On West Main Street (U.S. 33) at Courthouse Square (State Road 208), on the right when traveling east on West Main Street.
John Mercer Langston was born 5.5 miles N.W. of here on 14 Dec. 1829, son of plantation owner Ralph Quarles and his former slave Lucy Langston. A graduate of Oberlin College (1849), in 1855 Langston became township clerk of Brownheim, Ohio - the . . . — — Map (db m256950) HM
On Patrick Henry Highway (U.S. 360) at Tower Road (County Route 623), on the right when traveling west on Patrick Henry Highway.
Blanche Kelso Bruce, African American political leader, was born into slavery south of here on 1 Mar. 1841. He grew up in Virginia, Mississippi, and Missouri before escaping slavery during the Civil War. In 1869 Bruce moved back to Mississippi and . . . — — Map (db m41699) HM
