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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28VI_ridge-of-the-attack_Collierville-TN.html
This is a portion of the ridge where the Confederates faced the occupying Union Forces and General W. T. Sherman in the Battle of Collierville. When you look north toward the railroad and the town square you are standing in the shadows of the Conf…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GEF_first-baptist-church_Collierville-TN.html
By August 1836, before Jesse Collier and Horace Barbee had advertised "Collier Town for Sale" in the Memphis Enquirer, the Baptists had located in the Collierville area. Shiloh Church was established on the north side of State Line Road …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GEB_collierville-high-school_Collierville-TN.html
This land, which was actually in Mississippi until 1838, originally belonged to the Chickasaws. This area has served as a central hub for education in Collierville since 1873, when Bellevue Female College constructed a two story wooden building he…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16WE_battle-of-collierville_Collierville-TN.html
(Side one):On Oct. 11, 1863, Gen. James R. Chalmers, with a force of about 3000 Confederate cavalrymen, consisting of the 7th TN, 13th TN, 18th MS, 2nd MO, 2nd AR, and 3rd MS, approached Collierville from the south along Mt. Pleasant Road. Collier…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16WD_the-wigfall-grays_Collierville-TN.html
On April 15, 1861, eighty men from Collierville organized the Wigfall grays to oppose President Lincoln's call for volunteers to invade the South. The company was named in honor of Senator Louis T. Wigfall who was well known for his eloquent speec…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16WC_collierville-christian-church_Collierville-TN.html
The Collierville Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) was originally founded in Fayette County near the close of the Civil War. Construction began at the present location in 1873. Renovations to the building were made in 1906, and again in the 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16WB_collierville-tenn_Collierville-TN.html
Collierville, first known as Oak Grove, was founded in about 1835 and was named for Jesse R. Collier. The county's second oldest town was near Mt. Pleasant Rd. and Hwy. 57 on land of Adams, Floyd, Hodge, Collier and the Tharp Grant. In 1837, the f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16WA_collierville-united-methodist-church_Collierville-TN.html
One of two sanctuaries of Collierville United Methodist Church, the Sanctuary on the Square was built in 1900 by the Methodist Episcopal Church South congregation. The Methodists were the first to erect a church in the community and from 1869-99 h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16W9_saint-andrews-episcopal-church_Collierville-TN.html
The corner stone for Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church was laid on April 22, 1890. The church was consecrated on May 27, 1891. Anna Holden, the guiding force in the founding of St. Andrew's, led a group that raised $3,000 to build the church. The Ma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16W8_presbyterian-church-of-collierville_Collierville-TN.html
In 1844 Salem Presbyterian Church was established in southeast Shelby County. It remained there until 1871 and then relocated to Collierville. The name was changed to the Presbyterian Church of Collierville. The Presbyterians met at the Methodist …