Near Columbus in Lowndes County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)

Sally Wicks Sharp

Photographed by Tom Bosse, July 30, 2021

1. Sally Wicks Sharp Marker

Inscription. Sally Wicks Sharp designated her home in the late 1800s as a place of worship until New Zion M.B. church was built. The family worshipped at New Prospect M.B. Church prior to Sally’s house.

Sally Wicks Sharp
October 10, 1873 ~ May 23, 1943

Erected 2016 by The Wicks Family.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Religion & Religious Structures • Settlements & Settlers.

Location. 33° 23.98′ N, 88° 34.15′ W. Marker is near Columbus, Mississippi, in Lowndes County. It is on Wicks Road 0.8 miles south of Gilmer-Wilburn Road, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Columbus MS 39701, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in East Mississippi, in the Black Prairie,

and in the Golden Triangle.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Black Belt.

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 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Zacharias Wicks, Sr. (here, next to this marker); James “Jim” Wicks (a few steps from this marker); Ned Wicks (a few steps from this marker); Dennis Wicks, Jr. (a few steps from this marker); Wicks Community (approx. 0.4 miles away); Bethel Presbyterian Church (approx. 4 miles away); Big Joe Williams (approx. 7.4 miles away); Sessums (approx. 8½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Columbus.

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Photographed by Tom Bosse, July 30, 2021

2. Sally Wicks Sharp Marker

Marker is on the far left.

Credits. This page was last revised on August 7, 2021. It was originally submitted on August 6, 2021, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 284 times since then and 41 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 6, 2021, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.