Birthplace of Jackson State University - Natchez, MS
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Markerman62
N 31° 34.370 W 091° 23.766
15R E 652204 N 3494204
Located at the entrance to the Natchez City Cemetery on Cemetery Road.
Waymark Code: WM13FEE
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 11/30/2020
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Jackson State University was founded here in 1877 in the former U.S. Marine Hospital. Known as the Natchez Seminary, the school was founded by the American Baptist Home Mission Society and the Mississippi Baptist Convention Association led by H.P. Jacobs. Dr. Charles Ayer was the first president, beginning with twenty students. Inman Page was the first African American faculty member. In 1883 the college relocated to Jackson due to yellow fever in Natchez. The name was changed to Jackson College and in 1974 became Jackson State University.
Date Installed:: 2019
Organization that placed the object:: Mississippi Department of Archives and History
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