Ford County, Mississippi

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Ford County, Mississippi is a fictional rural Southern county created by author John Grisham and frequently used as the primary setting for several of his legal thrillers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional county ⓘ
fictional location ⓘ
appearsInAuthorDebutNovel A Time to Kill ⓘ
associatedAuthorNationality American ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
creator John Grisham ⓘ
fictionalStateContext American South ⓘ
genreContext legal thriller ⓘ
hasFictionalTown Clanton, Mississippi ⓘ
languageOfWorks English ⓘ
legalInstitution Ford County Courthouse ⓘ
locatedIn Mississippi ⓘ
mediaType novels ⓘ
short stories ⓘ
narrativeFunction recurring shared universe setting in John Grisham novels ⓘ
primaryTown Clanton, Mississippi ⓘ
regionType rural county ⓘ
settingEra early 21st century ⓘ
late 20th century ⓘ
typicalThemes economic hardship ⓘ
legal ethics ⓘ
race relations in the American South ⓘ
small-town justice ⓘ
usedAsSettingIn A Time to Kill ⓘ
Ford County (short story collection) ⓘ
Sycamore Row ⓘ
The Chamber ⓘ
The Last Juror ⓘ
The Reckoning ⓘ
The Summons ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sycamore Row → settingRegion → Ford County, Mississippi ⓘ
Jake Brigance → basedIn → Ford County, Mississippi ⓘ
Carl Lee Hailey → residence → Ford County, Mississippi ⓘ
Harry Rex Vonner → residence → Ford County, Mississippi ⓘ
Harry Rex Vonner → professionLocation → Ford County, Mississippi ⓘ
Clanton, Mississippi → locatedInFictionalCounty → Ford County, Mississippi ⓘ
Clanton, Mississippi → countySeatOf → Ford County, Mississippi ⓘ
Drew Gamble → settingOfTrial → Ford County, Mississippi ⓘ
Deputy Stuart Kofer → fictionalLocation → Ford County, Mississippi ⓘ
Lucien Wilbanks → settingOfActivity → Ford County, Mississippi ⓘ
Willie Traynor → associatedWithLocation → Ford County, Mississippi (fictional) ⓘ
linked to: Ford County, Mississippi
Danny Padgitt → settingOfActions → Ford County, Mississippi ⓘ