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Location Directions: From Jackson Avenue, turn onto
Old Sardis/College Hill Road. Continue through the McElroy
intersection and the three-way stop at College Hill. Continue on Old
Sardis until you see a small directional sign with Red Letters that says
Tobby Tubby. Turn right onto this road and the church will be on your
right.
Inscription: According to traditional accounts, Toby Tubby was the last Chicksaw chief in this area. A prosperous landowner, he operated a ferry across the Tallahatchie River on the stage road to Memphis until his death ca.1835. He was buried on a mound about 1 1/4 miles north of this site on the banks of the creek that bears his name.
THIS MARKER WAS REMOVED BY VANDALS IN 2006
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