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Holmes
County, Mississippi
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COORDINATOR:
John Hansen
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Antebellum
Holmes County Churches
Contributed by
Dan
Edwards
See
Copyright Information below
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Demonation
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Church
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Location
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Established
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| Episcopal |
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Calvary Episcopal |
Funnigusha (near Chenoa)(d)
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1851
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| Presbyterian |
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Bluff Church |
Chenoa (e)
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before 1830
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Lexington |
Lexington (d)
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circa 1834
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Franklin |
Franklin (s)
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circa 1830
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| Baptist |
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*Yazoo |
unknown
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before 1830
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Box Creek (PB) |
Probably near Rankin
(g)
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circa 1830
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(PB)Hickory Springs (g)(n) |
Hickory Springs
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before 1832
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Phalti (PB) |
Dulca(?) (g)
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before 1833
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Bethel (PB) |
unknown (g)
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before 1833
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Emory |
Emory (s)
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circa 1835
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Rocky Springs (PB) |
4 mi S Wheeling (n)(c)(g)
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before 1836
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Church of Christ |
4 mi S of Emory (d)
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circa 1837
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County Line (PB) |
3 mi NW of Wheeling
(n)(c)
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circa 1837
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Mt Pharon (PB) |
near Lexington (?)(n)
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circa 1840
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Union |
Bophumpa Cr./Post Rd(d)
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before 1846
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Saron |
Castallian Springs (d)(c)
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circa 1842
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Lexington |
Lexington (d)
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circa 1846
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Shiloh |
4 mi NW Montgomery(e)
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circa 1850
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Acona |
Acona (d)(c)
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before 1853
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Harland Creek |
E. of Eulogy (e)
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circa 1854
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Oregon |
4 mi W Lexington (d)(s)
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circa 1855
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Macedonia |
near Georgeville (d)
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before 1860
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| Methodist |
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Ebenezer |
Ebenezer (d)(s)
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circa 1828
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Franklin |
Franklin (e)
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circa 1833
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Emory |
Emory (d)(s)
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circa 1835
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Richland |
Richland (d)(c)
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before 1839
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Wheeling |
Wheeling (d)(c)
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circa 1840
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Eulogy |
Eulogy (d)(c)
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before 1840
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Cypress Creek |
3 mi.E of Ebenezer (d)
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circa 1841
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Sweetwater |
2 mi S of Acona (d)(c)
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before 1841
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Welsey Chapel |
Castallian Springs (d)(c)
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before 1841
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Hebron |
(d)
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circa 1844
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Lexington |
Lexington (d)
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circa 1844
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Shady Grove |
near Georgeville (d)
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circa 1851
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Oregon (n) |
services held in Baptist
church
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circa 1855
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Salem |
(d)
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before 1860
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Note:"PB" -Primitive
Baptist.
*The "Yazoo Church" is mentioned
by Griffin as being in Holmes County. The deed to the churchgrounds at
Hickory Springs is to the Yazoo Church. Hickory Springs is also mentioned
as a seperate church.
Data determined by: (d)-deed
filed, (c)-cemetery at location, (n)-newspaper article
(e)-circumstantial evidence,
and (s)-building standing, (g)-Benjamin Griffin, History of the Primitive
Baptist of Mississippi (Jackson: Barksdale and Jones, 1853), 142-48,
155-173.
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