The Booths of Guntown
Official history says John Wilkes Booth died in Virginia. Guntown has another story.
Open the Booth file
North Mississippi memory
Guntown.us
Local lore, family memory, rail lines, cemeteries, and the North Mississippi stories that would not stay buried.
Guntown.us is an independent local-history, local-lore, and memory archive. It is not the official municipal website for the Town of Guntown, not a conspiracy site, not a music site, and not a Civil War advocacy site.
Launch Pillars
Two working files for stories that still need names, maps, records, and care.
The launch keeps official history, sourced local lore, family memory, physical artifacts, place memory, and unverified claims in separate lanes.
Brice's Crossroads: Family Ground
A family memory of battlefield land, a cow pond, a Civil War skeleton, and an unknown-soldier marker.
Open the Brice fileSource Notes / Artifact Leads
The archive is built around source status.
Official records, documented battlefield history, local lore, family tradition, physical artifacts, place memory, and unverified leads are labeled before they are interpreted.
The site does not invite metal detecting, digging, trespass, cemetery disturbance, or artifact removal. Private-land details and sensitive find locations stay out of public copy unless they are lawful, source-safe, and approved.
Artifacts & Sources
The point is not to flatten memory into proof. The point is to preserve the trail.
Working notes separate what can be said from what still needs verification.
This site presents local lore, family tradition, and historical legend. It should not be read as an official historical finding or as the official position of the Town of Guntown.