Noxubee County Historical Society, Inc.

11/27/2015

Here's an article from the most recent edition of the NCHS Bulletin.

05/20/2015

Dr. John Marzaleck explained the history of the U.S. Grant Library, now ironically located at Mississippi State University, to a large crowd at tonight's NCHS meeting.

11/12/2014

Ann Tindal, reading from the diary of her great-grandfather, gave an emotional and riveting first-person account of the horror, confusion, death, and destruction of the Battle of Shiloh. Thanks, Ann, for a terrific presentation!

09/16/2014

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08/20/2014

Nan Prince discussing items in the collection of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History with Noxubee County provenance. Look for more details in a future issue of the Bulletin!

08/09/2014

MACON WELCOMES COMMUNITY HISTORIAN

Genealogist and writer, Sharon Leslie Morgan, will visit Macon to present her book Gather at the Table: The Healing Journey of a Daughter of Slavery and a Son of the Slave Trade (Beacon Press, 2012). The award winning book is informed by her extensive genealogical research in Noxubee County.

Morgan will begin her visit at the quarterly meeting of the Noxubee County Historical Society on Tuesday evening, August 19. On Wednesday, August 20, she will do an audiovisual presentation of her book from 4:30–6:00 pm at the Main Street Macon Welcome Center, 401 Jefferson Street.

Gather at the Table is the story of two everyday people from diverse backgrounds who are on a mission to overcome the trauma of America’s legacy of slavery and the lingering effects of present-day racism. Over a three year period, Sharon and co-author Tom DeWolf, a descendant of America’s most prominent slave trading family, traveled thousands of miles through twenty-seven states and overseas, building an improbable relationship. Using genealogy as an undercurrent, they visited each other’s families, ancestral towns, courthouses, sites of racial terror, cemeteries, plantations, and antebellum mansions, seeking to come to terms with the history out of which racism evolved.

Dr. John Paul Lederach, Professor of International Peacebuilding at Notre Dame University said: “I could not put this book down. An extraordinary story of an honest, meaningful conversation across the racial divide.” Sharon Orlopp, Global Chief Diversity Officer for Walmart says: “Gather at the Table is a book that is transformative. It demonstrates the importance of relationships, transparent dialogue, and how traveling together can open doors and create bridges for challenging conversations and insights.”

Morgan is the founder of OurBlackAncestry.com, a website devoted to African American genealogy. Her Mississippi ancestors include one of Noxubee’s first settlers, John Edward Gavin. His son, Robert Lewis Gavin, fathered 17 children with Morgan’s great great grandmother. Her first book, My Daddy Is A Cool Dude, was published in 1975 by The Dial Press and nominated for a Caldecott Medal. She is also co-author of Real Women Cook: Building Healthy Communities with Recipes that Stir the Soul.

The Main Street Macon event is free to the public. Books will be available for sale and the author will sign copies.

Our Black Ancestry African American Genealogy

08/09/2014

07/02/2014

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05/21/2014

Billy Watkins kept a packed house spellbound relating moving and personal stories from his Noxubee County roots!

02/19/2014

This quilt, which served as a backdrop for tonight's speaker, was made in 1917 by the members of the Cliftonville community in Noxubee County, including members of the Mullins Family. Referred to as a "Red Cross Quilt," the textile is signed by members of the community.

02/19/2014

Dr. Andy Mullins spoke to a packed house of NCHS members and guests tonight about the history of the Noxubee Rifles, Company F of the Mississippi 11th Regiment.