1 10 1 https://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/files/original/93cc4184f8a84a2b6c60de33a8c470fb.jpg d0525fb2e5665d0fadcc656506a2c0db Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Against All Odds: The First Black Legislators in Mississippi Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource DeeDee Baldwin Assistant Professor, History Research Librarian <a href="mailto:dbaldwin@library.msstate.edu">dbaldwin@library.msstate.edu</a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document The Will of <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/john-cocke--panola-county-">John Cocke</a> Dead “The Will” No. 1235 I, <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/john-cocke--panola-county-">John Cocke</a>, of the County of Panola, State of Miss., being of sound mind and memory, do make, publish and declare this my last “Will” and Testament. First: I will that all my just debts and burial expenses be paid. Second: I give to Olive Cocke, my homestead situated in what is known as the “Old town of Panola,” to have, use, own, control and to dispose of during her natural life. Third: At the death of the said Olive Cocke, I will that whatever there is left of said property shall go to my grand daughter Sarah O. Nelson, in fee simple provided, however, that the said Sarah O. Nelson shall live with, provide for and attend to my said wife Olive Cocke, during her life, and to pay the burial expenses of my wife, Olive Cocke. I will and bequeath my life Insurance policy to my wife Olive Cocke. Witness my signature this the 22nd day of Sept., 1909. <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/john-cocke--panola-county-">John Cocke</a> (X his mark) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Will of John Cocke Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1909-09-22 Subject The topic of the resource <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/john-cocke--panola-county-">Cocke, John, 1828-1909</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Will Book of the 2nd District, 1880-1921; Author: Panola County (Mississippi). Chancery Clerk; Probate Place: Panola, Mississippi Ancestry.com. Mississippi, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1780-1982 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/john-cocke--panola-county-">Cocke, John, 1828-1909</a> cocke