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
South, ¼ mi. is the site of mansion, Springfield, built by Thos. M. Green, wealthy planter and prominent in public affairs. Here in 1791 Andrew Jackson was married to Rachel Robards. — — Map (db m136960) HM
In memory of
Adam Rum who was born in Frankinland Germany Sept. 11, 1756 and died in this Country Dec. 1, 1822
He served this country during its revolutionary war, and was engaged in the . . . — — Map (db m143809) HM WM
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
Before your very eyes an endless struggle is taking place. Trees are striving here for the essentials of life – water, sunlight and space. Trying to get ahead, the hardwoods push upward, their crowns filling all the overhead space, shutting . . . — — Map (db m87285)
Side 1 In 1973 Mayor Charles Evers of Fayette and B. B. King began to cosponsor concerts at the Medgar Evers Homecoming in honor of the slain civil rights activist. Dozens of blues, soul, and gospel acts performed at the annual festival . . . — — Map (db m162116) 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
N. ¼ mi. Jefferson County
seat 1803-25 & important
planting, ginning, & mercantile
center. Prominent in its history
were David Hunt, Joseph &
Jefferson Davis, Andrew Jackson, Thomas Hinds & Cato West. — — Map (db m244211) 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
Home 4 mi. W. His cavalry "pride" of one army & "admiration" of other at N. Orleans, 1815. Militia head, 1815-19; comr. in negotiating Choctaw cession, 1820 & selecting site of capital at Jackson, 1821; mem. legislature & Congress. — — Map (db m105207) 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
Here, on July 4, 1864, Union landing force, sent from Rodney by General Ellett in search of cotton, clashed with C.S.A. cavalry under Maj. Moorman & was driven back to boats. — — Map (db m162119) HM
On July 4, 1864, a small brigade of
Confederate cavalry under the command
of Col. Robert C. Wood attacked a
Union force composed of the Mississippi
Marine Brigade and two regiments of
United States Colored Troops on an
expedition from . . . — — Map (db m117953) HM
The town of Lorman was first settled in the early 1800s and known by a variety of names, including Lee, Lick, and Hays. In 1884, the town was formally platted when the Louisiana, New Orleans, and Texas Railroad purchased land from Mrs. Charlotte . . . — — Map (db m105737) 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
Dr. Rush Nutt, who built Laurel Hill Plantation about 1815, is known for his agricultural and scientific study for initiating improvements in agricultural implements and techniques and for his civic contributions in early statehood days in . . . — — Map (db m119961) HM
The yellow tever epldemics of 1843 and 1898 were fatal to many
residents of Rodney. Even though the Union gunboat "Rattler"
fired upon the town, Rodney and her churches were spared
destruction during the Civil War. Here was the disembarking . . . — — Map (db m119482) HM
The French were the first Europeans to claim this area, clled "Petit Gouffre", "Petit Golphe", "Petit Gulf", or "Little Gulf". In 1763, as a result of the French and Indian War, the area became the dominion of Great Britain. Spain captured British . . . — — Map (db m119887) HM
Ca. 1815. Located almost one mile southwest, Laurel Hill is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. A single approach leads from the primary road one-fourth mile toward Rodney down a deeply cut roadbed bordered by moss-draped cedars and . . . — — Map (db m119904) 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
Old early nineteenth century road was one of two connecting the old town of Rodney with Claiborne County settlements. Composed of loess soil, the roadbed and roadside bluffs remain today much as they were 150 years ago. — — Map (db m118013) HM
Incorporated in 1828, Rodney was noted for its high level of culture, county fairs and business activity. Rodney once contained two banks, two newspapers, 500 people and 35 stores. Cottonseed development, river boat landing, river boat taverns and . . . — — Map (db m118287) HM
The earliest references to the Rodney area are from the 1774 New England expedition led by General Phineas Lyman to organize a settlement on Big Black River. Captain Matthew Phelps, a member of this expedition, described the area as "firm rock on . . . — — Map (db m119963) HM
Old Rodney Presbyterian Church, dedicated in 1832, is located north on Commerce Street at Church Street intersection. Also on Commerce Street at the south edge of town is Sacred Heart Catholic Church, built about 1869. Most present structures date . . . — — Map (db m120395) HM
(Marker #1)
Mount Locust as an Inn
Growing traffic on the Trace gave Ferguson opportunity to develop Mount Locust.
After 1795, the Mississippi was legally opened for American traffic. Settlers floated their products downriver . . . — — Map (db m87276) HM
Constructed ca. 1780, this home is one of the oldest structures in Mississippi. It functioned as both a working plantation and as an inn, where travelers on the Natchez Trace could rest for the night. Mount Locust is the only surviving inn of the . . . — — Map (db m87277) 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
Settled,1806, by Scotch Presbyterians, whose Gaelic speech long survived. Rev. C.W. Grafton served as minister in area 61 years. Site where Grierson's raid was checked, April 28, 1863. — — Map (db m117989) HM
