Entries Containing All of the Phrases «lauderdale county» AND «mississippi»

By James Hulse, May 14, 2021

Salem Baptist Church and Marker

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1 ► Mississippi, Lauderdale County, Toomsuba — Salem Baptist Church and Cemetery —

Located in the area formerly known as Alamucha, Salem Baptist Church was established in 1838. This settlement was also the site of the Alamucha Academy which opened in 1840. A number of the church's members served in Co. E, 13th Mississippi . . . — — Map (db m173400) HM

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2 ► Mississippi, Lauderdale County, Meridian — The Meridian Movement — Mississippi Freedom Trail —

Charles Darden was president of the Mississippi branch of the NAACP from 1955 to 1960 and one of the founding fathers of the Meridian Freedom Movement, which had its first headquarters in a building on this site. Under Darden's leadership, . . . — — Map (db m312327) HM

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3 ► Texas, Madison County, Madisonville — 18903 — Oxford Cemetery —

As the primary burial ground for citizens of the Cottonwood community and the family of Garland Walker Ross (1807-1892) and Elizabeth Hodges Ross (1826- 1882), the Oxford Cemetery was in use as early as 1869. The Ross family came to Texas . . . — — Map (db m245564) HM

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4 ► Alabama, Lauderdale County, Florence — Old Pleasant Grove Primitive Baptist Church & Cemetery — Lauderdale County —

In 1824, settlers from the Carolinas built Old Pleasant Grove Primitive Baptist Church, the first church in the Cowpen Creek area and one of the earliest churches in Lauderdale County. Although the cemetery was likely established before the church . . . — — Map (db m236490) HM

5 ► Alabama, Lauderdale County, Rogersville — Bettie Anne Highway —

The home-place of Bettie Anne Springer-Thornton lies 1.6 miles north on the east side of Lauderdale County Road 51. This home was originally a one-room log cabin, built between 1892 and 1894 by Levi Patrick Thornton. Two rooms and a dog-trot were . . . — — Map (db m141966) HM

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6 ► Alabama, Franklin County, Russellville — Franklin -- A County Older than the State —

The Alabama Territorial Legislature created Franklin County on February 6, 1818, from lands ceded two years earlier by the Chickasaw and Cherokee nations. The county was named in honor of Benjamin Franklin. The first sheriff was James Frazier. . . . — — Map (db m285558) HM

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7 ► Alabama, Colbert County, Leighton — Alabama's Historic Byler Road — Alabama's First Road —

Front Byler Road Pioneer's settled path to new lands, agriculture, transport and commerce that began in Northwest Alabama. 140 mile corridor/route designated on December 19th, 1819 by the State Legislature. This was . . . — — Map (db m205287) HM

8 ► Alabama, Tuscaloosa County, Northport — Alabama's Historic Byler Road — Alabama's First Road —

Byler Road Pioneer's settled path to new lands, agriculture, transport and commerce that began in Northwest Alabama. 140 mile corridor/route designated on December 19th, 1819 by the State Legislature. This was Alabama's first . . . — — Map (db m308392) HM

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