What this is
Guntown.us collects stories, sources, field notes, and artifacts connected to Guntown, Brice's Crossroads, and the surrounding North Mississippi landscape. The project distinguishes documented history from family memory, local legend, personal observation, candidate artifacts, and sensitive leads.
The launch centers on the Booth Legend of Guntown, Brice's Crossroads and the retreat corridor, the Agnew / Snell / McElroy land-memory chain, artifact/source files, and a careful civic-tourism vision.
What this is not
This is not a conspiracy site, a treasure-hunting site, a Confederate nostalgia site, a municipal voice, a proof claim, or a music/project launch page.
How claims are handled
Claims are labeled by type: official record, published local lore, family oral history, personal memory, field observation, candidate artifact, museum or institutional artifact, needs verification, sensitive/private, and sealed/do not publish.
Why some details are withheld
Some locations are intentionally kept private to protect cemeteries, landowners, descendants, possible archaeological sites, and living sources. The site does not authorize or encourage trespass, metal detecting, digging, artifact removal, or cemetery disturbance.