Vicksburg in Warren County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)

Vick Graves

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, December 26, 2022

1. Vick Graves Marker

Inscription.
Buried here is Rev. Newitt Vick, the founder of Vicksburg, his wife Elizabeth, and their four children. Vick, a Methodist minister, and his wife settled here in 1812: both died of yellow fever in 1819. In 1825, the Court Square was donated to the county as a memorial to the Vick family.

Erected 2007 by Mississippi Department of Archives and History.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Settlements & Settlers.

Location. 32° 24.203′ N, 90° 47.265′ W. Marker is in Vicksburg, Mississippi, in Warren County. It is on Oak Ridge Road half a mile east of Plantation Drive, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2309 Oak Ridge Rd, Vicksburg MS 39183, 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,

specifically in the Deep South,

in the Mississippi Delta,

and in the Great River Road Region.

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 New Spain,

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 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: U ☆ S Battery E (approx. 3.2 miles away); Rhode Island 7th Infantry (approx. 3.2 miles away); Grant’s Headquarters (approx. 3.2 miles away); Massachusetts Tribute to the 29th, 35th and 36th Regiments Volunteer Infantry (approx. 3.2 miles away); Illinois 29th Infantry. [Detachment.]

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(approx. 3.2 miles away); U S Headquarters 16th Corps (Detachment) (approx. 3.2 miles away); Siege Operations, May 23-July 4. (approx. 3.2 miles away); Frederick E. Prime (approx. 3.2 miles away).

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, December 26, 2022

2. Vick Graves Marker

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, December 26, 2022

3. Vick Graves

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, December 26, 2022

4. Vick Graves Marker

The Rev. Newet Vick Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, December 26, 2022

5. The Rev. Newet Vick Memorial

Established in 1984 by
Crawford Street United Methodist Church
with assistance by
City of Vicksburg
Warren County
and
Individual citizens

Credits. This page was last revised on December 26, 2022. It was originally submitted on December 26, 2022, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 658 times since then and 50 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on December 26, 2022, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana.