Lorman, Mississippi

Lorman is an unincorporated community located in Jefferson County, Mississippi, United States. Lorman is approximately 8 miles (13 km) north of Fayette, near Highway 61 on .

Lorman is the nearest community to Alcorn State University, in Claiborne County, the alma mater of former NFL quarterback Steve McNair. Its ZIP code is 39096.

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HISTORY OF LORMAN UNVEILED SHOWING PROUD HERITAGE OF COMMUNITY

This article from Fayette Chronicle, dated, September 8, 1958 was transcribed from copy found in Special Collections Branch, Mitchell Library, Mississippi State University.

Many of the families now living in and near Lorman can trace their ancestry to families who settled here during the pioneer era and later. Briefly mentioning a few such family names as Watkins, McDonald, Martin, Farley, Hays, Killingsworth, Brown, Ellis, Wade, Ross, Jones, Noland, Galtney, Broughton, Coleman, Miller, Watson, Marble, Bolls, Millsaps, Edwards, and many others are not to be forgotten. Where these families settled and helped to establish and build this community. These names are a proud heritage. The village of Lorman----formally known as Hays city----is built upon land which was originally a part of the plantation owned by Mr. George Porterfield Farley. Mr. Farley came to the United States from Scotland. His heirs now residing in Lorman are his granddaughter, Mrs. Lorman Hays Dunn and Mrs. Dunn’s daughter and son, Mrs. Marie Storie (?), and Mr. Laforest Dunn. Mr. Farley’s plantation upon which was erected his beautiful two story colonial home and where his four daughters were reared extended from what is now known as Melton Station to the South, and to the North as far as Clifton, a distance of approximately five miles. The lovely home was destroyed by fire many years ago. Miss Charlotte Farley, one of Mr. and Mrs. George Porterfield Farley’s daughters, married Dr. Archer Hays during the Civil War. Dr. Hays came to Mississippi from Baltimore, Maryland. Mrs. Lorman Hays Dunn is the only living member of their family of three children. Mrs. Hays inherited that portion of her father’s plantation upon which the village of Lorman was built. Her memory is cherished by many of our generation who loved and respected her. It was she from whom the Y&MV railroad secured the right-of- way through Hays City in or about the year 1884, and this was the beginning of progress in this small community where only a few scattered families resided. Until the railroad was built and there was a railroad station in Hays City all merchandise was shipped by boat on the Mississippi River and had to be hauled from Rodney Landing (about thirteen miles). The name of the village was changed from Hays City to Mrs. Dunn’s given name-Lorman—because of two like-named Post Offices in the state and the confusion caused by the mail being misdirected. Mrs. Hays sold some of her property to the Cohn Brothers who had come to Rodney, Mississippi, in 1872 from Alsace, France, to secure positions. From Rodney they went to Clifton where the mercantile firm name of Cohn Brothers was established. A few years later they built a store on land which they had purchased from Mrs. Hays and conducted business until their death. Mr. Helman Cohn (known as Henry in the community) died in 1903 and Mr. Lehman Cohn died in 1914. Dan, Sylvia, and Henry L. Cohn carried on and took a very active part in civic improvements. To the West of Lorman, and long before there was a village of Lorman, Mr. Anon Killingsworth, Sr. owned one of the very large plantations upon which was built a brick mansion. Like all of the other large plantations owners had owned many slaves. He reared his grandsons, Mr. Scott K. Ellis and Mr. Smith Ellis in his home. Mr. Scott Ellis’ widow, Mrs. Mamie Ellis and her son Iler Ellis and his family reside in a part of the plantation originally owned by Mr. Killingsworth. Mr. Killingsworth gave to the community the original site where the Cane Ridge Methodist Church was erected. It was used as a school in the early days. The church was demolished and moved to the village of Lorman in recent years. The grounds upon which the church originally stood is still the Cane Ridge Cemetery, where many of our beloved and revered citizens have been laid to rest. The Fellowship Baptist Church was originally built on the Watkins place and was torn down and moved to Lorman about the year 1914. Another large plantation situated to the West of Lorman was owned by Mr. Wiley McDonald. It is in the possession of the heirs of his family, Mrs. Julia McDonald Hamilton, Mrs. Edith McDonald Carpenter, and Mr. John Wiley McDonald. They reside in the old family home which was built more than a hundred years ago. A part of the McDonald plantation upon which was built a very pretty modern home was inherited by Mrs. Hazel Harper Vaughn and her brother, Grantley B. Harper who sold to Mr. Hollaway Huff who has been a very valuable and highly esteemed citizen of the Lorman Community for many years. Among those who worked faithfully to build Lorman was Dr. B. R. Clark. He opened his office here from the practice of medicine almost forty years ago. He served the community untiringly not only as a physician---but by putting forth his efforts to promote every good cause for the upbuilding of the community.

Lorman, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 31°49′14″N 91°03′00″W / 31.82056°N 91.05000°W / 31.82056; -91.05000Coordinates: 31°49′14″N 91°03′00″W / 31.82056°N 91.05000°W / 31.82056; -91.05000
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Jefferson
Elevation	217 ft (66 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	39096
Area code(s)	601
GNIS feature ID	672868[1]

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