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

This list will also include matches for inflectional* forms of the words.
 
By James Hulse, April 5, 2023
The Simon Peter Ford Marker in the Pitman Cemetery
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1 ► Texas, Fayette County, Muldoon — 1940 — Simon Peter Ford —
Near Muldoon Cemeteries Lane 0.1 miles north of Farm to Market Road 2237.
Born 1816 Came to Texas in 1830. Participated in the Battle of San Jacinto as a member of Captain William Wood's Company Died 1896 in Flatonia Texas — — Map (db m220219) HM

2 ► Mississippi, Jones County, Laurel — 127 — Jones County Blues — Mississippi Blues Trail —
On North Maple Street north of Central Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
The Laurel area, a hub of musical activity in southeast Mississippi, has been home to a number of noted blues performers including harmonica player Sam Myers, singer Albennie Jones, and guitarist Blind Roosevelt Graves. R&B, blues, and rock 'n' . . . — — Map (db m110992) HM

3 ► Mississippi, Jasper County, Bay Springs — Assassination of F.M.B. "Marsh" Cook —
On State Highway 15 at Commerce Drive, on the right when traveling north on State Highway 15.
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

4 ► Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, Historic District - South — 25-47 — Sergeant Jasper —
On Bull Street near Macon Street, on the right when traveling south.
Sergeant William Jasper, the famed Revolutionary hero, was mortally wounded a few hundred yards northwest of this spot on October 9, 1779, in the ill-fated attack of the American and French forces on the British defenses around Savannah. The . . . — — Map (db m5455) HM
5 ► Missouri, Jasper County, Joplin — Osage Nation —
On Northwest Murphy Boulevard just south of East Pool Street, on the right when traveling north.
Osage Nation in the Joplin Region More than a thousand years ago, the Osage people migrated from the Ohio Valley up the Mississippi River and onto the tributaries of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. They occupied this diverse landmass that . . . — — Map (db m230200) HM

6 ► Mississippi, Simpson County, Mendenhall — Weathersby and Choctaw Heritage — Simpson County Heritage Trail —
On Church Street at U.S. 49, on the right when traveling east on Church Street.
What is the Simpson County Heritage Trail? The Simpson County Heritage Trail was established through the Simpson County Development Foundation in 2011. Each stop along the trail is of historic significance to Simpson County, . . . — — Map (db m114427) HM

7 ► Texas, Newton County, Burkeville — 12346 — Woods Cemetery —
On Farm to Market Road 1414 0.4 miles south of County Road 2069, on the left when traveling south.
Brothers Sebern (1809-1865), Allen (1814-1887) and John Woods and their families were living in Yalobusha County, Mississippi, in 1840. They traveled to the Republic of Texas with their parents, John (1785-1863) and Mary (b. 1790) Woods, in the . . . — — Map (db m290449) HM

8 ► Iowa, Marion County, Pella — 10 — Historic Pella —
On Main Street at Huber Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.
In the spring of 1847 four sailing vessels carrying 800 freedom-seeking Hollanders landed at Baltimore. They were met by Dominie Henry Peter Scholte, their faithful leader, who led them across the Alleghenies to Pittsburgh and down the Ohio and . . . — — Map (db m235885) HM
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    Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
 
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Nov. 13, 2026