During the Revolutionary War he served in France and Holland in diplomatic roles, and helped negotiate the treaty of peace. From 1785 to 1788 he was minister to the Court of St. James's, returning to be elected Vice President under George Washington.
Booneville is the county seat of Prentiss County, Mississippi. Booneville was incorporated in 1861 and named after R.H. Boone, a relative of Daniel Boone. The population was 8,625 at the 2000 census. It is one of 21 certified Mississippi retirement cities.
Woodville â a unique, charming and historic town â one of the oldest in Mississippi, is set among the picturesque rolling hills and pastures of Wilkinson County, just north of the Louisiana-Mississippi border in the southwest corner of the state.It was incorporated in 1811,after the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and not long before Mississippiâs ...