Made in a Millersburg foundry by A. Dagon. This trough served the needs of Holmes County residents who visited the courthouse for official business until about 1939. As the automobile traffic increased, the hitching rail was moved to the east side . . . — — Map (db m205797) HM
Created by an act of the legislature on 2/19/1832.
Because Gov. Scott opposed the creation of the new
county, a two-thirds vote of the legislature was necessary
for approval. Originally, part of a vast territory known as
Hinds County, which was . . . — — Map (db m184579) HM
Holmes County, noted for agriculture and timber, was created in 1848. The first county seat was at Hewett's Bluff, later known as Bear Pen. Cerro Gordo and Westville also served as county seat. Bonifay, the present site, was selected in 1905. . . . — — Map (db m73288) HM
Washington [north face]
Six Soldiers of the
Revolutionary War were
subsequently Residents of
Holmes County, Ohio.
Jackson [east face]
In memory of the
Soldiers of the War of A.D. 1812
who became citizens
of Holmes . . . — — Map (db m81741) WM
[Front]
Holmes County has been a significant contributor to the legacy of African American blues and gospel music in Mississippi. Heralded blues artists born or raised in the Lexington area include Elmore James (a native of Richland, . . . — — Map (db m140751) HM
On French Ridge in Richland Township, on June 5, 1863, local citizens in defiance of conscription attacked Elias Robinson, an enrolling officer of the Union Army. When Captain James Drake, the provost marshal, imprisoned the ringleaders, armed . . . — — Map (db m214473) HM
Front
Many blues performers who gained fame in the Delta, Jackson, and Chicago and on the southern soul circuit have lived in or near Tchula, including Elmore James, Hound Dog Taylor, Jimmy Dawkins, Jesse Robinson, Lewis "Love Doctor" . . . — — Map (db m121121) HM
To the Holmes County
soldiers of 18611865,
and members of Holmes
County Camp No 398 U.C.V.
in memory of their
patriotism and heroism
and to commend their
example to future
generations.
Their deeds, proud deeds.
shall . . . — — Map (db m184582) WM
Side 1
On October 1, 1890, three of Laura Ingalls Wilder's relatives, Peter Franklin (L.) Ingalls (cousin), Joseph Quiner Carpenter (cousin), and Perley Day Wilder (brother-in-law) began a trip from Stockholm, Wisconsin down the . . . — — Map (db m95031) HM
Milton Lee Olive III, a native of Chicago, moved to Holmes County and attended school in Lexington. During the Vietnam War, Olive served in Co. B, 2nd Bttn. (Airborne), 503rd Infantry. Near Phu Cong, on October 22, 1965, Olive saved the lives of . . . — — Map (db m140856) HM
Purchased from
Nathan and Esther Brenner
by the
Holmes County Commissioners,
Robert S. Maurer
Clayton Hershberger
Jack E Nowels,
January 27 1982
Holmes County
Office Building
Auto Title Department
County Office of . . . — — Map (db m214474) HM
Charles Harrison Mason (1864-1961) began his ministry in 1893 in Preston, Arkansas. Shunned by the African American Baptist community in Jackson during the 1890s due to his teachings on holiness, Mason brought his revival to Lexington in 1897. He . . . — — Map (db m140839) HM
The last barn painter for the Bloch Brothers Tobacco Company of Wheeling, West Virginia, Harley Warrick painted thousands of barns with the familiar Mail Pouch Tobacco logo over his 48-year career. Mail Pouch transcended advertising to become a . . . — — Map (db m205139) HM
In 1880, William Thomas Keith (1856-1949) homesteaded ten acres upon which this house stands. In 1886 he filed a homestead entry with the U.S. Public Land Office and in the fall of that year built this cabin that became home for himself, his wife, . . . — — Map (db m73289) HM
Dedicated to the men and women of Holmes County who have served their country so that freedom's light might shine through the world. — — Map (db m205795) WM
Peace-Loving Amish Pioneers Build Brotherly Native American Frontier Relations An unbarred log cabin door could mean vulnerability. But for one of the earliest pioneering families of the Ohio country the peace-loving Amish Jacob Mast . . . — — Map (db m240036) HM
When David Knisely, the founder of New Philadelphia, first arrived in the Tuscarawas Valley on August 27, 1803, he found a sparsely populated, pristine wilderness. Five years later the state legislature approved a bill organizing Tuscarawas County . . . — — Map (db m292) HM
Founded, 1858. Named for Louis Durant, a nearby Choctaw chief. Lockhart's Store, 4 mi. W., was first Holmes County post office, dating from 1849. Town later merged with Durant. — — Map (db m140836) HM
Began in 1820s as trading post. Incorporated in 1836. County seat of Holmes County since 1834. In 1907 the first Corn Club in the United States was organized here by W.H. (Corn Club) Smith. — — Map (db m140843) HM
Born in 1928 in Holmes County, Robert G.
Clark Jr. was the first African American
elected to the Mississippi Legislature in
the 20th century. Elected in 1967, Clark
became chair of the House Education
Committee in 1977 and played a key role . . . — — Map (db m244497) HM
Bouquets Trail, 1764. Unsatisfied by the treaty that ended the French and Indian War, Ottawa chief Pontiac led a confederacy of Native American tribes in attacks against the British frontier forts during 1763, a campaign known as Pontiacs . . . — — Map (db m13615) HM
Mark S. Scott & his wife, Isabelle Balkom Scott, came to Millville in late 1907 from Holmes County and built this home for their young family in 1908. Scott was the brother of Mrs. Eunice Scott Cotton and Mrs. Mary L. Forrester who also moved to . . . — — Map (db m245362) HM
Considered the oldest organized church in continuous existence in Holmes County, Hopewell's history can be traced to a "preaching point" as early as 1818 or 1819, developing into a regularly organized church under the Presbytery at Mansfield about . . . — — Map (db m281167) HM
Jonas Stutzman, from Somerset County, Pennsylvania, came to this site in 1809 to clear land for farming and to build a log home for his family. He was the first permanent settler in the eastern portion of what would in 1825 become Holmes County. . . . — — Map (db m24493) HM
Millersburg: a good place to slow down. Take your time...discover the past. Stroll through the present and Explore our inviting downtown... Come, make Millersburg your own.
With over 120 buildings listed, the entire downtown is in the National . . . — — Map (db m281169) HM
Jonas Stutziman was the first white settler in eastern Holmes County. He arrived in the Indian Territory during spring of 1809. He provided the first sawmill, was a teacher and in his later years, dressed in white (weiss) clothes. In 1849 he . . . — — Map (db m281147) HM
In memory of ex-prisoners of war
Coshocton and Guernsey County Richland County Tuscarawas County Wayne County Medina County Ashland County Stark County Summit County Holmes County — — Map (db m306639) WM
Side A: William Moore McCulloch
William McCulloch was born in Holmes County where he was educated in a one-room schoolhouse before moving to Wooster to attend high school and the College of Wooster. He attained prominence as Ohio's Speaker of . . . — — Map (db m29828) HM
Born in 1835 in Alabama, Edmund Scarborough
became a successful farmer in Pickens. He
served in the Mississippi Legislature in 1870-1871
and organized what would become Union
Memorial UMC. John B. Scott, born near Pickens
in 1853, attended . . . — — Map (db m219757) HM
Tommy McClennan (c. 1905-1961) was one of America's most successful down-home blues recording artists during the period when he recorded 20 singles for the Bluebird label (1939-1942). Among McClennan's most notable numbers were "Bottle It Up and . . . — — Map (db m77258) HM
A native of Holmes County, Mississippi, he
married Catherine Cheek in 1930. Ten years
later he moved to Verona where he farmed
and operated a general store until 1953.
He was elected to the General Assembly in
1948. Appointed commissioner of . . . — — Map (db m151051) HM
A) Grand Gulf, Mississippi
Mile 407.0 AHP
A bluff jutting into the river at the old mouth of the Big Black River created perilous whirlpools that made Grand Gulf notorious among early flatboatmen. The town of Grand Gulf was established . . . — — Map (db m115164) HM
National Register of Historic Places
In many ways, the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision fueled the modern Civil Rights Movement. The NAACP's legal team strategically chipped away at the separate but equal" doctrine to end . . . — — Map (db m188205) HM
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.
