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Liberty in Amite County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)
 

Old Natchez District

 
 
Old Natchez District Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, February 12, 2016
1. Old Natchez District Marker
Inscription. Ceded by Choctaws & Chickasaws in Fort Adams Treaty, 1801, confirming earlier British treaty. Contained most of present Warren, Jefferson, Claiborne, Adams, Franklin, Wilkinson & Amite counties.
 
Erected 1952 by Mississippi Historical Commission.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and CommunitiesSettlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Mississippi State Historical Marker Program series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1801.
 
Location. 31° 11.339′ N, 90° 40.353′ W. Marker is in Liberty, Mississippi, in Amite County. It is on State Highway 24/48 half a mile east of Peoria Road, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Liberty MS 39645, 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 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Jerry Clower (approx. 0.9 miles away); East Fork Baptist Church (approx. one mile away); Tickfaw Missionary Baptist Church (approx. 6.3 miles away); Europe Bates School (approx. 6½ miles away); John H. Nunnery (approx. 7.4 miles away); Amite Female Seminary (approx. 8.2 miles away); Sherman Line Rosenwald School
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(approx. 8.3 miles away); Herbert Lee (approx. 8.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Liberty.
 
Old Natchez District Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, February 12, 2016
2. Old Natchez District Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on July 4, 2022. It was originally submitted on February 13, 2016. This page has been viewed 1,170 times since then and 39 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on February 13, 2016. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
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Jun. 10, 2026