PORT
GIBSON, MISSISSIPPI 39150
"Too Beautiful to
Burn" General
U.S.Grant-May 1863
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"Opportunity is often obscured by hard work".
Henry Ford
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We'd like to know what you think about our web site. Please e-mail your comments in this public guest book so we can share your thoughts with other visitors. Please leave me your Name, town, e-mail address. Date: 26 Dec 2004 CommentsMs. Crisler, This is Bonnie Clune (Ledet). How are you doing? I am so glad to find this page, so I can keep up with a little of what's going on in Port Gibson. I am hoping to get back there sometime the the celebration at CHA. Date: 26 Dec 2004 CommentsI enjoyed your web site. It is very informative, organized and answers questions I have about places I wish to visit that some web sites do not answer. My only question is why under the "Business Directory" section where it lists "Bed and Breakfast Inns", you did not mention "Oak Square Plantation" also. I know it is your competition, but people will see it if they come to your city, anyway. I love looking at different B&Bs on different web sites, so I know there are two in Port Gibson and "Rosswood Plantation" is not far away in Lorman. I have literature on your B&B, so that means I am interested in it. My husband does not like to travel as much as I do. I think I will just get in my car and drive. Maybe I will see you when the weather gets warmer. Thank you for your GREAT web site. Sincerely, Mrs. Kaye Howard Lucedale, MS 39452 scarlett_68@hotmail.com e-mail Date: 3 June 2005 Time: 10:16:51 Remote User: CommentsHello,
even though I did not graduate from Port Gibson, I went to Elementary School
there, then moved to Lorman, Ms. We attended Jefferson HIgh School in Fayette,
and then moved to McComb y senior year. There are five girls in my family and
we were known as the "Gibson Girls". We have been told all our lives that we
are kin to the person who Port Gibson was named after and was originally called
Gibson Port. My father was CSM Farest W. Gibson, my mother Myrtle Bernita
Sanders, and my grandfather was Willie Gibson. Charlotte A. Phillips Date: 2 July 2005 CommentsYour
web-site is great, (it makes me home sick). I lived in Port Gibson in
1984-1985. I now live in Fayetteville, NC. Sincerely, Robin (Smith) Menah (910)-827-9601 Date: 14 July 2005 Comments
My name is Doris Barnes; I was born and raised in
Port Gibson. I was there on 7-4-2005 weekend. I was very disappointed in what I
saw of the town. Thank you
Date: 3 September 2005 Comments: Thank you so much for
posting information on your website concerning Katrina. I had
been fearful of what I didn't know. I used to live in Port Gibson for a short
time, my dad was born in Hermanville, MS. My grandmother's name was Allie D.
Bynum from Port Gibson. Date: 6 September 2005 Sorry to hear that someone abused your guestbook. My
grandmother was Mary Louise Gibson ("of the Port Gibson Gibsons") Vinz and I
just dropped in to say hello. Date:
8 September, 2005 I'm sorry to hear about the problem that you are having with the visitor log sheet. I hope that you can solve that problem. I always love driving through your city. Enid T.
Duck
Date:
10 October, 2005 Clarification about
the Bernheimer Building at 210 Walnut St. Port Gibson, MS. I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS PROJECT. Loren Ouart Port Gibson, MS Date: 5 October, 2005 Time: 14:33 Remote User: Comments To Whom It may concern I just need to get this of my chest, I received a phone
call Wednesday October 12, 2005 from a collection agency in Mississippi. They
informed me that I had a unpaid ticket in Claiborne Co. Miss. After several
telephone calls today I was told the ticket was from 1986. I did get a ticket in
1986 in Mississippi and because I had out of state drivers license I was
informed I would have to pay the ticket before I could leave. I followed the
Patrolman to the courthouse or city hall I don't remember for sure, (It has been
19 years) and paid the ticket. Now I am going to have to pay the ticket again
plus a fee to a collection agency. Ever person I have talked to ask if I have a
receipt and my reply is how many people keep reciepts for 19YEARS? Kenny L. Breeden Date: 23 October, 2005 A group of eight of us reached
Port Gibson on Monday, October 17, to spend the night before finishing the last
leg of our 10-day ride down the Natchez Trace from Nashville to Natchez. We had
booked reservations at the Bernheimer House with hosts Loren and Nancy Ouart.
Sincerely, Date: 8, April 2006 I was born in PORT GIBSON IN 1937 AND STILL LOVE MY HOME ALTHOUGH I left in 1939.Best wishes to any family members that is still there. Please free to e-mail me. Donald Voss Date: 28, May 2006 hello: this is Doris Walls , of Oxon Hill, MD. I e-mailed you in July of 2005 about Port Gibson's poor shape. I like the new web site. I have wonderful news from my family here. my daughter Billie R. Walls Downing graduated from medical school this year on June 13th 2006. her roots are Port Gibson. her grandfather was John W. Barnes sr. grandmother was Dorothy Barnes. her great grand was Rosie Bell Barnes. Sheriff Frank Davis is my cousin. good luck with the site. Date: 29, May 2006
Enjoyed your website................I attended CHA in the summer of 1967.
Nice to look back at Port Gibson.
Kent Williamson
Longview, TX
Date: July 4, 06
My name is Robert E. Cole, Sr. My wife's name is Jewell Hutchins Cole. We
attended Alcorn State University (formerly Alcorn A & M College) in Lorman,
Mississippi (Claiborne County) during the years 1966 through 1973. We enjoyed
our years in and around Port Gibson. I started my career with the Federal U.S.
Department of Agriculture in nearby Adams and Fayette Counties in 1970. I
always loved viewing the historic Churches in Port Gibson. The area is really
historic and beautiful. Its my prayer that Port Gibson will continue to
prosper.
Your web site is excellent!
Robert E. Cole, Sr./Jewell H. Cole
996 Woodtown Drive
Gahanna, Ohio 43230
Ph# 614-855-8273 or 614-805-8622, or 614-216-4505
E-mail:
desjohn@AOL.com
Date: August 21, 06 In 2005 I traveled much of the Natchez Trace and in
the spring of 2006 I was fortunate enough to make a trip up the Great River
Road along the Mississippi River. Portions of that route are on U.S. 61 on
the Mississippi side. I passed through and toured Port Gibson and stayed at
the Military Park at Grand Gulf. My travels brought me from San Diego, CA to
Baton Rouge and then north long the river to Lake Itasca, the headwaters of
the river. I travel by camper van and am confined to a wheelchair. I do not
walk or stand but have traveled more than 78,000 miles since I retired in
2001. Thank you again.
Michael W. Burns Carlsbad, CA
Date: November 18, 06
Date: November 27, 06
Date: November 27, 06
Hello,
My Name is Kayla, i dont live in Port
Gibson but my aunt does, Jan Fielder. I am just writing to say how much this
site has halped me. i am doing a project for my American History class at
Baton Rouge Community College, in Baton Rouge , La. and again thanks for all
the halp and information to those who put this website together.
Kayla Jarreau
kaylajarreau@aol.com
Date:
March
Date: 1/23/2007 Hi, my name is Shirley Scott. My father was born in Port Gibson Mississippi. My reason for writing this e-mail is to try and find out about the house that my grandparents lived in. it was called the Big House. I remember it was on top of a hill in Port Gibson. My grandparents names were James and Rose Scott. My fathers name is James Buchanan Scott. If for any reason you can track this house for me or if they have pictures in an archive somewhere, I would certainly appreciate it. I was born and raised in Chicago but I remember the many trips to Port Gibson and the tea cakes that I loved so much. You can't find food that fresh no place now days but the lovely blackberries along the side of the road. We had a cousin we called Squirrel and he showed me how to pick blackberries. Now, if I go and buy blackberries, I cry -- they are so expensive. Thank you for your time and trouble and look forward to hearing from you. Again thanks. Shirley Scott
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1/29/07 Paul Stevenson
Fantastic site - good maps and information which
as a wargamer, I appreciate. look forward to actually visiting one day.
You have a lovely website which represents a lovely little town which I haven't visited for some time, but hope to visit in the near future. However, 2 errors exist on your website that I wish to clear up: 1. The woman who claims to be a descendant of Samuel Gibson, the founder of Port Gibson, is wrong. NO present day people with the Gibson surname are descended from Samuel Gibson; his descendants of today ALL have different last names, and his only descendants alive today are descended from his DAUGHTERS who, of course, married men of other surnames. I personally know 2 people who have researched this extensively, and they will corroborate this information. 2. The building you compared with the Bernheimer building is the MEYER MARX building, not Myers, as you spelled it. Meyer and Marx were two prominent Jewish men, and the Jewish spelling of Meyer places the e between the M and y. Have a nice day, Kevin Savacier New Orleans
Date: 3/30/2007
Lovely site!
My name is Kathleen Mitchell Schauf. I am the 2nd daughter of Ronald
Mitchell. My father was born in Port Gibson in 1933. The youngest child of
Everett and Henrietta Mitchell. He left Port Gibson at 17 to join the Navy.
After his duty he met & married my mother, Constance Mavity. They moved to
Southern California & had 5 daughters. We all visited Port Gibson in 1974
and I have been back twice since to visit my grandmother until she passed.
The last time I was there (1981) I took a lovely picture of The First
Presbyterian Church with it's proud hand...it still hangs on my wall.
Thank you,
Kathleen Mitchell Schauf
Glendora, Calif
Date: May 8,2007
Although I am a native of Kentucky, I have visited Port
Gibson many times and it is always a pleasure to return to your beautiful
and historic town. I work in the pipe organ business and the Pilcher organ
in the First Presbyterian Church was built here in Louisville in 1930. I
have enjoyed playing it numerous times, through the courtesy of Mrs. H.N.
Gage, the faithful and longtime organist of the church. Thanks to all
the fine people of Port Gibson who have always been so friendly and
gracious.
Keith Norrington
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