Interested Baptists met April 15, 1909, in town's
central school, one block north, and organized
with 21 charter members. Dr. Webb Brame, Baptist
missionary-chaplain, called as first pastor. Worship
services during first year held at City Hall. . . . — — Map (db m243120) HM
Organized by Rev. Hervey McDowell, Evangelist
for Meridian Presbytery, as a Home Mission
church with 17 charter members. Organizational
meeting in Methodist Church with services held
there until building completed 1912 on site given
by . . . — — Map (db m122393) HM
Rev. Dan Travis organizing pastor. First church
erected in 1895 (Rev. W. H. Walker, pastor) served
as both church and school for this community.
After storm damage a second church was erected
in 1927, School continued in church until 1928 . . . — — Map (db m122372) HM
St. Mary's Seminary of Perry County, Missouri, purchased land formerly owned by the Thomas family for a new church in 1904. The church was dedicated and staffed by Vincentian Priests in 1905. St. Thomas the Apostle was established as a parish on . . . — — Map (db m81005) HM
Outgrowth of interdenominational Sunday School
Class begun by Mrs. Fannie Donavan. Organized
as Scott's Station Methodist Church, Rev. Joseph
Nicholson first pastor. Land for first church given
by Henry Ware in 1879. Only Protestant church . . . — — Map (db m122373) HM
Dedicated on March 5, 1911, Our Mother of
Mercy Catholic Church began as a mission for
Pass Christian's African American community.
who had attended St. Paul's Catholic Church
since 1844. First known as St. Philomena, the
church was established . . . — — Map (db m243126) HM
Bear Creek Methodist Church was established in the early 1820s under the leadership of Rev. Thomas Nixon. The first sanctuary, a log cabin structure, was built in the late 1820s. The third sanctuary, this vernacular Greek Revival structure, was . . . — — Map (db m213930) 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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Rabbi Perry Nussbaum came to Beth Israel in 1954 and was an important voice for racial justice. Working with diverse ministers, he helped found the Committee of Concern, raising money for black churches burned by the Klan. In 1967, . . . — — Map (db m133848) HM
Est. 1897 as Christ's Holiness School; moved to this site in 1907. Chartered as Christ Missionary & Industrial College in 1908. Teaches religious, academic, and vocational curriculum for grades 1-12+. — — Map (db m115292) HM
Organized by five Jacksonians in 1837. Under the leadership of Rev. L.D. Halsey, a church building was constructed herein 1845-46 on land purchased from the state. Utilized for Christian worship until 1951. — — Map (db m107069) HM
Methodist Episcopal Church South.
First M.E. Church South erected A.D. 1838.
Present building erected A.D. 1913-1915.
Dedicated to the memory of
Bishop Charles B. Galloway — — Map (db m105561)
This edifice ~ a memorial to Bishop Charles Betts Galloway ~ houses descendants of Jackson's first Christian congregation, worshipping on this site since 1839. — — Map (db m105560) HM
Jackson's Jewish congregation was organized in 1861. While not the first congregation in Mississippi, Beth Israel was the first to build a temple. In 1867-1868 a wood frame structure was built on this site. Used as both a school and a house of . . . — — Map (db m134332) HM
This denomination, which has over 160 member churches in the U.S., was founded ca. 1896 in Jackson by the Rev. Charles Price Jones, preacher, evangelist, and prolific writer of religious songs. — — Map (db m105598) HM
On January 8, 1868, Thomas E. and Mary Helm, prominent members of First Presbyterian Church, donated this plot of land to African-Americans who had worshipped in the basement of First Baptist Church from 1835 to 1867. Mount Helm was built here in . . . — — Map (db m105597) HM
Originally built by Our Redeemer Lutheran
Evangelical Church, this Colonial Revival-
style chapel was constructed in 1932
and was the first church located in one of
Jackson's earliest subdivisions. In the
1960s, a new church was built adjacent . . . — — Map (db m178423) HM
Formed in 1835, the congregation of Mt. Helm is the oldest black religious body in the city. The church bears the name of the Helm family who donated this land on which the church originally stood. — — Map (db m115363) HM
This church, organized in 1883, began as a Sunday School mission to blacks under the episcopate of Bishop Hugh M. Thompson. The first instructor was a Mr. Williams, an African American. The Rev. Richard T. Middleton became the first priest in 1904. . . . — — Map (db m51176) HM
Organized in 1842 by Rev. Silas Hazard of the
Clinton Presbytery with six charter members.
The present worship hall was built in 1871 with
front rooms added in 1926. Evangelist Rev. Daniel
Baker preached here in 1844. - Ruling elders . . . — — Map (db m178369) HM
St. Mark’s was organized in 1837 by Rev. James McGregor Dale and construction of the sanctuary was completed in 1855. Following the battle of Raymond on May 12, 1863, the church was used as a hospital for Federal soldiers. The interior of the church . . . — — Map (db m115932) HM
During Brig. Gen. Benjamin Grierson's raid in the late winter of 1864-1865, a small Confederate brigade under the command of Gen. Wirt Adams attacked the rear guard of one of Grierson's columns at Franklin Church on January 2, 1865. Among the . . . — — Map (db m140860) 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
Dr. Arenia Mallory (1904-1977), a native
of Jacksonville, Illinois, was a graduate
of Jackson State University and the
University of Illinois and was awarded a
Ph.D. from Bethune-Cookman College. In
1926, Mallory came to Lexington, where . . . — — Map (db m219761) HM
St. Mary's is the successor to Calvary Parish,
organized in 1851 at “Wannalaw,” the home of
William Eggleston. Built in 1852-53 and
consecrated by Bishop William Mercer Green in
1855, the Calvary property was sold in 1878 to
build St. Mary's. . . . — — Map (db m219762) HM
St. Paul Church of God in Christ (COGIC) was organized in 1897 by Bishop Charles Harrison Mason, the founder of the COGIC denomination. St. Paul has served as "Mother Church for the COGIC since its construction here in 1906. Saints Academy. formerly . . . — — Map (db m140853) HM
The church was built on three acres of land purchased in 1874 from
Mrs. A.T. Landfair for $25. Lumber for the building was shipped by
rail from Tennessee to Vaiden, then hauled to Acona by wagon.
The church was erected by John Hamilton. The . . . — — Map (db m219764) 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
In 1838 the Methodist Episcopal Church established the Bull Mountain Mission Circuit, which added the newly formed town of Fulton to its charge. Circuit riders began holding services in a log structure just northwest of this site. The first church . . . — — Map (db m102621) HM
Organized ca. 1886, this African American church is the oldest continuous congregation in Gautier. Twice destroyed by fire, the church was rebuilt at its present site in 1893. The New Era Missionary Baptist Church choir sang at the 1936 inauguration . . . — — Map (db m16518) HM
Saint Pierre's Episcopal Church was organized in 1921 by Bishop Theodore DuBose Bratton, the third Bishop of Mississippi. In 1992 the congregation constructed a new sanctuary at this location under the leadership of Rev. Harold Martin. The original . . . — — Map (db m131646) HM
Begun in 1826, the Salem Methodist Campground moved to this site in 1842. Meeting in October of each year, except 1863 & 1864, it is the oldest regularly held Methodist camp meeting in Mississippi. — — Map (db m25821) HM
Organized in 1819 by Dudley Brooks, a freed
slave, this congregation was originally known
as First Free Mission Baptist Church and is
among the state's oldest continuous African
American congregations. Through the years,
numerous hurricanes . . . — — Map (db m197344) HM
Organized on July 31, 1841, with eighteen members. The present church was built in 1907. The first pastor was Dr. John H. Gray. Dr. John N. Waddel, a charter member who donated the land for the church and cemetery, served as Chancellor of the . . . — — Map (db m173381) HM
Named for Christ Church, oldest Episcopal organization dating from 1790's becoming parish, 1820. Sometimes called "Maryland Settlement." Seargent Prentiss taught school in this community. — — Map (db m136963) HM
As the twentieth century's second decade was drawing to a close, explosive growth in the churches and the work of the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board led to the 1919 purchase of the Harding Building on the corner of Capitol and North President . . . — — Map (db m106425) HM
Until 1798, The Mississippi Territory was under Spanish rule. Threatened with banishment to the silver mines of Mexico because of preaching, Richard Curtis, Jr. returned to South Carolina until there was a change in the government. President . . . — — Map (db m105490) HM
In the Spring of 1780, several families of the Great Pee Dee River area near Charleston, S.C., loaded their possessions on pack-horses and set out for the far off "Natchez Country". Richard Curtis, Sr., was their leader. At the Holston River in . . . — — Map (db m105400) HM
Blue Mountain College was founded in 1873 as a Christian liberal arts college for women. Significant events at the College since its founding include affiliation with the Mississippi Baptist Convention in 1920; the addition of a ministerial program . . . — — Map (db m105974) HM
The express purpose of Mississippi Baptists' conference ministries program has always been to provide a setting in which God can lead His people to make life-changing spiritual decisions including professions of faith, rededications, and . . . — — Map (db m106310) HM
On May 9, 1806, eleven individuals met together with Rev. Richard Curtis, Jr. and Rev. Thomas Mercer to organize Ebenezer Baptist Church in Amite County. Services have continued there for over 200 years giving the church the distinction of having . . . — — Map (db m105958) HM
In 1908, two physicians purchased an eight-room frame home on the corner of North State and Manship streets in Jackson, Mississippi, with the vision of converting it into a small hospital. After operating the hospital for two years, the physicians . . . — — Map (db m106330) HM
Mississippi College, in Clinton, MS, was established as Hampstead Academy in 1826. The name was changed to Mississippi College in 1830. MC became the oldest university in Mississippi and the second oldest Baptist university in the United States. In . . . — — Map (db m105973) HM
Mississippi has proven over the years to be fertile ground for seeds of faith planted by the state's early Baptists. From those seeds have sprung numerous state, national and international leaders. Among those leaders: Margaret McRae Lackey . . . — — Map (db m106294) HM
Messengers from 5 Baptist churches met at the Salem Church in September 1806, to organize the Mississippi Baptist Association. The Union and Pearl River Association were organized in 1820. The first Mississippi Baptist Convention was organized . . . — — Map (db m105522) HM
Curtis migrated to Cole's Creek in Natchez District from South Carolina in 1780 and encountered Indian attacks, disease and inclement weather. Despite constant obstacles and harassment from the Spanish authorities, in 1791, he helped establish the . . . — — Map (db m105823) HM
S. 4 mi. First Baptist church in Miss. Set up, 1791, in home of Margaret Stampley, with Richard Curtis, of S.C., as pastor. Here, 1806, first Miss. Baptist Assn. formed. — — Map (db m105212) HM
Reverend L.S.Foster of Senatobia, the Founding Father of The Baptist Children's Village, sought the Lord's direction in providing a safe place for Mississippi children who needed a place to grow spiritually as well as physically.Reverend Foster . . . — — Map (db m106150) HM
One of the many privately-owned Baptist newspapers circulating in Mississippi in the mid-to late-nineteenth century, the Mississippi Baptist Record was founded in 1877 in the Clinton residence of Civil War veteran J.B. Gambrell. In August 1898, the . . . — — Map (db m106378) HM
In 1906, William Carey University began in Hattiesburg as South Mississippi College. Noted educator W.I. Thames served as president. A devastating fire destroyed the college in 1910. W.S.F. Tatum, a Hattiesburg business leader, acquired the . . . — — Map (db m106143) HM
On the first Saturday of October 1798, William Thompson, Richard Curtis, Jr. and Joseph Willis met with families on Bayou Sara Creek, four miles southwest of Woodville, and organized a church under the arm of Salem Baptist Church known as the . . . — — Map (db m105840) HM
Organized June 23, 1845. Church built , 1846, the cornerstone being laid June 28, 1846. Dedication by the Revs. Zebulon Butler and S. S. Templeton. — — Map (db m117978) HM
During the Civil War, on September 13, 1863, a skirmish ocurred
at the church. On that Sunday morning the Union gunboat "Rattler"
had docked at Rodney. Rev. Baker, a northern sympathizer
who was to preach that day, invited Captain Fentrese of . . . — — Map (db m118341) HM
Listed in the National Register of Historic Places, the church was begun when the 1828 Mississippi Legislature granted a charter of Incorporation to the "Presbyterian Church of Petit Gulf". Later in 1828, the Town of Rodney was incorporated, the . . . — — Map (db m119889) HM
In Memory of The Reverend William Montgomery Born 1768, Shippensburg, PA Died March 18, 1848, Jefferson Co., MSPioneer Presbyterian Minister to the Natchez District Charter member of the first Presbyteries of GA and MS Pastor of Pine Ridge, . . . — — Map (db m127143) HM
Oldest organized Baptist Church in Jefferson Davis County. Organized in 1818. First pastor, Norvell Robertson, served for 40 years. — — Map (db m173376) HM
On March 19, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke here at St. Paul Methodist Church to rally support for the Poor People's March on Washington against economic injustice. King told the overflow audience that the marchers were going to the . . . — — Map (db m110981) HM
Org. 1820s. Oldest Landmark church in county. At break-up of Ebenezer Assn., it led in organizing Big Creek Missionary Baptist Assn. Dykes, Hilburn, Hill, Jefcoat, Knight, Shows, Sumrall, Todd, & Wade families led in church growth. — — Map (db m111001) HM
Est.1874 as a community church called Narkeeta Chapel. Land and nearby spring donated by J. L. Parmer. Reorganized 1890 as Chapel Hill Methodist Church. Present building constructed 1891, remodeled 1976. — — Map (db m140641) HM
This cemetery is a part of the plantation established by Jacob Giles (1799-1860) a settler from N. Carolina. Adjacent to the cemetery stood Grace Chapel (Epis.). Giles' house, built ca. 1825, stands .3 miles west. — — Map (db m140649) HM
Site of Oxford's first African American church, organized by former slaves in 1869-70. First called Sewell Chapel. In 1900, the church was renamed Burns Methodist Episcopal Church. The original wooden building was replaced in 1910 by the present . . . — — Map (db m102880) HM
Organized on May 8, 1842,
by the first pastor, William
Hosea Holcombe. On June 11,
1843, Charles G. Butler and
William H. Caruthers were
ordained the first deacons. — — Map (db m219921) HM
Founded 1836 as Oxford Methodist
Episcopal Church with circuit
rider Wm. Craig as first pastor.
Earliest presence of Methodism in
community. Church home of many
bishops, pastors and other church
leaders, as well as chancellors
of the . . . — — Map (db m219878) HM
First Cathedral in Diocese.
Distinguished members: F.A.P.
Barnard, Rector, Chancellor of
University of Miss., President
of Columbia; Jacob Thompson,
Secretary of Interior: William
Faulkner, Nobel Prize winner. — — Map (db m219920) HM
Organized by Presbyterian settlers in 1836. Church building erected 1844-46 on land bought from N. Miss. College. Church and vicinity occupied by some 30,000 Union troops Dec., 1862. Wm. Faulkner married here, 1929. — — Map (db m219926) HM
This building was dedicated in honor of Augustus Baldwin Longstreet (1790-1870), second president of the University of Mississippi.
Born in Augusta, Georgia, Longstreet graduated from Yale and studied at Tapping Reeve's Litchfield, Connecticut, . . . — — Map (db m219895) HM
The Old Chapel was originally constructed in 1853 as a dormitory. Its design was later modified to include a large hall for student assemblies, commencement exercises, and meeting rooms for literary societies and student organizations. During the . . . — — Map (db m102675) HM
Established in 1896 by Rev. Joseph Lewis
Bryant, a member of the Mississippi House
of Representatives (1908-1912). Bryant
also served as the cogregation's first
pastor. The first sanctuary was built
in the early 1900s, and was replaced
in 1938 . . . — — Map (db m175806) HM
The East Mississippi Female College was established here in 1869 by the Central Methodist Church and became recognized as one of the finest female colleges in the South under the leadership of John Wesley Beeson, President (1869-1903). The college . . . — — Map (db m111120) HM
Founded in 1891, First Union Missionary Baptist Church served as a meeting place for numerous Civil Rights activities. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., spoke here during the Freedom Summer of 1964. Weeks later, First Union was the site of activist James . . . — — Map (db m111084) HM
Newell Chapel CME Church was involved in Civil Rights meetings and voter registration projects. It was one of three original locations of the Head Start program. The church parsonage was bombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1968. — — Map (db m111068) HM
Folk singer and political activist Pete Seeger was performing for a large crowd of Freedom Summer volunteers when he received word that the bodies of Civil Rights workers James Chaney, Michael Schwerner and Andrew Goodman had been found. The crowd . . . — — Map (db m111081) HM
St. John Baptist Church was one of two locations where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was scheduled to speak in 1964, as well as the site of Polly Heidelberg's memorable confrontation of a former Klan member. "Miss Polly" was a mother figure to local . . . — — Map (db m111070) HM
St. Joseph Catholic Church operated a coeducational school that served young black students from 1910 to 1970. The school also offered adult education classes. Former students include James Chaney and Polly Heidelberg. — — Map (db m111069) HM
Churches were the heart and soul of the Civil Rights movement. New Hope Missionary Baptist, founded in 1868, was Meridian's first black Baptist church. St. Paul United Methodist, founded in 1866, donated land for the Carnegie Branch Library, the . . . — — Map (db m111071) HM
Jewish merchants contributed greatly to Meridian's growth. The Grand Opera House (MSU Riley Center) and the Threefoot Building stand as evidence of their business success. Although Jews were well accepted in Meridian, their support of Civil Rights . . . — — Map (db m111054) HM
Located in the area formerly known as Alamucha, Salem Baptist Church was established in 1838. This settlement was also the site of the Alamucha Academy which opened in 1840. A number of the church's members served in Co. E, 13th Mississippi . . . — — Map (db m173400) HM
Established 1867. Bethany Baptist
Church was originally mile from
its present site. In 1898. this
property was acquired and a new
church was built. A brick structure
was erected in 1957. After it
burned, the current church was
built in 1984. . . . — — Map (db m235111) HM
The Carthage United Methodist Church was established in 1846 when Mrs. Joseph Eads became the first member during a revival held by a Methodist circuit rider. Rev. Alexander S. Parker was appointed as the first pastor in 1847. The first sanctuary, . . . — — Map (db m140927) HM
On December 17, 1860, the McNair family deeded four acres of land in “Old” Walnut Grove to the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Shortly thereafter the first sanctuary was constructed and the Rev. Levi P. Meador was appointed as the . . . — — Map (db m171680) HM
In 1860 thirty~one members of the Camden Presbyterian Church petitioned the Presbytery of Central Mississippi to organize a church close to their homes near the Forest Grove Academy. After the petition was granted on November 23, 1860, Rev. R.E. . . . — — Map (db m171682) HM
Organized in 1852 by the Alabama Presbytery, Bethany Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church had a charter membership of twenty-five including four slaves. The church was used as a hospital in 1864 following the Battle of Brice's Cross Roads. The . . . — — Map (db m60738) HM
The Union Church was established in the late 1840s in the small settlement of the same name, in what was then Itawamba County. The community of Union was first settled in the mid 1840s. Having once shared a building with another local congregation, . . . — — Map (db m122991) HM
Attend a Pentecostal church service where Elvis first fell in love with gospel music.
Elvis Presley Birthplace presents a unique experience in the First Assembly of God Church where Elvis and his family regularly attended service. This structure . . . — — Map (db m29821) HM
First Presbyterian Church of Tupelo was founded in 1867 with twenty-five charter members and has worshipped at this site since 1905. After a tornado destroyed the church building in 1936, it was rebuilt using native sandstone and dedicated in 1938. . . . — — Map (db m122993) HM
From 1943~47, Elvis' father, Vernon, worked for L.P. McCarty & Son's local wholesale grocery company making deliveries to various parts of the City. Shake Rag, a historically black community, was one of his delivery areas.
It was here that Elvis . . . — — Map (db m29630) HM
Spring Hill Missionary Baptist Church
Established approximately during the 1850s, Spring Hill Missionary
Baptist Church is the oldest African-American Church in Tupelo, The
original sanctuary, still standing today, was completed . . . — — Map (db m102827) HM
The Birthplace. The Elvis Presley Birthplace Park was begun with proceeds Elvis donated from his 1957 concert at the Mississippi-Alabama Fair. Unchanged since it was built in the 1930's, the two-room birthplace sat unoccupied and in poor . . . — — Map (db m122996) HM
This is a replica of an outhouse that was typical in a poor, Southern neighborhood.
Oftentimes, a single privy was shared by several residents. The original outhouse located behind the row of rental houses along Saltillo Road was also shared by . . . — — Map (db m102842) HM
Tupelo Baptist Church
As often happened in the middle of Civil War conflict, partisan lines became blurred when the care of wounded soldiers was necessary. A field hospital created by Union troops to treat their soldiers wounded in . . . — — Map (db m102838) HM
Built 1898-99, in spite of a yellow fever quarantine which hampered construction. J.H. Mitchell was its first pastor. 1500 people attended the 1899 North Miss. Conference to hear Bishop Warren Candler speak. — — Map (db m77186) HM
During the early to mid-1960s, Hopewell MB Church
under the leadership of Rev. G.W. Hollins was the
location for civil rights meetings organized by local
SNCC voting rights activist William H. "Bud"
McGee. On June 18, 1963, a meeting here . . . — — Map (db m235165) HM
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