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Historic Markers: 
College Church

Marker Erected:  1981

Location:  College Hill Road

     

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  Location Directions:  From Jackson Avenue turn onto Old Sardis/College Hill Road.  Turn Right onto College Hill Road.  Turn left at stop sign and drive for 2.8 miles.  The church will be on your left immediately after the directional sign for Coon Crossing and Hurricane Landing.  Click here for a map.

Inscription:  College Church:  Organized by Presbyterian settlers in 1836.  Church building erected 1844 - 46 on land bought from N. Miss. College.  Church and vicinity occupied by some 30,000 Union troops Dec., 1862.  William Faulkner married here 1929.