1963 Map of Barlow

About this map

Old Indian Treaty Boundary slices diagonally across this rural landscape, marking a deep historical division where Claiborne and Jefferson counties meet Copiah County. The southwestern portion is dominated by the dense woodlands of the Homochitto National Forest, where a road is noted as being Under Construction at the time of the 1963 field check. Settlement is concentrated around the small village of Barlow and the community of Allen to the south. The area is dense with family-named burial grounds and rural houses of worship, reflecting a tightly knit community structure. Genealogists can trace sites such as Hawkins Cem, Shelton Cem Ch, and Weeks Cem, which are scattered among the ridges and hollows carved by Little Bayou Pierre and Brandywine Creek.