This boulder is erected by the Mississippi
College Rifles Chapter U. D. C.
in grateful memory of the 104 men who went
out from this college as Company E; 18th
Mississippi Regiment, April 23, 1861.
J. W. Welborn, Capt., Cuddie . . . — — Map (db m90391) HM
Pioneer Baptist minister who, in 1824, settled in Hinds Co. and organ. Union Church in the Society Ridge Com. A founder of the Miss. Bapt. Conv. in 1836, he influenced that body to acquire Miss. Coll. in 1850. — — Map (db m89733) HM
Charles Caldwell, Republican leader during Reconstruction, was assassinated outside Clinton's Store on the northeast corner of Leake and Jefferson Streets on December 30, 1875. Caldwell, a former slave, was a delegate to the 1868 State . . . — — Map (db m89731) HM
Governor Walter Leake built his
home, Mount Salus, in 1825. The
Mount Salus post office was authorized
that year and renamed Clinton in 1828
to honor Governor Dewitt Clinton of New
York. In 1828-30 the state legislature
considered . . . — — Map (db m115383) HM
Established ca. 1800, the Clinton Cemetery is one of the oldest in central Mississippi. Buried here are families of pioneer settlers, ten college presidents, and sixty-three Confederate soldiers. — — Map (db m69598) HM
Founded in 1831, Clinton Methodist Church is
the oldest church in Clinton and the oldest
Methodist church in Hinds County. Henry Goodloe
Johnston, the son-in-law of Governor Walter
Leake and the first known Methodist in Clinton,
inherited . . . — — Map (db m219743) HM
In 1929 the town of Clinton approved an $8,500
bond issue to pave with brick, a popular new
paving surface. Mayor Joel R. Hitt and the
Board of Aldermen re-introduced a corvee labor
ordinance requiring all males eighteen years of
age and older . . . — — Map (db m219709) HM
On November 30, 1850, Mississippi College established a lasting
partnership with the Mississippi Baptists, who had resolved since
1817 to prepare congregants for gospel ministry. Founded in 1826,
MC had first sought alliances with the legislature . . . — — Map (db m219742) HM
Like many of his generation, Mead came from the east seeking opportunity in the Mississippi Territory. He owned a tavern on the Old Trace near Natchez and held several political offices, including acting governor in 1806. During this time, he . . . — — Map (db m69679) HM
Walter Hillman was President of the Central Female Institute from 1855 to 1887 and of Mississippi College from 1867 to 1873. During the Civil War he saved many Clintonians from starvation by requesting rations from General Sherman. When Charles . . . — — Map (db m103744) HM
Composed largely of residential
structures built ca. 1870-1940,
this district includes E.
College, E. Main, Landrum and
New Prospect Streets. Parts of
the district were included in
the 1829 town plan. Listed in
the National Register . . . — — Map (db m115386) HM
Composed largely of residential structures built ca. 1870-1940, this district includes E. College, E. Main, Landrum and New Prospect Streets. Parts of the district were included in the 1829 town plan. Listed in the National Register of Historic . . . — — Map (db m115389) HM
The blues has long been connected to Black churches in a variety of ways, and in Clinton this connection can be traced through generations of blues and gospel musicians. Clinton's renowned resident blues artists, Eddie Cotton, Jr. and Jarekus . . . — — Map (db m219696) HM
Following the closure of the female department at Mississippi College in 1851, the Central Baptist Association founded the Central Female Institute on this site in 1853. The institute provided primary and secondary education, as well as a two-year . . . — — Map (db m103743) HM
Operated at junction of Natchez Trace & Old Vicksburg Rd. by Robert H. Bell (1783-1835) & his "yellow man Vincent," freed by Bell's will in 1835. Bell-Vincent Scholarship, Millsaps College, endowed with funds from the sale of this land, memorializes . . . — — Map (db m50873) HM
Jennings Hall was among the finest college dormitories in the South when the Mississippi College landmark opened in 1908. Heated with steam, every room had its own electric light and bathroom. “Jennings Girls” lived four to a room during post World . . . — — Map (db m219711) HM
In the late 1870's Captain William Lewis moved his
home, Tanglewood, to Lot 15 in Clinton and built a
livery stable on the north end of the lot. The stable
was a popular meeting place for Clinton men.
After Lewis' death in 1921, Fred and Ed . . . — — Map (db m219741) HM
Founded 1826, is oldest of Mississippi senior colleges. Under Baptist control. Was first coeducational college to grant degree to a woman. Famed for producing many a leader in church and state. — — Map (db m89732) HM
This stone marks the crossing of the Natchez Trace, pioneer highway of Mississippi Territory, blazed through the forest during the administration of Gov. W.C.C. Clairborne.
Over it marched the Tennessee troops to join Andrew Jackson in 1812. . . . — — Map (db m115391) HM
The lots and streets from the original
survey of 1829 are known today as Olde
Towne Clinton. In 1824, Charles Lawson, a
federal land surveyor, purchased land in
Hinds County. After his death in 1826, his
nephew and heir, Charles Lawson Jr., . . . — — Map (db m178441) HM
Walter Hillman and Consider Parish led a congregation of former slaves in forming Pleasant Green Baptist Church in 1870. The church, under Reverend Dunbar, met in the Mississippi College chapel before relocating to a lot east of the chapel. The . . . — — Map (db m148592) HM
Mississippi College's oldest building, Provine Chapel, opened
in 1860 and early during the Civil War was transformed into
a hospital for the wounded troops of Union General Ulysses
S. Grant. Originally known as the Chapel, the building's
ground . . . — — Map (db m219710) HM
On September 25, 1970. Roy Burkett Field was officially
dedicated. Once the site of a small lake, Roy Burkett
Field wasn't the largest or fanciest football stadium
in Mississippi. But it was the home of the Clinton
Arrows and you won't find . . . — — Map (db m178453) HM
Tanglewood was originally built ca. 1845 on Norrell Road, then just south of Clinton, by Andrew and Nancy Thomas for their daughter Mary Jane and her husband, James A. Criddle. By 1876 Tanglewood had come into the ownership of Captain William Lewis . . . — — Map (db m89730) HM
Built ca. 1835, this Greek Revival house is one of the oldest in Hinds Co. U.S. Grant passed by enroute to Civil War siege of V'burg, 1863. This structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. — — Map (db m115290) HM
On January 12, 1836, Isaac Caldwell, a former law partner of Senator George Poindexter, fought a duel with Samuel Gwin, a protégé of Andrew Jackson. The duel was the result of a lengthy political quarrel that began in 1830, when the senator blocked . . . — — Map (db m119217) HM
On September 4, 1875, a political rally and
debate turned violent on the grounds of the
former Moss Hill plantation, near downtown
Clinton. An exchange of gunfire between White
Democrats and Black Republicans left seven
dead and dozens . . . — — Map (db m184616) HM
On September 4, 1875, Charles Caldwell, a
former slave and Republican state senator,
organized a political rally at “Moses
Hill." Firing erupted during the rally,
attended by more than 1,500 blacks and
about 75 whites, including some white . . . — — Map (db m115338) HM
One of the best-known early inns was the
Spring Hotel, named for the clear spring at its
base. The spring had a marble basin and was
enclosed in brick. In 1825, Landy Lindsey
constructed a log tavern with two
main rooms, a narrow hall, and . . . — — Map (db m178586) HM
This spring and the surrounding land were
purchased from the United States
government in 1823 by Charles Lawson, a
surveyor in the federal land offices in
Jackson. In 1825, access to the spring
was given to Landy Lindsey, owner of the
nearby . . . — — Map (db m178439) HM
The abundance of fresh water made Clinton a
popular resting place for travelers on the
Natchez Trace. For centuries, the spring
located at this site supplied water to
Native Americans and overland travelers from
the North and East, as well as . . . — — Map (db m178584) HM
