Old Brookhaven - Brookhaven, MS
N 31° 33.143 W 090° 26.750
15R E 742456 N 3493652
Early history of Brookhaven
Waymark Code: WM1172E
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 08/28/2019
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The city of Boookhaven was first settled here in 1824 by James H. Bull. In 1833 Bull sold 160 acres of land to Samuel Jayne and William Ray Jayne, who established a grist mill operation near the Bouge Chitto River. In 1857 the New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Railroad line was completed one and a half miles east of the Jayne property, and settlers began to move closer to the railroad. This area became known as Old Brookhaven, or Old Brook.
Date Installed:: 2012
Organization that placed the object:: Mississippi Department of Archives and History
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