Inscription
On July 23, 1890, Marsh Cook of Jasper County was gunned down by six men after warning citizens that the 1890 Mississippi Constitutional Convention would likely limit voting rights and disfranchise black voters. Cook was a white Republican candidate for delegate to the Constitutional Convention. He had urged black voters to organize against disfranchisement. No one was ever arrested or tried for his murder.
Details
| HM Number | HM121N |
|---|---|
| Tags | |
| Historical Period | 19th Century |
| Historical Place | Other |
| Marker Type | Memorial |
| Marker Class | Historical Marker |
| Marker Style | Free Standing |
| Year Placed | 2012 |
| Placed By | Robert M. Cook, Jr. and other descendants of Marsh Cook with cooperation from the Mississippi Department of Archives and History and the Mississippi Department of Transportation |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Tuesday, October 7th, 2014 at 4:34pm PDT -07:00 |
Pictures
Photo Credits: [1] ROBERT M. COOK, MD
Locationbig map
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 16S E 283904 N 3544175 |
|---|---|
| Decimal Degrees | 32.01310000, -89.28786667 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 32° 0.786', W 89° 17.272' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 32° 0' 47.1600" N, 89° 17' 16.3200" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 601 |
| Can be seen from road? | Yes |
| Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling North |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 400-450 Co Rd 1523, Bay Springs MS 39422, US |
| Alternative Maps | Google Maps, MapQuest, Bing Maps, Yahoo Maps, MSR Maps, OpenCycleMap, MyTopo Maps, OpenStreetMap |
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