Auburn

Information on this page includes:

• John A Quitman Lodge No. 244 Free and Accepted Masons
• John A. Quitman Chapter No. 96 Order of the Eastern Star
• Auburn Chapter No. 87 Order of the Eastern Star
• Auburn Chapter No. 277 Order of the Eastern Star

Masonic Lodge

John A. Quitman Lodge No. 244 F. & A. M.

DISPENSATION: 1859
CHARTERED: January 18, 1860
MEETS: 1st Thursday @ 7:00 PM
 3681 Jackson Liberty Drive
Auburn , MS

HISTORY

• John A. Quitman Lodge was named for John Anthony Quitman. John Quitman was born in Rhinebeck, NY on September 1, 1798. He moved to Natchez, MS in 1821 where he practiced law until being elected to state office, holding several positions including governor.  He also served as a soldier holding the rank of Major General in the Mexican – American War. He was a member of Harmony Lodge No. 1 in Natchez, MS and was elected the ninth Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Mississippi in 1826, a position he held fourteen more times through 1846.  He died in Natchez on July 17, 1858.
• John A. Quitman Lodge was originally shown as being located at Smithdale in Amite County. This was later changed to Auburn in Lincoln County. The Lodge never actually moved, but the location was changed as county lines and post offices changed. The original Lodge building was located where Adams Methodist Church is located. In 1924 the church needed to expand and the old building was torn down and the current building built. A brick exterior was later added.
• On the 9th April last, and in obedience to a resolution adopted by your M W G body (printed proceedings, page 42) he issued a Dispensation to J. E. Marsalis, Wm. Thompson, L. L. Weathersby, and others, a constitutional number, for the institution of a new Lodge at the town of Smith Dale, Amite county, to be called John A. Quitman Lodge No. 244.
  Part of Grand Secretary’s 1860 report
• Your Committee, to whom was referred that part of the Grand Secretary’s report which relates to stolen jewels, beg leave to report that they have ascertained that the following Lodges had jewels stolen during the late war, viz.:  … Brookhaven, No. 241;  … J. A. Quitman, No. 244
  Portion of report to 1875 Grand Lodge

Eastern Star

John A Quitman Chapter No. 96 was chartered on 5-28-1913 in Auburn. It was defunct by 1919.

Auburn Chapter No. 87, Order of the Eastern Star is located in Auburn, Mississippi. The chapter was originally formed as Auburn Chapter No. 277 in 1927. It merged with Edith Chapter No. 87 from Summit on March 20, 1986 and received the 87 number as part of that merger. Bogue Chitto Chapter No. 263 also merged with Auburn on June 16, 2016.

The chapter meets on the 3rd Thursday at 7:00 PM.