Bayou Pierre Presbyterian Church - Port Gibson, MS
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linkys
N 31° 57.793 W 091° 02.606
15R E 684897 N 3538030
Marker along Rodney Road near the reconstructed log church.
Waymark Code: WMCN1R
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 09/23/2011
Views: 8
Marker reads:
BAYOU PIERRE
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Following the arrival of Presbyterian
missionaries in 18-1, Joseph Bullen and
James Smylie organized the Bayou Pierre
Church at this site in 1807. After part of
the congregation formed the Bethel Church
southwest of here in 1824, the remaining
members moved to Port Gibson. The church
was renamed First Presbyterian Church of
Port Gibson in 1828. During the Battle of
Port Gibson, fought on May 1, 1863, the
20th Alabama Infantry was posted here,
anchoring the right flank of Confederate
Brig. General Edward D. Tracy's Brigade.
Date Installed:: 2007/1/1
Organization that placed the object:: Mississippi Department of Archives and History
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