Clinton in Hinds County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)

Pleasant Green Missionary Baptist Church

Photographed by Tim Fillmon, August 27, 2019

1. Pleasant Green Missionary Baptist Church Marker

Inscription. Walter Hillman and Consider Parish led a congregation of former slaves in forming Pleasant Green Baptist Church in 1870. The church, under Reverend Dunbar, met in the Mississippi College chapel before relocating to a lot east of the chapel. The church later moved to East College Street. African American families buried their dead in a separate plot owned by the Clinton Cemetery Association until 1928 when they gained ownership of black-only Cedar Grove Cemetery.

Erected 2017 by Mississippi Department of Archives and History.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1870.

Location. 32° 20.177′ N, 90° 19.174′ W. Marker is in Clinton, Mississippi, in Hinds County. It is on East College Street 0.1 miles west of Fairmont Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 505 East College Street, Clinton MS 39056, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Natchez Trace Corridor

and in Greater Jackson.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Clinton Cemetery (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Clinton Methodist Church (approx. ¼ mile away); The Cedars (approx. 0.3 miles away); East Clinton Historic District

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(approx. 0.3 miles away); a different marker also named East Clinton Historic District (approx. 0.4 miles away); Clinton (approx. half a mile away); Natchez Trace Crossing (approx. half a mile away); Jennings Hall (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Clinton.

Pleasant Green Missionary Baptist Church and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim Fillmon, August 27, 2019

2. Pleasant Green Missionary Baptist Church and Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on April 20, 2020. It was originally submitted on April 19, 2020, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida. This page has been viewed 922 times since then and 46 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 19, 2020, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.