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Historical marker located at the intersection
of Highway 35 South and Williamsville Road, 1/2 mile south of Kosciusko
city limits, Attala County, Mississippi. State Historical Commission
Marker.
"ATTALA COUNTY Founded in 1833, named after
Chateaubriand's
Indian heroine. Buried in county are 1st senator, Gordon Brown, and 1st
representative, William Dodd, who named the county seat after Thaddeus
Kosciusko."
Marked: 1951 -- Samuel Hammond Chapter
Marker located on U. S. Highway 61 South of
Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi, on public land at Immanuel
Baptist
Church, at intersection of Highway 61 and the old road going out to
Davis
(Palmyra) Island.
"Four miles west at Davis Bend were Brierfield
and Hurricane Plantations of Jefferson and Joe Davis, now Palmyra
Island
and desolate. The ruins half hide the Davis Cemetery."
Marked: 15 January 1950 -- Ashmead Chapter
Located on Highway 61, just north of
Cannonsburg
at the intersection of county road leading to Old Bethel Cemetery,
where
Joseph and Hannah Bullena re buried in Jefferson County, Mississippi.
"West 3/4 mile is grave of a minister who came
to Pontotoc area in 1795 as missionary to Chickasaws. Moving in 1803 to
Jefferson County he helped establish Bethel Church, first Presbyterian
Church in state."
Marked: 9 December 1956 -- Ashmead Chapter
Marker located on Highway 49 at the main
entrance
to Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Forrest County, Mississippi.
"CAMP SHELBY Established in 1917 to train troops
for World War I. When Kentucky soldiers were among the first trained
here,
the post was named for Colonel Shelby, the first governor of Kentucky
and
a Revolutionary War hero. Re-opened in 1940 to train soldiers for World
War II, and also used as a prisoner of war camp for the German Afrika
Corps.
Activated again 1954 as a National Guard training camp, Shelby has
since
been continuously used by U.S. and allied forces.
Dedication April 4, 1995, by the Mississippi
State Society Daughters of the American Revolution, Mrs. Oliver Edwin
Bradway,
III, State Regent."
Marker located at intersection of Highway
90 and Teagarden Road in Biloxi, Harrison County, Mississippi.
"CASSETTE GIRLS Orphans sent by France to be
wives of settlers. Each was provided a cassette (small box) with
trousseau.
First group (80 girls) arrived in Biloxi January 5, 1721, under the
care
of three Ursuline nuns." First marker replaced in 1983 because use of
the
word "Casquette" was incorrect; word changed to "Cassette."
Marked: 27 February 1957 -- Biloxi Chapter
Marker located in Harris Park on Highway 7
in Holcomb, Grenada County, Mississippi.
"Extinct village, 3 miles northwest on Yalobusha
River. Once a busy shipping point and site of U.S. Land Office,
1833-1840.
Declined when office moved to Grenada. Probably named for Chakchiuma
Indians."
Marked: 30 June 1970 -- Chakchiuma Chapter
Marker located on Highway 49 near Minter City,
Leflore County, Mississippi
"CHARLEY'S TRACE Old trail leading to the
Mississippi
River. Dating from the 18th century, it was named after a Choctaw
Indian
who lived on it and is reputed to have served as a guide." Mississippi
Historical Commission 1955. In 1955 old marker replaced and new marker
dedicated on Highway 49 East at the intersection of Watkins Plantation
Road near Minter City, Leflore County, Mississippi. (This marker could
not be found August 4, 1996.)
Marked: 20 February 1926 -- Chakchiuma
Chapter
New Marker Dedicated: 21 May 1955
Located in Pascagoula, Jackson County, Mississippi
"Settlement of Chaumont Land Grant in 1718 by
Joseph de la Pointe. DAR Marker on concrete post. Old Spanish Fort, now
open to the public as a museum. Old Spanish Fort. North 3/4 mile,
erected
by French in 1721 to serve as protection against the Indians and the
Spanish.
It is the oldest building in the Mississippi Valley."
Marked: 3 May 1974 -- Duchess de Chaumont Chapter
Marker located at the site of Old Cotton Gin
Port, Monroe County, Mississippi.
"Here stood the Chickasaw Council Tree. Erected
1921." (In 1996 the tree is no longer standing. Old newspaper article
states,
"that wood from the tree is in Amory Museum.")
Marker: 1933 -- Cotton Gin Port Chapter
Marker is located in Oktibbeha County,
Mississippi,
on Lyon's Bluff on a farm owned by Bill Sorrels.
"Ceremonial Mound of Chocchuma Indians
exterminated
by Chickasaws and Choctaws in Aboriginal Warfare. Erected by Horseshoe
Robertson Chapter, DAR. Mrs. E. E. Stevens, Regent, 1937."
Marked: 20 July 1937 -- Horseshoe Robertson
Chapter
Marker located at site of the Choctaw Indian
Mound. Concrete marker. Clay County, Mississippi.
"CHOCTAW BURIAL MOUND Site of the Choctaw Burial
Mound, destroyed by highway builders. Marked 1934 by Horseshoe
Robertson
Chapter, DAR. Committee: Katie Wooten Roberds (Mrs. W. G.), Chairman;
Marie
Sanders Cochran (Mrs. E. C.); Ida Elizabeth Anderson Miller ( Mrs. E.
F.);
Cleo Patra Carr Nash (Mrs. W. A.); Mattie Waught Unger (Mrs. J. R.),
Regent."
Marked: 29 August 1934 -- Horseshoe Robertson
Chapter
The markers are located at the intersection
of Highways 49 and 61 in Clarksdale, Coahoma County, Mississippi.
"CLARKSDALE County seat of Coahoma County founded
in 1869 by John Clark for whom the town was named. Situated in one of
the
most fertile regions of the world, it has grown into one of the leading
cities of the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta. It has a just pride in its
library,
its schools and its churches and is an important market for long staple
cotton. Placed by Rosannah Waters Chapter DAR 1938."
"Site where Indian trails crossed. Founded, 1869
by John Clark, who bought land in 1840. Chartered, 1882. Coahoma
co-county
seat, 1892; sole one since 1930. Home of Governor Earl Brewer."
Mississippi
Historical Marker.
Marked: 1938 -- Rosannah Waters Chapter
In memory of Bolivar County Servicemen who
gave their lives in World War I whose names appear hereon:
Benoit: Isaac Garrett Jones, Alfred Payne Jones,
J. J. Jones, Jr.
Beulah: William J. Weissinger
Bolivar: George Wade Boyle: Willie Hopkins,
Richard
M. Lee
Cleveland: William A. Crosby, George G.
Christmas,
Mick Lonn, Fred M. Lonn, Edgar Allen Lagrone, Charlie Mullens, James W.
Ervin
Deeson: Maurice Calvin Jeeter
Lobdell: Lloyd Reilly
Pace: Dan L. Baird, Charles Pace
Rosedale: George England, Leonidas F. Provine
Shaw: Clinton Maddox
Shelby: J. H. Justice, W. E. Roberson
Skene: Fred E. White, Glen Crosby
Honoring President Woodrow Wilson and General
John J. Pershing. Trees planted in 1924 by Madame Hodnett Chapter
Daughters
of the American Revolution, Cleveland, Bolivar County, Mississippi.
Marked: 15 May 1971
Marker located 6 miles north of Oxford, on
the Old Chickasaw Trail, Lafayette County, Mississippi. Bronze tablet
on
stone boulder.
"COLLEGE CHURCH Organized by Presbyterian
settlers
in 1836. church building erected 1844-46 on land bought from North
Mississippi
College. Church and vicinity occupied by some 30,000 Union troops
December
1862. William Faulkner married here, 1929."
Another marker reads: "College Presbyterian
Church
(organized 1836) erected of brick by slave labor. Site of first
chartered
college in Chickasaw Cession. Occupied by General Sherman in December
1862."
Marked: 14 June 1935 -- David Reese Chapter
Bronze tablet on large boulder at College
Hill Presbyterian Church bearing this 1935 inscription:
"Here passed the traveler to Toby Tubby Ferry
and here Presbyterian Pioneers of Revolutionary descent settled the
College
Hill Community in 1836, and established North Mississippi College,
1840-1866,
and built this the first brick church in Lafayette County." Oxford,
Lafayette
County, Mississippi.
Marked: 1935 -- David Reese Chapter
Marker located between Saltillo and Tupelo,
Lee County, Mississippi.
"First concrete road south of the Mason-Dixon
Line. Completed November 15, 1915, costing $8,000 per mile. Dedicated
February
15, 1990, by Mississippi State Society Daughters of the American
Revolution."
(Marker has been stolen.)
Marked: 15 February 1990 -- MSSDAR
Marker located on Highway 278 west of Amory,
Monroe county, Mississippi, one mile east of Tombigbee River.
"COTTON GIN PORT South 1 mile, site of first
town in North Mississippi. Was a crossing of vital Indian trails. Was
base
of expeditions of Bienville in 1736 and Vaudreuil, 1762. Railroad
caused
extinction."
Marked: 1949 -- Cotton Gin Port Chapter
Grave located in Old Cochrane Cemetery, 2
miles west of Lizelia, Lauderdale County, Mississippi.
1965 -- General Dale's remains were moved to
Daleville, Lauderdale county, Mississippi, where a monument and 2 acre
park were dedicated. It is not known what happened to DAR marker.
Marker in Samuel Dale Park on Mississippi 39
north, Lauderdale County, Mississippi.
"Pioneer soldier and scout. Hero, War of 1812.
Rode from Georgia to Battle of New Orleans, with news for Andrew
Jackson.
Died 1841. Buried at Old Daleville. Remains moved here in 1965."
First Marked: 15 June 1930 -- Samuel Dale Chapter
Marker located 1-1/2 miles south of Pontotoc,
Pontotoc County, Mississippi.
"French Commander was defeated in battle with
Chickasaw Indians, May 20, 1736. A week later d'Artaguette, Frances
Marie
Bissat de Vincennes, Father Artaine Senat, Jesuit Missionary, in all 20
Frenchmen captured were burned at the stake by their captors. Father
Senat
scorning the offer to escape martyrdom remained with his comrades and
entoning
the Miserere, led them into the destroying flame."
Erected by the John Foster Society Children of
the American Revolution, Columbus, Mississippi 1934 -- Bernard Romans
Chapter
Marker is a large granite boulder, located
on 40 square feet, given by Mrs. F. R. Simms in Noxubee County,
Mississippi,
in 1916 where the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit was signed on 28 September
1830.
"DANCING RABBIT TREATY Here on September 27,
1830, was signed the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek. The Choctaw Nation
of Indians surrendered their lands to the U.S. Commissioners. Greenwood
Lefleur, Mushulatubbee, Little Leader, Choctaw Chiefs."
Marked: 14 June 1928 -- Bernard Romans Chapter
Marker located 4 miles west of Sardis, Panola
County, Mississippi, at Davis Chapel which stands in a huge grove of
old
oak trees on the Old Spanish Trail.
"DAVIS CHAPEL Built ca. 1851 on land deeded by
Robert Jennings. Named for blind circuit rider, Lorenzo Davis. Designed
by Russell Jackson and built by J. W. Williams, whose house still
stands
across from the church."
Marked: 23 May 1950 -- James Gilliam Chapter
Marker located on Highway 16, 12 miles east
of Canton, Madison County, Mississippi.
"TREATY OF DOAK'S STAND Near here on October
18, 1820, the Choctaw tribe, under the pressure of expanding white
settlement,
ceded over 5,000,000 acres to the United States in Second Choctaw
Cession.
Andrew Jackson and Thomas Hinds represented the United States."
Mississippi
Department of Archives and History Marker.
Marked: 1991 -- Doak's Treaty Chapter
Marker located on Church Street, in front
of new Davis Elementary School, Greenwood, Leflore County, Mississippi.
"To commemorate the Enterprise and Initiative
of Charles Edward Wright who in May 1895, 901 ft. east of this stone
found
the first overflowing well in the Mississippi Delta and gave to it's
people
the blessing of Artesian water. This fountain is erected by Chakchiuma
Chapter DAR."
Marked: 1915 -- Chakchiuma Chapter
Marker located off Highway 8 in southeastern
part of Monroe County, Mississippi.
"Martin R. Durrett, Sgt. 5th Reg. East Tennessee
Militia, War of 1812. January 8, 1783 -- March 16, 1848."
Marked: June 1956 -- Cotton Gin Port Chapter
Born: 1794 Died: 1869 Buried at Murrah's
Chapel
Grounds, Lowndes County, Mississippi. Cemetery located 11 miles from
Columbus,
Lowndes County, Mississippi, on Highway 69 South.
"Samuel Edmondson born in Camden, South Carolina,
1794. Died in Lowndes County, Mississippi, 1869. He won fame and the
gratitude
of our forefathers by his daring ride from Ft. Stephens to Nashville,
Tennessee,
to secure General Jackson's aid against the Creek Indians."
Marked: 11 June 1928 -- Bernard Romans Chapter
Marker is on bronze set in a large granite
stone. Located on old Highway 84 east from the town of Washington,
Adams
County, Mississippi, at the point where the highway overpasses the
Natchez
Trace Parkway.
"ELIZABETH FEMALE COLLEGE First women's College
in America. Chartered on February 17, 1819, to confer degrees on women.
Named in honor of Elizabeth Roach through whose generosity the college
was made possible. Audubon was on the faculty."
Marked 31 March 1925 -- MSSDAR
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