On July 23, 1890, Marsh Cook of Jasper County was gunned down by six men after warning citizens that the 1890 Mississippi Constitutional Convention would likely limit voting rights and disfranchise black voters. Cook was a white Republican candidate . . . — — Map (db m56188) HM
One of routes of military & post road begun, 1807, from Natchez to Ft. Stoddert & Milledgeville, Ga. Over this trail many immigrants came into Territory & here Sam Dale operated wagon train. — — Map (db m56544) HM
Organized on July 31, 1841, with eighteen members. The present church was built in 1907. The first pastor was Dr. John H. Gray. Dr. John N. Waddel, a charter member who donated the land for the church and cemetery, served as Chancellor of the . . . — — Map (db m173381) HM