Historical Marker
Hazlehurst
Hazlehurst, Copiah County · Mississippi
Erected 1951
Hazlehurst was not Copiah's first county seat. Two brothers-in-law from Gallatin, Tennessee, founded Gallatin on Bayou Pierre in 1819, and it was chartered in 1829. The New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Railroad began building on November 3, 1865, and the stop named for its engineer, Colonel George Hazlehurst, drew the growth. In April 1872 the legislature ordered a vote on moving the seat; it carried, and Gallatin's brick courthouse was torn down and reassembled in Hazlehurst. In 1966 and 1967 the armed Deacons for Defense and Justice protected NAACP boycotters here.
Where it stands
31.86032, -90.39633 · Directions
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