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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AZ1_bogue-chitto-church_Tylertown-MS.html
Formed 1812. At original site, 6mi. W., first Miss. Baptist Convention organized, 1824, with 73 churches, 27 clergy, & 2,392 members lasting until 1829.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26CR_walthall-county-training-school_Tylertown-MS.html
The Walthall County Training School had its beginning in the 1870s when Isaac Ginn began to teach the local African American children to read and write in a small, one room, split-log cabin structure. Using Rosenwald Foundation funds this structur…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26BW_china-grove-methodist-church_Tylertown-MS.html
Founded October 4, 1836 on site purchased from a Baptist congregation. Present church built in 1854 at a cost of $100. China Grove Methodist Campground begin in 1878; first meeting Sept., 24-30, 1879.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26BL_conerlys-p-o-and-lamptons-store_Tylertown-MS.html
In June 1848, Benjamin Lampton and his brother-in-law Cullen Conerly established a post office here in Lampton's mercantile business. Situated on Dry Creek between Conerly's Mill and Tyler's Mill, the store and post office served as the social cen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYUA_simmons-house_Tylertown-MS.html
S.A. (Sandy) Simmons, a local entrepreneur, built this Queen Anne Style home in 1904. Simmons operated a mercantile store, saw mill, cotton gin, post office, grist mill, and farm in the Mesa community. In 1910 Governor Earl L. Brewer appointed Sim…