Named for James Gunn, a Tory who fled to the region during the American Revolution, Guntown, Mississippi is a small town in Lee County, Mississippi. The area was settled in the early 1800s or before, although it wasn’t incorporated until February of 1867. A post office was established at Guntown in 1866. During the War of Northern Aggression, the Battle of Brice’s Crossroads took place near Guntown on June 10, 1864. Confederate Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest set out with about two thousand cavalry troops to destroy the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad, which was by that time carrying troops and supplies to Union Major General William T. Sherman in Georgia. The Confederates defeated a much larger Union column under Brigadier General Samuel Sturgis at Brice’s Cross Roads. There is a tradition that John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, was not executed but escaped and lived out his life in Guntown, Mississippi. A strone was erected in the Smith Cemetery in Guntown by George Booth. Saltillo is south of Guntown, while Baldwyn is to the north. Other nearby communities include Bethany, Jug Fork, Frog Island, Marietta, and Ratliff. Tupelo, Mississippi is about fifteen miles south of Guntown.
 
 
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Situated on County Road 231, the Guntown, Mississippi Baptist church was organized in 1845 and formally established in 1848. A map shows the location of the church, and its history is told, along with a calendar of upcoming programs and events, staff contacts, office hours, photographs, and sermon notes.
http://campcreekbaptistchurch.weebly.com/
Photographs, demographics, statistics, and facts about Guntown, Mississippi are featured, including its schools, churches, residential areas, and other local places of interest, as well as a discussion of the local legends relating to John Wilkes Booth, whose gravestone is found in Smith Cemetery.
http://www.mkmann.com/guntownfactfict.html
A campus of Lee County Schools, the Guntown, Mississippi public school serves students in grades six, seven and eight. A school calendar is featured, along with photographs, announcements and public notices, and an overview of its academic, athletics, and extracurricular activities, enrollment forms, and menus.
http://www.leecountyschools.us/schools/guntown-middle-school/
In business since 2002, the Guntown, Mississippi company offers the sale and repair of garage doors, serving the greater Tupelo region and surrounding area. Photographs and descriptions of its products are presented, with an overview of its services, service area, location, office hours and contacts.
http://www.mississippidoorllc.com/
The private cemetery in Guntown, Lee County, Mississippi is featured here, including photographs of the grounds, names, dates of birth and death, and other details of people who are interred in the cemetery, including John Wilkes Booth who, legend has it, escaped execution to live out his life in Guntown.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&GRid=15630616&CRid=62873&