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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IV2_general-james-patton_Waynesboro-MS.html
Born 1780 in South Carolina. First signer of petition in 1808 to form Wayne County from Mississippi Territory. Served in several Wayne County courts. State's 2nd Lt. Gov. Died May 3,1830, at Winchester. Brd. 6/10 mi. SW in S33~T8N~R6W.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IUX_gray-family-cemetery_Waynesboro-MS.html
This family was estab. in Wayne County by Clinch Gray, a native of North Carolina. He immigrated to this region in 1808, one yr. before the Co. was organ. within the Mississippi Terr. Gray signed Miss.'s first const. in 1817. He was buried here, 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IUU_clinch-gray_Waynesboro-MS.html
Clinch Gray, son of Thomas Gray, who was council to the Crown in 1765, Virginia State Legislator 1779-1794, Tennessee lawyer and legislator 1795-1829.
Clinch Gray, accompanied by Fann Crease settled at this site in 1805.
In 1811, he was appo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IUS_philadelphus-church_Waynesboro-MS.html
8 mi. NE, on Buckatunna Creek. Organized with 11 members, March 31, 1821, in John Keahey home. Moved to McCrae & Britton area about 1840. First Presbyterian Church in Wayne Co. ..
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IUR_dyess-bridge_Waynesboro-MS.html
To facilitate travel between Wayne Co., Miss. and points west, W.C.C. Dyess built here the first bridge over the Buckatunna River, 1868-70. It continued in use until 1912. Dyess homestead 200 ft. N.W.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IUQ_first-auto-bank_Waynesboro-MS.html
In 1962, the First State Bank in Waynesboro became the first bank in Mississippi to open an auto bank offering drive-up window service. The idea originated with bank president and later chairman W.D. Mangum. Approved by the state bank comptroller …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IUP_lt-jake-w-lindsey-highway_Waynesboro-MS.html
Lt. Lindsey was awarded the 100th Congressional Medal of Honor given in World War II. Presented by Pres. Truman, Lindsey was the only recipient to ever receive the award before a Joint Session of the Congress.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IUO_first-united-methodist-church_Waynesboro-MS.html
The First United Methodist Church of Waynesboro was established in 1858 by John C. Patton as a Methodist Protestant Church. Their first sanctuary, a two-story wood frame building shared with a local Masonic Lodge, was built the same year. The chur…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IUN_first-baptist-church_Waynesboro-MS.html
First Baptist Church, originally named Salem Baptist Church, was organized in 1806 near Patton's Creek, approximately 1½ miles southeast of town. The congregation moved to this site in 1895 and built a wood frame church. The name was official…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IUM_wayne-county-agricultural-high-school_Waynesboro-MS.html
Open here from 1911 to 1938 offering education, work, and practical experience to the rural youth of the county. Boasted classrooms, dorms, dairy herd and barn, and cultivated fields.