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This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Mississippi that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, listed on a heritage register, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design.
Lansdowne is a historic estate that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi. The property began as a 727-acre, antebellum, hunting estate - like the estates of the landed gentry in England. [2] [3] After the Civil War Lansdowne became a cotton plantation. Cotton, corn, sheep and cattle were ...
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington County, Mississippi, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map.
Formwalt's planters are in the top 4.5 percent of land owners, translating into real estate worth $6,000 or more in 1850, $24,000 or more in 1860, and $11,000 or more in 1870. [5] In his study of Harrison County, Texas , Randolph B. Campbell classifies large planters as owners of 20 enslaved humans, and small planters as owners of between ten ...
The plantation house has weathered many a storm since 1806, according to Banner, who listed off Hurricane Betsy in 1965, Hurricane Camille in 1969, Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and Hurricane Ida in ...
Location of Jefferson County in Mississippi. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Jefferson County, Mississippi. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Jefferson County, Mississippi, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates ...
Stephen Duncan (March 4, 1787 – January 29, 1867) was an American planter and banker in Mississippi.He was born and studied medicine in Pennsylvania, but moved to Natchez District, Mississippi Territory in 1808 and became the wealthiest cotton planter and the second-largest slave owner in the United States with over 2,200 slaves.