Washington County MsArchives Photo Tombstone.....Crowell, Jesse 
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Cemetery:           Greenfield Cemetery
Name:               Jesse Crowell

Date Of Photograph: August 13, 2014
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               JESSE CROWELL
Born into slavery and held by the Turnbull family, 
he was a master craftsman who directed the 
construction of St. John's Episcopal Church. 
He supervised the preparation of timber from the 
forests as well as bricks made on site by fellow 
slaves. He personally carved the wood for the 
chancel rail and pulpit, creating his own design 
from the leaves of native trees. A devoted 
Christian, he became the church's sexton for the 
remainder of his life. When he died, Bishop Wm. 
Mercer Green, Sr. preached his funeral from the 
church, and Jesse became the only person of color 
ever buried in Greenfield Cemetery.

Documentation for inscription obtained primarily from "Saint John's Church_The 
First Episcopal Church in Washington County", by Rev. James Lundy Sykes (pp 158-
167)in History of St. James' Church, Greenville, Mississippi, 1869-1946, Everman 
& Fort, 1946; exact grave site unknown_memorial marker placed by the Lake 
Washington Foundation Beautification Committee, August 13, 2014

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