Historical Markers in Newton, Mississippi

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Historical Markers in Newton, Mississippi

1 ► Mississippi, Newton County, Newton — Confederate Hospital —

In 1863, Willis R. Norman received a Confederate Government contract to construct a hospital in Newton. The hospital complex, which is said to have consisted of 7 hospital and commissary buildings, was built on this site. Approximately 1,000 . . . — — Map (db m77267) HM

2 ► Mississippi, Newton County, Newton — Doolittle C.S.A. Cemetery —

In this cemetery, which has been maintained by Doolittle family since antebellum times, are buried about 100 Confederate soldiers who died at military hospital during siege of Vicksburg. — — Map (db m51169) HM

3 ► Mississippi, Newton County, Newton — Grierson's Raid —

Here at Newton Station, on April. 24, 1863, Federals under General Benjamin H. Grierson struck the Vicksburg-Meridian rail route, tore up tracks, & burned depot. — — Map (db m77265) HM

4 ► Mississippi, Newton County, Newton — McElroy-Hoye House —

Originally built for Marine M. Watkins, this one-story, center-hall-plan house was purchased in 1871 by Dr. J.С. McElroy, a physician and state representative. In 1891, Mrs. Bettie Russell Hoye, the widow of M.J.L. Hoye, a local merchant who . . . — — Map (db m138574) HM

5 ► Mississippi, Newton County, Newton — 202 — Newton County Blues — Mississippi Blues Trail —

Newton County has a dual claim to blues fame, first as the birthplace of several historical figures and later as the site of an important blues event, the Chunky Rhythm & Blues Festival. Newton County natives include record businessman H.C. Speir . . . — — Map (db m141357) HM

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