Big Black Creek Historical Association

Do you have pictures of visitors to our area, old pictures or history from the past that you would like to share with all who visit the site? If so, please email them to:

tim@bigblackcreekhistorical.com

or mail them to:

Tim Batross

P.O.Box 105

Denmark, TN. 38391

And we will add them to this page.

Please include all information known for the pictures including when and where they were taken and names when possible.

Thank you.

The following 4 pictures of the September 1991 Britton Lane Battlefield Civil War reenactment were sent to us by Becky Collins. There was also a wedding held in the old cabin on the same day. 

The 1991 reenactment.

Amy Collins, age 11 in 1991, in period costume, watching the procession of the bride to the Britton Lane Battlefield's cabin. This is Lacey Bond's horse drawn carriage. 

 Amy Collins and a Confederate soldier reenactor standing in front of the Britton Lane log cabin.

Family and friends watching the wedding being conducted inside the Britton Lane Battlefield cabin.

Elton Batchelor visiting the final resting place of his Mercer area relatives. Picture sent by Ron Batchelor and Sam Tinsley.

Mr. Steven A. Carter, long time cotton grower and resident of Denmark. Steven always wore a tie, even when working this many acres of fields. The picture is compliments of Louise Stevens.

The Hatchie River and bridge taken by Peggy and sent to Billy King on May 6, 2010. Due to the record rainfall last weekend, the river is almost hitting the bridge.

The river and bridge as it looked in August of 2009.      Billy King, president of the BBCHA is in the picture.

The bell at the 1854 Denmark Church building. Sent by Belinda, our Denmark Postmaster.

We don't know the family but this is an interesting picture for obvious reasons. Note that the boys all have on their father's boots, bet they only had one boot on each child's left foot...

Crawford

Dr. T.P. Crawford (Tarleton Perry Crawford May 8, 1821 – 1902) Southern Baptist Missionary for fifty years in Northern China and Lottie Moon's team leader.  Invited to train at Denmark Academy by Peter Smith Gayle.  Graduated Summa Cum Luade from Union University.   Ordained, sent out and supported by Denmark Baptist Church, the Big Hatchie Baptist Association and the West Tennessee Baptist Convention in April 1851.   Buried in Dawson, Ga.

For the entire book, go to the link below, click "read the book" in the upper left side and in the upper right "search box" type in Denmark.

an eventful memoir of Tarleton Perry Crawford, D.D.

Sent by Charles Jason Pratt of Asia.

This was the second school built in Mercer...it burnt down.

Sent by Billy King.

Cox

Unfortunately, we can not attach a picture unless it's a JPEG file.

Please find attached a photo of Ritta Matilda Glidewell Cox, my ggg grandmother.  She was married to Wilson Cox, the son of Thomas Cox who owned a farm near Denmark .  On the front of the photo is printed " Jackson , Tennessee ."  On the back, written in hand, is "R.M. Cox."  We found the photo in my grandmother's possessions after she passed away in 2003.  
Thomas Cox and several of his sons moved to the Barton, TN area after the war.  Their descendants are numerous.  My ggg father Wilson and Ritta moved down there for a little while based on confederate pension records I found, but apparently moved back to the Denmark/Mercer area before they died.  Wilson 's mother, Lydia Rhodes Cox was killed by a Billy Goat (not sure how that happened) when she lived in the area and is buried in the Shady Grove Cemetery  near Mercer.  Wilson 's son, Monroe Cox, left  Madison County and settled near Hollis, Perry County Arkansas.   Western Perry County was known as "Little Tennessee" due to the number of folks from Tennessee that settled there after the war.  Monroe had a son, William Wilson Cox, who had my father, Roy Cox, who had my father, Harold. 
From what I understand, Wilson Cox served in the 8th TN Inf. "Looney's Brigade" which was merged into the 38th TN.  Wilson Cox apparently saw action at several major battles, including Shiloh, the siege of Atlanta and Petersburg .  Wilson was the grandson of Dempsey Cox, an Irishman from Cork City who moved to the states right after the Revolutionary War. 
Please feel free to share this info. with any of the other Coxes in the area that might be looking for members of this line. 
Best regards,
 
Cory Allen Cox 

Springfield