Established just prior to the Civil War. St. John became part of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, which was organized in 1870, and later joined the United Methodist Church. St. John also served as a school for African American children in . . . — — Map (db m287031) HM
Irish immigrant John Cooper Dunn resettled in this
area and surveyed the land on the Chunky River
near Meridian, Mississippi. The river's clay bluffs
provided material used in a ceramic factory
that supplied the family's livelihood. Later . . . — — Map (db m287275) HM
Center of early trade on Chickasawhay River with Gulf Coast. Served during Civil War as location of hospital and prison camp and temporary refuge of the State Government. — — Map (db m84213) HM
Running along the west side of this highway to Pachuta & unchanged in its old course. Was original route between Mobile and Paulding, former county seat & prosperous antebellum town in Jasper Co. — — Map (db m100974) HM
To the Confederate
Soldiers
Though Your Ranks
Now Fast are Melting
and the Stars and
Bars are Furled,
Yet the South
Will Live Forever
In the Glory
Of Your World.
Clarke Countys
Tribute to
The Noble Men
Who Marched . . . — — Map (db m84239) WM
Lest We Forget
Dedicated
To the Memory
Of
All Persons
Of
Clarke County, Mississippi
Who Gave Their Lives
In the Service
Of
Our Country
World War I Army
Bartee, George A. PVT Boutwell, Lewis L. PVT Butler, . . . — — Map (db m84241) WM
This park was named in 2021 for the former Shirley-Owens Vocational High School, established in 1948. With roots in the Pearlie Grove Church. the school was named for William Shirley, the White superintendent of Clarke County schools, and Samuel . . . — — Map (db m287030) HM
The Shubuta Methodist Episcopal Church, South, was established circa 1843 by Rev. Samuel Jones and Rev. Elijah Gilmore. The first sanctuary built in 1860 was replaced by this Carpenter Gothic-style structure built in 1890, one of two such styled . . . — — Map (db m287033) HM
On December 20, 1918, a White mob seized two Black sisters, Maggie and Alma Howze, and two Black brothers, Major and Andrew Clark, from the Shubuta jail and hanged them from a river bridge one mile north of town. The quadruple lynching, followed . . . — — Map (db m287115) HM
Here, in 1868, was established one of the first industries in Mississippi. Named to honor Maj. Gen. T. J. "Stonewall" Jackson, C. S. A. Acquired in 1962 by Burlington Industries and since enlarged. — — Map (db m287025) HM
