In the 1870s, the home of John Wesley
Thompson and Sally Murry Falkner
was located here. Author William
Faulkner was their grandson. In 1907,
First Baptist Church bought the house
for its pastorium. The old house was
torn down and elements . . . — — Map (db m219958) HM
Commemorating famed C.S.A. General whose cavalry rode here & elsewhere in Northeast Mississippi harassing Federals in the last years of the Civil War. — — Map (db m171611) HM
Originally Chickasaw territory, Tippah County was formed on March 1, 1836. On May 9, 1837, Ripley was named the county seat. The original log courthouse was replaced in 1838 by a brick structure, which was burned by Union troops in 1864. A new . . . — — Map (db m171609) HM
(Front) In memory of the Confederate soldiers of Tippah County, our heroic dead and the chivalrous living who wore the gray, 1861-1865.
(Left) On every great battle field of the war, their valor was illustrated. They won . . . — — Map (db m171610) WM
Col. William Falkner (1825~1889) moved to Ripley in 1842. A lawyer, soldier, and president of the Ripley Railroad Co., Falkner wrote several books, including The White Rose of Memphis. He is believed to have been the inspiration for his . . . — — Map (db m171567) HM
In 1857, Nancy Landers Criswell
(1777-1867) designated a portion of her
property to serve as a community cemetery,
with the intent that no one would ever be
charged for burial here. The earliest
grave, that of Rhoda Shackleford, dates to
1850 . . . — — Map (db m219961) HM
