Formerly owned by Chief Kemp (Chickasaw) and his son, also called Kemp; purchased after the younger Kemp's death by Judge Brooks (Pontotoc, Mississippi); given by Judge Brooks to Reverend Edward Fontaine (Pontotoc, Mississippi) in 1838; acquired at an unknown date by Dr. Joseph L. Jones (1833-1896, New Orleans, Louisiana); purchased by George Heye from Dr. Jones's widow, Susan Polk Jones (1842-1921), in 1906.
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