Liberty in Amite County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)
Tickfaw Missionary Baptist Church
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, July 19, 2025
1. Tickfaw Missionary Baptist Church Marker
Tickfaw Missionary Baptist Church was founded in 1866 by Rev. Simon Harper, along with residents of the community. Harper, who was formerly enslaved, was also instrumental in establishing Harper Baptist College near Gloster. After meeting under a brush arbor and in homes, the congregation built a church five miles south of the Tickfaw River, from which the church takes its name. In 1926. the congregation moved to this location. This church building was completed in 1948 and remodeled in the 1980s.
Erected 2023 by Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures.
Location. 31° 5.935′ N, 90° 39.363′ W. Marker is in Liberty, Mississippi, in Amite County. It is on Bates School Road 1½ miles east of Old Peoria Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 6339 Bates School Rd, Magnolia MS 39652, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Southwest Mississippi. 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 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 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Europe Bates School (approx. 0.9 miles away); Lynyrd Skynyrd Crash Site Memorial (approx. 3.9 miles away); Old Natchez District (approx. 6.3 miles away); Jerry Clower (approx. 6.4 miles
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Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, July 19, 2025
2. Tickfaw Missionary Baptist Church Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on July 19, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 19, 2025, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 318 times since then and 83 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 19, 2025, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana.
