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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TOM_smith-creek-mounds-historical_Woodville-MS.html
The Smith Creek site consists of three mounds surrounding a large plaza. Mound A is the site's largest monument, at over 30 feet. Mound B is a burial mound surrounded by a ditch or moat. Mound C, to the east, is eroding into Smith Creek; its origi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TMA_lessley-mound-historical_Woodville-MS.html
The Lessley site consists of one large, rectangular platform mound. Excavations in 2013 determined that the mound was built in two or more stages, beginning in the Late Coles Creek or Early Plaquemine Period, ca. AD 1100-1350. Based on excavated c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TJI_rosemont-historical_Woodville-MS.html
Jefferson Davis' boyhood home. Built 1810, by father, Samuel Davis. First schooling in log cabin here. Jane Cook Davis, his mother, died here in 1845 and is buried here with others of family.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S5O_the-woodville-republican_Woodville-MS.html
The Republican, established in 1823 by William A.A. Chisolm, is the oldest newspaper and business institution in continuous operation in Mississippi. Operated by Lewis family for over 100 years.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RNN_fort-adams_Woodville-MS.html
Twenty mi. west, called Davion's Rock by French. Loftus Heights by British. U.S. Fort, 1798, named for John Adams. "Man Without a Country," Phillip Nolan was once stationed here.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RLP_west-feliciana-railroad_Woodville-MS.html
The West Feliciana Railroad line was built in this area between 1828 and 1842 to haul cotton from Woodville to the Bayou Sara Landing on the Mississippi River. The West Feliciana Railroad was the first line chartered in Mississippi, in 1831, and t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RI0_grave-of-oliver-pollock_Woodville-MS.html
Pollock, an Irish merchant in Spanish New Orleans, served in that city as Commercial Agent for the Continental Congress & helped finance the American Revolution with his fortune. He died at Pinckneyville, 1832.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RE9_woodville_Woodville-MS.html
Chartered in 1811. Was Jefferson Davis' boyhood home. Gen. Poindexter lived here. West Feleciana R.R., begun by Edward McGehee in 1831. was first in state and second in Miss. Valley.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RE8_william-grant-still_Woodville-MS.html
The dean of African-American composers and one of the greatest classical musicians in American history, Still was born near Woodville on May 11, 1895. In 1930, Still composed Afro-American Symphony, a blues-influenced work. Troubled Island was his…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RDR_carnot-posey-home_Woodville-MS.html
Built c. 1845, and home of Carnot Posey, 1st Lieut., Miss. Rifles, Mexican War, and Confed. Brig-General. Wounded at Bristole Station, Va., and d. Nov. 13, 1863. Buried Univ. of Virginia.