Windsor Battlefield Tour
The Caucasian habitation of Claiborne County began as a settlement on the banks of Bayou Pierre, a venture which perished in 1729. Pioneers again attempted to settle Grand Gulf in 1775. In 1802 the County officially established and named for the Governor of the Mississippi Territory, W.C.C. Claiborne. Meantime, Samuel Gibson, in 1778 started a settlement known as Gibson's Landing. Located on the south fork of Bayou Pierre, the connecting link with the Mississippi River, "Gibson's Landing" thrived. When the was created, it became the County seat, and qualified as the third oldest settlement in the state. It was made a port of entry prior to the act of incorporation in 1811. "Gibson's Landing" became Port Gibson. In 1839 fire destroyed the entire business section of the original town. Descendants of the original settlers rebuilt it. The end of a rich era of progress ended abruptly when Grand Gulf and the Port became embattled and Federal forces made their most desperate advance towards Vicksburg. Port Gibson was spared the second fire, that was by General U.S.Grant.| HM Number | HM2KRF |
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| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Friday, September 13th, 2019 at 8:01am PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 15R E 690378 N 3536748 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 31.95075000, -90.98571667 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 31° 57.045', W 90° 59.143' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 31° 57' 2.7000000000001" N, 90° 59' 8.58" W |
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