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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YJB_seargent-s-prentiss_Natchez-MS.html
S. ½ mi. is grave of orator & statesman who came from Maine to Natchez in 1827 & won fame in law & politics, serving with distinction in legislature & in Congress.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YJ8_gloucester-cemetery_Natchez-MS.html
Here are buried the families of Winthrop Sargent, 1st Gov. of the Mississippi Territory, and Seargent S. Prentiss, Congressman. "Let no monumental marble deface with its mock dignity the patriot's grave."
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YIX_wirt-adamss-raid_Natchez-MS.html
On December 1, 1863, Confederate Brig. Gen. Wirt Adams moved his cavalry from Gallatin to retake Natchez. Finding the city heavily fortified with Union infantry and heavy artillery, Adams moved south of Natchez to Ellis's Cliff, eight miles west o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YIW_st-marys-cathedral_Natchez-MS.html
In 1937 Natchez was designated the See of the Roman Catholic Church in Mississippi. In 1842 Bishop J. M. Chanche began construction of this structure, the only church built as a cathedral in Mississippi.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YIV_zion-chapel-a-m-e-church_Natchez-MS.html
Acquired 1868 by Zion Chapel whose minister Hiram R. Revels became the first black U.S. Senator and first president of Alcorn State University. Originally built in 1858 as the Second Presbyterian Church.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YIU_rhythm-night-club_Natchez-MS.html
On April 23, 1940, 209 African Americans died in a fire at the Rhythm Club, located at this site. An overflow crowd, which included civic and cultural leaders, had come to hear the Walter Barnes Orchestra of Chicago. Considered among America's mos…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-219c3_grand-village-of-the-natchez-indians_Natchez-MS.html
Of the six mounds identified on the early 18th-century maps of the Grand Village, three remain. Mound A is now eroding into St. Catherine Creek. Mound B is a pyramidal platform mound, roughly seven feet tall, built in four stages. Each stage serve…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U0L_site-of-cokesbury-chapel-historical_Natchez-MS.html
Erected 1807. Launer Blackman, Elder. Caleb W. Cloud Pastor. Trustees: Launer Blackman, Newit Vick, Reuben Gibson, W. Foster, Phillip Gorral, David Lattimore. This tablet placed 1935 by Jubilee Circle of W.M.S Jefferson St. Ch.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U0K_emerald-mound-historical_Natchez-MS.html
Covering roughly eight acres, Emerald Mound is the second largest Mississippian mound north of Mexico. The main platform was constructed in three stages beginning ca. AD 1350. Archaeological excavations have confirmed that the first and second sta…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QYJ_the-william-johnson-house_Natchez-MS.html
The house to your left, completed in 1841, was built by William Johnson. Born a slave in 1809 in Natchez and freed in 1820, Johnson learned the profession of barbering from his brother-in-law. At an early age, he owned a barbershop and later prosp…