
United States Congressman. Changing careers in his early adulthood, from school teacher to attorney, Plummer opened his first law practice in Westville, Mississippi, at that time the county seat of Simpson County. He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives and was later elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. A Jacksonian Democrat, Plummer served in Congress for two terms (1831-1835). After an unsuccessful run for U.S. Senate, he resumed practicing law in Jackson, Mississippi. In addition to his involvement in law and politics, Plummer was active in land speculation. He and fellow politician Hiram Runnels were able to acquire land along the Yalobusha River in north Mississippi several years before public sale of Choctaw land began, purchasing it from people who had received the land directly via the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek. Two towns, Chocchuma and Pittsburg, developed rapidly on the land bought and sold by Runnels and Plummer, towns which ultimately merged, becoming what is now the city of Grenada. (There seems to be no extant record of Plummer's birth date. Judging from his age at the time of the 1850 census, he was born circa 1795.)
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