Pinckneyville in Wilkinson County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)

Grave Of Oliver Pollock

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, March 25, 2016

1. Grave Of Oliver Pollock Marker

Inscription. Pollock, an Irish merchant in Spanish New Orleans, served in that city as Commercial Agent for the Continental Congress & helped finance the American Revolution with his fortune. He died at Pinckneyville, 1832.

Erected 1976 by Mississippi Department of Archives and History.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Colonial Era • War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Mississippi State Historical Marker Program series list.

Location. 31° 1.029′ N, 91° 28.881′ W. Marker is in Pinckneyville, Mississippi, in Wilkinson County. It is on Pinckneyville / Ft. Adams Pond Road half a mile south of Woodstock Road, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Woodville MS 39669, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southwest Mississippi and in Natchez Trace Corridor.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

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 12 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Old River (approx. 7.2 miles away in Louisiana); Avenue of Magnolias (approx. 8 miles away); Smith Creek Mounds (approx. 8.8 miles away); Three Rivers Confluence (approx. 9.8 miles away in Louisiana); Lessley Mound

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(approx. 10.1 miles away); a different marker also named Old River (approx. 11½ miles away in Louisiana); Wakefield (approx. 11.8 miles away in Louisiana); Beth Israel Cemetery (approx. 11.8 miles away).

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, March 25, 2016

2. Grave Of Oliver Pollock Marker

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, March 25, 2016

3. Grave Of Oliver Pollock Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 24, 2024. It was originally submitted on April 5, 2016. This page has been viewed 1,292 times since then and 76 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 5, 2016. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.