Chulahoma, Mississippi
History
Chulahoma is a name derived from the Chickasaw language meaning "red fox". The name was originally used in the name of a Chickasaw town. Chulahoma is located on Cuffawa Creek. Chulahoma was located on the Old Memphis Road and was almost chosen as the county seat of Marshall County, but lost the vote to Holly Springs.
In 1839, the Chulahoma College and Chulahoma Female Academy were incorporated by the state of Mississippi. Chulahoma was also the home of the Cold Water Baptist Female Seminary.
Chulahoma was incorporated on February 11, 1846 and disincorporated at a later date.
By 1900, Chulahoma had a population of 37 and three churches.
A post office operated under the name Chulahoma from 1838 to 1911.
Chulahoma was once home to the George Washington Chapter, Lodge 51, of the Royal Arch Masons.
During the Civil War, Company I of the 19th Mississippi Infantry Regiment enlisted at Chulahoma on May 25, 1861. Captain Richard P. Bowen commanded a company of cavalry during the Civil War that was known as the "Chulahoma Cavalry." On November 30, 1862, Chulahoma was the site of a skirmish that was part of the Union Army's Mississippi Central Railroad Campaign.
Notable people
- Isaac H. Anderson, businessman and religious leader who supported the founding of Lane College
- Junior Kimbrough, Blues singer and guitarist, operated a juke joint in Chulahoma from c. 1992; following his death, Kimbrough's sons, musicians Kinney and David Malone Kimbrough, kept it open until it burned to the ground on April 6, 2000.
- John Preston Young, judge and historian
References
- ^ "Chulahoma". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.
- ^ Malone, James Henry (1922). The Chickasaw Nation: A Short Sketch of a Noble People. Louisville, Kentucky: John P. Morton and Company. p. 478.
- ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 420.
- ^ "History of Chulahoma". msgw.org. Retrieved June 11, 2023.
- ^ Laws of the State of Mississippi. Jackson, Mississippi: State of Mississippi. 1839. p. 206.
- ^ Weathersby, William Henington (1921). A History of Educational Legislation in Mississippi from 1798 to 1860. Chicago, Illinois: The University of Chicago. p. 149.
- ^ Laws of the State of Mississippi: Appropriations, General Legislation and Resolutions of 1846. Jackson, Mississippi: State of Mississippi. 1846. p. 423.
- ^ "Marshall County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved June 11, 2023.
- ^ Books on Google Play Proceedings of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons in Mississippi at Its Fifty-Seventh Annual Convocation. Vicksburg, Mississippi: Vicksburg Herald. 1905. p. 37.
- ^ Busey, John W.; Busey, Travis W. (2017). Confederate Casualties at Gettysburg: A Comprehensive Record. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland and Company, Inc. p. 735. ISBN 9781476624365.
- ^ "Bowen's Company". ranger95.com. Retrieved June 11, 2023.
- ^ "All Known Battles & Skirmishes During the American Civil War - 1862". carolana.com. Retrieved June 11, 2023.
- ^ Jackson, Alicia K. (2021). The Recovered Life of Isaac Anderson. Jackson, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi. p. 124. ISBN 9781496835185.
- ^ "Mississippi hill country blues: an introduction | R.L. Burnside - Junior Kimbrough - Mississippi Fred McDowell - Jessie Mae Hemphill - North Mississippi Allstars". Hillcountryharmonica.com. Archived from the original on July 31, 2012. Retrieved July 30, 2012.
- ^ "Finding Aid for the John Preston Young Collection". The University of Mississippi Libraries. University of Mississippi. Retrieved June 11, 2023.
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