Established in the late 1880s, Baylis Chapel
Methodist Church is located on land donated by
George Baylis in 1882. The original wooden
structure, built in the late 1880s, was replaced by
the current church building in 1951. Among the
oldest . . . — — Map (db m206683) HM
Mississippi's first rodeo was held here September 24-26, 1935. The rodeo was sponsored by two local businessmen, rancher Samuel Hickman of the B Bar H Ranch and George Baylis, owner of the Baylis Drug Store. Several notable cowboys were involved, . . . — — Map (db m143125) HM
In 1883, Pastor T. S. Howell from Bunker Hill Church in rural Marion County, and six local believers met at the courthouse to organize a Baptist church within the city limits of Columbia. Early meetings were held in the courthouse, the Masonic Hall, . . . — — Map (db m50135) HM
Built between 1925 and 1927 by Jackson architect Claude H. Lindsley and furnished by Marshall Fields, this Spanish Colonial Revival-style mansion was the home of Governor Hugh Lawson White. White served two non-consecutive terms as governor of . . . — — Map (db m115552) HM
On February 7, 1894, crowds gathered near this site to witness the hanging of Will Purvis, who had been convicted of the murder of local farmer Will Buckley. When the trap door was released Purvis fell straight through to the ground, the noose . . . — — Map (db m115404) HM
The Mississippi Rural Center was dedicated on February 9, 1949, and established with a $100,000 gift from the Women's Society of Christian Services of the Methodist Church. Created to provide opportunities for African American families, the center . . . — — Map (db m115553) HM
Established 1864, the Simmons
Cemetery is the burial place for
descendants of William F. and
Zuleika Simmons and is associated
with the Keno community, founded
in 1855. In 1889. a post office
was established at the Baylis
mill. The earliest . . . — — Map (db m206617) HM
The 5th session of the Mississippi Legislature met in Columbia in Nov. 1821, and in a special session in June 1822. Walter Leake was inaugurated Governor here in January 1822; the Legislature passed laws for the education of the poor; approved Le . . . — — Map (db m50070) HM
Located 16 miles south, is oldest house in Pearl River Valley. Built by Methodist preacher, John Ford, who came in 1805 from S.C. Here Pearl R. Convention met in 1816. — — Map (db m115452) HM
Believed to have been the last surviving
American Slave, Magee was born in Carpet,
North Carolina and sold at Enterprise,
Mississippi at the age of nineteen. He is
believed to have served in the Civil War at
both the Siege of Vicksburg and . . . — — Map (db m196209) HM
Once known as Beardsville and Claude,
Morgantown was settled ca. 1815 by Francis and
William Lenoir, George Nixon, Robert Baylor,
and Robert McGowan. The name was suggested
by Lizzie Morgan as early as 1909. In 1884.
C.N. Beard opened a school . . . — — Map (db m206577) HM
Located one mile east. The oldest house in Pearl River Valley. Built about 1805 by Methodist preacher, John Ford, who came from South Carolina. Andrew Jackson stopped here, 1814, enroute to New Orleans. — — Map (db m115379) HM
