On Concord-Bethsalem Road, 0.1 miles north of Highpoint-Weir Road.
Begun ca. 1839 by Rev. James
Martin. Present building of
virgin pine erected in early
1840s. Known as “a mother of
churches,” it supported a session house, a school, and an
annual campmeeting. — — Map (db m244513) HM
On Main Street at Front Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
Choctaw County’s blues history is distinguished by the accomplishments of two artists in particular, both of them singers, songwriters, and guitarists; Levester “Big Lucky” Carter, who was born in Weir and raised on his family’s farm in French Camp, . . . — — Map (db m205436) HM
Built 1878. this was the home of Col. John Weir (1833-1900), who was twice wounded during the Civil War. Col. Weir, for whom the town of Weir was named, established a water and saw mill complex near here in 1870. Descendants of John and Emily Weir . . . — — Map (db m205434) HM
On Gladney Road, 0.1 miles west of McGee-Thompson Road, on the left when traveling west.
Established 1841, this cemetery
served both Concord Baptist Church
and the now extinct community of
New Prospect, founded in the early
1830s. The church moved to a new
location in 1876. Among those
buried here are Dr. Robert Brown,
New . . . — — Map (db m244512) HM