In 1887, the trustees of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church purchased one acre in the N.E. corner of Copiah County--specifically the NW 1/4 of Section 8, Township 2, Range One West--for the sum of ten dollars. The acre was \"used, kept, maintained, and disposed of as a place of divine worship for the use of the Ministry and Membership of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church.\" The church established Warm Springs Cemetery to the east of the church and it served the community until the 1970s, when it reverted back to the original owner after being abandoned. See church deed at Copiah County Chancery Clerk office; http://cdm15277.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15277coll1/id/2/rec/11