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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints was organized April 6th, 1830 and Missionaries first arrived in North Eastern Mississippi in 1839, here at Mormon Springs many converts to the church were baptized, using stones to dam the stream they made a baptismal font just to the east of the ford that crossed the stream…..
From this site the first Mississippi Saints left for their trek west…
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Jacob … do you have family connections to the Mississippi Saints?
If so, please be aware a new group is forming in their memory.
See https://mississippisaints.org/
It’s hosted by my good friend Brent Holladay, descended from the MS Holladay family.
Regards –
K Henson