Rev. Samuel Swayze, commonly known as Reverend Sam, was a pastor of a church in New Jersey. He brought Protestantism to Mississippi by forming a Congregational church when he arrived in Mississippi in 1773.
He died in 1784 in Mississippi. He was buried below Fort Rosalie on a bluff that has since washed away. He has a memorial marker in Kingston Cemetery in Adams County, Mississippi.
He died in 1784 in Mississippi. He was buried below Fort Rosalie on a bluff that has since washed away. He has a memorial marker in Kingston Cemetery in Adams County, Mississippi.
Rev. Samuel Swayze, commonly known as Reverend Sam, was a pastor of a church in New Jersey. He brought Protestantism to Mississippi by forming a Congregational church when he arrived in Mississippi in 1773.
He died in 1784 in Mississippi. He was buried below Fort Rosalie on a bluff that has since washed away. He has a memorial marker in Kingston Cemetery in Adams County, Mississippi.
He died in 1784 in Mississippi. He was buried below Fort Rosalie on a bluff that has since washed away. He has a memorial marker in Kingston Cemetery in Adams County, Mississippi.
Inscription
In memory of Rev Samuel Swayze and Richard Swayze
Founders of Jersey Settlement
Kingston 1772
Erected by the Jersey Settlement Association
Gravesite Details
He was buried on a bluff below Fort Rosalie. The bluff has washed away.
