Beulah and Beyond

A Story of the Beulah Baptist Church and Community in historical perspective, 1835-1999, 2000

W. A. Whitten, Norcross, GA

Beulah and Beyond is a recently completed history of the Beulah area in Choctaw County south of Weir, MS.  It tells a story of both church and community at Beulah from Choctaw Indian days to current times.  The early scenes in this story are cast during 1833-1874 when the Beulah area was a part of Winston County.  It describes the early development of Winston County and some of the contributions made by Beulah people. Also, the book notes the continuing ties that Beulah and neighboring communities have had with Winston County through the years, even after the area was included in Choctaw County in 1874.

This work of 547 pages is the result of over five years of research and is scheduled for release in hardback binding by August 24, 2000. The author, W. A. Whitten, was born at Beulah, graduated from the Weir High School and spent his youth learning many of the things about which he now writes.

This new book is more than an account of the long history of Beulah Church and community.  It traces the development of the county, state and nation while identifying pivotal leaders and events in religious history, mainly Baptist, and does this within the timeframe of Beulah's beginning and later development.  The work constitutes a major effort in preserving the legacy of the small rural church and community in early America.

The book is full of names coming from Beulah Church and Cemetery records, U. S. Census and county tax reports, as well as from county supervisor's minutes.  Genealogy outlines are provided for the CARLISLE, Joseph and Samuel BLACK families, together with the BOWIE, EDDLEMAN,

GLADNEY, HUTCHISON, LACEY, LANE, McGEE, STEELE and TURNIPSEED families.  The names of over 1,900 ancestors and descendants of these families are included with an index.

Dr. William (Bill) Causey, Executive Director Emeritus of the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board, prepared the "Foreword" for the book.  He observed that the Beulah Community has produced an inordinate number of influential people disproportionate to its size.  Causey further commented that this book will preserve one of the most definitive accounts of this portion of Mississippi history.

For more information regarding this book, contact Mr. Whitten's, e-mail address waw350@gmail.com.  Mr. Whitten full contact information at the web:  http://beulahbook.look4whittens.com/