Z 1384.000 Noxubee County Historical Society Papers

The Noxubee County Historical Society was organized in 1967 at the Noxubee County Library, Macon, Mississippi, with the following goals: to encourage and promote an interest in the history of Noxubee County and its people; to collect and preserve manuscripts pertaining to such history; to present programs and exhibitions; and to encourage similar county activities.

The society has collected both written and oral history sources. Its publications include such Noxubee County genealogical and historical sources as Index to Noxubee County Tombstone Inscriptions; Index to Abstracts of Death Notices from "The Macon Beacon"; and Index to Noxubee County Marriages (1834-1930); and various church histories and transcriptions of will books. The proceeds from these publications have been donated to the genealogy section of the county library. Funds raised by the society have also paid for the publication or microfilming of genealogical and historical sources related to Alabama, the Carolinas, Georgia, and Virginia and family histories.

In 1994, the society opened a museum in Macon. The designer of the museum was Cavett Taff, son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Taff of Macon.

The society meets quarterly in February, May, August, and November. It also publishes the quarterly newsletter, Noxubee County Historical Society Bulletin.

This collection consists of two scholarly papers delivered at a Noxubee County Historical Society program in January of 1971. The first paper, written by Ruby Lee Ford Futvoye, is entitled "The Robinson Road." The Robinson Road was a post road running from a point near Columbus, Mississippi, on the Military Road to a point near Jackson, Mississippi, on the Natchez Trace. Construction of this post road and others across the nation was funded by a March 3, 1821, Act of Congress. Futvoye chaired the program committee of the historical society in 1971.

The second paper, written by Sallie Lovelace Stevens, is entitled "History of Agriculture in Noxubee County." Her paper first recounts the formation of the county in 1830 and the settlers agricultural practices and then focuses on the predominance of cotton as the main cash crop. Stevens was a trustee of the Macon Public Library and a charter member of the historical society.

1. Papers. 1971. 0.10 c.f.