Nelson_Merry_College
Nelson Merry College
American Black college (1890–1965)
Nelson Merry College was an American private Baptist black K–12 school (and later high school) in operation from c. 1890 to 1965, and located in Mossy Creek (now Jefferson City) in Tennessee, U.S..[1][2] It has a historical marker where it once stood, erected by Cultural Resource Analysts.[3] The school went by many other names, including Nelson Merry Training College,[4][1] Nelson Merry Academy,[5] Nelson Mary College, and Nelson Merry High School.[6]