Draft:Newitt Vick
 | Review waiting, please be patient.
This may take 3 months or more, since drafts are reviewed in no specific order. There are 2,539 pending submissions waiting for review.
Where to get help
How to improve a draft
You can also browse Wikipedia:Featured articles and Wikipedia:Good articles to find examples of Wikipedia's best writing on topics similar to your proposed article. Improving your odds of a speedy review To improve your odds of a faster review, tag your draft with relevant WikiProject tags using the button below. This will let reviewers know a new draft has been submitted in their area of interest. For instance, if you wrote about a female astronomer, you would want to add the Biography, Astronomy, and Women scientists tags. Editor resources
Reviewer tools
|
| Submission declined on 22 February 2025 by KylieTastic (talk). This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of people). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia. This submission is not adequately supported by reliable sources. Reliable sources are required so that information can be verified. If you need help with referencing, please see Referencing for beginners and Citing sources.
Where to get help
How to improve a draft
You can also browse Wikipedia:Featured articles and Wikipedia:Good articles to find examples of Wikipedia's best writing on topics similar to your proposed article. Improving your odds of a speedy review To improve your odds of a faster review, tag your draft with relevant WikiProject tags using the button below. This will let reviewers know a new draft has been submitted in their area of interest. For instance, if you wrote about a female astronomer, you would want to add the Biography, Astronomy, and Women scientists tags. Editor resources
This draft has been resubmitted and is currently awaiting re-review. |  |
Comment: Quite possibly notable but needs much more and better sources: vicksburg.org does not appear to mention them; familysearch.org is largely user-generated content so not a reliable source. Other source do exist: https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-vicksburg-post-founder-of-vicksburg/166398021/ & https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-ada-evening-news-vicksburg-will-hono/166398246/KylieTastic (talk) 11:26, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Reverend Newitt Vick (March 17, 1766 - August 5, 1819) was a Methodist pastor from Virginia who would move down to Mississippi with his wife and thirteen Children where he would spread the gospel and be named "the Founder of Vicksburg."[1]
Family and Early Life
[edit]Birth and His Family
[edit]Newitt Vick was born on March 17, 1766 to William and Martha Vick in Southampton County, Virginia where by the end of the 1760's, he and his parents and siblings would move to North Carolina . His original Family, Joseph Vick, would move to Virginia around 1675.[2]
His Personal Family
[edit]In 1791, he would marry Elizabeth Clark in North Carolina where they would become the parents of thirteen children. He would go on to become a circuit pastor for around fourteen years before moving to Mississippi. In 1805, they would move to Fayette, Mississippi before moving to Walnut Hills, now Vicksburg, Mississippi, to be closer to family who lived there.
Ministry in Mississippi
[edit]Newitt Vick moved to Mississippi for business and religious reasons. Most circuit pastors were poorly educated and moved from place to place without opening up a church[3]. What made Newitt Vick stand out from other pastors is that he would actually stay at a location so people would know where he was to listen in on his preachings.[3] After moving to Warren County, Mississippi, he and his family opened a small plantation that he called Open Woods. In 1814, Newitt and his nephew Foster Cook would erect a small Methodist Church just outside of Open Woods.[3] When Vick moved to Walnut Hills, he had always dreamed of establishing a village just on the bluffs of the Mississippi River, so between 1816 and 1819, Newitt bought some 640 acres of land meant for the purpose of town lots.[3]
Death and Events After
[edit]Death
[edit]Just before is dream had been completed, Newitt and his wife Elizabeth both caught Yellow Fever and Newitt Vick passed away on August 5, 1819. Newitts's son-in-law would continue selling Newitt's land to be turned into town plots.[2] Gravesite
Vicksburg
[edit]After his death, in 1825, Walnut Hills was renamed to Vicksburg, Mississippi in honor of his accomplishments and growth of the town[2] and just one year later, Vicksburg, Mississippi would become the county seat of Warren County, Mississippi. Vicksburg, Mississippi would go on to play a critical role in the American Civil War.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Stanley Nelson: 'Newitt Vick: Founder of Vicksburg'". Hanna Newspapers. June 3, 2020.
- ^ a b c "Vicksburg will honor its pioneer settlers". The Ada Evening News. May 13, 1925. p. 8 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c d Surratt, John (August 21, 2022). "FAITH OF OUR FOREFATHERS: Program to discuss Methodism, Newitt Vick". The Vicksburg Post.
- ^ "Vicksburg". American Battlefield Trust.