Henry S. Foote, who defeated Jefferson Davis to become governor of Mississippi
and also served with Davis in the Senate, was an outspoken opponent of
secession.  He moved to Alabama from Virginia in about 1826, and he now lies
in an unmarked grave in Nashville.

A great bio sketch of Foote appears in Macmillan's Information Now
Encyclopedia, The Confederacy, 1997.

For personal family history please visit: Chotank.com

Avon Edward Foote, b. Burnsville, Ms, 1937, web developer of Chotank.com




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>I would say that the eventual formation of West Virginia also constitutes a
>"significant public outcry . . . against secession."  I would highly
>recommend Dan Crofts' book "Reluctant Confederates" on secession in the
>upper South.  If I remember correctly, the decision to secede was never put
>to a popular vote in Virginia.  What was the case in the other southern
>states?
>
>Gregg Kimball
>
>
>Gregg D. Kimball
>Director of Publications
>  and Educational Services
>Library of Virginia
>804/692-3722
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