Historical Markers and War Memorials in Millington, Tennessee
Memphis is the county seat for Shelby County
Millington is in Shelby County
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It is thought that by 1812, Big Creek Baptist Church had been organized under a brush arbor by pioneers settling near Big Creek. When the log church burned in 1832, a "box" church was built with "sides" where slaves worshiped. Many black people, . . . — — Map (db m107519) HM
Originally known as the Delta Presbyterian
Church, the Kerrville Presbyterian Church was
founded by the Reverend Andrew Hart Kerr on
July 25, 1857, with 23 members. The original
one-room log building was destroyed by fire. A
tornado destroyed . . . — — Map (db m179160) HM
(South face)
As we, the citizens of the City of Millington, celebrate our Centennial, we believe that it is most appropriate to offer fervent thanks and humble appreciation to those of our area who have served in our Armed Forces. Without . . . — — Map (db m148572) WM
Soon after Millington was founded in the 1870's, a reading school was established in a wood-frame structure on this site by the Shelby County Board of Education. In the 1890's the school was organized into grades and by 1911 two students received . . . — — Map (db m148578) HM
Millington, Tennessee
Millwood, by the plank road leading to Memphis, and Glencoe, often flooded in the Big Creek area, merged to form Millington around 1875. To stay near the railroad, Glencoe accepted George Millington's land donation if the . . . — — Map (db m148608) HM
In 1913, Shelby County Training School was established for African-American students. Boarding students performed all necessary chores including gardening, cooking, cleaning and laundering. Prof. T.J. Johnson was the school's first principal. Under . . . — — Map (db m148609) HM
Erected in memory of
Professor and Mrs. R.L. Roddy In Honor Of Archie, Roosevelt Booth, Edward Booth, Eddie L. Boyd, Wilbert Bradford, Leroy Brooks, Beatral Brooks, Ofair Bryant, Nathaniel Campbell, Jeff J. Carter, Larry Carter, Leroy Carter, . . . — — Map (db m148610) WM
At the turn of the 20th century John Wesley Stewart, an African-American farmer, began lobbying for a school to educate African-American children in the Greenwood community. At the time the children were either taught by itinerant teachers or they . . . — — Map (db m179147) HM
Robert Calvin Bland enjoyed a long and highly successful career as blues singer and songwriter "Bobby Blue Bland.” He spent his childhood in the community of Barretville. By age 11, he was singing for drivers of mule-drawn cotton wagons at . . . — — Map (db m148560) HM
Dr. Peter John Flippin was born in Oakland, Tennessee and graduated in 1897 from the Memphis Hospital Medical College (later the University of Tennessee Medical School). Dr. Flippin provided medical care to white and African-American citizens of . . . — — Map (db m179140) HM
During the winter of 1862-63, Confederate troops, including the First Tennessee
Partisan Rangers, successfully attacked Federal troops in a series of skirmishes in southwest Tennessee. To deter further strikes, Union cavalry from Memphis, Jackson, . . . — — Map (db m148565) HM
In the community of Barretville, which had been established in 1852 by his grandfather, Anthony Barret (1827-1910), Paul Weisiger Barret (1899-1976) co-founded Barretville Bank & Trust Company in 1920, when he was only 21. Under his leadership, . . . — — Map (db m148554) HM
In the 1800s this area, known for its rich and fertile farm land, attracted settlers from the Carolinas, East and Middle Tennessee who were pioneering the "Great West". Associate Reformed Presbyterians (ARP) arrived and established Salem Church in . . . — — Map (db m179144) HM
