Vicksburg in Warren County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)
"The Founding of Vicksburg and Methodism"
Photographed By Mark Hilton, May 25, 2017
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"The Founding of Vicksburg and Methodism". . Methodism played a formative role in the founding of Vicksburg and Warren County. In 1799, Rev. Tobias Gibson, a circuit rider in the Mississippi Territory, established the Hopewell congregation in Warren County. In 1814, Rev. Newitt Vick, a Virginia-born preacher, and Foster Cook erected a log cabin for worship near Vick’s plantation called Open Woods. Vick was the first Methodist minister in Warren County, and before his death from Yellow Fever in 1819, he purchased 612 acres of land, which he divided into town lots. After Vick’s death, The Rev. John Lane, who married Vick’s daughter, Sarah, became executor of his estate and continued development of the town, naming it after Vick. The Rev. Lane also held church services in his blacksmith shop and home until 1822 when a wooden church was built at Cherry and Grove streets. In 1837, Catherine and John Wesley Vick deeded to the church a lot at the southwest corner of Crawford and Cherry Streets, and the first of three buildings to house Crawford Streets Methodist Church was built. The first church was given to slaves who had worshipped with their owners. Renamed Wesley Chapel Methodist Episcopal, it remained at Cherry and Grove until a new church was built on First East Street in 1865. As the town grew, so did the number of Methodist congregations, which today number eleven. ,
Sponsored by , Members and Friends of the United Methodist Churches of Warren County.
Methodism played a formative role in the founding of Vicksburg and Warren County.
In 1799, Rev. Tobias Gibson, a circuit rider in the Mississippi Territory, established the Hopewell congregation in Warren County. In 1814, Rev. Newitt Vick, a Virginia-born preacher, and Foster Cook erected a log cabin for worship near Vick’s plantation called Open Woods.
Vick was the first Methodist minister in Warren County, and before his death from Yellow Fever in 1819, he purchased 612 acres of land, which he divided into town lots.
After Vick’s death, The Rev. John Lane, who married Vick’s daughter, Sarah, became executor of his estate and continued development of the town, naming it after Vick. The Rev. Lane also held church services in his blacksmith shop and home until 1822 when a wooden church was built at Cherry and Grove streets.
In 1837, Catherine and John Wesley Vick deeded to the church a lot at the southwest corner of Crawford and Cherry Streets, and the first of three buildings to house Crawford Streets Methodist Church was built. The first church was given to slaves who had worshipped with their owners. Renamed Wesley Chapel Methodist Episcopal, it remained at Cherry and Grove until a new church was built on First East Street in 1865.
As the town grew, so did the number of Methodist congregations, which today number
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eleven.
Sponsored by Members and Friends of the United Methodist Churches of Warren County
Erected 2008 by the City of Vicksburg Riverfront Mural Committee.
Location. 32° 21.117′ N, 90° 53.009′ W. Marker is in Vicksburg, Mississippi, in Warren County. Marker can be reached from Levee Street south of Grove Street. The Vicksburg Riverfront Murals are located on the Yazoo Diversion Canal levee wall. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Vicksburg MS 39183, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Credits. This page was last revised on January 25, 2022. It was originally submitted on June 6, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 387 times since then and 50 times this year. Last updated on January 24, 2022, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on June 6, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.