Burney Institute

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(4-01) SH-32, one mile east of Lebanon in Marshall County
 
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Burney Institute. Site in vicinity south. Established in 1854 by Chickasaw Council, Daugherty Colbert, Chief; David Burney, Joel Kemp, George D. James, A. V. Brown, school trustees. Opened as school for Chickasaw girls 1859, under supervision of Cumberland Presby. Bd., Rev. Robert S. Bell and wife, teachers. Name changed to Chickasaw Orphan Home and Manual Labor School, 1887

(4-01) South view from SH-32. The building (circa 1896) is the only remaining structure

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